withdrawal from the eu might mean interest rates staying at historic lows. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmedvernor raises the stakes. if we remember earlier in the year, the bank of england was much more bullish on growth and suggested that interest rates would rise more quickly this year. well i think today's speech has put off any interest rises imminently, pretty much. the bank is most concerned, it says, by a disorderly brexit. and if there were one, although that's not still the highest probability, but if there were one, that would mean the bank would want to keep the economy on emergency measures, these very low interest rates. so putting off interest rates. also another lengthy warning about the effects of the brexit referendum already on the economy, something that got a rebuke from boris johnson just two days ago, who said the country was not suffering. the bank of england simply disagrees with that analysis from the foreign secretary. of course comes, the tit—for—tat between the european union and britain on the negotiations continues. the eu saying the british position is a fanta

kamal ahmed, bbc news. uk are failing to meet their targets on waiting times for cancer treatment. patients urgently referred for treatment should be seen within two months but the number having to wait longer than that has risen by nearly 18% in the past five years. our health editor hugh pym has been hearing from people about their experiences. i had breast cancer ten years ago, but fortunately, i'm a survivor. i lost my father 23 years ago. once you get used to it, you learn to take it on board, but it's the most frightening thing they ever diagnose with you. it affects so many of us in different ways, personally, and friends and family. half the population will develop a cancer at some stage in their lives. my grandfather died, unfortunately, of lung cancer. it upsets me the most when i see kids... with cancer. ron is losing his battle with liver cancer. he was diagnosed injanuary last year, but had to wait till october for any specialist care near his home in cardiff, far longer than the two—month nhs

kamal ahmed, bbc news.ssed her concern for their father's health, as a result of allegations that he staged press photographs of himself. samantha grant said thomas markle had agreed to the pictures only because he felt under attack. there's still doubt about whether mr markle will attend his daughter's wedding to prince harry on saturday. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell is at buckingham palace. have we learned anymore today on the plans? the picture really is absolutely unclear tonight. a few hours ago the celebrity gossip website tmz, tonight it was reporting that he had changed his mind and wanted to come to the wedding after hearing from his daughter. there was one major problem and that it is reported that he is in hospital, that he has experienced chest pains. he suffered a heart attack and is undergoing medical tests. it is suggested he may be having surgery tomorrow. if thatis may be having surgery tomorrow. if that is correct, it would rule out him being at st george ‘s chapel on saturday

kamal ahmed, bbc news. the time is 6.13.couple ask for "understanding and respect, as it remains unclear whether meghan markle's father will be giving her away at the wedding. and still to come: my name's meghan markle. i'm 12 years old, and ijust graduated from sixth grade and i'm going into the seventh. what made meghan markle the woman she is today? we have a special report from los angeles. coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: no miracle in malahide, as ireland come up short against pakistan in their maiden test match. the fashion chain new look is facing criticism for charging customers more for larger sized clothing. the company says it's reviewing its pricing structure, after some shoppers complained that a size 18 pair of trousers in one range was £3 more expensive than a size 12. here's sima kotecha. new look has found itself at the centre of a storm over pricing after marking up some of its larger sized clothing. it's not fair. i don't see why you should be penalised just because most of my fr

kamal ahmed, bbc news.the israeli prime minister after israel launched air strikes against iranian military targets in syria. benjamin netanyahu says iran crossed a red line when its forces in syria launched rockets at israeli military positions in the golan heights, which israel has occupied since the 1960s. syrian state tv broadcast pictures of what it said were its air defences intercepting israel's military response in the skies above damascus. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is here. let's talk about the latest confrontation and what people are making of that. a lot has changed, a lot has changed in the last 2a hours. it's the first time israel says iran has attacked israeli positions in the occupied golan heights. it was also the most broad ranging series of attacks carried out by israel since the uprising in syria began, seven years ago. it's the first time the arab gulf states like saudi arabia and the emirates backing israel in its military activity and saying you have to go again

but, speaking to our economics editor kamal ahmed on wednesday, he appeared to rule out a move to londonine any circumstances where you would be the next governor of the bank of england? no, i am very happy with myjob in chicago. i love academia. no plans to consider coming here? i have no plans. but you are not ruling it out. look, all ican you are not ruling it out. look, all i can say is i am very happy with my currentjob. later today president trump's business team, led by us treasury secretary steven mnuchin, will host the vice premier of china, liu he, for trade talks in washington. it is the second round of talks aimed at heading off a damaging trade war between the two sides following their meetings in beijing two weeks ago. the us has threatened to impose punitive tariffs on up to $150 billion in chinese goods, demanding a rebalancing of their trading relationship. the bbc‘s robin brant reports from dongguan, in southern china, which could be hit hard. if the trade war comes, this is where china will feel it — really feel it. dongguan is near the south coast, a place once dubbed

