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welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% — the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fal...

welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. theres been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of viol...

together of neutron stars. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a peak tv audience of 7.6 million viewers tune in to see the lionesses book their place in the semifinals of euro 2022. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasurys economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. shes rejected concerns that the tax cuts shes promised if she becomes the next prime ...

after beijing expressed fury over us house speaker nancy pelosis visit to taipei. and french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it — find out how they plan to return it back to sea. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. air raid sirens and explosions have been heard injerusalem as a conflict between israel and the palestinian militant group islamichhad escalates. it follows intense isra...

You from downing street. The battle for your votes and the keys to number ten has begun. The general election is exactly six weeks today on the 4th ofjuly. Politicians are wasting no time in launching their Election Campaign. Rishi sunak started a tour of all four nations, he began that in derbyshire. Sir keir starmer began his campaign in gillingham in kent. In the last hour the Prime Minister was at his first major event of the day, laying out his pitch to voters. Lets have a listen to what he...

happens in third world countries and banana republics. elsewhere, the israeli military says it has effectively split gaza in two, claiming to hit hundreds more targets overnight and seizing a hamas military compound. the hamas run health ministry says more than 10,000 people have now been killed in gaza since the war began. we will have the latest on the us secretary of states diplomatic push. and coming up a little later, superstar barbra streisand reflects on six decades in showbiz a...

billion last month — it reached the highest level for february since records began almost 30 years ago. a warning that poor oral health is still a significant problem in england — despite being largely preventable. and coming up this hour... a big day forjockey rachael blackmore — shes leading the way at the cheltenham festival, and could be the first woman to win the gold cup. our top story, this morning. the prime minister is due to receive the oxford astrazeneca vaccine today ...

Of the Manchester Bombing 14 year old Eilidh Macleod is laid to rest on the scottish island of barra. Good evening from London Bridge. We are still at the Police Cordon following the attack on Saturday Night. The metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says they already know the identity of the attackers, and that their names will be released as soon as operationally possible as officers work to establish if they were part of a wider network. Their investigation is focussed on several add...