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on brazil s streets. russia says it will veto any un security council resolution condemning its self styled referendums in occupied regions of ukraine. the us intends to bring a draft resolution to a vote in the coming days. earlier, the us secretary of state antony blinken said the west would never acknowledge what he called bogus referendums. moscow claims almost total support in the vote onjoining russia. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, considers what these votes will mean and how that will affect (tx next) the russia ukraine conflict. first, i want to stress the key point here that these so called referendums were not real referendums, they were hastily arranged, kremlin created, kremlin controlled events designed to pave the way to russian annexation of huge swathes of ukrainian territory. we may well see this happen later this week. i expect at some point this week, russia will come out and say, right, this land is now ours, even in the absence of internat ....
the value of the pound has dropped again today by nearly a percent against the dollar as investors digest the warning from the international monetary fund about the uk government s fiscal plans. the imf has openly criticised the plan for widespread tax cuts, warning the measures are likely to fuel the cost of living crisis and increase inequality. here s michelle fleury with more details in new york. one of the roles of the international monetary fund is to act as an early economic warning system, and it has just sounded the alarm over the uk s new tax and spending plans. in a statement, the fund warned, given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the uk, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages. even more pointedly, it suggested that the november 23rd budget presented an opportunity for the government to re evaluate tax measures, especially those that benefit high income earners. remember, as part of the uk treasury s policy to ....
This is bbc news with the latest business headlines with me sally bundock. the international monetary fund takes aim at the british government s fiscal plans with a warning about inflation and inequality. the pound continues to slip and share markets in asia slide as surgingborrowing costs feed fears that a global recession is on the horizon. and the first kitemark for farmers will be launched today to measure their performance in reaching net zero targets. ....
It should be deeply troubling to americans. this does rise to a much higher level of concern. i think this could be something closer to betrayal. laura: is this deja vu! come on! come on, democrats don t actually care about whistle-blowers. does anyone remember what the obama administration s attitude was towards whistle-blowers? the liberal guardian newspaper characterized it this way. obama s war on whistle-blowers leaves administration insiders unscathed. and the american media responded with a collective yawn to all of this, but boy, they are all about the whistle-blower tonigh tonight. they need something, anything to avoid talking about trump s actual record. the u.s. economy is the envy of the world as europe and asia slide ever towards recession. let s look at the new oecd projected gdp numbers for 2019, ....
It should be deeply troubling to americans. this does rise to a much higher level of concern. i think this could be something closer to betrayal. laura: is this deja vu! come on! come on, democrats don t really care about whistle-blowers. does anyone remember what the obama administration s attitude was towards whistle-blowers? the liberal guardian newspaper characterized it this way. obama s war on whistle-blowers leaves administration insiders unscathed. and the american media responded with a collective yawn to all of that, but boy, they are all about the whistle-blower tonight. they need something, anything to avoid talking about trump s actual record. the u.s. economy is the envy of the world as europe and asia slide ever towards recession. let s look at the new oecd ....