a major climbdown by the conservatives on social care — now, the prime minister says costs will be capped. theresa may said there could now be an "absolute limit" on the money people will have to pay — insisting the ideas behind the policy remain the same. we have not changed the principles of the policy that we set out in our ma nifesto. of the policy that we set out in our manifesto. those policies... those policies remain exactly the same. labour brings forward its pledge to scrap tuition fees for students in england — to include those starting university in the autumn. we'll be bringing you all the morning's developments on the election campaign trail. also this lunchtime... president trump has arrived in israel, saying there is a rare opportunity now to bring peace in the middle east. we have before asked a rare opportunity to bring security and stability and peace to

this region and to its people. out ofjail — rolf harris appears in court on trial for historical indecent assault. and the sun smiles on chelsea — as we get a sneak preview of the world's most famous flower show. and coming up on the sport on bbc news... not for sale. arsenal's majority shareholder says he's committed to the club after rejecting a £1 billion takeover. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the conservatives have performed a rapid climbdown over their central manifesto pledge on social care. theresa may, in a campaign speech in wrexham, said their plans now include a consultation on a cap, or in her words an "absolute limit", on the money people will need to pay. it's unclear what that cap will be.

the original commitment said that elderly people needing care at home, as well as those in residential care, would have to meet their costs, which could be deducted from their estate after their death, with £100,000 protected for people to hand on to their families. here's our political correspondent chris mason. huge bills and a big question — who should pick up the tab for our care in old age, and when? last thursday, the conservatives suggested a major overhaul of the care system in england. 0pposition parties and others piled in to criticise a plan that did not include a limit on how much it could cost families. but now, just four days on, a change... we are proposing the right funding models for social care. we will make sure nobody has to sell their family home to pay for care. we will make sure there is an absolute limit on

what people need to pay. and you will never have to go below £100,000 of your savings, so you will always have something to pass on to your family. and that is quite a change, because currently, in england, you pay for care if you have assets worth more than £23,200. under the new plan, the prime minister said, that will go up to £100,000. so, nobody with assets less than that will have to pay. the new calculation will include the value of your house, even if you are cared for at home. but now, a significant shift from what is in the conservative manifesto. there will be an upper limit on the bills families can face. but, and this is a huge but, theresa may will not say what that upper limit will be. has she done another u—turn, jeremy? apparently! blimey, you can't trust this woman! campaigning in hull,

jeremy corbyn said... a tory u—turn on social care would be extremely welcome, because i want this country to face up to its responsibility to those who need care, either the frail and those who need care, either the frailand urban leak those who need care, either the frail and urban leak those with special needs, those with severe difficulties and learning difficulties. and for the liberal democrats... this is theresa may's manifesto meltdown, the moment their policies are subject to scrutiny, they face unravelling, and it leaves millions of people up and down the country in a state of huge uncertainty. we know the dementia tax is still going to happen, we know there will be changes but we do not know what the changes will be. people know they will have to pay much more money, sell their homes, more likely, but they do not know when and how. and here is insight into conservative jitters about their south social care policy. if you searched online this morning about what critics called their dementia tax, look what popped up, and advert paid for by the tories to put their side of the story. are you

embarrassed by this u—turn, prime minister? great challenge we face as a society to try to work out how to pay for our old age, has now provoked a big shift in policy, but right in the middle of an election campaign. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in wrexham for us. just how big a climbdown is this? well, this is absolutely not what the tory party was planning during this election campaign. just four days after this manifesto was published. theresa may said today, nothing has changed, urging people to turn to page 65, which outlines the policy on social care. but if you do that, it is very obvious, there is no mention of a cap. it does talk about the fact that your home will be taken into account now, and the fact that you will get to keep £100,000, so quite a lot of detail, but no mention of any possibility of a cap. that is a

crucial part of this policy. david cameron had a plan to bring a cap of £72,000, people would not be expected to pay more than that. that idea seemed to have been ditched in this manifesto. i think the other problem for theresa may today, she sounded pretty angry, pretty and battled, she has made a big deal in this campaign, talking about and describing herself as strong and stable, this, of course, allows her opponents to say that actually, she has been pretty wobbly. she says the principle is still there, that people can afford to, will pay more. but there is a question over the next couple of weeks of this campaign, when she will be co nsta ntly campaign, when she will be constantly asked, what will the cap be? because that is a fundamental pa rt be? because that is a fundamental part of this policy. 0ur correspondent alison holtjoins me now. where does this leave the policy? it leaves us with an awful lot of questions, not least, as

