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
so i've been able to use my deutschlandticket for this. but the big restriction is that you can't use it on the high—speed trains, so it'll take probably twice the amount of time to actually travel around. you do need a bit of patience for this. you can buy a more expensive ticket and travel direct, but the cut—price method means changing trains five times. so i may have missed this one... wait, it's also late! so that means that i'll be fine. add to that the uncharacteristic delays and disruption that have dogged the german railway network in recent times, you'll need to leave plenty of time to make your connections. five minutes�* delay, that means we're good, right? no, that's not ours. 0h! oh, so we have... i have missed it. we've missed it.
wanted genesis. the problem is that this has been long in the making and there is several billion dollars behind the program. >> and now congress is asking questions. >> if you broke your arm when you were 12 playing peewee football genesis knows it. prescribed ssri because you were depressed when you were 13 because your dad were getting a bad divorce genesis knows it. >> the department continues to defend the system. quote the use of nhs ensuring the best matches are made between recruits and the military it. provides the military services with a complete medical history that no longer relies solely on applicant's self-disclosure. >> genesis was supposed to make a recruit's voluntary snition of medical records. credit takes say it creates months of delays during which other qualified recruits get other job offers or have second thoughts. bret? >> bret: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, thanks. ♪ ♪
assets to help ukraine in its those assets to help ukraine in its defence of this appalling, illegal russian invasion. thousands of passengers are still waiting for flights at dubai airport after delays caused by the heaviest rain in more than 70 years. and australia is fighting infestation of fire ants, with a potentially devastating impact on the country's health and agriculture. let's round up the business news of the day. let's take a quick look at our top business stories. could iran face yet more economic sanctions after its unprecendent attack on israel at the weekend? that's one of the things being discussed by g7 foreign ministers gathering in italy. iran is already subject to a range of western sanctions,
interim emissions target in 2030 fell far short of what was needed. but actually ditching that target has left environmental campaign furious. it has left environmental campaign furious. ., , has left environmental campaign furious. , . , has left environmental campaign furious. , . furious. if the scottish cup and scrap these — furious. if the scottish cup and scrap these targets _ furious. if the scottish cup and scrap these targets it - furious. if the scottish cup and scrap these targets it would i furious. if the scottish cup and| scrap these targets it would be furious. if the scottish cup and - scrap these targets it would be the worst environmental decision in the history of the scottish parliament. the 2030 targets could and should have been met. we need urgent climate action this decade, not more delays like this.— delays like this. less than three ears delays like this. less than three years ago. _ delays like this. less than three years ago, leaders _ delays like this. less than three years ago, leaders from - delays like this. less than three years ago, leaders from around| delays like this. less than three . years ago, leaders from around the globe were gathered here on the clyde, discussing how to tackle climate change. at the time, the then first minister, nicola sturgeon, was keen to convey scotland as a world leader in that endeavour. but now both the snp and the scottish greens are discovering that keeping promises is harder than making them. james cook, bbc news, glasgow. we are expecting that announcement in the next half an hour or so, this is the scene live at holyrood where the snp is our debating another issue. we will get the statement at around 2:25pm.
de-icing equipment. it said could cause its engines to lose thrust. today, a boeing engineer testified he'd been threatened for racing safety concerns about the 7807 i want to make clear that i have raised these issues over three years. >> i was ignored. i was told not to create not to create delays. i was told frankly, to shut up boeing did not have witnesses that either hearing today, but earlier this week defended its standards that including a statement that reads in part, quote, boeing is fully confident in the 7807 dreamliner because of the comprehensive work done to ensure the quality and long-term safety of the aircraft still independent analysts point to a deeper corporate problem it's clear that there's a culture problem there, and i attributed to one thing and that is that the mission statement and the vision statement of boeing for the last ten years, did not have the word safety in it. >> the next gas is an aerospace engineer, mit aeronautics lecture. his sister was on
threat of further escalation between iran and israel, saying there at the start of his comments that this is a moment of maximum peril in the middle east, it must be a time for maximum restraint. he then went on to talk about the offensive in gaza creating a humanitarian health scape, his description, saying they needed a quantum leap in aid being delivered, saying that though although there was progress by israel improve deliveries in gaza it is often cancelled out by delays and restrictions elsewhere. some of the key lines from antonio guterres. also as we were listening to that, let me just update you from the uk and the us news that the uk has sanctioned a further seven individuals and six entities who have enabled iran to conduct destabilising regional activity, including the direct attack on israel. that coming from the uk authorities. it is in coordination with the us are taking similar moves. that is the backdrop, so
even before the formal announcement, one snp minister expressed her disappointment. the committee said that they had their concerns on it. i'm disappointed, i have to say. i have to admit that i am disappointed by that. the move comes after an independent report said the scottish government's policies and plans to hit the 2030 target fell far short of what is needed. but the decision to actually ditch the target has still left some environmental campaigners frustrated. so if the scottish government scrap these targets, it would be the worst environmental decision in the history of the scottish parliament. the 2030 targets could and should have been met. we need urgent climate action this decade, not more delays like this. the snp and its partners in government, the scottish greens, are now under pressure to explain in detail how scotland can credibly meet its 2045 emissions target without hitting the 2030 milestone. james cook, bbc news.
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the roads are still quite flooded. i think it is moving into clean—up mode. think it is moving into clean-up mode. ~ ., ., think it is moving into clean-up mode. ~ ., ~ ., , mode. when we talk about dubai airort, it mode. when we talk about dubai airport. it is _ mode. when we talk about dubai airport, it is the _ mode. when we talk about dubai airport, it is the world's - airport, it is the world's second—biggest. what is the knock—on effect of all these delays that we have heard about?— effect of all these delays that we have heard about? there was a big statement out _ have heard about? there was a big statement out earlier _ have heard about? there was a big statement out earlier this - have heard about? there was a big statement out earlier this week i statement out earlier this week saying how dubai was the biggest international airport so it spans pretty much every continent. i had a look at the flight numbers for the first two months and again we get a lot of regional traffic, but the biggest destination is western europe. we have a lot of tourists flying in and out, so they are going to be delayed. i did have a look at dubai airport and the emirates statement and they are saying don't