plans in the manifesto. that will be the source of controversy and political debate. but labour does make one bold promise. it says it is committed to ensuring that the national debt is lower at the end of the next parliament than it is today. thank you. back now to our assistant political editor norman smith, from the launch of the labour manifesto in bradford. norman, do we have a clearer idea of how the election is shaping up now? i think today in a funny sort of way the manifesto was not really about policies, what it was really about was credibility, do people believe thatjeremy corbyn was credibility, do people believe that jeremy corbyn can was credibility, do people believe thatjeremy corbyn can deliver and pay for this huge range of spending commitments? because in policy terms, what is to object to? if you wa nt terms, what is to object to? if you want watch lk, corbyn is offering it, if you want your benefits restored, corbyn is offering it, if you want tuition fees scrapped, he is offering it. but can he pay for

it and is offering it. but can he pay for itand do is offering it. but can he pay for it and do people believe he can? he indicates there will be more borrowing, his argument is that it is sensible to borrow, to invest and to grow the economy. the view of critics, i suspect, to grow the economy. the view of critics, isuspect, will to grow the economy. the view of critics, i suspect, will be that borrowing has to be paid for someone at the end of the day, very often ordinary people through pensions, taxes and their children's prospects. this has always been jeremy corbyn‘s achilles' heel, his credibility not just as jeremy corbyn‘s achilles' heel, his credibility notjust as a leader but whether he can pay for his policies. thank you, norman. time for a look at the weather. here's jay wynne. the look and feel of the weather differ quite widely, warm and sunny gci’oss differ quite widely, warm and sunny across the south—easterly corner, the central swathe sees an area of cloud and grey on towards the north and towards the north—west, some sunshine to be had but also some showers. thanks to the weather watchers. this is the dividing line, cloud and rain from the south—west

of england through wales, the midlands and yorkshire. it will not move too for tapping quickly. lots of sunshine in the eastern quite warm. a bit fresher for of sunshine in the eastern quite warm. a bit fresherfor many of sunshine in the eastern quite warm. a bit fresher for many to the north and west, but sunny spells and scattered showers. it has been quite warm on the shores of the moray firth, into the low 20s, 1a or 15 more generally across scotland with scattered showers. showers into northern ireland will fade away. lots of cloud the northern england and some rain to be had, as in parts of wales & west of england. the line stretches through the midlands towards lincolnshire. 2a and 25 degrees in a few places south—east of that, quite warm. into the evening, the rain will pepper up into the evening, the rain will pepper up if anything, turning quite wet. skies much clearerfor scotland and northern ireland, temperatures willdip and northern ireland, temperatures will dip away into single figures. much fresher than last might but pretty warm across the south—eastern corner, around 1a or 15 degrees.

quite wet across much of england and wales tomorrow, the weather front is still via or thereabouts across the central swathe of england and wales, some of the rain could be quite heavy and very persistent, particularly in the south and west. not much gets into the south—east. sunny spells and a scattering of showers once again. they range in temperatures, still quite warm in the south—east with the breeze coming in from the near continent, temperatures struggling under the rain. temperatures of 16 or 17. plenty more rain through the evening, some could turn out heavy and sunny evening, some could turn out heavy and sunny across evening, some could turn out heavy and sunny across east anglia and the south—east it slowly clears away into the north sea. the low clears into the north sea. the low clears into the north sea, in its wake we follow the isobars towards iceland. pressure out heading our way on thursday. it looks pretty reasonable for large swathes of the uk, particularly further south and east, where the best sunshine is likely to be. 19 degrees pleasant enough, 1a

for glasgow and belfast with a scattering of showers. fresher weather into the weekend, heavy showers but also sunshine. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me — you're watching the bbc news channel with the latest sports news. we start with tennis wherejohanna konta is through to the next round of the open. she was rarely challenged and won the first set with some ease. if that was straightforward the second set was all but effortless as she took that six love. next up for her is the winner of the next round with venus williams. french open bosses have shed further

