We will investigate the money trail and the Banking System that supports this trade in human misery. Good evening. The confrontations between pro Palestinian Protesters and the police are continuing on campuses across the united states. I2 protesters were arrested this afternoon at the university of wisconsin, in madison as police cleared an encampment there. Tensions are also high in los angeles, where overnight, cou Nter Protesters attacked Pro Palestinian demonstrators on the campus. Footage from the scene shows people using sticks and poles to attack a Makeshift Barricade that had been put around the encampment. Police did eventually respond to what the universitys Vice Chancellor described as horrific acts of violence. Let her go let her go there were scuffles too in new york, where Police Arrested dozens of Pro Palestinian demonstrators who were holed up in a building at Columbia University, and they removed a protest encampment. A total of 300 people were detained at columbia, a
To the string of low Inflation Readings that we had in the second half of last year. The recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that its likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. Todays remarks highlight the different paths being taken by Central Banks around the world, with the european Central Banks Christine Lagarde reaffirming that the ecb was still on track to cut rates. Many people expect the ecb will cut rates injune. Now, the timing of the first rate cut here in the United States this cycle has become a subject of much debate from main street to wall street to the campaign trail. The fed had previously signalled it intended to cut rates several times this year from a 23 year high of 5. 5 . Us stocks fell after mr powell spoke. Heres how Stock Markets fared in the us after mr powells comments. The s p 500, nasdaq and the dow closed slightly lower. The federal reserve s next policy meeting will start at the end of april
the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. message. helena humphrey on captiol hill. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. about the reactions to the vote toda . ., , ., , today. the vote result was alon: today. the vote result was along party today. the vote result was along party lines today. the vote result was along party lines stop - today. the vote result was along party lines stop so l today. the vote result was l along party lines stop so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusi
beijing does not want to unseat the united states as the world s superpower, but xi jinping tells president biden china s absorption of taiwan is inevitable. we will take you this hour to san francisco where the asia pacific countries are sitting down for a working lunch. in the uk rishi sunak s government will present new legislation to set aside the supreme court s ban on sending asylum seekers to rwanda. but backbench mps want assurances from number ten the bill will be tight enough to prevent future legal challenges. and what about labour. a party of government or a party of protest. the shadow front bench staged a mass rebellion last night, over keir starmer s stance on a ceasefire in gaza. we will get the thoughts on all of that from our panel tonight. with us labour sjohn mctiernan, formerly tony blair director of political operations. also here tara setmeyer, former communications director for the republican party, and now a resident scholar at the university of vir
continue across eastern parts of scotland in the north east of england and those temperatures only around 10 13. sophie. thanks, darren. newsnightjust getting newsnight just getting under way newsnightjust getting under way but now it s time for the news where you are. good night. wars have laws. as a proscribed terror group, hamas isn t following them. is israel? after a second attack on the jabalia refugee camp, mark s here to look at whether israel s aerial bombardment could breach international humanitarian law. also tonight, medecins sans frontieres are here. they ve been working in gaza for around 15 years and have 300 workers on the ground. plus, uk academics demand more freedom to express their opinions on social media when it comes to events unfolding in the middle east. we ll discuss the row between the science secretary and uk research and innovation, the body responsible for funding scientific research. and this. classic music plays. the orchestra whose musicians