programme occur. —— faisal islam. soldiers on the frontline. as the country continues to make small territorial gains in the south and east, it's also fighting another battleground, in the form of russian propaganda. disinformation has been used as a tactic since the war started back in 2014, when moscow annexed crimea. now it's become increasingly targeted on individuals. 0lga malchevska travelled to ukraine to investigate the story of one female sergeant. my name is andriana. i'm a soldier, servicewoman. andriana is a female soldier and a special unit markswoman. she's one of the best—known members of the ukrainian armed forces. her unit drove over a land mine last december. russian media reported she had been killed, describing her death in graphic detail, and calling her a ukrainian nazi. but we tracked andriana down in ukraine, in a hospital. we can't disclose its location, for her safety. they published that i am without legs and without hands. yes, and then i'm killed, like, i was killed by them. they are profe

faisal islam, bbc news in salisbury. higher interest rates being the new normal is a worrying one for many people with mortgages and loans but it's being welcomed by others who rely on income from their savings, especially retired people. ian in oldham is one of them. he's been speaking to our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. at 5.25%... yes! interest rates are up and there's plenty of people who are delighted. there's far more savers in the country than there are mortgage payers. we have had some reaction from jeremy hunt... he's got onejob. ian lives off his pension, but after squirrelling away money his whole working life, he has got a small savings pot tucked away. what impact are those rising rates having for you? thank you! you are rejoicing, then, today? as a saver, for the last ten years, i have had 0.1% on my savings. literally nothing. it doesn't pay your bus fare. interest rates going up, for me, is manna from heaven and it is about time. let's speak to gervais williams from the investment manager

chancellorjeremy hunt talking to faisal islam.le are internally displaced. furcal keane has followed the fortunes of one family he met at the fortunes of one family he met at the beginning of the war as they left ukraine to travel to britain. on the line that once carried them to exile, a family is homeward bound. oksana onyschuk and her children, anna and ilya, are refugees. it's been 18 months since this. this is hard to credit, to believe in the europe of 2022, people are just crushing all around me, trying to get on to these trains. many thousands fled ukraine through lviv railway station. like oksana, her husband, jenia, and their children. this photo taken just weeks before the war. the moment of their separation. men of fighting age couldn't leave the country. jenia went home to this. explosion the city of kharkiv, under a russian siege. a year after saying goodbye to his family, jenia was eking out an existence with food aid. his job as a massage therapist vanished with the war. inside... ..memories of the old life. on the

faisal islam, bbc news, in walsall.k equity research at waverton investment managers and chris irwin, director of savings at the yorkshire building society. welcome to you both and tineke i want to start with you. how would you assess these inflation rates falling? you assess these inflation rates fallin: ? ~ , . ., falling? while they are moving in the riaht falling? while they are moving in the right direction _ falling? while they are moving in the right direction but _ falling? while they are moving in the right direction but the - falling? while they are moving in the right direction but the main l the right direction but the main thing i think we should look at is what's exactly changing for us in our purses. and you know month on month, inflation went down like 0.4%. there are prices falling, it's a start, but we got a long way to go. a start, but we got a long way to to. ., �* a start, but we got a long way to io, ., �* ., a start, but we got a long way to o. ., �* ., . ., go. you've mentioned core inflation is

faisal islam, bbc news, in walsall. families. but prices are still rising significantly — particularly the cost of eating out and of flying abroad — and rent increases are hitting their highest rate since comparable records began. our cost of living correspondent coletta smith went to stockport, to find out if people there feel the pinch is easing. 0h. gillian, do you know what soup that is? lyn's daughter is home from uni at the moment, and that's upped the food bills. she will definitely be able to get at least three meals out of that thing, which is brilliant. food price rises are slowing, but it's still nearly 15% higher than last year, which was why lyn and 35,000 others are visiting the food pantry network. ten items for a bargain price. you forget how much food costs when you have to go and do and ask to shop. it's so expensive. this is more or less cut my shopping beill in half, which is massive. what should we get for sisters ruby and regan? so it's like you can only get like a few bits now for like £20. and th

