of a public television station in the port city of guayaquil, taking hostage several journalists and staff members. this footage shows the attackers, carrying rifles and grenades forcing the crew onto the ground. the president has said that ecuador is in a state of internal armed conflict . ione wells reports from sao paulo. a moment of utter horror broadcast live on television. armed men with balaclavas over their face armed men with balaclavas over theirface broke into the armed men with balaclavas over their face broke into the state of this television channel in ecuador while it was live on air. brandishing guns and what appears to be explosives. it comes a day after the country s new president daniel noboa declared a state of emergency yesterday. ecuador has been rocked by a series of attacks after the apparent escape of a powerful gang leader, jose adolfo macias villamar from prison. police and military were ordered to intervene in controlling presence in attempts to c
with what economists are expecting for the latest inflation figures that they will likely show that inflation went up slightly month over month, but it will drop year over year. numbers like that would be encouraging for the us federal reserve as it debates whether or not to make a change to interest rates. well, the us central bank started hiking rates aggressively last year. authorities have hiked rates ten times marking the fastest tightening cycle since the 1980s. expectations are high that this time , they might pause. earlier, i spoke with market strategist charu chanana, and she gave me her outlook for the us federal reserve. expectations are built in for the next two quarters. this time. i think the markets are being complacent about that slow down in information that you just talked about as well as a potential fall or skip, whatever you might call it. if you remember, last week we got some hock wish trends in the market from the reserve band of australia and reser
there s more on the day s main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it s goodnight. this country together. thank you very much. cheering and applause. # you re everywhere and nowhere, baby. # that s where you re at. i swear by almighty god. i had to rely on. the evidence i shall give, what i was told, it shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. by my senior trusted advisers. so help me god. i took my cue from them. # lies are gonna get you some day. # just wait and see. # so open up your beach umbrella. # while you re watching tv. # and it s hi, ho silver lining. # and away you go, well, baby. # i see your sun is shining. # but i won t make a fuss. # though it s obvious. this fictional party was a business meeting. and it was not socially distanced. i was also furious to see that clip. add there wil
of lords appointments commission. mr sunak said the former prime minister had asked him to override the recommendation, which he didn t think was the right thing to do. let s go to westminster and our political correspondent lone wells. lone, this is turning out to be much more than a war of words. this is getting to the territory of open warfare, isn t it? warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably the warfare, isn t it? that s right. this is probably the most - warfare, isn t it? that s right. l this is probably the most public disagreement we have had to date between the current prime minister in the former prime minister, and it doesn t look like one that is calming down any time soon. just to recap what we know so far, the house of lords appointments commission, who vetted appointments to the house of lords, did confirm in a statement that they had rejected eight of the names that borisjohnson wanted to put
yet i need to have his allies have followed him to the exit. maybe it s not so much a master or an epic strop. that fan all five, boris johnson has defined our times. a man with an enormous ability to create and to destroy. his enemies can never truly be sure he is gone. so what his does his decision to walk me now for the conservatives? and does really matter to the country any? grant shapps is live with us along with labours david lammy who wants boris s old job as foreign secretary. we hear also with nigel barrage who pushed the tories further and further on brexit and ourfirst big interview further and further on brexit and our first big interview with the first minister of scotland after a rocky start in charge. and who make sense of this bout of madness? alan cumming performer and presenter of the new smash hit who swapped broadway for our big desk. michael howard once sacked boris johnson for lying. morning to all of you. you are very welcome to be with us. we were cha