this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 4.00pm: labour and the conservatives compete for worker's votes — theresa may rules out a vat rise, while labour says it won't raise tax for those on low incomes. madeleine mccann has been missing for ten years, but in an interview to mark the anniversary, her parents say they still hope she will be found. 100 days into his presidency, donald trump claims china is helping him deal with north korea's nuclear programme. the president of china, i believe has been putting pressure on them also, but so far perhaps nothing has happened or perhaps it has. counter—terrorism detectives have arrested a woman who was shot during a raid in north london on thursday. mercedes driver valtteri bottas holds off a late charge from ferrari's sebastian vettel to win the russian grand prix. at 4.30pm, talking movies reports from the tribeca film

festival in new york. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. theresa may has said there will be no increase in vat if the conservatives win the general election. however, the prime minister has given her clearest signal yet that her party will abandon its promise not to raise income tax or national insurance contributions. labour has also promised not to raise vat. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. in the swing of an election campaign, there is, for some, an unmentionable word.

so far, theresa may has skirted around the issue of whether her government would increase taxes but this morning she gave her strongest indication yet not to raise national insurance, income tax or vat. we have no plans to increase the level of tax, but i am also very clear i don't want to make specific proposals on taxes unless i am absolutely sure i can deliver on those. it would be my intentions of a conservative government and a conservative prime minister, to reduce the taxes on working families. later, she went further in clarifying her plans. we won't be increasing vat, but what i want to ensure is we are able to have the strong... you definitely won't raise vat, that is a 100% commitment? where will extra money come from to pay for schools, hospitals and social care?

the prime minister hinted the long—term plan for that would be in her manifesto. labour says it would make those at the top pay more. we are of the party that once low taxes are low and medium earners. the conservative party is the party who once low taxes for the higher earners. we want things the other way around. yes, there will be changes but they will be very, very much at the top end. labour is guaranteeing the state pension will continue to rise by 2.5% a year. theresa may suggested she was considering a new way of calculating the increase. but brexit looms and with the eu states negotiating around their position yesterday, the other opposition party sends an opportunity. the labour party are fighting amongst themselves and have given up opposing the government. the country needs a stronger position for the sake of democracy. we don't have to agree with me

on everything to agree with me that britain needs a strong opposition. the eu has been clear they have been clear they have to look after the interests of the eu 27. in the next parliament we have an importantjob of holding the current government to account. theresa may doesn't want to discuss our eu divorce bill before trade talks and says she is still happy to walk away without a deal. with me is our political correspondent, chris mason. so, it is and no to add temp one and increase from theresa may, but she is clearly feeling confident enough to open up the possibility of other tax rises. the curious... there is a distinct absence of definitive

promises, and there is an understandable reason for that. they are furiously assembling manifestos, though supposedly sacred tones of promises that we hold this government to account for for the next five years. normally they have a lot of —— have a lot longer to prepare them. the mantra that we gather at the moment when we ask a politician question is, wait for the ma nifesto. politician question is, wait for the manifesto. they could be a fortnight away get. we had a definitive promise from the prime minister saying that there will be an increase on vat and labour have said the same. there is an awareness amongst the conservatives that they don't want to bind themselves into this lock, as they have in the past, we re this lock, as they have in the past, were they wouldn't touch national insurance or were they wouldn't touch national insurance or income were they wouldn't touch national insurance or income tax either. what we don't yet know is how they might to tinker with those two taxes. politicians love to say to wait for

the manifesto. labour has been doing this today on the question at what level of earnings would they increase taxes. is that because they haven't decided on that quite yet or is it because they know it will be controversial? both, probably. they know it will be controversial but they can also say that it is something that is different from what the conservatives are likely to say. they are going through exactly the same process has the conservatives has rapidly putting together our manifesto. they have found themselves in the opening skirmishes to try to define what the higher earner in their view would be. john mcdonnell on the radio about ten days ago was talking about people earning £70,000 more. some thought that was to lower rate to define somebody who would see themselves as rich. 0thers define somebody who would see themselves as rich. others would point to the fact that that is about three times the national average of earnings, so you could justifiably

say some of the category was rich. jeremy corbyn is nokia putting a figure on it. he is referring back to the manifesto, but specifically saying that the women could —— middle income earners will be had by tax rises, but the definition is central and we haven't got that in black—and—white get. again, i reference back to that manifesto. thank you, chris. ten years after the disappearance of madeleine mccann, her parents have told the bbc they will do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes" to find their daughter. madeleine was three—years—old when she went missing on holiday in portugal while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant. speaking to fiona bruce, kate and gerry mccann talked about the pain they continue to face after a decade of uncertainty. every day is another day without madeleine... i think it's just that number. that ten year mark makes it more significant. it's a reminder of how much time has gone by and obviously ten is a big number. i think that the day

and the poignancy of it... we don't tend to go back because it's so draining. but inevitably on anniversaries and birthdays, they're by far the hardest. how different is your life now to what you must have imagined all those years ago? it's a hard one. such a long time. i think before madeleine was taken we felt we'd managed to achieve a perfect, nuclear family of five. we had that for a short period. you adapt. you have a new normality. unfortunately for us, the new normality at the moment is a family of four. last time we talked, you told me how you were still buying birthday presents and christmas presents for madeleine... are you still doing that? yes, we still do that.

