and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirtsy wark which is just getting underway on bbc two the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are but from the ten team it s goodnight. donald trump was in a miami court tonight facing criminal charges for allegedly stashing classified us government documents in mar a lago. but will his presidential ambitions be hindered or helped? a motorcade, media circus and crowds of protesters as donald trump pleads not guilty to 37 criminal charges in a federal court. could today be the moment some in the republican party abandon the former presidenter? we ll be joined by his former lawyer and the us pollster frank luntz. also tonight. we ll have the latest news from nottingham where two students and a middle aged man were murdered in the early hours of this morning. a 31 year old man is in custody. pr
the annual rate at which prices have been going up. inflation peaked at more than 10% last year, forcing the bank to raise interest rates aggressively to try and bring it under control. but it has since fallen sharply. and on wednesday, official figures showed it was down to 3.9% in november, the lowest rate in 2 years, and far lower than expected. that s raised hopes the bank of england will be soon able to start cutting the cost of borrowing, easing pressure on businesses and households. here s our economics editor, faisal islam. arp and now sharply down. over the past year, inflation in britain seemed like a runaway train. but it s now coming into land faster than expected. here and beyond. it has been a hard year or two for her with hundreds closing and some say prices are now stabilising. inflation is definitely killing us. the rise has gone up 15%. and behind you? us. the rise has gone up 1596. and behind you? up-and-down, i remember and behind you? up-and-down, i re
i think the concern right now is really kind of concentrated on the longer shipping time. the market is not pricing in that we actually lose barrels from the market as a result of what is happening in the suez canal. what it is concerned with right now and the reason it has risen 6% is because the shipping costs associated with travelling around the southern tip of africa to reach its destination adds around 15 days of travel time. it increases freight costs. and it has increased insurance costs. so that is what the market is pricing and looking at this point. the market has not entered a panic mode, as we ve seen in the past with other geopolitical events, where it starts to price in supply is lost from the market. right now, it is a logistical re routing, what we are seeing, and not kind of that panic and fear that we are going to lose barrels. that obviously can change very rapidly, and we have seen that obviously can change very rapidly. the venezuelan president nicola
campaign video to position himself as a donald trump style conservative without the drama. mr desantis is widely seen as donald trump s main republican rival in the race. but the former president remains the dominant force in the republican party. now, ron desantis s announcement itself wasn t a suprise, but the way he made it was unorthodox a conversation on twitter spaces with elon musk. here s some of what he said. i am running for president of the united states to lead our great american comeback. look, we know our country is going in the wrong direction. we see it with our eyes and we feel it in our bones. our southern border s collapsed. drugs are pouring into the country. our cities are being hollowed out by spiking crime. the federal government s making it harderfor the average family to make ends meet and to attain and maintain a middle class lifestyle. and our president, well, he lacks vigour, flounders in the face of our nation s challenges, and he takes his cues