16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
the last performance was in december 1965 at the empire and it is expected the beatles will be clothed in ukrainian clothing before the end of the event. this is the fanzone and you can see the screens at the back there. there will be other performers there. when this all fills up. you can t see it, but there is a big screen above me here, as well. the fanzone is ticketed and sold out but there are lots of places to eat and drink here and also you can sample some ukrainian food. the weather has been kind this morning and if you are coming to liverpool in the next few days the forecast is mixed for the next two days. we are looking at sunshine and showers but on saturday it looks like it will be dry, sunny, and warm. the forecast today for all of us is one of sunshine and showers and some of those will be heavy and thunder it with some hail and slow moving. you could catch a
a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known to mutilate themselves. starve themselves, declare they were homosexual when they weren t. there were escape hatches in terms of deferments, like deferments for college students, which means that working class young people are likely to get drafted before upper middle class.
courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known to mutilate themselves. starve themselves, declare they were homosexual when they weren t. there were escape hatches in terms of deferments, like deferments for college students,
civil disobedience occurs in new york city. david miller publicly burns his draft card. seven young and earnest protesters burn draft cards on the steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. it was a compulsory draft, forced you to make a choice, vietnam against your will, jail against your will, canada against your will, no good options. all kinds of ways are found to try to beat the physical. people are known to mutilate