on policing, promising thousands of new officers on the street but there's embarrassment as the shadow home secretary gets confused over the figures. diane abbott trips up over the detail of how much the new officers would cost. if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000 for 10,000 police officers? how much are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? we've corrected the figure and it will be absolutely clear now today and in the manifesto. i'm not embarrassed in the slightest. also this lunchtime. downing street say they are approaching the brexit talks with huge amounts of goodwill after reports of tension in the negotiations with the eu. the surfer who clung to his board for 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. the family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like paula radcliffe could lose their world records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping

is it embarrassing natural shadow home secretary got the numbers wrong?wkward interview with lots of mistakes but at another level there is serious ramifications. it raises questions about how far out labour have been in doing the sums but also because of who diane abbott as, she is the shadow home secretary. she is not another backbencher, she is the woman who hopes to be our next home secretary. she is a key ally ofjeremy corbyn. it raises questions about competence and credibility. looking at brexit, continuing fallout in the meeting between theresa may and jean—claude juncker. what is downing street saying? senior conservative sources saying? senior conservative sources say they will not get into a briefing war with eu officials about what did and didn't happen at that eu dinner. from the opposition's point of view, they feel that the versions of —— version of events given by eu officials reflects the fa ct given by eu officials reflects the fact that mrs may is heading towards a hard brexit. potentially falling out of the eu without any sort of deal

the headlines at 3pm: confusion over the figures — labour launches a key policing policy, but the shadow homeecretary trips up over the detail — of how much thousands of new officers would cost. if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four year period we believe it will be about £300,000. reporter: £300,000 for 10,000 police officers. what are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? we've corrected the figure and it will be clear now, today and in the manifesto. i'm not embarrassed in the slightest. theresa may campaigns in cornwall as senior conservatives dismiss reports of tension with eu negotiators ahead of brexit talks. the family of the man shot by intruders at his home in dorset pay tribute to him. the police say it was a targeted attack. lucky to be alive, the surfer rescued from the irish sea after drifting for more than 30 hours clinging to his board. he was described by the aircraft crew as being very cold and suffering from hypothermia and being out overnight and all of that following day in the water. he was in surprisingly good condition. the ger

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just how strong is your faith and trust in your shadow home secretary, diane abbott? my full support. she clearly does and it is £300 million, not £80 million. diane abbott brushed off the mix—up, or tried to. i do know my figures and as you well know, i did seven interviews that morning and that was the seventh and i mis—spoke, but i do know my figures. that settled that, or did it? trust is a problem for some of the voters in this part of southampton, in one of the tiny handful of seats labour holds in the south—east. i believe that the tories run the country like a business, whereas labour seems to borrow a lot of money and just relies on other people to pay it back later in life. you don't think much of her? what about jeremy corbyn? corbyn isn't really my politician, although at least i've got a bit of respect for the fact that he is more of a labour man than perhaps they have had in the past. so, but... sincere and honest, anyway, he's got convictions. yes, yes, although i don't have a lot of faith in him as a politician. are you willing to give labour a chance

the shadow home secretary said she misspoke when she got confused by the figures for labour's pledgedles. there is allegedly goodwill despite tension between theresa may and jean—claude juncker. a surfer who survived more than 30 hours stranded at sea on his board has been described as "extremely lucky". in the business news... back in the black. oil giant bp is making profits again after two years of heavy losses thanks to higher oil prices and production. profit for the first quarter of the year came in at 1.4 billion dollars, a healthy improvement on the a85 million dollar loss it made the same quarter last year. greece and its foreign creditors have reached a deal for bailout funding. further rescue funds can be delivered. it includes labour, cuts to pensions, rises in taxes and energy reforms. a deal has been struck to stop hollywood film and television writers from striking. they were asking for better pay and benefits. the deal follows marathon negotiations between the union and the alliance of motion picture and television producers, which represents hollywood studios. a previ

