donald trump dismisses the woman who won a sexual assault case against him as a whackjob as he again claims he s the victim of a political vendetta. and from defending human rights on television to rocking out at night at eurovision, the lawyer turned pop star representing australia. and coming up on bbc news, west ham look to reach their first european final in 47 years as they take on az alkmaar in the first leg of their european conference league semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. interest rates are at their highest in 15 years, after the bank of england raised them to 4.5%, making it more expensive to borrow but better for savers. the increase is an attempt by the bank of england to curb people s spending and bring down inflation that s the rate at which prices are rising which was just over 10% in march. but the bank also upgraded the prospects for the uk economy now no longer forecasting the economy will shrink but grow modestly over t
it s seven in the morning in singapore, midnight in london and 5pm in texas, where tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently apprehended at the us mexico border in a single day, fuelling fears over what will happen when this controversial immigration policy expires. the us homeland security secretary has issued a warning ahead of title 42 s expiry. he s sa
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
from our we will have the latest. live from our studio we will have the latest. live from our studio in we will have the latest. l e: from our studio in singapore it s news day. hello and welcome to it s news day. hello and welcome to the - it s news day. hello and - welcome to the programme. in texas, tens of thousands of people are massing on the border between mexico and the united states. they ve been gathering there for weeks. and many of them are expected to try to cross the border into the us from friday. that s because a temporary law introduced by donald trump that meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly expires overnight. title 42 made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. but its looming expiration has triggered something of a rush to reach the border, with cities on both sides readying for an increase in attempted crossings once it lapses. a record number of migrants were recently appreh