mentioned, where would the cap be? these are questions which would normally be asked at the time of a green paperora normally be asked at the time of a green paper or a white paper, so it is probably not what the conservatives want, to be having this discussion is now. at the time of the manifesto, there was huge shock amongst those working in the ca re shock amongst those working in the care sector that there was no mention of a cap, that it seemed to have been scrapped. so this is a major turnaround. the reason this is important is because it limits the liability for some people who have huge costs, particularly people who may have dementia over a long time. it is those catastrophic costs which caused huge worry and distress amongst people who have the conditions, but also their families. so there was this push to try and pool the risk which families face, because none of us know what the future holds for us. at the same time, if you provide a limit to the costs, there is a chance for people to plan ahead, they know what they are planning for. that is perhaps

the most vital area of this, if you put a ceiling on the costs do they have also put in a flaw, of £100,000, which a family would be able to keep. then you have something you can work with in terms of planning ahead. many thanks. labour says it would bring forward its pledge to scrap tuition fees to include students starting university in england this autumn if it wins the election. the party also says that students who are part—way through their courses would not have to pay for the remaining years. leaderjeremy corbyn accused the conservatives of having "held students back for too long". since the fees have gone up to £9,000 under the coalition government, the numbers of working class youngsters going to university has declined, the number of university applications has started to go down. surely, we should be investing in our future? somebody who doesn't achieve the profession they want, nursing, teaching, medicine of some other form, engineering, whatever it happens to be, they lose out, but we as a society lose out because we've lost a qualified person who can help improve our

industries and improve our services. we can now talk to our assistant political editor, norman smith. can labour afford this? well, they say they can but no doubt, this is a significant expansion of what was already a very generous offer, suggesting not merely that all stu d e nts suggesting not merely that all students from 2018 will not have to page wishing trees, but mr corbyn 110w page wishing trees, but mr corbyn now suggesting that those who go to university this autumn should also have their debts written off, in that first year before the legislation comes into force. more than that, those students who have already started their courses, they should no longer have to pay any fees. and crucially, those who have graduated and are having to pay back loa ns graduated and are having to pay back loans currently with an interest rate of 6.1%, that should be cut by more than half, to the rate of inflation, around 2.7%. and on top

of that, you add in bringing back the maintenance grant. that is a total bill, say labour, of around £11 billion. it is a whopping great big policy promise whichjeremy corbyn has put at the very heart of his election campaign. that said, it risks being somewhat overshadowed i think today by continuing controversy think today by continuing c0 ntrove i’sy over think today by continuing controversy over mr corbyn‘s attitude towards the ira. yesterday he was asked repeatedly in a television interview with he condemned the ira, and he refused to experts agree condemn them. that row has rumbled on today, when he refused to say that he thought the ira was a terrorist organisation. he went on to say how he thought that there was bravery in both the unionist and the nationalist community during the troubles. i think the risk for mr corbyn, on this day of his big, standard, flagship policy promise, he risks

getting mired in continuing controversy getting mired in continuing c0 ntrove i’sy over getting mired in continuing controversy over his long—standing views on northern ireland and the ira. the green party has outlined ten key election pledges in its manifesto, saying it will offer a "message of hope" to voters. the party plans to "roll back privatisation of the nhs" and give people a referendum on the terms of a brexit deal. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier reports. the greens are a party with notjust one but two leaders. in central london today, they set out what they called big and bold ideas which they insisted were possible. this election is about what kind of future we want for our children. it is about protecting our values of openness, of compassion, cooperation. it's about our promise that a confident and caring future is possible. if we work together, if we do politics differently, and if we dare to be more ambitious. the party's policies include holding a second referendum on the terms of any brexit deal.

