faisal islam, bbc news. mp and minister ian austin has said thatjeremy corbyn is "completely unfit" to be prime minister and has urged people to vote for boris johnson instead. it comes after labour's deputy leader tom watson announced he was stepping down as an mp — but for personal reasons. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the buses look the same, but it's notjust the season that makes this a very weird election, as one senior mp put it. inside both the big parties, there are serious doubts about the leaders. jeremy corbyn‘s track record of handling, or not handling fast enough, racism againstjews is under attack again. anti—semitism is a poison and an evil in our society. i have spent my whole life fighting against racism. i will die an anti—racist. but two of his former mps simply don't believe that. not fit to hold high office. there's no love lost between these two and the labour leadership. but for years, they were both deeply loyal lieutenants of the party. listen to them now, urging you

our economics editor faisal islam is here.icy emerged in a slightly unusual way today, not in a formal campaign way initially. what do you make of the figures and the claims they are making? as it was explained, an enterprising member of the public managed to extract it from the prime minister, that would have been an incredibly radical policy, levelling up incredibly radical policy, levelling up the rate at which workers start to pay national insurance with the income tax level, it would cost billions, nearly £10 billion and would have been a hefty tax cut for millions and millions of workers. what has transpired as to what will actually be in the manifesto tomorrow is more modest than that. it has been described to me as a down payment, as you explain, an increase of just down payment, as you explain, an increase ofjust under £1000 in the threshold to £9,500 which means a tax cut from now of about £100, but actually, taking into account the inflation would have lifted the threshold a bit anyway, it is £85, costs about £2 bil

that was faisal islam there.and are about bringing people together. the party's also promising all workers at least £10 an hour for the so—called real living wage — with public sector employees getting a 5% pay rise as well. they'll offer free personal care to over—65s in england, and in higher education, labour says they will abolish tuition fees and bring back maintenance grants. and on the crucial issue of brexit, labour are promising to renegotiate a new deal with the eu and then have another referendum although mr corbyn will not say how he would vote. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to hastings, a marginal seat with a small tory majority that voted to leave the eu, to find out what voters make of the plans. there is a battle in hastings. this seaside town was narrowly won by the tories in 2017. now, this working fishing port is exactly the kind of seat labour needs for an election victory. 0n the edge of town, staff at this manufacturing business had half an ear on labour's offer today. fo

faisal islam, bbc news.ally launches the election campaign — but has to deal with the resignation of a cabinte minister. and coming up... two—time olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing over fears she could lose her sight. coming up on sportsday on bbc news... we'll look ahead to another busy night of european football. manchester city face atalanta, whilst tottenham are in serbia taking on red star belgrade. marks & spencer is in the middle of a turnaround plan — but there's been a drop in profits following poor sales in clothing and home goods. pre—tax profits fell 17% in the first half of the financial year, to £176.5 million. sales in clothing and homeware fell by 5.5% — although the food division returned to growth. here's our business correspondent, emma simpson. hi everyone, it's holly willoughby here. she's the celebrity who's teamed up with m&s. everything she wears sells out. trouble is, m&s didn't buy enough of it. takejeans. m&s had a disaster with its denim ranges — they quickly sold

faisal islam, bbc news.laid cymru and the greens have taken part in the first television debate based solely on how to tackle climate change. the discussion — which was hosted by channel 4 — included renewable energy, public transport and legal targets to reach net—zero emissions. as you probably noticed, borisjohnson and nige farage weren't there. they both turned down an invitation to particiapate. labour will kickstart a green industrial revolution. labour is on your side and on the side of the environment. what we want to do is make it easier and cheaper for everybody to do the right things so that the obvious decision to make is the one that is good for our climate. wales has great energy resources. we we re climate. wales has great energy resources. we were the start of the industrial revolution and could be the start of the new one. all of this discussion of individual behaviour, important as it is, somebody made the point about the small number of companies responsible for the majority of emissions.

