At the emirates. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Downing street has described as unacceptable remarks alleged to have been made by one of the conservative partys biggest donors about the mp, diane abbott, during a Business Meeting in 2019. The guardian claims that frank hester said ms abbott made him want to hate All Black Women and that she should be shot. This morning diane abbott has called the alleged comments frightening. Mr hester has admitted making comments about her which he described as rude, but his spokesperson has said this is not a confirmation of the quotes in the guardian. Henry zeffman has the story. Some people who give millions to Political Parties have high public profile is. Frank hester didnt. Until now. This is what the guardian says mr hester told staff at the Health Care Software company he built from scratch at a meeting back in 2019. Its like trying not to be racist, but you see diane abbott on the tv and you just want to hate All Black Wom
Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
Now on bbc news Blood Brothers the pro russian serbians. After russias invasion of ukraine, countries around the world were forced to take sides. But for one country, the choice has not been straightforward. Unlike most european countries, serbia has resisted imposing sanctions on russia. A fringe Hard Line Ultranationalist Group is pushing for closer links with an old ally. Believing the country is at a tipping point, they turn on serbias president. I was shocked to watch as the war in ukraine reopened old wounds from our own balkan wars. And now serbias nationalists are on the rise again. With exclusive backstage access, i spent the last year investigating some of the most extreme voices. Theres a Prison Sentence Hanging over this man. Hes charged with calling for the violent overthrow of the government. Hes given us unprecedented access to his world. Nationalists like him believe that now is the time to act. We have war in ukraine, for example. If youre a patriot, okay, we must supp
Now on bbc news Blood Brothers the pro russian serbians. After russias invasion of ukraine, countries around the world were forced to take sides. But for one country, the choice has not been straightforward. Unlike most european countries, serbia has resisted imposing sanctions on russia. A fringe Hard Line Ultranationalist Group is pushing for closer links with an old ally. Believing the country is at a tipping point, they turn on serbias president. I was shocked to watch as the war in ukraine reopened old wounds from our own balkan wars. And now serbias nationalists are on the rise again. With exclusive backstage access, i spent the last year investigating some of the most extreme voices. Theres a Prison Sentence Hanging over this man. Hes charged with calling for the violent overthrow of the government. Hes given us unprecedented access to his world. Nationalists like him believe that now is the time to act. We have war in ukraine, for example. If youre a patriot, okay, we must supp
Now on bbc news Blood Brothers the pro russian serbians. After russias invasion of ukraine, countries around the world were forced to take sides. But for one country, the choice has not been straightforward. Unlike most european countries, serbia has resisted imposing sanctions on russia. A fringe Hard Line Ultranationalist Group is pushing for closer links with an old ally. Believing the country is at a tipping point, they turn on serbias president. I was shocked to watch as the war in ukraine reopened old wounds from our own balkan wars. And now serbias nationalists are on the rise again. With exclusive backstage access, i spent the last year investigating some of the most extreme voices. Theres a Prison Sentence Hanging over this man. Hes charged with calling for the violent overthrow of the government. Hes given us unprecedented access to his world. Nationalists like him believe that now is the time to act. We have war in ukraine, for example. If youre a patriot, okay, we must supp