:00:00. > :00:09.The Conservatives and Labour go head-to-head on taxes,
:00:10. > :00:11.both promising policies fair to everyone if they
:00:12. > :00:18.Theresa May says no to VAT rises but signals scrapping a pledge not
:00:19. > :00:23.to increase income tax or National Insurance.
:00:24. > :00:28.Absolutely no plans to increase the level of tax, but I am also very
:00:29. > :00:31.clear that I don't want to make specific proposals on taxes
:00:32. > :00:35.unless I am absolutely sure that I can deliver on those.
:00:36. > :00:39.We are the party that wants low taxes for low and medium earners.
:00:40. > :00:42.The Conservative Party are the party that wants low taxes
:00:43. > :00:55.Britain's champion heavyweight, Anthony Joshua, reflects on that
:00:56. > :00:58.extraordinary victory over Wladimir Klitschko
:00:59. > :01:02.Donald Trump says he hasn't ruled out military action
:01:03. > :01:05.against North Korea after the country's second ballistic
:01:06. > :01:13.Ten years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann,
:01:14. > :01:16.her parents tell the BBC they'll do "whatever it takes, for as long
:01:17. > :01:41.Theresa May says there'll be no increase in VAT if the Conservatives
:01:42. > :01:45.win the general election, with Labour saying it wouldn't
:01:46. > :01:51.But the Prime Minister did signal she may scrap a pledge made
:01:52. > :01:55.by David Cameron not to raise income tax or National Insurance.
:01:56. > :01:57.Mrs May has also made it clear she expects "hard talks"
:01:58. > :02:02.It follows comments from the German Chancellor,
:02:03. > :02:04.Angela Merkel, that Britain musn't delude itself about the outcome
:02:05. > :02:09.Here's our political correspondent, Ben Wright.
:02:10. > :02:11.Working people in this country have paid enough tax.
:02:12. > :02:14.As this economy recovers, I want you to be able to keep more
:02:15. > :02:17.of your own money to spend as you choose.
:02:18. > :02:19.It was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before
:02:20. > :02:26.David Cameron said three key taxes - VAT, income tax and
:02:27. > :02:28.National Insurance - would not go up for
:02:29. > :02:36.So will Theresa May repeat that pledge in her manifesto?
:02:37. > :02:40.We have absolutely no plans to increase the level of tax
:02:41. > :02:43.but I am also very clear that I don't want to make specific
:02:44. > :02:45.proposals on taxes unless I am absolutely sure that I can
:02:46. > :02:50.A pretty strong hint the Prime Minister does not think
:02:51. > :02:56.the existing tax freeze can be continued.
:02:57. > :02:59.And remember, just last month the Chancellor's plan to raise
:03:00. > :03:02.the National Insurance rate in the budget was criticised
:03:03. > :03:06.for breaking the manifesto tax pledge and the move was ditched.
:03:07. > :03:13.Politicians need to decide how to balance the growing
:03:14. > :03:16.demands of hospitals, schools, social care and defence
:03:17. > :03:22.Today, there was clarity from the Prime Minister on one part
:03:23. > :03:28.But no matching promise on National Insurance or income tax,
:03:29. > :03:35.I know I'm going to get told off for overlong answers so this
:03:36. > :03:39.Labour has also promised not to raise VAT and is making a lot
:03:40. > :03:41.of spending promises, which it says will be
:03:42. > :03:48.We are the party that wants low taxes for low and medium earners.
:03:49. > :03:51.The Conservative Party are the party that wants low taxes
:03:52. > :03:55.We look at things the other way round.
:03:56. > :03:57.So, yes, there will be changes but they will be very
:03:58. > :04:04.Over the next couple of weeks we will get the party manifestos,
:04:05. > :04:08.when rhetoric over tax and spending may crystallise into policy.
