from consumer companies like microsoft, samsung and intel. the technology sector has enjoyed rapid growth during the pandemic but they now face inflation fears and are operating in a higher interest rate environment. there been higher cost saving measures going to place, for example meta announced it will cut 10,000 morejobs this month that s on top of 11,000 jobs that s on top of 11,000 jobs that go last november. the deputy chief investor at richard bernstein investors is not optimistic about the stocks in the us. i not optimistic about the stocks in the us. ., , ., , in the us. i don t see any reason in the us. i don t see any reason to in the us. i don t see any reason to suspect - in the us. i don t see any i reason to suspect anything different from what we have seen. both from these companies over the past few quarters but also from the companies we have heard from this earnings season. what s clear is that growth is slowing and that is hurting these companies, n
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s seven in the morning in singapore and 2am in sudan, where we begin the programme. british diplomats and their families have been airlifted to safety from khartoum, the capital of sudan, as fighting between rival military factions enters a second week. the ministry of defence in london confirmed that embassy staff had been brought out under cover of darkness, and the united states has carried out a similar operation. there s no word yet on how other british nationals will be able to leave the country. our africa correspondent, andrew harding, has the latest. amid the bombs and the gunfire in khartoum today, a series of dramatic rescue missions. among those successfully airlifted out of sudan after a week of terror, british embassy staff and their families. over 1,200 people contributed to this operation. it was dangerous and precarious, but nevertheless, we managed to use both c130s and aaoo airc