:00:00. > :00:00.The first weekend of campaigning in the general election,
:00:00. > :00:08.The first weekend of campaigning in the general election
:00:09. > :00:11.sees Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clash on taxation.
:00:12. > :00:13.Both leaders promise if they win on June 8th,
:00:14. > :00:21.which always has been, is and will continue to be a party
:00:22. > :00:25.that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes than
:00:26. > :00:27.that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes down
:00:28. > :00:32.Our tax burdens will not fall on those on low incomes.
:00:33. > :00:35.Our tax burdens will not fall there, they will fall on those
:00:36. > :00:39.with the broadest shoulders who can bear the greatest burden.
:00:40. > :00:42.More than 140 soldiers are dead in Afghanistan,
:00:43. > :00:46.after a Taliban attack on a military base.
:00:47. > :00:49.Why was Britain's number one tennis player, Johana Konta,
:00:50. > :00:55.reduced to tears during a match in Romania?
:00:56. > :01:02.And Chelsea reach the final of the FA Cup, after a thrilling win
:01:03. > :01:27.On the first weekend of campaigning for the general election,
:01:28. > :01:30.both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have been canvassing support,
:01:31. > :01:36.The Prime Minister, in the West Midlands today,
:01:37. > :01:38.refused to be drawn on whether she would raise income
:01:39. > :01:44.tax, VAT or National Insurance, while the Labour leader
:01:45. > :01:47.in Manchester promised the tax burden will fall on those
:01:48. > :01:49.with the broadest shoulders if he wins on June 8th.
:01:50. > :01:51.Here's our political correspondent Ben Wright.
:01:52. > :01:54.Get ready for the knock at your door.
:01:55. > :01:58.Today, the Prime Minister took her campaign message to Dudley
:01:59. > :02:01.and one voter may have spoken for many.
:02:02. > :02:03.I couldn't understand why you called another
:02:04. > :02:06.election with three years to go, you know?
:02:07. > :02:11.I want a stronger negotiating hand, the strongest possible
:02:12. > :02:16.But this general election is not just about Brexit
:02:17. > :02:18.and all the parties are rapidly writing manifestos full
:02:19. > :02:26.The issue of tax will of course be prominent
:02:27. > :02:28.and Theresa May was asked whether she would be keeping
:02:29. > :02:31.the Tories' 2015 manifesto pledge not to raise any
:02:32. > :02:36.At this election, people are going to have a very clear choice.
:02:37. > :02:39.They will have a choice between a Conservative Party,
:02:40. > :02:42.which always has been, is and will continue to be a party
:02:43. > :02:47.that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes than for ordinary
:02:48. > :02:50.that believes in lower taxes, in keeping taxes down for ordinary
:02:51. > :02:53.working people, or the choice is a Labour Party whose natural
:02:54. > :02:57.Two years ago, David Cameron said there would be no VAT,
:02:58. > :03:01.National Insurance or income tax rises.
:03:02. > :03:05.Theresa May's comments today suggest that guarantee might not be
:03:06. > :03:07.in the new manifesto and it follows the Chancellor, Philip Hammond,
:03:08. > :03:12.yesterday saying he wanted more flexibility in managing the economy.
:03:13. > :03:21.Today is Flying Start Saturday in our general election campaign.
:03:22. > :03:23.Already on his eighth campaign visit of the election,
:03:24. > :03:35.Wooing voters, insisting the election was not a foregone
:03:36. > :03:37.conclusion and sketching out Labour's own approach to taxes.
:03:38. > :03:41.We will produce our manifesto very soon and you will see
:03:42. > :03:44.all the details in that, but I will tell you this,
:03:45. > :03:48.our tax burdens will not fall on those on low incomes.
:03:49. > :03:51.Our tax burdens will not fall there, they will fall on those
:03:52. > :03:56.with the broadest shoulders who can bear the greatest burden.
