make it all. lydia? hi, charles. a month of cooling prices, certainly encouraging news for consumers that welcome the relief. they ve probably noticed gas prices coming down at the pump. there are still concerns that inflation could turn around and tick back up as there s other elements like housing, rent prices are still very high and should by said one month of cooling prices does not a trend make. consumering still notice how they re paying through the nose for a lot of items. gas prices still high even though they are coming down. up about 44% higher over last year. prices for food at the grocery store, more than 13% higher than last year. health insurance premiums up 20%. airline fares up, too. more than 27% still. you know, charles, it s school season. parents are stressed right now. they re out shopping getting their back to school supplies and noticing the sticker shock. take a look at this basket of back to school items like notebooks and binders and pencils. data
food prices too have gone up. nothing s being done about it. it s going to kill the people, these diesel prices. they have no i have no choice but to fill up my tank. there s no other choice. definitely too much. and it has to change, hopefully soon. neil: it is the story of the week, and right now it is hitting americans hard. i m talking about inflation, and it is still out of control. here s how bad things are getting. we re grateful if the rise isn t as dramatic as we had experienced in just the prior month. that is the state of things now with prices spiking at near 40-year highs. the last time we saw that is when jimmy carter was president. concerns that we re seeing the same thing roll out now and rolling around hoping for relief. good luck on that front. but kelly o grady on how customers and you are feeling. kelly. reporter: hi, neil. well, week we saw new inflation data with april s consumer price index out. the 8.3% year-over-year number was worse than ex
could the uk be heading for a trade war with the european union? that s certainly the fear of some in the business world, as tensions grow over the post brexit deal on northern ireland. uk foreign secretary liz truss is holding talks with the vice president of the european commission in the next few hours, as her government threatens to tear up large parts of the agreement. that could trigger legal action or trade sanctions from the eu as our deputy political editor vicki young reports. for some businesses in northern ireland, trading opportunities have grown, but the rules can cause disruption too. this garden centre in belfast is dealing with extra paperwork and supply issues. it has slowed our deliveries down. we would order lots of stuff from england, from holland. our frustration is that we are a weather dependent business. as soon as the weather gets good, we need to get ordering. we would usually order on a monday for a friday delivery. that has completely changed. we
hostages out and aid in, red cross gets access. so again, we have one more day today, hopefully we can get this thing extended and we ll see. any other way they feel they can determine the condition of the hostages, especially the americans? that s why the red cross access is so important because it s eyes on, it s an independent view and look to see how these people are doing. and that s why it s so important, why we have been fighting for it. thank you, john. regarding the attack in jerusalem which hamas has taken credit, does the u.s. view the attack to be a violation of the ongoing truce between israel and hamas? i don t want to get i m not a lawyer here, this attack happened in jerusalem, the pause is in the fighting more specific to gaza. so simple as that. it wasn t therefore it didn t violate. didn t technically violate the deal in place but obviously it s a stark reminder of who they are facing and wa kind of enemy they are opposing. back to the pho
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