remember, diane abbott is the shadow home secretary, in a matter of weeks she wants to be sitting in of policing. it has potentially, some say, just been an awkward moment, others say, does it show that she was not well prepared enough and that labour had not done it sums? remember, as well, this matters because not everyone follows every twist and turn of a general election campaign, they don't follow every policy announcement. voters tend to notice one or two things during a general election campaign, and it looks like this moment might be one of those moments that does stick in people's memories. of course, the opposition parties have been pretty critical of diane abbott's morning. jeremy corbyn has stood by his shadow home secretary, saying he was not embarrassed in the slightest, that diane abbott has cleared up what she said, and everything would be clear in the manifesto. i think it has been a very awkward day for labour, just when they wanted to be putting out a key pledge on policing and crime, they have ended up, instead, being on the defensive. the fa ct instead, being on

just how strong is your faith and trust in your shadow home secretary, diane abbott?ull support. she clearly does and it is £300 million, not £80 million. diane abbott brushed off the mix—up, or tried to. i do know my figures and as you well know, i did seven interviews that morning and that was the seventh and i mis—spoke but i do know my figures. that settled that, or did it? trust is a problem for some of the voters in this part of southampton, in one of the tiny handful of seats labour holds in the south—east. i believe that the tories run the country like a business, whereas labour seems to borrow a lot of money and just relies on other people to pay it back later in life. you don't think much of her? what about jeremy corbyn? corbyn isn't really my politician, although at least i've got a bit of respect for the fact that he is more of a labour man than perhaps they have had in the past. so, but... sincere and honest, anyway, he's got convictions. yes, yes, although i don't have a lot of faith in him as a politician. are you willing to give labour a chance this t

how strong is your faith and trust in your shadow home secretary?t. she clearly does, and it is £300 million, not 80. diane abbott brushed off the mix—up, or try to do. —— or tried to. i do know my figures, i did seven interviews this morning, and i misspoke in the seventh, but i do know my figures. that settled that, or did it? trust is a problem for some of the voters in this part of southampton, in one of the tiny handful of seats that labour holds in the south—east. i believe the tories run the country like a business, where labour seems to borrow a lot of money and just rely on other people to pay it back later in life. what about jeremy corbyn? corbyn is not really my politician, although i have got a little bit of respect for the fact that he's more of a labour man than they have had in the past. sincere and honest, he has got convictions? yes, yes, although i have not got a lot of faith in him as a politician. are you willing to give labour a chance? as long as they are willing to help the working class people. do you think they are in the b

jeremy corbyn has defended his shadow home secretary, who came unstuck in a radio interview over thew much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... 10,000 police officers? what are you paying them? no, i mean... a failure to support the family of the anorexic teenager pippa mcmanus, after leaving hospital, has been found to be a factor in her taking her own life.

on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour's plans to recruit 10,000police officers and how much that would cost. among a round of interviews, one with nick ferrari on lbc was probably not her finest hour. and later, jo coburn played it to her again on the daily politics show. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period, we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? for 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? no, i mean, sorry. how much will they cost? they will cost... it will cost... about... about £80 million. about £80 million? diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing. it's not just misspeaking, to quote you, a bit earlier, you just don't know your figures and you're not on top of your brief? if i didn't know my figures, why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figures correctly? despite the defence, the blunder was replayed and discussed all day on many bbc outlets, which displeased llewellyn samuels. he recorded this video on thursday to explain

jeremy corbyn defends his shadow home secretary who came unstuck in a radio interview over the cost ofor more police in england and wales. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... 10,000 police officers, what are you paying them? a failure to support the family of anorexic teenager pippa mcmanus, when she left hospital, is found to be a factor in her taking her own life.

