of wales will never again handle large cash donations to be passed to his charities. charles faced criticism after being presented with millions in cash from a former qatari prime minister. singer r kelly could face decades in prison as he awaits sentencing after being found guilty of ringleading a violent scheme to lure women and children for him to sexually abuse. and coming up in sport, britain s emma raducanu is out of wimbledon after being defeated by france s caroline garcia in straight sets. welcome to the programme. a court in france has handed down guilty verdicts to all but one of the 20 men accused of involvement in the islamist attacks in paris in 2015. sentencing is still to be announced. among the defendants, the only suspected attacker to have survived, salah abdeslam, who has been sentenced to life injail. gunmen killed 130 people across the french capital. the attacks started with three explosions outside the stade de france stadium whilst a match was taking
are also off the shelves. in new york, the singer r kelly is given a 30 year sentence for sexually abusing women and children. and on day three of the championship, britain s andy murray and emma raducanu are both out of wimbledon. and coming up on the bbc news channel: late wickets help england s women s cause in their one off test with south africa, but they have just one day left to salvage a result. welcome to bbc news at ten. leaders of the nato defence alliance have declared russia to be a direct threat to their security, and said that ukraine can count on nato s support for as long as it takes. today s words, at the leaders summit in madrid, mark a significant beefing up of nato s approach. a quick reminder about the importance of nato here. the north atlantic treaty organization is a military alliance between 30 member states founded in 1949, whose members agree to defend each other against attacks by third parties. nato is now on track to comprise 32 countries, as
moved to a hospice. china launches several ballistic missile tests into waters around taiwan following a senior us leader s divisive visit to the island. and how disposable facemasks are blighting birdlife in 23 countries around the world. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news channel. the bank of england has predicted that the uk is set to enter a recession this autumn lasting more than a year. the bank says inflation is likely to peak at 13% by december and today it has announced the largest rise in interest rates for 27 years. the 0.5% hike means that interest rates now stand at 1.75%. the move is part of attempts to curb spiralling inflation, by making borrowing more expensive and discouraging spending. but it means mortgages and loans will be more expensive for millions of people as andy verity reports. rarely has the bank of england given out an economic warning this unsettling. it s not only forecasting the worst infla
election has been delayed, after concerns were raised that hackers could influence the outcome. and it s 50 years since nearly 30,000 ugandan asians began to arrive in the uk after being forced to flee their homes by uganda s then military ruler. we ve been hearing some of their stories. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the speaker of the us house of representatives nancy pelosi has met the taiwanese president during a visit that s been strongly condemned by the chinese government. taiwan is self ruled, but beijng sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. it s an island roughly 100 miles from the coast of south east china. china took the island from japan in 1945 after world war two, but after a civil war in china, defeated nationalist forces fled to taiwan. today it sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. only 13 nations recognise taiwan as sovereign