here is the news from karishma patel. the government says it s taking action to tackle teenage vaping in england. the prime minister has pledged to close a loophole which allows retailers to give children free samples even though it is illegal to sell to them. russia has accused ukraine of launching drone attacks on moscow. the defence ministry says eight drones reach the capital. officials report minor damage to buildings on the strong swallow overnight attack on kyiv in which one person are said to have been killed. the government has until this afternoon to hand over more documents from boris johnson relating to the covid inquiry orface johnson relating to the covid inquiry or face prosecution. johnson relating to the covid inquiry orface prosecution. the inquiry orface prosecution. the inquiry wants to see unredacted messages but the cabinet office says some of the material demanded is irrelevant. a former top chinese government scientist has told the bbc the possibility
a tragic, lonely figure. why her singing and life story continue to fascinate. the body is not there any more, but her voice is immortal. - how the world of opera was changed by maria callas, the ultimate diva. let me take you to the opera. # vissi d arte # vissi d amore. maria callas is one of the most extraordinary and influentialfigures in the history of opera. # ..anima viva. you must serve music because music is so enormous and can envelop you into such a state of. ..of perpetual anxiety and torture. when music fails to agree to the ear in other words, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses then it has missed its point. she enjoyed the bright lights of fame and endured its dark side. her every word and move scrutinised by press and public. when a public loves you so much, you want to do so much more. they can t just applaud the legend if you don t give them something. and after all, what is the legend? the public made me. maria callas was born in new york in
border crisis caused by the biden administration. never a good bet to bet against america, never. [chanting u.s.a.] newark can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. pete hegseth is live in carthage in north carolina where he s going to be talking to voters. who here watched the speech last night? who loved the speech last night? ainsley: last night was joe biden s second state of the union address. we all watched it. we watched sarah huckabee sanders rebuttal and listened to the pundits afterwards. we will get you up to date, up to speed if you happened to go to sleep last night. brian: then we watched some late night movies and went to the clubs and came right to work. how late were we up last night? 11:00? steve: listen, we made one correct prediction yesterday and that was that joe biden would be wearing a blue tie. ainsley: this is true. steve: and he did. from state of the union to safety the onion. let s go to having br
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has raised interest rates from 3.5 to li% their highest level since 2008. the increase will leave millions of households facing higher mortgages at a time when many people are already struggling with energy and food bills. it will also have an impact on repayment charges on bank loans and credit cards but it is better news for savers, who should get a higher return. the bank of england says the increase will help to curb rising prices. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. in leeds like every where else, the cost of keeping up a mortgage isjumping, because of interest rates. stu is used to saving after spending much of his life on a minimum wage. he got a better paying job as a librarian, but like many, his wages have stagnated. when his mortgage expired his payments went from £90 a month to £360. i thought the days of checking the bank balance were gone. but they re back with a vengeance now. it is
and are earning more than ever before. let s start with oil prices, because they ve risen some 20% over the past three weeks. this time last week, prices surged after the oil cartel, opec +, decided it would reduce its combined output by 1.1 million barrels per day. crude prices climbed after the cartel s announcement, but later in the week they steadied, following the latest us and chinese economic data which suggested weaker post pandemic growth. so where are we headed? russ mould, investment research director at aj bell joins me now. i m very excited about this. you are down by the seaside in brighton but actually here today. on the bank holiday we dragged you in. what are your thoughts about oil right now? opec + is seen as this organisation by the white house is not especially helpful when it comes to our outlook for the global economy, cutting production and causing another spike in the price of oil which is very inflationary? it spike in the price of oil which is very