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earl to its coming... wait for it. it is to early to spectate _ its coming... wait for it. it is to early to spectate by _ its coming... wait for it. it is to early to spectate by cutting - early to spectate by cutting interest rates, we have to see more progress, im encouraged by the progress, im encouraged by the progress that we have seen but it is too early to start speculating that we will be cutting soon. weight it was worth waiting for. victoria scholar, head of investment, inte...

where they are, lets keep them high to show financial markets that we are serious about fighting inflation and wait until it comes down before we loosen. of course the criticism here is that, and the banks own analysis shows that, that it takes 1.5 years for the full effect of interest rate increases to ripple through the economy, so we might well be in a situation where we have kept rates very high for quite a while and that is really pummelling the economy, we are getting low or even...

good evening. we start tonight with a special report into the sporting revolution being driven by saudi arabia. the kingdom has been investing billions of pounds in attracting some of global sports�* biggest names, from boxing, formula 1, football and golf. nowjon rahm, one of golf�*s top players, has announced hesjoining the saudi—funded golf tour. the country has been accused of using sport to improve its reputation — distracting from its human rights abuses and poor environm...

"one of the biggest financial frauds in american history" — thats how a new york prosecutor described the actions of sam bankman—fried, the former cryptocurrency boss, who, in the last few hours, has been convicted of defrauding investors. as youve been hearing, mr bankman—fried was arrested a year ago, when his cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, and his investment fund, alameda research, went bankrupt. prosecutors said he had used money stolen from ftx customers to prop up alameda an...

theyre like a bomb. has the cost of borrowing peaked? well have a better idea today, when the bank of england reveals its latest decision on interest rates. but whatever the outcome, first time buyers are still feeling the pressure. manchester united are in a "bad place", according to their manager — theyre out of the league cup, after being soundly beaten by newcastle. its their worst start to a season for over 60 years. good morning. its thursday, the 2nd of november. a major incid...

people have been trapped in gaza since israel tightened its siegejust over three weeks ago, after it was attacked by hamas, which is classed as a terrorist organisation by the uk and other governments. and in northern gaza, theres been another air strike onjabalia, a day after an israeli attack killed dozens of people at the refugee camp there. israel says its forces killed another hamas commander in the latest strike, but un human rights officials say it could be a war crime. our inte...

good evening from jerusalem. israels prime minister says the countrys ground forces are now "at the height of the battle" as they make advances in the northern half of the gaza strip. this evening the military announced that troops have now encircled gaza city. it comes as the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza has been hit by a deadly israeli air strike for a third day running. hamas, designated as a terrorist organisation by the uk, say more than 9,000 people have been killed in t...

been very damaging storm, unusually well forecast in this case. all the various computer models that we tend to look at from europe and america in the uk met office, they all seem to be telling the same story with the same sort of placement of this low—pressure system and the intensity of it. usually, there is a bit of uncertainty, different models telling a different story, taking it on a different track. different timings etc. we try and find the line of best fit that we can give t...

mornin: and england are up next. good morning from _ and england are up next. good morning from frankfurt - and england are up next. good morning from frankfurt where l and england are up next. good morning from frankfurt where england play denmark later knowing victory will put them through to the knockout stage of the euros. and with it being the summer solstice it is the day with the most daylight but will you enjoy it in the sunshine? all the details here. its thursday the 20th ofj...

but midway through the half, xeridan shaqiri seized on a loose pass from the scottish defence — and hit a first time shot into the top corner. the result means scotland have just one point from their first two games — and are likely to need to beat hungary in theirfinal group game to reach the knock—out stages. live now to a fan zone in glasgow — and our correspondent catriona renton. look, this is a result for us today, we are absolutely thrilled that we got a point. sometimes...