a lot of thought goes into it. i couldn't not do that. she'll always be our daughter. the police have talked about one signifca nt lead that they're still pursuing. can you tell me anything about that? we're very much... the investigation is in the hands of the met police. 0ngoing enquiries. we've come a long way and there is progress, there are some very credible lines the police are working on, and while there's no evidence to give us any negative news that hope is still there. it really is there, in your hearts? one day you'll be reunited with your daughter? no parent is going to give up on their child unless they know for certain their child is dead. theyjust don't have any evidence. my hope of madeleine being out there is no less than it was ten years ago. you can see the full version of that interview on panorama —

madeleine mccann:10 years on. that's on wednesday night at 9.00pm on bbc one. a woman who was shot by armed officers during a counter—terrorism investigation in north—nest london has been arrested. the 21—year—old was taken to a hospital after the incident on thursday to be treated for her injuries. she has now been discharged and arrested. police say the incident is not connected to the whitehall terror suspect, khalid mohammed 0mar ali. in turkey, the manager of an iranian television network has been shot dead in istanbul. saeed karimian man was driving with a business partner when masked gunmen opened fire on their vehicle. mr karimian s network, gem tv, broadcasts foreign and western shows in iran. he had previously been convicted in his absence of spreading anti—iranian propaganda. one of the world's most accomplished mountaineers, ueli steck,

has been killed in an accident on mount everest. steck, known as the swiss machine, was climbing alone on the mountain as he prepared for an attempt on the summit without oxygen. steck, who was 40, had won many awards and was famed for the speed of his accents. alexandra mackenzie reports. mount everest, dangerous and daunting, even for the most experienced of climbers. just climbing from base camp to camp number two. ueli steck, also known as the swiss machine, planning the detail of his route. we don't know if it is possible, that is the interesting thing. nobody has done that before. having the chance, it is there and it is possible, but i don't know. he knew the dangers, he had reached the summit without oxygen in 2012 and in 2015 he climbed all 82 alpine peaks, over 4,000 metres injust 62 days.

he conquered the north face of the eiger in less than three hours. ueli steck was on everest to acclimatise before attempting a new route on the summit. if he had been successful, it would have pushed him into another sphere. a first ascent like that on everest, it is just sinking in at the moment. he was known as the swiss machine, really fit, lovely guy when you meet him. a bundle of energy. i have the peak again. really cool. the climbing community has said it has lost a pioneer. he was known for his speed and ruefully methodical approach, with an ability to push push himself to the limit of human endurance. officers from the uk borderforce have detained a group of people,

suspected to be illegal immigrants, on board a yacht which ran aground at 0rford in suffolk. one source suggested that there were seven ukrainians onboard. 0ur correspondent richard slee is following the story for us. what happened, richard? the coastguard was alerted by a 999 call from a member of the public at about 8:30am this morning. two lifeboats were dispatched and they discovered a yacht that had gone aground in high winds. according to the coastguard on board were a number of people that they say were from the ukraine. the coastguard afforded the border force and police officers and a coastguard then two officers and a coastguard then two of the yacht to the safety of 0rford harbour. how much of an issue is this along this coast? this is the second time a group of ukrainians have turned up in the small leisure bought, 0rford harbour, and there

has been a report on the situation written by the chief inspector of borders and immigration, david bolt, just recently. according to the sunday times today, this report was delivered to the government two months ago and would normally have been published by now. we asked the home office today about the details of this report and when this report would be released. their response was that this report would be released in due course. they also said that no further comment would be made until after the election. the headlines on bbc news: labour and the conservatives compete for worker's votes — theresa may rules out a vat rise, while labour says it won't raise tax for those on low incomes. madeleine mccann has been missing for ten years, but in an interview to mark the anniversary her parents say they still hope she'll be found. president trump says pressure on north korea over its nuclear

programme is working — and says china is helping the us. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. five of the premier league's top six teams are in action today, with the pick of the games being the final north london at white hart lane. second placed spurs can guarantee they finish above arsenal for the first time in 22 years. the match is live on bbc radio 5 live and starts in around 15 minutes. spurs will feel victory is a must after chelsea extended their lead at the top to seven points with a 3—0 win over everton. pedro's wonder strike opened the scoring at goodison park. gary cahill got the second before substitutes cesc fabregas and willian combined to seal the victory for antonio conte's side. manchester city were looking to leapfrog liverpool into third place — they were away at middlesbrough, who themselves needed something from the game in their battle against relegation.

