if you have joined if you havejoined us, you are welcome and we are looking at the top business stories. we start here in the uk, where there is some relief for millions of people facing soaring housing costs. lenders have started the new year by slashing the cost of mortgages as financial markets bet the bank of england will soon begin to cut interest rates from their 15 year high. from today banking giant hsbc becomes the first major lender to bring back mortgages below 4% since last march. it comes as rival halifax slashed almost a percentage point off some of its mortgage rates this week. and it s raised hopes of a price war between banks. hsbc is offering a five year fixed rate mortgage at 3.94%. it s only available to people remortgaging their home not to first time buyers. but it s far below rates of almost 6.5% that borrowers were facing just a few months ago. and it will be a welcome development for many uk households as our cost of living correspondent kevin peach
so it would only be a consolation against eintracht frankfurt. that was a win for them. a bit of a confidence boost. they are not going through in europe this season. history will be made this month when rebecca welch becomes the first female referee to take charge of a premier league match. she ll officiate at fulham v burnley on 23 december. it comes less than a year after welch became the first female to referee a championship game. then on boxing day, sam allison will be the first black referee in the premier league since 2008. he ll oversee sheffield united s match against luton. onto cricket now and england are taking on the west indies in their second t20 international in grenada. and after putting the windies into bat, england restricted them to 176 7, opener brandon king top scoring on and unbeaten 82. adil rashid england s best bowler with a superb two for 11 runs. in reply, captainjoss butler was out for just five. and england are looking iffy on 106 4. 100 and w
Security researchers have discovered two critical vulnerabilities in the Hugging Face AI platform that exposed potential gaps for attackers seeking unauthorized
Security researchers have discovered two critical vulnerabilities in the Hugging Face AI platform that exposed potential gaps for attackers seeking unauthorized