from promoting projects which have already been completed. that s why we saw the cast of oppenheimner, including matt damon and emily blunt, walk out of the film s london premier last night when the strike was announced. avatar a film sequel is among the big productions that are expected to stop production while the strike s ongoing. it s also possible that hbo s house of the dragon tv series may be hit the studios say they have made meaningful offers but that s been rejected by the strikers. our correspondent sent us this report. actors from bit part players to hollywood s biggest starsjoined those who write their lines on the picket lines. the studios say actors have walked away from their historic offer on pay and a ground breaking proposal protecting them from the use of artificial intelligence. in that ground breaking proposal they propose background performers should be able to be scanned to pay for one day s pay and the company should own their image and likeness
against the dollar in early trading. it s recovered most of those losses during today s trading session but investors remain nervous. safe haven assests like the gold have risen. gold was up around 0.6% a short while ago with brent crude also rising throughout the day. let s speak now to sergey vakulenko, nonresident scholar at the carnegie russia eurasia center. welcome, great to have you on the programme. what has been the noticeable impact so far on the russian economy since the events of saturday? there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, ora weekend, it there were none. indeed, it was mutiny, or a weekend, it mutiny that was over in about 2k hours. even through the regions, yes, there was a disturbance on the road, yes, a stray missile hit a fuel depot, but other than that there was very little disturbance to civilian life and all that is over and mutinous troops are supposedl
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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