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where we ll bring you the top stories from around the world. police in london have arrested a man after a car crashed into the gates of downing street, the home of the uk prime minister. the man was detained on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving. there are no reports of injuries. in the last hour police said that the incident is being dealt with by local officers in westminster and isn t currently being treated as terror related. what you can see here is a white car which we ve circled, approaching the main entrance to downing street. the car appears to slow down as before it hits a set of gates, which are staffed round the clock by armed and unarmed police officers. the prime minister was in downing street at the time of the crash, but has since left for a scheduled visit. now for some live pictures of whitehall right nowjust so you can see the situation on the ground. and as you can see, the police have still cordoned off the area. there is still a str ....
back to our may news over the course of the last few hours. prince harry s spokesman says he, his wife meghan and her mother were involved in a near catastrophic car chase while being followed by photographers after an event in new york. a statement says the pursuit lasted more than two hours and resulted in multiple near collisions last night, the duke and duchess of sussex and ms ragland were involved in a near catastrophic car chase at the hands of a ring of highly aggressive paparazzi. this relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two nypd officers. these pictures have just come in a warning there s flashing photography. they show prince harry and meghan leaving the gala in new york. on leaving the gala in new york. tuesday night. thoss recently on tuesday night. those pictures are recently ended and we have also been hearing in the last little while new york s mayor, e ....
aimed at improving relations. and another colourful night at the eurovision song contest as the last ten acts head into the grand final. hello. i m victoria valentine. let s start with breaking news, and a controversial immigration policy in the us has just expired, and officials are warning about a potential surge in migrants at the border. this is the us mexico border. officials have said that when title 42 is no longer in effect, tens of thousands of people could try to cross over. let s remind ourselves what the policy is. the temporary law introduced by donald trump, known as title 42, meant illegal migrants could be removed quickly, and it expired at midnight washington time. the policy made it easier for the us to send people back to mexico using the coronavirus pandemic as justification. the winding down of covid measures means the policy no longer has any public health justification, and it prompted officials to announce it would end on may 11, the same day as ....
at least eight people have been killed in serbia s second mass shooting this week. the gunman opened fire from a moving vehicle about a0 miles south of belgrade. police have arrested the suspected attacker. the country s president has promised gun control measures that would include removing thousands of guns from people s homes. bethany bell sent this report from the scene, which some may find disturbing. a forensic team combs the ground for clues after a gunman went on a deadly shooting spree. locals say an argument broke out last night. they say the suspect went home, collected a gun and opened fire, killing and wounding people in neighbouring villages. many of the casualties were young, in their teens and early 20s. police launched a huge manhunt, which went on all night. they arrested a man believed to be around 21 years old early this morning. you can still see blood on the ground outside the small village school in dubona. there are discarded bandages as well. this was ....
the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. ....