We start with breaking news. Taliban fighters have reached the afghan capital, kabul. Some reports say theyve begun entering the city. But a spokesman for the militants said theyd been told to wait. The afghan president ial palace has tweeted that gunshots have been heard at a number of points around kabul. These pictures filmed by our crew In Kabul in the last hour show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban says negotiations are taking place to ensure a peaceful transition of power. Us and british troops have been arriving in afghanistan to evacuate diplomatic staff. Overnight, the insurgents seized the eastern city of jalalabad. Local leaders handed it over without a fight according to reports. Lets speak to our South Asia correspondent, anbarasan ethiraja. Remind us of the key points and the significance of what has happened in the last hour and a half. I can the last hour and a half. I can confirm that the last hour and a half. I can confirm that after the last hour and
premiums all up. the cost of food consumed at home rose nearly 12%, food away from home, 7.4%. the gasoline index has increased 48.7%. the average national price of a gallon of gas this week, is at $5, highest in california at $6.42. trying to stem inflation, the fed said it will raise interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point, the biggest hike since 1994. new projections show interest rates may hit 3.4% by the end of the year, but because inflation is rising far faster than any of those rates, any money in savings is still being eroded. there s also a spade of layoffs adding to investor fears. cnn reports two u.s. real estate companies that had flourished in the pandemic announced layoffs of 8 and 10%. coin base laid off 18% of its staff. spotify plans to reduce hiring by 25%. elon musk, who already said he wants to lay off 10% of the tesla staff, is now intimating that if he acquires twitter, job cuts could follow. meanwhile, meanwhile, you ve got the january 6
and at 12.30 click will be looking at virtual reality technology, and asking if it s the next big thing or the next big flop. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. princes william and harry have given a candid insight into their relationship with their mother princess diana, and have revealed that they last spoke to her in a brief phone call on the day she died. speaking in a documentary to mark the twentieth anniversary of her death, the princes said they regret the rushed nature of that conversation, but fondly recall their mother s loving nature and her mischievous side. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. to the watching world, she was the princess whose image appeared constantly on front pages. it was a glamorous but necessarily limited impression of the real person. now, nearly 20 years after diana s death in the car accident in paris, her sons, william and harry, have spoken in an itv documentary about diana, the mother who did so much to shape their c
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