hello there. we start with the cost of living crisis because the uk is facing a summer of discontent over pay, according to the head of the biggest private sector union. sharon graham, who runs the unite union, has told the bbc it s not militant to ask for pay rises in line with inflation, currently running at over 9%. she says tens of thousands of her members, from bus drivers to refuse collectors to factory workers, are involved in pay disputes around the country. this warning comes as railway workers announce more strike days over the summer. here s what she had to say to our economics editor faisal islam. before people turned around to workers and say to workers, not only have you got out and defended the pandemic, because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that, now it is over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorent to me. the idea that we set out you go, you defend what is going on out there and by the way, now you are back and everyon
by 24 states works through the court. the judge says that he s siding with those states after they argued lifting title 42 would put a burden on their local health care systems. the justice department says it plans to appeal. now, this comes as president biden is visiting south korea, one of our closest allies in asia. the president met with his south korean counterpart today. topping the agenda, boosting military cooperation and containing north korea s nuclear threat. peter doocy is live in seoul, south carolina, with more on the president s first asia trip as president and white house reaction to the title 42 ruling. peter. reporter: yes, arthel, we ve got all that. the administration thinks that it is time for border patrol officers to stop using covid as a reason to deport illegal border crossings, but this federal judge is basically saying, too bad. if. all this ruling is, is a stay of execution. the biden administration is doing everything they can to transform ame
People over the years. Im not the only one. And wasnt very good in a lot of ways in terms of his representation. And also the things he got in trouble for were things that had nothing to do with me. He got in trouble, he went to jail. This had nothing to do with me. When are they going to look at all the lies in the last trial. He got caught lying to them in the last trial. He got caught lying, pure lying. And when are they going to look at that . Donald trump may have violated the gag order in his Hush Money Trial by ranting about Michael Cohen yesterday who is expected to testify at some point. Well get expert legal analysis on that and yesterdays Opening Statements. Plus, well go through the newly unsealed transcripts in the classified documents case, which show a former white house staffer tried to warn the former president about the legal issues he could face. And well have the latest from capitol hill on foreign aid funding passed by the house as well as threats to Mike Johnsons
Including against its oil industry which has helped fund its military activities and those of its proxies across the middle east. Data from Energy Analytics firm, vortexa, suggests that in the first three months of this year, iran exported more oil than at any time in the last six years, with most of it going to china. Iran currently produces about 3 of the worlds oil supplies. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director we have heard about new sanctions from the us and uk, targeting executives of an Engine Manufacturer that supplied the drones iran used in that attack on israel. Companies also linked to irans Steel Industry are being targeted. Earlier i spoke to Philip Worman who is a senior Managing Director at Risk Consultanchs held. Philip advises on sanctions risk. Well, its interesting. Even with the recent Missile Attacks on israel, the price of crude really hasnt gone up in the same way that you saw with previous geopolitical shocks. So crude is kind of p
was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month. also in november, the ceo of binance, the world s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty to anti money laundering and us sanctions violations. he paid a $50 million fine and the company paid a $4.3 billion fine. but bitcoin, it seems, is no worse for the wear. the price climbed above $44,000 tuesday and shares of coinbase global, the largest us crypto exchange, were up as well. bitcoin miners traded higher too. here s some of the wind in their sails. us regulators are expected to approve an exchange traded fund that directly holds bitcoin. it could happen as early as next month and traders are betting on it. data out overnight said higher interest rates are causing businesses to cut costs including recruiting new workers. we re nearly half way in to this year s round of climate talks known as cop28 and there seems to have been progress on some deals already. under one agreement, 110 governments have commi