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after sinn fein becomes the largest party. actor ncuti gatwa has been announced as the new lead in doctor who, in one of british tv s longest running dramas. it feels really amazing, the role is an institution and it means so much to people including myself. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are signs russia is stepping up its offensive in the eastern donbas region of ukraine, just a few hours before the annual victory day parade is to due to take place in moscow. more than 60 people are feared dead after a russian bomb hit a school where they d been sheltering in luhansk. the russians are also continuing their intensive shelling of the azovstal steelworks, more people have been evacuated on sunday. meanwhile, doctorjill biden the wife of the us president has visited ukraine and met the wife of president zelensky. canada s prime ministerjustin trudeau is in the country too. more on all that in a moment. but first let s get this re ....
spring now comes three weeks earlier than it used to in the 1940s. hello to you, a warm welcome to bbc news. the bank of england has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, to 1%, as it tries to damp down rising prices. it predicts inflation will rise to more than 10% this year the highest rate since 1982. in a gloomy assessment, the bank has also forecast the economy will contract next year, leaving the uk facing a period of so called stagflation when prices rise quickly, but economic growth is slow. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. the global economy reopening after a pandemic and a war in ukraine don t ask what that has got to do with the price of cheese. the answer is everything. prices are going up weekly, you know? milk prices have gone up vastly in the last three or four months, butter is going up £5 a case, and then it has gone up another £5 a case. which 0k, it is good forfarmers, they are getting a decent price for ....
hello, good morning. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far and it s going to be warm today and tomorrow with lots of sunshine. later on easter sunday, there will be some rain coming into western areas but i will have all of the details later on. it s saturday the 16th of april. our top story: russia has warned ukraine s allies to stop supplying weapons to the country, saying it could have unpredictable consequences . moscow has also threatened to step up attacks on the area around the capital kyiv after an missile factory there was destroyed yesterday. our correspondent helena wilkinson has the latest. this was once one of russia s most prized warships, now the moskva lies at the bottom of the black sea. it is a huge blow to the country and its naval power. ukraine claimed it hit the cruiser with two missiles. russia denied this, saying an explosion on board caused it to sink. the country held a ceremony to mourn its loss. for ukrainians, the sinking of the warshi ....
patches developing particularly across southern counties of england, parts of wales, may be the vale of york, parts of southern scotland, wales and scotland. where fog forms it will linger for a couple of hours through rush hour and should then tend to clear and we will see some spells of sunshine. some showers around tomorrow, not too many but i think the northern half of scotland will stick with more crowd and a bit of rain at times. temperatures, 21-26, the of rain at times. temperatures, 21 26, the warmest conditions to the south east corner. as we get into thursday, as this area of high pressure wobbles its way north east we will start to develop more of a flow of wind from the near continent and it will bring a warmer feel for many of us and more humid as well. on thursday, could be some fog first thing across parts of northern england and scotland. showers are possible but most places will be dry with spells of warm sunshine. widely up with spells of warm sunshin ....
and all the main news stories straight after hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicolas maduro, venezuela s authoritarian socialist over the past decade, he s overseen a crumbling economy, of venezuela s population and yet, he is still in power, and the opposition s big idea, the creation of an alternative government, has foundered. my guest, maria corina machado, is currently frontrunner amongst opposition candidates but does she have any realistic chance of toppling venezuela s strongman? maria corina machado in caracas, venezuela, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen. it s a pleasure. for years, you have argued that participating in democracy in venezuela under nicolas maduro s rule is a grave mistake because it ends up legitimising maduro. so, how come you ve now decided to put your hat in the ring and seek the nomination from the opposition to fight in next year s presidential election? for years, we, the venezuelan people have been explaining to the wo ....