in warsaw, covering all this for us. right now, i want to bring back jim sciutto, he s got more. jim, how is this latest round of, what, $500 million and u.s. military assistance to ukraine, fit in with a bigger picture, the billions that have already been provided? let s look at the headline figure. first line, since the start of the war, close to 30 billion dollars. it s a big headline figure. but when you place in the context of the overall u.s. defense budget in the 2023, 816 billion dollars. that means the aid to ukraine, and we are speaking specifically here of military assistance, amounts to less than 4% of the overall u.s. defense budget. u.s. officials have made the point for that 4%. the u.s. has contributed to really the decimation of russia s ground military capability. let us get into what is the bulk of that aid. a lot of it is ammunition. i mean, 102 million artillery rounds. i was told that ukraine was firing in a day what it takes the u.s. about two weeks to make. i
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correspondent, marc ashdown who s with me now. if it happened as predicted, that would take rates to 3.5%, what is the thinking going on about all of this? ., the thinking going on about all of this? . , , this? that is the interesting thing, we will see this? that is the interesting thing, we will see this this? that is the interesting thing, we will see this headline this? that is the interesting thing, we will see this headline figure, i we will see this headline figure, bank raises interest rates from x to x . behind it, the bank of england monetary policy committee, nine members who meet every month and they have differing views on the way forward for the economy and to try to bring down inflation. they each get a vote on the expectation is that the rate will go from 3% to 3.5% of that will be the highest since october 2008. that would be a slowdown, last month they raised it by 0.75 percentage points. that was quite aggressive. but the split will be quite fascinating. expe
to others, so they have told me, and i won t use any of their real names of anyone but from countries such as uganda and kenya, they in effect are indentured workers, they are contracted out here, the world is told they get a minimum wage since the fifa and the world cup got involved and international labour 0rganisation stepped in, but that is a headline figure, they would only get that figure if they worked seven days a week, never had a day off, did two hours extra per day, so over time, every day which meant they wouldn t get paid for it, so in reality, none of them get this supposed minimum wage that we are told they get. and they live in six or eight in a room, they don t even have a fridge, normally, so very little
telling you about their experience in qatar? yes, i have taken six or seven migrant workers to games and i have also talked to others, so they have told me, and i won t use any of their real names of anyone but from countries such as uganda and kenya, they in effect are indentured workers, they are contracted out here, the world is told they get a minimum wage since the fifa and the world cup got involved an international labour organisation stepped in, but that is a headline figure, they would only get that figure if they worked seven days a week, never had a day off, did two hours extra per day, so over time every day which meant they wouldn t get paid for it, so in reality, none of them get this supposedly minimum wage