and the rate of core inflation which strips out volatile items like food and fuel is actually going up. rising interest rates are piling the pressure on millions of mortgage borrowers here in the uk who are facing steep rises in monthly bills. the bbc has been hearing from some of them. rebecca from greater manchester, craig in cambridgeshire, and rose who lives in hampshire. just three homeowners out of hundreds of thousands of people facing a huge rise in their mortgage costs over the coming months. at this moment in time, at the end ofjune, i will make my final payment of £434 when my current deal ends, and thereafter i have been told to expect my payments will be over £1,800. i m currently paying £560 a month. at the end ofjuly, it will go on to variable and it will go up to £1,200 a month. 0ur mortgage has gone up by over £2,200 a year. - it s a huge impact on our- expenditure and has an impact on the family as a whole. rose has already been cutting costs on
which strips out volatile items like food and fuel is actually going up! rising interest rates are piling the pressure on millions of mortgage borrowers here in the uk who are facing steep rises in monthly bills. lets hear from some of them. at this moment in time, at the end ofjune, i will make my final payment of £434 when my current deal ends. and thereafter i have been told to expect my payments will be over £1,800. i m currently paying £560 a month. at the end ofjuly, it will go onto variable, and it will go up to £1,200 a month. 0ur mortgage has gone up by over £2,200 a year. - it s a huge impact . on our expenditure, and it has a huge impacti on the family as a whole. the government s finance chief chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt says bailing out struggling borrowers only risks stoking inflation further no matter what the pressure from left, right or centre, we won t be pushed off course. because if we re going to help families, if we re going to re
hearing, has held what the us calls candid and constructive talks with china s foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping open channels of communication us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us airspace. can this trip reboot relations? to discuss this and what s at stake for the world s two biggest economies, i m joined by alicia garcia herrero chief economist at natixis. good to have you on the programme. from your perspective, when we are looking at trade, the two biggest economies in the world, how important is this trip? extremely important. and the main reason for this trip is not even trade, it s about assurance to really avoid a military conflict in taiwan and i think that s th
thank you. well at this hour, tonight right, now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes, including violations of the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer who call donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re do
is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, after the indictment was announced, the league criminal defense lawyer in the case of the u.s. versus donald j trump said this even if he talks about the documents or the existence of them, that is light years away from the specific intent that they need for an espionage case. and now, that lawyer is gone. anything the trump defense lawyers have ever said publicly about what we re done the possible charges against donald trump as turned out to be completely wrong, not that we see the actual charges against donald trump. donald trump is now charged with 37 counts, all felonies. the crimes include obstruction of justice and a violation o