. when a bought a juicer engine failure and a faulty valve. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories, the u. s. federal reserve has raised interest rates and a bit a curb inflation. it s benchmark rate is now up to 5 percent the highest since 20 o 7. interest rates in the u. k. could also go up on thursday, february inflation rate rose unexpectedly to 10.4 percent driven by high food and energy bills. the rise put pressure on the bank of england to the said to do the same. it s inflation target is 4 percent. washington is denying china s statements that a u. s. destroyer has been forced from the south china sea on thursday. the chinese military set it drove away the vessel from waters near the potter cell. islands al jazeera is katrina, you has more from beijing. well, so the 1st time that the u. s. in china have disagreed over what has happened in the south china sea, but what makes this particularly dangerous is the timing right now. the distressed inattention betw
reminder the top stories here now j 0, the u. s. federal reserve bank has increase interest rates by a quarter of a percentage. point to 5 percent is the highest level since 2007. the fed policy makers believe the high inflation rate may require at least another interest rate hike this year. the federal reserve has been lifting interest rates to encourage people to stop spending and bring inflation under control. the increase was announced despite concern surrounding the banking sector, and he, jo castro, house more from outside the federal reserve in washington dc. there had been many people say there should be no hike at all today given the term well, we saw in the banking sector and that really the focus should be on regulation. what could have been done to stop silicon valley bank from collapsing and the same for signature bank? what we heard you wrong, how we ll take some point of questions to those ends as well. today he the same that the blame should be laid on the man
french police have 5 tear gas at a demonstration organized by kurdish activists and anti racism groups. thousands of people are rallying against the shooting of 3 people at a kurdish cultural center in paris on friday. was our been j reports from paris. you ve been seeing those dramatic pictures coming from this avenue where behind us is the republic square, where protesters have been trying to come to words and i can show you on the other side, there is a police presence which has been able to push them back to words republic straight from the steel square and they re telling the protesters to stay on that and, and as you can see on the straw there s, there s plenty of debris, a burn the. busy cars trash cans. at least 5 people have been killed in a rush and strike in southern ukraine. 20 others were wounded in the attack in cups on the city was retaken by ukrainian troops last month. a major setback that russia suffered in its war against ukraine. millions of north american
type of picture of the headline 0 now to 0. the congressional panel investigating last year s attack on the u. s. capital has released its final report. it says former president donald trump criminal, engage in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and failed to stop his supporters from attacking the building. the panels as the insurrection gray be threatened democracy and put the lives of politicians at risk. russian president vladimir putin as accused the white house of fighting a proxy war, saying the united states is using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. it follows a visit to washington by ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. putin also dismissed the patriot missile defense system pledged by the u. s. for ukrainian forces. no ash because it s a bit of a district regarding patriot missiles. it s a relatively old system. it doesn t work as well as our s 300. no. nonetheless, those who are confronting us said this as a defense of wea
both financial packages. you have already provided us with. and there was, you may be willing to decide on your money is not cheery team is an investment in the global security and democracy that we handle in the most responsible way. suds triggered by monsoon rains of killed at least 5 people. unfortunately, 65000 from their homes in northern malaysia. evacuations are underway and more rain is predicted. the world health organization is urging beijing to provide more detail information cove. 19 infections in china, numbers of cases had been rising since the government began easing restrictions, but deaths from the virus of state low or to china change its criteria for recording them is only counting those due to pneumonia or respiratory failure. israel s longest serving prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has secured a last minute deal to form a new government. if an yahoo had faced a midnight deadline to arrange a coalition agreement follows weeks of negotiations with