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Bitcoin hitting record highs, the continuation of a rally that has been building for a couple of months. There are a couple of factors the mainstreaming of bitcoin. You may recall earlier this year regulators in the us open and investing opportunities attached to crypto currencies to more investors, and since then funds have been pouring into that. There was a report that huge figures have been raised. That has definitely increased things on the demand side. On the supply side, there is a 0n the supply side, there is a process called halving, part of the bitcoin protocol, only a certain number...

get in touch with me on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions the prime minister's expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle later this morning, as he replaces conservative party chairman nadhim zahawi. a third earthquake hit central turkey early this morning, as the rescue operation continues across the region to try to find survivors of the two massive quakes which struck yesterday. in the last few minutes, we've learned that now more than 5,000 people are known to have died in turkey and in northern syria, with that number rising all the time. these are the scenes live in hatay in ...

we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised interest rates to their highest level for m years. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgage payments at a time when many people are already struggling with crippling energy and food bills. the bank has raised rates by half a percentage point, to 4%. the aim — to make it more expensive to borrow and spend so businesses and households rein in, meaning less upward pressure on prices. uk inflation eased slightly in december but was still at 10.5%, close to the highest level in a0 years and more t...

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Take a look at this. over the last 20 years, aid to foreign countries has reached an all time high. yesterday we spent a total of $33.3 billion in foreign aid. >> what are we getting in return for all that money? dick morris says according to the title of his book we're getting "screwed." explain it. >> first of all, the actual foreign aid figure when you include the state department, the defense department, and a bunch of others is about $60 billion. the $33 is from a.i.d., the agency for international development, just one arm above that. we can bring foreign aid to our worst enemies. we giv...