reasoning of what the news that we heard about pence, so i m just not going to comment from here. i m not going to comment on any other former elected official, current elected official, i refer you to the department of justice, anything that relates to this white house, i would refer you to the office. the abrams tank, john kirby says it s expensive to maintain, operate, fuel, and requires a lot of training. does this white house still have those same concerns when it comes to providing tanks to the ukrainians? as my dod colleagues have said very recently that again, nothing to preview from here, certainly don t have anything to share, but they never ruled out tanks, just want to make that very clear. i think what my colleagues at the dod have said in the past and recently is that there were always challenges with tanks, but not going to preview anything. i think i would refer you to the dod comments on this. always been challenges, never been taken off the table. i don
interest rates have been held at 5.25% for the seventh time in a row by the bank of england, despite the rate of inflation hitting the bank s target level of 2% for the time in three years. of 2% for the first time in three years. economists have predicted that interest rates, which are currently at a 16 year high, won t be cut until august. with more, here s our chief economics correspondent, dharshini david. ok, so it s four bedrooms. first time buyerjames has his eye on his dream home in coventry. but getting the keys to the door has been more challenging than expected as higher mortgage rates have made the first rung of the housing ladder harder to grasp. we definitely had to make some cutbacks as a couple and look at our financial plan to see if we could afford the mortgage. with the rates being high, we ve had to save for effectively another year to come into line with that. it s also understanding, yeah, the term of the mortgage, you know, from looking at it, it s now
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