jeremy corbyn has insisted the shadow home secretary diane abbott retains his full support after a blunderbbott says she "misspoke" in an interview with lbc, when she appeared to be confused over the extra policing costs. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? sorry... 10,000 police officers? what are you paying them? no, i mean... an inquest has found there was no adequate care in place for an anorexic teenager who killed herself five days after being released from a psychiatric hospital. pippa mcmanus — who was fifteen — stepped in front of a train in december 2015. the hearing at stockport coroner's court heard the lack of support available to her family contributed to her death. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: ten years since madeleine mccann disappeared on holiday in portugal, one of the men questioned by scotland yard has been speaking for the first time. paulo ribeiro is no longer a suspect but was questioned at the time. britain's parliament has been formally dissolved, paving the way for next month's general election. pr

jeremy corbyn has insisted that the shadow home secretary retains his full support after a blunder aboutd spokein policy. diane abbott said she missed spoke in an interview when she appeared to be confused about the extra policing cost. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000? for 10,000 police officers?! you can find out more on the numbers of police in england and wales and crime figures as part of oui’ wales and crime figures as part of our reality check online. all you need to do is go to bbc .co .uk slash years. nick clegg has said that ordinary people will pay the price of a high brexit. in a campaign speech, he accused theresa may of seeking to pull the wool over the eyes of voters and urged people to vote for a real opposition, the liberal democrats. in scotland, nicola sturgeon has urged young people to back the snp, aiming that younger generations are being let down by the conservative government. she claimed that by the time they reach their early 30s, the wealth accumulated by young people born in the 1980s will be half that

the shadow home secretary was asked again today about past comments she had made, seemingly supportivethe time. i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. labour says the focus now should be how to keep people safe from this, an attack which, rather than undermine the democratic system, has highlighted the choice the country is facing. who is best to lead, who is best to protect? alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. hello, i'm on the road to nowhere and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme. petra kvitova makes a welcome return to tennis at the french open in paris. sebastian vettel celebrates extending his lead in the formula one world championship after victory in monaco. and tom domoulin claims the 100th giro d'italia, the first time a dutchman has won this race. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with the tennis news that, in paris, women's world number one angelique kerber has become the first top seed to have ever been knocked out of the french open in the opening round. but it was a happier return

the shadow home secretary, diane abbott is denying her credibility is in question, after repeatedly getting her sums wrong in relation to a key labour election policy. in a radio interview this morning, she said plans to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the streets would cost 300 thousand pounds — rather than 300 million. she later said she had ‘misspoken‘ and did know herfigures. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani is here with a reality check on labour's figures. what do we know, dominic? a pretty bad day for diane abbott, she struggled with this today but the key claim that she was making is that we have lost 20,000 police officers since 2010. this is a key issue in the campaign, the crime and justice side. what happened with numbers, in 2010 we got to an all—time high in police numbers, 144,000 officers. in 2011 under the coalition government it began to fall away as police budgets were cut and as of september last year the number was about 122,000 or just above. so the verdict is police numbers have indeed come down by almost 20,000. so broadly she's correct in what s

we speak to the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, at 9:30 london time. let's check on your markets. i want to start with crude. a slump weighing on energy shares as global equity markets seem to the heading for a lower finish. crude below $50. it is a little bit higher than it was a couple minutes ago. however, there's a lot of speculation on whether opec stuck to the most predictable outcome in its plans, and what that means for the future. the onshore yuan heading for its strongest weekly gain against the dollar in four months and pound falling as polls show theresa may may be losing ground. let's get straight to the bloomberg first word news. here's nejra cehic. nejra: let's start with the u.s. the justice department has vowed to challenge a freeze of a travel ban against six muslim majority nations. the judge says the directive trips with intolerance and discrimination. attorney general jeff sessions says the administration strongly disagrees with the decision, putting donald trump on track for his first supreme court showdown. china is considering c

announced a new flagship policy of taking on 10,000 extra police officers in england and wales, the shadow homenfused in a radio interview about how much it would all cost. diane abbott suggested a range of figures which varied by tens of millions of pounds. afterwards, ms abbott said she mis—spoke about labour's new policy and had got it correct in other interviews. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, insisted he wasn't embarrassed by her difficulties with the numbers. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar. there, over the road, you know him, the labour leader, promising to make the labour leader, promising to make the streets safer, 10,000 more police on the beat, catching criminals and paid for by the better off, using capital gains tax the tories plan to cut. what we are putting forward is a proposal to increase police numbers, we are putting 10,000 more police officers out there because it is a question of community policing and community involvement. there are many causes for crime, and they have to all be addressed, it is a collective approach. but labour has been hounded by tri