:03:57. > :03:58.The Liberal Democrats haven't set out their tax plans either but warn
:03:59. > :04:05.One thing is absolutely clear, that whoever is in government
:04:06. > :04:09.is going to have to increase taxation because the effect
:04:10. > :04:11.of Brexit almost certainly to slow down the economy,
:04:12. > :04:14.to reduce government revenue, so more tax is going to have to be
:04:15. > :04:18.raised and the Tories are going to have to raise taxes,
:04:19. > :04:27.Where I would start is not with those taxes
:04:28. > :04:31.At the last election, more than 50 SNP MPs were swept
:04:32. > :04:33.into Westminster and, today, the party announced that
:04:34. > :04:35.all but two of them, who now sit as independents,
:04:36. > :04:38.have been reselected as candidates this time round in an election that
:04:39. > :04:46.will soon have competing policies to flesh out the slogans.
:04:47. > :04:51.You heard Theresa May they're telling one voter that the reason
:04:52. > :04:54.she called the election was to strengthen her hand in negotiating
:04:55. > :05:01.Brexit. Tonight, there has been a response from Brussels. Yes, there
:05:02. > :05:07.has, an MEP Guy Verhofstadt has given his reaction to it. He has a
:05:08. > :05:11.role in Brexit, not as an EU negotiator but he represents the EU
:05:12. > :05:15.Parliament in the process and the parliament will have a vote at the
:05:16. > :05:17.end of it all and he says that the idea that a new Conservative
:05:18. > :05:21.Government with a bigger majority, if there is one, will make a
:05:22. > :05:25.difference to Theresa May's negotiating hand is in his words
:05:26. > :05:30.nonsensical. He says it is an irrelevance to the talks to come and
:05:31. > :05:33.even if there is a bigger Tory majority, it will make no difference
:05:34. > :05:38.to the end deal between Britain and the EU. Number Ten will shrug this
:05:39. > :05:41.off and not get into a tip for tag struggle with him. There are lots of
:05:42. > :05:45.reasons Theresa May win this election. If she wins, to get her
:05:46. > :05:49.own mandate and free herself from the 2015 manifesto, to get various
:05:50. > :05:53.parts of Brexit through Parliament more easily and of course, she
:05:54. > :05:57.wouldn't have called it unless she thought she was going to win and win
:05:58. > :06:00.well. There are polls in the paper tomorrow, opinion polls, that
:06:01. > :06:04.suggest the Tories have a thumping lead at the moment over Labour at
:06:05. > :06:08.this stage in the campaign. All the normal caveats, they'll just polls
:06:09. > :06:11.and as Theresa May said today, they were wrong about the 2015 election,
:06:12. > :06:15.they were wrong about the referendum last year, but we are going to hear
:06:16. > :06:19.a lot from the Tories about how they will argue this is not in the bag
:06:20. > :06:21.for them despite what the polls are saying. Many thanks.
:06:22. > :06:24.The Afghan government has declared tomorrow a day of national mourning,
:06:25. > :06:27.after the deaths of more than 140 soldiers, killed
:06:28. > :06:31.It happened at a military base in the north of the country,
:06:32. > :06:32.with the militants apparently disguised as soldiers.
:06:33. > :06:40.Our South Asia Correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports.
:06:41. > :06:47.It was during afternoon prayers that two suicide bombers blasted open the
:06:48. > :06:53.entrance to this army base in the north of Afghanistan. At least eight
:06:54. > :06:57.other fighters dressed in Afghan army uniforms used heavy machine
:06:58. > :06:58.guns to attack the dining area of the base and the mosque.
:06:59. > :07:00.The Taliban has claimed responsibility and issued this
:07:01. > :07:05.picture of the men it claims are behind it.
:07:06. > :07:11.One was captured, the rest are now dead. Afghan troops have been
:07:12. > :07:17.pouring in to secure the area today. The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani,
:07:18. > :07:25.visited dozens of injured The attack took the troops by
:07:26. > :07:28.surprise and the battle that followed lasted for five hours.
:07:29. > :07:33.TRANSLATION: When I came out of the mosque after prayers,
:07:34. > :07:35.three people with army uniforms and an army vehicle
:07:36. > :07:40.Islamic tradition requires that burials take place as soon
:07:41. > :07:43.as possible and the bodies of many of the victims have already
:07:44. > :07:50.The assault on the army base is a shocking reminder of just
:07:51. > :07:55.how tough the ongoing battle in Afghanistan is.
:07:56. > :08:00.Last month, an Afghan army helicopter landed special forces
:08:01. > :08:03.troops on the roof of the military hospital in Kabul after it
:08:04. > :08:06.was stormed by gunmen disguised as doctors.