the last time rates were that high was in april 2008. 0ur economic editor, faisal islam, is standingthe decision with my colleague lucy hocking in bbc news now. you can also follow the decision and reaction on the bbc news website and app. it's hard to find a more recognisable rock star than freddie mercury. queen fans are in for a treat this week, as they'll have the chance to see the singer's private record collection, his artwork and flamboyant stage costumes. the exhibition is opening in london ahead of an auction of freddie's personal possessions. they have — until now — been looked after by one of his closest friends. david sillito has been taking a look. yes, that's a giant moustache outside sotheby�*s sale room. and inside, well, let's have a look. # when i'm gone. # no need to wonder if i ever think of you. # the same moon shines. this, the famous graffitied green door that led to freddie's garden, freddie's record collection, freddie's kitchen. freddie's costumes. there's even freddie's moustache comb. and on and on it goes. there are 30,000 objects. and, for a man who is v

our economics editor faisal islam reports.may be coming out of rising prices at supermarkets and convenience shops, and that can be seen, for example, in milk prices on the shelves of this shop in walsall. overall they are still rising, butjust by less than they were. this area was, originally, about two months ago, all a pound, so every single bag was £1 but then they went up to £1.25, and now we have seen a further increase for newer stock which is £1.35. and is it going to go back to £1? no, it is definitely not going to go back to a £1, i think this will be the new price. but some things have gone down? some things have, like the cost of milk has gone down. that has gone down, and we have noticed that on the point but things like these that aren't made from milk, haven't gone down, these have gone up. here and in shops across the country, they are still updating prices on a weekly basis, but falls in gas and electric bills are offering a glimpse of a more normal economy. today's figures were driven by those first falls in

act to perform — reining in inflation without strangling the economy — as our economics editor faisal islam there's been a couple of things that have gone in the bank's favour over the past month. we've seen sterling rise — that will help temper the price pressures from imports. we've also seen other pressures in the markets where they've been raising some questions about the bank of england's credibility, as in mortgage rates going up without decisions being made — that has all calmed down, too. and the public�*s expectations of where inflation is going, which were really very high, have now begun to temper. so that's also going in the bank's favour. but a crucial issue is that they have raised rates by 5% — the impact of that has really taken some time to filter through into the economy, there is sort of turning the type of rate rises on. —— turning the tap. we are beginning to see the impact of that now — we've seen in the housing market, we've seen it in some corporate insolvencies too. so that all leads back to this balancing act between crushing inflation, but avoiding a downturn — it

here's our economics editor, faisal islam. at supermarkets and convenience shops, and that can be seen, for example, in milk prices on the shelves of h &jodies's in walsall. 0verall, they are still rising, though, just by less than they were. all of this area was, originally, about two months ago, all a pound zone, so every single bag was £1, but then they went up to £1.25, and now we've seen a further increase for newer stock which is £1.35. and is it going to go back to £1? no, it is definitely not going to go back to £1, i think this will be the new price. but some things have gone down? some things have, like the cost of milk has gone down. that has gone down, and we have noticed that at the shelf point but things like these that are made from milk haven't gone down, these have gone up. here and in shops across the country, they're still updating prices on a weekly basis, but falls in gas and electric bills are offering a glimpse of a more normal economy. today's figures were driven by those first falls in average househol

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colletta smith, bbc news, in leyburn. 0ur economics editor faisal islam is here. we nearing the end? i think the deed matters today, rising rates for the 14th consecutive time, to a 15 year high but the words matter to from the bank of england. they have indicated a couple of things. they seem to be saying that rates are going to stay higher for longer. saying that rates are going to stay higherfor longer. we have been used, for 15 years after the financial crisis, also after the pandemic, to have rates near 0% and now at around 5%, perhaps the old normal has come back. they are also keen to communicate to people that the medicine, the tough rate rise medicine does appear to be having an impact in terms of draining inflationary pressure away from the system. you put that altogether and you a picture of rates may not have further to go up now, maybe another rise in september but they may stay about this level, above 5%, longer than people expect.— than people expect. thank you for now. thousands ofjobs are at risk after the high street retailer wilko announced it i