they want to explore having a universal basic income and a shorter working week, plus they've got a long—term aim to scrap university tuition fees in england and all existing student loan debt. they're defending one seat, but hoping to win over voters in places such as bristol west. i feel like a lot of green supporters are now maybe going more labour because labour maybe have more of a chance but i'm still a green supporter. i wouldn't personally vote for the green party, but i can see them becoming a force in the future with labour taking a back seat. the greens say they're standing up for young people and the environment, but they've stood aside in more constituencies than they're likely to win in the hope it will help labour and the liberal democrats. pushing for a progressive alliance has led to criticism they'll end up in a coalition of chaos. they want to transform politics —

to do that, they first need to get elected. donald trump has arrived in israel, on the second leg of his tour of the middle east and europe. his visit is expected to focus on reviving the middle east peace process. speaking in tel aviv, he said there was a rare opportunity to bring peace and stability to the region by working together. he was welcomed by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and tomorrow will meet the palestinian leader, mahmoud abbas. here's our correspondent yolande knell. direct from riyadh, president trump took the first official flight from saudi arabia to arrive in israel. two countries with no diplomatic relations. he wants to project the idea that he's ready to do things in his own way. with a fanfare, israel's leaders turned out to greet their country's greatest ally. president trump is going to spend just one day here, but he's come in pursuit of what he's called the toughest deal to make between israel and the palestinians.

he is hoping that his experience as a businessman could help him succeed where so many others have failed. we have before us a rare opportunity to bring security, stability and peace to this region, and to its people. defeating terrorism, and creating a future of harmony, prosperity and peace. but we can only get there working together. there is no other way. mr trump has already disappointed many israelis. he promised to move the us embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem, his next stop. however, all the signs are that won't happen now. with a warning that recognising israeli sovereignty over the city would inflame tensions with the palestinians. but one american israeli close to mr trump remains positive. the relationship with

israel has been repaired. again, eight years of 0bama, the american—israel relationship was described as putting daylight between the united states and israel. there is no daylight any more, we are together as we should be. in ramallah, palestinians want mr trump to show commitment to the idea of creating a palestinian state. to move forward in a two—state solution, it starts with recognising the state of palestine and getting the boot of occupation off of our neck. that's something the us could pressure israel into doing, if they would be serious about holding israel accountable. on this brief trip, president trump is meeting israeli and palestinian leaders. while an immediate return to peace talks isn't expected, there should soon be a clearer sense of how this white house believes a future deal could take shape. we can now speak to yolande knell. so, what is next for president

trump? right now he is in the old city ofjerusalem, privately visiting one of the world's most important churches. we will also go to the western wall, most holy site where dues can pray. then, it is back to his political meetings. he will be with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu to come before tomorrow, he go to bethlehem for a two time —— for a brief time, to meet the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. in terms of any signs of progress, the trump team did ask both sides for confidence building measures, goodwill gestures, if you like, ahead of his visit, and they welcomed news that israel has announced some small steps, economic measures, to ease the life of palestinians living in the occupied west bank. but on the palestinian side, it remains to be seen what kind of reception he's going to have. he's coming really at an extremely sensitive time just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the 1967 middle east war, when israel

ca ptu red middle east war, when israel captured lands which the palestinians want for their future state. it is also coming at a time when there are hundreds of palestinian prisoners in israeli jails who are currently on a hunger strike. a woman who says she was indecently assaulted by rolf harris in 1983 has denied that she came forward with her allegation in order to claim compensation. rolf harris is on trial at southwark crown court for four allegations of indecent assault against three teenage girls between 1971 and 1983. he denies all the charges. richard lister is outside court. what was said in court? the judge told the jury last week that mr harris had been convicted of other offences but would attend this trial. the court proceedings have been monitored by him via a video link. today he arrived at southwark for the first time and sat in the tock using an audio hearing loop to hear the proceedings as they went on

for the course of the morning. he heard allegations from one of his three accusers that in 1983 when she was 13, she'd been to the filming of a bbc kids programme, saturday superstore, and in the green room after the filming, she said mr harris came up behind her, put his arms around her, touched her breast and she said he'd said "do you often get molested on a saturday morning? ". the get molested on a saturday morning? thejury heard she didn't get molested on a saturday morning? the jury heard she didn't report this until 2014 and wood asked why she waited so long to bring the matter to the police. she said "i spent 30—odd years being believe and ididn't spent 30—odd years being believe and i didn't think they'd believe me. i also didn't think they'd see it as a serious enough offence. this woman was asked if she'd seen a report on the day that she made her complaint to the police that some assault victims were being offered £200,000 in compensation. she said she hadn't seen that report and hadn't claimed and wouldn't claim compensation, saying "it's not about that, it's been about vindication

