all those stories to come on the context tonight. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days and that weather will be a factor in when the strikes begin. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. the american secretary of defence, lloyd austin, said the us had the right to retaliate after the recent attacks. this is a dangerous moment in the middle east. we will continue to work to avoid a wider conflict in the region. but we will take all necessary actions to defend the united states, our interests and our people. and we will respond when we choose, where we choose and how we choose. the latest there from lloyd austin. with me is our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. macklin,
they want to raise rates, keep them on hold or cut them. just explain that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next.- that shift because it gives a sense of what could happen next. there are nine oli of what could happen next. there are nine policy members of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on of what could happen next. there are nine policy members on the - of what could happen next. there are l nine policy members on the committee and they all get a chance to decide whether they want rates to go up, down or stay the same. in the previous meeting in december, three of the nine wanted rates to go up, six would like to hold. to date you wanted to go up, one wanted to go down and six wanted to hold. this was a surprise to markets. markets basically expected a nod and wink from the bank of england to say that rates are properly going to come down this year. so the fact that one member has said we need to lower rents today provides a much
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