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— the annual rate at which prices have been going up. inflation peaked at more than 10% last year, forcing the bank to raise interest rates aggressively to try and bring it under control. but it has since fallen sharply. and on wednesday, official figures showed it was down to 3.9% in november, the lowest rate in 2 years, and far lower than expected. that's raised hopes the bank of england will be soon able to start cutting the cost of borrowing, easing pressure on businesses and households. here's our economics editor, faisal islam. arp and now sharply down. over the past year, in...

side sheffield united. it's 0—0 after 30 minutes. if villa win they will leapfrog both arsenal and liverpool to the top of the table. you have to go back 25 years to the last time they led the way at this stage of the season. a win for sheffield united would see them move off the foot of the table, but they would still be three points from safety. all six of the premier league sides that originally backed the breakaway european super league have now re—affirmed their committment to playing in uefa's european competitions. it follows yesterday's ruling by the european court ofjust...

works. instead they have resorted to their favourite of _ works. instead they have resorted to their favourite of pressure, - their favourite of pressure, blackmail and twisting arms so that in the last minute, they have been able to present the members of the council with a an ultimatum either the council adopt a text that is convenient for washington or the washington united states will block the adoption of any product. yossi mekelberg is an associate fellow at the middle east and north africa programme at chatham house. i asked him how much of a difference he thinks this resoluti...

Back in december, the optimism of the Ukrainian Forces was fading. There were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting Generating Stations and heating plants. But ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. And anyway, the winter wasnt that bad. Now some Military Experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. Who knows . President xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favo...

on trial. several prosecutors are working on that very task, even as donald trump's civil fraud trial stretched through the december of 2023 and in 2024 as you probably heard because you're watching the news defendant trump faces several criminal trials in different jurisdictions while running for president again. so, special counsel jack smith leading the prosecution of trump's coup in washington. and separately the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. atlanta d.a. pushing ahead on a long-term plan for those rico trials after winning convictions of trump aides through this...