Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
From vesselfinder. Com. The news comes as the un continues to warn that massive Aid Shortages have left gaza on the brink of famine. If successful, other ships will follow as part of an International Maritime effort. Israel says it welcomes the creation of a maritime corridor and that it is facilitating the transfer of aid to gaza while its forces continue to fight hamas. The us charity behind the open arms mission is world central kitchen, a non profit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. Earlier my colleague, Sumi Somaskanda spoke to its founder, chefjose andres. Wanna ask you, open answers on its way, 200 tons of food and medicine as we mentioned, getting aid to people on the ground has been difficult so whos going to distribute the aid and how . Whos going to distribute the aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone that aid and how . Well, i want to remind everyone that they i aid and how . Well, i want to i
Womens the is today. French president Emanuel Macron in signs in the french constitution the rate for women to have an abortion. French president Emmanuel Macron enshrines in the french constitution of the right for women to have an abortion. Hello. Welcome to verified live. The us says it willjoin uk and other allies to create a humanitarian sea corridor to provide aid to gaza. This maritime corridor can and must be part of a sustained effort to increase the flow of humanitarian aid and commercial commodities into gaza through all possible routes, said a joint statement. The plan is to establish a Shipping Route which would get aid from cyprus to gaza by sea, working with the un to facilitate, coordinate, monitorand with the un to facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify the flow of aid. The statement also said that efforts would be closely coordinated with israels government. Initialshipments coordinated with israels government. Initial shipments would arrive via cyprus where Israe
Aliens have never visited earth. Hello, im samantha simmonds. Youre watching bbc news. We start with the war in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brought in, but they continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. These are the latest pictures from larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first try to get aid, already happened over the weekend, but it takes so