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welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future — and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high afte...

we start here in the uk — where investors are now betting the cost of borrowing will have to keep rising because inflation remains stubbornly high. thats despite a pledge by the government to bring it down, and a barrage of interest rate rises by the bank of england attempting to get it under control. just a few weeks ago, we were assuming that after 11 increases in a row, the bank would not have to raise rates much further. but on wednesday, there was a major rethink on financial ma...

we speak to the swedish company aiming to make freight more electric and looking to the uk market. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he has been made the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious miscon...

welcome to the programme. before we go any further, lets take you to the polish capital warsaw, where itsjust gone midday and a ceremony is taking place to commemorate the memory ofjewish people killed in the warsaw ghetto uprising, which started 80 years ago, on april 19th 1943. more than 10,000 inhabitants were killed when they defied we can heara we can hear a siren in the background marking this key moment as crowds gather. siren blares more than 10,000 inhabitants were killed when...

of living. the snp treasurer, colin beattie, has been released without charge, pending further investigation, after being questioned by police examining the partys finances. children conceived as a result of rape will soon be legally recognised as victims in england and wales. youre questioning everything about yourself. looking in the mirror, almost like i could see the man who raped my mother looking back at me. in sport, feeling the blues as reality hits. madrid knock chelsea out of...

has not changed. officers are able to be as brutal as they want, and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, theres no way the police are going to move forward. in the us, fox news comes to a 600 million pound settlement with the voting machine company dominion over its reporting of the 2020 presidential election. and ukraines eurovision hopefuls happy to pose for selfies — but the war is never far from their minds. and coming up on bbc news, manchester have one foot in...

32%, ready meals, 31%. edible offal, 29%, whatever floats your boat! so what impact is this having on you? are you shopping less or shopping differently? have you had to change your lifestyle? are things you considered essential essential no more? what are you doing to get by? were on 5 live and bbc sounds or you watch us live on bbc two, the news channel and the iplayer. food prices: can you cope? and here is the news from bethan holmes. uk inflation has fallen, but not as much as exp...

and collin beatty is to step down as the snps treasurer after an investigation into the partys finances. hello, welcome to bbc news. some breaking news from the us in the past hour — two teenage boys have been charged with four counts of murder after a deadly shooting at a birthday party in dadeville, alabama on saturday. this was the aftermath. we know that over 30 people were wounded — some critically, after shots were fired at the mahogany masterpiece dance studio. this shooting...

this whole thing has been one of the great blessings of my life. and back in belfast — a standing ovation for an emotional bill clinton 25 years after he helped negotiate the good friday agreement. and coming up on bbc news: a champions league semifinal is within reach of manchester city. they beat bayern munich first time around, can they do the same again in germany later? good evening. the cost of living rose more than expected last month — thanks largely to the soaring price of...

welcome to bbc news, im yelled we start in sudan — where paramilitary fighters battling with the sudanese army say theyve agreed a new 24—hour ceasefire. it was due to come into effect an hour ago, at 1800 local time. a similar agreement on tuesday failed to take effect. meanwhile, 15 embassies in khartoum waiting to evacuate hundreds of foreign nationals have issued a joint statement. they called on both sides to cease fire and observe international obligations to protect civilian...