the devastation. it s just we re looking at the video. now. it s incredible. it is striking jim to see this devastation of close and in person, you know, it s not really an exaggeration to say that there is very little of this town that has remained untouched from the tornado that ripped through here on. uh, the buildings that we re seeing here throughout the area have been reduced to rubble. there are individuals that we smoke into that don t understand how they got out alive, considering so many around them perished. as you mentioned at least 25 people have been killed as a result of the storms that we re continuing the machinery being brought through these areas clear out the records, and it was earlier that i spoke to one of the tornado survivors. ernest hall, who says that he was asleep when the initial storm came through. woken up by a phone call of a family member asking for help to erased across town to a trailer park where we re standing in front of that is among the
we still, of course, work out the detail of the inquiry, but we are still. it is still sinking in, to be honest. charges of attempted rape and assault are dropped against manchester united footballer mason greenwood, after a key witnesses withdraws involvement. the oil giant shell reports record annual profits of £32 billion the highest in its 115 year history. and a watchdog urges landlords to act now after tens of thousands of homes were found to have serious damp and mould issues. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to 4% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many are already struggling with energy and food bills. the bank also says the uk will enter recession, but it won t be as severe as they predicted last year. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, has been speaking with our economics editor, faisal islam. we th
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. it is
furniture that floyd home dot com. good morning, everyone we do begin with breaking news this morning. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we start with dramatic video from st petersburg, russia, showing an explosion at a cafe that reportedly killed a prominent russian military blogger. officials say at least 25. others were injured, six of them in critical condition and you can see the blast causing part of the outside of that building. to collapse. cnn s matthew chance is in russia. matthew what more can you tell us about this blogger and the circumstances of his death now? yeah flat. lynn to toschi is his name and he s one of russia s most prominent military bloggers , which means he s pro war has got more than half a million followers on his telegram channel, and he is notoriously outspoken. shall we say about the need for russia to do even more in ukraine to go in harder ? he was swept to notoriety after he appeared in one
just moments from now, police in alabama will give an update on a mass shooting at a sweet 16 birthday party that killed four people and left more than 30. people injured. we re live in day ville with the very latest air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents will appear before a federal judge in boston. this as his detention hearing has been delayed. we have new details coming in another honest mistake leading to more young people being shot to texas cheerleaders opened the door to the wrong car, and now one is in critical condition and a 25 year old man is in custody. we re following these major stories and more coming in right here to cnn news, central. all right. we have a press conference happening right now. let s listen in. it s out of date ville. i stayed thrilled investigation. officially arrested and charged. tyreek mccullough. 17 of tuskegee and travis mccullough 16, also of tuskegee, with four counts of reckless murder each that s four counts o