but speaking to our economics editor kamal ahmed, he was tight—lipped about any potential move to londonh. i love academia. that's where i'll leave it. but no plans to consider coming here? i have no plans. but you're not ruling it out? look, all i can say is i'm very happy with my currentjob. joining us is trevor greetham from royal london asset management. quite a lot of interesting stories in the papers. we picked out one from the washington post, we mentioned it earlier, the french oil giant total threatening to pull out of its gas project in iran. this is the business response to the political tensions at the moment between the us and iran. this is because america has talked about secondary sanctions. sanctions on companies that do business with iran. total is doing business with iran. total is doing business with iran and they have made a big deal of the fact 90% of their financing comes from us banks, but it shows you how difficult it is in business to deal with these uncertain to these, these what you might call trumpian uncertainties. if total pulls out you could feel the card i

our economics editor, kamal ahmed, travelled to old colwyn, in north wales, to speak to three generationss house for 18 years. i bought this house quite young luckily — you know i did that. i've just graduated from uni, i need to pay my student loan back. i have worked in this job, a caretaker, in the area for 22 years. i think i was 21 when we bought this. i think it always drummed into me by my dad, he said, you know, if you can buy a house, buy a house. because before that we were renting. so it was quite hard to save while you're renting as well. i'm glad i done it. and i think i did itjust before the the houses went up in price. luckily for me, my mum and dad have let me move back home, i don't have to pay rent, ijust help with the food shopping now and then, so i'm really fortunate. so, yeah, i decided to move home, because i knew that's only possible way i was going to be able to save for my future. so when it came to getting a job out of school, what was that like? when i left school i worked in a sewing factory, you could just walk into anywhere really and say, "is there any jobs

our economics editor kamal ahmed travelled to hen golwyn in north wales to speak to three generationsg luckily — thank god i did that. i've just graduated from uni, i need to pay my student loan back. i have worked in this job, a caretaker, in the area for 22 years. i think i was 21 when we bought this. i think it always drummed into me by my dad, he said, you know, if you can buy a house, buy a house. because before that we were renting. so it was quite hard to save while you're renting as well. i'm glad i done it. and i think i did itjust before the houses went up in price. luckily for me, my mum and dad have let me move back home, i don't have to pay rent, i just help with the food shopping now and then, so i'm really fortunate. so, yeah, i decided to move home, because i knew that's only possible way i was going to be able to save for my future. so when it came to getting a job out of school, what was that like? when i left school i worked in a sewing factory, you could just walk into anywhere really and say, "is there any jobs going?" and they would say, "yes, you can start next

to narrow the financial divide which exists between different generations. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmedissues the report had found? we've got a very serious problem of ensuring afair we've got a very serious problem of ensuring a fair deal across the generations. 0lder ensuring a fair deal across the generations. older people are worried about properly funded health care, people in middle age still have not been able to buy their own home, and for younger people their pay is no better than ten or 15 yea rs pay is no better than ten or 15 years ago. so all the different generations in the uk face different pressures , generations in the uk face different pressures, but we can tackle them and do something about it. this has been a failure of politics? i think this has been a failure of politics? ithink so, this has been a failure of politics? i think so, and i think it reflects that, individually we are all very aware that, in families we do our best but we have not focused on what government can do to make things better for all the different generations that make up society. a tax rise f

— for the slowdown which disrupted construction and kept shoppers at home. 0ur economics editor kamal ahmedferent tune from the bank. three mondays ago all the noise was about an interest rate rise. not any more. three months of weak growth drag bounce by the beast from the east has left people cautious about the strength of they. here it might be sunnier now but will it last? cost of living is going up quite significantly, and the wages really aren't. i think it will take quite a bit of time before hopefully it will get easier. i was always hard up when we were young. but now there is me and my husband and we are better off. a lot better off was not true for the rest of the economy as the governor made clear. growth at 0.196 in the first quarter was weaker and inflation was notably lower than we had projected in february. the key question is whether this softness will prove temporary or persistent. in other words, was the weakness in the first quarter due to the weather, or the climate? the bank thinks it is mostly snow, others are not so sure. for us there is things that the weather doesn

