:00:24. > :00:26.The Conservatives have defended their planned changes
:00:27. > :00:28.to social care and winter fuel payments if they win
:00:29. > :00:36.They insisted the new system would be fairer to everyone.
:00:37. > :00:38.The Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green also told the BBC
:00:39. > :00:41.that he thought ?100,000 was a reasonable inheritance
:00:42. > :00:46.when questioned about the moves to reform social care.
:00:47. > :00:49.Our Political Correspondent, Susana Mendonca, reports.
:00:50. > :00:57.Pensioners are used to being courted by politicians because they vote him
:00:58. > :01:01.larger numbers than younger people do. But the Conservatives' plans for
:01:02. > :01:07.social care haven't been going down well with this crucial group of
:01:08. > :01:10.voters. Leading Labour to step up its campaign to woo the Grey Vote.
:01:11. > :01:15.The plans would see elderly people who are cared for in their homes
:01:16. > :01:19.having to meet the cost of that care above ?100,000. The property may
:01:20. > :01:23.have to be sold after their death to pay for it, meaning that they might
:01:24. > :01:27.not be able to pass their homes their children. The Work and
:01:28. > :01:36.Pensions Secretary said it was a fairer system. ?100,000 is a
:01:37. > :01:41.reasonable inheritance to have, and people who are lucky enough to have
:01:42. > :01:45.great rises in property value will still, I think, decide that ?100,000
:01:46. > :01:50.is a better way of doing it. Labour has accused Theresa May of stirring
:01:51. > :01:54.up a war between the generations. It is promising extra funding for
:01:55. > :01:58.social care and to set a cap of no more than ?72,000 on how much
:01:59. > :02:01.someone should have to pay for their own care. Double bull Democrats,
:02:02. > :02:06.meanwhile, have accused the Tories of wanting to bring in a dementia
:02:07. > :02:10.cap. -- the Liberal Democrats. What we're seeing this weekend with the
:02:11. > :02:15.Conservatives under increasing pressure because they have chosen a
:02:16. > :02:19.dementia tax, if you and a loved one has or will get dementia, they are
:02:20. > :02:23.coming for you. Questioned about newspaper reports that the Cabinet
:02:24. > :02:27.would not -- was not consulted by Mrs May on the plans, Boris Johnson
:02:28. > :02:32.insisted they were. I think this is the right policy and I am supporting
:02:33. > :02:38.it. Plainly you were not ask your opinion on it. There are all sorts
:02:39. > :02:42.of consultations about the ballot box and you would not expect me to
:02:43. > :02:45.go into detail but we need to do something. Conservatives say the
:02:46. > :02:48.system that they are proposing would protect elderly people from the fear
:02:49. > :02:51.that they would lose all their savings in life. And they are
:02:52. > :02:54.accusing their critics of running a scare campaign.
:02:55. > :02:56.The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, has said that
:02:57. > :02:59.a Labour government will effectively end the freeze on welfare benefits
:03:00. > :03:04.Mr McDonnell claimed the party's proposals would
:03:05. > :03:05.make the freeze 'irrelevant' but refused to say
:03:06. > :03:09.He said Labour would be putting ?30 billion into welfare
:03:10. > :03:21.The US President Donald Trump will shortly give a major
:03:22. > :03:24.speech in Saudi Arabia - appealing for a unified approach
:03:25. > :03:27.in the fight against Islamic extremism in the world.
:03:28. > :03:29.He'll deliver it on the second day of his tour of the
:03:30. > :03:34.From Riyadh, Frank Gardner sent this report.
:03:35. > :03:37.A smooth passage to the palace for President Trump's
:03:38. > :03:45.He's amongst friends and allies here, the leaders
:03:46. > :03:51.most of whom share his antipathy towards their giant neighbour, Iran.
:03:52. > :03:53.The US Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, signed
:03:54. > :03:58.a counter-terrorism pact with the Saudi Crown prince.
:03:59. > :04:00.Yesterday, the secretary called on Iran to stop
:04:01. > :04:06.Last night, President Trump joined his Saudi hosts
:04:07. > :04:10.in a traditional sword dance of welcome.
:04:11. > :04:17.His earlier controversial comments appear to have been forgiven here.
:04:18. > :04:19.With President Trump, you know, the inflammatory remarks on Muslims
:04:20. > :04:22.and the perceived Muslim ban, that caused a lot of noise
:04:23. > :04:25.in the United States but you would be surprised how
:04:26. > :04:30.little noise it caused in the region.
