30/04/2017 BBC Weekend News

The Conservatives and Labour go head-to-head on taxes,

both promising policies fair to everyone if they

Theresa May says no to VAT rises but signals scrapping a pledge not

to increase income tax or National Insurance.

Absolutely no plans to increase the level of tax, but I am also very

clear that I don't want to make specific proposals on taxes

unless I am absolutely sure that I can deliver on those.

We are the party that wants low taxes for low and medium earners.

The Conservative Party are the party that wants low taxes

Britain's champion heavyweight, Anthony Joshua, reflects on that

extraordinary victory over Wladimir Klitschko

Donald Trump says he hasn't ruled out military action

against North Korea after the country's second ballistic

Ten years after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann,

her parents tell the BBC they'll do "whatever it takes, for as long

Theresa May says there'll be no increase in VAT if the Conservatives

win the general election, with Labour saying it wouldn't

But the Prime Minister did signal she may scrap a pledge made

by David Cameron not to raise income tax or National Insurance.

Mrs May has also made it clear she expects "hard talks"

It follows comments from the German Chancellor,

Angela Merkel, that Britain musn't delude itself about the outcome

Here's our political correspondent, Ben Wright.

Working people in this country have paid enough tax.

As this economy recovers, I want you to be able to keep more

of your own money to spend as you choose.

It was a startling policy, a solemn promise made days before

David Cameron said three key taxes - VAT, income tax and

National Insurance - would not go up for

So will Theresa May repeat that pledge in her manifesto?

We have absolutely no plans to increase the level of tax

but I am also very clear that I don't want to make specific

proposals on taxes unless I am absolutely sure that I can

A pretty strong hint the Prime Minister does not think

the existing tax freeze can be continued.

And remember, just last month the Chancellor's plan to raise

the National Insurance rate in the budget was criticised

for breaking the manifesto tax pledge and the move was ditched.

Politicians need to decide how to balance the growing

demands of hospitals, schools, social care and defence

Today, there was clarity from the Prime Minister on one part

But no matching promise on National Insurance or income tax,

I know I'm going to get told off for overlong answers so this

Labour has also promised not to raise VAT and is making a lot

of spending promises, which it says will be

We are the party that wants low taxes for low and medium earners.

The Conservative Party are the party that wants low taxes

We look at things the other way round.

So, yes, there will be changes but they will be very

Over the next couple of weeks we will get the party manifestos,

when rhetoric over tax and spending may crystallise into policy.

But of all the uncertainties facing Britain over the next few years,

And there seems to be a divide between Theresa May

and the rest of the EU over how the negotiations should happen.

Yesterday, EU leaders dismissed the idea of a quick trade deal

and said there had to be progress on the terms of the divorce first,

Yes, they do want to start discussions about money.

I am very clear that at the end of the negotiations,

we need to be clear not just about the Brexit arrangement,

the exit, how we withdraw, but also what our future

Opposition parties said the government was kidding itself.

The Prime Minister is not in charge of the agenda.

There are 27 member states in the European Union,

They are absolutely united, they are holding a common line

and Theresa May is not going to be able to tell them what to do.

But the EU will not begin to negotiate with us

until after polling day and a new Westminster

Anthony Joshua says he still has much to learn, despite becoming

the world's leading heavyweight boxer after an extraordinary victory

over Wladimir Klitschko at Wembley Stadium last night.

In one of the biggest fights ever held on British soil,

he was knocked down by the Ukrainian former champion but recovered

and went on to stop his opponent in the 11th round.

Our sports correspondent, Natalie Pirks, caught up with

Joshua gets up off the canvas in the sixth...

the realisation of what he has achieved - overnight global

superstardom. But with the spoils of his greatest night never far from

his side, Anthony Joshua's staying the only

I am going back to the same house and the same family.

Nothing changes, do you know what I mean?

Perception and reach changes, but where I am, where I am based,

I am still a fighter, and I have to keep that mindset right now.

The night began with a visual feast as AJ played his title

For a while here, it looked as if his dream would also be

The fight pitted power against experience,

and after four cagey rounds, Joshua suddenly exploded into life.

