of tinfoil here. most famously, cern is home to the large hadron collider, the world s biggest machine, built to examine the universe s smallest particles. it smashes them together at almost the speed of light, and the last time i was here, it made me cry. cern lets us do science that no individual country could do by itself, so we can build fantastic machines like the large hadron collider big, complex international projects where the world comes together to do it. the thing about this place though is that the stuff that goes on here is highly theoretical and experimental, and it kind feels really abstract and not really relevant to our everyday lives, but plenty of stuff that has been developed here has filtered down to the real world. well, the high energy beams that are whizzing around cern are created by particle accelerators big ones. but there are many, many smaller ones around the world, and some of those are in hospitals, and they are being used to treat somethin
he campaigns to return to the white house. he is charged with four counts detailed in this 45- four counts detailed in this 45 page indictment, conspiracy to defraud the united states can, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. there is the special counseljack smith announcing the indictment. today an indictment was unsealed charging donaldj trump with conspiring to defraud the united states, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. the indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the district of columbia and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. i encourage everyone to read it in full. the attack on our nation plasma capital on january six, 202i on our nation plasma capital on january six, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. described in the indictment that was fuell
from 5% to 5.25%. and for the first time, it s suggested that rates will stay higher for longer in an attempt to drive down stubborn inflation the rising cost of goods and services by reducing the amount of money we have to spend. although today s increase means borrowing costs are at their highest level since 2008, it follows an era of unprecedented low rates. in previous decades, rates were much higher we can see here that in the 1980s rates got up to 18% before gradually falling. the bank today cut its forecast for economic growth, though it said the uk will avoid a recession. in a moment, we ll hearfrom savers, as well as families trying to cope with increasing costs, but first, here s our chief economics correspondent dharshini david. from cafe says customers may resist rate as higher mortgage and rent payments bite, to estate agents grappling with a sagging housing market, the hit from interest rates is clear. but for a very small minority, that impact is life c
described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal joins me from outside the court. what will we see on thursday? these charges as you outlined there, the department of justice believes it is held a strong case to show the former president of the us tried to select the election results of 2020 and essentially tried to overturn the policy. we mention one of the charges, conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruct official proceedings, and others. this is the most serious indictment set by the donald trump basis, one of the most serious indictments the department ofjustice has brought against a president in terms of what they have laid out in the indictment against him. having said that, despite the seriousness of it, department ofjustice