gustavo petro. also, crazy about cannabis as thailand legalises marijuana, we report on a boom in weed related businesses. a big bid to help the refugees of ukraine: the russian nobel peace laureate dmitry muratov auctions his medalfor more than $100 million to raise funding for children displaced by the war. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. five general elections inside four years that is where israel is heading as the current prime minister, naftali bennett is to step down from his post, dissolve parliament and trigger yet another election. in the meantime, the current foreign minister, yair lapid, who was due to share the prime ministerial post with mr bennet, will take temporary charge. mr bennett has been in thejob forjust over a year and has struggled to stabilise his increasingly fragile governing coalition. translation: i held a series of talks with officials - and i realised that in 10 days, with the expiration of the west bank regul
hello. this is bbc news. let s get the sport. good afternoon. england s new s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england s tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is matthew potts. he got his first wicket in his first test match over dismissing new zealand captain kane williamson. he added another two and leaving new zealand going into lunch 39 for 6. not all plain sailing for england though. spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a c
robert wood, chief uk economist, pantheon macroeconomics. itjoins me now. no change expected today, why not? it joins me now. no change expected today, why not? good mornin: expected today, why not? good morning why expected today, why not? good morning why not? expected today, why not? good morning why not? inflation - expected today, why not? good morning why not? inflation is i morning why not? inflation is just back to the bank of england 2% target for top within that headline inflation, inflation with services, eating out, restaurants, all sorts of household services, going to out to the cinema and so on prices of these things are rising still really quickly. so yesterday we saw they were up 5.7% year on year. with that rate of increase headline inflation is not going to stay at 2% very long. at 296 very long. the next decision at 296 very long. the next decision by at 296 very long. the next decision by the at 296 very long. the next decision by the bank- at