businesses groups in northern ireland have expressed hope over the windsor framework the new deal meant to simplify their post brexit trade with the rest of the uk. until now, some imports have been complex to manage others have been outright banned under the so called northern ireland protocol, intended to protect the eu s single market. the british prime minister rishi sunak has been in belfast to meet politicians and business leaders to build support for the framework. speaking to workers at one business, he said the new arrangements would help northern ireland become the world s most exciting economic zone with unique access to both eu and uk markets. if we get this framework implemented, we get the executor back up and running here, northern island is in the unbelievable special position, unique position in the entire world, european continent and having privileged access, not just to the uk home market which is enormous the fifth biggest in the world but also th
hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, live from outside the u.k. s houses of parliament, i m christina mcfarlen. the revolving door at number 10 downing street will not swing open for boris jauohnson again. the former prime minister stands down ahead of today s critical leadership vote. and live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta i m rosemary church. i ll have details on all our other top stories including mid-term crunch time in the united states. new polling suggesting sky high voter interest and extreme polarization with the election just 15 days away. it s 7:00 a.m. here in london where all eyes are fixed on the tory leadership race, and we could learn who s poised to become the next leader of the conservative party and the prime minister. he said on sunday he d not be entering the race though he claimed to have enough support to move forward. that leads richard sunak and kellie in the running. wheth
hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start on wall street where stock markets have suffered their worst first half of the year in more than five decades. as of the close on thursday, the s&p 500 index of top us firms has lost more than 20% between january and june, a sell off on a scale not seen since 1970 when president nixon was in the white house. for the tech dominated nasdaq, it s been even worse a near 30% fall for the first half is the worst in its history. from new york, samira hussain has more. the sell off of the stock market over the last six months has been brought. it is not just one sector bearing the brunt of losses, but a range of companies from disney to apple tokamak target. the latest economic data indicates actually the road ahead may be getting even bumpier. the federal reserve s regional bank in atlanta has been closely watched for the gross domestic product and gdp, which today signalled that the us economy will have shrun
3.i% of 9.1% in mid 2022 tojust 3.1% in november above the target of 2% and jerome powell said they had not ruled out raising rates again in the future. still, all three major markets finished higher in industrial average more than 500 points to a record close and this is the third time in a row after central bank decided against other hike and for investors, satisfying this the only question on their mind is when will the feds start cutting them. that happened in the us overnight in from investment firms, they gave me her take on what the decision means the rest of the world. i did this is a very good question we have seen in this business cycle is the us praise to delete other markets and we can only take signalled what is happening and the progress on inflation that makes it feel comfortable to cut interest rates and i wonder what the next step will be if other central banks will get to this stage and easing financial conditions in the markets that is a part of the puzzle,
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