The World Tonight

The Prime Minister unveils the Conservatives' General Election manifesto, with a promise to reduce the tax take by 17 billion pounds.

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A US court has found Hunter Biden, the son of US president Joe Biden, guilty on all counts in his federal gun crimes case, will it influence how Americans vote in November?

And, previously unseen diary of Christine Keeler, the woman at the heart of the Profumo affair, is to go up for auction. We spoke to her son Seymour Platt.

After what is seen as one of the biggest blunders in recent political history, Rishi Sunak is trying to claw back the initiative. So will there be a big surprise in tomorrow's Tory manifesto that could take the heat off the prime minister?

And as Mr Sunak tells the BBC it has become harder for people to own their own home under the Conservatives, we ask what parties are offering on housing in the election.

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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is in Israel as the country is engulfed in political chaos. Can he make a difference this time?

And after Emmanuel Macron's shock decision to call a snap parliamentary election we ask whether the French president's gamble is backfiring - and what is drawing so many young people across Europe to the far-right.

The 7-party debate covered taxation, immigration and defence ahead of the general election on 4 July. It featured Penny Mordaunt (The Conservatives), Angela Rayner (Labour), Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat), Nigel Farage (Reform UK), Stephen Flynn (Scottish National Party), Carla Denyer (The Green Party), and Rhun ap Iorwerth (Plaid Cymru).

Also in the programme - Taylor Swift begins the UK leg of her Eras tour in Edinburgh. Shaun Ley meets fans at The Black Dog pub in London, which attracts Swifties from across the globe.

King Charles and the Prince of Wales joined world leaders and veterans at a series of events to mark 80 years since D-Day, the largest amphibious invasion in military history. In a speech commemorating the anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, US President Joe Biden drew parallels between Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and World War Two. We discuss with a former US Army general, and hear from a D-Day veteran.

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The BBC gains rare access to Myanmar, where Rakhine State has become a focal point for the country’s nationwide civil war;

And we head to Redcar on the Yorkshire Coast, where one in three children live in poverty, to take a closer look at the issue ahead of the general election.

The First Minister of Wales, Vaughan Gething, struck a defiant tone after losing a vote of no-confidence in his leadership. The motion, brought by the Welsh Conservatives, is not binding. Gething is embroiled in a row over donations to his leadership campaign, including £200,000 from a company run by a man who was convicted twice for environmental offences.

On both sides of the English channel soldiers and leaders took part in a day of commemoration ahead of the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday.

And we speak to three women who want to return to Parliament at the election, on what's drawn them back to Westminster.

The two leaders clashed over NHS, tax and immigration in their first head-to-head TV debate of the election campaign. We spoke to Michael Gove, Conservative’s Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities; and Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting.

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A shock result in India's general election as Narendra Modi loses his parliamentary majority but claims a win.

And the tale of the tiny fossil hunter – how three pre-teens found a rare teenage T-rex.

Nigel Farage used an "emergency announcement" to reveal that he had taken over leadership of Reform UK from his colleague Richard Tice, and would stand at the election in the seat of Clacton. That's despite ruling out standing after the election was called over a week ago. The champion of Brexit said he wanted to lead a "political revolt". We spoke to the man he replaced, Richard Tice.

Many Mexicans are celebrating the election of the first woman President after elections there, but others are concerned about her plans for the constitution.

And what has become of Ruja Ignatova, the so-called "cryptoqueen" who disappeared in 2017? A BBC investigation found new evidence suggesting she may have been murdered.

President Biden has outlined a new ceasefire deal aimed at ending the war in Gaza and returning Israeli hostages. Mr Biden presented the plan as Israeli-conceived. It would involve three phases, beginning with a six-week truce during which hostages would be freed and Palestinian prisoners released and ending with a permanent ceasefire and reconstruction of Gaza.

Donald Trump made a stump speech in his New York headquarters in which he repeated his scathing attacks on the trial against him. He was convicted on Thursday on 34 counts of falsifying business records.

And the first full week of election campaigning draws to a close, we look back on the key moments.

The former US President Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records to conceal a pay-off to a porn star during his 2016 election campaign. It's the first time in US history that a former or serving president has been convicted of a criminal offence. He will be sentenced on the 11th of July. Trump called it a shameful day in US history.

US President Joe Biden has reportedly agreed to Ukraine firing American weapons into Russian territory, but only on the Kharkiv border where the Russian military is gathering forces.

And another Conservative MP says he'll back the Labour Party at the election, Mark Logan MP for Bolton North East says only Labour can "bring back optimism into British life".

The veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott has vowed to continue serving in the Commons "by any means". As the row deepens over how Labour has handled Britain's first black female MP, we ask whether a purge of the left is underway.

As the prime minister campaigns in South West England - Shaun Ley has also been there to find out how much of a threat tactical voting poses to the Tories.

Also: What a viral AI image about Rafah - shared nearly 45 million times on Instagram - tells us about the social media battle over Gaza.

And an unwelcome gift from North Korea to the South: why is Pyongyang sending balloons filled with rubbish and excrement to its neighbour?