Gaza. This after President Biden said this, or than hes helping cnns scott mclean is following all of these developments for us from istanbul. So what more did we hear from the israeli Prime Minister yeah, erica, as you mentioned, President Biden, et cetera. An interview on Msnbc On Saturday that look, his red line would be israel going into rafah, which even israels closest allies and many other countries prison the International Community would be a catastrophe because you have well over 1 Million People there who are sheltering. And frankly, there is nowhere for them to go. Israel, he says that they would evacuate them elsewhere, but there is fighting and bombing taking place in virtually every other part of the country. And yet despite that warning from President Biden of not crossing that red line, we have Prime Minister netanyahu saying that that offensive in rafah will in fact go ahead saying that his red line is october 7, and making sure that that doesnt happen again. And he s
news, the u.s. launches break strikes in he ran in syria, in retaliation for the killing of three u.s. soldiers and jordan. more information from correspondence and the pentagon, white house at this hour, wolf blitzer situation room, i am mark in for wolf. this is cnn breaking news. that s get back to this breaking news, u.s. military retaliating for a deadly attack against a u.s. base and jordan, airstrikes underway in iraq and syria against targets tied to the rain iran backed targets, we are getting new information as we speak, oren liebermann, news of the strikes breaking just moments ago, what we know of the strike? we expect them to be more powerful in many ways, central command, a number of targets the were struck, and what was used to carry out the operation, let me read this out from u.s. central command. at 4 pm eastern time, if every second, forces conducted strikes and iraq and syria against the revolutionary guard and affiliated literary groups, striking
helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the
sites used by iran-backed mil militants. the pentagon says it s payback for attacks on american troops who are increasingly being targeted in the region. here s cnn s pentagon correspondent oren lieberman. reporter: rising tensions in the middle east with u.s. fighter jets carrying out a series of strikes in iraq against taiib hezbollah. mourners leading a funeral procession through the streets of baghdad as u.s. central command said the strikes likely killed a number of militants. president joe biden ordered the strikes after katayyib hezbollah, recognized by the u.s. as a terror organization, claimed responsibilior an attack clurring three u.s. service members, one in critical condition. the national security council said the president places no higher priority than the protection of american personnel serves in harm s way. the united states will act at a time and in a manner of our choosing should these attacks continue. u.s. forces in iraq and syria have been targeted a
weekend. let s dive right into the week s top stories. the big story, of, course we have two hot wars for the president to navigate on the world stage. the republican-controlled house has voted to formally authorize its impeachment inquiry into president biden despite failing to provide any evidence of wrongdoing by the president. the vote was strictly along party lines with all 221 republicans voting yes, all 212 democrats voting no. republicans say the move will grant them the ability to better enforce their subpoenas in the courts. house oversight chair republican james comer has accused hunter biden and other biden family members of engaging in, quote, shady business practices. but as we said, has yet to reveal any evidence of wrongdoing or influence peddling by the president himself. so here is what several house democrats said ahead of the vote. see the biden impeachment investigation isn t a who done it. it s a what is it? it s like an agatha christy novel where the