near the syrian border, at a time and in a manner of its choosing. mr biden blamed the attack on radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq. tehran has denied any involvement in the attack in which three service personnel were killed and 3a injured. our world affairs correspondent paul adams has more. the americans say the attack happened at a base known as tower 22, right on the syrian jordanian border. it s one of many american bases across the region. there have been dozens of drone and missile attacks in recent months, but no american personnel have been killed until now. joe biden, seen here attending church, was quick to point the finger. we know it was carried out by radical iran backed militant groups operating in syria and iraq, he said. it s not necessarily a tipping point into uncontrolled escalation between the united states and iran, but it s another very dangerous step because, as i say, the us will have to respond even more strongly than
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council spokespersonjohn kirby. we believe that the attack injordan was a planned resource facilitated by in umbrella group called the islamic resistance of iraq, by an umbrella group called the islamic resistance of iraq, which contains multiple groups including the kateib hezbollah. former uk defence secretary ben wallace spoke to the bbc. kateib says it has suspended forces to to embarrassment. us presidentjoe biden said he has decided how to return to the attack, in a manner of our choosing. iran warned it would retaliate against any attack on what it called its interest. what we make of all this? mary anne marsh is still with us. and philip rycroft. philip, we ve got this morning that the us will not hesitate to strike. at the same time, walking really fine line between making sure the tensions in the middle east do not escalate into a wider conflict, particularly when it comes to iran and the groups that it comes to iran and the groups that it controls throughout that
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helped to slow down the rate of price increases for non food products, which eased injanuary down from over 3% in december. i m joined now by shanti kelemen, chief investment officer at m&g wealth. good morning. this isjust what we want to hear before the bank of england has its first meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday. meeting of 2024, which happens on thursday- on thursday. yes, we will have a decision on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them - on thursday. yes, we will have a decision from them on - a decision from them on interest rates, wiley expected to keep rates unchanged and thatis to keep rates unchanged and that is positive news for inflation and a prices, on the other side we do have the economy still not in a recession and wage growth has been pretty strong. there are some factors balancing inflation, thinking it might not be a sharp drop in the next few months. to not be a sharp drop in the