rate at 5 5.25%. but it has won the there may be increases later in this year. what exactly is the european central bank thinking? when it comes to its increases today, here is what the president had to say. indicators of underlying the president had to say. indicators of underlying price the president had to say. indicators of underlying price pressures - the president had to say. indicators| of underlying price pressures remain strong, although some show tentative signs of softening. staff have revised up their projections for inflation, excluding energy and food, especially for this year and next, owing to past upward surprises and the implications of the robust labour market for the speed of this inflation. they now see it reaching 5.1% in 2023, before it declines to 3% in 2024. 50 5.1% in 2023, before it declines to 396 in 2024- 5.196 in 2023, before it declines to 396 in 2024. ., ., 396 in 2024. so that view there from the eumpean 396 in 2024. so that view there
a russian court has sentenced one of president putin s most prominent critics to 25 years in prison for treason. vladimir kara murza has also been convicted of spreading false information about the russian armed forces and co operation with an undesirable organisation . he played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the russian british former journalist and politician is the latest of a number of putin opponents to have been arrested or forced to flee russia. he had denied the charges and been vocally critical of his trial. let s get more on this story now with sergei goryashko from the bbc russian sevice. could you start by telling us what happened, what we know about what happened, what we know about what happened in court today? todd? happened, what we know about what happened in court today? happened in court today? today in court, in happened in court today? today in court. in a happened in
returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks. we have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. figs have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese armed - is like in khartoum. as the fighting l between the sudanese armed forces and the other forces parliamentary continues, sudanese people continue to live in very dire and difficult situations, with
the united nations has warned the conflict in ukraine could send tens of millions into famine, at the same time, egypt s finance minister warns that millions could die globally because of the food price crisis. the war is directly affecting global food supplies, especially wheat, maize, barley and sunflower oil. eu agriculture ministers will meet in brussels today to review the current crisis. joining me now is sean rickard, independent economic analysis. thanks very much for being with us, just how serious a threat as the war on global food supplies in your view? it is supplies in your view? it is serious but supplies in your view? it is serious but they supplies in your view? it is serious but they think - supplies in your view? it 3 serious but they think we ought to take care not to exaggerate the situation. obviously ukraine is one of the world s largest exporters of wheat and oilseeds and its ability to export has been severely curtailed but the rise in prices refle