and israel election officials confirm benjamin netanyahu and his far right allies as the winners in tuesday s vote he s set to return for a record sixth term as prime minister. the bank of england has warned that the uk is facing its longest recession since records began, as it raised interest rates by the most in 33 years. the 0.75% point rise the eighth consecutive hike takes uk rates to 3%, meaning higher mortgage bills for many homeowners. the bank of england s move matches the us federal reserve s rate hike on wednesday, as central banks around the world battle to combat inflation. here s the bank of england governor. these are big changes. they have a real impact on people s lives. so why are we doing it and why are we doing it now when so many people are struggling with higher energy and food prices and other bills? we are increasing bank rate because inflation is too high. it is the bank sjob to bring it inflation is too high. it is the bank s job to bring it do
South Yorkshire Police giving us those details a little earlier. The weapon involved is understood to be a broken bottle, rather than a knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. Sojust knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. So just to recap, knife. That detail fare from the pa news agency. Sojust to recap, a 17 year old boy has been arrested on suspicion of Attempted Murder after three people were injured at that secondary school, which then went into lockdown. This is the the Birley Academy in sheffield on wednesday, and we were told to expectjust wednesday, and we were told to expect just a wednesday, and we were told to expectjust a brief wednesday, and we were told to expect just a brief statement from the police then, which we got, no questions from the media allowed or taken and short statement then from the head teacher as well outside. But this has clearly been a shocking incident and a shocking moment this morning. At about 8 50am, police were called. That is
Domestic news channel broadcasting within the uk and an International News channel which has been broadcasting to audiences around the world. Made the decision to merge those into one single news channel and when that was made, fewer presenters were needed so existing News Presenters like the four female presenters mentions, along with many others, are invited to apply to reduce the number of presented jobs. None of the four women in the tribune today got any of those jobs as part of that process and a flawed process, a wrecked process where things were predetermined from the start. They say there are also discriminated against on the grounds of age, sex and so are bringing pay action against the bbc. They say they were discriminated against on they were discriminated against on the grounds of sex because they work women aged in their late 40s to their late 50s. They say they lost out on these presenter roles. They say they later learned that other presenters had been given assurances
the first minister on the job that i do on behalf of people here in wales. that spring term will see the publication of our child poverty strategy, the final report of the independent commission on the constitutional future of wales, the future of steel making in wales will be on our agenda early in the senedd spring term, as well the senedd reform, conclusion of consultations about making the council tax fairer and the reform of the school year. module to be of the covid i9 uk inquiry will happen in wales during february and march. module 28. and of course a budget to february and march. module 2b. and of course a budget to pass through the senedd. there will be plenty of time for political obituaries and retrospection once i ceased to be first minister. but not before. in a five year period, which has seen wales deal with astarte, brexit, the covid pandemic, the climate crisis, wars in ukraine and the middle east and four different prime ministers so far, there will b
welcome to world news america in the uk, on pbs and around the globe. we start tonight with the vexed issue of us china relations, and a key meeting between top american and chinese diplomats in alaska. the us secretary of state is meeting his chinese counterpart for the first time since president biden took office. tensions are high after four years of a trade war between president trump and bejing, and now there s mounting us disapproval of the chinese effort to supress democracy in hong kong. joining us now from anchorage is the bbc s state department correspondent barbara plett usher. barbara, it is a pretty snowy background there. is the us secretary of state hoping for any kind of a thought in us china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? kind of a thought in us- china relations? . . , ., ., relations? actually, laura, we were told not to relations? actually, laura, we were told not to make relations? actually, laura, we were told not to make too