been sued by the justice at the third time the company has been sued by thejustice department since 2009. the us attorney general, meret garland, is due to hold a press conference shortly and we will bring you that as and when it happens. first, to another breaking story here in the uk. the government of the bank of england has said, we are on our way to an interest rate cut. the bank has announced that interest rates are to remain unchanged at 5.25%. it is the first time any row that they have been held at what is a 16 year high. andrew bailey says that there is encouraging news on inflation but warned that there would need to be evidence that this would be sustained. he has been speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam. inflation has come down, as we expected, but we have still got some way to go, particularly with the most persistent bits of inflation. that is particularly the services, the total basket of at 6%, but we do not need to see it come down to a sustain
who memorably beat austria and ukraine in 2022 en route to qualifying for their first world cup in 64 years. rob page s side must now replicate those performances, difference to italy, drawing 0 0 away in theirfinal game when they needed a win to progress. they re aiming to qualify for their fourth successive european championship. arsenals oleksandr zinchenko he knows its going to be tough. of course, we know it is going to be tough, because first of all, they have an amazing team, they also have some experienced players which are going to share their experience with the others, and obviously, every national team place much better in front of theirfans, national team place much better in front of their fans, so we are expecting a very tough game, and hopefully, we can fight and show our best performance. here s the full set of qualifying playoffs scheduled for later on with the winners of the bosnia herzegovina against ukraine tie, up against israel or iceland. luxembourg ar
but it is still above the target the bank of england sets itself of 2%. and people across the country are still feeling the effects of higher prices despite claims by the prime minister that the economy is on the road to recovery. let s cross live now to chris williamson, chief business economist at s&p global market intelligence. always good to see you. we will find out if there is any move. while we are not expecting the headline figure to change, we might start to get a sensejudging on figure to change, we might start to get a sense judging on the rating split whether we are going to see those rate cuts many have already factored in. those rate cuts many have already factored in- factored in. indeed, yes, it is all ofthe factored in. indeed, yes, it is all of the communication factored in. indeed, yes, it is all of the communication we - factored in. indeed, yes, it is all of the communication we are - factored in. indeed, yes, it is all- of the communication we are
england where we could see temperatures peaking at 16, 17 degrees. generally around 10 13 c. this evening and overnight, cloud and rain sinking south and east preventing temperatures falling too far here. clearer skies and scattered showers in the north, temperatures around 11 5 . double figures in the south once again. we will start tomorrow on a cloudy, dull, damp note. taking time to clear away. dull, damp note. taking time to clearaway. brighter dull, damp note. taking time to clear away. brighter skies behind but gusty winds, severe gales perhaps in the far north west, driving in a rush of showers as we go through the day. temperatures generally 7 9. highest values, cooler and fresher, around 12 in the south. a really messy started the week and i am afraid, low pressure dominating, the wind direction, north, north westerly, driving in frequent showers, wintry on higher ground in scotland and northern ireland, hailand ground in scotland and northern ireland, hail and thun
they must now replicate those performances and rob page says they are moving in the right direction. we qualified in 2016 and got to the semifinals but the success of that has enabled us to invest the money and give us the opportunity to qualify for the next euros which is what we did. again, a work in progress, we qualified against all the odds for the world cup, disappointing when we got there but it stones, we have gone forward two, back one from our performances in the world cup we have learned from that. also hoping for a spot at the world cup is ukraine who play bosnia and herzegovina later. ukraine missed out on automatic qualification on goal difference to italy, drawing 0 0 in theirfinal game. they are aiming to qualify for their fourth successive european championship. of course we know it is going to be tough because they have an amazing team. they also have some experienced players which are going to share their experience to the others and every national team pla