:08:07. > :08:10.Around 50 people died in that attack.
:08:11. > :08:15.Two and a half years after the international combat
:08:16. > :08:17.mission in Afghanistan ended and the Taliban now controls more
:08:18. > :08:25.And with casualties amongst the Afghan forces running
:08:26. > :08:28.at almost 7,000 a year, there are questions about how long
:08:29. > :08:33.the Afghan army can continue to defend the ground it still holds.
:08:34. > :08:41.Tens of thousands of people have taken part in marches
:08:42. > :08:43.in cities around the world in support of science.
:08:44. > :08:47.The rallies began in Australia and New Zealand, eventually reaching
:08:48. > :08:52.and there have been big demonstrations in America.
:08:53. > :08:56.Protestors say they're angry at what they believe are mounting
:08:57. > :08:59.political attacks against scientific thought and factual arguments.
:09:00. > :09:02.There have been clashes in the German city of Cologne,
:09:03. > :09:07.as thousands of demonstrators marched on the venue
:09:08. > :09:09.where the anti-immigration Alternative for Deutschland party,
:09:10. > :09:18.Huge numbers of police were sent in, and two officers were injured.
:09:19. > :09:21.The people of France go to the polls tomorrow
:09:22. > :09:23.in the first round of one of the most important
:09:24. > :09:25.and unpredictable Presidential elections of recent times.
:09:26. > :09:28.Combating terrorism is a key issue, after the killing of a police
:09:29. > :09:37.officer in the capital on Thursday and additional security forces
:09:38. > :09:40.will back up 50,000 police officers nationwide,
:09:41. > :09:45.Lucy Williamson is in Paris for us tonight.
:09:46. > :09:51.From the first flickers of this campaign, from the party primaries
:09:52. > :09:55.to the nominations on all the scandals and debate, almost nothing
:09:56. > :09:59.has turned out as it was originally predicted. Today, for a single day,
:10:00. > :10:03.there was a ban on all political campaigning. A moment for reflection
:10:04. > :10:04.before the polls open tomorrow morning and the French election
:10:05. > :10:05.begins. In the lull before France's
:10:06. > :10:07.presidential vote, those out campaigning today
:10:08. > :10:09.weren't supporting politicians. Black balloons for those killed
:10:10. > :10:19.in the line of duty, pink Their message - the police
:10:20. > :10:25.need protecting too. I am the wife of a policeman
:10:26. > :10:31.and I am very, very angry because I love him and I don't want
:10:32. > :10:36.someone coming here One of the balloons
:10:37. > :10:48.was for Xavier Jugele, Attacked Champs Elysees on Thursday
:10:49. > :10:55.night by a lone gunman
:10:56. > :10:57.with an automatic weapon Xavier was on duty in the Bataclan
:10:58. > :11:01.during the 2015 Paris attacks and went back for a concert
:11:02. > :11:04.when the hall reopened one year on, That is why we are in here,
:11:05. > :11:09.with my friend, to celebrate life The police union say
:11:10. > :11:14.their members need protecting The state of emergency
:11:15. > :11:21.following a string of attacks Boosting police numbers
:11:22. > :11:27.has been an issue for But this election has gone
:11:28. > :11:31.beyond questions of security, It opened up a debate
:11:32. > :11:37.about the meaning of French values This campaign has offered voters
:11:38. > :11:44.vastly different visions for their future and the race
:11:45. > :11:48.between candidates has been tight, so why are so many people
:11:49. > :11:55.expected to abstain? When you ask them why
:11:56. > :11:57.they refuse to vote, they always will tell
:11:58. > :12:01.you the same thing. "They are all the same,
:12:02. > :12:03.they lie to us, "we have tried
:12:04. > :12:08.everything, nothing changes." It's not because they don't care,
:12:09. > :12:14.it's because they care a lot. Across the country, buildings
:12:15. > :12:17.are being reborn as polling stations What happens here could shape
:12:18. > :12:23.the political future of Europe. After all the rhetoric
:12:24. > :12:25.and all the surprises, With all the sport now, here's Olly
:12:26. > :12:37.Foster at the BBC Sport Centre. Chelsea have reached
