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my guest, no guests, this week used to face each other in the house of commons. their clashes were memorable. tony blair, now sir tony, was notjust a leader of the labour party, he was of course prime minister. william, now lord hague, was leader of the conservative party. hard then to imagine that they would be as they are now, working together to outline what they say should be the countrys new national purpose. but they are, and they are here together. so welcome, sir tony and lord ...

4.5%. risen by a quarter of a percent, that is from our economics editor, faisal islam, who has tweeted that. just getting that information in that, as expected, interest rates in the uk are now at 4.5%, up from 4.25%, a quarter rate rise. 0ur cost of living correspondent is watching these developments for us, kevin, news that will impact on so many peoples lives for their mortgages and make life just that bit more difficult as they have seen those rate rises so many times, for the 13t...

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hello and welcome to bbc news. the former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on supporters to protest. and a post on his own social media platform he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorneys offers which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of bank hush money to an alleged mistress. americans have been reacting to the latest development. imean i mean this isjust beyond ridiculous at this point. you can go after h...

we start tonight with reports on russian state media that an american journalist has been formally charged with spying. evan gershkovich, who works for the newspaper the wall streetjournal, was arrested last week, taken to court and detained. the kremlin said at the time hed been caught "red—handed". gershkovich has denied hes done anything wrong. speaking a little earlier, the head of the global magnitskyjustice campaign, bill browder told us why he thinks gershkovich has really bee...

if the _ week, the polish president said that if the war— week, the polish president said that if the war would last another year, there _ if the war would last another year, there would be a threat of russia invading — there would be a threat of russia invading another country. how are you stopping the russian aggression here? _ you stopping the russian aggression here? is _ you stopping the russian aggression here? s it— you stopping the russian aggression here? is it theoretic...

once the book came out, i felt — i felt incredibly free. i felt a huge weight off my shoulders. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian forces have come under increased pressure from russian troops in the besieged city of bakhmut which russia has been trying to capture in months of intense fighting. the deputy mayor of the city has told the bbc that the 4,000 civilians still living there — out of an original population of 75,000 - have no gas, electricity or water. thousands of ru...

they wont necessarily be so happy because they may well have lost —— friends or loved ones to the coronavirus. rishi sunak prepares to face mps for prime ministers questions amid the continuing row over conservative party chairman, nadim zahawi. and a new study reveals how human communication may have evolved from the hand and body gestures of chimpanzees. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send t...

in sport today, delight for scottish side darvel. how the sixth tier side upset all the odds to knock out premiership side aberdeen in whats being called the biggest upset in scottish cup history. 0k, set, and. . .action. and its one of the biggest hits of the year so far. we go behind the scenes with star of happy valleyjames norton. theres an energy about tommy. theres a kind of animal, vital and unstoppable kind of force. and so when hes allowed to let rip, like he was yesterday, it...

report has just told uncomfortable truths and it has to be dealt with. air raid sirens sound in kyiv — officials say russia is using self—detonating drones to attack the ukrainian capital. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the new chancellorjeremy hunt is to deliver an emergency statement on the economy this morning, bringing forward measures a fortnight earlier than expected. its expected therell be a delay in the plan to cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 19p, that ...