prices are rising faster than they have done for a0 years in the uk. the bank of england says the recent increases in energy hills, which are set to be three times more than they were a year ago, will drive inflation the rate at which prices rise even higher, to 13%. uk inflation hit that a0 year high injune, reaching 9.a%. july s figures are released in a few hours and there is a real chance that headline uk inflation could hit double figures. joining me now is liz martins, uk economist, hsbc welcome and it is good to have you on the programme. what do you on the programme. what do you think? do you think we will hit double digits today and if so how significant is that? that is our forecast that we get to exactly 10% year on year injuly and some of our fellow economists don t think it is quite that bad they say nine point 8% perhaps but 9.8, ten, these are incredible figures that even a few months ago we would have found hard to believe. yesterday we had the labour mark
is all very welljournalists like myself is all very welljournalists like myself who are relatively comfortably off to say we must make a change. comfortably off to say we must make a change, but if it was going to really a change, but if it was going to really hurt a change, but if it was going to really hurt my wallet than perhaps i would really hurt my wallet than perhaps i would not really hurt my wallet than perhaps i would not be so preachy. i have three would not be so preachy. i have three children in the 20s who would say categorically it is the most important issue in the world in their important issue in the world in their 20s important issue in the world in their 20s. there will not be a world if we their 20s. there will not be a world if we carry their 20s. there will not be a world if we carry on their 20s. there will not be a world if we carry on like this and people like donald trump, very sadly no longer like donald trump, very sa
Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c