the shadow home secretary was again asked about past comments similarly supportive of the ira.tyle and i do not have the same hairstyle and i do not have the same views. labour says the focus should be how to keep people safe from this, an attack that, rather than undermine a democratic system, has highlighted the choice people are facing, who is best to lead and whose best to protect? the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has ruled out going into coalition with the snp, after nicola sturgeon said her party would look to be part of a "progressive alliance" in the event of a hung parliament. mr corbyn was speaking before an event in glasgow. he also said labour is the only party that will protect public services. the truth is at this election people are facing a fundamental choice. 0nly are facing a fundamental choice. only two parties can win this election. it is between the labour party offering hope, transformation and renewal of our society, and a promise to once again become a society of social justice and greater equality. applause. 0ra tory applause. or a tory party intent on ma

the shadow home secretary, diane abbott has denied her credibility is in question after getting her sums to put an extra 10,000 police officers on the streets, which would cost £300,000 rather than £300 million. pretty bad day for diane abbott. she has a real struggle today with. this the key claim that she was making was that we have lost 20,000 police officers since 2010. now in 2010 we got to an all—time high in police numbers, about 144,000 officers. in 2011, under the coalition government, that began to fall away, as police budgets were cut. police numbers have come down by almost 20,000. it's about 19,000 to be exact. the bigger trend is that police numbers have been rising consistently over the long—term. since about 1980, the trend has a lwa ys since about 1980, the trend has always been going up. that decline since 2010, has been quite significant. that's about 13%. this is outside source, live from the bbc newsroom. our top story: president putin has dismissed allegations of russian meddling in the us election. he was speaking at a meeting with the german chancellor. let's look

the shadow home secretary, labour's diane abbott, accused of not having mastered the brief on one ofabout £300,000. £300,000? sorry...

the shadow home secretary was asked again today about past comments she had made, seemingly supportive was 3a years ago, i had a rather splendid afro at the time. i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. labour says the focus now should be how to keep people safe from this, an attack which, rather than undermine the democratic system, has highlighted the choice the country is facing. who is best to lead, who is best to protect? alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. thousands of british airways passengers have faced a second day of disruption following a global it failure. flights from gatwick are getting back to normal, but a third of ba services from heathrow were cancelled. that's because of the knock—on effects around the world of yesterday's disruption. ba passengers in rome have been told they won't be able to fly back to the uk until tuesday. joe lynam is at heathrow for us tonight. it has been a day of queues, calculations and questionable customer care. hundreds are still trying to catch their delayed flight, trying to catch their delayed flight, thousands

your shadow home secretary, diane abbott, said an ira victory against the british state would be a victoryus. you've surrounded yourself with like—minded ira supporters. john mcdonnell apologised for those remarks on question time. only because they became public. john mcdonnell apologised for those remarks on question time. only because they became public. well, he apologised for those remarks. the position... he made them in 2003. andrew, the position has to be that we want peace around the world. but in 2003, the peace process was well underway and your shadow chancellor said he honoured the ira arms struggle. he withdrew those remarks. he's apologised for those remarks. i've made it very, very clear, that i think what has happened in northern ireland... listen, a lot of people lost their lives in northern ireland, it was an appalling situation. ira killed 1800 people. yes. and the people killed by loyalist bombs as well. all deaths are appalling, all deaths are wrong, there isn't a military solution to a conflict and traditions between communities. there has to be a better way and a be

the shadow home secretary was asked again today about past comments she had made, seemingly supportiveime. i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. labour says the focus now should be how to keep people safe from this, an attack which rather than undermine the democratic system, has highlighted the choice the country is facing, who is best to lead, who is best to protect? nicola sturgeon, the leader of the snp, says that she would consider working with labour if they were to win the election. despite having doubts aboutjeremy win the election. despite having doubts about jeremy corbyn. win the election. despite having doubts about jeremy corbynm win the election. despite having doubts about jeremy corbyn. if there was to be a hung parliament, we would look to be part of a progressive alliance that pursued progressive policies, but let's get back to the reality of this election. the reality is, even with a narrowing of the polls, we will face a tory government perhaps with a bigger majority, so my priority is to say to people in scotland if you wa nt to say to pe

