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Bank spring meetings, which could lead that kicked off on monday in washington. Our North America correspondent is there and has a preview of those meetings. High inflation continues to plague countries around the world. Central bankers are raising Interest Rates to try and slow down those price increases. As a result however, we have some of the weakest Growth Projections by the International Monetary fund since the 1990s. With the Worlds Finance Ministers and central bankers all meeting in was...

so lets now get down to business starting in france where another day of disruption is ahead. eight union federations have called for strike action in what will be the 11th day of mass walk—outs since the beginning of the pension battle injanuary. this comes as president emmanuel macron prepares to meet chinas president xi in the next few hours. he plans to talk about the war in ukraine but is also with a large french trade delegation. meanwhile the crisis at home over pension reform...

before frances top judges and betting on a crackdown: premier league clubs agree to remove gambling sponsors from shirt—fronts within three years. campaigners say its nowhere near enough. hello there. giving in to big pay demands by striking workers would be, quote, a "terrible mistake" — so says the uks finance minister chancellor of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, whos been defending his policies after official figures confirmed the economy flatlined in february with growth of 0%. in...

teixeira accused of disseminating classified documents. the pentagon and intelligence community in daniel mage control how can this happen again ten years after edward snowden the justice department filed an appeal to the supreme court to block a federal appeals court ruling that limits access to an fda approved abortion pill will the court act before the ruling goes into affect? and grant a stay until it can decide the case. i will be joined by pete buttigieg on some of the big he...

a far cry from the 9% we saw in june but there are warnings of a possible recession or the pipelines our business reporter katie silva has been looking into the details of the story for us. it is always great to see you on asia business report at the seems like relatively good doesnt it? fit at the seems like relatively good doesnt it? of course. as we mentioned _ good doesnt it? of course. as i we mentioned a huge drop since lastjune. 5% inflation down from 6%, its well and truly bee...

of a possible recession in the pipelines. our business reporter katie silva who has been looking into the details of the story for us, joins me now on the program. katie, it is always great to see you on asia business report and this seems like relatively good, doesnt it? it does. it has been welcomed in high quarters. president biden, for example, saying that it gives american families some breathing room and particularly pointing to the fact that weve seen the greatest reduction in t...

series of spring meetings with the world bank in washington this week stop it is also downgraded its overgrowth forecast for this year and exciting weaker performances in some leijer economies. our business reporter has been looking into this story for us and joins us now. always go to get you on the show. you have been sifting through the report, what are the projections?- report, what are the projections? they are predicting _ projections? they are predicting that - projections? they...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news — its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden has arrived in belfast for a four—day trip to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday agreement. the landmark deal largely brought to an end the 30—year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. president biden says he looks forward to reiterating americas commitment to preserving the peace. my colleague emma vardy has more. air force i ar...

hello, im sumi somaskanda. us presidentjoe biden has touched down in belfast for the start of his visit to northern ireland and the republic. the four—day trip marks the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. the deal largely brought an end to the 30—year conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles. but political turmoil persists, even if less violent in nature than the past. heres president biden�*s schedule. on wednesday, biden will deliver a speech at ulster uni...

its lowest level for nearly two years. consumer prices rose by 5% of the year to march, a far cry from the 9% it was that in june. but there are warnings of a possible recession in the pipeline. our business reporter is katie silver, shes been looking through the dater and joins me now on the programme. great to have you on the show. this looks pretty optimistic, doesnt it was back its good news it isnt it? it’s doesnt it was back its good news it isnt it?— news it isnt it? its goo...