fleury sent this report. the december notes from the us central bank s last meeting showed policymakers are feeling better about inflation. they agreed with investors that interest rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree it will come down this year. but they offered no clues as to how or when that will happen. to remind viewers, the federal reserve started raising rates in march 2022 to tame inflation. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark rate to 5.5%. inflation, by the time of the last meeting, had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. meanwhile, new data out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to 8.79 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour but is still well above pre covid levels. that is consistent with the fed s goal. to slow the economy without triggering a nasty recession. the feds first rate setting meeting this year starting january 30. investors are holding their breath is beneficial t
Welcome to The World Today in International News from the bbc. We started this hour with the breaking news from gaza, three sons of the hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an israeli air strike. Do to israel confirming the attack. The vehicle that they were driving in was hit in the camp west of gaza city and he says the deaths of gaza city and he says the deaths of so many members of his family will not affect the demands that hamas is making in the cease fire negotiation. Lets get the latest from Bbc World Service middle east editor was injerusalem. Sebastian, what is israel and Israeli Military in particular saying about what happened . In particular saying about what hauened . ,. ,. , happened . They issued a statement in the ast 40 happened . They issued a statement in the past 40 minutes happened . They issued a statement in the past 40 minutes or happened . They issued a statement in the past 40 minutes or so happened . They issued a statement in the past 40 minutes
The last is enclave in mosul. The army has told the bbc that british fighters are among the militants. Earlier, the Iraqi Military said it had captured almost all of the area our correspondent orla guerin, and cameraman nico hameon, have sent us this report from the front line. Heading to the front line in mosul. You have to run. And beware of snipers. But troops from iraqs Emergency Response division are advancing every day. The target here a hospital complex. We move deeper into the battle. Getting a chance to see how the fight is being taken to the so called Islamic State. Urban warfare at its most intimate. Near enough to throw a hand grenade. Then this. Well, the fight here is at extremely close quarters, this is the most forward position the iraqi troops have. They tell us that the nearest is position is just 15 metres away, and when they are firing here, the distance is so small that sometimes they can see the faces of the is militants. The troops here, mostly young, determined
Help dealing with migrants arriving at their shores, as the number of people making the journey across the mediterranean soars. Well take a look at what is happening and speak to people working on rescue ships. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Lots to talk about this morning, and we do have some breaking news police in italy say a five storey Apartment Building has collapsed and a search for survivors is underway. That is unfolding in naples. We will keep you up to date on that. We will also be live at wimbledon this morning as four brits are in action at wimbledon today. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. 0ur our main story, security is tight in the german city of hamburg for the start of the 620 summit after a night of violent clashes between riot police and anti capitalist protesters. Items on the agenda will be trade, Clima
The filipino president pulled out all the stops at a gala to open the summit on sunday. I mean way too late good news for you thank you orders of the. United states. That some say detectives not the only one hitting the wrong notes ahead of the summit filipino Rights Groups urged trump to confront a terror take over his war on drugs a crackdown thats left thousands dead over the past year. But if there was any criticism from trunk it was not on display in manila trump showered his host a selfproclaimed killer with compliments. And i want to thank you for your incredible hospitality and the show last night the talent show i assume mostly from
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