Details here on breakfast. Its sunday 3 march. Our top story The Chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesdays budget, telling the Sunday Telegraph he has to act responsibly. With three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. Here is our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Police drones that can assess Road Traffic Accidents one solution chosen by The Chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesnt make easy reading. But jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of Technology Like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. Five years time. At a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. The chancellor is under pressure to make tax
Of unspun world. Willa ramadan ceasefire affect Benjamin Netanyahus push for total victory in the Southern Gaza city of rafah . Israel needs hamas to believe that a terrible fate awaits hamas in rafah unless something changes on the ground. Are Donald Trumps legal problems getting in the way of his re election . Will the independent voters in the suburbs of america want to vote for a man whos been indicted this many times . And barricades, rotting food and tear gas europes farmers are back and theyre angry. Whats different right now. Is the reaction at Leadership Level and the intensity of the anger that were seeing. Laughter and chatter do you like ice cream, too . Asjoe biden found the other day, the problem with announcing that peace talks are making progress is that the two main sides are likely to deny it as part of their ongoing negotiating tactics. Thats what happened almost immediately President Biden said the words. My hope is, by next monday, well have a ceasefire. Still, a c
0ur North America correspondent peter bowes sent this update. This means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. Donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. He says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had president ial immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. We have since heard from him again, after hearing about the Supreme Court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that president ial immunity applies. In fact, he says it is in the best interest of the United States, Notjust Talking about himself but referring
including in edinburgh while it hosts the festival means the refuse is piling up and spilling out. the secret sharing and trading of sexual images of women on a social media site, without their consent. three, two, one. and the go ahead for lift off is expected from nasa heralding an era of moon exploration for a new generation. after 50 years we are getting ready to return to the moon, using this colossal rocket, the most powerful ever built by nasa. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the build up has begun it s manchester united against liverpool at old trafford tonight, with both sides after their first win of the season. good evening. there are more sobering forecasts out today of the climbing rise in the cost of living, and particularly in energy prices for households and businesses. it s ahead of a new updated energy price cap due this friday and that cap remember sets a limit on how much providers can charge for a unit of energy. the latest figures suggest
the latest figures suggest the annual fuel bill for an average household is set to rise to more than £3,500 in october and thenjump to more than £11,600 injanuary. these are predictions, and changes in the markets can affect these numbers. some economists are also forecasting that inflation, which is nowjust over 10%, could reach as high as 18% which will hit household budgets even harder. the economy will be a huge challenge for whoever becomes the country s new prime minister, two weeks today. here s our business correspondent caroline davies. pulling pints is no longer enough to pay the bills for karen. she works full time in a pub. she lives alone in a one bedroom bungalow. she is already £1000 in debt because of energy costs. it terrifies me. you cannot find extra money. you haven t got it so i don t know what happens. i don t know where to go and what to do. someone who was working a0 hours a week shouldn t be able to not turn the heating on. energy bills are exp