and justice; it's been an awful experience. " mr harris denies all the charges. 0ur the charges. our top story this lunch time: theresa may has announced a major climb—down for the conservatives on social care costs, saying there could now be an absolute limit on the money that people will have to pgy- the money that people will have to pay. and we catch a glimpse of some of iconic images of modern times brought together for the first time in one location. it's been months in the planning and it's taken hundreds of people over a month to build and create the stunning displays. and now the time has come for the chelsea flower show to open its gates. they open to the public tomorrow, and 160,000 visitors from around

the world are expected to come over the next five days. our correspondent frankie mccamley is among those allowed a sneak preview. reeta, this is the welcome to yorkshire garden which aims to feature some of the best parts of the county, including the historical builds, the rolling landscape and of course the beautiful coastline. people will be able to see this for themselves when the show does open tomorrow morning. now, it is not all about beauty. i've been to see one man who has used gardening to turn his life around. ian price suffered from mental ill health. a garden designerfor over 20 years, he decided to turn a negative into a positive using his skills. this is the mind trap garden which hopes to raise awareness of the issue. in the central area, the

bubbling pool is to represent the fa ct bubbling pool is to represent the fact that when you look into that, you don't get a true reflection of yourself when you're at your lowest point, when suffering at your most. the views that you have from the central seat show you there is a brighter world beyond. you can't see it all and how to get out but you know there's something better than what you're in at the minute. ian is one of more than 500 exhibitors within the grounds of the royal hospital chelsea. bbc radio 2 feel good gardens are exploring the five senses, this is chris evans' taste garden. the thing i was most surprised by is that i thought amongst the show gardens i might get lost because it sounds so big and it is a big deal, the most famous garden show in the world. what they can do within 11 acres, then what every individual exhibitor does within their 23 by 23 plot is amazing, that is a testament to what we could do at home. with her majesty the queen and members of the royal family expected

later today, this morning was a chance for television royalty to ta ke chance for television royalty to take the limelight. an apricot rose named after dame judi take the limelight. an apricot rose named after damejudi dench. for the first time in the show‘s 104 year history, visitors will see a garden with an urban landscape focussing on green urban areas and there is no shortage of something that catches the eye, bringing the joy of gardening to millions and hoping to inspire the next generation. the weather couldn't be any better. of course, there's excitement in the air with members of the royal family expected later today, including prince philip and of course her majesty the queen. facebook‘s internal rules for regulating what its nearly two billion users can and can't post on the site have been leaked. the documents appear to show that the company tolerates certain violent threats, forms of bullying, and live videos of self—harm. our technology correspondent

rory cellan—jones joins me. tell us more about the document and what it shows about facebook rules. this is basically a training manual give tonne the thousands of people working as moderators dealing with all the complaints about content. it goesin all the complaints about content. it goes in some detail, that we have not seen before, into how they should make individual decisions. there are some interesting cases. you are not allowed to make a threat of violence against a public figure, you can't say i'm going to kill a world leader, you can probably say i'm going to kill my boyfriend because that is seen as not a credible threat. some violent videos that people might be surprised to see are allowed are permitted to stay up. the idea being that they may actually highlight some issues. all of these incredibly complex and difficult issues for the moderators to deal with. facebook‘s basically accepting the document as genuine saying we work hard to make facebook as safe as possible while enabling free speech, which requires a lot of thought into detail and often

difficult questions. what will strike many people is these are exactly the kind of guidelines that major media organisations have themselves and facebook is basically turning into a major media organisation. many shakes. -- many thanks. more now on the general election and throughout the campaign period we're taking an in—depth look at some of the issues most important to you and hearing from our specialist editors. today our home editor mark easton examines the topic of political alienation. you'd be hard—pressed to find any voters that don't think too much power resides in this place, whitehall. for too long, power in britain's been centred in london, so says the tory manifesto and labour agree. just as people felt the power was centralised and unaccountable in brussels, so many feel that about london, they say. now labour and the liberal democrats want a constitutional convention to look at a federal uk to break london's grip on power. the tories would like to set up a fund to disperse returning eu money around the country

