about refugees being left homeless when relationships break down. the un warns of extreme weather which has created food and water shocks, displaced millions of people and caused billions of dollars of damage. tens of thousands of rangers fans are in spain, ahead of one of the biggest games in the club s history, the europa league final, tonight. and i will be live in seville, where glasgow rangers will be hoping to win theirfirst european glasgow rangers will be hoping to win their first european trophy in 50 years in the stadium behind me. hello, good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. prices are rising at their fastest rate for a0 years, as soaring energy bills hit millions of households. official figures show uk inflation, the rate at which prices are increasing, rose to 9% in april, up from 7% in march. higher food and fuel prices, driven by the war in ukraine, are also pushing the cost of living up. the prime minister today said he would look at all the measures needed to
The Uns World Food Programme says the situation in gaza is dire with food and water running out, as israel continues a siege of the territory. This is a live shot of the gaza skyline tonight as residents there brace for more strikes. People are relying on their own generators, solar power, and we have seen a number of the number of buildings lit up decrease. It is darkness now. Meanwhile, the Israeli Defence chief has admitted failures in the military s duty to uphold security and protect israeli citizens. A short time ago i spoke with our International Editor jeremy bowen for his assessment of where the war stands. Well, where we are is that the Israeli Military build up is continuing apace on the border with gaza. And also theyve moved a lot of troops and heavy weapons up to the northern border with lebanon because there are concerns that his brother which is the powerful iran backed militia in lebanon, avowed enemies of israel, might get involved. There have already been some incre
Supplies due to conflict calmed down ade after a day after saudi arabia pledged to stabilise the market. The markets in australia, are following wall street s lead. The central bank said it might hold steady on another Interest Rate hike as well. Rate hike as well. Federal reserve rate hike as well. Federal reserve officials rate hike as well. Federal reserve officials are rate hike as well. Federal reserve officials are embracing the higherfor longer reserve officials are embracing the higher for longer strategy. Thats according to the newly released minutes in the september meeting. The readout shows while people are divided on whether the us Central Rate Hike will happen before the year is out, they seem it has spill over effects in Financial Markets everywhere. Higher rates make it more expensive for americans to take out a loan on a house or a car and makes it more expensive for businesses to borrow through loans or lines of credit, all of which slows growth. Meanwhile, the inter
Organization hamas, a group whose stated purpose was to kill jews. This was an act of sheer evil. That was part of president joe bidens speech yesterday, promising that the United States will stand with israel following the horrific hamas tear terror attacks. Meanwhile the president also confirmed there are americans among the dozens of hostages being held by the terror organization. Well have the latest on the efforts to freedom. And then on capitol hill farright republicans could create more chaos in the house by rejecting a plan from the Biden Administration to combine aid for israel and ukraine into a single package. Good morning, and welcome to Way Too Early on this wednesday, october 11. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. And we have a busy day, and well begin this morning with israel ramping up its strikes against hamas. War planes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood along the gaza strip yesterday. Retaliating to the surprise attack hamas launched ove
Am sally bundock. We start in china, where the Chinese Vice Premier he lifeng and the European Commissioner for trade Valdis Dombrovskis are meeting in beijing today. The eu and chinas economic and trade ties will be the focus of discussions. The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between the two superpowers. Earlier this month, the European Commission announced there would be an anti subsidy investigation over chinas car prices. China is accused of keeping car prices artificially low by huge State Subsidies a move that china says is evidence of protectionism by the eu. Trade between the eu and china is significant, especially for countries like germany, where china is their biggest Trading Partner. Im joined by anna ashton, china director at eurasia group. Lets unpack this. Good morning to you, anna. How are these trade talks likely to go, do you think . You think . Its hard to say exactly how you think . Its hard to say exactly how they you think . Its hard to say exactly ho