interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea
the crisis continues at the overflowing uk migrant centre. an asylum seeker says the conditions are like those of a prison camp. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 8pm at night in brazil, where the far right president jair bolsonaro has finally broken his silence after being defeated in sunday s election. he didn t mentioned his rival, luis inacio lula da silva, who won the vote by a narrow margin. and there was no acknowledgement of defeat. but he did not contest the result either. it follows two days of protest from his supporters, where truck drivers blocked roads in all but two states, causing widespread disruption. let s take a listen to what he had to say. translation: i want to start by thanking the 58 million - brazilians who voted for me on october 30. the current popular movement are the result of indignation and a feeling of injustice on how the electoral process took place. peaceful demonstra
we ll be live injerusalem. british counter terrorism police take over the investigation into a firebomb attack at an immigration centre, as the government vows more radical policies to tackle growing numbers crossing the channel: the scare was very significant and we are, i m afraid, singer asylum system being overwhelmed by the numbers choosing to cross the channel. a week till the us mid term elections, we report from arizona where republican politicians who say the 2020 election was stolen, are running for office: we are expecting to hear from bolsonaro. let s have a look at what s happening at the palace and all the votes counted, lula 150.9% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.i% against his arch rival mr bolsonaro 49.1% and so, a very tight margin. and mr bolsonaro possible supporters are simply not accepting it. there blockading roads and protests. we are waiting to hear if bolsonaro will concede defeat and we are waiting for 46 hours and will go back to life to
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israel s parliament stop part of that coalition block will be an anti arab and overly racist far right party, which saw a huge surge in support during the election campaign. what we will expect to happen in the next few days is discussions between him and other party leaders before they have official talk of putting together a coalition, that would probably happen later next week. at the same time you will have horse trading between those groups about policies they put in place, about the budgets they put in place, about the budgets they will get. we could therefore see some of the figures within that far right alliance being given senior ministerial positions in israel. all of that has been leading to a lot of concern, not least internationally. we had the usa last night they expect israeli government officials, and they said all officials, and they said all officials to share values of an open and democratic society and respect