the united states where inflation remains stubbornly high. it still a problem for the world s biggest economy and that s because in the last hour or so we ve had the latest number of key measure of the central banks follows closely which is the personal consumption expenditures. it excludes volatile food and energy prices. as you can see, pc came in at an annualised rate of 4.6% in march which will maintain the pressure on the fed to increase interest rates when it meets next week. let s pick up with our correspondent in new york. just give us a bit more, what does it tell us about the health of the economy in america? it says those price increases that americans have been facing for many months now continue. that inflation number is starting to come down but inflation is still running much higher than the federal reserve s ideal target of somewhere around 2%. what it also shows is that despite the measures the us federal reserve is taking to try and cool down the us economy
near a seaside park. the attacker has been shot dead. israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has ordered the mobilization of police and army reserves. earlier, in the occupied west bank, two british israeli sisters were killed and their mother injured in a gun attack on a car. here s israel s defence minister. translation: we will settle | the account with whoever tries to hurt citizens of israel and we will bring them to the cemetery or prison after investigation. anyone who tried to turn the days of israel holiday into days of morning will regret this matter greatly. this all comes after a week of escalating tensions between israelis and palestinians. on wednesday and thursday, israeli police stormed jerusalem s al aqsa mosque. israeli forces fired stun grenades and clashed with palestinians as they gathered for ramadan prayers. on thursday rockets were fired from lebanon into northern israel, the biggest such attack in 17 years. israel responded with air strikes
hello and welcome to the programme i m lewis vaughan jones. starting with the latest developments from sudan. a couple of updates on international efforts to get citizens out. the latest from france, they have undergone and i quote a rapid evacuation operation to get rid of their citizens. and earlier we heard from america, they had done the same, this is a statement from presidentjoe biden, saying on my orders, the united states military conducted an operation to extract us government personnel from khartoum. let s look at some of the other rescue operations that may not have already taken place. this is saudi arabia in the port of cheddar and we understand around 150 people have been evacuated to safety, mostly citizens of gulf countries. he chipped and canada. the canadian government has urged remaining canadian city scenes in sedan to shelter in a safe place. in khartoum, air strikes and shelling have been going on for over a week. we can listen to someone there who can
a coordinated international rescue effort is now under way. also on the programme. hospital bosses urge ministers to re open pay talks with staff, as unions prepare for their biggest round of strikes. the head of a top english public school is found dead, along with her husband and daughter, in a property on school grounds. we look at how the spiralling demand for digital data storage, is delaying the construction, of new homes. breaking the record for the most grammy wins of all time. and a musical renaissance for beyonce, winning a record breaking 32nd grammy award. and coming up on the bbc news channel. manchester city has been accused of more than 100 charges of breaching financial rules by the premier league following a long running investigation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. more than 1,700 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that s hit southern turkey and syria. it happened in the early hours of this morning, and had a magnitude of 7.
england towards past of east anglia. still very mild and temperatures could reach 16 or 17 celsius which could reach 16 or 17 celsius which could make it one of the warmest days we have seen so far this year. the unsettled weather continues on friday and the rain particularly heavy across england and wales but even into the weekend as we leave marks behind and start april, more rain on the way. leave march behind. thanks, chris. and that s bbc news at six on tuesday the 28th of march you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m olly foster. after a strong start to euro qualifying, we ll get the latest from scotland and wales ahead of their matches this evening. beth mead lit up the euros with the lionesses last year but will she be fit for the world cup? hf but will she be fit for the world cu - ? . but will she be fit for the world cu . ? ., ., . but will she be fit for the world cu? . , but will she be fit for th