:04:09. > :04:11.But of all the uncertainties facing Britain over the next few years,
:04:12. > :04:16.And there seems to be a divide between Theresa May
:04:17. > :04:21.and the rest of the EU over how the negotiations should happen.
:04:22. > :04:24.Yesterday, EU leaders dismissed the idea of a quick trade deal
:04:25. > :04:28.and said there had to be progress on the terms of the divorce first,
:04:29. > :04:36.Yes, they do want to start discussions about money.
:04:37. > :04:38.I am very clear that at the end of the negotiations,
:04:39. > :04:41.we need to be clear not just about the Brexit arrangement,
:04:42. > :04:44.the exit, how we withdraw, but also what our future
:04:45. > :04:51.Opposition parties said the government was kidding itself.
:04:52. > :04:54.The Prime Minister is not in charge of the agenda.
:04:55. > :04:57.There are 27 member states in the European Union,
:04:58. > :05:03.They are absolutely united, they are holding a common line
:05:04. > :05:07.and Theresa May is not going to be able to tell them what to do.
:05:08. > :05:09.But the EU will not begin to negotiate with us
:05:10. > :05:11.until after polling day and a new Westminster
:05:12. > :05:20.Anthony Joshua says he still has much to learn, despite becoming
:05:21. > :05:23.the world's leading heavyweight boxer after an extraordinary victory
:05:24. > :05:27.over Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium last night.
:05:28. > :05:30.In one of the biggest fights ever held on British soil,
:05:31. > :05:33.he was knocked down by the Ukrainian former champion but recovered
:05:34. > :05:36.and went on to stop his opponent in the 11th round.
:05:37. > :05:38.Our sports correspondent, Natalie Pirks, caught up with
:05:39. > :05:45.Joshua gets up off the canvas in the sixth...
:05:46. > :05:51.the realisation of what he has achieved - overnight global
:05:52. > :05:54.superstardom. But with the spoils of his greatest night never far from
:05:55. > :05:55.his side, Anthony Joshua's staying the only
:05:56. > :06:08.I am going back to the same house and the same family.
:06:09. > :06:12.Nothing changes, do you know what I mean?
:06:13. > :06:15.Perception and reach changes, but where I am, where I am based,
:06:16. > :06:26.I am still a fighter, and I have to keep that mindset right now.
:06:27. > :06:29.The night began with a visual feast as AJ played his title
:06:30. > :06:33.For a while here, it looked as if his dream would also be
:06:34. > :06:40.The fight pitted power against experience,
:06:41. > :06:46.and after four cagey rounds, Joshua suddenly exploded into life.
:06:47. > :06:48.But with 69 career fights comes resilience, and, boy,
:06:49. > :07:13.I knew I had something in me that was not going to let me stay down.
:07:14. > :07:17.The belief spurred him on to greatness.
:07:18. > :07:20.In round 11, he had Klitschko down once, twice, and the referee ensured
:07:21. > :07:33.I said, what you have done in boxing is phenomenal and do not let just
:07:34. > :07:38.one fight define your career, in the Hall of Fame you will go down is a
:07:39. > :07:43.legend and if you want to come again I am not going anywhere, but do not
:07:44. > :07:51.let one fight determine your career because what he has achieved is
:07:52. > :08:03.remarkable. In Nigeria, where his fans are from, fans celebrated
:08:04. > :08:10.wildly. Is this Nigeria? My gosh! That is a pound of jam, Nigerian
:08:11. > :08:16.food, it keeps me strong! Battle scarred but clearly not battle
:08:17. > :08:20.weary, his 19th knockout of 19 fights has seen him usher in a new
:08:21. > :08:23.era for a heavyweight division that so needed him.
:08:24. > :08:26.And you can see a full-length documentary, Antony Joshua:
:08:27. > :08:31.The Road to Klitschko, at 11.50pm here on BBC One.
