over new claims that he broke lockdown rules during the pandemic. he denies any wrongdoing. the independent police watchdog is to send investigators to cardiff following monday night s riot which started after two teenage boys were killed in a crash. the racism row in spanish football real madrid star viniciusjunior has his red card rescinded, as people protest in his native brazil over the racial abuse suffered by their star player. good morning. iamon i am on the roof of the bbc in london, where the sun is beating down. for england and wales we are looking at it day of sunny intervals, variable cloud. for scotland and northern ireland, cloud and spots of rain, but brightening up. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 24th may. our main story. inflation in the uk is expected to fall below 10% for the first time since august, when official figures are released injust over an hour. economists have predicted the current rate of 10.1% could drop sharp
new democracy party are ahead of the main rival, the leftist syriza party. it s unlikely either party will earn a majority. saudi arabia is set to make history as the country sends its first ever female astronaut to the international space station. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. eyeing up africa as the west competes with china, who will end up having the most influence on that fast growing continent? as the g7 uses its summit injapan to draw the world s poorest countries closer, will recent visits to africa by its leaders pay off as they look to tackle concerns about food and energy in return for natural resources? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are. this former senior us trade official who now helps build bridges between private companies and opportunities across africa. also, the african union
that no agreement has been reached. both men had met earlier this morning and before the talk said sounded a note of optimism. they have just ten days left to reach a deal to increase the government borrowing limit or trigger a default. from new york. even before president default. from new york. even before president biden - default. from new york. even before president biden with i before president biden with house speaker kevin mccarthy negotiations were once again around the table trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next. while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed over the weekend that june one is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. and the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner in order for it to pass the house and senate in time. there
this is bbc news, the headlines. a people killed in violence spawned by a corruption case against imran khan. palestinian militants for the hundreds of rockets into israel following wave of air strikes in gaza. the campaign is been are launching a campaign to try to solve the cases of some of europe s unidentified murdered women. we ve only just begun we ve onlyjust begun on the eurovision contest. we spoke and he spoke to italy s interests tend to make entry to the contest. what is your vision without its many fans who come outside regardless of the wind, rain, sunshine regardless of the bus, let s cross to my colleague in the eurovision village. meet the swedish ladies! does for a bit of gender balance, here sjonathan! be shy. we have the swedish ladies unsurprisingly from. and jonathan, where you come from? norway. let s start with you ladies. first of all, how are you finding the eurovision fan village? fan village? fantastic. very good arrangement fan village? fantast