game. we begin with the high-stakes summit where nato leaders are discussing a possible place for ukraine in the alliance s future. kevin corke has all the latest developments including what is upsetting ukraine s president. kevin: as you know from your time covering previous nato summit, there are lots are one-on-one breakouts of the sidelines. so this is hardly novel. but very few in recent memory will be as anticipated as the one that is set for tomorrow between president zelenskyy and our own president biden. the meeting comes against a backdrop of controversy given by the prophets recent decision to send cluster munitions to the war-torn country which a number of nato members have effectively banned because of concerns over the weapon s ability to harm civilians. the audience comes after mr. biden said ukraine was not ready for nato membership. so if you have been following the story for a while, that means reading which has finally cleared its last hurdle to receive n
todd: biden calling on congress to punish oil companies. the president rails against big oil the same day his adviser is telling the industry more investment is needed. i love your halloween costume. all look like french fry. number one french fry fan with french fries for you. ainsley: so cute. steve: good morning, anna dale terrace, you are looking live at staten island, new york. just across the new york harbor from where we are sitting on mid-atlantic island and a whole bunch of folks greeting rachel campos-duffy great to have you on this november 1st, all saints day. it s my daughter mary s birthday. ainsley: happy birthday, mary, we are glad you were born. steve: thank you, she made it official. brian: one week away from the midterms. next week visiting states across this country to see what voters are thinking before heading to the polls, over of the weekend we found out there were 54 states. so we need to get more. steve: joe biden has been
Compared to the last asessment in january. Its big concern is about inflation the rate at which prices are rising. On the global measure the imf is using, it thinks it will be 2. 8 by the end of this year and warns that getting inflation back to their 2 target should be the priority for central banks. For many politcians thats been a key concern as they try to ease Cost Of Living pressures for people around the world. Heres the imf s chief economist. The Global Economy continues to display remarkable resilience with Growth Holding steady and inflation declining. But many challenges still lie ahead. Global growth was 3. 2 in 2023 and is expected to remain at that level both in 2024 and 2025. This represents a 0. 3 percentage point upgrade from our 0ctober projections for 2024, with stronger activity than expected in the us, china and other large emerging markets, but weaker activity in the euro area. 0ur correspondent Michelle Fleury is following this from new york. Lets begin by talkin
Tonight, with extensive fog the hills. Clearer skies are times. Eastern scotland and North Eastern england, touch of frost here. But temperatures mostly above freezing. Another fairly temperatures mostly above freezing. Anotherfairly dull temperatures mostly above freezing. Another fairly dull day. Extensive low cloud and craig first thing in the morning, patchy rain and drizzle. A Few Cloud Breaks East of wales, north east england, east of scotland, but for most, stick with the cloud. Wetter in Western Scotla nd the cloud. Wetter in Western Scotland later on. But once again, temperatures above where they should be for the time of year. As for the weekend, prepare forsomething be for the time of year. As for the weekend, prepare for something more winds to re. All in all, it turns colder. Not quite as cold and snowy as Eastern Europe but some of you may see some snow by thursday. See you in half an hour. Hello, this is bbc news with nicholas owen. The headlines at 8. 30pm. Labour has a