don t forget check of the headlines here on al jazeera, the u. s. federal reserve has raised interest rates again, despite recent turmoil in the banking sector. the benchmark rate is going up to 5 percent. it s highest level since 2007. as the fed tries to curb inflation. the process of getting inflation back down to 2 percent has a long way to go and is likely to be bumpy. we remain committed to bringing inflation back down to our 2 percent goal and to keep a longer term inflation expectations well anchored. reducing inflation is likely to require a period or below trend growth, and some softening and labor market conditions. and the u. k. could see a high can interest rates on thursday after inflation went up unexpectedly for the 1st time in months. february s increase was driven by high food and energy bills. food prices are at their highest level in 45 years. that s largely because of a shortage of vegetables. there been more protests against lebanon s financial crisis, p
london. ah, this is all. these are the top stories. ukrainian officials say 3 people have died in russian. john strikes and the key region. local military says a civilian object was damaged in the attack and rescuers are still working at the scene. your brains forces say they shot down 16 and 21 iranian may drones last overnight by russia. stephanie dec reports from keith. from what we understand from rescue work is 3 dead to injured. and one person was pulled from the rubble. it s the 1st time in months that a civilian building has been struck in the area surrounding or inside the capitol, the ukrainian military saying that 16 out of 21 drones or iranian may drones launched by russia overnight were shot down and we heard an air strike air raid sirens in the evening across the country, china s president, she jin paint has left moscow after 2 days of talks with russian president vladimir putin. the 2 leaders issued a joint statement, calling fort responsible dialogue to end th
and right now the top stories on how much is era chinese presidents using ping and russian president vladimir putin, according for a responsible dialogue to resolve the war in ukraine. following talks in moscow on tuesday, putin said chinese proposals could be used as the basis of a peace settlement mutilated polena. so solution that i hear you, many points of chinese peace plan, a very similar to the stance of russia and can be used for peace talks. when the west and ukraine are ready to negotiate, but however, we do not see that they already at the moment of still silicon be thanielle was famous, is immediately glowing. when you sit slow, today we learned that the ministry of defense, if the u. k declared, he would supply tanks to the crime and also you rhenium in rich weapons to ukraine . i think that the west will now fight russia to the last ukrainian. we were at the u. s. as the way for the war to end is for russian troops to leave ukraine on ukraine. i would note that