lower but to put that into context it was at zero in europe this time last year. and in the world s largest economy the us, the cost of borrowing is at 5% to 5.25%. but critics point out rising interest rates is a blunt tool that comes with its own set of dangers that can pose further risks to the economy. so what else can be done? well, central bankers are getting together today in portugal to chew over this challenge. joining me now isjennifer mckeown chief global economist at capital economics. good morning to you, jennifer. so it s a lovely location, portugal, you got christine lagarde there, andrew bailey, jerome powell among others, what do you think they will chew on? of course they re all increasing the cost of borrowering and in some places like the uk, so far it s having little effect. little effect. yeah, you re ri . ht. little effect. yeah, you re right. beautiful little effect. yeah, you re right. beautiful location, | little effect. yeah, you rel right. be
meeting with the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy as the two men walked streets air raid sirens could be heard and really a sign of how risky this trip was. and so in a pledge, president biden vowed to continue to support the country no matter the cost or the time. one year later kyiv stands, and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. it is worth fighting for, for as long as it takes, and that is how long we will be with you, mr. president, for as long as it takes. we go straight to kaitlan collins where the president is soon going to arrive in warsaw, poland. i once accompanied the president on a secret trip to see the troops and the precautions to go to the u.s. military base were astounding, but biden just went to an active war zone with virtually no u.s. troops on the ground, so how in the world did the president and the white house pull this off? kristin, i am so glad that you brought it up, and if you
about mike pence, that served to whip up the crowd. one of the rioters read it aloud. watch this. you just heard that mike pence is not going to reject any fraudulent elector votes! you re a traitor! that s right. you heard it here first. mike pence has betrayed the united states of america! [ bleep ] you, mike pence. it was clear it was escalating and escalating quickly. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. so when that tweet, mike pence tweet, was sent out, i remember us saying that that was the last thing that needed to be tweeted at that moment. the situation was already bad. and so it felt like he was pouring gasoline on the fire by tweeting that. the danger to pence was very real, and very close as we have now learned, that angry mob got about 40 feet away from the vice president. mr. jacob, you were there, seeing that for the first time, does it surprise you to see how close the mob was to the evacuation route that you took? 40 feet is a distance from me t
Bronwen maddox, director and Chief Executive of chatham house, and miles taylor, formerly Chief Of Staff at the Us Department of homeland security. We will get their thoughts on the meeting today between President Putin and kim jung un. And those calls today for a Re Evaluation of the uks relationship with beijing, which follows new allegations of Potential Spying by china in westminster. We will focus on libya very shortly. But first, theres been a Big Development this evening in a police investigation, here in the uk, into the death of 10 year old sara sharif, whose body was found at the family home in woking, surrey, five weeks ago. Herfather, his wife and his brother who left the country for pakistan before saras death was reported are now back in the uk. Urfan sharif, Beinash Batool and faisal malik were not arrested as they boarded a plane in pakistan for dubai. The authorities in pakistan say they travelled of their own free will. But when they landed in the uk, all three of the