thanking them for preventing a civil warfrom breaking out. in a speech, mr putin insisted his rule was not weakened during saturday s rebellion by the wagner mercenaries. he suggested russia s regular military showed restraint by not being drawn into any fighting. our moscow editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir, vladimirovich putin. at the kremlin, it was pomp with a purpose. ..to remind russians he is still in charge around here. waiting for vladimir putin 2,500 soldiers and guards, and the defence minister the wagner mutineers wanted sacked. having survived the rebellion, it was time to say thank you. translation: you defended the constitutional order, - the lives, security and the freedom of our citizens. you have saved our motherland from upheaval. in fact, you have stopped a civil war. in fact, the reality was rather different. the wagner soldiers, who had been cheered on the streets of rostov, had only stopped their rebellion after the kremlin did a deal with them
there was not a rate cut this year there was not a rate cut this year nor there was not a rate cut this year nor is there was not a rate cut this year nor is it likely to be appropriate if you think about it. inflation has not moved down it. inflation has not moved down and it is not reacted much to our down and it is not reacted much to our interview existing rate hikes to our interview existing rate hikes so to our interview existing rate hikes so we have to keep at it. most officials think two more rate hikes are needed this year, starting perhaps as early as next month. wednesday s decision ushers in a new phase in the fed s battle to lower prices and follows a path carved out by central banks in countries such as australia and canada, which recently announced rate hikes following a break. the latest decision by america s central bank comes at a time when inflation is slowing but not as quickly as the federal reserve wants. earlier, i spoke with blerina uruci o
power, but some residents in remote areas may be cut off for 48 hours. aruna iyengar has the latest. storm gerrit swept across much of scotland, bringing heavy snow, flooding homes, causing power cuts and travel misery for many. the major a9 route has reopened after it closed in the highlands for several hours. meanwhile, thousands of homes across scotland have suffered power cuts. scottish and southern electricity networks said they d restored power to more than 25,000 homes but at least 16,000 are still cut off. for some customers especially those in rural areas it could be up until friday before power supplies are reconnected. but it is far too early for us to say at the moment, with scottish and southern electricity continuing to cause damage to the power network. 0n the railways, lner which runs services up the east coast from london to scotland is warning of major disruption this morning, with some services arriving several hours late. this tree fell on the li
think? that is what we are doing. in other news, here is the news with. train drivers who are members of the aslef union are on strike today. 15 train companies are affected with some operators running no services at all. it s the first of three rail strikes this week, with further action on friday and saturday. one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence says regulation of the technology needs to be ramped up . professor yoshua bengio says his feelings about al are similar to how scientists felt about the development of the atom bomb. parents on universal credit will be able to claim hundreds more to cover childcare costs from the end of next month. the government announced in spring that people with one child would be able to getjust over £950 while those with two or more children could get up to £1630. officials in southern russia say a drone has hit an oil refinery a day after an attack on moscow. vladimir putin yesterday accused ukraine of trying to fri