:12:38. > :12:40.the FA Cup final. The Premier League leaders
:12:41. > :12:42.beat their title rivals, Tottenham, They'll face Arsenal
:12:43. > :12:48.or Manchester City, Chelsea v Tottenham,
:12:49. > :12:57.a rivalry that can split families. They've grown close of late,
:12:58. > :12:59.not in affection, but in tussling for both league and cup
:13:00. > :13:04.and, amid it all, a reminder that Four minutes in, up stepped Willian
:13:05. > :13:17.who jilted Spurs for Chelsea, As they have in the league,
:13:18. > :13:23.Tottenham came back at Chelsea, Christian Eriksen the maker,
:13:24. > :13:25.Harry Kane the taker, Heung-Min Son started
:13:26. > :13:30.what he couldn't stop. Cue the reappearing ghost
:13:31. > :13:35.of Willian, haunting Spurs again. In the frenzied fog,
:13:36. > :13:38.some can see things others can't. They carried the threat
:13:39. > :13:46.but Chelsea had the Hazard. Off the bench, into the net
:13:47. > :13:51.from Eden, the Belgian Blue. Tottenham's collective endeavour
:13:52. > :13:53.was eclipsed by Chelsea's Nemanja Matic hadn't
:13:54. > :13:56.scored this season. This was the semifinal that
:13:57. > :14:03.really had it all but, as so often this season,
:14:04. > :14:05.Chelsea found a way. When they return here
:14:06. > :14:08.in about a month's time, they could well be going
:14:09. > :14:10.for the double. Patrick Gearey, BBC
:14:11. > :14:12.News, at Wembley. Aberdeen are through to their first
:14:13. > :14:17.Scottish Cup final in 17 years after beating the holders
:14:18. > :14:23.Hibernian 3-2. Their first goal was scored after
:14:24. > :14:30.just 13 seconds at Hampden Park. The match was heading
:14:31. > :14:35.for extra time at 2-2, but a deflected effort
:14:36. > :14:37.inside the last five minutes , that went down as an own goal,
:14:38. > :14:41.saw the Dons through to the final. There was a dramatic opening
:14:42. > :14:44.to Great Britain's Fed Cup tie. The Romania Captain, Ilie Nastase,
:14:45. > :14:46.was ejected from the venue after swearing at the British team
:14:47. > :14:49.members, leaving one of them, Nastase has been suspended
:14:50. > :15:01.for the rest of the tie we are used to outpourings of a
:15:02. > :15:07.motion on a tennis court, just not like this. Chohan Konta was on top
:15:08. > :15:14.against sister, but she wasn't her only challenge. Both Konta and her
:15:15. > :15:18.captain felt the home crowd had overstepped the mark. Romanian
:15:19. > :15:21.captain Ilie Nastase then got involved. Already facing an
:15:22. > :15:25.investigation for comments he made about Serena Williams yesterday,
:15:26. > :15:30.Nastase swore at the British pair and the officials before being
:15:31. > :15:35.escorted away. Play resumed but only briefly, with Konta, the world
:15:36. > :15:38.number seven, visibly distressed. She left the court soon after as
:15:39. > :15:45.another Romanian player, Simona Halep, pleaded with the crowd. After
:15:46. > :15:52.nearly half an hour, Konta returned and wasted no time in finishing the
:15:53. > :15:56.match. She will return tomorrow, unlike Nastase, taken from the
:15:57. > :15:57.complex, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the
:15:58. > :15:59.time. Great Britain's gymnasts
:16:00. > :16:06.are also in Romania, Ellie Downey has added a silver
:16:07. > :16:10.and bronze to her gold yesterday and Courtney Tulloch made history
:16:11. > :16:14.on the rings. His silver is the first major
:16:15. > :16:18.international medal for a British He finished second to
:16:19. > :16:21.current Olympic champion. Saracens are through to
:16:22. > :16:23.rugby union's European They are the defending champions
:16:24. > :16:28.and the only British team left They beat beat Munster 26-10
:16:29. > :16:33.in Dublin and will face Clermont Auvergne or Leinster
:16:34. > :16:42.in next month's final in Edinburgh. And that's all your sport this
:16:43. > :16:44.evening. Many thanks.
:16:45. > :16:48.You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
:16:49. > :17:06.But from me and the rest of the team, have a very good night.
:17:07. > :17:07.Good evening. The weather gradually brightened up through the day