Rest of the country. So why all this crazy weather . The Prime Minister outlines plans to boost gas power to stop possible blackouts. Well be possible blackouts. Well be speaking to the government on this shortly. This shortly. And in the sport this morning. Carl palmer shines as chelsea beat newcastle. Emma raducanu loses it. India wells, whod have thought . And pinnacle of jump racing. The Cheltenham Festival gets underway today. Festival gets underway today. Hello there. Politics leading for us this hour. Plenty of unease on conservative benches as lee anderson takes his place as lee anderson takes his place as reform pm uks first mp. Well, in an interview with Patrick Christys on gb news last night, this is what he had to say about the defection. It was my parents who had a big part to play in this. I know there are some idiots online saying that lee anderson has done what his mums told him to do, but i think your mothers and your fathers give good advice, even get you even when yo
Also get some very interesting comments. The chancellor, jeremy hunt has made to gb news his Liam Halligan don trump is due to appear in court in washington , dc at 9 pm. Uk time facing four serious charges. And four serious charges. And joining me tonight on talking pints, star of radio and tv pat sharp will be here. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. With polly middlehurst. Nigel, thank you. Good evening. The top story tonight from the gb news room is that the bank of england has raised its Interest Rate for the 14th time row. Its increasing time in a row. Its increasing from 5 to 5. 25. Thats the highest base rate since 2008. The bank says it expects inflation to be halved by the end of the year. Thats one of the governments key targets. The increase puts pressure on borrowers , mortgage holders and borrowers, mortgage holders and households struggling with budgets. The chancellor, jeremy hunt , told the hunt, told gb news the governments plan, though,
With a soft landing and we can avoid a recession. Avoid a recession. Well, the shadow chancellor rachel reeves, says the government needs to do something. A family thats looking to remortgage their property is going to be paying on average more than £200 extra every single month. And for some people its much more than that. The government need to take responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher than it is in comparable countries. Countries. Now the developing news this houris now the developing news this hour is that donald trump is currently making his way to washington dc. As youve been hearing, hes going to appear in court there. The former president is charged with plotting to overturn the 2020 us president ial election result. President ial election result. Hes due in court at 9 00 pm. Thats uk time and well keep you up to date with the very latest on that as it happens. Latest on that as it happens. Now, five activists that scaled the Prime Ministers home
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Its tuesday, october the 24th. Our main story. Two israeli women, who were taken from their homes more than two weeks ago, have been released from captivity. Yocheved lifshitz and nurit cooper were among more than 200 people abducted by hamas fighters in the attacks of october 7th, and brought to gaza. Hamas, which is designated a Terrorist Group by the uk, said the release was for humanitarian reasons. The women, whose husbands are still being held, were handed over at the rafah Border Crossing between gaza and egypt at around 10 oclock local time last night. Our middle east correspondent Yolande Knell has the details. Freed after more than two weeks in captivity. In a video released by hamas, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were handed over to representatives of the International Committee of the red cross. Not before 85 year old Yocheved Lifshitz turns to a masked hamas gunman, shakes his hand and says, shalom, hebrew for peace. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Group by many weste