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the governor of the bank of england has warned the uk economy is suffering a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. and coming up this hour, we bring you the latest from wimbledon�*s centre court, after british hopefuls emma raducanu and andy murray crash out. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk will provide an extra £1 billion of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. its after pres...

a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. there are growing concerns about a "growing shortage" of family doctors in england, as a new study predicts a quarter of posts could be vacant by 2030. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the uk will provide an extra billion pounds of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. its after president zelensky urged nato leade...

We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in ...

Tuesday and today he is back on teleprompter calling for unity. he is all over the place. >> he is all over the place. and its partly because the republican party is all over the place. the monday trump is giving in to the hawkish wing of the republican party. he essentially listened to the generals in his cabinet and administration and went with what they said about troop increases in afghanistan. a conservative radio host said the calls were 70/30 in the eyes of the people. on tuesday we saw d...

Bannon ally told "vanity fair," "he said jared is a dope." if he continues to find himself on losing arguments, will he really lead the impeachment from the right wing of the republican party? joining me is david jolly from florida and with us, ron klain. david, how do you suppose the presidents speech will be received by republicans? it did not mention a specific troop number. that might be something that john mccain and lindsey graham will want to hear more about. whats your general assessment...

David, how do you suppose the presidents speech will be received by republicans? it did not mention a specific troop number. that might be something that john mccain and lindsey graham will want to hear more about. whats your general assessment about how it is received by fellow republicans? >> its a rather forgettable and bizarre moment, to be honest, if youre a mainstream american, a president. you nailed it from the opening of the show tonight. past presidents would have spoken from the oval ...

Troop increase, our numbers suggest, our sources suggest 4,000. the president did not say that. the plan is so obliterate isis, reduce talibans influence, target terrorist networks, strengthen the afghan security forces, and pressure pakistan to fight terror. what it ydid you hear? >> honestly, a speech about troop withdrawals -- troop increases and time lines that had neither details of troop increases or time lines. i actually think donald trump used that speech los night in the prime time for...

Khouran demerjian. he didnt spell out benchmarks and didnt say how many troops, how many more will be going to afghanistan. do the americans deserve to know those numbers? >> well, this is probably the first time in american history weve had an announcement about troop increases without making specifically clear what those troop increases are. we have maximum promises but uncertain details. the main specifics of the speech and lindsey graham and others applauded hes delegating the details to the...

Level of troops. as you said, the president has signed off on this idea of sending as many as 4,000 troops into afghanistan to bolster the 8400 american forces who are already there. we dont believe that the president is going to mention an exact figure tonight. though he may. as always with president trump, things are fluid. also, according to the great reporting of jennifer griffin and lucas tomlinson over at the department of defense, the pentagon. the president will also call on countries in...

To wind down what has now become americas longest war, committing more troops with nato. helping him, hurting him? whats your sense of that? >> we want nato to commit more troops to complement what the united states does. the process of this is secretary mattis is going to try to get what he can from allies, from nato. then well come up with the number he wants to have the president approve to increase u.s. presence there. and then it will go to congress. but this is -- afghanistan has been -- w...