Just coming in right now. The Federal Reserve has announced a half a point. That was not the most expected. Most of what i read was a Quarter Point expected. It was a toss up, and really heres the thing, the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates to get inflation down. The more recent readings we have gotten on the economy the last six weeks since the last time they announced decision is pointing to a weakness in the labor department. To cut into unemployment and make more people get out of jobs or increase unemployment further, well, thats the reason why they wanted to dramatically cut Interest Rates. They decided to do so by half a Percentage Point. Economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have slowed. Well have to see what Fed Chair Jerome powell says to explain cutting Interest Rates by a Half Point. Im going to ask the Control Room if we can get a ticker and keep an eye on whats going on with the stock market. Its going wild . There we go. Ran insana, th
the high pressure. once that clears, the story will turn more humid and there will be some rain in the far north west of scotland and some cloud around. but punch some holes in the cloud with the sunshine and a degree or so warmer and top temperatures of 25 degrees and will get warmer towards the weekend. thanks, louise. and that s bbc news at six on monday 4th july. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. good evening. welcome to wimbledon. day eight. it s not a mandate monday any more because we had planned sunday, but so much to come up as the quarterfinal line up gets clearer. coming up on tonight s programme, no circus from nick in the end, he s into the wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time in eight years. can the 2019 champion at halep it keep her impressive run go
midnight at the moment it is your home astrocytic buyer, but there are itching questions that are continuing to swirl at the second hour of laura coates live. it is midnight, what is going to happen? we have already had the news tonight that the idf aerial defense system intercepted one rocket that was launched from the gaza strip in the last hour that was just before the truce was set to expire. rocket sirens were heard in the area over the past few hours. i want to go right now to cnn s jeremy diamond, in israel, and cnn chief national security correspondent alex marquardt who is in washington. jeremy, it is now the and of the deadline. we haven t heard anything about an extension of a truce from either side. what do you know? yes, that is right, laura. for all intents and purposes we believe this truce has now expired. it was slated to expire at this very time midnight eastern time, 7 am local time. it is now 701 a.m. where i am, and there have already been in the past h
To world news today. The german chancellor Angela Merkel has called for european unity in the face of brexit and the election of donald trump. Speaking at an Election Rally in munich in southern germany, she said the events of the past few days had shown that the europeans could not necessarily rely on other nations. Translation we europeans must really take our fate into our own hands. Of course, in friendship with the United States of america, in friendship with Great Britain and as good neighbours, wherever that is possible also with other countries, even with russia. But we have to know that we must fight for our own future on our own, for our destiny as europeans. And thats what i want to do, together with you. Her comments follow the g7s failure to commit to the 2015 paris climate deal. Earlier the german leader described the talks as six against one, calling the summit in sicily very difficult and very unsatisfactory. Instead she described the relationship between berlin and new
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