donald trump dismisses the woman who won a sexual assault case against him as a whackjob as he again claims he s the victim of a political vendetta. and from defending human rights on television to rocking out at night at eurovision, the lawyer turned pop star representing australia. and coming up on bbc news, west ham look to reach their first european final in 47 years as they take on az alkmaar in the first leg of their european conference league semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. interest rates are at their highest in 15 years, after the bank of england raised them to 4.5%, making it more expensive to borrow but better for savers. the increase is an attempt by the bank of england to curb people s spending and bring down inflation that s the rate at which prices are rising which was just over 10% in march. but the bank also upgraded the prospects for the uk economy now no longer forecasting the economy will shrink but grow modestly over t
hello, i m lucy gray, welcome to the programme. the metropolitan police in london says it understands that public concern about the arrest of 52 people trying to take part in demonstrations during the coronation of king charles. the met said it had received information that some protesters had been determined to disrupt the occasion. the head of the anti monarchy group republic, graeme smith, spent nearly 60 hours in police custody. there will be more coronation celebrations over the rest of the long weekend, stars including lionel richie katy perry, and take that will perform at a concert in windsor on sunday evening. that ll be in front of 20,000 people. there will also be numerous street parties across the uk, expected to take place for what is being called the coronation big lunch. some of these will be attended by members of the royal family. let s go live now to windsor. if yesterday was all about p°mp windsor. if yesterday was all about pomp and ceremony, today is abo
hello, i m katty kay live in windsorfor the big lunch in celebration of the coronation. people have been gathering here all day long. later on there will be the coronation concert. and then there was the royal walkabout. the prince and princess of wales came out, came tojoin them at and princess of wales came out, came to join them at the lunch, said hello to a lot of people. this is a lot we have been seen from catherine and william, getting out and mingling with the public. all it is like all an effort to make this monarchy more accessible. a much more human side. fans to see them. and one point, someone who is having a cocktail at the picnic. gave a little shot of it to prince william, it was called purple reign. he said it was called purple reign. he said it was called purple reign. he said it was delicious and gave a shot of it was delicious and gave a shot of it to catherine. right now, if you look here, where i am, the crowds would have been waiting all the time out
green light and that they can go ahead and deal with this and get accepted in this country once they re done with this. cities far away from the border getting overwhelmed. we ll talk to one new york suburb official shutting down a hotel planning to house migrants in the big apple. from el paso, with the latest what s going on this, matt. hi, neil. so often you see the aerial and drone videos of the large migrant groups going into the united states and you may ask what happens after that? many are processed and released and that s the scene behind us right now. the migrants outside of the sacred heart shelter in el paso taking up about two city blocks right now, sleeping on the pavement, sheltering in a dirty alleyway and sadly many are coughing and showing signs of illness and you know, the question, what happens next? you know, we re told by a pastor within the past hour or two that some of the religious organizations and charitable organizations will sponsor some of thes
republicans are demanding the fbi handover internal documents at noon today. a whistleblower claims those documents will show then vice president biden accepted money for policy decisions and we re waiting to learn whether or not the fbi has indeed met this deadline. republicans also announcing explosive new information about the biden family business dealings during a news conference a short time ago. they say information obtained from a subpoena by the biden family, financial documents show that the family received millions of dollars in foreign cash. and reveals that hunter set up more than 20 different companies, 15 of them after his father became the vice president. watch. instead of being honest with the american people, president biden is claiming since the 2020 election his family has not received money from china. that was a lie. in 2020, and he continues to lie to the american people now. the committee is concerned about a complicated, suspicious network of over 2