22/04/2017 BBC Weekend News


22/04/2017

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On the first weekend of campaigning for the general election,

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Theresa May in the West Midlands today refused to be drawn

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on whether she would raise income tax, VAT or National Insurance.

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Meanwhile, the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, in Manchester,

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has promised that the tax burden will fall on those with the broadest

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Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.

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Get ready for the knock at your door. Today the Prime Minister took

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her campaign message to Dudley and one voter may have spoken for many.

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I couldn't understand why you called an election within three years to

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go. I think we need a stronger

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negotiating hand in Europe. But this general election is not

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just about Brexit and all the parties are rapidly writing

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manifesto is full of pledges and promises.

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The issue of tax will be prominent and Theresa May was asked whether

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she would be keeping the 20 15th pledge not to raise any of the three

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main taxes. At this election people will have a

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clear choice, between a Conservative Party which always has been, is and

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will continue to be a party that believes in lower taxes, keeping

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taxes down for ordinary people. All the choices of a Labour Party whose

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natural instinct is to raise taxes. Two years ago David Cameron said

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there would be no VAT, national insurance or income tax rises, the

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comments today suggest that guarantee might not be in the new

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manifesto and it follows Philip Hammond yesterday saying he wanted

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more flexibility in managing the economy.

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Good morning everybody. Today is flying start Saturday in

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our campaign. On his eighth campaign visit of the

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campaign, Jeremy Corbyn was in Warrington.

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Nice to see you. A lovely house. Wooing voters,

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insisting the election was not a foregone conclusion and sketching

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out the Labour approach to taxes. We will produce a manifesto very

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soon and you will see all the details. Our tax burdens will not

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fall on those on low incomes, they will fall on those with the broadest

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shoulders who can bear the greatest burden.

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At the last election more than 50 SNP MPs were swept into Westminster

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and today the party announced all but two of them who set as

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independents have been reselected as candidates this time in an election

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that will soon have competing policies to flesh out the slogans.

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The Afghan government has declared tomorrow a day of national mourning,

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after the deaths of more than 140 soldiers killed in a Taliban attack.

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It happened at a military base in the north of the country

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with the militants apparently disguised as soldiers.

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Our South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlett reports.

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It was during afternoon prayers that two suicide bombers blasted open

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the entrance to this army base in the north of

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At least eight other fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms,

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used heavy machine guns to attack the dining area of the

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The Taliban has claimed responsibility and issued this

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picture of the men they claim were behind it.

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One was captured, the rest are now dead.

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Afghan troops have been pouring in to secure the area.

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The battle lasted for five hours and today dozens of injured

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soldiers were being treated in a local hospital.

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TRANSLATION: When I came out of the mosque after prayers,

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three people with army uniforms and an army vehicle

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Islamic edition requires Bales take place as soon as possible and the

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bodies of many victims have already been placed in coffins.

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The assault on the army base is a shocking reminder of just how

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tough the ongoing battle in Afghanistan is.

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Last month, an Afghan army helicopter landed special

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forces troops on top of the military hospital in Kabul

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after it was stormed by gunmen disguised as doctors.

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Two-and-a-half years after the international combat

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mission in Afghanistan ended, and the Taliban now controls more

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And with casualties amongst the Afghan forces running at almost

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7,000 a year, there are questions about how long the Afghan army

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can continue to defend the ground it still holds.

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There have been extraordinary scenes at a tennis tournament today

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in Romania involving Britain's number one Johanna Konta.

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She was left in tears and her Federation Cup match

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was temporarily suspended following barracking from the crowd.

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The Romanian captain Ilie Nastase had to be removed from court

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after appearing to verbally abuse Konta and the British

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The pressure was on Johanna Konta from the start with Great Britain

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already 1-0 down. She won the first set but that wasn't currently

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battle. Both Johanna Konta and her captain complained about the crowd

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and Ilie Nastase got involved swearing at both of them and the

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officials before being escorted away.

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Play restarted. But not for long. Johanna Konta, world number seven,

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visibly distressed, complaining again to the umpire before leaving

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the court. With another Romanian player pleading with the crowd.

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After a 25 minute suspension, Johanna Konta returned and slotted

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back into form winning five games in a row to seal victory and bring it

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level. The tycoon to and Johanna Konta

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returns unlike Ilie Nastase, escorted from the context, his

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accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches.

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There have been rallies around the world in support of science,

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including a crowd of several thousand in London. They were joined

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by the Doctor Who star Peter Capaldi protesting against what they called

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a political assault on facts. The French government has mobilised

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additional security forces including elite units

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to back up 50,000 police officers for tomorrow's

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presidential election. Terrorism dominated the final

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day of campaigning, after the killing of a police

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officer in the capital on Thursday. In the lull before France's

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presidential vote, those out campaigning today were not

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supporting politicians. Black balloons for those killed

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in the line of duty. Pink for the family

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they leave behind. Their message, the police

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need protecting as well. One of the balloons

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was for Xavier Jugele, targeted by a gunman on the Champs

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Elysees this week. Xavier Jugele was on duty

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at the Bataclan during the 2015 -- Paris attacks and went back

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for a concert when the hall reopened one year on where he spoke

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to a BBC reporter. That is why we are here

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with my friend to celebrate life. The police union says

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their members need protection The state of emergency

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following a string of attacks Boosting police numbers

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has been an issue for But this election has gone

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beyond questions of security, It has opened up a debate

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about the meaning of French values All the more surprising then

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that the number of people expected to abstain from voting

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tomorrow is high. People who decide to abstain

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are not people who don't When you ask them why

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they refuse to vote, Across the country, buildings

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are being reborn as polling The one still moment

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in a presidential campaign when rhetoric is redundant

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and the people are honoured There's more throughout the evening

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on the BBC News Channel. And I'll be back with the late news

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at the earlier time of nine o'clock.

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