tonight at six... this time next week the uk will be voting and the party leaders are pushing home their messages. borisjohnson is promising brexit and a budget in his first 100 days. jeremy corbyn says it's about ending years of tory austerity. elect the tories, you carry on with austerity, you carry on with increasing gaps between the richest and poorest, so we have seven days to do it, seven days to get brexit done, seven days to end the deadlock. nigel farage hits back, afterfour meps quit his brexit party — they say he's splitting the leave vote. with yet more pledges and promises from all sides, we'll work out if it all adds up. also tonight... the democrats push ahead with impeaching donald trump — he becomes only the third president to be officially accused of abusing his office.

millions of hsbc customers face a 40% rate on overdrafts — could other banks now do the same? showdown in saudi — anthonyjoshua tells the bbcjust what's at stake in saturday's rematch with andy ruiz. and coming up on bbc news, as everton drop into the premier league relegation zone, we will have the latest on the future of marco silva. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. we're into the last week of election campaigning, and the party leaders have been pressing home their core messages. the conservatives say a majority

for them will mean brexit and a budget, cutting national insurance for workers, within the first 100 days. labour has pledged to recruit 20,000 more teachers, part of its overall bid to end what it calls years of tory failure. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. a small group, but a big noise. there is not much that has been pretty about this campaign. these protesters were lying in wait for borisjohnson in protesters were lying in wait for boris johnson in derbyshire. protesters were lying in wait for borisjohnson in derbyshire. inside, he was vowing to take as out of the eu by the end of next month, to cut taxes on your pay, and to relax the yea rs taxes on your pay, and to relax the years long squeeze on public spending, but he has only a week to make those arguments to you. has the pattern been set? 50 we have seven days to do it. seven days to get brexit done, seven days to end the deadlock, seven days to get out of this 3.5 year pit stop that we have

been in, and the pits is the word, believe me, and to get this country motoring again. a few months ago i did actually send you an e—mail. motoring again. a few months ago i did actually send you an e-mail. the audience challenged him on the floods, the health service and brexit too, and promises are easy to make in campaigns, harder to keep. if you are lucky enough to win, you would have a budget in february that would have a budget in february that would cut taxes for people. 0verall your manifesto would raise tax. when your manifesto would raise tax. when you say every time get brexit done, it would just open up months if not yea rs it would just open up months if not years more negotiations. what can we actually believe from you? laura, we are cutting taxes on business rates, national insurance contributions for everybody in the country, and as for your point about getting brexit done, the advantage of the deal we have ready to go is that it takes us out of the eu onjanuary 31. it

means we are no longer part of the legal empire of the eu. his ma nifesto legal empire of the eu. his manifesto would mean that business paid more tax, but individuals would get a modest cut, but when the threat is diminished if not disappeared for the tories, several brexit party meps quit at their own press co nfe re nce brexit party meps quit at their own press conference today. brexit party meps quit at their own press conference todaylj brexit party meps quit at their own press conference today. i only stood in may to fight for brexit. so they are backing tories, but not their leader. they join the brexit party, theyjoin the coalition that i put together, now they clearly were disaffected with the mrs may as leader, and we are not the conservative party. and the others are determined to make life as difficult as possible for the conservatives, trying to hang on to a clutch of mps in scotland. let us come together next week to vote in a way that locks the tories out of government, that allows scotland to escape the mess of brexit. although

there is not much cheer for the escape the mess of brexit. although there is not much cheerfor the lib dems, the surgejo swinson hoped for is not much in evidence. the message stays the same. they have all been on the trailfor weeks stays the same. they have all been on the trail for weeks now, right round the country, but time is running out for all sides in this campaign. the big picture suggests that the tories are on course to be the biggest party, but home and dry, backin the biggest party, but home and dry, back in government? don't be so sure. the next mp for peterborough. jeremy corbyn's big hope of course is to move into a ten himself, to spend a lot more taxpayers cash on schools and public services with a much bigger role for the state and another referendum on the brexit. what are your hopes for the future? a country where all children get a real chance. elect the stories, —— the tories can you carry on with austerity, increasing gaps between the richest in the poorest. we are very clear, we have a totally funded and costed manifesto, the only party that has in this election, and it will give real hope and opportunity

