We are expectIng reactIon to come In, but thIs Is the sItuatIon In SrI Lanka. Anura Kumara DIssanayake has one the fIrst presIdent Ial Poll sInce the country had to default on Its InternatIonal debts two years ago. He won second preference votes. When they were taken Into account when he won 40 In the InItIal round of countIng. The OpposItIon Leader came second. The outgoIng prIme MInIster TraIlIng In thIrd place. Anura Kumara DIssanayake heads the natIonal Peoples Power AllIance and It Is a party. That alIgns Includes hIs Peoples LIberatIon front party, a party tradItIonally backed, that has tradItIonally backed, that has tradItIonally backed stronger InterventIon and lower taxes. Its campaIgn for let thIs economIc polIcIes. WIth thIs wIn, SrI Lanka wIll see for the fIrst tIme, a government that Is headed by a leader wIth a strong left wIng Ideology. We are expectIng Anura Kumara DIssanayake to dIssolve the. To dIssolve the parlIament and then call for parlIamentary electIons after ha
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A move that was expected. The current cost of borrowing now sits at five to 5. 25 , the highest in 16 years. But is the fed finally done with rate hikes . The bbc s Samira Hussain reports from new york. Inflation remains stubbornly high to try and get the cost of living back down to more normal levels. The federal reserve, americas central bank, has raised Interest Rates ten times in a little over a year. And now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. The committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of Monetary Policy, the lags with which Monetary Policy affects Economic Activity and inflation and economic and financial developments. We will make that determination. Meeting by meeting. The rate rises have slowed Economic Growth in the United States by making it more expensive to borrow money. And inflation is starting to come down. But there have been some unexpected Knock On Effects of the rate hikes. They played a part in the Banking Crisis where three banks
a move that was expected. the current cost of borrowing now sits at five to 5.25%, the highest in 16 years. but is the fed finally done with rate hikes? the bbc s samira hussain reports from new york. inflation remains stubbornly high to try and get the cost of living back down to more normal levels. the federal reserve, america s central bank, has raised interest rates ten times in a little over a year. and now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. the committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the lags with which monetary policy affects economic activity and inflation and economic and financial developments. we will make that determination. meeting by meeting. the rate rises have slowed economic growth in the united states by making it more expensive to borrow money. and inflation is starting to come down. but there have been some unexpected knock on effects of the rate hikes. they played a part in the banking crisis where thr
Not about the earthquakes, but in israel right now where fears are building over what some suspect could be an imminent attack on the part of iran responding to an Israeli Attack on one of their top commanders in syria and that theyre going to respond not only against israel, but maybe u. S. Interests in the region. Lucas tomlinson following the fastmoving developments and whats at stake. Lucas. All right, iran has vowed to avenge the deaths of the killing of the senior commanders. The same day the aide workers were killed in gaza and thats caused Israeli Forces to go on heightened alert and President Bidens call with benjamin netanyahu, and President Biden demand ago immediate ceasefire in gaza. He did seem hopeful when speaking to reporters yesterday when leaving for baltimore. Did you threaten to stop military aid to israel. I asked them on what theyre doing. Are you abandoning israel . Are you abandoning israel . And neil, its notable the state department, the u. S. Government has