more money for social care in england to help free up nhs beds, but critics say it s just tinkering around the edges. iranian police and anti government protesters clash in tehran for a seventh day in the worst unrest for years after the death of a young woman in police custody. and launching the see monster, the latest project in a festival of creativity in the uk, costing the taxpayer £120 million. is it worth it? and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel england s cricketers convincingly crushed in karachi as pakistan level the t20 series with a ten wicket win. good evening. interest rates have risen to their highest level for 14 years, heaping extra costs on mortgage holders, credit card users and businesses. the governor of the bank of england warned that the uk economy may already be in recession. rates have risen by 0.5% today the seventh hike in a row as the bank tries to curb inflation. interest rates now stand at 2.25%. our economics editor faisal isla
said the ambulances he was lost for 20 minutes and they couldn t find it. can you believe this? can you believe this? and anger over violence against women in south korea , after a shocking murder highlights the country s weak stalking laws. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in russia where many of its citizens are trying to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin yesterday by leaving the country. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out. president putin s order to mobilise three hundred thousand russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests yesterday, at which more than a thousand people were reportedly arrested. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists, now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilization here since world war ii, and apprehension at what l
translation: if the territorial integrity of our country is - threatened, then to defend russia and our people, we shall of course use all means at our disposal. i am not bluffing. in the past hour, russia has released 10 prisoners of war captured in ukraine in a deal brokered by saudi arabia. half are britons. also in the programme, new york s attorney general files a civil suit against donald trump and three of his children, accusing them of fraud. donald trump has condemned the lawsuit as a witch hunt . also this hour, the us federal reserve is expected to announce in the next few minutes another hike in interest rates, in a bid to bring down high inflation. we begin with the conflict in ukraine. russia s president, vladimir putin, has announced a partial military mobilisation, making an additional 300,000 personnel available to fight in ukraine from today. he said the call up was necessary to protect russian territory, including occupied areas that moscow is preparing
businesses will be cut by about half their expected levels as the government steps in with a multi billion pound support package to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but - to try to keep them afloat. there are some welcome bits but are i to try to keep them afloat. there i are some welcome bits but are not really are some welcome bits but are not really unclear and until i get my final really unclear and until i get my final bill really unclear and until i get my final bill and final quote and i know final bill and final quote and i know what it will be, i can t relax. the father know what it will be, i can t relax. the father of 14 year old molly russell, who took her own life after viewing harmful content online, tells an inquest how shocked he was after she died to discover the hideous material she had been looking at. donald trump and thre
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