16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of customers. our business correspondent hannah miller reports. this is the first home gheev has owned, bought with his girlfriend two months ago. but since they agreed their mortgage, the monthly payments have gone up twice in line with the base rate of interest set by the bank of england. when we were coming to find a mortgage, the fixed rates were astronomically high. we figured that if the bank of england base rate goes up by another two or three percentage points, we re actually better off staying
in a dispute over legal aid funding despite warnings of misconduct disciplinary proceedings if they don t turn up to work. major us companies including disney and jp morgan tell staff they ll cover employee travel expenses for abortions after a landmark ruling by the supreme court banned them. one woman has died and a man is in hospital with life threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in central england and damaged at least three others. obviously that is really sad and tragic. notjust for the individuals involved, notjust for the local community but especially the family and friends of the individuals who have been affected by this. and we ll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament gets under way. big names on courts today include novak djokovic, andy murray and emma raducanu. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky is addressing g7 leaders in bavaria by video li
year s glastonbury festival. is year s glastonbury festival. one british spectacle e another is one british spectacle ends, another begins. good morning from wimbledon on day one of the championships with andy murray and emma raducanu both in action. and the weatherfor emma raducanu both in action. and the weather for wimbledon is mixed, we could see some showers late morning early afternoon, they will clear, then dry and sunny conditions, that is the forecast for most of us. showers moving east, some will be heavy and thundery, followed by sunshine but northern ireland will see some rain in the afternoon. all of the details through the programme. it s monday 27th june. our main story. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, will today urge leaders from the world s richest countries to do more to help his country fight back against the russian invaders. in a video address to the g7 summit in germany, he s expected to renew his call for more heavy artillery and air defenc
The main thing, for this minute, in the studio ilya fedorovtsev. Hello. Vladimir putin arrived in china today. The russian president will be the main guest of the third forum of international cooperation, one train, one track. He will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the event. The president has a busy twoday program. In addition to participation in the forum, a number of meetings are planned. The president has already arrived at the great hall of the people in beijing, where the official welcoming ceremony took place heads of the delegation, chairman of the peoples republic of china sinden ping and his wife peng liyi. While taking photographs, putin managed to communicate with the head of china, as well as with the president of uzbekistan, shavkat mirziyoyev. In addition, Vladimir Putin held a number of bilateral meetings, such as a meeting with the Prime Minister of hungary, viktor orban. The president especially noted the opportunity to exchange views with one of the European Unio
Commented on the vote in the un meeting, which rejected the palestinianisraeli peace resolution of russia. Winter has fallen on the capital of the volga region; after a heavy downpour, snow fell in Nizhny Novgorod, hundreds of trees were knocked down by strong winds, and the city was paralyzed. What weather can we expect on the european territory of russia tomorrow . Hello, you are greeted by the Information Service of the ntv television company, this is the program today, its presenter is ana nikolaeva and igor politaev. In pekingna, in the Meeting House on tianmen square, at this moment there is a reception of heads of delegations who arrived at the one belt, one road forum. Representatives from 130 countries are participating. Greetings. Guests, the owner of the furum , sidin pin, said that the historical trend towards peace and mutually beneficial cooperation between countries cannot be stopped. Vladimir putin arrived in the Chinese Capital in the afternoon and has already met with