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The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The govern...

the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wrays fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a...

the first time it has opted against a rise in more than a year. fed chairmanjerome powell said the bank was still waiting for evidence that inflation was slowing decisively. so what might be in store? to talk through whats at stake im joined by francis 0h, asia—pacific chief executive at qraft technologies. a warm welcome to the programme. argue with the economists, the bookies that predict that inflation will actually be coming down to around 3%? actually be coming down to around 39...

helped drive forward returns, as you say. this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit of better than expected economic data also helping optimism that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so is this all about expectation for rate cuts? is the optimism because of strong earnings? i the optimism because of strong earninus? ~ ., , earnings? i think it really does reflect _ earnings? i think it really does refle...

defamation, claiming the network pushed a, quote, fantastical story about him. >> well, they did day after day after day. >> how many lawsuits? >> ray epps and his wife have had to move to an undisclosed location because their life has been threatened so many times because of the lies that a former fox news host told about them. new this morning, hollywood actors are swapping scripts for picket signs as failed negotiations late last night set the stage for another strike in the enter...

The boss of one of britains biggest banks has apologised to the former Uk Independence Party leader nigel farage after a row over why his Coutts Bank Account was closed. Alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. Mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didnt align with the banks values. Tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of Alternative Banking Arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. The govern...

Against soaring costs, environmental rules and the buying power of supermarkets. Rishi sunak has been addressing the National Farmers union annual conference In Birmingham hes the first Prime Minister to do so in 15 years. Heres our environment correspondentjonah fisher. Cow moos in the fields and on the farms, all is not well. Were the end of the line in this farm. Our kids dont want to take it on because theres no money in it. Liz webster has 350 cows and says a combination of factors, includi...

more than 9% injune of last year. it is a sign of the federal reserve �*s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working. but analysts still think america central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. it is good news for consumers but also good news for us president joe biden who counted the administration �*s efforts to bring prices down. he is facing re— election next year and being able to control inflation without pushin...

evangelicals could be key to winning that all important state, but could it alienate republican voters down the line. lets start with a much needed string of successes this week for president joe biden, domestically, internationally, politically, punctuated by todays big number, $72 million raised in the second quarter of 2023. compare that to the republican side, 35 million reported by former president donald trumps campaign, 20 million for governor ron desantis. and then there is t...

crash — hitting demand for goods and pushing down prices. joining me now is mark williams — chief asia economist at capital economics. these figures will not make for welcome reading once again. just looking at the stats there, the biggest contraction since 2009. why? critics succes what is going on here is yellow lets start with. the weeks ahead _ is yellow lets start with. the weeks ahead of— is yellow lets start with. tue: weeks ahead of chinese is yellow lets start with. tte:...