View of events in the uk. Borisjohnson is preparing to launch the conservative manifesto in the next few hours, which will pledge not to raise the rate of income tax, National Insurance or vat. The Prime Minister will also say he wants to bring his brexit deal back to the commons before christmas, if the conservatives are returned to power. Our political correspondent, nick eardley reports. What would he do with power . This afternoon, borisjohnson will unveil the conservative manifesto. His basic message deliver brexit and move onto domestic priorities. He will pledge that the bill that will deliver brexit will be brought back to parliament before christmas if he wins the election. That, he says, would allow the country to move on. So what will the conservatives do on the home front . They will pledge today not to raise rates of income tax, National Insurance, or vat. Thatll make it harder for the government to raise money, but the tories are still pledging to spend. Mrjohnson has alr
Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week delhi is enveloped in toxic smog. Is that concentrating minds in government ahead of the madrid Climate Summit . Three weeks to go till the uk votes has it become the get brexit done election . And if not, then what . And as Prince Andrew quits public life, is it harder anywhere in the world to befriends with a sex offender . My guests today indianjournalist ashis ray, irish broadcaster brian oconnell, greg katz of Us News Agency associated press, and Agnes Poirier of french news magazine marianne. Welcome to you all. Four years ago, Climate Change barely registered as a voter issue in a british election. This time, its a priority. The same is true of the battle for the democratic president ial nomination in the us. But does voter anxiety translate into Government Action . Climate Scientists Say three in four countries have inadequate pledges on cutting emissions. Among them is india, whose capital has been choking on sm
Of the past as doctors say they no longer have the capacity to offer them. A day of calm in hong kong as the territory prepares to go to the polls, giving pro democracy campaigners their chance to vote. The fallout from Prince Andrews association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues, as barclays becomes the latest big company to withdraw support from the dukes mentoring scheme. At 11. 30, its dateline. Our london correspondents look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes, and at how the issues of the week are being tackled around the world. Good morning. Jeremy corbyn says he would remain neutral in the event of another brexit referendum, which he promised a Labour Government would deliver. He was speaking as the leaders of the four main westminster parties faced tough questions from the public in a special episode of the bbcs question time. Borisjohnson, jo swinson and Nicola Sturgeon were also challenged on a range of topics including the nhs, the economy and a second Scotti
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello. Welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week delhi is enveloped in toxic smog. Is that concentrating minds in government ahead of the madrid Climate Summit . Three weeks to go till the uk votes has it become the get brexit done election . And if not, then what . And as Prince Andrew quits public life, is it harder anywhere in the world to be friends with a sex offender . My guests today indian journalist ashis ray, irish broadcaster brian oconnell, greg katz of Us News Agency associated press, and Agnes Poirier of french news magazine marianne. Welcome to you all. Four years ago, Climate Change barely registered as a voter issue in a british election. This time, its a priority. The same is true of the battle for the democratic president ial nomination in the us. But does voter anxiety translate into Government Action . Climate Scientists Say three in four countries have inadequate pledges on cutting emissions. Among them is india, who
Now on bbc news, dateline london. Hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uks leading media commentators with the foreign correspondents who write for the folks back home under the dateline london. Pope francis appoints new cardinals to shape his legacy could more than married priests be on his to do list . As turkey shows that the powerful abhor a vacuum, in this case, in northern syria, could there be a second arab spring as the power less resist . With me are the french algerian journalist nabila ramdani. Catherine pepinster, the former editor of the catholic weekly, the tablet. Agnes poirier who writes for the french news magazine marianne. The broadcaster michael goldfarb, whose podcast is the first rough draft of history. But first, before all that, brexit, forjournalists, the story that keeps on giving. It has been a very strange week because we had this rather gloomy report saying a deal was essentially impossible. Then Leo Varadkhar and Boris John