light on their decision not to allow romanian davis cup captain ilie nastase to roland garros this year. during a highly controversial april, the 70—year—old made racist comments about serena williams' pregnancy, allegedly inappropriate advances towards his british counterpart anne keothavong, and he's believed to have verbally abused both the davis cup captain, as well as playerjohanna konta during a match. organisers of the madrid open were criticised for inviting nastase to last saturday's award ceremony. and speaking ahead of the next grand slam in paris, french open tournament director guy forget says the romanian has let himself down. good publicity for the game. it's not good for himself, he was such a great champion and he is a nice generous sky but it is hard to see those pictures now. we have a committee, the idf gave its position and the french federation will follow that position so i doubt we will see him this year. ioc experts have just completed their inspection of the paris bid ahead of september's vote to decide

whether the french capital or los angeles should host the 2024 summer games. la was inspected last week. the mayor of paris, anne hildago, believes france's new president, emmanuel macron, can help her city win the bid. yesterday i was with the president in my office in the city hall, we had a very strong and beautiful meeting with breezy and people, with all the breezy and people —— the paras ian people and we talk together about the important issues for paris and france and the first topic was the olympic games and for us topic was the olympic games and for us it is a very strong support and i'm very happy. the battle for a champions league place is likely to go right down to the wire. this evening, arsenal and manchester city are in action, before sunday's season finale.

arsene wenger‘s side, who take on relegated sunderland at the emirates, are three points behind city. they host west brom. their manager pep guardiola will end the season trophy—less for the first time in his career. and he admits he's been given a "second chance" with city, because a similar scenario at either of his former clubs, barcelona or bayern munich, might have seen him sacked by now. i arrived in barcelona with nothing to defend and in six months with no wind you are really out, or bayern munich. they don't give you a second chance come here they give you a second chance and i am glad to do it. in my situation in a big club, i am out, the ones i worked with before i am not here, but here i have a second chance and will try to do it. that's all sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. i will have more in the next are. i will see you then. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has launched his party's manifesto this morning with pledges to transform britain, end austerity and invest in public services. it will be funded by taxes on businesses and the higher paid. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster for us. yes, this is an eye—catching ma nifesto yes, this is an eye—catching manifesto from labour. they are offering a clear choice between the two major parties, conservative and labour, lots of policies in there, very detailed and presenting a much bigger role for the state, whether it's renationalisation of the railways, whether it's the same thing for some energy companies or water companies, and how it is paid

for is crucial. labour site they have of it, they repeated they were borrowed £250 billion over ten years for infrastructure, more hospital building, more capital spent in schools but also say that is how they would be for the proposals on water companies. they would also raise income tax for the highest earners, affecting 1.3 billion people. we have been talking about policies more in this campaign but brexit has been the backbone to all of this —— 1.3 million people. labour have said about brexit they would not leave the eu without a trade deal, they want power free access to the single market that would put the economy first and they repeated that no deal is the worst scenario for the uk. the critics say that there is then an encouragement for eu leaders to not give us a deal

because then we might stay in, but this is howjeremy corbyn saw his offer an brexit. the tories now want to scare us into accepting more of the same. only labour has a plan ambitious enough to unleash this country's potential. and only labour has a plan to make brexit work for ordinary people. we are clear, the choice is now a labour brexit that puts jobs first, or a tory brexit that will be geared to the interests of the city of london, and will risk making britain a low—wage tax haven. as we leave the european union, because that is what the people have voted for, only labour will negotiate a deal that preserves jobs and access to the single market, preserves rights and does not plunge our country into a race to the bottom.

when it comes to immigration, there have been some slightly confused m essa 9 es have been some slightly confused messages from labour on that in the last couple of weeks but the final virgin of the manifesto says freedom of movement will end when we leave the eu butjeremy corbyn at pains to talk about the contribution made by those who have come to live and work in this country, especially in the health service. a lot of labour's policies are popular with voters, but others point to his own personal ratings as a potential prime minister which are not as good as the party, so is it about the messenger? some fear they may have popular policies but on the door stop there are labour mps saying

thatis stop there are labour mps saying that is not cutting through because they do not trust mr corbyn to pay for all this and deliver, but the message is clear from jeremy corbyn, he is owed to help those who were struggling to make ends meet. with me isjohn mills, chairman of the consumer goods companyjml, labour donor and chair of the campaign group labour future. thank you for coming in. did you like what you heard today? you warned in the past that itjeremy corbyn didn't bolster traditional labour support, the party could be finished. i think what he said will help bolster support. they may not win the general election but need to have enough mps to hold the government to account and what jeremy corbyn said today is likely to be attractive to a lot of people and will help that. for you the priority is avoiding allying sad victory for the conservatives.”