well, our economics editor kamal ahmed is with me.s to raise the stakes.|j predictions before, but this warning seems to raise the stakes. i think he has, clive. if anyone was expecting him to stay quiet on brexit, they have another think coming. if we remember early in the year, the bank of england was much more bullish on growth and suggested interest rates would rise more quickly this year. i think today's speech has put off any imminent rises pretty much. the bank is most concerned it says by a disorderly brexit. if there were one, that would mean the bank would want to keep the economy on emergency measures, these very low interest rates, so putting off interest rates. also, another lengthy warning about the effects of the brexit referendum already on the economy, something that got a rebuke from borisjohnson two days ago which said —— who said the country is not suffering. the bank of england disagrees with that analysis from the foreign secretary. and there is the foreign secretary. and there is the tit—for—tat between the euro

kamal ahmed, bbc. governor, how worried are you that the type of unreliable boyfriend sticks?iences in the households in the businesses that you are so keen to speak to trust what you say about whether interest rates are going to go whether interest rates are going to 90 up. whether interest rates are going to go up, and more importantly, when that will happen? first off, the households and businesses we speak to don't rate short sterling. they are not fixated on whether we raise interest rates on may ten or at the end ofjune or in august. they want to know first and foremost what they wa nt to to know first and foremost what they want to know is the general orientation of the economy and that is really what they want to know when we go around the country and speak to them, entirely understandable, their jobs make depend on it and whether they make an investment depends on it and these are fundamental issues and it is the first and foremost thing that they want to understand. the second thing they want to understand, still, is is the financial system healthy? is the financial

our economics editor kamal ahmed has this report. time for a different tune from the bank.out an interest rate rise. not any more. three months of weak growth dragged down by the beast from the east has left people cautious about the strength of they. -- strength of the economy. here it might be sunnier now, but will it last? cost of living is going up quite significantly, and the wages really aren't. i think it will take quite a bit of time before hopefully it will get easier. i was always hard up when we were young. but now there is me and my husband and we are better off. “ we are -- we are not better off. a lot better off was not true for the rest of the economy as the governor made clear. growth at 0.1% in the first quarter was weaker and inflation at 2.5% in march was notably lower than we had projected in february. the key question is whether this softness will prove temporary or persistent. in other words, was the weakness in the first quarter due to the weather, or the climate? the bank thinks it is mostly snow, others are not so sure. for us there is things that t

the bank's governor, mark carney has been speaking to our economics editor kamal ahmed.p, not rocket back up, but pick back up, largely driven by those exporters and businesses investing, less so on household spending and overall we see an environment where the economy is going to continue to use up resources, in factories, if you will, and also hire more people. and a consequence of that, we think that in the end we will need to do some adjustments, some increases in interest rates over time, but at a pretty gentle pace. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story is donald trump is set to meet kimjong un —— at a summit in singapore on the twelfth ofjune. the us president is set to meet a north korean leader for the first time ever —— at a summit in singapore on the twelfth ofjune. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories we're covering in the bbc newsroom. the sacked former head of the catalan regional government in spain, carles puigdemont, has given up on attempts to reclaim hisjob and instead named his preferred successor. he

minutes, the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has been speaking to our economics editor, kamal ahmeduk economy is going to pick back up, not rocket back—up, but picked act up, largely driven by those exporters and investors investing, less so on household spending, and overall we see an environment where the economy will continue to use up resources, in factories, if you will, and also hire more people. a consequence of that, we think, in the end, that we will need to do some adjustments, some increases in interest rates over time, but at a pretty gentle pace. what you think the risks are to that bounce back? from a global economy perspective, there are lots of headlines, but in terms of underlying growth in trade and business investment and the strength in both the global economy as a whole, but also in europe at the moment, i think that is less of a risk. but the biggest risk is probably around the biggest part of this economy, any economy, household spending. to be honest, we see risk this upside, which is economist speakfor something this upside, which is economist speak for some

now in her first interview, she tells our business editor kamal ahmed that she "would not recommend her ways. one is when something very difficult happens but you, firstly, are enormously well supported by your colleagues, who were wonderful, and also by your friends, colleagues, who were wonderful, and also by yourfriends, that colleagues, who were wonderful, and also by your friends, that enables you to bounce back. i think it also has made me a different kind of leader in the organisation i am in today. i hope it makes me a more positive one. when something happens and you bounce back, you see the possibilities in life, and that is a wonderful place to be. the other thing it has given me is whenever i... i try to make sure that when i see someone go through a rough time, i reach out, i hope i did it before but i am pretty certain i do it every time now. did you make mistakes?” certain i do it every time now. did you make mistakes? i owned up to having made a mistake and i set the barfor having made a mistake and i set the bar for what having made a mistake and i set the barfor what i