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hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. an independent think tank in britain says the uk government's "mini budget" is likely to leave the vast majority of taxpayers worse off. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng's package of measures include scrapping the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and reducing the basic rate by a penny. the institute for fiscal studies says that only those with incomes of more than 155,000 will be net beneficiaries over the current parliament. ben king reports. here in reading and around the uk, people feel like they could ...

nine tory mps are now in the contest to become the next party leader and prime minister. under scrutiny are their policies on tax. vying for the keys to number ten — and the key question — are tax cuts the way to revive the economy? if we don't have the tax cuts, we won't get the growth. what you need is smart tax cuts that will grow the economy. of course we've got to pay - for all the different things we do, but i have a plan to pay for it, and that's to reduce i the cost of the state. also on tonight's programme... a russian attack in ukraine is reported to have killed 15 peop...

twitter. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. we begin this hour in sri lanka where protesters have stormed the president's official residence in colombo as the country's economic crisis deepens. the whereabouts of the president are unknown. police fired tear gas in an effort to disperse huge crowds gathered to demand the resignation of president rajapaksa. numerous groups have travelled from to the capital to join the demonstration, which went ahead after the authorities�* attempt to impose a curfew was abandoned. thousands of troops and police offic...

wimbledon women's singles as ons jabeur as onsjabeurand as ons jabeur and elena rybakina each prepared to make history on the centre court. health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record—breaking temperatures over the next week. the defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out of the conservative leadership race — saying it was not an easy choice to make. other mps are expected to launch their campaigns this weekend — with the former equalities minister, kemi badenoch, becoming the latest to confirm she i...

convoy of ships. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it — find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that's ...