new figures here in the uk show that the rate at which prices are rising has fallen sharply, hitting single figures for the first time since last august. the annual rate for april fell to 8.7%, down from 10.1% in march, but still higher than predicted. a quick global comparison in the us, the rate of inflation stood at 4.9% in the 12 months to april, falling for the tenth month in a row. the eurozone rate rose slightly in april to 7%, but that figure is still down from 8.5% in february. the bbc s economics correspondent andy verity explained. if you want to be half full, at least it s in single digits now. for three months in a row, it s defied expectations it would drop into the single digits, and it stayed in double digits. so that has been coming down, and there are some nice signs like for example, petrol is cheaper than it was a year ago, some second hand cars have been coming down in price, and generally goods price inflation, which has been driving this, has subsid
about racism in this country and race relations more broadly. after the fatal police beating of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old unarmed black man. there s been conversations about race, about policing, and about power and it s abuse for years. complicate of course by the fact that the five officers charged in his death are also black. that is what many feel so passionate about how we teach about the legacy of race and racism in this country. it is why it is become, frankly, so controversial. especially in places like florida where the republican governor ron desantis has been slamming a new ap african american studies course. tonight, the college board is out with changes to that curriculum, raising questions about why they choose and why they chose to remove certain topics. leyla santiago has the very latest. look at this traffic. for 42 years, he was killed right here. from that moment, it was never the same. the man was arthur mcduffie, a black father beaten to death by
we need the answer to that question to be yes. but is the answer yes? well, clearly at the moment, trust in the police has been hugely damaged by the things that we ve discovered over the past year. even your trust? everybody s trust. we also speak to rishi sunak about the cost of living, immigration and the fate of his predecessor borisjohnson. and in other news. the health divide. why deaths from lung conditions like asthma are three times higher in some parts of the uk than others. a little less of every little helps. tesco becomes the latest retailer to reduce the bonuses of its reward scheme. supermarkets are making savings too. what does it mean for you? and another very mild march day at there today. we will see a few sunny spells around compared with yesterday. the full forecast here on breakfast. it s tuesday, 21st march. institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. those are the findings of a damning review of the metropolitan police published this morning
the top of the hour on cnn newsroom. at least 23 people including three children are dead after a russian cruise middle attack in the city of vinnytsia. anymore people are still missing. officials believe the missiles were launched by russian submarines in the black sea. president zelenskyy calls this an act of russian terror. scott mclean is in vinnytsia. scott, i know it is dark now. tell us what is happening at this hour. reporter: president zelenskyy said earlier today that people can t do this. he said that the people who did this are animals. those are his words. if you look over here, you can see fire crews trying to get rid of all of the debris here from this office building. i cannot show you the theater next-door because it is dark but one of the two missiles that landed in this area obliterated the building. there is maybe only a half a dozen windows that survived the sheer strength of this blast. what is incredible, they were two strikes. what hit the parkin
Surprise a bit there. Well, i was pausing out of politeness, so alex could go first. Ladies first. So, you know the other day there, we started our new feature, which was getting people to email in where theyd seen politicians at gigs . In where theyd seen 0h, right. In where theyd seen and then that very night, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, played a gig in kyiv, almost like hed been listening to newscast on his armoured train from poland. Well, he might have been. Whos to say he wasnt . Well, paul was. He said, i was backstage at live aid when i got locked in the portaloo gents with charles kennedy. The main door got stuck. We listened to Coldplay Sing fix you, as we pulled on the door with force and eventually freed ourselves. Thats quite the story i mean, theres a whole other thing there, not just politicians at gigs, but locked in a loo with a politician. I dont know, could that be a. . A side genre. Heres another one. This is from alex on email. Good name. Last year,