Members to increase their defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp. Defence spending to 2. 5 of gdp. More than 9000 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats this year. Official figures show 250 people made the journey in two small boats since monday, taking the tally for 2024 to almost 8800. However, gb news can confirm another three small boats arrived on thursday and making the current total 35 higher than at the same time last year. It comes after a home office u turn on the publication of the number of small boat migrants being prevented from making the illegal journey by french police. And fifa has been french police. And fifa has been threatened with legal action if it does not reschedule next years expanded Club World Cup match. Leicester city and chelsea are now taking part in the 32 team competition. Its scheduled for the United States in june and july. However the International Players union and the world leagues organisation , the world leagues organisation, which inc
The bank of englands Monetary Policy committee, the nine economists who decided Interest Rates, they dont meet every month. They meet eight months a yeah month. They meet eight months a year. The fact that they have been held, it is disappointing for lots of people who want to remortgage their house. They want to see Mortgage Rates come down, its also disappointing, of course, for someone called rishi sunak, who is betting hes bet the ranch , bet the tories bet the ranch, bet the tories entire strategy for this election, to the extent they have a strategy on playing the long game, on waiting for Interest Rate cuts on getting more tax cuts in. Weve had two so far, those National Insurance reductions, tory high command wants to get another one in before the general election. So i dont think therell be disappointment in downing street because they knew this was coming. They knew there wasnt being an Interest Rate cut today. Now, when i take my eyes away from the camera and manage to read,
Bailey and ex labour advisor matthew laza on my panel this evening and on your marks, get ready. Tell evening and on your marks, get ready. Tell me evening and on your marks, get ready. Tell me whats wrong ready. Tell me whats wrong here. Okay. Keep your eyes peeled. Ill reveal all shortly. Peeled. Ill reveal all shortly. Get ready. Britain. Here we go. Is labour still full of extremists . Next. Extremists . Next. Hello there. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. The chancellors cautioned the bank of england against cutting Interest Rates too quickly. The Interest Rates too quickly. The bank has decided to hold borrowing costs at the same level. 5. 25 for a sixth time. But governor Andrew Bailey suggested a cut could come as soon as next month. However, jeremy hunt has urged the bank not to take risks with inflation. I welcome the fact that the bank of england has obviously thought about this very hard. They take this decision independently and i would much rather that they waited un
Halting most evictions through 2020 for americans struggling to pay their rent due to the pandemic. The move applies to people making less than 99,000 a year or couples making less than 198,000. The white house taking a step congress wont. Theres a catch. Senior Administration Officials say renters will eventually have to payback any missed rent. Also this morning a panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of health is directly contradicting the fda and president on the use of convalescent plasma. The nih panel calls data plasma from survivors can treat covid19 insuch en. Just a week ago the fda granted emergency authorization to use plasma after a public push from the president. This action is extraordinary moment. Here you have different governmental agencies that are at odds. The u. S. Is still facing criticism for its lackluster testing effort. Testing is the best way to isolate cases and contain the virus. The federal official in charge of testing says 5 rapid tests wi
OXFORD — The Oxford Bellevue Ferry is open and ready for the 2024 season. Capts. Judy and Tom Bixler are sailing through the waters to provide residents and tourists a