reporter: is it embarrassing that your shadow home secretary got the figures wrong?olice officers, that means the police officers were only getting paid £8,000. listen more to diane abbott. if you divide £80 million by 10,000, you get £8,000, is that what you're going to pay the policemen and women? no, we're talking about a process over four years.” women? no, we're talking about a process over four years. i don't understand p what is he or she, £80 million, didded by10,000, equals 8,000.50... million, didded by10,000, equals 8,000. so... what are the police officers going to be paid? we will be paying them the average... has this been thought through? of course, it has been thought through. whichever party you're from, you have got to know the numbers because you will be asked what the numbers are. it's great fun, but there is a serious point to it as well. this is a mabelingor policy announcement from labour on crime. they want to show how they can afford to put more bobbies on the beat. this is a key law and order plank which is we will find the money to recruit

be out there campaigning across the country taking records in the national health service, the shadow homesecretary has been in her own personal way. and to the west side, i like korbin much. [laughter] >> how will he pay for this? and to increase taxes. and he is a terrorist sympathizer. the attitude about defense where he me. they are right to be worried, unable to defend our country, determined to the tax on ordinary workers, no plan to manage the economy, even his own supporters know he was not fit to run this country. [shouting] >> the national health service and civil concerns. the nhs -- all right. the nhs is not got the money it needs, the prime minister news that, waiting time and waiting lists are up. and the a&e department, and to ask a few questions. strong leadership is about standing up for the many, not the view. when it comes to the prime minister and the conservatives, looking after the richest. not the rest. they are strong against the week and week against the strong. far from building a strong economy, the gold in the nhs have been cut, people can't afford homes, millio

a big announcement on police numbers, and then, on lbc, the shadow home secretary diane abbott facedick ferrari — this is ms abbott on the daily politics listening back to that interview. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? well, if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period, we believe it will be about £300,000. £300,000 for 10,000 police officers? sorry... what are you paying them? no, i mean... sorry... how much will they cost? they will cost... it will cost... um, about... about £80 million. about £80 million? yes. i have seen worse on dragons‘ den. 0ur political editor nick watt is here. it was excruciating. excruciating, embarrassing worthy adjectives thrown around today and that was the labour side. you know things are going badly when your fellow frontbenchers, in this case on the labour side, arejoking with conservative ministers on the other side about how badly you have done. privately, diane abbott is telling friends it was a car crash into privately, diane abbott is telling friends it was a car crash interview. 0ne friend said it is a bit l

this election, want to make this about character and leadership. election, want to make this the shadow homeretary was asked again today about past comments she had made, seemingly supportive of the ira. it was 3a years ago, i had a rather splendid afro at the time. i don't have the same hairstyle and i don't have the same views. labour says the focus now should be how to keep people safe from this, an attack which, rather than undermine the democratic system, has highlighted the choice the country is facing. system, has highlighted the choice who is best to lead, who is best to protect? alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. who is best to protect? thousands who is best to protect? of british airways passengers thousands of british airways passengers have faced a second day of disruption following a global it failure. flights at gatwick are getting back to normal but a third of services from heathrow from ba we re of services from heathrow from ba were cancelled because of the knock—on effects around the world of the disruption yesterday. passengers in rome have been told it would not be able

