gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi
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let s go to our correspondent nomia iqbal in washington. great to have you. linesjust coming in from reuters saying the state dept has discussed future control of kabul airport with the taliban what have you heard? yes, well the us administration has said that it has been in regular talks with the taliban which is extraordinary in and of itself. people want to know what have you been talking about? and one of the things that has emerged was who will control kabul airport. and he said that there is an agreement between the us and the allies, and the taliban that there should be at least a functioning airport. right now the taliban effectively controls the airport, there was no word and