a breach of the minesterial code. tonight with the context, the spectator s deputy political editor katy balls and the republican strategist doug heye. hello, welcome to the programme. we have lived through an era of record low interest rates. for years, it was cheap to borrow, while the money put away in savings accounts earned us very little in return. but things are changing. today, the us federal reserve set out an increasingly aggressive approach to monetary policy as it confronts the highest inflation in the united states forfour decades. in the last hour, it raised interest rates by 0.75% which is the biggest jump in rates since 1994. and that has implications for all of us. here s the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell. the current picture it s plain to see. the labour market is extremely tight, and inflation is much too high. against this backdrop, today the federal open market committee raised its interest rate by 0.75% in anticipation of ongoing increases
This is bbc news. The headlines. Three people have been arrested in connection with the deaths of five migrants in the English Channel on tuesday. In a world of rising new threats the uk and germany announce stronger Defence Cooperation to counter the threat from russia. President biden confirms that more Military Assistance will be sent to ukraine within days after the Us Senate Approves a long awaited aid bill. Canada is hosting talks aimed at reaching global deal to end plastics pollution. It is time for a reaching global deal to end plastics pollution. It is time for a round up of all the sports news. Lets go over to the sports centre. Hello from the bbc sport centre. Liverpool could have found their man to replacejurgen klopp. The club are set to open talks with feyenoord over their manager arne slot. Klopp announced injanuary he would leave anfield at the end of the season and slot, who led feyenoord to the eredivisie title last season, has emerged as a candidate who fits liverp
home office has cited is the tip of the iceberg. the real cost is on things like house prices, it s on the general strain on public services of immigration and the sense that a lot of voters have that we are not properly policing our borders and the country is not safe so yes there will be people who think it is an outrageous amount of money to be spent this way but i think there s other costs that are even bigger in people s minds which is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. is 806 issue for the conservatives. a toxic issue. then new grander oli on a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert - a toxic issue. then new grander policy on the table, robert jen - a toxic issue. then new grander| policy on the table, robert jen rick policy on the table, robertjen rick who quit last we
that fighting is focused further down the strip now on the southern city of khan younis, where israeli military leaders believe that some of the senior members of hamas are still hiding out and they are moving more closely into that city of khan younis. we ve also heard from the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu overnight saying that some members of hamas are now starting to surrender. you will remember there was a vote at the un security counciljust was a vote at the un security council just a was a vote at the un security counciljust a couple of days ago and diplomats at the united nations now say that the general assembly is likely to vote on tuesday on another call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. according to the qatari prime minister. remember, they were the key broker who helped to negotiate that weak long pause last month. the opportunity for a renewed ceasefire is narrowing. and a seniorfigure in the hamas movement has also issued a threat to israel that n
talking about possible other options for the government but the ruling seemed to be very clear and categorical that rwanda isn t the best country for the uk to send migrants. best country for the uk to send miarants. ., , migrants. the ruling was categorical. migrants. the ruling was categorical. there - migrants. the ruling was categorical. there was . migrants. the ruling was - categorical. there was some suggestion it might have been more nuanced but it wasn t. there has been talk about whether the government might strengthen the agreement that it has with rwanda about rwanda s processing system but given the strength of the judgment, we don t know how the government will react. rishi sunak did make the point that crucially the supreme court, like the court of appeal and high court, has confirmed the principle of sending illegal migrants to a safe third country for processing is lawful. does that mean they will look at alternative their countries? we don t know which is