0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is here to look at the numbers. faisal.ntained no rabbits out of the hat, no huge tax cuts, rises, or big new spending items. it has been designed as a "steady as she goes" modest effort — the equivalent of a rather low—key budget with some targeted help. for example, extra nurse recruitment and appointments cost about £1.5 billion pounds a year on top of existing nhs commitments. there is £600 million a year on a national skills fund. the national insurance threshold costs the exchequer £2.5 billion a year. in total, £6.5 billion in spending rises and tax cuts. it's very modest — for example, there's no income tax cut for higher earners, that was promised to the pm's party members. it doesn't undo ten years of spending squeezes either. all of that basically is funded by not cutting corporation tax, a tax on business profits, to i7p — and leaving it at i9p instead. about half a billion is also raised from increasing the money charged to migrants to use the health service. this is not a transformative ma nifesto this is not

faisal islam, bbc news.day of violent demonstrations in hong kong. the first person, a protester, was injured when he was shot by a police officer. later, a pro—beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight, after arguing with protesters who are demanding greater democracy and police accountability. our correspondent stephen mcdonnell reports from hong kong. this is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. a police officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearing black. he's shot at point—blank range. and it's all captured in a facebook live video. the 21—year—old is seriously injured, and at one point seems to lose consciousness. yet somehow, despite his injuries, and amidst the chaos, he attempts to flee, but is captured and taken away in an ambulance. elsewhere in the city, a police officer drives into a group of black—clad protesters, veering the motorbike towards them three times before taking off. he's since been suspended. hours later, a middle

faisal islam, bbc news.y of violent demonstrations in hong kong. the first person — a protester — was injured when he was shot by a police officer. later a pro—beijing supporter was soaked in flammable liquid and set alight after arguing with protesters who are demanding greater democracy and police accountability. 0ur correspondent stephen mcdonnell reports from hong kong. this is how the day of extraordinary violence starts. a police officer, arresting the person in white, is approached by another protester, wearing black. he's shot at point—blank range. and it's all captured in a facebook live video. the 21—year—old is seriously injured yet somehow, despite his injuries, and amidst the chaos, he attempts to flee, but is captured and is taken away in an ambulance. elsewhere in the city, a police officer drives into a group of black—clad protesters, veering the motorbike towards them three times before taking off. he's since been suspended. hours later, a middle—aged man argues with hard—line protesters. in

faisal islam, thank you.ringing people together. the party's also promising all workers at least £10 an hour for the so—called "real living wage", with public sector employees getting a 5% pay rise as well. they'll offer free personal care to over—65s in england. and in higher education, labour says they will abolish tuition fees and bring back maintenance grants. and on the crucial issue of brexit, labour are promising to renegotiate a new deal with the eu and then have another referendum, although mr corbyn will not say how he would vote. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been to hastings — a marginal seat with a small tory majority that voted to leave the eu — to find out what voters make of the plans. there is a battle in hastings. this seaside town was narrowly won by the tories in 2017. now, this working fishing port is exactly the kind of seat labour needs for an election victory. 0n the edge of town, staff at this manufacturing business had half an ear on labour's offer today. for some long

faisal islam there.men who lost out on their state pensions when the retirement age was raised, will be compensated. sums of up to £31,000 could be handed out — to the nearly 4 million women affected. labour estimates the overrall cost would be £58 billion over five years. today's announcement wasn't part of their manifesto, and both the conservatives and the liberal democrats have described the promise as uncosted. welljeremy corbyn has been launching labour's arts for all policy charter this afternoon , our correspondent richard galpin has been at the event and can tell us what that's about. it has just wrapped up at the theatre royal in stratford. it has been a lively evening. as you say, it has all been about providing arts for all, accessible arts, so everybody can take part, watch or listen. what mr corbyn has said is that they are going to spend £1 billion on this. because they say there has been a huge impact of the austerity years, they are claiming that there have been cuts of more than £600 mi