think realistically what is important is to avoid a wipe—out, to make sure there is a reasonably strong opposition in the next parliament and that seems to be what jeremy corbyn is aiming to achieve and is likely to be successful. what we got to date that was new was figures. does the maths add up? the mass balances. the big issue is whether the ways in which money is to be raised will materialise. where do you think there are questions? corporation tax is one, going up to 26% is a big increase designed to raise over £10 billion. if companies relocate overseas because the rates are high, i think it is doubtful whether as much as that will be raised. there are also issues about putting up tax on individuals, once

it becomes high enough it's worth spending time and money employing a ccou nta nts spending time and money employing accou nta nts to get spending time and money employing accountants to get the rates down, so there are some issues but i think jeremy corbyn and the government are determined to close tax loopholes. might companies say let's give up on britain, how likely is it that with brexit, is uncertainty better risk then britain under labour? i'm such it isa then britain under labour? i'm such it is a better risk. if you look at france, social security tax on employees is far higher than in the uk, so moving to a foreign country is not an easy option for any company. i suspect most of them would wince a bit and put up with that. and ring the accountants. with corporation tax it wasn't clear how that would affect small businesses in terms of investment, if they were

hit with that level of corporation tax. 26% still leaves three quarters of their earnings available. it doesn't help, an investment is so low i am not sure it would get lower, but i think your balance has to be struck between what was mrs bates and what rich individuals be and the general feeling in the country is that businesses and rich people have done pretty well in the last few years and some redressing of the balance needs to be undertaken. headline writers might say this is labour of the 70s, higher taxes, much higher borrowing if you were talking about reid nationalising utilities. if you look at what happened in the 19505 and 19605 when tax rates are similar to the ones we are talking about, the country was growing rapidly and was

more united so you do not want to draw conclusions from the 19705. john mills, thank you for coming in. ina john mills, thank you for coming in. in a moment a summary of the bu5ine55 in a moment a summary of the business use. jeremy corbyn will unveil labour's manifesto in bradford, promising a "radical and responsible" plan for government that will "put the interests of the many first". inflation has risen 5harply to its highest rate for nearly four year5, pushed up by higher airfares and clothing prices. the white house denies a report that president trump revealed classified intelligence to the russian foreign minister during their meeting last week. hello. in the business news: manchester united has reported a loss for the first few months of the year because of high operating costs. it lost £3.8 million between january and march, down from a £13.7 million profit in the same period last year. it points the finger at expensive player5 and an unfavourable exchange rate. ea5yjet has reported a larger

loss for the first half of its financial year, partly due to the impact of the lower pound and the timing of easter. the airline recorded a loss of £212 million in the six months to march. ea5yjet said its performance had been "resilient" and the losses were in line with market expectations. shares are down 6.5% ford is planning to cut around 10% of its global workforce in an attempt to help profit5.that's in an attempt to help profit5. according to media reports which started in the wall street journal. ford refused to confirm or deny the story, but said in a statement that it was focused on its plans to "drive profitable growth". afternoon. as we've been hearing, inflation figures for last month has risen to its highest since september 2013. it now stands at 2.7% up from 2.3% in march. but crucially it's above the bank of england's 2% target. the main reason was higher airfare5, which ro5e because of the later date of easter

