welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
an arrest in connection to the murders of four university of idaho students. a 28-year-old now in custody. he was arrested in pennsylvania. what was the motive? trump s taxes. six years of trump s returns now public. turns out he paid more in foreign taxes than u.s. taxes. fighting for his political future. minority leader kevin mccarthy giving concessions behind closed doors tonight as he scrambles to get enough votes to become the speaker of the house. will it work? good evening. i m sara sidner. four counts of first degree murder. that is what bryan kohberger is facing in connection with the shocking murders of four university of idaho students. that in addition to felony burglary. police say he was arrested earlier today by state police and the fbi on the other side of the country in pennsylvania. it caps off a six-week mystery after four students in their 20s were found stabbed to death in their beds as they slept in their off campus home. the case paralyzing a uni
news out of the vatican. the former pope emeritus benedict has died at the age of 95. with sorrow, we inform you that the pope emeritus benedict xvi passed away, today, this morning, at 9:34 in the mater echess yamon tia mona stare. he was the first pope to resign, rather than stay in office for life. he was a controversial at times member of church. let s go to barbie nadeau in st. peter s square right now. barbie, i m curious, there were a lot of people already in the square and then the news breaks. so what s the reaction? what are people talking about there? reporter: yeah, you know, it s a mixed reaction, because a lot some people didn t know. some people here in rome enjoying a day. the square is empty behind us right now, they re doing a security check because pope francis is going to be coming out here in the next hour or so to visit the nativity scene there. we ve got a lot of pilgrims pushed off the square. they re coming back. but the mood is very solemn.
the opposition party is saying that it is not just boris johnson that needs to be replaced, it is all the conservatives. the implication is that they potentially would want to call and push for a general election. so there is pressure on the party who can rebuild the government. one senior cabinet level position was offered to, a conservative member of parliament earlier today who turned it down. it is not possible for this prime minister to rebuild his government and reshape it as last night he was saying he would. this is the scenario, the prime minister expected to come out and speak today, perhaps in the next couple of hours. he s likely to want to frame his resignation, listing his successes, brexit undoubtedly one of them, and likely airbrush out all the reasons for being forced out of his own party. a full government implosion. that s what this really is, in the united kingdom, key ally of the u.s. nic, explain to our viewers the most recent scandals that necessitate
deal to release grbrittney grin and paul whelan. jennifer, what can you tell us about this offer? that s right, we have learned that the biden administration is prepare to send victor boot, this convicted russian arms dealer back to russia as part of a deal to try to bringwhelan ho. boot is currently serving a 25 year prison sentence. secretary of state antony blinken publicly announced yesterday that the administration has offered a, quote, substantial proposal to moscow to try to get these two wrongfully detained americans back home. blinken did not go in to specifics about what was in the proposal, but he did say it has been on the table for weeks now and that it has the direct backing and sign jooff of joe biden. prisoner swaps do require the president to signoff. so this is a significant signal. prisoner swaps are generally quite controversial in the administration and other administrations have generally avoided using them because there is a fear that other government