welcome to the programme. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has been in kyiv today hoping to shore up a deal struck that was between ukraine and russia in the summer to allow for the export of grain from both countries. the agreement, which was brokered in turkey and is overseen by the un, must be renewed by 18 march, but there s concern, moscow will refuse to renew it. the deal also aimed to facilitate the export of russian food and fertilisers. moscow says those shipments are still being disrupted by us and european sanctions. exports of ukrainian, as well as russian food and fertiliser are essential to global food security and food prices. i want to underscore the critical importance of the rollover of the black sea grain initiative on 18 march, and are working to create the conditions to enable the greatest possible news of export infrastructures through the black sea, in line with the objectives of the initiative. this really matters. ukraine is one of the to
the problem by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another conservative mp calls on the prime minister to resign over downing street lockdown parties, and former cabinet minister andrea leadsom criticises him for unacceptable failures of leadership. # binley mega chippyl # binley mega chippy! and coming up, the once humble chip shop in coventry that s now a tiktok sensation. good evening. there s more misery for thousands of travellers with the tour operator tui announcing the cancellation of six holiday flights a day from manchester airport until the end ofjune. this afternoon, tui confirmed that 3a,000 holidaymakers have been affected by the month of cancellations at manchester airport. like other travel companies, it s blaming staff shortages after the pandemic. but the government says the airline industry has had months to prepare, as gareth barlow reports. it s set to be one of the busiest travel periods of the year, travel periods of the year 2 mil
to increase the personal tax allowance for pensioners if they win the general election. they say the proposal would be worth £275 a year to each pensioner by the end of the decade. under the plans, the state pension would always remain below the tax free threshold. rishi sunak says the scheme shows the conservatives are on the side of pensioners but labour have called it desperate . rishi sunak will be out campaigning in the midlands today. let s get more on this with nick eardley. what do you love about it? how do you win over older voters? it s a question politicians ask themselves a lot. pensioners tend to get out and vote. so today, an offer from the conservatives, that the basic state pension will never be liable for income tax. the simple fact is that this tax change, this triple lock plus, will mean going forward that millions of pensioners, eight million pensioners, in fact, will be paying less tax than they would otherwise be paying. and that is clearly a tax cut
over seen some volatility around this over the seen some volatility around this over the last 3 4 months. so as soon as there over the last 3 4 months. so as soon as there any over the last 3 4 months. so as soon as there any certainty around whether as there any certainty around whether the deal will hold or whether whether the deal will hold or whether russia will suspend the deal which whether russia will suspend the deal which happened in november, the insurance which happened in november, the insurance companies say this is too risky insurance companies say this is too risky at insurance companies say this is too risky at the insurance companies say this is too risky at the moment, they can t guarantee risky at the moment, they can t guarantee that things will go through therefore it restricts the amounts through therefore it restricts the amounts of finance we can get, because amounts of finance we can get, because one of the complicated things because on
the current challenges. we ve put in place billions of pounds of support for the travel industry, particularly during the pandemic. right now, there are conversations to make sure that disruption can be eased, that is where the focus is. eased, and that s where the focus is. the government had been warned many months ago losing skilled workers - from the aviation industry would cause significant. delays when people started going back on holiday. - they knew airports did not have staff for security, - ground control, cabin crew, they knew people would be| going on holiday at half term. it s simply not good enough. despite the headlines and travel headaches, industry representatives say for the majority of passengers it is for the majority of passengers, it s it s business and holidays as usual. the vast majority are able to travel, we are sending millions of people abroad, every single week, so, it s in an evolving state, getting better.