this year compared with 2016. this is alan clark, who's an economist at scotia bank. the main reason inflation ro5e today is the different timing of easter this year compared with last year. that pushed up airfares sharply, on top of that we had some utility bill hikes and the ongoing increa5e in the price of goods we import from abroad. because the pound is weaker, they are becoming more expensive so that is what pushed it up very sharply and i think it will keep rising but i don't think it's reasonable to expect such a big jump every month. today was a bit of a one—off. i think it's important to distinguish between the sort of inflation we have now which is imported, due to the weak pound, which the bank of england has very little control over, ver5u5 domestically generated inflation, 5ervices, things the bank of england can control. tho5e one5 aren't ri5ing, the price of haircut5 and services, things like that. if the bank of england were to raise interest rates it would just compound the misery. the economy is already slowing to a near stand5till. to raise interest rates would make

that situation even worse, so i think they are happy to look through this temporary peak in inflation and we probably won't see interest rates rising for at least another year. now, not great news for budget airline ea5yjet. it's reported a larger loss for the first half of its financial year. they say it's partly due to the impact of the lower pound and the timing of easter this year. this is their chief executive carolyn mccall. airlines tend to make losses, 19/21 years airlines tend to make losses, 19/21 yea r5 easyjet airlines tend to make losses, 19/21 yea r5 ea5yj et has airlines tend to make losses, 19/21 year5 easyjet has lost money in the winter and the two years we made money, all the stars aligned, the foreign exchange was in our favour, so £80 million of that was foreign exchange, the weakness of the pound against the dollar and because we buy our fuel against the dollar and because we buy ourfuel in against the dollar and because we buy our fuel in dollars and £115 million is a hit in the first half but a benefit in the second, because

ea5ter moved into april. in other business news, consumer group which? say5 banks have made little progress in protecting people from pu5h fraud. that's when victims are conned into transferring money to the accounts of fraudsters, believing they're legitimate firm5. the banks' anti—fraud group said that they're addressing the problem. uk workers are three times more likely to go into work when ill than pull a sickie. a survey by aviva uk health claims 60% of people say they'd worked when unwell — only 23% admitting to pulling a sickie. a very honest 23% there. the union, the tuc has described uk workers as "mucus troopers" after the office for national statistics said that sickness absence totalled 137 million working days last year, the equivalent ofjust 11.3 days per worker. aren't we are hard—working bunch? let's have a look at the markets. the ftse 100 has reached a new record — ju5t. the blue chip index ro5e i514.21 points ahead at 7,468. vodafone's shares led the gainers, up 2.9% at 217.3p after promising i'll be back with more business

new5. thank you. retired engineer sion jair climbs the old man of coni5ton in the lake district every day, notjust to keep his body active, but also his mind. sion is coping with the symptoms of alzheimer's disease, and hopes 5taying active will keep it at bay for longer. john maguirejoined him on one of his daily climbs. come rain or shine — and days don't come much wetter than this — you'll find sionjair on his beloved lakeland fell5. four years ago he was diagnosed with alzheimer's, but walking the5e mountains every single day helps him manage his condition. it's keeping my brain ticking overfor a start, because it's getting oxygen around the brain cells that are left, if you like, and that's enabling me to feel psychologically a lot better and it's also helping me to feel as though i have still got something that i can do and cope with on a day—to—day basis. and so long as i can keep doing this

— coming out to the moutain5 and enjoying the countryside, and the physical activity as well — then i'm not worried about the diagnosis of alzheimer's so much. drying out in the pub, he's well aware that dementia is changing him, sometimes affecting his personality. but as well as the mountains, he has wendy for support. it's much harder if you're at home because your mood tends to drop quite dramatically, to the point where if he can't motivate himself to do the exercises, he will really maybe just go to bed or fall asleep. it's a marked change, so the more he goes up the mountains and keeps walking, the better. he doesn't think or plan too far ahead, taking life just one day at a time, but he's determined to prove to himself and to others that such a devastating diagno5i5 does not mean his life is over — far from it. the king ofjordan is opening

