provocation in the skies. the u.s. says the wreckage of the unmanned drone may not be recover. but russia commits to finding it. top biden administration officials lashed out, calling russia s actions recollectless and escape. russia to says it shouldn t have been flying during a special military operation. natasha, what are we learning about this incident and also the wreckage? the race is on, really to find this wreckage. what we are told is apparently the u.s. does not have any navy assets in the area that could readily go and pick up that wreckage, so it would be difficult to large a rescue mission for the drone. it s appearing more likely that it will not be covered by the u.s. russia is now saying they intend to try to find the drone s well. with the secretary of security council, saying they do intend to launch a mission to try to find a drone, landed in the black sea after being harassed by two fighters jets on tuesday. however, we told the u.s. did take steps to er
nomination more crowded by the day, a tech entrepreneur is the third candidate to toss his hat into the ring. as the gop field grows larger, no one in the democratic party has announced candidacy, including president biden, currently staring down multiple crisis here at home and abroad. gillian: could the president face a challenge in his own party if he continues to wait to make his announcement? karl rove and marc thiessen will break down the implications of the long wait coming up. russia and chinese relations are developing as we planned. previous years, everything has been going forward, developing and we are reaching new frontiers. the current international situation is indeed serious and complex, but the reallies are tested by ups and downs in the past, never targets third parties and is not interfered with or provoked by any third party. cooperation in the international arena between the peoples republic of china and the russian federation as we have repeatedl
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
the president to an active war zone, where we don t have a u.s. military presence. it was important for the president to go to kyiv and get a first-hand briefing from zelenskyy s team and discuss zelenskyy s military planning, security assistance ukraine has asked for that the u.s. is providing and energy assistance that we ve given. alexandria: president biden announced additional to think he could outlast ukraine and the president shared this, president zelenskyy and ukrainians remind the world everyday what freedom is, freedom is priceless and worth fighting for for as long as it takes. china s top diplomat was in russia, pushing back on claims that the country is considering providing lethal support to russia to further their invasion. a spokesperson says the united states is in no position to make demands tchina, russia is not targeting third parties and a matter within sovereignty of two independent countries. john ratcliffe on the relationship here. this only encou
going forward, and it s noting that the special counsel isn t technically up and running yet. this has a number of steps to go and is very much a live process. we learned yesterday you and kaitlan collins reported the chief of staff is going to be stepping down and going to be replaced by jeff zients. he s very well known in washington and also very well known in the building behind me. he was president biden s covid response coordinator when he first came into office when the pandemic was raging throughout the country. he was the co-chair of his transition team as well. before that he served in a number of high-ranking positions inside the obama administration. ron klain is obviously a powerful chief of staff and has his hands in everything that comes across the president s desk, across the administration. his departure is significant, someone who has known and worked with the president for decades and has been integral to the operations in the building. it was something