to everyone in this country. only a week left of roll up the sleeves to turn the course of this campaign. the result a week tomorrow will change the country, whoever wins. and in lots of ways this is a very complicated election, but as we enter the final phase, more and more it is about the two big teams, the reds and the blues, and more and more about those two big characters, borisjohnson more about those two big characters, boris johnson and jeremy corbyn, more about those two big characters, borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn, and in the next seven days, we are going to hear them both push like the clappers, their number one messages. for the conservatives, taking us out of the european union next month. for labour, it is about dramatically opening up the cheque book for public services. laura, thank you very much. so whether it's the conservatives and their talk of a tax—cutting budget or labour's pledge to reduce class sizes — the question, as ever, is whether the numbers are going to stack up. in short, how do you pay for it all? 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been looking at the detail and hejoins me now. let's start with the conservatives.

the prime minister said he was certainly not aware of the data, in terms of any extra tax revenue from their plans but it is worth looking at the small print on claims of a tax—cutting budget. yes, there is a smallish tax cut for workers‘s national insurance payments, which is worth after inflation at about £85 a year for millions of workers. if you top this up in the table, yes the tax cuts are £2.5 billion a year, but if you go down that document and look at sources of revenue, sources of tax revenue, that goes up, over £6 billion after the cancellation of a tax cut for businesses that have long been planned for, forecast and also legislated for. so from what we know so farfrom legislated for. so from what we know so far from the manifesto, yes, there is a modest tax cut for workers, but in the round you couldn't say that that was a tax—cutting budget, the numbers are relatively small though, and there isa relatively small though, and there is a reason for this. the conservatives want to show evidence of running a tight ship on public finances, and that gives you that

chart, kind of borrowing under control, falling a little bit around 296, control, falling a little bit around 2%, only really there to fund investment. we have also heard the chancellor and the prime minister today talking about the chances of a no trade deal brexit. if you get brexit done by the end of 2020, you haven't done a deal, they vow not to extend, and the independent experts say that is what would happen to borrowing, significantly larger, and if you overlay labour‘s plans, it is in the same ballpark as labour plans to borrow. the conservatives hate this chart, they say actually that isa this chart, they say actually that is a worst—case scenario for conservative trade policy. if you did a worst—case scenario for labour economic policy that borrowing number would be much higher. let's look at labour in more detail, more pledges from them today. yes, focusing on education in schools, in england, it should be said. 30,000 more teachers, limiting class sizes to 30. that is consistent with the large increase they are planning on school spending, taking the pupil spending even about where it was in

2010. where is the money coming from? they say on tax rises on business and the richest 5%. those same experts would say any other country with this level of taxation says they tend to tax the average worker a bit more. thank you very much. dozens of current and former staff of the labour party have given sworn statements about antisemitism in the party. the statements, collected by the jewish labour movement, will form part of its submission to the equality and human rights commission which is investigating the labour party. jeremy corbyn insists a process is in the party to deal with allegations have improved a great deal. donald trump is set to become only the third president in us history to be impeached. today the democrats have said they will start drafting what are called articles of impeachment, accusing the president of abusing his powers for personal gain. it doesn't necessarily mean he'll be thrown out of office but it's a significant moment in a troubled presidency. nick bryant is at the white house.

george, the way to look on articles of impeachment is like criminal charges against the president, and the democrats have the numbers in the democrats have the numbers in the house of representatives to impeach to charge donald trump. then the process would move to the us senate for a trial of donald trump, where the senators act as jurors, and the republicans are in control. 0n capitol hill today, the battle lines started being marked out for an epic political fight. a process likely now to lead to the trial of donald trump, a constitutional spectacle seen only twice before in the turbulent history of america. for the first time, the democratic house speaker, nancy pelosi, says she's ready to move forward with drafting what are called articles of impeachment. a charge sheet, in effect, accusing the president of high crimes and misdemeanors. sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for america, today, i am

asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. the democrats are accusing donald trump of undermining american democracy by trying to get political dirt from the president of ukraine, vladimir zelensky, on his rival, the former vice president, joe biden — using us military aid as an inducement. but mr trump, who returned last night from the nato summit in london, claims he's the victim of a "witch hunt". "if you are going to impeach me," he wrote, "do it now, fast. "so we can have a fair trial in the senate and so that our "country can get back to business." it's become an impassioned fight, and america's most powerful woman was asked if she hated america's most powerful man. i don't hate anyone. i was raised in a way that is a heart full of love, and always pray for the president. i still pray for the president, i pray for the president all the time. so don't mess with me when it comes to words like that.