the hosts took a surprise lead through the former city striker alvaro negredo, before sergio aguero converted a contentious penalty decision to equalise. calum chambers first boro goal then gave them a surprise lead with 12 minutes to go. only for brazilian gabrieljesus‘s header to earn pep guardiola's side a point in the last five minutes. so that result keeps city a point ahead of manchester united. their hopes of a champions league place were dented with yet another home draw, this time it finished 1—1 against relegation—threatened swansea city. and as nick parrott reports, there are more injury concerns forjose mourninho. swa nsea swansea city came to old trafford fighting to stay in the premier league. while manchester united seem to be fighting just to they fit enough to challenge for qualification for the champions league. before there was even a shot on target the home side were having

to make planned changes. when luke shaw has been fit he is often been out of favour with jose mourinho shaw has been fit he is often been out of favour withjose mourinho and with less than ten minutes gone another spell on the sidelines beckoned. it was another man who has been on the fringes this season that turn things around just before the interval. after neil swore brick aborted marcus rashford a penalty for this, wayne rooney stepped up to score only his fourth premier league goal of the season. the joy was short—lived as a challenge by eric lie led forth —— led to the ivory coast defender limping off. wayne rooney got involved or perhaps he shouldn't have and gylfi sigurdsson made them pay from the resulting free kick. the iceland midfielder clearly claiming the man of the match award for his ninth goal of the season. he has won the 15 points for swa nsea the season. he has won the 15 points for swansea this term and without him they would have already been relegated. for the welsh team, the draw felt like a win. united rewrote the record books as they extended

their unbeaten run to 25 matches, but with the top four out of their own hands, it will have felt more like a defeat. what can you do? what can you do? in this moment we can walk from the bed to the toilet and break a leg and five metres! we are in trouble. the boys are very, very tired and obviously the levels of fatigue are more than normal but we fight, that is for sure, more than normal but we fight, that is forsure, so, more than normal but we fight, that is for sure, so, there you go. lam very i am very pleased with the overall performance. we showed a lot of qualities and characteristics right throughout the game. we played well in the first—half, created some chapters. having gone behind didn't let us affect us and we got on with it. we might with all three points at the end.

anthonyjoshua is targeting another huge heavyweight title fight after his 11th round stoppage of wladimir klitschko last night. he challenged fellow briton tyson fury to be his next opponent after a dramatic victory in front of a massive crowd at wembley stadium. 0lly foster reports. anthonyjoshua is burning brighter than ever this morning, but last night the lights almost went out. wladimir klitschko, at the age of 41, defying the march of time. in a stadium famous for knockout competitions, they came in record numbers to see aj deliver the most important knockout of his career. the ukrainian rocked and was so resilient. in the next round he was stunned, hitting the ground for the first time. but his fight was just getting started. he had never been through to a seventh round, this went to eight, nine, ten. and wladimir klitschko looked like he was going to be top. but then anthonyjoshua put him down again and again. wladimir showed unbelievable heart, but another flurry of punches ended the contest.

and the fire was still burning. i don't box just for the belts, i don't box just for money. ijust enjoy it. i don't feel like someone who lost. tonight, we all won. even though i did not get the belt, i don't feel like i lost. this night will not be forgotten in a hurry. if you cut through all the hype, this was one of the great heavyweight contests. anthonyjoshua is still learning, and that is a frightening thought, especially for his next opponent. 0llie foster, bbc news, at the wembley stadium. mercedes driver valtteri bottas claimed the first victory of his formula one career at the russian grand prix. but there was disappointment for his team—mate lewis hamilton. here's ben croucher. eyeing an maiden fi win, today was

va ltteri eyeing an maiden fi win, today was valtteri bottas's time to shine. with team—mate lewis hamilton off the place this weekend that was up to the finnish driver to take the fight to priory. he had to to get past of the grid and dispatch them into corners. the second of those proved tricky forjulian palmer, whose race ended in a tangle of tyres. the seemingly unflappable finn, so comfortable leaving for so long, flat with his first win in sight. this mistake allowed sebastien better all to hunt down over the defining few nerve—racking labs. it was edge of your seat stuff. as sebastien bethell‘s ryrie hustled, but the puzzle would be won by valtteri bottas, a grand prix winner of the 82nd attempt. yes! brilliant! well done. some questioned of valtteri bottas would play number two to lewis hamilton this season. today, at least, he was very much number one. today, at least, he was very much number one. that's all sport for now, but just to say you can

watch continuing coverage of the final of the world snooker championship between mark selby and john higgins right now over on bbc two and the bbc sport website. higgings leads 3—2 in the first to 18 contest. i'll have more around 5:30pm. on his 100th day in office, president donald trump has defended his actions towards north korea. addressing thousands of cheering supporters in pennsylvania, he insisted he is delivering his election promises every day and dismissed criticism of him as fake news. a man i've gotten to like and respect, the president of china, president xi, i believe has been putting pressure on them also. so far, perhaps nothing has happened and perhaps it has. this was a small missile.

