our main story that is dominating through the course of today. nato meeting going on in the g7 members ratified a wide ranging security pact with ukraine and that is a significant development. we have heard a variety of parties in the main leaders and news conferences, we are waiting forjoe biden and let us show you live pictures of the university because joe us show you live pictures of the university becausejoe biden is expected to appear there in the next few minutes in those pictures and introductory remarks are being made we are expecting his final news conference at the summit today and so, both of those are expected in the university for support. but we will do is we will leave those pictures there on the screen to you as we move on in terms of what we take you through in the next couple of minutes but you will not miss a minute there ofjoe biden just as soon as he starts to speak. our europe editor has been catching up with nato s secretary general as result of that n
at the nato summit in vilnius, germany has already announced a multi million euro military aid package, france has promised long range cruise missiles and the uk has announced more ammunition and military vehicles. us presidentjoe biden has told president zelensky, who s also at the summit, that ukraine s courage is an example to whole world . president biden pledged unwavering support to ukraine in its ongoing conflict to russia. today, the members of the g7 are launching a joint declaration of support for ukraine to make it clear that our support will last long into the future. this starts a process by which each of our nations and any other nation who wishes to participate will negotiate long term bilateral security commitments with and to ukraine. we re going to help ukraine build a strong, capable. across land, air and sea, which will be a force of stability in the region and deter against any and all threats. to lewis in vilnius. what are they actually mean in real ter
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and the rate of core inflation which strips out volatile items like food and fuel is actually going up. rising interest rates are piling the pressure on millions of mortgage borrowers here in the uk who are facing steep rises in monthly bills. the bbc has been hearing from some of them. rebecca from greater manchester, craig in cambridgeshire, and rose who lives in hampshire. just three homeowners out of hundreds of thousands of people facing a huge rise in their mortgage costs over the coming months. at this moment in time, at the end ofjune, i will make my final payment of £434 when my current deal ends, and thereafter i have been told to expect my payments will be over £1,800. i m currently paying £560 a month. at the end ofjuly, it will go on to variable and it will go up to £1,200 a month. 0ur mortgage has gone up by over £2,200 a year. - it s a huge impact on our- expenditure and has an impact on the family as a whole. rose has already been cutting costs on