under way on bbc two, the news continues here on bbc one , as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team it s goodnight. across france, protests, riots and looting run into a fourth night. president macron closes transport networks, blames social media but what can he do to end the unrest? one further fatality reported tonight after violence sparked by a police killing of teenager of north african origin in the french suburbs on tuesday. we ll hear from someone who knows her way round the activist movement. also tonight. rwanda is being condemned by the un, the us and the eu for supporting the m23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. the last time this happened, the uk pulled aid to rwanda. the conservative aid secretary responsible for that 2012 decision tells newsnight the uk approach to human rights atrocities risks being downgraded. we speak to the former un assistant secretary general for
of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th
houthi fighters say they will continue attacking vessels in the region of the red sea. this announcement comes after they launched a drone attack in yemen on a us commercial vessel off aden. the escalating tensions in the red sea have many analysts concerned that the impact of these attacks will drive up the cost of living. some companies had to take a detour around southern africa, driving up costs. mukesh sandav, head of oil trading, rystad energy, describes what is at stake in the markets. what is at stake is that a lot of crude oil, up to four million barrels a day, moving from east to west, and that is bought by russia, by india, by china, that s at stake and that also stake is a lot of vessels which move towards europe. i would say all this, as we re talking about a sizeable number of barrels of crude and products will all of this get impacted or only a part of this will be impacted because what we have learnt is that the system finds alternate ways of re routing and me
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
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