hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we begin in the us where the central bank is expected to increase interest rates by another 75 basis points today which would be the fourth consecutive increase of this size. many are hoping for signs the federal reserve may soften its approach in the months ahead with markets anticipating a 0.5% rate rise in december. so what s different within the us economy that would lead the fed to change its current course? here s michelle fleury. since march the federal chair hiked the rate by three percentage points, in so doing caused more expensive loans on everything, from houses to cars and credit cards, so far they have done so without any damaging slowdown in job have done so without any damaging slowdown injob or growth wealth creation. the trouble is there is no sign of a living rolling off with consumer prices, inflation still high at over 8% and still the fed has focused on. and until it sees inflation coming
brand-new cnn polls in two of the tightest races in the country. the clues and data that could determine the balance of power. also, what prosecutors call a landmark case. a mass shooting suspect pleads guilty to killing his classmates. his parents accused of giving him easy access to the guns. and republican senator, lindsey graham, getting supreme court help for now in his fight against a subpoena in a case trying to get to the bottom of election interference. welcome to the lead. we are 15 days away from the midterm elections and u.s. voters are hitting the polling booths nice and early. almost 7.3 million ballots have been cast in 39 states so far. florida and georgia, critical battlegrounds, reporting huge numbers. not so great news, complaints of voter intimidation in arizona. two armed men were seen in tactical gear according to the election department. the men left when deputies sh showed up. this afternoon, merrick garland responded to that incident with a pledge t
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 1am in south africa, where after ten days of peace talks a surprise deal has been reached between the government of ethiopia and rebel forces in tigray for a permanent cessation of hostilities. the african union s chief mediator the former nigerian president olusegun obasanjo has called it the beginning of a new dawn for ethiopia. it s almost two years to the day since a brutal conflict began in ethiopia s northern tigray region. since then, a civil war has left hundreds of thousands dead, almost five million displaced and a population on the brink of starvation. the bbc is the first international broadcaster to obtain footage from inside the area since august. our senior africa correspondent anne soy reports. it s a major breakthrough, ethiopia s government has called it monumental. rebels have agreed to disarm. but there is some level of caution. this moment i
a low profile after his defeat in brazil s presidential election. police in india arrest nine people in connection with the collapse of a bridge in gujarat, in which at least 144 people died. an important date in the us political calendar approaches we ll assess the current political mood. with a week until the us elections, i m in the hometown of presidentjoe biden in pennsylvania. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in ukraine, where the government there says power and water supplies across the country have been badly hit after russia launched a wave of missile attacks across the country. in the capital kyiv, the mayor says 4 out of 5 people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired at least 50 missiles but it was able to shoot most of them down. our international editor jeremy bowen has spent the last week travelling through ukraine, from the frontline battlefields of the donbas to the villages in kherson, where some of russia s best troops are concentrated,
profile after his defeat in brazil s presidential election. police in india arrest nine people in connection with the collapse of a bridge in gujarat in which at least 140 people died. also in the programme: an important date in the us political calendar approaches we ll assess the current political mood. the the current political mood. week to until the us mid term the week to until the us mid term elections, i am laura trevalyan in the battleground state of pennsylvania, reporting from scranton, the hometown of presidentjoe biden. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs and around the world. we begin in ukraine where the government there says power and water supplies across the country have been badly hit after russia launched a wave of missile attacks across the country. in the capital kyiv the mayor says 4 out of 5 people have been without running water. ukraine says russia fired