it's beginning to look a lot like donald trump will be impeached by christmas. and next year, face a trial in the senate, where his republican allies have the vote to deliver a not guilty verdict. nick bryant, bbc news, washington. a major international police investigation — involving british and american police — has uncovered one of the largest cases of cyber theft ever detected. charges have been filed against two russian nationals who are alleged to have used malicious software to steal millions of pounds across a0 countries — including the uk. daniel sandford reports. on one of the main boulevards in central moscow, an audi r8 blocking traffic, while it does a series of doughnuts. police say these high—performance and highly expensive cars belong to members of a cybercrime group known as evil corp. a group responsible for two of the worst computer hacking and bank fraud schemes

of the last ten years. today, the fbi charged this man, 32—year—old maksim ya kubets, with being the leader of evil corp, which is suspected of stealing more than £75 million from customers all over the world. yakubets is a true 21st century criminal, who, with a stroke of a key and a click of a mouse committed cyber crimes across the globe. he's earned his place on the fbi's list of the worlds most wanted cyber criminals. the group seems to be able to operate without punishment in russia. the us says maksim yakubets helps the russian intelligence agency, the fsb, with its malicious cyber programme, so that might be why. the national crime agency says the group is the most significant cybercrime threat to the uk. but it's been able to identify members of evil corp from their social media profiles. the fundamental weakness that organised crime has is they are driven by money

and they are driven by greed. and we have been able to gain evidence in the uk of a real world footprint of people seeking to draw down the funds from these offenses, and also people who are exhibiting a very extravagant lifestyle online. evil corp even had its own lion cub. its two leaders have now been charged in america, but as long as they don't leave russia, there's no chance of them standing trial. daniel sanford, bbc news. much of france has been brought to a standstill today as a result of one of the biggest public sector strikes for years. the strikes have been called in opposition to president emanuel macron's plans to reform pensions. lucy williamson reports. tear gas today masked the real danger facing president macron. not the risk of a vehicle on fire in central paris, but the risk of a silent majority, set alight by opposition to his pension reforms.

most marched peacefully against the offer of longer working lives and smaller pensions, their quiet anger directed more at politicians than police. translation: they sit in the national assembly and sleep most of the time, and they earn 5,000 euros a month. we're in the streets, breaking our back. the big question is whether that anger over pension reforms will ignite into wider discontent, both with the economic situation and with president macron himself. 90% of trains across the country were cancelled. almost all lines on the paris metro were closed. both have now extended their strike into tomorrow. the government says it can no longer justify paying billions of euros to subsidise special pension rights for police, railway workers and other public sector staff. the new system will be fairer and more equal, it says, but protesters say it is the workers who will pay, and that

in mr macron's france, some parts of society are more equal than others. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. our top story this evening: the final week of campaigning — and the party leaders are out and about, pushing their core messages. a week to go before the big vote we are in croydon to assess the mood and confidence of voters in the run—up to the poll. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... ronnie 0'sullivan's hopes of winning a third successive uk championship title are over — after a thrilling defeat by china's ding junhui in the last 16 in york. mental health patients in england, desperate for help, are being left in limbo even after they have started treatment — that's according to research

carried out by the bbc. last year more than 1.5 million referrals were made by gps to a flagship talking therapy service. that's an increase of more than 10% in a year. but one in six people waited longer than 90 days between their first and second sessions. nhs england has acknowledged that pressure on the system is causing delays but insists that when patients are treated many of them show a significant improvement. dominic hughes reports. from day to day, most of my governing thoughts were around about whether i should make it through the next day or not. paul has struggled with his mental health ever since he developed post—traumatic stress disorder, following a violent attack while working as a police officer. he relies on talking therapies provided by the nhs, but sometimes the wait for treatment to begin has been too long and dangerous. when you're actively that unwell and all you're after is help and support with what it is that you're going through,