faisal islam there. other measures are in the conservative manifesto. well there's a commitment to an extra 20,000 police officers for england and wales — though that would only restore force numbers back to 2010 levels. there's a pledge for the uk to be carbon neutral by 2050, and a promise of 7.1 billion pounds a year for schools in england, by 2023. 0n immigration — the conservatives want to introduce an australian style points system. 0ur chief political correspondent, vikki young, has been gauging the mood in rother valley, in south yorkshire, an area that voted heavily to leave the eu, and where brexit and trust are key election issues. who are voters moving towards in this former mining town, an area that overwhelmingly backed leaving the eu. so is borisjohnson's promise chiming with leave voters? i want out and over so we can get on with the real things that influence the ordinary people like us. who can do that for you? the conservatives or the brexit party. i hope what he is saying he will do h

faisal islam, bbc news.mp and minister ian austin has said that jeremy corbyn is ‘completely unfit‘ to be prime minister and has urged people to vote for boris johnson instead. mr austin, who left the party in february and is not standing at the election, accuses mr corbyn of failing to tackle anti—semitism. it comes after labour's deputy leader, tom watson, announced he was stepping down as an mp, but for personal reasons. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. the buses look the same, but it's not just the season that the buses look the same, but it's notjust the season that makes this a very weird election, as one senior mp put it. inside both the big parties, there are serious doubts about the leaders. jeremy corbyn's track record of handling or not handling fast enough racism against jews is under attack again. anti—semitism is a poison and an evil in our society. i have spent my whole life fighting against racism. i will die whole life fighting against racism. iwilldie and whole life fighting a

faisal islam, bbc news.s, the snp, plaid cymru and the greens have taken part in the first television debate based solely on how to tackle climate change. the discussion — which was hosted by channel 4 — included renewable energy, public transport and legal targets to reach net zero emissions. as you probably noticed, boris johnson and nigel we absolutely need to look at every single layer of our society to do this. our green new deal looks at oui’ this. our green new deal looks at our homes, our industry, our energy and very importantly our agriculture, of food and how we deal with our land. labour will kick—start a green industrial revolution, bringing new wealth to all parts of our country. labour is oi'i all parts of our country. labour is on your side and on the side of the environment. what we want to do is make it easier and cheaper for everybody to do the right thing, so that the obvious decision to make is the one that is good for our climate. powering up the great renewable revolution and after sco

faisal islam, bbc news. the time is 6:17.last general election. two people are injured after another day of violent protests in hong kong. one was shot by a police officer. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... we‘ll have the latest from london‘s o2 arena and the end of season atp tour finals. we‘ve already had a win for stefanos tsitsipas today. two cannabis—based medicines have been approved for use on the nhs in england for the first time. the drugs advisory body, nice, says the medicines will help people with epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. charities have welcomed the decision, but say thousands of people who could benefit from cannabis—based medicines are still facing uncertainty. our medical correspondent fergus walsh has been speaking to one family who will now get the medicine they need — and one who won‘t. are you ready for your medicine? this is epidyolex, then new cannabis—based epilepsy medicine this is epidyolex, the new cannabis—based epilepsy medicine approved for the nhs. tj from northa

faisal islam, bbc news.ber the 12th should be "the climate election", arguing the future "wouldn't get another chance". launching its campaign, the party called for additional borrowing in order to fund £100 billion of spending a year for the next decade, in order to protect the environment. we know these are dark times, it's easy to fear the future. the threat of brexit hangs over our heads, the climate emergency rages, from the amazon to the arctic, and our fragile democracy is under attack. but despite all this, greens don't fear the future. we are the future. let's take a look at some of today's other election news. the snp leader and first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon said demands for a second scottish independence referendum will become irresistible if her party wins most of scotland's 59 westminster seats. she's already set out plans to hold a new vote next year, and said the notion of westminster politicians rejecting a second vote was starting to crumble. the liberal democrat leader, jo swin