this was not a big missile. this was not a nuclear test, which he was expected to do three days ago. we'll see what happens. daniel lippman is a political reporter at the news website politico and hejoins me now from washington. hello to you, daniel. let's look beyond the twitter feed and when you compare donald trump to other presidents at the hundred days, how is he doing? it does seem like he has not accomplished as much as other presidents have in theirfirst hundred days, and he has admitted in interviews it is much harder... in washington, there are so many competing interests that he can't even get as white house unified. competing interests that he can't

even get as white house unifiedm is interesting that he is having more success with his international agenda. we have seen some definite changes in his approach, haven't we? we have. i think every president gets briefed by the intelligence community about all the threats that are going on around the world and it has definitely made donald trump learn more about the world. sound interference. instead ofjust being all—america first all the time. instead ofjust being all-america first all the time. i'm afraid we are having problems with the sound and the quality isn't good enough to continue. thank you for your thoughts this afternoon. apologies for the problem with the

soundin apologies for the problem with the sound in that interview. mps are calling for best—before dates on food to be scrapped, saying they are unnecessary and contribute towards unacceptable levels of food waste. the environment, food and rural affairs committee says £10 billion worth of food is thrown away every year. mixed in with other waste, we throw more than £10 billion worth of food away every year. the committee calls it a scandal. councils have to raise bills to dispose of it. and this is happening while food bank use is at a record high. mps say the best before date should be abolished. 0n packaging, it only refers to quality. it is perfectly safe to eat afterwards, but the food may not be at its best. industry experts told the committee it was meaningless. the important information to be displayed was the use by date, which is about safety. the best before date, i believe, can be scrapped, because it is unnecessary. it means food is wasted and sometimes people don't actually eat that food when it goes

beyond the best before date. the use by date is still safe to eat. we need to make the best use of our food. if it is still good to eat, let's eat it. customers at a pioneering project in leeds sell food that otherwise would have gone in the bin. three tonnes arrive each day. they say we need to learn to love our wonky veg. priceless egyptian artefacts that were badly damaged during the second world war are once again going on display at liverpool's world museum for the first time in more than 70 years. a gallery expansion and extensive restoration work means they're now part of the largest egyptology collection outside of london, as lindsey prosser reports. from the everyday to the beautifully decorative, these objects reflect the rise and fall of ancient egyptian society. it is our most ambitious exhibition

we have done for egypt. we've got a whole range of artefacts, right from the prehistoric period, we have stone vases and stone tools, all the way through the christianity in egypt. so we've got these beautiful leather slippers that people would wear in life, and also be buried in. when the museum was bombed during the second world war, part of its priceless collection was badly damaged. we have two granite statues of the goddess sekhmet, a human form with a lioness head, and they were both shattered. the fire damaged the two pieces, which were intact before then, and it wasn't until recently we have restored them, pieced them back together, and put them back on display for the first time with the rest of the egyptian collection. the challenge for this team is to move the statues into the gallery without breaking them. at the same time, mummies

who were also fire—damaged are being installed. we keep the objects not because they look stunning, because they look beautiful. it is because of the information they hold. so part of what we do is unlocking the stories that they hold, and revealing their hidden histories. we have two romano—period mummies here, and they are both quite young. one is a teenager. we have wondered in the past if they were associated with each other. so they could be sisters. you never know, they could be. this display at liverpool's world museum is now the largest now, the weather. many places enjoyed a fine sunday afternoon, some hazy sunshine, albeit rather windy, but it's been wet across the south and the south—west and this evening and overnight the rain will continue

to spill its way northwards. the rain will continue to be quite heavy across the south—west of england in towards south wales and some more persistent rain for northern england and north wales. generally speaking, it's going to be a mild night, temperatures 7—11 degrees. 0n bank holiday monday, there will be unsettled weather in the majority of england and wales. some heavy rain continuing across parts of southern, south—western england and south wales, through the midlands, giving some sunny spells in the afternoon. temperatures will rise and we could see some heavy, thundery showers developing. it'll be quite warm across north—west england, western scotland and northern ireland. we could see a high of 18—19 degrees for western scotland. that area of low pressure begins to ease away along with the showers through the course of bank holiday monday evening. for the rest of the week, it looks like high pressure will dominate and it'll often be dry but cool in the east with some low cloud and showers. warmer and sunnier in the west.