Our reporter ben king has the details. When drinkers gather at londons King Charles Pub this evening, there will be a new tax regime in place. Changes announced in March Come Into Effect today taxing stronger drinks more and weaker drinks less. At the same time, Alcohol Duties rise with inflation up by io. I . The result a complex series of changes. 12 sparkling wine will be i9p cheaper as higher rates for fizz are abolished. A can of pre mixed gin and tonic will be 5p cheaper. But a bottle of 12 still wine will rise 44p. A bottle of vodka up 76p and a bottle of 20 port up £1. 30. So among drinkers, there will be some winners and losers. But the wine and spirits industry, which sees many of its products hit with higher taxes, says customers will see higher prices and less choice. We have the biggest duty increase in almost 50 years at the same time as we have inflation rife and a cost of living crisis. On top of that, we have Raw Materials like glass that are increasing in price expon
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with breaking news. coming out of suburban atlanta, at least four people are dead in the city of hampton and a shooter is on the loose. officials are calling him armed and dangerous. official are offering a $10,000 reward leading to the capture of the suspect and cnn s polo sandoval is following this for us. polo, what do we know? reporter: this is an ongoing manhunt for a mass shooting suspect that is unfolding currently about 30 miles south of the city of atlanta, in the city of hampton. the local sheriff there, the henrik county sheriff, identifying the suspect that they are trying to track down as andrew longmore, a hampton resident. this is a photo released earlier this afternoon. he is believed to be in his early 40s and believed to be responsible for the deaths of at least four hampton residents. officials believe he opened fire about 10:45 this morning, shooting and killing these peop
today on inside politics, a jury of the former president s peers. it is jury selection day in georgia. soon, whoever is picked will make a historic decision whether to charge donald trump with trying to sabotage the 2020 election results in georgia. and a deal for one ally, a diss from another. turkey relents and says yes to letting swede sboon the natun i alliance but ukraine with the big demand for respect and entering nato now and not later. plus, bad blood, donald trump said he has problems with iowa s governor. and another deep cut, we just learned that the front-runner will skip the headline event for iowa gop voters. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. and we start with grand jury selection in georgia. that panel is expected to consider charges against donald trump and his republican allies for trying to overturn the state s 2020 election. fulton county district attorney fani willis launched the investigation in 2021, shortly
out in the open. russia s top general appears in public for the first time since a mutiny last month reportedly ended up bringing him down. while the kremlin says vladimir putin met with the mercenary leader accused of spearheading that revolt. a once in a thousand-year flood. multiple states under flood threat now in the northeast. drivers abandoning their cars to swim to safety. the rain is still coming down. we ll look at how climate change is making bad floods even worse. we re following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we start with president biden back on the world stage. last hour, air force one touched down in lithuania for what is expected to be a jam-packed night summit. an expansion will be a big point of debate. right now sweden wants in but that is creating a new rift. and president zelenskyy may be there, too, to personally make the case for ukraine to join the alliance. but biden told cnn this weeke
states, dan. president biden will be wheels up for europe in the coming hours with russia s unprovoked war in ukraine looming over the trip. why the stakes couldn t be higher for the future of nato, this comes as ukrainians marks 500 days of war. one journalist who s documenting alleged war crimes and the search for justice plus both nations have an obligation to ronelly manage this relationship. u.s. treasury secretary yellen concludes her trip to china, we ll have a live report whether the tensions between the countries have finally thawed. in just a few hours, u.s. president joe biden will head to europe for one of the most important meetings. to shore-up ally support for ukraine at a very critical time in war. biden s first stop will be the uk. where he s expected to land later today. he ll then travel to lithuania where we ll meet with the president and attend the annual nato meeting. finland is the nato s newest member. he ll attend his first nordic summit whi