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middle class tearaway? yes, it s ernesto che guevara. his younger brother lifts the lid on what he was really like. translation: the shirt that we used to call the weekly shirt, because he would wear it the whole week without washing it. he was very untidy and people used to call him pig. hello. elections are meant to be the best of times to debate the grand strategic questions facing the nation. but maybe they re the worst. the sublime arguments can get supplanted by the squalid struggle for votes. even parties 20% ahead in the polls can t resist bribing the public. is that what is happening here with regard to pensioners? an important question for this election is who should get more of the pie the old or the young. the old have been doing relatively well, partly thanks to the so called triple lock, which ensures the state pension keeps rising by the inflation rate, or with earnings, or at 2.5%, whichever is higher. it s kicked in while working age welfare and wag ....
details on that. labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. strong challenge from the snp. in wales they ve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. in england they ve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. they ve won the male role contest in the liverpool city region. lost the liverpool city region. lost the mayoral contest. and it has been a terrible night for ukip, overnight they lost every seat they were defending. and the party has been wiped out on councils like lincolnshire, hampshire and essex. their vote share is down dramatically, most of it going straight to the conservatives. in scotland the snp have managed to deprive labour of an overall majority in glasgow but we are not yet sure if they have won overall control of scotland s biggest city for themselves. we re still waiting for most of the results in scotland. we ll kee ....
shares a strong antipathy towards iran. despite the sensitivities of this leg of the trip, this may well be the easiest part. donald trump is amongst friends here in riyadh but he leaves behind him are gathering political storm in washington. the questions over what he told the russians won t go away. it s emerged he disparaged the head of the fbi to them just one day after firing him. according to a document seen by the new york times, the president said, i had just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nutjob that head was investable investigating possible links with russia. the president said it relieved great pressure on him and that not under investigation. relieved great pressure on him and that not under investigationm seems like we are learning disturbing new allegations about president trump not just disturbing new allegations about president trump notjust every day, but ladies and gentlemen, every hour. here in saudi arabia he has three summit i ....
donald trump has arrived in saudi arabia, the start of his first foreign tour as president of the united states. we can go there now and talk to our international correspondent. after a very royal welcome at the riyadh international airport and the presentation of the highest civilian honour, down to business, and reports that deals have already been signed. memorandum is of understanding. another summit taking place at the same time, the saudi us chief executive officer summit. donald trump is putting his emphasis on the bilateral meeting, here is frank gardner with report on what has happened so far today. into the blazing heat of the saudi summer, and away from the political heat of washington, president trump and his wife emerged from air force one to a red carpet welcome. they were greeted by saudi arabia s king salman. the two leaders have a lot to discuss, specifically iran, the threat of terrorism and the problem of religious intolerance. the us president is due ....
president trump has arrived in saudi arabia at the start of his first foreign tour as president of the united states. we can speak to our correspondent. the day continues to u nfold correspondent. the day continues to unfold beginning with the most loyal of welco m es unfold beginning with the most loyal of welcomes this morning most loyal of welcomes. they are doing everything to make him feel at home. they are doing traditional rituals including a coffee and then talks between trump and the saudi king salman, one report suggesting that king salman said that syria used to used to be such an advanced one and has now been destroyed. the us and saudis have been involved in helping the opposition to take on the forces of president assad. i lot of deals being signed to the tune of billions of dollars. military deals, engineering deals and industry as well. let s look at what has been happening, with frank gardner. into the blazing heat of the saudi summer, and away fr ....