Intimidate or suppress them. As our Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg reports, in arare move mr putin also mentioned the Opposition Figure, Alexei Navalny, by name. Six more years in the kremlin. Russias president is sounding more confident than ever. Confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress confident than ever. Whoever might want to intimidate us, suppress us, | want to intimidate us, suppress us, Our Will Want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and want to intimidate us, suppress us, ourwilland our want to intimidate us, suppress us, our will and our conscience, they have our will and our conscience, they have never our will and our conscience, they have never been able to do it and never have never been able to do it and never wilt then, mr putins first Public Comments on the death ofjailed Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny. Translation you may be
of this summer s olympics after a freak garden accident hello again. we re aware there s a very important football match available to watch on the bbc right now, but equally, if you d like england s latest game at euro 2024 to form only part of your sporting diet this evening, then welcome to the programme. having said that, we will start in frankfurt s, where denmark and england are currently 1 1 after an early intervention from kyle walker, rather surprising the defender on his side, the ball fell to captain harry kane, his 64th england national goal, he has scored in four tournaments, thejoint most national goal, he has scored in four tournaments, the joint most of any england player, but not long after, morten hjulmand with the equaliser. and could not hit the post in the second half but after a few changes they are still at 1 1. fill foden it s in the post, live pictures from the bbc one coverage. garth southgate has rung the changes, ollie watkins has come close in th
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
Has been closed. And the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in australia as it starts its journey around the world. In the sport, chris froome breaks his silence on his embattled boss, dave brailsford, saying that there would be no team sky without him. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Scotlands First Minister has announced that she plans to trigger another referendum on Scottish Independence. Nicola sturgoen said she would seek permission to hold a second referendum between autumn next year and the spring of 2019, when the terms of the uks exit from the eu are clearer. Two and a half years after the first Independence Referendum, ms sturgeon said the vote to leave the eu meant the situation was now very different, and it was important for scotland to choose its own future before it was too late. A short time ago Downing Street said another referendum would be divisive and cause huge Economic Uncertainty at the worst possible time. From edi
By a 24 hour strike. And passing the baton the queen starts the relay which will end at the Commonwealth Games next year. And coming up in the sport on bbc news we look ahead to the last of the fa cup quarterfinals. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nicola sturgeon has announced plans for a second referendum on Scottish Independence. Its two and half years since the last one, in which scots voted 55 to 45 to remain in the United Kingdom. Scotlands First Minister says she wants the referendum to take place between autumn of next year and the spring of 2019, to offer people a choice when the terms of the brexit deal are known, but before its too late to pull out of it. The government has responded that another referendum would be divisive and cause huge Economic Uncertainty at the worst possible time. The brexit bill is being debated now by mps. Tonight were reporting live from westminster with our political editor, laura kuenssberg. But first, over to our scotland editor