those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
as you can see here, the rate of inflation in the uk has remained stubbornly high over the last few months adding pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates again when it meets tomorrow. they re likely to be concerned that core inflation which excludes volatile food and energy prices actually rose hitting 7.1%. that s the highest rate since march 1992. bear in mind, the bank of england s target for inflation is 2% and its been falling in other countries. here s the uk finance ministerjeremy hunt. we don t have the clip at the moment. yael selfin is chief uk economist at the business consultancy kpmg and joins us from london. we heard from jeremy hunt earlier and he said it is a surprise, and it is one of their targets to get inflation down, but it is proving to be harder to do and easier to say. it is proving tricky and there are a number of reasons, one of which is we have a very tight labour market, tighter than in other economies, especially in europe,
a month ago we learned it had fallen to 8.7%, but food price inflation was over twice that, hurting many consumers even harder. one pizzeria owner, sergio from brighton, has been telling the bbc how inflation has been affecting his business costs that he has to pass onto consumers. we noticed that, after the first lockdown, let s say the tomato went from £20 per case to 25, and today reached £39 per case. bags of flour from £20, £21 per bag now we paid £32 per bag. another thing that is affecting is the salaries, as well the wages went up. the minimum wage is growing year by year. and this year, i think was 9% more for the minimum. so everything is affecting the price of our pizza. that is a business meant sharing impact on him. now, another area where many british households are facing the pinch is in housing costs. one mp is warning a mortgage time bomb is about to explode with mortgage rates rising. for those who are renting, many pay more still with the ave
colleagues across the nations and regions and the news where you are but from the ten o clock team, good night. one of the last big electoral tests before a general election is over. will the results determine keir starmer s chances of entering downing street? dirty polls closed polls closed 30 minutes ago. nick and election guru john curtice are here to game the outcome. and a cabinet minister, a shadow cabinet minister and the deputy leader of the lib dems will all be spinning their narratives. also tonight, an exclusive newsnight investigation into misogny and a boys culture in police scotland. four female former employees, three of them longstanding officers, banding together as whistle blowers, speak out. it was like a russian roulette. i either put the grievance in, lose my career, or i don t put the grievance in and i lose my career because i m getting accused of throwing weapons, which didn t happen. ultimately it didn t just take my career. it took my mental healt
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