in response to a us senator s visit to the island. the family of archie battersbee seek permission to move him to a hospice doctors warn this carries significant risk. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. england s anna henderson wins the first home nations medal on day seven at the commonwealth games, taking silver in the women s cycling time trial. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. it says inflation is likely to peak at 13% later this year and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means that interest rates now stand at i.75%. the move is part of attempts to curb spiralling inflation, by making borrowing more expensive and discouraging spending. but it makes mortgages and loans more expensive for million
Security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader sir keir starmer promised an end to what he called 1a years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. So what happens next . Over the next five days, parliament will try to get through Unfinished Business and pass remaining legislation. It will be dissolved next thursday, may the 30th. Each party will launch its manifesto in the days to follow. Then on the 4th ofjuly, the polls open for this Snap Summer General Election and the people will cast their votes. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. To the man everyone has staked everything on this gamble calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing and he has a huge poll deficit to become. I he has a huge poll deficit to become. ,. , . ,. , become. I want to build britain, a country where become. I want to build britain, a country where you become. I want
Hello, im christian fraser. Youre watching the context on bbc news. The us is preparing for a cicada invasion. An insect that spends the vast majority of its life underground, but this year they will emerge in their biggest numbers in over 200 years. Its making me feel itchy already. Russia says President Putin has ordered Tactical Nuclear weapons drills near ukraine in response to what it called western threats to deploy troops there. The kremlin has also threatened strikes on uk Military Targets in ukraine and beyond. the Foreign Ministry in moscow today summoned both the french and british ambassadors. In ukraine front line troops have told the bbc there needs to be a re think on how ukrainian men are conscripted. Some of them say theyve been fighting without a break since russias full scale invasion more than two years ago. There have been concerns for some time that not enough troops are being recruited, to rotate people off the line who have been there too long. Our ukraine Cor
and on the first anniversary of the death of queen elizabeth, a previously unseen photo is released. gun sat lieutena nts gun sat lieutenants mark the first year of the king s reign. and coming up on bbc news. american teenager coco gauff is through to her first us open lutes good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the head of the metropolitan police says the force is exploring the possibility of whether staff at wandsworth prison helped daniel khalife escape the jail on wednesday morning. sir mark rowley said the escape was clearly pre planned and described it as extremely concerning . daniel khalife, who s a terrorism suspect, got out strapped to the underside of a delivery lorry. overnight, police searched richmond park, three miles from the prison in southeast london. matt graveling has the latest on the search which is into its third day with no confirmed sightings of the escaped prisoner. 2500 acre, it is london s largest royal park and this morning poli
to the bbc news at one. ministers have been defending the cost of the government plan to relocate asylum seekers to rwanda, after it emerged that the scheme has already cost £240 million, with more money due to be paid next year. the prime minister rishi sunak is under pressure after vowing to finish the job of reviving the plan which is aimed at discouraging people from crossing the channel in small boats in the wake of the resignation of his immigration minister. our political correspondent peter saull has the latest. this bustling central african country is getting plenty of cash from the uk. in exchange for taking on migrants who cross the english channel, rwanda is receiving millions to boost its economy. but while the bill goes up and up, for flights carrying asylum seekers, the opposite is true. priti patel was the home secretary who first announced the arrangement with rwanda. the initial outlay, £140 million. then earlier this year, under her successor suella