the shadow home secretary laid out parts of the labor agenda to bloomberg news. >> it is protecting jobsrds, protecting things like financial services. as theresa may has done, prioritized controlling immigration. we will prioritize the economy. alisa: president trump and the u.n. security council condemned the attack on a bus carrying coptic christians in egypt. at least 28 are dead, dozens other wounded after gunmen opened fire at the bus headed for a monastery. in sri lanka, at least 91 are dead and more than 100 reported missing after flooding and mudslides. some 8000 people have been displaced from their homes. antigovernment protesters continue to square off with police in venezuela. police used water cannons and tear gas as they blocked a highway in caracas. more than 50 people have been killed since protests started nearly two weeks ago. the pentagon is reportedly planning the first ever intercept test to stop an intercontinental missile, similar to the icbm being developed by north korea. the test is reportedly set for this month. u.s. successfully tested the ground-based system

the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, says she "misspoke" when she got the cost of labour's latestse as she listened back to that interview on radio. how much would 10,000 police officers cost? if we recruit the 10,000 policemen and women over a four—year period we believe it would be about £300,000. £300,000? what are you paying them? sorry, no... how much will it cost? they will cost... it will cost... about... about £80 million. about £80 million? diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing, notjust miss speaking to quote you a bit earlier, you just do not know your figures and you're not on top of your brief. ifi and you're not on top of your brief. if i did not know my figures why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figure correctly? you need to ask why the conservative party is so anxious to move the debate away from the 20,000 police officers. we will come onto that in a moment but back to that interview, never mind that you did six other interviews this is now an election campaign, frontbenchers and government ministers are expected to do reams of interviews. t

and tomorrow at 11:30 we'll be putting your questions to lib dem shadow home secretary lord paddick. #bbcaskthis, or text your questions to 611211. and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. a 35—year—old man has been charged in connection with a dog attack on a toddler in liverpool yesterday. merseyside police say andrew mcgowan was in charge of four dogs which were dangerously out of control. bbc‘s yunus mulla reports. the two—year—old girl was playing with other children in the garden of a relative's home when she was attacked by a number of dogs. she was with two young cousins aged four and six when the dogs attacked. the dogs managed to get into the property from a neighbouring garden. her aunt did her best to save the little girl, fighting off the dog from the two other goals, but the little girl suffered what police described as extensive injuries. today, police have carried out a number of enquiries. 11 dogs from a neighbouring property were seized, six were puppies and five were adult dogs. two adult dogs were humanely destroyed. as pa rt dogs. two adult dogs were hu

injohn leader who cannot lead, as shadow chancellor in john mcdonnell who cannot be trusted and a shadow homearty, that once believed in hard work are deserting those who aspire to a better life. a party that once stood for union of nations, now being led bya man for union of nations, now being led by a man who said a second scottish independence referendum would be absolutely fine by him. a party that believed in patriotism, with a leader who refused to sing the anthem. a labour party that first established our independent nuclear deterrent, now led by a man who wants to get rid of it and even talks about abolishing the army. jeremy corbyn has disowned and rejected the core values of labour's most loyal supporters, to put his own ideological obsessions first. that is right in this election, i am determined to offer every community a positive alternative to jeremy corbyn's shambolic and economic irresponsible approach and the coalition of chaos that would prop him up and put him in numberten. a coalition of chaos, would mean more debt, fewerjobs, coalition of chaos, would mean more debt, fewe

just weeks ago we had by abbott the shadow home secretary also stumbling over her numbers on a key policyof police. so i think it leavesjeremy corbyn vulnerable to conservative attack lines. but he said he is confident that his message is getting through, he said there is something happening out there and i do not think he will see this as a setback at all. and talking about the party is returning to their core issues, the ones they believe they do the best on, that clearly is brexit for the conservatives and theresa may has been hammering at home today. she has, she does not want to talk about the manifesto u—turn on social care. she feels more comfortable talking about brexit and about leadership and wrapping those beans together. she's come to the west midlands were a majority of people voted to back uk leaving the eu and her message is that she's the only one who can deliver on that vote she also alongside that launched a pretty scathing attack onjeremy corbyn and his leadership, she said he was not fit or ready to govern, she said that he had poorjudgment and said he supported people

