in new york, former president donald trump's latest appeal to stop his hush money trial was denied friday. the ruling and the selection of a jury sets the stage for opening arguments to take place as soon as monday. mr trump's fate is now in the hands of seven men and five women. they'll be deciding whether he committed fraud by disguising payments to an adult film star. that money was apparently to keep her quiet about an alleged affairwith mrtrump. he denies any wrongdoing. and there were some disturbing scenes outside the courthouse, just shortly after the jury was selected, a man set himself on fire. police say the he threw "conspiracy based" pamphlets into the air before dousing himself in liquid, and setting himself alight. authorities say the man is currently in hospital in a critical condition. officials do not believe that he was targeting any person or group.
tx) outside the courthouse just shortly after the jury was selected, a man set himself on fire. police say the man threw "conspiracy based" pamphlets into the air before dousing himself in liquid, and setting himself alight. authorities say the man is alive in hospital — but is in critical condition. officials do not believe that he was targeting any person or group. a key member of the us federal reserve, which sets american interest rates, says the us is in "no hurry" over cutting interest rates. rafael bostic, the president of the atlanta fed, said the "much stronger" than expected us economy and jobs market had kept inflation too high to cut rates for now. expectations of delays to us rate cuts have hit world markets in recent days. 0ur economics editor faisal islam sat down with mr bostic ahead of the international monetary fund's spring meeting here in washington i have been saying for a long time that i expect the us economy to be strong, to continue to be strong, but not quite this strong. it's much
police say the man threw "conspiracy based" pamphlets into the air before dousing himself in liquid, and setting himself alight. authorities say the man is alive in hospital — but is in critical condition. officials do not believe that he was targeting any person or group. the us government is spending hundreds of billions of dollars transforming its industry, to try to compete with china on green manufacturing. it's led to a boom in factories and a stronger economy — but there are fears it's also fuelling inflation and record debt. and the state of the economy will be a crucial issue in the presidential election in the autumn. our economics editor faisal islam reports from the state of georgia: here in georgia, the landscape is changing — the southern bible belt of america reborn as the battery belt, as the usa throws money at outcompeting china in manufacturing a variety of electric cars. and where some of these vehicles