faisal islam, bbc news.labour mp and minister ian austin has said that jeremy corbyn is "completely unfit" to be prime minister and has urged people to vote for borisjohnson instead. it comes after labour's deputy leader tom watson announced he was stepping down as an mp — but for personal reasons. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. the buses look the same, but it's notjust the season that makes this a very weird election, as one senior mp put it. inside both the big parties, there are serious doubts about the leaders. jeremy corbyn‘s track record of handling, or not handling fast enough, racism againstjews is under attack again. anti—semitism is a poison and an evil in our society. i have spent my whole life fighting against racism. i will die an anti—racist. but two of his former mps simply don't believe that. not fit to hold high office. there's no love lost between these two and the labour leadership. but for years, they were both deeply loyal lieutenants of the party. listen to them now, urgi

and our economics editor, faisal islam, is here.on with workers, it looked as though this announcement came in a rather unscripted way. yes, i am not sure he meant to pull it out today. and if it had occurred all in one day, it would be very expensive as we head in the report, about £10 billion, it would be a great tax reform because it would put the point at which you start to pay national insurance, it would equalise it with the point at which you start to pay income tax and some see a benefit in that. but that is not the policy that will be in a ma nifesto. not the policy that will be in a manifesto. i am told we will get a down payment on that 12,500 number of about £1000 increase in that so it isn't quite everything. and certainly when the prime minister says it is 500 and everyone's pocket, when you look at what is actually going to be promised in the ma nifesto, actually going to be promised in the manifesto, it is about £85 so a down payment on an ambition that would be a big policy, but for the minutes, relatively modest ta

faisal islam, think you very much indeed. this is beyond 100 days from the bbc.news, democratic candidates for president take part in their fifth televised a bit last night. we will take a look at who comes out on top. and coldplay say they are pausing concerts because of they are pausing concerts because of the climate. are they in climate cuckoo land ? thursday was a brighter day. scheiber clouds showing their... we get a bend of rain moving north from reaching northern ireland later in the night. followed by those showers, frequent, some of them heavy, might even hear an odd rumble of thunder. it's a cloudy night. temperatures 3—6d. frost free for most. but if we do see any lengthier breaks, we could see a touch of frost develop men. tomorrow, cloudy day coming up. later in the day, we surrogacy an area of day coming up. later in the day, we surrogacy an area of rain initially develop across southern england before swinging into wales and the southwest where the rain becomes heavier and slow—moving. although the winds are little bit stronger tomorrow, don't th

faisal islam, bbc news. i'm joined now from westminster by our political correspondentjess parker.eally comes down to whether it can be afforded and whether or not you feel that you will be paying for it. i think it is an interesting question, because i think that people who follow politics very closely are quite aware what when the institute for fiscal studies comes out with this election manifesto report, that can bea election manifesto report, that can be a big moment because they really dig into the numbers and spell out, as we've been hearing, what is realistic and whether the pledge is being made are clear edible. in some —— credible. in some cases it might be devastating, saying that the promises made by conservatives and labour are for different reasons not credible. but how this plays out with the public is less clear. as well, i think there is also an argument to make that perhaps the election we republic are used to perhaps thinking that manifestos might makea perhaps thinking that manifestos might make a lot of grand promises, but the reality can prove different. while

john pienaar, bbc news. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, says the manifesto commitment is more modestt. as it was explained that would have been an incredible radical policy at which workers start to paint national insurance with the income tax level costing £10 billion, a hefty tax cuts for millions and millions of bikers. what will actually be anything manifested tomorrow is more modest, described asa tomorrow is more modest, described as a down payment, an increase of just £1000 to £9,500 and that means a tax cut of £100 and if you take into account inflation would have lifted the threshold, it is £85, to billion pound cost so a big ambition from the prime minister, note timeframe put but actually what is going to be in the manifesto pretty modest. the headlines on bbc news: the duke of york steps down from royal duties, acknowledging that the jeffrey epstein scandal has become a "major disruption" to the royal family. the liberal democrats launch their election manifesto, promising to stop brexit and cut carbon emmissions. and at the impeachment inquiry in washington, a us diploma

