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sectors right across the globe. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, is this model showing the truth, is it showing the future? are there any exemptions for what would being told? it’s what would being told? it s important what would being told? it s important to what would being told? it s important to realise all models are wrong, but this one is useful. we think it is useful because it produces a good match to current data and current maps of areas at risk of flooding and when we compare it to data of what s happened in the past, it does a good job of simulating. as far as we can tell, does a good job in the present day and that gives us some confidence of when we project it into the future, it is not going to be 1 when we project it into the future, it is not going to bet million miles. it is not going to be 1 million miles. , ., , it is not going to be 1 million miles, y., , y., it is not going to be 1 million miles. , miles. so when you put your factors ....
after they went missing. and, the wait is almost over super fans are poised online as tickets for eurovision go on sale later. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to viewers here in the uk and around the world. britain s home secretary, suella braverman, has accepted the government is pushing the boundaries of international law with new legislation aimed at stopping asylum seekers crossing the english channel in small boats. it s thought the measures, being introduced in parliament today, and which put a legal duty on ministers to remove anyone who enters the uk illegally would face legal challenges. here s our political correspondent, iain watson: five years ago, fewer than 300 migrants attempted to cross the channel in a small boat. last year, more than 16,000 undertook the hazardous journey. and as the numbers grew, so too did the political pressure on the government. so injanuary this year, the prime minister made this pledge. we will pass new laws to stop ....
means the bank has at this stage opted not to raise them any further. this raises lots of questions, does the bank of england think we have hit peak inflation and therefore as a result, we have hit peak interest rates? how long will it take for the rest of the economy to fair and how long will it take for that to filter through until we start to feel a bit better off? as we know, rising interest rates mean it is more expensive on your mortgage and any borrowing. saving rates have been rising but the bank of england has been raising them pretty sharply, iii times from their record low. that was after the financial crisis. up to 5.5 5.25% of the was after the financial crisis. up to 5.5 5.25% of the opting today to 5.5 5.25% of the opting today to keep them on hold. some relief for mortgage holders right now of the big question, whether this is as high as they will go or indeed the bank will decide later on that it needs to keep raising them to keep a lid on infla ....
the boats there. and we have some pictures this morning from milford on sea on the hampshire coast. you can see the swell the system is creating which has forced the closure of the beach there. the system has already been over north west france, bringing gale force winds. the company s transport minister says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle, and our reporter has the very latest from there. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is heavy rainfall and flooding across the country. areas of northern ireland have been flooded. this is the scene in. newry. many schools are putting safety first and will be shut in southampton, hampshire and devon. amber wind warnings, the second highest level of alert, are in place for parts of the south coast. gusts are expected to reach 70 80 mph in the south, and 20-30 to reach 70 80 mph in the south, and 20 30 millimetres of rain is expected to fa ....
our priority has been, our concern has been, the rain that has fallen with that wind. we saw a lot of rainfall over the last few weeks, which resulted in a lot of flooding, and as a result the ground is saturated and so any rain that is falling now will fall through the day, will run off quite quickly and flow into the already swollen rivers. currently, we have 68 flood warnings in force across the country and a further 174 flood alerts, which means that flooding is possible. i would urge anybody who is thinking of going out and about to listen to the advice of other emergency services and the coastguard near the sea, and seriously consider your own safety. certainly when you are driving, we would expect to see quite a lot of surface water flooding. driving through flood water has its own risks and i would discourage anyone from doing that. if the water is deeper than about a foot, cars can start to float. you cannot see what is below floodwater. you cannot see how deep ....