helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the
united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. crowded confusion as a strict border policy ends. we ll look at what comes next for the migrant crisis on america s doorstep. plus president zelenskyy ask pope francis expected to meet at the vatican. we re live in rome and london with the latest and the default is feeling more real with time running out on a plan to raise the nation s debt ceiling. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we begin this hour at the mexico border where several key cities report fewer migrants arriving than expected. the covid era policy allowed authorities to expel most migrants. a senior official says there was no substantial influx of migrants at the southern border on friday after title 42 expired thursday night and the number of migrants and border patrol custody has dropped slightly compared to earlier this week. still across all levels of government, official are preparing for more arrivals. th
biden is expected to have new sanctions on russia. on saturday, the u.s. firmly accused russia of committing war crimes against humanity in ukraine. putin s war has cost thousands of lives. it is targeted civilians. putin has even taken aim at a maternity hospital in mariupol. as we enter year two of the invasion, there is no clear end in sight. and now there are new concerns about china s involvement. this weekend, u.s. officials warn that china might be providing russia with non lethal military assistance. it could provide lethal assistance in the future. here s what secretary of state anthony blinken said earlier today on msnbc. jen is trying to have it both ways. publicly, and privately as i said we have seen already over the past months. the nonlethal assistance that does go directly to aiding and abetting russia s war. and some further information that we are sharing today. i think it will be out there soon. it indicates that they will have lethal assistance to russ
these types of bans could cost them in 2024? inflation cools. new data suggests the fed is winning its fight against rising prices. so now what? central bank just days away from a key meeting and a critical decision on rates. will the hikes finally come to an end? and the chatbot will see you now. new studies looking at how artificial intelligence could transform medicine. we re going to talk about what it means for you and your human doctor. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. two severely restrictive abortion bans in two republican-dominated state legislatures, nebraska and south carolina, both failed on thursday, handing unexpected victories to abortion rights advocates and highlighting this struggle within the gop on how far abortion bans should go. we saw this moment in nebraska. people moved even to tears after the so-called heartbeat act failed by just one vote. it would ban most abortions a
appeal on wednesday. american football legend has been announced his retirement for the second time, tom brady. welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where the funeral of tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after being beaten by police, has taken place. the us vice president kamala harris was among the thousands attending the service at mississippi boulevard christian church, in memphis, tennessee. following tyre nichols s death, five officers, all of them black, were charged with second degree murder. several other police officers and emergency staff have also been fired in recent days. our north america editor sarah smith was at the service. # you lift me up. the grief was overlaid with anger as mourners celebrating the life of tyre nichols also railed against the injustice of his death. i can t speak for everybody in memphis, i can t speak for everybody gathering, but for me, i believe that if that man had been white, you would not have beat him like t