:04:31. > :04:35.What did, however, cause a lot of controversy in the region,
:04:36. > :04:38.and caused a lot of support for Donald Trump in the region,
:04:39. > :04:44.That's gone down well on the streets of the capital, Riyadh.
:04:45. > :04:46.Saudis admire strong leadership but when it comes to religion,
:04:47. > :04:51.Donald Trump may face a more sceptical audience.
:04:52. > :04:58.The speech President Trump is made today to the leaders of more than 14
:04:59. > :05:03.Islamic nations is risky territory. Because this is Saudi Arabia, the
:05:04. > :05:07.birthplace of Islam. So every single word of his speech will be carefully
:05:08. > :05:11.scrutinised, not just here in Riyadh but all over the Middle East and
:05:12. > :05:15.beyond. Excerpts of the speech say that Arab leaders must do their fair
:05:16. > :05:18.share in fighting terrorism. That is not a message that will go down well
:05:19. > :05:22.with countries that have already lost hundreds of citizens doing
:05:23. > :05:25.exactly that. Frank Gardner, BBC News, Riyadh.
:05:26. > :05:27.North Korea has launched another missile, say security
:05:28. > :05:29.officials in South Korea - the latest in a series
:05:30. > :05:31.of tests and launches, amid concerns about the country's
:05:32. > :05:40.Earlier this month, North Korea successfully launched a long range
:05:41. > :05:42.missile - prompting protests from Japan.
:05:43. > :05:53.The latest launch is being analysed by Washington and South Korea.
:05:54. > :05:59.The UK coastguard say they are concerned about a family of Nakhi
:06:00. > :06:03.Wells off the Suffolk coast. One adult washed up on Felixstowe beach
:06:04. > :06:07.yesterday while a second calf is also believed to have died. -- a
:06:08. > :06:11.family of men keep Wales. Three more whales appear to be
:06:12. > :06:13.in trouble further out to sea, one in the water off
:06:14. > :06:15.Harwich in Essex. Returning to the general
:06:16. > :06:17.election, the deadline The latest figures from
:06:18. > :06:20.the Electoral Commission show there could be up to 7 million
:06:21. > :06:23.people eligible to vote Our correspondent, Sophie Long,
:06:24. > :06:28.has been speaking to people in West Yorkshire where both
:06:29. > :06:31.the Conservatives and Labour In this barber shop in Leeds,
:06:32. > :06:39.where every vote could count, Bev is assessing the
:06:40. > :07:00.trainee barbers here. Not really interested
:07:01. > :07:03.in stuff like that. And do you think you
:07:04. > :07:05.will bother voting? I don't really get politics
:07:06. > :07:15.and all stuff like that. Young people, that's
:07:16. > :07:31.under 34s, are the least According to the Electoral
:07:32. > :07:36.Commission, just under I should do, really, but I haven't
:07:37. > :07:45.got round to it, if I'm honest. Students are generally quite
:07:46. > :07:47.politically engaged. Here in Leeds, the university union
:07:48. > :07:53.is trying to change that. So from next September the union
:07:54. > :07:56.is working with the university to make sure that students,
:07:57. > :07:59.upon registering for their course at university, also have the option
:08:00. > :08:01.to register to vote, so all the details they put
:08:02. > :08:04.in will be sent on by And then they will be automatically
:08:05. > :08:07.registered without having As with so many things,
:08:08. > :08:13.lessons can be learned from those This is Old Pool Bank Village Hall
:08:14. > :08:27.where each and every member of the dance group that meets
:08:28. > :08:30.here is not only registered to vote but really can't understand
:08:31. > :08:32.why anyone wouldn't be. I fought for this country
:08:33. > :08:40.in the Second World War so I think you should do,
:08:41. > :08:47.to get everything sorted out. I wouldn't like to miss it really,
:08:48. > :08:51.especially this year, because it's very important,
:08:52. > :08:52.what's going on. And for the young people,
:08:53. > :08:55.they should vote as well, If you haven't got the internet,
:08:56. > :09:06.just go to your local council office Either way you will need your
:09:07. > :09:18.national insurance number. And you find that on your payslip,
:09:19. > :09:21.and if you're not working it's on any correspondence
:09:22. > :09:23.from the Department At the last general election nearly
:09:24. > :09:28.half a million people left it You can see more on all of today's
:09:29. > :10:07.stories on the BBC News Channel. Good afternoon. Casting our highs to
:10:08. > :10:13.the weather for the week ahead, it is certainly looking drier and
:10:14. > :10:14.warmer than the week just gone. Last week we try to address the