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hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start here in the uk — where the bank of england is poised for the biggest rise in the cost of borrowing for 27 years — to rein in the soaring cost of living. economists expect the central bank to raise its main interest rate by half a percentage point — something it hasn't done in one go since 1995. that would take it to 1.75% the most expensive borrowing costs the uk has seen for almost a decade and a half — with further steep rises expected. it comes as a leading think tank has warned inflation could hit 15%...

If in singapore if in singapore and london, if in singapore and london, youre 7 if in singapore and london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where a bitter battle between democrats and republicans in the us senate has drawn to a close, with the appointment Ofjeff Sessions as attorney general. It was approved 52 to a7. It came after a series of divisive hearings on his record of civil rights. Lets get the latest from our correspondent, richard lister, in washington. Donald trump may have gottenjeff sessions into his cabinet,...

If in singapore if in singapore and london, if in singapore and london, youre 7 if in singapore and london, youre watching bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington, where a bitter battle between democrats and republicans in the us senate has drawn to a close, with the appointment Ofjeff Sessions as attorney general. It was approved 52 to a7. It came after a series of divisive hearings on his record of civil rights. Lets get the latest from our correspondent, richard lister, in washington. Donald trump may have gottenjeff sessions into his cabinet,...

Coming through. taking a look at the jet stream pattern across a good chunk of the northern hemisphere, we've got this pattern at the moment. this is an 0mega block. now, the uk finds itself underneath a trough. that's where low pressures form, and the thing with these blocks is theyjust don't move very far. it's going to be like this, really, throughout the rest of this week, into the weekend and even into next week, and what that does for us is, even as we lose one area of low pressure, later in the week another one pops up, as if by magic, and works back across the country, and we've got th...

Is the first time the oil industry has been criticised for taking advantage of the global supply shortage to fatten profits, back injune president biden singled out the oil giant exxon saying it had made more money than god this year. —— it is not the first time. swetha ramachandran is investment manager at gam investments here in london. give us your reaction to these comments from the secretary general. there is a lot of anger pointed to the oil companies but the same problem as it is with inflation, the issue of oil prices today is that they are a function of supply more than demand, gi...