our economics editor faisal islam is with me. and it's for very different reasons in both houses.pending and tax goes up considerably excuse me. then with the conservatives they say that's not quite right, they say... around brexit, borrowing might have to go up brexit, borrowing might have to go up more than you expect. we will let you have that because there's plenty more politics to discuss, fear not. with two weeks to polling day, labour is changing its election strategy in areas which supported brexit in an attempt to widen the party's appeal. members of the shadow cabinet who backed an eu withdrawal deal will be given a higher profile, while more activists are going to be sent to leave constituencies. jonathan blake is in southampton. and how explicit or otherwise is all of this, this change of strategy, jonathan? jeremy corbyn speaking here at southampton football club this morning did not acknowledge any shift in labour's campaign strategy. he made a speech on the environment, setting out labour's plans to plant a2 setting out labour's plans to plant a 2 billion trees by 2

faisal islam reports. the north west of england, the cradle of the industrial revolution.al change to policy on borrowing and investment, and not sounding too different. it means investment on a scale never seen before in this country. it means billions of pounds more to spend on the infrastructure revolution that this country needs. down the road from here,... john mcdonnell, in his hometown, announcing that a labour government will not try to bring the national debt down as a rule, and instead will increase borrowing to fund hundreds of billions in investments to solve what he calls the social and climate change emergencies. isn‘t it interesting? after all the years since i‘ve been shadow chancellor, four years, i have been arguing that we need to invest, and the tories have attacked me, abused me as though i were some revolutionary. now they‘re falling into line, but on a scale that doesn‘t meet the challenges we face. because they want to keep the debt down. it‘s clear labour do want to borrow and spend more than the conservatives. labour‘s plans would see the uk inves

pauljohnson says the scale of this is enormous. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has been looking at have on the economy? this is a radical attempt to change britain's business model, involving notjust huge amounts of public spending and investment, but also an attempt to rewire the way the economy works. there will be significant sums going to schools and reopening sure start centres — for pre—school children. £16 billion. and more than £18 billion a year also to deal with health care and social care in particular. and £5 billion a year will be spent on an immediate pay rise — and later earning increases — for public sector workers alongside other pledges — £83 billion in spending rises, matched, yes, by £83 billion extra taxes that labour says it can squeeze from business and the rich. firstly by reversing corporation tax cuts over the past decade a whopping £24 billion. higher taxes for the top 5% of earners, in practice taxes on companies affect all of us but if you want this transformation you're going to have to have a broader set of tax increases than that and affect many more

here's our economics editor faisal islam . words, about the nations coffers, from the main parties. i think our manifesto is bold, it is ambitious, it is prepared for, it is thought out, and there is a grade book which fully costs it. so says the prime minister, too. fully costed manifesto, and we can make a very substantial commitment that we are making. -- grey book. all the parties campaigning stress and good housekeeping but the main message from the iss is the critical audit of the manifestos is a plague on both your houses, plans for health spending are in the same ball park with the conservatives on 3% growth a yearand labour, with the conservatives on 3% growth a year and labour, 4%. when you strip health care out, you get an interesting picture, looking at spending commitments over the next few years, the end of the spending squeeze. “— few years, the end of the spending squeeze. —— ifs. every party is pushing up day—to—day spend, big differences in the amount, however, all these lines representing spending on schools

a look at some of the numbers in the manifesto in a little more detail. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam has been designed as a "steady as she goes" modest effort. the equivalent of a rather low—key budget, with some targeted help. by design, the tax and spend numbers are just much smaller than the lib dems, and especially labour. there is extra nurse recruitment and appointments costing about £1.5 billion a year on top of existing commitments. this there is £600 million a year on a national skills fund. the national insurance threshold costs the exchequer £2.5 billion a year. a total of £6.5 billion in spending rises and tax cuts. it's very modest. and although this spending builds on rises already announced, it doesn't undo 10 years of austerity. all of that basically is funded by not cutting corporation tax, a tax on business profits, to 17p and leaving it at 19p instead. about half a billion is also raised from increasing the money charged to migrants to use the health service. this is not a transformative and effective in terms of tax and spending pledges, it is steady as she goes,

