and us regulators were informed of and us regulators were informed of an international stately drive to manipulate interest rates in the 2008 financial crisis but they cover it up. this morning the times newspaper on the bbc have published quotes from a secretive interview with barclays treasurer who gave evidence. artificially push down benchmark interest rates. that evidence was withheld from parliament and from jurors in the criminal trials of traders for manipulating interest rates. regulators, though, say they have met their disclosure obligations. what is going on, economics correspondent andy verity led the investigation and told me about the significance of holding them at lowering those rates. when you hear about interest rates whether on your mortgage or your personal loan actually they are not based on those central bank interest rate that is business hacks obsess about. they are actually based on how much it cost banks to borrow cash and international money market
complaint after their striker viniciusjunior was racially abused vinicius junior was racially abused by viniciusjunior was racially abused by opposition fans. welcome back to bbc news. i am. here in the uk the home secretary says she s confident nothing untoward happened in relation to a speeding fine she received last year. suella braverman asked the civil service for advice about arranging a private speed awareness course. suella braverman was asked about the issue whilst on a trip to a children s charity in london. did you ask civil servants to arrange a one on one drivers course for speeding? arrange a one on one drivers course forspeeding? it s arrange a one on one drivers course for speeding? it s a yes or no question. i for speeding? it s a yes or no question- for speeding? it s a yes or no question. i am focused on the priorities question. i am focused on the priorities for question. i am focused on the priorities for british question. i am focused on the p
as it continues to benefit from pent up demand for air travel. europe s largest carrier by passenger numbers also said it expects profits to rise modestly over the next year, and the summer travel season will be busy. the figures are better than industry watchers had expected. we knew they were going to be good but to record these numbers is exceptional so nearly 170 million passengers, that s up 74% on the previous year s. revenue has more than doubled, profit is 1.4 billion, and they re going to pay dividend this year. it s a phenomenal result and shows how quickly this market is turned around. it also shows how fragile the market is for aviation. there is a point where it suddenly flips you become very profitable, ryanair have put in a great set of results that even before the summer, which will be very strong. cheap airfares are a myth and anybody looking for summer holidays will tell you airfares are expensive, particularly in europe because we have not seen a lot of cap
believed there was a danger to his life. he said much more working with the danger to pakistani democracy. we will have more from pakistan on that last headline in just a we will have more from pakistan on that last headline injust a moment but let s head to the bbc sport centre and ran at the spot the day. olly foster is therefore is. come over to you. many thanks. matt cavendish says he has lived an absolute dream for over 25 doctor mark cavendish says he s has lived an absolute dream for over 25 years as a professioinal cyclist. he is going to retire at the end of the season he is currently competing in the giro d italia, but it s a rest day and he made his announcement earlier today. he s won a world championship on the road and two on the track..and has also been commonwelath cahmpion. but he s most famous for his tour de france stage wins. he shares the record of 3a with eddie merckx. here s bbc sports drew savage the bike has given me opportunities to see the world, me
pandemic-era policy, set to expire in just under three weeks. new reporting on how the biden administration is getting ready at the border. meanwhile, charges dropped what we re hearing from alec baldwin since prosecutors announced the actor will not face criminal charges for his role in the fatal rust shooting we ll break down the latest push against transgender rights across several states and we ll bring you inside the billion dollar latin music industry breaking records around the world. and we begin this morning with the news that president biden appears to be on the verge of announcing his re-election campaign three sores familiar with the matter tell nbc news the president will make his intentions to seek a second term official next week the tuesday will be four years since he launched his last run to the white house. a new wall street journal poll out this morning gives the president a three-point advantage over donald trump among registered voters. that same