let s check what is making the news. there is no one dominant story this morning. as we are, the telegraph is leading on the likelihood of pay rises for public sector workers. the sunday times reminds rachel reeves of the pressure on her to lift the bar on families with more than two kids claiming some benefits. and strictly makes some of the front pages as well, amidst claims about bullying on the show. let s talk about rachel reeves as we are going to for most of today. stephanie, you study the economy probably more intently than anyone else in the country, how grim is the picture for her, do you think? fin picture for her, do you think? on one level. picture for her, do you think? q i one level, the short term picture is brighter than it has been for a while. you have information that has been coming down to target and is looking fairly under a controller may fall even further and you have growth picking up. so the very short term view is we are out of the woods but the
because nhs was under such extreme pressure because of nhs was under such extreme pressure because of underfunding, before the pandemic, because of underfunding, before the pandemic, so that it was not able to cope pandemic, so that it was not able to cope and pandemic, so that it was not able to cope. and more generally, the social and economic inequalities that were damaging and economic inequalities that were damaging the health of the people, what we damaging the health of the people, what we know, if you look at two countries, what we know, if you look at two countries, the uk and the us, pre pandemic, our countries had the slowest pre pandemic, our countries had the slowest improvement in health and the biggest increase in health inequalities of any rich country pre pandemic, and then during the pandemic, pre pandemic, and then during the pandemic, the countries that were most pandemic, the countries that were most hit pandemic, the countries that
eyes on wimbledon for the men s final and for her. alright, thank you so much for joining me today. i m fredricka whitfield, the cnn newsroom with jessica dean starts right now you are in the cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. one, i m jessica dean in new york and president biden is moving full steam ahead with his campaign for reelection, despite lingering doubts among members of his own party about his age and his fitness as for office while campaigning in the swing state of michigan, a defiant byd went after donald trump calling him, quote, a loser, and a convicted criminal. biden also made it it clear he s staying in the race and he says he s the only one who can beat trump for a march tomorrow narrative. my campaign has fallen apart. they say on the nominee of the democratic party, the only democrat or republican has beaten donald trump ever i m going to beat him again cnn s priscilla alvarez is joining us now and priscilla ease biden now pivoting or at least trying to pivot fr
the claims made against him. prince andrew has denied. uk covid infections the numbers are falling just under 3 million people had covid in the uk last week, but infections among schoolchildren are on the rise. russia carries out military exercises close to the ukrainian border as the us says it fears president putin could use force against ukraine within weeks. the ons will change the way it counts statistics for property after intervention by the food campaigner jack munroe and we will speak to jack munroe and we will speak to jackin jack munroe and we will speak to jack in the next hour so do stay with us for that. and the story of the little girl who vanished for days in australia more than half a century ago. finally answers about what happened to her. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has vowed to fight on amid more calls for him to resign as westminster waits for the publication of sue gray s highly anticipated report into parties in downin
u.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of nato s response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russia s part, they re now launching new military drills and the kremlin now blaming washington for increasing tensions. the greatest threat in the region since the cold war. let s begin with cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this hour. what more do you learn about these troops on heightened alert? reporter: good morning, kate. right now, the pentagon very clear that these troops are not on dpleployment orders yet. heightened alert, more ready than you ve been in case you get deployment orders. how would they go and who would t