And there is a lot of support for that within the ranks of republican senators, because many of them still have a big problem with the way the High School Era accusation of dr. Christine blasey ford, and the college era accusation of deborah ramirez, were brought to their attention. Its amazing to me that these allegations come Out Of Nowhere at the last minute, and that they werent brought up earlier in this process. Its not on thetypical for our Friends On The Other Side to pull that kind of crap. Dont forget, his stripper, who escorted him throughout those meetings in the summer, is now the newest g. O. P. Senator, john kyle. He was asked if he ever picked up on a character flaw, and he said he did not. Sandra . Sandra peter, any undecided democrats hinting that they might support his confirmation . Not yet, but there are some democrats who say they still want to hear more. That has to be something more than just an allegation, okay . I think its very serious. The second one seems t
be second round effects as you alluded to in the programme, renters will feel the pain of landlords put up the rent and likely more demand for rent as people find it harder to get on the property ladder because of these higher mortgage rates, and a few other reasons as well. there will be that drip effect down to renters as well, at this point that will be mainly born by those people who have to remortgage, like you say at this point, over the last few months and going into the next 12 months,, 400,000 households each quarter will have to remortgage, a large number of people who will suffer as a result of those higher interest rates, as april portion of the economy, still relatively small. as a proportion. to brussels now where japan s prime minister, fumio kishida will be meeting eu leaders for a summit meeting later. japan is the eu s second largest trading partner after china. but it is also seen an increasingly important
to brussels, where earlier on tuesday, nato welcomed finland into its security alliance making it the 31st member. finland s accession doubles the length of member states borders with russia and it s a setback for russian president vladimir putin. he had repeatedly complained of nato s expansion before his full scale invasion of ukraine. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale has more from brussels. a near perfect day at nato headquarters to welcome its newest member. finland only applied a year ago, soon after russia s invasion of ukraine. and approved in record time, despite moscow s warnings about nato expansion. this sends a clear message that every nation has the right to choose its own path. that nato s door remains open and no one can close it with force or coercion. welcome to the alliance. nato membership brings with it security guarantees.
house speaker has confirmed to meet her. it could get a bit awkward for the french president has well. how receptive do you think china is going to be with this visit? we know there have been tensions? that is the big question and i think that is what a lot of analysts will be closely watching but i think from china s point of view, welcoming those two leaders from europe is not a negative thing, especially when tensions in washington have been somewhat quite tense. a lot of experts are expecting them to be quite warm and towards president macron as well as ursuala von der leyen. to brussels, where earlier on tuesday, nato welcomed finland into its security alliance, making it the 31st member. finland s accession doubles the length of member states borders with russia and it s a setback for russian president vladimir putin.
oligarchs. the senl ior official saying if putin were to change course some of the sanctions could be reversed but not all of them are permanent. when we see from our very own colleagues on the ground reporting on some of the things going on in ukraine, you have to acknowledge the idea of putin drastically changing course, on many days that seems like a faraway possibility. mj lee at the white house, thank you very much. today the white house secretary of state antony blinken in brussels for an important nato meeting. nato secretary-general says weeks of battlefield losses have not have not changed vladimir putin s calculus. we have seen no indication president putin has changed his ambition to control the whole of ukraine but at the same time we have to be realistic and realize this may last for a long time, for many months or even years. to brussels and nic robertson.