to counteract rising prices. if we don t act inflation will become more embedded, it will get worse and we ll have to raise interest rates by more and we have to act to stop we ll be asking just how badly this is going to hit us, and what the two people vying might do to help. also on the programme. china releases images of the country s launch of ballistic missiles into waters around taiwan, in response to a senior us democrat visiting the island nation yesterday. in ukraine, we have a special report from the conflict in the south as ukrainian fighters look to regain the strategic city of kherson. brilliant from jack laugher. and at the commonwealth games, england s jack laugher wins a third successive gold in the one metre springboard final. and coming up on the bbc news channel, hinako shibuno leads the way after the first round of the women s open at muirfield, but scotland s louise duncan is hot on her heels, just two shots behind. good evening. the bank of england has