Way in blue cross welcome to the program a lebanese government minister has resigned following protests that left one Police Officer dead and more than 100 people injured information minister mob best ahmed said she was quitting because the government had failed to carry out reforms our correspondent in beirut says the whole cabinet may be preparing to resign more on that in a bit but 1st this report to catch you up on saturday nights protests. Im not a day and night of rage in beirut. Protesters stormed government buildings and banks as their fury reached boiling point. Chouse days massive explosion reignited their disdain for authorities in power. To many a deep and already existing distrust for the leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt the country was already struggling through a deepening financial crisis making the recovery from this disaster that much harder the desperation was clear. And adamo we were long to have money the leaders during care about the people no food
William blue cross good to have you with us a lebanese government minister has resigned following protests that left one Police Officer dead and more than 100 people injured information minister. Said she was quitting because the government had failed to carry out reforms demonstrators stormed government ministries on saturday night just days after the massive explosions in beiruts port that ripped apart the city. Another day and night of rage in beirut protesters stormed government buildings and banks as they few really reached boiling point. Choose days massive explosion reignited they just staying for those in power. To many it depend already existing distrust the leaders who they say are incompetent and corrupt the country was already struggling. Through a deepening financial crisis making the recovery from this disaster that much harder the desperation was clear. And on ahmad we no longer have money the leaders during care about the people no food no houses more than 300000. 00 pe
A new executive order targets not just social media to take talks but chinas massive payment in messaging service we chat. And the number of credible iris cases in india tops 2000000. 00 the experts fear the true figure could be much higher as infection spiral in the sub continent densely packed megacities plus officials in germany the alarm over a spike in buyers infections was a new survey shows most voters are not that worried. Flow of terri Martin Thanks for joining us lebanons leadership is facing growing anger in the wake of the deadly blasts that killed nearly 150. 00 people and injured thousands more when youre blaming the government for a crisis with. It was unfolding weeks before this weeks explosion shock is turning to fury and authorities responded with force when protesters gathered outside parliament the demonstrators accuse the government of corruption and competence and failing to avert an economic meltdown. French president emanuel might call on visited beirut promisin
Gun lobby new york prosecutors are suing the National Rifle association for financial wrongdoing saying they want to break up the n. R. A. Once and for all and. Fast but not optional germany is making coronavirus tests mandatory for all people in a ring become trees from designated hot spots new infections here are increasing their highest level in 3 months. By bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome french president delivered a message to the people of beirut today you are not alone help is on the way on a visit to the lebanese capital pledge to spearhead a donors conference to raise funds to rebuild the city but he also said there will be no blank checks demanding political leaders begin real reform before its too late. In a city wrecked by the force of tuesdays catastrophic explosion people in beirut are coming together to clean up of debris in the citys streets. But with solidarity and a strong sense of Community Comes also anger. At t
Its high Interest Rates. North America Business correspondent Erin Delmorejoins Me now. Good to see you. Put a bit of contact around the numbers for us. Sure, so this is not the Inflation Report a lot of people were looking for because remember, we saw hotter than expected Inflation Injanuary and february today we see that data again in march. And not only is it higher than expected, but we are seeing this trend upwards. And thats not what the fed wants to see when they talk about Cutting Confederates Interest Rates this year. The expectation when wrapping up year. The expectation when wrapping up 2023 was we could see as many as three Interest Rates cuts this year, as soon asjune. But when you see inflation is sticky and persistent as we see in the data, that becomes harder to envision, and indeed when this came out at 8 30am est today, you saw the expectations for that june Interest Rates cut drop. find june Interest Rates cut drop. And how does that june Interest Rates cut drop. An