:08:32. > :08:34.President Trump says he hasn't ruled out military action
:08:35. > :08:40.against North Korea after another unsuccessful ballistic missile test
:08:41. > :08:45.He says he isn't happy about it but wouldn't be drawn on speculation
:08:46. > :08:48.that the failure of the test was down to a possible
:08:49. > :08:51.Earlier, it was the American media he had in his sights,
:08:52. > :08:54.attacking them at a rally marking 100 days in office.
:08:55. > :08:58.Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, reports.
:08:59. > :09:01.There is no doubt this is where Donald Trump is happiest,
:09:02. > :09:04.and on his 100th day, he had a choice.
:09:05. > :09:07.Bathe in the warmth of his still adoring
:09:08. > :09:10.base or do what presidents have done for decades and stay in Washington
:09:11. > :09:15.Given his toxic relationship with the media, that turned
:09:16. > :09:23.They are gathered together for the White House correspondents'
:09:24. > :09:35.And I could not possibly be more thrilled
:09:36. > :09:42.than to be more than 100 miles away from Washington's swamp, spending my
:09:43. > :09:49.Back in Washington, it was a very different
:09:50. > :09:59.It is our job to report on facts and to
:10:00. > :10:15.And for the comedian, an absent President was a rich seam for jokes.
:10:16. > :10:20.The leader of our country is not here.
:10:21. > :10:23.And that is because he lives in Moscow, it's a very long flight.
:10:24. > :10:27.It would be hard for Vlad to make it, Vlad cannot make it on a
:10:28. > :10:31.As for the other guy, I think he's in
:10:32. > :10:33.Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke.
:10:34. > :10:36.But this is the noise of the Presidency.
:10:37. > :10:38.There is deadly serious stuff, like North Korea, and real
:10:39. > :10:40.tension as Pyongyang continues to defy the
:10:41. > :10:44.international community and
:10:45. > :10:46.a lot of what if scenarios as America tries to intensify the
:10:47. > :10:54.If he does a nuclear test, I will not be happy.
:10:55. > :10:58.And I can tell you also, I don't believe that the president of China,
:10:59. > :11:01.who is a very respected man, will be happy either.
:11:02. > :11:08.There is a great belief in Washington that the failure of the
:11:09. > :11:10.last two rocket launches in North Korea is down
:11:11. > :11:23.All of this is designed to do one thing- to persuade Kim Jong-un to
:11:24. > :11:29.come to the negotiating table, the threat of a pre-emptive strike, the
:11:30. > :11:32.talk of intensify diplomatic sanctions and meanwhile, Donald
:11:33. > :11:37.Trump held conversations with the leader of Singapore and the leader
:11:38. > :11:40.of Thailand to try to put more pressure on the North Koreans. So
:11:41. > :11:44.far, you would have to say, with little effect. John supple, live in
:11:45. > :11:47.Washington. Ten years after the disappearance
:11:48. > :11:48.of Madeleine McCann, her parents have told the BBC
:11:49. > :11:51.they'll do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes"
:11:52. > :11:55.to find their daughter. Madeleine was three
:11:56. > :11:57.years old when she went missing while on a family
:11:58. > :11:59.holiday in Portugal. Speaking to Fiona Bruce,
:12:00. > :12:02.Kate and Gerry McCann say the pain never leaves them after
:12:03. > :12:06.a decade of uncertainty. Every day is another day
:12:07. > :12:10.without Madeleine... That ten-year mark makes
:12:11. > :12:16.it more significant. It's a reminder of how much time has
:12:17. > :12:19.gone by and obviously I think that the day
:12:20. > :12:28.and the poignancy of it... We don't tend to go back
:12:29. > :12:33.because it's so draining. But inevitably on anniversaries
:12:34. > :12:35.and birthdays, they're How different is your life now
:12:36. > :12:42.to what you must have imagined I think before Madeleine was taken
