announcement to try to seek a second term, no polls indicate americans have major misgive givings about that prospect. polls indicate president biden s age is a reason, the polls show different misgivings? a.bawl line the electorate does naught seam excited about the early prospect. inen 2024, that s where we begin, jackie starts us off live on the north lawn. good evening to you, bret. there are questions about whether this announcement is being slapped together. reports have described it as a last-minute scramble to build a website, fund raise and finalize campaign staffing decisions and talk of a major event rolling out this announcement has shifted to a ramping up effort. by all indications it s still set to begin tomorrow. are you red to run again, mr? president bide non dropping any hints on the eve of his expected reelection bid, reportedly to come via social media. par for the course for this white house under fire for side stepping traditional interviews and ne
it is a bank holiday for some others, not in scotland, but england, wales and northern ireland. it will be mostly dry and with that, we will see spells of sunshine. there is the chance of one or two showers, but they are the exception rather than the rule. you will notice an increasingly brisk breeze in eastern and southern parts into sunday and monday. this afternoon, we have got showers, heavy once in south west scotland. some of the parts of northern ireland, wales, the south west. elsewhere, mainly fine, some spells of sunshine, fresher than earlier in the week. temperatures between 16 and 2a degrees. quite a cool fresh night tonight. one or two mist and fog patches. showers continuing through parts of north wales into northern england. most places dry, 8 or 9 degrees in glasgow, belfast. there could be the odd mist patch to start tomorrow morning but, for the most part, decent start to the day with spells of sunshine. through the day, we see some showers are popping up,
investors prepare for earnings reports from big tech firms. the dow gaines 56, smp500 finished 4, ninety two dack 35. a big challenge this week for kevin mccarthy. he s trying to push through a bill through the chamber that would trim spending and at the same time raise the debt sealing. burnt he could have problems keeping his own party in line with that vote. here s senior congressional correspondenten, chad. the most consequential bit yet of kevin mccarthy s speakership. it s about the math. mccarthy can only lose five republicans and still pass the legislation without democrats. mccarthy s bill earned support from conservatives. i tend to vote for this debt limit increase because for the first time in micron career there are serious concrete provisions to address the overspending. mccarthy s bill hikes the debt ceiling by $1.5 trillions. the bill imposes stiff work
i would encourage felicity to seek out the things that might - help her any longer term to insulate herself against the price rises. - back to richard for another question. talking about a two year fixed tariff ending on the 6th of september, which might be day one of the new prime minister, by chance. is it advisable fixing or staying in standard variable charging, i am totally confused on the price cap and energy bill hikes? if you are on a fix, you have those fixed rates until it ends and then you revert to whatever the price cap is at that moment. there will be a few weeks of the previous current rate and then it will move to the october rate. back in the day were not that long ago, a couple of years ago, you would have been locked in, you had the certainty and it would mean decent prices but ofgem has frozen competition in the market. it is difficult to get a good fixed deal. the vast majority of people are just taking that price cap rate as it is, which is why, you mentioned
same as everyone else, it s going to bite into same as everyone else, it s going to bite into the same as everyone else, it s going to bite into the budget a lot like. what bite into the budget a lot like. what can bite into the budget a lot like. what can you do? trapped. the rise in energy costs comes at the same time as a host of other bill hikes take effect. council tax, water bills and car tax are also going up for some from today. i want to do what question to ameliorate some of that, but i am honest with people, we can t ameliorate all of it, sadly. after a delay, a red cross team now says they have the have clearances they need to begin a fresh attempt to bring relief to people in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the regional governor of belgorod, in western russia, accuses ukraine of attacking an oil depot in the city. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s louisa pilbeam.