office says there are now over 100 times more likely because of climate change. secret schools that are being set up to educate girls in afghanistan in defiance of the taliban. who have refused to let them back into the classroom. and one of the biggest games in rangers history isjust getting one of the biggest games in rangers history is just getting under way in seville. they are taking on frankfurt in the europa league final. official figures showing prices officialfigures showing prices now rising at their fastest rate for a0 years. inflation in the uk has jumped to 9% in april, up from 7% in march with around three quarters of the latest hike coming from higher electricity and gas bills. labour has called for an emergency budget to help people struggling with those energy costs. the prime minister and the chancellor are both under intense pressure to help people cope. whilst mrjohnson promised to look at all the measures needed the chancellor warned that he could not pro
Im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. President trump in the last hour has been speaking to members of the Us Armed Forces in tampa, florida. This is his first addressed to troops as their Commander In Chief and he has been speaking in particular about nato. We have your back, every hour of every day, now and always. That also means getting our allies to pay theirfairshare, means getting our allies to pay theirfair share, they are means getting our allies to pay their fair share, they are very unfairto us. Their fair share, they are very unfair to us. They strongly support nato. We only ask that all of the nato. We only ask that all of the nato members make theirfull and properfinancial nato members make theirfull and proper financial contributions to the nato alliance, which many of them have not been doing. 0ur north america correspondent, nick bryant, is here. You were sitting with me in the studio, there is President Trump making what seems like a recommitment
productivity gap. four and five are already in work, so if we want to raise productivity, we need to do more to support those already in work. and since the financial crisis, the rate of increase that innovation has slowed considerably. a weakness that explains almost our entire productivity gap with the united states. why is this happening? the problem, i don t believe, is any longer than what the government is doing. net investment is now reaching its highest sustained level since the 1970s. yet capital investment by uk businesses as a percentage of gdp is a lot lower than the oecd average. government funding for education after 16 is increasing. the pm
announced the life on learning entitlement, alongside a plethora of a new skilled interventions like boot camps and tea levels. but uk employers and businesses spend just half the european average training their employees. and over this parliament, we and government are delivering our pledge to increase public investment in research and development by 50% to £22 billion, making us one of the largest investors. business investment in r&d as a percentage of gdp is less than half the oecd average. in other words, further government action can only take us so far. we need you, the wealth creators, the entrepreneurs, the leaders. we need you to invest more, train more and innovate more. i was i said