well, the numbers speak for themselves but the underlying picture here is that our plan has been to tackle inflation first and foremost. that does mean higher interest rates. it s the right thing to do for families because when they see the cost of their weekly shop go up, their energy bills go up, real pressure and until on families, we are not going to see healthy growth. and when it comes to that battle against inflation, we are making much faster progress than many people predicted. so much so that independent forecasters say that if we speak to our guns, by the early summer we could start to see interest rates falling again. so that s why it s a very important period now, despite this challenging data, that we stick to our plan that is starting to see inflation really fall. so this recession, albeit for now a relatively modest recession, it is, has been, a price worth paying to get inflation down which will help interest rates come down eventually? if you look around the
ireland, heavy showers here, longer spells of rain, more sunshine for england and wales, where it is not so windy. there will be showers around, but not quite as many during the day on sunday. temperatures are only getting up to 21 or 22 degrees at best. what about next week? some changes, not as windy for a start, a bit more sunshine and probably fewer showers, but it is not going to be hard to are not going to get the heat that is affecting southern parts of europe, so 22 23 at best, very different in southern parts of europe, where temperatures will be reaching a0 degrees or more across inland areas once again. and that s bbc news at ten. there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. after the energy shock, is britain getting even more dependen
our correspondent yogita limaya willjoin us from ayodya tonight. and we will also call in on the weather centre. storm isha causing wide spread travel problems across europe today. another storm, jocelyn, is right behind it. good evening. there is a split within the israeli war cabinet. there are those, like prime minister benjamin netenhayu, who think only military pressure will end hamas and bring home the 130 hostages they are holding. but there are others in the cabinet, including senior military figures, who say it is impossible to return them alive without an agreement. and in the middle of that are the families. today those tensions spilt into the open, as families of the missing barged past security and stormed a finance meeting in the knesset. shame on you, they shouted at ministers. we won t let you breathe, said one, until our children are brought home. the protest reflects growing dissent in israel, about the war with hamas, now in its fourth month. and the
a mosque was destroyed in a city called ayodhya. the situation evokes painful memories for muslims a 16th century mosque originally stood on the site. this was the mosque, as it appeared in 1990. but in 1992 it was illegally torn down, triggering religious violence across the country in which 2000 people were killed. and this is the hindu temple which now stands there today. the inauguration of the temple is seen by many as the unofficial start of prime minister modi s election campaign. millions of hindus are celebrating the temple opening, saying it s a long standing dream come true. many accuse mr modi of violating india s secular constitution by opening the temple. from ayodhya, our south asia correspondent yogita limaye reports. a grand opening for one of hinduism most revered deities. india s prime minister performing rituals for the consecration of an idol of lord ram. hundreds of people, holy men, actors, politicians attended the ceremony. but it wasn t just them
families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. pretty significant p