over the past week and beyond. what does it mean for the pound in your pocket, your mortage rate, and the future of the uk s economy? to help answer these questions, we have a panel of experts. andrew walker is a former bbc economics correspondent who has reported on many tumultuous events in economies around the world and will turn his weathered eye to what the uk has been experiencing. and from across the uk, we have mercedes osborne a director at the exeter based mortgage brokers pointers financial paul lewis, is a personal finance expert who presents the bbc s money box radio show and joins us from llandudno, and fiona cincotta is a currency expert and senior market analyst at city index the online trading platform. she s in north london. welcome to all of you. so, first, andrew how did all this turmoil start? the pound at one stage went to an all time low and lost ground against other currencies. the bank of england which is responsible for controlling inflation an
are the biggest tax cutting budget in half a century. we ll find out what the changes mean for households. also this lunchtime: four russian occupied areas of ukraine are voting on whether to become part of russia in what the west sees as a move by moscow to annex the regions. a court has been shown distressing video footage about suicide and self harm that the schoolgirl molly russell viewed before she took her own life. and the multi award winning novelist dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70. coming up on the bbc news channel, can england rediscover theirform again? italy awaits tonight before germany on monday, with gareth southgate hoping to avoid the disappointment of relegation in the nations league. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in a massive shake up of the uk s finances, the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending commitments that will cost £45 billion by 2027. the independ
the contemporary here in moscow thanks for joining us on r.t. international tonight i m daniel hawkins welcome to the program violence broke out between an american military convoy and armed individuals near the northeastern syrian city of commissioner on wednesday leaving one person dead state run media in the country say the victim was a civilian a claim the u.s. has this fighting erupted when a u.s. convoy changed its usual patrol route and was held up at a checkpoint. good luck. to them on a go. all residents pelted the vehicles with stones as they attempted to pass through the checkpoint according to syrian state media the american patrol then opened fire in vitaly ation a u.s. military spokesman said however the convoy was responding to small arms fire and russian military police later arrived on the scene to mediate tensions also rose dramatically in northwestern syria on wednesday that s the turkish president threatened military action against president assad s forces
the program. for 100 companies supporting illegal settlements in the west bank. called the document shameful and suspended. who have a boy good boy good to to the human rose comes to is a buzz buddy that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this discriminates he and he israeli policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions the united nations was referring to the israeli settlements that are constructed in the west bank post the 19676 day war these are the 121 officially recognized settlements house around half a 1000000 israeli settlers these places offer places of worship homes and businesses that serve the region for the israelis this list included 112 companies operating in these settlements they included some international companies such as moral solutions however they also included mostly israeli banks however some american companies like trip advisor and air b.n. b. were also mentioned in the list however of
so fast people were suffocating. thanks for joining us on our. welcome to the program. of the u.n. human rights office has released a report by the end of falling over 100 companies which it says are supporting illegal settlements in the west bank the findings have come in sharp criticism from israel though it s called the document shameful and suspended ties with the body. who have a board will be boycotted to the human rights gone so is a buzz buddy that is devoid of influence the state of israel will not tolerate this discriminates he and he is really policy and will take action to prevent the implementation of these kinds of decisions the united nations was referring to the israeli settlements that are constructed in the west bank post the 19676 day war. the 121 officially recognized settlements house around half a 1000000 israeli settlers these places offer places of worship homes and businesses that serve the region for the israelis this list included 112 companies oper