the caribbean. and the nypd tonight on the attempted sexual assault in broad daylight. the states of emergency, catastrophic flooding in the midwest. a major dam at risk of failing. residents warned to be ready to evacuate. deadly rip currents up and down the east coast. in new york city tonight, two teenage boys swept out by a large wave. 80 million americans under heat alerts from california all the way east. ginger zee is here. the deadly shark attack off hawaii. a well-known surfer killed, suffering multiple shark bites. the victim also an actor who appeared in several tv shows and pirates of the caribbean. here in new york city tonight, an urgent search for a suspect wanted for attempted sex assault in central park. tonight, the chilling new video showing the moment three hostages were taken by hamas, including american-israeli hersh goldberg polin, still being held. in the video, one of the terrorists saying he wanted a selfie with their hostage. his arm ha
perfect and there was more that needed to be done but he said that every year that the conservatives were in power, they had built more houses than labour did in its previous administrations and we will have to go and fact check that but thatis have to go and fact check that but that is the claim from michael gove this morning and also, finally, on levelling up, i put to him that people from the red wall that did very well under boris johnson s people from the red wall that did very well under borisjohnson s of look for money for northern communities in particular, they would have really noticed a difference and will they really put conservative? and he said that real money had gone into these communities and more can be done but they won t need a conservative government to do that. the liberal democrats are talking about the country s roads today with a promise to invest £300 million in the next parliament to fill 1.2 million pot holes a year. the party says money from the
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
growing importance. a warm welcome from the north korean leader, two men shunned by much of the world, united in defiance of the west, each bearing a shopping list, their embrace a source of deep anxiety in washington. deepening cooperation between russia and the dprk is a trend which should be of great concern to anyone interested in maintaining peace and stability in the korean peninsula, upholding the global non proliferation regime, abiding by the un security council resolutions and supporting the people of ukraine as they defend their freedom and independence. for vladimir putin, it s all about the war in ukraine. the russian economy may already be on a war footing, but mr putin needs every artillery shell and rocket he can get. north korea is a willing supplier, helping russia to outgun ukraine. before arriving, putin is to kim jong un for firmly supporting the war. north korea, the regime, shows little regard for human life, even the lives of its own people. so i would
what is the latest on this visit, what kind of welcome has president putin received? fix, president putin received? very warm welcome, it was very late into the night, you could say early morning, pyongyang time when bled vladimir putin touchdown for the first time in more than two decades and there on the tarmac to warmly welcome one of staunchest supporters, kim jong un the leader of north korea. official guard stood at attention at the airport on the runway as the two leaders embraced and smiled, then they walked down the red carpet lined with red roses and then onto a waiting motorcade. this took them through the streets and motorways of pyongyang, that were lined with vladimir putin s huge posters, banners welcoming the russian leader and also russian flags all along the motorway. it is not just about red roses and red carpet that welcome and the photo ops these two leaders will get, the president is going to have a busy day ahead of him, a tea party is on the cards,