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 food. inflation, that s the rate at which prices are increasing, was 10.1% in march. down from 10.4% in february. but analysts had expected it drop more than that. the rising cost of food and drink takes a lot of the blame it has gone up by almost 20% in a year. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith reports. here come the sausages. it s hot dinner day in this little community kitchen in halifax. started off with about ten potions. in eight weeks it s grown to almost 150 portions. demand
reporter: but the president is laughing off questions about what exactly he gains by being so cozy. coming under a lot of fire for your fist bump with the crown prince. [laughter] are i want to give you a chance to respond to that, but also how can you be sure another murder or like that won t happen again in. ■ç god love you, what a silly question. i just made it clear if anything like that occurs again, he ll get that response and much more. reporter: president biden said the big takeaway from his meeting with the crown prince and others here in jeddah was a commitment between the u.s. and saudi arabia to clean energy in the future. he did also say that the saudis agreed to increase oil production here, but the prices back here at home might not go down for several weeks. back to you. will: hey, peter, i d love to ask you■ç this, it was clearly coordinated. that had to have been something that was discussed ahead of time to see that entire reception line. d
Weeks of good weather before it becomes, frankly, difficult for both sides to fight, we want to make sure that lets take advantage of this, as usual, at someone else s expense, although washingtons summer calculations completely failed, alexander khristenko, maxim shchepilov, lead. The reasons for the deep sympathy for the nazis, which western elites periodically show, are largely revealed by the scandal that broke out today in the netherlands. A photo of the party card of prince bernerda, who was the husband of the queen of the country and, as it turned out, was a member of hitlers National Socialist party of germany, paid membership fees, maintained friendship with nazis. A ticket issued in 1934 was found in the princes personal archive. After world war ii , bernard admitted that he was a nazi and even swore it on the bible. The prince of the netherlands is not the only european aristocrat with close ties to the nazis. The british king edward sympathized with the third reich. Eighth,
A princess, but also a mother, Princes William and harry, will mark the anniversary privately. Also in the next hour theres an anxious wait, as a Chemical Plant in houston flooded by Tropical Storm harvey, suffers two explosions. The gambling website, 888. Com, is fined nearly eight Million Pounds over its treatment of vulnerable customers and buying success in the premier league, as the transfer window closes, on more than a billion pounds worth of business. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The European Unions chief brexit negotiator, says the eu and uk, have made no substantial breakthroughs, at the end of a third round of talks. Speaking at a joint news conference, Michel Barnier said both sides remain far apart, and theres little chance of starting negotiations soon, on a possible future trade deal. But the brexit secretary david davis urged the eu to be more imaginative and flexible, in its approach. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from brussels. Round t
Reporter he said Bashar Al Assad might be a partner in fighting terrorism. Now it seems many groups work with terrorists in the have said they welcome this move. Very surprising development. Frances . Certainly watching the assad regimes response. And any actions taken from it. Nbcs matt bradley in beirut. Thank you. The president explained his decision to order these missile strikes from his Maralago Club where hes currently hosting chinese president xi jinping. Here is what the president had to say. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this Vital National security interest of the united stat states. It is in this Vital National security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the u. N. Security