Emmanuel macron condemned to be but appears to be the attempted assassination of the Prime Minister of slovakia. Who did it and why, tonight we will have the latest. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister robert fico is said to be fighting for his life after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt. Mr fico had been attending a government meeting. As he spoke to crowds afterwards he was shot five times, before being bundled into a car by security personnel. He has been in surgery for three and a half hours. The suspect has been detained by police. Slovak ministers have said the attack was politically motivated. It took place in the Central Slovakia town of handlova. Slovakia borders ukraine, and mr fico has been a divisive figure considered by some as authoritarian and russia leaning. Tonight well hear from our Europe Editor katya adler in brussels on the significance of this attack on a European Leader, but first bethany bell is in slovakia. Bethany . There is a real sens
Injury to be treated. The only information we have at the moment, and this is not confirmed, is that four shots were fired in. The Prime Minister walked out of that Government Meeting which was taking place outside bratislava, four shots rang out and won apparently has hit the Prime Minister, so it looks like he has been injured in the abdomen. The slovak Emergency Service dispatched a helicopter we are told, after receiving information that the Prime Minister had been shot. They put that out on facebook, in fact. The slovak Emergency Services are saying that they sent an Emergency Helicopter to stop we can also talk to our Freelance Journalist based in bratislava. Perhaps you could give us your latest information on what has happened to the Prime Minister. So the attack is very recent, it only happens perhaps half an hour ago. What you have said is completely correct. The Prime Minister has been transported to the nearest hospital. He has been shot in the small city of. Where a Govern
New central 9 first, the latest headlines. Slovakias Prime Minister robert fico has been shot in what officials are calling an Assassination Attempt. Ukrainian Officials Say fighting is raging in the border town of vovchansk, where Russian Troops have taken up positions top us diplomat Antony Blinken has promised kyiv more arms will arrive soon. A rare sign of Division Within israels war cabinet defence minister yoav gallant criticizes the failure to agree a post war plan for gaza. Englands overcrowded prisons from next week some inmates will be released 70 days early. Good evening. In the last hour slovakias deputy Prime Minister has told the bbc that he believes Prime Minister robert fitzo will the bbc that he believes Prime Minister robert fico will survive the attempt on his life and while he is still in a critical condition, he is no longer in a life threatening situation. In the last couple of hours, slovakias minister of interior described todays shooting as an attack on democra
Any news of prices falling increases the hopes from investors that the fed will start cutting the main interest rate, sooner rather than later. Joining me now is wei li, global chief Investment Strategist at blackrock. Thank you for being here. What impact is this having on the markets this morning . This is a welcome relief. We are seeing some information as expected. Part of the inflation is cooling down a little bit coming from very elevated levels earlier in the year. Also encouraging the core goods inflation it is actually negative which again is a welcome release and has been driven by mismatch unwinding. Iwas has been driven by mismatch unwinding. I wasjust has been driven by mismatch unwinding. I was just looking at Market Pricing for 2024, it was at 1. 6 and after this inflation went out for 2024 and just for context, at the beginning of the year Market Pricing had cut because of higher than expected inflation prices. With a more positive inflation than the stock market as wel