on tuesday, the shadow home secretary diane abbott was questioned about labour‘s plans to recruit 10,000o, i mean. ..sorry. how much will they cost? they will cost... they will...it will cost... um...about... about £80 million. about £80 million? yeah. diane abbott, that is hugely embarrassing. it's not just misspeaking, to quote you, a bit earlier, you just don't know your figures and you're not on top of your brief? if i didn't know my figures, why was i able to do six other interviews and give the figures correctly? despite that defence, the blunder was replayed and discussed all day on many bbc outlets, which displeased llewellyn samuels. he recorded this video on thursday to explain his objection. yes, i was really concerned with the way this whole thing that diane abbott actually got wrong yesterday, the way it actually was being escalated. diane abbott is not a maths teacher. yes, people do make mistakes. she got the figures wrong at that point, she was put on the spot. i believe people who have made mistakes more than that, abd it was taken out of context. at the end of the day,

today at 11:30 we'll be putting your questions to lib dem shadow home secretary lord paddick.n touch via twitter using the hashtag #bbcaskthis — or text your questions to 611211. and you can email us as well at askthis@bbc.co.uk. a multi—million—pound trial launches today to assess whether statins — taken by millions of people every year to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes — may also help those with multiple sclerosis. ms affects the central nervous system and can cause mobility problems. it's thought statins could help slow the progression of the condition, as sarah smith reports. statins — prescribed to six million of us every year to lower cholesterol. but in the coming months, a major new trial will test whether they could help tackle a condition which can wreak devastation on sufferers. multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to attack the lining of the nerves, disrupting messages travelling along nerve fibres. it can mean increasing levels of disability. more than 100,000 people in the uk have ms. half will develop the secondary, progressive stage. there

here is the shadow home secretary.lice forces have cried out for is more manpower in the metropolitan police forces. they have cut police numbers, they have cut civilian staff, and in practice that means there are fewer actual policeman available. i think police forces will be very grateful for this added police manpower, and it is going to be community policing. the conservatives, though, in their response say that labour's plant is nonsensical, and suggest that labour have tried to spend the money from reversing that tax cut already. thank you very much indeed, we will be speaking with you throughout the morning. later we will be speaking to the home secretary, amber rudd. that is at around 7:10am. police are continuing to search for two suspects after a man was shot dead in his home in the early hours of yesterday morning. 61—year—old guy hedger was killed by intruders in the village of st ives, in dorset. 0ur correspondent simon clemison is at the scene. simon, what more are the police saying? very good morning to

muslims, christians and jews, administration is making effort effort to prevent the trip from over shadowed at homeh son-in-law jared kushner now in the cross hairs after reports he was seeking direct line of communication with the kremlin. >> we're not going to comment on jared. we're not going to comment. >> we have back channel communications with a number of members. so, generally speaking, about back channel communications what that allows you to do is communicate in a discrete manner. >> president trump returns to united states where he will observe the memorial day holiday and also faces ongoing controversy about alleged russian interference and the 2016 presidential election. in sicily, amy kellogg. fox news. >> if you're planning on hitting the road this holiday weekend and have not done so yet, be prepared for company. americans will travel 50 miles or more for mem r memorial day weekend nearly 35 million people driving to their destination. it's highest number of memorial day travelers in more than a decade. >> crowd out there. >> yeah. >> and of course memorial day is meant to honor fal

and here with me to answer some of your questions is the liberal democrat shadow home secretary lording in on e—mail and twitter and as usual, covering a big range, but let's start where a lot of people are saying this election does start, which is brexit. john has e—mailed in and says if the lib dems win the election, would they withdraw article 50 so we can remain in the eu? we are very clear what we are going to do as far as brexit is concerned. we want to give the people the final decision once we know what the terms of the deal are. we have got theresa may and because inevitably it is going to be theresa may looking at the polls, negotiating with officials in europe, bureaucrats, talking to politicians and stitching up a deal between them and we think that the final decision on whether that is a good deal or not should be given to the people. so it will be a referendum that says either the people accept this deal that has been negotiated or there is the option to stay in the european union if the deal is not good enough. so you are saying you would be prepared to walk away if pe

