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In his first major interview since becoming Prime Minister of the Uk Keir starmer has told the bbc the government is going to have to be unpopular. Speaking on sunday with Laura Kuenssberg he said the only way to change the country was to do difficult things now even though he Knows they are unpopular. Our political correspondent Georgia Robertsjoins us. The decision to end Winter Fuel parents is among the earliest of those difficult decisions this government has taken. Mps will vote on this nex...

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over 3% in december. we spoke to investment manager shanti kelemen. she told us the fall in shop prices is a positive development, as the bank of england weighs up when it can start cutting the cost of borrowing. i think its absolutely good news. i mean, one quirk of psychology is that even though inflation isnt going up because prices arejust sort of constant, it might not feel a lot better because the price is still higher than it was two years ago. with the changes and how people ar...

we start tonight in washington, where talks to avoid a us debt default have been described as productive, but theres still no deal. presidentjoe biden and speaker of the house kevin mccarthy led negotiations on raising the debt ceiling to ensure the us can continue to pay its bills. biden and republican congressional leaders now have just ten days to avoid a default. president biden said: kevin mccarthy spoke outside the white house, and the bbc�*s nomia iqbal was watching. he said t...

also meeting with british prime minister rishi sunak. the bbc has been speaking to twitter�*s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as "government funded media" on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy—funded. he also defended the sites policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff — and described taking over the social media firm as painfu...

—— to beach. hi there. welcome along, thank you forjoining us. all season, the question asked of the premier league leaders arsenal has been, "what happens when they play the champions manchester city? " tonight, you get to find out when the top two go head to head in the fourth round of the fa cup. it could give a big psychological edge to whoever who comes out on top for the season ahead. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at the etihad for us ahead of kick—off. yes, welcom...

minister benjamin netanyahu. he also met israels wall cabinets. —— war cabinet. mr blinken said he had had what he described as "good conversations" with the israelis — with humanitarian pauses a key element of those discussions. letters into a bit of what he had to say. —— lets listen to a bit. we provided israel advice that only the best of friends can offer on how to minimise civilian deaths, while still achieving its objectives of finding and finishing hamas terrorists an...