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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 ....
the defence secretary grant shapps said the royal navy is working on a new dragonfire laser weapon to complement its existing weaponry, the sea viper air defence system. that s to be upgraded with a new warhead and software to counter ballistic missile threats. here s grant shapps. we have, for example, the largest ships that we have ever put to sea in the aircraft carriers. i toss it off, i think, 13 frigates and destroyers which are under commission at the moment. we are modernising the navy, going throughjust massive through just massive capitalisation programme and just this morning, for example, i have been on x, twitter, yesterday, the results of a new weapon which is a laser weapon called dragonfire, capable of doing what those men and women on hms diamond have been doing, with the sea viper missile system, and doing it with a labour laser instead to bring down incoming so the technology is also moving on very fast, as well as the investment. economists have w ....
so let s now get down to business, and as you ve been hearing, in the us, a report has just been released that looks at the deadly pull out of afghanistan in august 2021 that ended america s longest war. the taliban swiftly took over control of the country. since then, the economic decline has been dramatic as most foreign aid was withdrawn. so, what is it like doing business there? rumi spice partners with farmers in western afghanistan to export saffron, the world s most valuable spice. their labourers, managers, office staff and operations managers are all afghan women. the company was set up by us military veterans who served in afghanistan. let s talk to its chief executive, keith alaniz, a us army veteran and co founder. good to talk to you. last time we spoke to you, as a company, i was talking to your colleague, patty doyle, shortly after august of 2021 to just find out what you as a company hoping for, anticipating with taliban rule in place. how has it been going? ....
crowds of protesters to send on that neighborhood chanting outside his home. and several demonstrations around the country turned violent this weekend following this up in court s decision to overturn roe v wade. a story of a tiny baby in tennessee born with serious heart trouble being denied a transplant allegedly based solely on his vaccination status . here to talk about the struggle of the little boy. we begin with that amtrak derailment in missouri. the very latest tonight. amtrak says going from los angeles to chicago derailed monday afternoon. it hit a dump truck blocking a public crossing. the missouri state highway patrol estimates 207 passengers on board as well as 14 crewmembers. estimates up to 50 people were hurt. video and pictures show that chaos after the crash, some of the train cars flipped on their side, passengers crawling out o them. listen to some people describe the terrifying experience. you heard a loud noise, and thought no, we hit somet ....