Today, we turn a page in the book of our nations history. A history that we write together. Notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped, too. Devolution is not something i have had to get used to, or to apologise for. Devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. It is what i have always known through my adult political life. Thats the same for a growing number of our citizens. I want us to use this moment as a Starting Point for a more confident march into the future. A march into the future on behalf of a generation that too often is being asked to Pick Up The Pieces and the bill for those who came before them. In wales it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. In adversity, you cant match us. We will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for the will be there. Fighting tooth and nailfor the impossible will be there. Fighting tooth and nail for t
Higher savings for some. In the last half an hour, weve had this reaction to the rate rise from the chancellor, jeremy hunt. Well, of course any rise in Interest Rates is a worry for families with mortgages, for businesses with loans. But underneath that decision is a forecast that says that this time next year, inflation will be 2. 8 and we will have avoided recession. What the Bank Of England governor is saying is that we have a plan that is bringing down Inflation Lay solidly, robustly and consistently. So the plan is working but what we have to do as a government is make sure we stick to that plan and dont veer around like a shopping trolley. We stick to that plan so that families and businesses can start to feel the benefits of that plan actually working. So, jeremy hunt says the government is sticking to its plan. But this was the reaction from labours shadow chancellor, rachel reeves. The government need to take responsibility for the fact that inflation in the uk is much higher
Gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the American People. Congressional correspondentd th American People. Aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. But we begin standin with housee house correspondent Jackie Heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. Jacqui good evening, jackie. D good evening, martin. Resident good evening, bret. Well, President Biden directly a assail republicans tonight. Officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for National Abortion bans. Deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. Wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but its not supposed to look like a campaign speech. So the president Will Instealo D frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and continued. Righ
gentleman and also the first lady, the president will lay and out his agenda to those lawmakers and to you, the american people. congressional correspondentd th american people. aisha hosny is standing by withs a preview of the republican response. but we begin standin with housee house correspondent jackie heinrich and a preview of the president s speech tonight. jacqui good evening, jackie .d good evening, martin.resident good evening, bret. well, president biden directly a assail republicans tonight. officials have sent ousst memos hitting republicans forro everything from trump tax cuts ,adding to the deficit to proposals for national abortion bans. deficit, and also plans to cut social ban security and medicare. wes an this speech is widely vid as an anchor to a anchor t 2024 announcement, but it s not supposed to look like a campaign speech. so the president will instealo d frame his achievementsai as progress made against allns odds that needs to be protected and conti
the ukrainian soldiers here, to take cover under the trees. the russians are flying over these positions, trying to spot where they are. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final, beating britain s cameron norrie. hello, welcome to the programme. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary stand off over his more than $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the world s richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he s not received the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform. but twitter s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. shares of twitter fell 6% in extended trading over the news. here s our north america technology reporter james clayton. elon musk is essentially saying that when he put that offer in, he thought that there were more users that actually used twitter than there actually are. and, to be fair, there are a lot of spam accounts on twitter. twitter actually said yesterday that they d