our economics editor, faisal islam joins me now. what is it about the numbers that don't add up? party manifesto and numbers that are involved in terms of not just the spending but the taxation as well, and more borrowing to pay for investment spending. for a couple of reasons, suggesting the sums are so big that a government would not be able to ramp up to spend that amount of money, that was the first problem. the second problem, you've this from jeremy corbyn that the taxes that are raised and there's a large increase in taxes could all come from the top 596 in taxes could all come from the top 5% of business. the sorts of levels of taxation is not credible. it's more honest to talk about the sort of tax rises that would impact indirectly at least on the rest of the economy. if you're trying to find a big increase in spending. on the conservative side there's a number of things that are not costed. they accused the labour party of that and there's a number of things. the social care plan promising people would not have to sell their houses and there could be quite expensive. a

pauljohnson says the scale of this is enormous. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, has been lookingis is a radical attempt to change britain‘s business model, involving notjust huge amounts of public spending and investment, but also an attempt to rewire the way the economy works. there will be significant sums going to schools and reopening sure start centres — for pre—school children. £16 billion. and more than £18 billion a year also to deal with health care and social care in particular. and £5 billion a year will be spent on an immediate pay rise — and later earning increases — for public sector workers alongside other pledges — £83 billion in spending rises, matched, yes, by £83 billion extra taxes that labour says it can squeeze from business and the rich. firstly by reversing corporation tax cuts over the past decade a whopping £24 billion. higher taxes for the top 5% of earners. those are more than 80,000 pounds. ina those are more than 80,000 pounds. in a major change to capital gains. as high as 50p rather than 28p raising 1a billion. massive sums. narrow number of wealth

our economics editor faisal islam is here: this is when the promises meet the forensic minds of economistsficult questions. yes, a plague on all your houses, in fiscal terms, from very different reasons. the main criticism of labour, as you have just heard, some of the spending on investment, that is on buildings, hospitals, roads and railways, it's so big they will not be able to deliver it. what message are you sending to the public? it is highly likely that with the levels of tax, that will impact upon it, directly or indirectly, more than just the top 5% of earners, for example through the marriage tax allowa nce example through the marriage tax allowance being abolished and things like dividends and capital games, whilst accruing to better people, they will be outside of the top 5%. for the conservatives, though, no respite either. in particular on this issue of the dye in the ditch style commitment to leaving the negotiations after a week brexit for a free trade agreement. it is in the ma nifesto, a free trade agreement. it is in the manifesto, the idea that we might end up on world

joining us via skype from beirut joseph also an author and senior fellow at the king faisal a center for research on islamic studies also on skype from rhode island geoff clark colgan he's an associate professor of brown university and the author of petro aggression when oil causes war welcome to you all joseph on i'll start with you in beirut so it's no secret that the proceeds from the i.p.o. will be used by the kingdom sovereign public investment fund to be reinjected into the saudi economy as part of hamad bin sandman's a vision 2030 so would you say that there is a lot at stake for mohamed bin sideman personally with this i.p.o. since vision 2030 is really his baby it is that it will also help with wheat deal the kingdom of saudi arabia that it has to address the challenges that it faces and there is no denying the fact that you have a workforce or people who only 4000000 are natives which means that. over 50 percent of the nation be less than 25 years old economy has to really. a lot more jobs in the future so this i.p.o. will help really add to the economic engine of the kingdom and it will allow for

what we have seen over the last several years with islamic inspired terrorism, this is an idea, this is an ideology. we celebrated the defeat of faisale idea has not gone away and i don't think anyone would expect it to anytime —— the defeat of isil. what about those involved in the radicalisation and rehabilitation, how on earth do they go about it? so, i'm afraid that really is not my specialism. there is a national coordinator specifically allocated to supporting the prevent programme. but when you look at our uk national security strategy, we are i think quite advanced, in that respect. by identifying that terrorists come from many walks of life and you transpose that onto the counter—terrorism strategy and there isa counter—terrorism strategy and there is a distinct strand in contrast, the prevent strand, we have prevented duty in the uk were all those people who perhaps can have influence around stopping radicalisation or at least identified it, have a statutory role to play. and i think, one of the great challenges of terrorism now is anyone can be a terrorist, using anything, against any target, and we are seeing even anythin