the shadow secretary di shadow home secretary at one stage was suggesting you could employ a police officer labour's policy on benefits. labour have simply become a shambles, and as yesterday's manifesto showed, their numbers simply do not add up. now that jeremy corbyn has published his manifesto in full, we have been able to update the analysis, which david davis and i published previously. we can now set out the full damage his nonsensical plans would do to the nation's finances by 2021—22. the new dossier of analysis we have published today shows that there is a £58 billion black hole injeremy corbyn's plans in just a £58 billion black hole injeremy corbyn's plans injust one year alone. proposal after proposal in labour's manifesto mean more borrowing and more debt, two unexplained threats to seize control of private companies stop these plans, many of them extremely questionable in themselves, simply do not add up. any shred of economic credibility, which labour had left, has now been buried byjeremy corbyn and his acolytes. and this matters to families across the united kingdom. the e

and when people point out thatjeremy corbyn and your shadow home secretary diane abbott have both voteder been since 2001 when it comes to anti—terror legislation, why should people trust your party? diane was saying yesterday that a lot of these votes were the ones where conservatives voted the same way as jeremy and diane in any event. but why should people trust labour on national security? because the approach that labour takes is to look at legislation that works. let's look at legislation that doesn't divide communities, but brings them together. if there are things the security services need by way of legislation, we should give it to them. but we don'tjust do things for the sake of being seen to do things. i voted against 90 days where people were to be arrested on the basis of no evidence and been held for three months. i later voted against 42 days. i am proud of that because that would have divided our communities and was not going to help with fighting terrorism. tina from milton keynes. is now not the time for all our parties to come together and have a cross—party coalitio

home. although the shadows will cast further... there, that he had derided, make disparaging comments about islam. they are now saying, you know what, for the case of expediency we are going to have to work with him anyway. and a lot of people also saying they are tapping into his love of the larger life. one of the things that he will have to do tomorrow when he makes his speech is somehow got back it has got to be a really skilful speech. what he's got to do is to obviously move the muslims in saudi arabia, get them onside as far as —— woo by muslims. he has to explain why he tried to ban them from america in the first play. it is a tricky speech, that one. he's going to have to bea speech, that one. he's going to have to be a politician, isn't he? smart i wonder who is going to write it for him?! we have to squeeze the next two in. the chibok girls are reunited with their parents. this story has been running all day. it is astonishing that these girls, who we re is astonishing that these girls, who were kidnapped three years ago

. >>> the president's first over seas trip being over shadows by full of controversies at home.obert mueller has been appointed to investigate possible trump's ties to the russians. the president told the russians "i just fired the head of the fbi f fbi, he was crazy." that's taking off. this is cnn's commentator, david." >> prosecutors suggest that a minimum of whatever that was swirling around president trump and his team all these months, there is a little bit of fire there and not just smoke. i am not going to guess on the legal particulars on whether he's going to be or anyone of his inner circle is going to be charged with obstruction of justice. in non legal term, enough reporting has come out just in the last week that suggests strongly that president trump has been trying to wave away or bat away the everifforts of cons and the fbi of ties of his team and russia, republicans are breathing a sigh of relief that mueller has been appointed. now they can sit back and say we got to let this investigation plays out and democrats like the fact that it is moving toward as serio

but the chaos at home is casting a shadow. and his comments from the political trail hurting, too. >> i think islam hates us. there's a tremendous hatred. >> reporter: nine days, five countries. from saudi arabia, the birthplace of islam, to israel, then the vatican. the pope and the president meeting for the first time, following their public clash over the border wall last year. >> i am a christian. i'm proud of it. for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> and cecilia, the white house sees this first foreign trip as a chance to reset. but the president told me yesterday, he's aware the world leaders are watching. >> reporter: yes, and in fact, jared kushner has been working on this trip since day one. i'm told the highlight will be a speech where the president talks about extremism. but the chaos is following him right here to saudi arabia. >> thank you. >>> and we have new reporting about the driver who barreled into new york's times square. the driver mowing people down, then crashing his car