hello and welcome. president zelensky will address the g7 leaders at their summit in bavaria today. the ukrainian leader is expected to renew his call for more heavy weapons to help resist russia s invasion. from the summit, here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. they said they wanted to put on a show of unity, after dinner and drinks last night, that s exactly what these leaders did. what matters now is what they do with it. these protesters and barberry are helping keep the war in ukraine firmly on the war in ukraine firmly on the g7 agenda, summit that will be addressed today by president zelensky, expected to ask once again, for heavy weapons. he knows he will only win the war in ukraine if the leaders stay united and show resolve for the long term. what he wants from them is a note of unity and no noises of. one of his biggest supporters as borisjohnson who is urging his fellow leaders to tip the military balance in the favour of care. favour of care. the p
of england andrew bailey dismissed any hopes of an interest rate cut in the near term. speaking at a conference hosted by the central bank of ireland in dublin earlier today, bailey said that it s too early to talk about a rate cut, given the continued risk of inflation. also today the international monetary fund warned that rapid wage growth in the eurozone will also keep inflation higher for longer. the imf urged the european central bank to hold interest rates at or near record highs through next year to keep a lid on price pressures. here s one economist we spoke to earlier. i think the imf is very much in tune with what the european central bank has been saying, which is that although the headline inflation rate has come down a lot, the labour market is still strong, wage growth has been quite strong. and it s going to be a very difficult and slow process to squeeze out that last bit of inflation from the system. so, i mean, we re thinking interest rates are likely to
he has said discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to get aid to civilians into gaza. but fighting in gaza is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the northwest of the gaza strip in particular. i also want to bring you an update from the israel defence forces on twitter saying the israeli military says air raid sirens sounding across central israel due to rockets being fired from gaza. i ve said many israelis are running to bomb shelters. these are from the israel defence forces. once we verify those and can bring in more on that update, we will. in terms of the visit of antony blinken. at the end of his visit to iraq antony blinken spoke to the media about the possibility of humanitarian pause to hostilities, that he said would advance several priorities, including getting