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and the new york times says this about the significance of giuliani s cancellation, quote. giuliani has been negotiating with the panel about testifying for months and had finally reached an agreement to speak about matters other than his conversations with trump or any other topic he believes is covered by attorney-client privilege. that s according it his lawyer, robert costello. it threatens what could be a major breakthrough for the investigation. his testimony could have included details about interactions with members of congress and others involved in the plan who were not giuliani s clients and with giuliani under a subpoena to testify the standoff raises the specter of yet another protracted legal battle between the committee and a formy trump aide. giuliani s decision to stonewall the committee now puts him on the very same path as other trump allies like mark meadows, dan scavino and steve bannon. they are dangling holding giuliani in contempt. mr. giuliani i ....
the first minister of scotland was voting in glasgow. the votes will be counted tomorrow in local elections in scotland and wales. the results should be a valuable guide to the current state of the parties. tomorrow too will bring the verdict of voters in northern ireland, where sinn fein are hoping to top the poll for the first time in history, giving them the power to nominate a first minister at stormont. all that s tomorrow, but tonight we have thousands of council seats being fought in england in dozens of local authorities and the counting is already under way. we have reporters at all the key contests. and we ll be looking in more detail at the results with my colleague reeta chakrabati. and i m here at the touch screen bringing you all the numbers and results that matter and what they mean. election night would not be complete without our knight with the numbers, professor sirjohn curtice, who ll be ready with his analysis of the results as they come in. here in the s ....
it follows the us central bank announcing its biggest increase in more than two decades yesterday. japan s prime minister has condemned the war in ukraine during a visit to london, where he s also due to agree a new defence partnership with the uk. retiring doctors in england are being urged to continue working, to help the national health service clear backlogs and deal with staff shortages. and coming up this hour, meeting some of nature s newest arrivals. a new study, following great tits near oxford, suggests spring is starting sooner in britain. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian officials say russian forces have launched an all out assault on the azovstal steelworks, in the besieged city of mariupol. around 200 civilians are still believed to be sheltering inside. moscow says humanitarian corridors will shortly open for 3 days to allow people to leave. the hope is that civilians will escape the area to safety, but ukr ....
thousands ofjobs are at risk, with convenience store chain mccoll s on the brink of collapse. in their defamation trial the actress amber heard claims johnny depp wasjealous and aggressive over her professional relationships with other actors. and rangers reach the europa league final, but west ham lose out in the semis. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, british sides are looking to seal their spots in european finals. did rangers do enough to defeat german giants rb leipzig? good evening. interest rates are now at their highest level, for well over a decade, as the bank of england tries to curb inflation. rates have risen four times since december, and are now up from 0.75% to i%. inflation, the rate at which prices increase is expected to hit more than 10% by the end of the year, the highest level since the early 1980s. rising fuel, energy and food costs, partly the result of the war in ukraine, are to blame. and as if all that wasn t bad enough, the economy p ....
it is astounding. i don t love drowning you all in numbers. i hate that .to but i m going toni make an exception tonight because it s that important. 66% disapproval for biden s handling of the economy. my question ismy who are these? 34% who approve of it as first great. and joe s answers for the middle class only 36% say he s helping with the middle class. that s down fromro a whole five percent from february. and americans see what s happening. ting i think look at this . they re getting poorer as daysys go on .ow they remember how biden s dimwitted treasury secretary janet yellen, number one , she just brushed off inflation concerns a year ago. we w made a big deal of it here on the angle and today we saw a historic rate hike, a a desperate move with terribleg consequences for hardworking americans. plus, interest rate hikes mean it will be more expensive to borrow money if i you are trying to buy a home. experts saymu the asking priceer may not be much higher than ....