"If this country comes under attack have no doubt we will defend it," says Labour's John Trickett on BBC Breakfast.

Pressed on whether defence was Labour's weak point, he says it's a "big and complicated issue" and that there weren't enough police and the border force needed to be boosted.

On the nuclear issue, he says most weapons were designed for combatants to use in battle, but using nuclear weapons would mean killing hundreds of thousands of innocent citizens and that they are therefore immoral.

"We have to find a way of getting rid of them over time," he says but adds.

On whether people view Corbyn as the leader of this country, he says people are just starting to get to know him, that he's a modern leader and not, unlike his rival, "remote and wooden".

He compares May to a submarine - who disappears for weeks on end and then suddenly reappears.

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On Breakfast, the BBC's Leila Nathoo is asked about comments from Tory ministers Boris Johnson and Michael Fallon indicating that, if they win election, they won't raise income tax.

Leila says this is a signal not a promise to the party's core supporters, because there hadn't been any clarity on their tax plans and the only manifesto pledge was not to raise VAT, she says.

Good morning! There's only five days to go now until polling day.

But it's the weekend so some of you may have missed last night's Question Time in which Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn were quizzed by the audience.

May was given a tough time over her party's social care plans while Corbyn was pressed on whether he would use nuclear weapons.

Read the five key points here.

• Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn each faced 45 minutes of interrogation from a Question Time audience in a special programme hosted by David Dimbleby
• Political correspondent Gary O'Donoghue's verdict was that neither was put off their stride but both faced awkward moments
• Conservative candidate in South Thanet Craig Mackinlay has been charged after allegedly overspending on his 2015 election campaign, which he denies
• Chancellor Philip Hammond refused to comment on whether he might be sacked after the election following speculation about his future - saying he wanted to focus on 8 June instead
• The Lib Dems have had to change part of their campaign material after a spoof based on a fictitious estate agent called May and Co angered a real company by the same name - the party said it was "an innocent mistake"

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The Conservative party's manifesto makes no promises on income tax levels. However, in an interview with The Daily Telegraph, external, cabinet member Michael Fallon appears to harden his party's position, saying there will be no tax rises for higher earners.

Labour party member Jaspal Hunjan caused a bit of a stir with some of the others in the audience when he asked Theresa May to hold a second referendum on Brexit, even though he backed it himself.

"I wasn't satisfied with her answer," he says. "I think there is 48% of the country that still wants to remain and there is enough reason to explore that."

Meanwhile, Conservative party member Dominic Rastelli said he got "no real answer" when he grilled Mr Corbyn on planned rises in the minimum wage.

"I wasn't very happy with it," he says.

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Giving his view on the debate, Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "Theresa May showed contempt for the British people by refusing to debate other party leaders. And now we see why. Whether talking about her cruel and muddled dementia tax, her underfunding of schools, her cap on public sector pay and her scandalous under-funding of mental health provision, she looked rattled.

"Her description of her phone call to Donald Trump sounded more like a cosy chat between political soul mates than a fight for the future for our planet.

"It is clear she only cares about gaining re-election. She doesn't care about you, your job, your school, your hospital, or your family.

"There is a brighter future available than Theresa May's cold, mean-spirited manifesto."

Mr Farron will make his own appearance on Question Time on Sunday, as will the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon.

Broadcasters, including the BBC, are bound by impartiality rules - but there are no such controls in the print media.

Among the daily broadsheet newspapers to have declared their hand, the Conservatives have been endorsed by the Financial Times while Labour has won the Guardian's backing.

The daily tabloids see the Sun back Theresa May and the Daily Mirror going for Jeremy Corbyn.

The Morning Star, formerly the house journal of British communists, plumps for Labour.

Only one Sunday newspaper has declared so far - the Mail on Sunday, which is backing the Conservatives.

Major news magazines are a three-way split, with the New Statesman supporting a Labour vote, the Spectator backing the Conservatives and the Economist going for the Liberal Democrats.

Music magazines have also thrown their hats into the ring - the NME backs Labour again, while Kerrang (which doesn't normally express a preference) has also come out for Mr Corbyn.

Many newspapers - from the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph to the Times, the Sunday People and the Observer - have yet to formally endorse a party.

The first minister faced questions on her party's 10-year record in office during a live TV debate.

New Statesman

In the New Statesman, Stephen Bush says, external: "This was a stronger performance from Theresa May than we've seen so far this campaign, but still one that validated her decision to avoid debating Jeremy Corbyn."

In contrast, he describes Mr Corbyn as a "old pro" who had put on a "assured turn".