this is bbc news. our main headlines. outlines the end of sudan s ceasefire. china accuses the us of causing confrontation after agreeing a deal with career. ukraine could have more landmines than anywhere else in the world. and jerry springer known for his raucous talk shows has died at the age of 79. we will have more on all of those at the moment. sports news first. bbc sport centre. we can start with three premier league matches to look forward to that could prove decisive at both the top and the bottom of the table as the race for survival in champions league places at the finishing line in sight. third placed newcastle face everton who dropped into the bottom three last night after nottingham forest s win. there is also south coast derby with trouble for st mary s to play southampton and fourth place manchester united went to tottenham to play spurs against anotherjudgment under against another judgment under another caretaker against anotherjudgment under another caret
start a business. he also said the move was bad for britain and backed microsoft s darker stain its four decades working the bone tray. uk regulator hit back saying it had to do what is best for the wider population. darkest day in its four decades working in the country. singapore has increased property taxes bought by foreigners to 40% in a move it hopes will reduce the debt cool the property market. they have recently seen a spike partly due to buying from investors based in mainland china. samsung profits fell 95% in the three months to march in the last year lowest in 14 years. it has been hit by a slump in demand for tech devices, triggering record losses at its computer chip division. deutsche bank has reported a vector than expected 9% rise in profit for the first six months of the income from high interest rates helps to offset falling revenues of the investment bank but also announced there would be an unspecified number ofjob cuts as it
time switches and stick to daylight savings permanently. lawmakers cited health risks and damage to retailers to change the changes. the legislation would have to go through the house and the president would have to sign it to become law. later today, the federal reserve is expected to raise interest rates in a move it hopes will counter skyrocketing inflation. joining us now is tom costello. how much of an increase will we be seeing here? reporter: we re expecting a quarter-appoint rate hike today, but this will be the first of many rate hikes, we believe. this year and into next. in fact, we may have as many as six or so this year. that means by the end of the year and maybe even by the end of next year, we re talking of a total of 2% rate hike, series of rate hikes, adding up to 2%. and the whole purpose of this is to try to throw cold water on this just out of control inflation. you know, it s running at nearly 8% right now. if you had gone shopping for anything, food, cars, cl
about such issues in public. when people do hear what she thinks, there is a huge amount of attention paid to them so perhaps less is more. so these words will reverberate around the world, even though they were only a few snatched comments. . ~ though they were only a few snatched comments. ., ~ , ., , though they were only a few snatched comments. . ~ , ., , . comments. thank you very much indeed. sean comments. thank you very much indeed. sean coughlan, - comments. thank you very much indeed. sean coughlan, our- comments. thank you very much | indeed. sean coughlan, our royal correspondent. the government is planning to allow foreign lorry drivers to make more deliveries in the uk, to try to ease the pressure on supply chains. overseas drivers will now be able to make unlimited trips within a fortnight. the transport secretary, grant shapps, said it was a common sense measure and would increase the number of lorry drivers on the road by several thousand. here s our political co
thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now the government is going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. this will bring, i think, some significant additional capacity to deliveries to the hgv fleet, because some of those eu fleets will be able to do more return jobs here in the uk. it s hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that, while it might take the pressure off in the run up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that has been struggling, with thousands of healthy animals