US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) raised concern over the surging Covid cases in China, the Taliban banning women from universities
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plett usher explains. the subtext is that the americans are disappointed the africans haven tjoined them in condemning russia s invasion of ukraine and that shows what sort of influence russia has, the kremlin has been trying to convince africans the problem is western sanctions, not the invasion, when it comes to high food prices. and it also has gained influence on the continent through military and security deals, which were criticised by the us secretary of defence, lloyd austin, at the summit. he said he called them peddling cheap weapons and deploying mercenaries and how this was destabilising . the russians don t have as much influence in africa as the chinese but they are something that the americans are concerned about. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates at midday today. analysts predict they ll rise by half a percentage point, slightly lower than last month s rise.