First a Welcome Development here in the uk. Inflation fell sharply to 6. 8 injuly, from 7. 9 injune. But it still means prices continue to rise. Prime minister rishi sunak says it shows his governments plan is working, but he cautioned against complacency. The drop was fueled by lower energy costs. But Core Inflation which looks at price rises excluding food and energy remained unchanged. According to the office of national statistics, the rising costs of hotels, air travel, and rents are in Part Keeping Inflation high. Economists are still expecting Interest Rates the tool used by the Bank Of England to control price rises to be raised further. The bbc s economics editor faisal islam has more. The heat may be coming out of rising prices at supermarkets and convenience shops, and that can be seen, for example, in milk prices on the shelves of this shop in walsall. Overall they are still rising, butjust by less than they were. This area was, originally, about two months ago, all a pound
Mitchell. That begins right now. And right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, stuck in port. A massive shipment of humanitarian aid still docked in cypress as gazaens start the day and holy month of ramadan. And the rift between President Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu deepening as the white house sits on a red line on rafah and slams the Prime Ministers policies. Israel more than helping israel by making the rest of the world it is contrary to anything it stands for. And i think it is a big mistake. So i want to see a ceasefire. First dueling general election rallies turn nasty with donald trump in Georgia Mocking the president s childhood challenge with stuttering. This hour the president heads to new hampshire, another potential swing state. And snl ripping katie britts republican response to the State Of The Union and her misleading story about Migrant Trafficking at the border. Every dedale about it is real except the year, where it took place, and who was president when it happened. A
Welcome to the programme. We begin injamaica where the american top diplomat Antony Blinken is holding crisis talks with the review and leaders on the worsening violence in haiti due to criminal gangs. They have overrun much of the capital and close down its Main International airport. They are calling for the resignation of the Prime Minister who is currently in puerto rico and unable to return home. As he blinked and said the United States would contribute additional funding to a states would contribute additionalfunding to a un backed Security Force intending to help police fight against as well as humanitarian aid. What weve seen in recent days again should remind us that the already challenging and difficult Security Situation has now deteriorated even further, and makes the Multinational Support mission even more important than ever. The United Nations Security Council has reaffirmed that, and reaffirmed a collective commitment to deploy it as quickly as possible. Given this incr
And the best actor. Live from our studio in singapore. This is bbc news. Its newsday. Thank you for your company this morning. We start this hour in the uk where the princess of wales has apologised for what she calls any confusion after she said she edited a photograph of her and her children. Her statement came after five News Agencies retracted it over editing concerns. The image, taken by the Prince Of Wales, was the first of catherine to be released since her surgery injanuary. The princess of wales was seen on monday being driven out of windsor in a car with prince william, as he travelled to the Commonwealth Day service which she did not attend. Our royal correpondent Daniela Relph has more. Very nice to see you guys. The Prince Of Wales this evening at an event related to his earth shot environmental project in london. At the end of a day filled with unexpected twists and turns. Prince william took this photo of his wife and children that were supposed to reassure, to calm the
Several News Agencies, including the largest uk news agency pa, pulled the photo, citing concerns over manipulation. Pa said it had issued the image of the princess and her three children in good faith, but was killing it a term used by News Agencies to describe when a photo is pulled from circulation, because no clarification had been received from Kensington Palace about its authenticity. Several Digital Experts had raised concerns about possible manipulation of the photo, which is the First Official one of the Princess Of Wales since her recent abdominal surgery. Lets get a quick look at the alleged changes. A closer look at the image reveals that part of princess charlottes sleeve is missing, kates hand is blurred compared with louis jumper, we can see that the Princess Of Wales zip is misaligned. Theres a misalignment in the background and number 5, a blurring of princess charlottes knee can be seen. You can see in photo five a blurring of princess charlottes knee. Our royal corre