over 3% in december. we spoke to investment manager shanti kelemen. she told us the fall in shop prices is a positive development, as the bank of england weighs up when it can start cutting the cost of borrowing. i think it s absolutely good news. i mean, one quirk of psychology is that even though inflation isn t going up because prices arejust sort of constant, it might not feel a lot better because the price is still higher than it was two years ago. with the changes and how people are expecting the future to unfold, the interest rates people pay our mortgages have already fallen a bit, similarly the rates the government is paying for borrowing are also coming down a bit from last year, so that in itself will provide a little bit of relief, even before the bank of england changes interest rates. but will that downward trend in shop price inflation continue? we all know about the supply chain disruptions in the red sea. and the picture could be further complicated from toni
the ongoing disputes. and the darts a 16 year old is the world championship final right now. can he go all the way? we should know in the hours ahead. welcome to the programme. we start with the events and ironic that took place this afternoon uk time. 100 people killed, two explosions, 100 people killed, two 2 bags of explosives detonated by remote control. this picture shortly afterwards. all this during ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasam soleimani. he was a top commander in the revolutionary guards a branch of the iranian armed forces. soleimani was killed in 2020 in us air strike in iraq. let s ta ke let s take a look at where they were in the southeast of iran, next to the grave. qasem soleimani. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley. the first bomb was fired by a second more deadly explosion. it comes four years to the day since he was killed himself. in an american drone attacks all on a visit to iraq. the general was a huge field gear
in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi gave me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical conditions. they say that after the first explosion took place, the second, when
hello, welcome to verified live. three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. a man with a knife has attacked nursery school children in the french town of annecy. the victims are as young as three, according to french reports, which say two children and a man are in a life threatening condition. one of the children attacked is a british national and another is a dutch national. a man was arrested near the scene. the moment of his arrest was captured on camera. take a look. people are screaming in the background. the man in this video injured whilst being arrested, police say he is a syrian who has refugee status in sweden, with no known links to islamist groups. he has a child who is apparently the same age as the little chldren he attacked. this all happened in the town of annecy, in the french alps. the children, all aged three and under, were on an outing to a park, some in pushchairs. the attacker also stabbed an elderly man walking nearby, be
more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran, near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the killing of qasem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. bbc persian s parham gobadi earlier told me further details of the blast. as you mentioned, this is one of the deadliest attacks in iran in the past a0 years. it has been unprecedented, the number of the death toll is rising every every few minutes, so far. they say that some of those who were injured are in critical conditions and we know at least one medic was among the casualties who was killed, two others, at least, are in critical condit