as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there s a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded . yesterday, the bank warned of a recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% a 42 year high and that the value of people s incomes is falli
but also to inspire men, to inspire the boys. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and 1am in kyiv in ukraine, where, across the country, embassies will be closed, public events have been banned and the threat level for an increased russian attack has been raised. it s not the way the people of ukraine had planned to celebrate their indepedence day, but this year, the 24th of august, to celebrate their independence day, but this year, the 24th of august also marks the six month anniversary of when russian troops crossed their border to start a war that had been predicted for a number of months. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has himself reported from the front line in ukraine. he reminds us now of how russia s invasion has progressed over the past six months. it started in the early hours of february the 24th. this map is a reminder of what ukraine looked like before the invasion. russia already occu
iran. in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers described as a cost of living crisis? in the studio, stephanie baker,. stephanie based living crisis? in the studio, stephanie based in london since the late 19705. and even has reported from all around the middle east and was a speech writer on the thin conservative leader david cameron s campaign ian. le5 began in the middle east. let s begin. joe biden is involved in this trip. then saudi arabia. what does he want from this visit, and what is he seeking from saudi arabia i think this is a trip that you could say he didn t want to trip that you could say he didn t want tu . ~ trip that you could say he didn t want t. . ~ , trip that you could say he didn t wantt , ., ,., want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record . want to make. it is controversial because mohammed s record oni want to make. it is controversial - because moh
thing is we have heard this morning is that sir patrick vallance was suggesting that the scientists put a lot of time into working out when the best moment was to put those interventions in place, that we saw, and then he said, by the time they got to that weekend of 14th, 15th of got to that weekend of 1ath, 15th of march, they realise you could not predict in that precise a way, and they should have potentially gone earlier with that. it was interesting, quite a big issue at the time, he says that he was arguing as early as that weekend for london to go into a lockdown ahead of the rest of the country, he was saying it was because they looked at the data and it worked out that the disease had progressed much faster, more widespread than they thought, as he put it, further along in the pandemic than they had thought they would be. and that is what changed the dial that weekend. and who was at that put the brakes on that decision about london lockdown? it was the chancellor.
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