east and of course it s absolutely right, but there is another part of that and the other part is another part of that and the other parties the us policy on israel and gaza has been to continue to provide a diplomatic and political shield to israel s action in gaza, despite the fact that over a long period of time we ve seen that very, very severely escalating number of civilian deaths, civilians being killed by israeli action in gaza. that has angered the arab and muslim world and created therefore the political space for these militias allied to iran, not necessarily under their direct day to day control, to use that moment to try and build their base of popular support by attacking israel s allies in the region, namely the us and others, and so these two things have become entirely connected and one of the objectives will be from the sort of tehran world view is if the us interests are being attacked in the region, firstly that fulfils one long term objective which is to
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hello, i m sumi somaskanda. us presidentjoe biden has touched down in belfast for the start of his visit to northern ireland and the republic. the four day trip marks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal largely brought an end to the 30 year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. here s president biden s schedule. on wednesday, biden will deliver a speech at ulster university, before travelling to the republic of ireland. there he ll celebrate his own family s roots, attending events in louth and mayo. there will also be official discussions in dublin, where biden will meet with irish president michael d higgins. he ll then head back to america on friday. the bbc s lucy hockings has more from belfast. so president biden has arrived and there was a small crowd that came down to the centre of belfast to greet him. they braved the wind and the rain. the weather has t
russian forces have again targeted ukraine s energy facilities, leaving part of kyiv and other cities with no power and water. an aide to president zelensky has said the situation across ukraine was now critical. cities across the country were targeted. in the city of dnipro, a large energy facility was destroyed and officials and street lights will now be turned off. this is the damage left after an attack on the city of mykolaiv in the south of the county. say streetlights. the russian defence ministry showed these pictures earlier today of missiles being fired from air, sea and land. but the ground war in ukraine is not going all russia s way. the russian general recently appointed by president putin to take charge of the attack on ukraine has said preparations are being made to evacuate people from the city of kherson. general sergey surovkin has admitted that the situation on the ground is tense and quite difficult. let s cross to kyiv now and speak to the washing
interest rates are expected to rise sharply today, as the bank of england attempts to tackle soaring prices. the bank is expected to increase its base rate by three quarters of a percentage point from 2.25% to 3%. that would be its eighth consecutive increase since december, pushing the rate to its highest level for m years. it would also mark the biggest single increase since 1989, and could have a big impact on the cost of living and people s finances. our correspondent navtej johal has this report. omar is a veterinary surgeon based in derby. he came to the uk four years ago and had planned to buy a home and settle here long term. with interest rates here expected to rise further today, which is likely to make mortgages more expensive, omar says he s now considering whether he should even stay in the uk. have you lost trust in the uk? i trust my colleagues, i trust my friends, i trust a lot of people in the uk. it shook my trust in the system. and you may move, you may lea