the symptoms i was experiencing. just a delay of several weeks or a month or six weeks is literally a lifetime for people when you're acutely unwell. and i have no doubts that with the right timing and the perfect storm of events, it could've been a very different story with my own outcomes. as demand increases, the talking therapy service is a victim of its own success. last year, more than a million people in england were referred. the first appointment is — broadly speaking — just an assessment. it's not until the second appointment that the real talking therapy work begins, and it's here that people are facing hidden waiting times. on average, the wait is longer than two months. but some people, around one in six, that's 95,000 patients, are having to wait longer 90 days. what this evidence is showing is that you're getting people in the door, and then they are having to wait a significantly longer time than they should be,

in order to get that next step of treatment. and that's where it's really problematic, because, obviously, the longer you wait, the worse your condition can become, the longer your recovery time can become. each part of the uk has its own talking therapy service and waiting times can't be compared directly. nhs england is now putting more money into mental health, including training more therapists. and it says hundreds of thousands of people like paul are being helped to overcome their problems. i was lost in the forest, i no longer in the forest, but i'm not out of the woods yet. i still have bad days, but, equally, i can see a future ahead of me. and that's good, that feels really good. dominic hughes, bbc news. millions of customers with hsbc bank accounts are facing significantly higher fees for their overdrafts. from march, the bank will bring in a single, flat rate of almost 40% across all its accounts, except those held by students. coletta smith is outside an hsbc branch in 0ldham. coletta.

yes, the bank regulator are introducing radical changes to the way overd rafts operate introducing radical changes to the way overdrafts operate in all kinds of banks at the moment. they say it is to make sure customers don't get ripped off but as a result hsbc today have announced their interest rate for arranged overdrafts will double up from 20% to 40% in march so that flat rate can be introduced. that will be a nasty shock for a lot of customers but the bank say actually most of their customers will be better off as a result of their changes because they are also scrapping the £5 per day interest charge at the moment for unarranged overdraft. but that still leaves around 2 million of their customers that are likely to be worse off as a result of the changes they are announcing. banks make a huge amount of profit from overdrafts at the moment. in 2017 they made £2.11

billion from overdrafts so they are working hard behind—the—scenes to try and find new ways to make sure they don't lose out on money because of these new changes that the regulator is introducing. we are likely to hear from a lot more regulator is introducing. we are likely to hearfrom a lot more banks over the coming months about their plans. thank you very much. with exactly a week to go until voters take to the ballot box, let's continue ourjourney to marginal seats around the uk. tonight, clive myrie is in croydon in south london. clive. yes, we are right in the centre of the town. in the famous box park. it's interesting how this one small market village has developed into the most populous borough in london, and it's also one of the most diverse with the highest number of under 18 is anywhere in the capital. croydon central was taken by labour from the conservatives in 2017, a

crushing defeat for the tories. labour's current majority is 5500. 54% of voters across croydon chose to remain in the eu when it comes to brexit. but seven days out, what is confidence like for people here? how do they view their futures? and if it isa do they view their futures? and if it is a positive sense for the future, how could that swing the vote in this marginal? croydon's skyline padres swagger, confidence, money is flowing but is it all it seems? the elections are all about confidence, how people feel about their lives, their futures. that time of year when we assess and re—evaluate. futures. that time of year when we assess and re-evaluate. at these recording studios, there is a swagger. these are long—time friends started this business three years

ago and they have recorded platinum sales. they say many of the young people they encounter feel the system has failed them, that elections are a waste of time. system has failed them, that elections are a waste of timem system has failed them, that elections are a waste of time. it is kind of sad they have lost the trust in the government, they have lost the belief. there is no faith. when i talk to young people, i'm thinking, wow you are just 15 and you are depressed. when i was 16, you are depressed. when i was 16, you should bejoyful, you you are depressed. when i was 16, you should be joyful, you should you are depressed. when i was 16, you should bejoyful, you should be out have ambition. does that not worry the government? a lack of high—paying jobs, costly housing, crime, problems for young and old in croydon, and add to that poor consumer confidence. as ian beaton, a car dealer of a0 years in the town. no one is spending. everyone is cutting the cloth. and that leaves you not very confident about the future? no, i'm not confident.

