welcome to the programme. there are tentative signs that inflation is coming under control, and the recession forecast last year will be shallower and shorter than expected. butjust to make sure, the central banks are raising the interest rates again. yesterday it was the fed, today the bank of england increased the base rate, half a point, to 4% the highest it has been in m years. we think inflation will come down rapidly, and a lot of that is down to energy prices, which have fallen rapidly. but i m afraid there are big risks out there which mean that it may not happen in that way. yet we re still seeing stronger pressure from price and wage setting in the economy in the question is, will that start to ease off? coinciding with the bank s decision came a profit announcement from shell and a rather blunt illustration of why we re all getting poorer. the oil and gas giant has reaped profits of £40 billion last year. the taxman has reaped far less. shell said it paid $1
welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and around the world. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is zahedan, the scene of violent confrontation again. independent observers claiming the cracked down by security forces across iran has killed at least 160 people and the tactics continue to be unbearably indiscriminate. i saw footage of a teenager, a child, shot in the head who apparently has been killed and they haven t gotten exact figures for how many people have died, how many people have been injured today but as you said, from the footage that we saw, we can say that certainly, they opened fire again with live ammu
together of neutron stars. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a peak tv audience of 7.6 million viewers tune in to see the lionesses book their place in the semifinals of euro 2022. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury s economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. ms truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. our political correspondent iain watson reports. his report contains some flashing images. it s going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she s fighting this leadership election like an outsider. her pitch to party members is that s
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