:12:43. > :12:56.we felt we'd managed to achieve a perfect,
:12:57. > :12:59.nuclear family of five. Unfortunately for us,
:13:00. > :13:08.the new normality at the moment Last time we talked, you told me how
:13:09. > :13:14.you were still buying birthday presents and Christmas
:13:15. > :13:15.presents for Madeleine... You go round the shops and you
:13:16. > :13:26.think, Madeleine would be this age, I obviously have to think
:13:27. > :13:33.about what age she is Whenever we find her,
:13:34. > :13:40.will it still be appropriate? One of the police officers
:13:41. > :13:50.in Portugal has been a He wrote a book which implicates
:13:51. > :13:57.you and you fought it through the At the moment, you have
:13:58. > :14:01.lost and he has won. He was effectively suggesting
:14:02. > :14:13.that you were involved? I think people need
:14:14. > :14:18.to realise, and Assistant Commissioner Riley has said it again
:14:19. > :14:21.this week and the Portuguese have said it in the final report,
:14:22. > :14:24.there is no evidence that Madeleine And the prosecutor said
:14:25. > :14:30.that there was no evidence that we The police have talked about one
:14:31. > :14:35.significant lead that The investigation is in
:14:36. > :14:41.the hands of the Met Police. We've come a long way
:14:42. > :14:48.and there is progress, there are some very credible lines
:14:49. > :14:53.the police are working on, and while there's no evidence
:14:54. > :14:57.to give us any negative news, that The hope that one day you'll be
:14:58. > :15:07.reunited with your daughter? No parent is going to give up
:15:08. > :15:10.on their child unless they know My hope of Madeleine
:15:11. > :15:19.being out there is no less Apart from those first
:15:20. > :15:24.48 hours, nothing I think the difficult
:15:25. > :15:28.thing has always Because you rely on the police doing
:15:29. > :15:34.everything they can. And you are relying
:15:35. > :15:36.on somebody with information Kate and Gerry McCann
:15:37. > :15:45.speaking to Fiona Bruce. A woman who was shot and wounded
:15:46. > :15:49.by police during a counter-terrorism operation in north-west London last
:15:50. > :15:52.week has now been arrested after Police are still questioning
:15:53. > :15:59.six other suspects. Meanwhile, officers have been given
:16:00. > :16:02.more time to question another man - Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali -
:16:03. > :16:04.who was arrested on Thursday Dorset Police have launched a murder
:16:05. > :16:10.inquiry after a man was shot at his home in the early
:16:11. > :16:14.hours of the morning. Officers had responded to reports
:16:15. > :16:17.of intruders entering a property The victim - who was
:16:18. > :16:22.in his 60s - died in One of the world's most accomplished
:16:23. > :16:28.mountaineers, Ueli Steck, has been killed in an accident
:16:29. > :16:35.on Mount Everest. Known as the Swiss Machine,
:16:36. > :16:40.he was climbing alone in preparation He'd won numerous awards
:16:41. > :16:44.and was celebrated for Mount Everest - dangerous
:16:45. > :16:48.and daunting, even for the most The idea is just climbing from base
:16:49. > :16:56.camp, just on the normal route... Ueli Steck was preparing to tackle
:16:57. > :17:00.a new and particularly difficult I think it is possible,
:17:01. > :17:06.but we don't know. But that is exactly the challenge,
:17:07. > :17:10.the interesting thing. Nobody has done that before,
:17:11. > :17:13.so I think the chance is there that it is possible,
:17:14. > :17:18.but I don't know. He had reached the summit
:17:19. > :17:23.without oxygen in 2012. In 2015, he climbed all 82
:17:24. > :17:29.Alpine peaks over 4000 metres in just 62 days,
:17:30. > :17:32.and he conquered the North face of Ueli Steck was on Everest
:17:33. > :17:40.to acclimatise when it is thought His body has been recovered,
:17:41. > :17:46.and tributes have been paid. He broke amazing records