it's good news for savers but not for those with mortgage payments. 0ur economics editor faisal islamview of the mixed picture. from a housing market starting to fall, and yet in a local cafe and gallery there is still spending power out there. a lot of our customers are probably a bit older, so we don't feel the mortgage rate, although it creates uncertainty for them and we do notice that when there is a rate rise, everyone gets a bitjittery. does it feel like we are getting green shoots? no, i don't. i feel we are in a holding pattern. it could go either way. today the bank of england said the tough medicine was beginning to work. there are interest rates which have been raised to their highest level in 14 years, attempting to drain spending powerfrom the economy, and the period of near zero interest rates now consigned to history with the bank warning that rates could remain at this level for some time. if you asked the question, yes, when i rates going to come down, my answer is, we are going to need much more solid evidence that inflation is going to come down and i mean that peo

newsnight with faisal islam is getting under way on bbc two.he news continues here on bbc one, as wejoin our the government acknowledges that the imposition of post brexit red tape, checks and charges on importers of eu food and farm produce will add to the overall rate of inflation. some uk farmers are concerned that eu competitors have many months more of free reign in the british market that they don't enjoy. but with the changes now pushed into next year, will they survive contact with a likely general election? we're joined by labour's shadow international trade secretary, nick thomas—symonds, farmer liz webster, and conservative brexiteer and former trade secretary peter lilley. also tonight. as mental health referrals spike, an exclusive newsnight investigation reveals how a draft report into what was the worst nhs mental health trust in england — norfolk and suffolk — was changed, shifting blame from bosses over losing track over potentially thousands of deaths. it raises questions about nhs governance, we speak to whistleblowers and be

our economics editor, faisal islam, is there. we have heard and what this will mean for people here in the uk.— here in the uk. yes, it's as exnected — here in the uk. yes, it's as exnected in _ here in the uk. yes, it's as expected in the _ here in the uk. yes, it's as expected in the markets, l here in the uk. yes, it's as| expected in the markets, so here in the uk. yes, it's as - expected in the markets, so fair that rises in interest rates are here at the bank of england, 5.25%. the 14 consecutive rise taking us back up to a 15 year high, around the time of the great financial crisis. the point of this, we got the message through from the bank of england governor, andrew bailey, saying inflation is falling which is good news, and that's why we have raised rates to 5.25% but they need to make sure it falls away back to the 2% target. what we are seeing here is something more than just the deeds, which is the further rise in interest rates, lots of interesting words in the bank of england. we haven't heard these words before.

islamic world as well in today's talks in the field of sports, we have a consensus that the sports teams of the two countries should play round-trip friendly matches . saudi arabia's foreign minister faisal bin farhan also emphasized saudi arabia's determination to expand bilateral relations with iran in this press conference and said to the search for opening a new chapter in the two countries is based on islamic brotherhood. most of the american people are dissatisfied with joe biden's performance. the results of a new survey by the university of kuwait showed that 58% are dissatisfied with the economic performance of the president of this country, and 25% of the american people are also dissatisfied with biden's performance in politics foreigners criticized, and 51% of americans say that the biden government has not performed well in the ukraine crisis. the netherlands entered an economic recession . the data of the netherlands statistics center shows that the country's economy has shrunk in the second quarter of this year, as predicted by the government emergency. the tall statistics on wednesday show that the country's economy has shrunk by 30% in the second quarter of the year. aft

faisal bin farhan, in order to meet with his saudi counterpart and some other officials. the excellence of this country the arabized start of this trip with the official inauguration of the ambassador of the islamic republic of iran in yas along with alireza enayati , he officially begins his mission at the same time as the foreign minister of our country arrives in the saudi capital, but in the attack of the occupying forces on the city of jenin, one of the commanders al-qasa martyrs' battalions were killed by a bullet. this hamburger was made by nistas. a number of palestinians were injured. the jenin battalion announced with the israeli special forces that had infiltrated the eastern neighborhood of jenin city that after the confrontation between the palestinian fighters and the israeli occupying forces from this city retreated. palestinian children held a protest rally demanding an end to the siege of qadha port. this demonstration was held in order to attract international support in the port of this region . food children also demanded the freedom of medical and educational trips for residents of the gaza strip since 2007 . in syria, the zionist regime is surrounded by cold weather and its