hobbes. state of the union starts right now. ? prices surge. more bad news on inflation just weeks from election day. folks are still struggling. we can t kid ourselves about that. how long will prices stay high? and will voters trust the president to fix it? white house economic adviser cecilia rouse is next. midterm match-ups, as voters start to cast their ballots, we ll look at two key contests. arizona governor s race with republican kari lake and democratic katie hobbs. i m proud of the work we did in 2020. as biden makes a swing out west i love being in colorado. we ll talk to that state s democratic senator michael bennet and his republican opponent joe o dea. president biden debates how to punish one global power and keep another from deadly escalation. the threats and the u.s. response with national security adviser jake sullivan. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is wondering what the country will look like i
countries, two americans among them. a far right rebuke in the world s fourth biggest democracy. brazil s bolsonaro beaten in his re-election runoff. what could be a big blow to diversity at colleges. today the u.s. supreme court considers ending affirmative action. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. the death toll is now at least 154 in south korea s crowd surge. making it one of the country s worst ever disasters. this morning south korea s president and first lady laying flowers at a memorial alter in front of seoul city hall as the nation begins a week-long period of mourning. senior international correspondent ivan watson is live for us in seoul this morning. are investigators making progress on figuring out what sparked this crowd surge? reporter: we re not hearing any conclusive details about that. i do think that the shock of the scale of this tragedy is still sinking in. i m here just basically a few step
Hes a big fan of the Rolling Stones. Some of his fans and critics alike have described him as cr azy but who is the real javier milei . President milei, thank you so much for speaking with bbc news today. Id like to start this interview firstly by talking about the economy, which youve made a priority. You have got inflation down, but you promised that the political class, not the people, would pay. I spoke to a pensioner here who told me that in tears that this, in her words, was a lie, that with cuts to pensions, salaries, the value of peoples money, its people like her who are paying. What would you say to her . Translation well, | actually, that is false. The largest adjustment is being paid by the political corporation. When we took office, argentinas economy had twin deficits amounting to 17 of gdp. Besides, the previous administration, during the last year, had printed about 13 of gdp to finance fiscal deficit. And when we took office, inflation was at 7,500 a year. And in decem
Southern israel. Celebrations broke out in gaza as news of a potential breakthrough reached palestinians. But early in the day civilians in Eastern Rafah had begun to flee after the Israeli Military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead what was caught aim limited ground operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. Jordan pozner King Abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit in a meeting at the white house On Mondayjordanian Official said the king told President Joe Biden that a Ground Invasion into rafah would lead to what he called a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. In new york are you on general Antonio Guterres told reporters that Israel Invading Rafah would be intolerable. Our security corresponded Frank Gardner has more from jerusalem. Things have moved with extraordinary speed here in this part of the mid
Celebrations broke out in gaza as news of the potential breakthrough reached palestinians. But earlier in the day civilians in Eastern Rafah began to flee after the Israeli Military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead of a limited Ground Operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis, but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. Jordans King Abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit. In a meeting at the white house on monday, jordanian Officials Say the king told President Joe Biden a Ground Invasion into rafah would lead to a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. In new york the un Sectetary General Antonio Guterres told reporters that Israel Invading Rafah would be intolerable. Our special correspondent fergal keane has more details. They havent had reason to dance for a long time. But they havent forgotten how. Even amid uncertainty about israels position, h