a new international research centre today. it's hoped the laboratory, known as sesame, will promote research across the middle east. but it has faced formidable hurdles. from jordan, here's our 5cience editor david shukman. i'm injordan at a new research centre called sesame and around me is a machine called a synchrotron that acts as an incredibly powerful microscope. what's the big deal, you might think. well, listen to some of the countries involved. there'sjordan, of course, egypt, turkey, cyprus, iran and, amazingly, israel as well. one of the people who has been steering this project to fruition is the british phy5ici5t chris llewellyn—smith. how amazed are you, given the sort of countries involved, given how ho5tile they can be to each other, that here you are today, the thing is starting to work? the scientists involved in sesame overlook the politics. they work together as scientists,

producing a facility they want to use. if it's a time of particular tension in the region, of course, they can feel a bit uncomfortable but nothing serious has happened. in fact, i'm often asked, what was the effect of the arab spring? one of the effects was everybody was in financial difficulty, of course, but the only direct one was when a group of countries agreed to put specialfunding into sesame — just before they signed up, the government changed in egypt and they never came on board because it kept changing. but otherwise, we have overcome these difficulties. did you ever wake up in the morning, hear the news of some new conflict in the middle east, a new source of tension and think, surely, the various partners will have to walk away now? not really because i understood, meeting them, that they want this to happen, at least at the level of the scientists. the real problem has been finding the money. the countries in this region have

5cience budgets that you can hardly see with a microscope, most of them. there have been many times in the history of this project where a rational person would have said, let's give up, but it seemed important to keep going and here we are today, we're launching the project, albeit with minimal supporting infrastructure but it's going to work, it's producing science, it's a very great moment. do you have to pinch yourselves, now and again, that actually, you pulled it off? i suppose so but that would sound a little bit arrogant. congratulations. chris llewellyn—smith there, thanks very much indeed. so the real test comes now when teams of iranian, israeli, palestinian, turkish 5cienti5ts all come here to use the facility and it's meant to run for many years. let's get a weather update here. a huge contrast in the look and feel

of the weather acro55 a huge contrast in the look and feel of the weather across the uk, sunny and warm in the south—east, centring on 5wathe5, after a bit of cloud and rain, then in the farther west, much more rain. you can see this line of cloud and rain, 5lightly fresher conditions to the north and west. with some showers moving away from northern ireland, improving here but people see those showers drifting across scotland. it has been warm around the moray firth, got around 20 degrees in the evening in inverne55. up to 17 or so in northern ireland in the afternoon and for parts of northern england, not much rain left in wales but 5till not much rain left in wales but still pretty grey over the hills in the south and west as this rain

moves further ea5t. it doesn't quite get to east anglia, should be warm evening here. there might be dribs and drabs of rain overnight but the main amount of rain cups up overnight, wet for part of england and wales but clearer skies for scotla nd and wales but clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland, fresher than last night but still warm in the south—eastern corner. in the middle of the week there will be rain acro55 the middle of the week there will be rain across england and wales, a different day for scotland and northern ireland, and bright to start with, maybe a few showers on the breeze but for england and wales lots of cloud and rain, not too much in the far south—east until later and underneath that rain and temperatures will struggle, but in the south—east corner we will get to the south—east corner we will get to the low 205, brighter weather towards the north and west. some of the rain and the south—east might and heavy, some rumble5 of thunder but it slowly moving out to the

north sea. some areas of low pressure m ove north sea. some areas of low pressure move away from the uk, and you can follow these isobars back to iceland where the air is coming from, so a fresher feel to thursday but a decent day on thursday, light wind5 but a decent day on thursday, light winds and pleasant enough at 18 or 19 degrees, closer to 1a in the north and west. into the weekend, a scattering of showers, some could be heavy with hail and plunder but also some spells of sunshine. you're watching bbc news. i'm ben brown in bradford wherejeremy corbyn has launched labour's election manifesto, promising a radical blueprint for britain he said labour would expand childcare, scrap university tuition fees and boost wages for the low—paid — funded through tax rises for high earners. we are asking the better off and

because orations to pay a little bit more. “— because orations to pay a little bit more. —— big corporations. the tory campaign is built on one word, fear. in the next hour. the cost of living goes up to its highest level for almost 4 years. official figures show inflation at 2.7 per cent, driven by a rise in clothing, energy prices and air fares.