But with 69 career fights comes resilience, and, boy,

I knew I had something in me that was not going to let me stay down.

The belief spurred him on to greatness.

In round 11, he had Klitschko down once, twice, and the referee ensured

I said, what you have done in boxing is phenomenal and do not let just

one fight define your career, in the Hall of Fame you will go down is a

legend and if you want to come again I am not going anywhere, but do not

let one fight determine your career because what he has achieved is

remarkable. In Nigeria, where his fans are from, fans celebrated

wildly. Is this Nigeria? My gosh! That is a pound of jam, Nigerian

food, it keeps me strong! Battle scarred but clearly not battle

weary, his 19th knockout of 19 fights has seen him usher in a new

era for a heavyweight division that so needed him.

And you can see a full-length documentary, Antony Joshua:

The Road to Klitschko, at 11.50pm here on BBC One.

President Trump says he hasn't ruled out military action

against North Korea after another unsuccessful ballistic missile test

He says he isn't happy about it but wouldn't be drawn on speculation

that the failure of the test was down to a possible

Earlier, it was the American media he had in his sights,

attacking them at a rally marking 100 days in office.

Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, reports.

There is no doubt this is where Donald Trump is happiest,

and on his 100th day, he had a choice.

Bathe in the warmth of his still adoring

base or do what presidents have done for decades and stay in Washington

Given his toxic relationship with the media, that turned

They are gathered together for the White House correspondents'

And I could not possibly be more thrilled

than to be more than 100 miles away from Washington's swamp, spending my

Back in Washington, it was a very different

It is our job to report on facts and to

And for the comedian, an absent President was a rich seam for jokes.

The leader of our country is not here.

And that is because he lives in Moscow, it's a very long flight.

It would be hard for Vlad to make it, Vlad cannot make it on a

As for the other guy, I think he's in

Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke.

But this is the noise of the Presidency.

There is deadly serious stuff, like North Korea, and real

tension as Pyongyang continues to defy the

international community and

a lot of what if scenarios as America tries to intensify the

If he does a nuclear test, I will not be happy.

And I can tell you also, I don't believe that the president of China,

who is a very respected man, will be happy either.

There is a great belief in Washington that the failure of the

last two rocket launches in North Korea is down

All of this is designed to do one thing- to persuade Kim Jong-un to

come to the negotiating table, the threat of a pre-emptive strike, the

talk of intensify diplomatic sanctions and meanwhile, Donald

Trump held conversations with the leader of Singapore and the leader

of Thailand to try to put more pressure on the North Koreans. So

far, you would have to say, with little effect. John supple, live in

Washington. Ten years after the disappearance

of Madeleine McCann, her parents have told the BBC

they'll do "whatever it takes, for as long as it takes"

