you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,
this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin warns the war with ukraine will continue until russia achieves its aims. he s holding his first major news conference since the war started. the republican led us house of representatives votes to formally authorise an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and the uk s spy agency gchq reveals its annual brainteaser for schoolchildren. let s ta ke let s take you to belfast. can you tell us what happened today and some of the background? it relates to bloody sunday, 30th january 1970 two, one of the worst incident during the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles and many people were killed and one of the most significant and have a conflict developed lasting from the late 19605 to the conflict developed la5ting from the late 19605 to the late 19905. 13 people were shot dead by the british army, by members of the parachute regiment at a civil rights demonstration at londonderry, the second biggest city in norther
to early for speculation. earlier i put that to victoria scholar is head of investment at interactive investor. the uk money markets, they are anticipating rate cuts next year but not untiljune, that is when the first rate cut is pencilled in. that was actually pushed back after today s decision, from the previous estimation that the bank of england would cut rates in may. financial markets are pricing in a one percentage point move of rate cuts in 2024, that would get down to 4.25% from where it is now. but the governor was a lot more cautious than the markets, he says the markets have their own view and he thinks it is too early to speculate about rate cuts. clearly, he s been about rate cuts. clearly, he s been a lot more dependent on the data. i think this main takeaway is that the bank of england is being more cautious in its outlook than the fed. it cautious in its outlook than the fed. , , . fed. it is interesting that the lan . ua . e fed. it is interesting that the l
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