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to nato membership, so long as the conditions are met. what does that mean? when might that happen? and who is driving the future of men s golf? the leaders of the pga tour have been grilled by us senators today over the deal they struck with saudi arabia. what impositions will that place on the game s biggest stars? all that to come. we start with that major development in the story about that bbc presenter who is accused of sending money for sexually explicit photographs. the bbc has now made contact with a second person, in their early 20s, who says they felt threatened by the same presenter. this second person was first contacted by the presenter through a dating app, and claims that subsequently the presenter began sending menacing messages. they re not believed to have made a complaint to the corporation. let s speak to charlotte gallagher. charlotte, tell me about this latest allegation and where this takes the story and what sort of position this puts the bbc in. this
if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us it is time for the top business stories. we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the bank of england is widely expected to raise the cost of borrowing for the twelfth time in a row. the quarter percent rise most economists are predicting would take the bank s main interest rate to 4.5% the highest it has been in almost 15 years. the big question though will it be enough to start to get inflation, which is still running at more than 10% a year, under control? let s speak to katharine neiss she has held various roles at the bank of england and is now chief european economist at p gim fixed income. good to have you on the programme. iassume good to have you on the programme. i assume you are with the majority believe we are looking at a rate hike today of another 25 basis points. today of another 25 basis oints. . , today of another 25 basis oints. . , ., , points. that s right, that s the consensus p
emergency as a result of soaring energy bills? i absolutely accept that and i know millions of people are worried about inflation and particularly the cost of their energy bills, and that s why i wanted to provide them with some reassurance and peace of mind over the last couple of days as we re starting to learn more about what might happen to energy bills in the autumn. and what i ve said is, if i m prime minister i will go further in supporting those families that most need our help because the situation is worse than we thought when i announced quite significant support earlier this year. let s see how much worse, let s look at the figures we ve got now. we can see them coming up in the screen just now. that was the average energy bill in october 21, just under £1300. the projection that we ve now got for what energy bills will be this october is more than £3,500! is it the moral responsibility of this government to make sure that people do not feel that they cannot he