to find their daughter. Madeleine was three

years old when she went missing while on a family

holiday in Portugal. Speaking to Fiona Bruce,

Kate and Gerry McCann say the pain never leaves them after

a decade of uncertainty. Every day is another day

without Madeleine... That ten-year mark makes

it more significant. It's a reminder of how much time has

gone by and obviously I think that the day

and the poignancy of it... We don't tend to go back

because it's so draining. But inevitably on anniversaries

and birthdays, they're How different is your life now

to what you must have imagined I think before Madeleine was taken

we felt we'd managed to achieve a perfect,

nuclear family of five. Unfortunately for us,

the new normality at the moment Last time we talked, you told me how

you were still buying birthday presents and Christmas

presents for Madeleine... You go round the shops and you

think, Madeleine would be this age, I obviously have to think

about what age she is Whenever we find her,

will it still be appropriate? One of the police officers

in Portugal has been a He wrote a book which implicates

you and you fought it through the At the moment, you have

lost and he has won. He was effectively suggesting

that you were involved? I think people need

to realise, and Assistant Commissioner Riley has said it again

this week and the Portuguese have said it in the final report,

there is no evidence that Madeleine And the prosecutor said

that there was no evidence that we The police have talked about one

significant lead that The investigation is in

the hands of the Met Police. We've come a long way

and there is progress, there are some very credible lines

the police are working on, and while there's no evidence

to give us any negative news, that The hope that one day you'll be

reunited with your daughter? No parent is going to give up

on their child unless they know My hope of Madeleine

being out there is no less Apart from those first

48 hours, nothing I think the difficult

thing has always Because you rely on the police doing

everything they can. And you are relying

on somebody with information Kate and Gerry McCann

speaking to Fiona Bruce. A woman who was shot and wounded

by police during a counter-terrorism operation in north-west London last

week has now been arrested after Police are still questioning

six other suspects. Meanwhile, officers have been given

more time to question another man - Khalid Mohammed Omar Ali -

who was arrested on Thursday Dorset Police have launched a murder

inquiry after a man was shot at his home in the early

hours of the morning. Officers had responded to reports

of intruders entering a property The victim - who was

in his 60s - died in One of the world's most accomplished

mountaineers, Ueli Steck, has been killed in an accident

on Mount Everest. Known as the Swiss Machine,

he was climbing alone in preparation He'd won numerous awards

and was celebrated for Mount Everest - dangerous

and daunting, even for the most The idea is just climbing from base

camp, just on the normal route... Ueli Steck was preparing to tackle

a new and particularly difficult I think it is possible,

but we don't know. But that is exactly the challenge,

the interesting thing. Nobody has done that before,

so I think the chance is there that it is possible,

but I don't know. He had reached the summit

without oxygen in 2012. In 2015, he climbed all 82

Alpine peaks over 4000 metres in just 62 days,

and he conquered the North face of Ueli Steck was on Everest

to acclimatise when it is thought His body has been recovered,

and tributes have been paid. He broke amazing records

by a mixture of modesty, humility and great ability,

on top of athleticism The climbing community says it has

lost a pioneer who was known for his speed and ruthlessly

methodical approach, with an ability to push himself

to the limits of human endurance. Now with the sport, here's

Lizzie Greenwood Hughes It's been an important day

at the top of the Premier League. Match of the Day 2 follows

the news so if you don't want to know what happened,

please avert your attention. Chelsea moved a step closer

to clinching the title after comfortably beating

Everton 3-nil. They had to patient, all the goals

coming in the second half, Chelsea just need to win three

more games to be crowned Tottenham kept up the pressure

behind Chelsea in second place after winning the last ever

North London derby Dele Alli and Harry Kane scored

the goals in the second half. The victory guarantees Spurs

will finish the season above Arsenal for the first time in more

than two decades. So, this is how the top

of the Premier League table looks after today's action with four games

left to play. Chelsea are four

points ahead of Spurs. Manchester City and United stay 4th

and 5th after both were held City drew 2-2 at Middlesbrough

while United against Valterri Bottas held his nerve

to win his first Formula One race The Finn led virtually

from start to finish, leaving his frustrated Mercedes

team-mate Lewis Hamilton struggling Eyeing a maiden F1 win, today

was Valtteri Bottas's time to shine. With team-mate Lewis Hamilton off

the pace this weekend, it was up to the Finnish driver

to take the fight to Ferrari. He had two to get past two of them

on the grid and he dispatched The second of those corners proved

tricky for the British driver Jolyon Palmer,

whose race ended The seemingly unflappable Finn,

so comfortable leading for so long, This mistake allowed

Sebastian Vettel to hunt him down over the remaining

few nerve-racking laps. Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari hustled,

but the prize would be won by Valtteri Bottas -

a Grand Prix winner It took quite a while, more than 80

races but it was definitely worth the wait and the learning curve. And

this strange opportunity came to me in the winter to join this team and

they made it possible. Some questioned if Valtteri Bottas

would play number two Today, at least, he was

very much number one. John Higgins is still comfortably

ahead of Mark Selby halfway The Scot was leading the defending

champion and World number one 8-4 at the mid-session

interval in Sheffield. And the latest from the Crucible

is that Higgins is 10-6 up, One of the most prominent figures

in world football has resigned after being linked

to a corruption scandal. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah

was a senior official at Fifa - football's world governing body -

but has recently been He strongly denies any

allegations of wrongdoing. You can see more on all of today's

stories on the BBC News Channel. Do stay with us on BBC One -

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