the family of one of the uk s last world war ii veterans ahead of his funeral next week. and millions of muslims around the world prepare for the start of ramadan. one of the holiest months in the islamic calendar, will be marked with fasting, prayer, and spiritual development. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. the us central bank, the federal reserve has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. it s trying to balance the need to tackle inflation while protecting the financial sector. the collapse of two us banks this month were blamed in part on higher borrowing rates. the latest decision has raised fears about the health of the us financial system, but the fed chairman spoke
the search is on for the family of one of the uk s last world war ii veterans as preparations are made for his funeral next week. he died alone in his flat. flight sergeant peter brown was born injamaica. hejoined the raf in 1943 and served as a radio operator and air gunner on lancaster bombers. he never married and had no children. but there is hope some surviving relatives may be found. helena wilkinson has the story. this is peter brown when he was serving as a flight sergeant in the royal air force in 1916. age 17, it s thought the young jamaican had travelled thousands of miles so he could volunteer to fly and fight in world war ii. after training, he flew as a crewmember in the avro lancaster, britain s famous strategic bomber that was used
the search is on for the family of one of the uk s last world war ii veterans ahead of his funeral next week. and millions of muslims around the world prepare for the start of ramadan. one of the holiest months in the islamic calendar will be marked with fasting, prayer and spiritual development. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the us central bank the federal reserve has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. it s trying to balance the need to tackle inflation while protecting the financial sector. the collapse of two us banks
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counterpart in warsaw. and the search is on for the family of one of the uk s last world war ii veterans, ahead of his funeral next week. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and ”pm in the evening in london, where the uk s former prime minister borisjohnson has denied lying to parliament in testimony to a committee that s investigating whether he intentionally misled mps over breaching his government s own coronavirus rules. he s acknowledged misleading parliament but said that was inadvertent and again apologised for that. the committee has pressed him on who gave him assurances that rules and guidelines had