:17:47. > :17:50.by a mixture of modesty, humility and great ability,
:17:51. > :17:56.on top of athleticism The climbing community says it has
:17:57. > :18:08.lost a pioneer who was known for his speed and ruthlessly
:18:09. > :18:10.methodical approach, with an ability to push himself
:18:11. > :18:14.to the limits of human endurance. Now with the sport, here's
:18:15. > :18:20.Lizzie Greenwood Hughes It's been an important day
:18:21. > :18:27.at the top of the Premier League. Match of the Day 2 follows
:18:28. > :18:30.the news so if you don't want to know what happened,
:18:31. > :18:33.please avert your attention. Chelsea moved a step closer
:18:34. > :18:35.to clinching the title after comfortably beating
:18:36. > :18:38.Everton 3-nil. They had to patient, all the goals
:18:39. > :18:41.coming in the second half, Chelsea just need to win three
:18:42. > :18:46.more games to be crowned Tottenham kept up the pressure
:18:47. > :18:53.behind Chelsea in second place after winning the last ever
:18:54. > :18:55.North London derby Dele Alli and Harry Kane scored
:18:56. > :19:01.the goals in the second half. The victory guarantees Spurs
:19:02. > :19:05.will finish the season above Arsenal for the first time in more
:19:06. > :19:08.than two decades. So, this is how the top
:19:09. > :19:11.of the Premier League table looks after today's action with four games
:19:12. > :19:13.left to play. Chelsea are four
:19:14. > :19:16.points ahead of Spurs. Manchester City and United stay 4th
:19:17. > :19:19.and 5th after both were held City drew 2-2 at Middlesbrough
:19:20. > :19:24.while United against Valterri Bottas held his nerve
:19:25. > :19:31.to win his first Formula One race The Finn led virtually
:19:32. > :19:38.from start to finish, leaving his frustrated Mercedes
:19:39. > :19:40.team-mate Lewis Hamilton struggling Eyeing a maiden F1 win, today
:19:41. > :19:49.was Valtteri Bottas's time to shine. With team-mate Lewis Hamilton off
:19:50. > :19:51.the pace this weekend, it was up to the Finnish driver
:19:52. > :19:59.to take the fight to Ferrari. He had two to get past two of them
:20:00. > :20:02.on the grid and he dispatched The second of those corners proved
:20:03. > :20:06.tricky for the British driver Jolyon Palmer,
:20:07. > :20:07.whose race ended The seemingly unflappable Finn,
:20:08. > :20:11.so comfortable leading for so long, This mistake allowed
:20:12. > :20:16.Sebastian Vettel to hunt him down over the remaining
:20:17. > :20:19.few nerve-racking laps. Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari hustled,
:20:20. > :20:26.but the prize would be won by Valtteri Bottas -
:20:27. > :20:43.a Grand Prix winner It took quite a while, more than 80
:20:44. > :20:48.races but it was definitely worth the wait and the learning curve. And
:20:49. > :20:50.this strange opportunity came to me in the winter to join this team and
:20:51. > :20:53.they made it possible. Some questioned if Valtteri Bottas
:20:54. > :20:55.would play number two Today, at least, he was
:20:56. > :20:59.very much number one. John Higgins is still comfortably
:21:00. > :21:04.ahead of Mark Selby halfway The Scot was leading the defending
:21:05. > :21:08.champion and World number one 8-4 at the mid-session
:21:09. > :21:13.interval in Sheffield. And the latest from the Crucible
:21:14. > :21:16.is that Higgins is 10-6 up, One of the most prominent figures
:21:17. > :21:25.in world football has resigned after being linked
:21:26. > :21:28.to a corruption scandal. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah
:21:29. > :21:32.was a senior official at Fifa - football's world governing body -
:21:33. > :21:34.but has recently been He strongly denies any
:21:35. > :21:41.allegations of wrongdoing. You can see more on all of today's
:21:42. > :21:50.stories on the BBC News Channel. Do stay with us on BBC One -
:21:51. > :21:55.it's now time for all