we have got to try to keep smiling, but when i talk to the customers who come in, no one is looking forward to next year with much hope. down the road, may be punters at this cafe might be more upbeat. sarah is voting liberal democrat. 0ut voting liberal democrat. out of ten, how would you rate your levels of confidence in the future? probably about two now, which is fairly low i know. dreadful. probably about two now, which is fairly lowi know. dreadful. why? we are leaving europe for one thing so i think the economy will start going down from now on. catherine is voting labour. two or three. can you honestly say in the last ten years things have improved? mary is a conservative party member. six to seven. that is positive compared to a lot of people we have spoken to.

why? it is 67 if the conservatives win because that is a good chance to get brexit done and for things to improve for the future. but overall, little swagger in the people here. thoughts of the future turned dark. sadly, a sign of the times. and tomorrow, the bbc hosts jeremy corbyn and borisjohnson, as the two leaders debate head—to—head. here's nick robinson. who will live here at ten downing st come christmas time? borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn? that's what your vote next week will help to decide. tomorrow they go head—to—head for the last time, that is the bbc prime ministerial debate at 8:30pm on bbc 0ne, friday night. anthonyjoshua's defeat to andy ruiz earlier this year was one of the biggest upsets heavyweight boxing has seen in many years. this weekend joshua has the chance to regain his pride and his belts in a rematch.

but the choice of venue — in saudi arabia — has raised a few eyebrows, as dan roan explains. saudi arabia has never seen anything quite like it. anthonyjoshua training in riyadh this week ahead of the first heavyweight title fight to be staged in the middle east. the british boxer is earning around £60 million for being here, but it's his opponent, andy ruiz, who is the champion. the mexican pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the sport's history this year when he beat joshua in new york. but ahead of the rematch, the challenger told me he is grateful to have a shot at redemption. the blessing is that i've got a second chance. some people don't get second chances at life and i got a second chance to put it right. and i'm looking forward to the opportunity. rather than, like, the challenge and the fear of it, i'm just embracing it and just turning it into a positive. here on the edge of the desert on the outskirts of riyadh, saudi arabia is preparing to stage one of the most eagerly anticipated sports events of the year at this 15, 000—seater arena that's been built from scratch in

less than two months. but given this country's human rights record, the choice of location is hugely controversial. there's a reason the fight‘s happening in saudi arabia. the saudi authorities are quite keen to sort of whitewash or sportswash their tarnished international reputation, which is kind of — the reason for that is pretty well—deserved. they've got an appalling record on lgbt rights, on women's rights, extrajudicial killings, beheadings, the ongoing conflict in yemen. does it bother you right now that you might be being used to sportswash, as it's called, the image of this country abroad? if that was the case, i would definitely have to say i would be bothered but my only focus isjust the boxing. through the final corner to win the first race of season six.. boxing's not alone — last month's formula e motor racing, one of a host of major events to be lured here, as part of an unprecedented investment into staging sport. the authorities insist the aim is to inspire participation, generate tourism

and help drive modernisation. we have a plan. we have a strategy towards changing the social scene within the kingdom to what is right, and what we think is right as well, and we're going towards that. and sports is one of the fields that are within the 2030 vision that are achieving that goal. this wouldn't be the first kingdom in this region to use such events to reposition itself, but the scale of saudi arabia's ambition is now clear. sport has another new frontier, but it could mean some tough choices ahead, too. dan roan, bbc news, riyadh. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good evening. it's been a wet and windy day in the far north of scotland, and many others will see that rain as we go through tonight. you can see this pipeline of cloud that has brought the heavy rain and brisk winds, but with that we are feeding in milderair brisk winds, but with that we are feeding in milder airfrom the south—west so unusually temperatures will climb as the night wears on. we

will climb as the night wears on. we will see outbreaks of rain continuing to drift south—eastwards. we have the strong south—westerly winds still pumping the mild air across the uk. as you wake up tomorrow, 11 or 12 degrees which will feel very different with recent mornings. it essentially turns into a day of sunshine and showers, heavy and thundery ones moving from northern ireland down into wales and the midlands as the day wears on. after that male start, southern areas will hold onto that but further north something a little cooler. that is all i have time for one for now. that's it. now on bbc one, we canjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are.