and they also want more metro mayors in england. millions of people feel disconnected, they don't think elections change anything. it is a fair assumption that for the vast majority of voters, the allegiance of the mps who represent them in this place won't change and in many seats it won't have changed for decades. so perhaps an extestential challenge for the next uk government is to convince people that power and control is really being returned to them. another issue that's key for many is immigration. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani looks now at how politicians are handling a subject which appears to split both parties and communities down the middle. fast efficient business is good business. this is the packing plant for kingston technology. it makes memory sticks in asia, ships them to

the uk and distributes them to europe, africa and the middle east. it deliberately located here as a gateway to global trade. the company's gateway to global trade. the compa ny‘s growth gateway to global trade. the com pa ny‘s growth tells gateway to global trade. the company's growth tells the story of economic immigration. it's a story of workers from around the world. my name is... my name is... my name is... my name is... a multilingual sales and support team keep kingston competitive. staff from 35 countries selling to customers in at least 20 long wadges. i don't think that immigration means that people like me are taking jobs away from uk people. myjob requires me to have french as my mother tongue and speak several other languages which make it easierfor a person several other languages which make it easier for a person from another country. kingston says it struggles to find multilingual brits because many emigrate. so is it likely to be

the end of free movement after brexit? once you have made an investment decision like we did 20 yea rs investment decision like we did 20 years ago and have a committed workforce here, it's very difficult to make a decision to move away. however, there are always new businesses being set up and companies who today make that decision might decide to to it in berlin or in france or somewhere else. net migration's been running around two—and—a—half times the prime minister's target. new figures coming later this week. labour won't put a figure on its ideal level. campaigners for controls say it's time for change. the high levels of migration frankly are at a relatively recent development of a recent phenomenon. that's something that we can address perfectly well, bring in the schools that we need, bring in the schools that we need, bring in the people that we need and indeed bring numbers down to manageable levels. many ex—pers say that while people have strong views on immigration,

there is a lack of debate about the complex choices ahead for the type of nation we want to be. if we asked you to picture marilyn monroe, you would probably think of her wearing that fluttering white dress. mention 1966 to any football fan and bobby moore clutching the world cup trophy will likely come to mind. these images behind us arejust a few of the famous shots from the getty images archive. now, for the first time, all 80 million photographs are being stored in one location and our correspondent graham satchell has been given exclusive access. they are some of the most remarkable, memorable and culturally significant photographs ever taken. and they all belong to the picture agency getty. this is their new home, it is now the largest commercial archive of physical photos anywhere in the world. so, matt, how many pictures have you got here? there's about 80 million images on—site. 80 million?

yeah, 80, eight zero. it's a bit like an iceberg, so if you go to our website, for every one image on the website, there's 200 prints in the files that aren't on the website. and for every one of those prints, there's about 200 negatives that have never been printed or seen before. there are pictures here going back to the birth of photography in the 1830s. these are from the general election in 1914. this lady, on her cart, speaking to a massive audience, of two. the archive covers everything. sport, celebrity, mystery. one of the most remarkable images in the getty collection was taken here in 1934. it's a picture of a monster, and is perhaps the most famous example of fake news. the loch ness monster. this here is what was in the daily mail on april 21st 1934. why i think it's become iconic is because it then informs people as to what the loch ness monster should look like.

so when they came here looking for nessie, this is what they were looking for. this sets the image forever? yes. today, the nessie legend brings in around £30 million a year to the local tourist economy, but the photo that started it all is fake. it was taken by man called marmaduke wetherell, using a toy submarine bought from woolworth‘s. back in the bowels of the getty archive, experts are repairing and restoring images like this 1957 shot of lauren bacall. over time, hundreds of thousands of negatives will be scanned, digitised and put online for anyone to view. graham satchell, bbc news. a diamond ring bought forjust £10 at a car—boot sale 30 years ago