let s start in the us where inflation has been falling for the 7th month in a row. the rate forjanuary stands at 6.4% down from a peak of 9.1% injune last year. but the latest report from the us labor department also showed the pace of that slowdown is starting to ease. the bbc s north america correspondent michelle fleury reports from new york. inflation has been coming down on an annual basis. that s the good news. the bad news on a monthly basis, prices for consumer goods actually rose at the start of 2023, despite an aggressive campaign by america s central bank to bring it down. the consumer price index was up 0.5% injanuary, compared to a revised 0.1% increase in december. the cost of housing was to blame for more than half of the increase. higher food and energy prices also contributed. the stronger than expected report, coupled with a tight labour market, could force america s central bank to raise interest rates more than anticipated. and that certainly spooked i
missing more than three weeks ago have started the process of formally identifying a body found in the river wyre close to where she disappeared. the mother of two was last seen walking her dog late last month. now on bbc news, the last of albania s sworn virgins. hello. it s been a mild weekend and it looks like it will be a mild but cloudy start to the new week as well. have this weather front strung out across some parts of scotland. for a while the area of low pressure bringing some of the akkar for very windy weather but the winds will continue to ease during monday. the band of renia stuck in scotland and to the south we could see thicker cloud and few spots of rain and drizzle for northern ireland and north west england but otherwise dry with a lot of cloud and maybe some sunshine across eastern parts of england, very mild day in east anglia with 16 degrees and some sunshine on the far north of scotland but the air here is just a little bit colder
the military takeover there. we start in the uk, which has seen the biggest day of strike action in more than a decade, according to the unions, with up to half a million people walking out in disputes over pay, jobs and conditions. among those striking are train drivers from the aslef union impacting most train companies across england. bus drivers in london about 100,000 civil servants from over a hundred government departments. thousands of university staff from 150 universities across the uk. and teachers from the national education union. these aerial images show demonstrators marching past the bbc s headquarters in london. 0ur employment correspondent was with them nearby at whitehall. the scale of this. this is the biggest straight for more than a decade. there has been some sort of talk about, could this be the general strike? it is not that. there are unions who have decided not to strike today. it certainly could be a lot bigger. what s interesting is there are un
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