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In cutting the cost of borrowing for the first time in overfour years. The Federal Reserve have dropped the main Interest Rate in the worlds biggest economy by half a percentage point, bringing it down to between 4. 75 and 5 . A drop larger than many expected, with some wondering now if this reflects the scale of the problems facing the american economy or the success in getting the pace of price rises, inflation, close to the banks targets. The governor of the fed, Jerome Powell says the us eco...

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, heres chetan. we start with what is a defining week for manchester city. they could be english premier league champions at the weekend but before that, they have the chance to reach the champions league final on wednesday. real madrid come to manchester with the tie all sqaure at 1 all from the first leg. its the only major trophy manager pep guardiolas yet to win at city: my legacy is already exceptional already. we have been h...

hello. we start with a claim from ukraine to have shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as "exceptional in its density". ukraine says all 18 missiles of various types were shot down, this footage showing kyiv�*s air defences in action. loud explosions were heard across the city. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraines defence minister says... ukraine last week displayed the remains of wh...

that amounts to more than a 10th of vodafone�*s global workforce, and will affect its firms uk headquarters and other cities. the company had already outlined plans to cutjobs in germany and italy. ceo margherita della valle warned that vodafone�*s "performance has not been good enough". lets speak now to karen egan, who is senior telecoms analyst at the research company enders analysis. thanks for being with us. lets come onto some of the performance issue in a second per first of...