the reaction in asia so far has been mixed. Our north america business correspondent ritika gupta has the details. The federal reserve has delivered a super sized interest rate cut aimed at bolstering the us labour market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5%. It comes amid signs inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the job market remains strong, even as unemployment has risen this year. The labour market is actually in solid condition and our intention with our policy move today is to keep it there. You can say that about the whole economy. The us economy is in good shape, it s growing at a solid pace, inflation is coming down. The labour market is in a strong pace. We want to keep it there. In addition, the committee setting rates released its latest forecast which showed policymakers expecting to cut rates by a further 0. 5%. That would us interest rates below 4. 5% b
We ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the last game against feyenoord, and here now, and it s important steps for us moving forward. England under 21 international jamie bynoe gittens scored twice for borussia dortmund as they beat club bruges. Last season s runners up, 3 0 winners. Serhou guirassy was fouled in added time and converted the resulting spot kick. A great night for sparta prague, who marked their return to this competition after a
Celtic overpowered slovan bratislava at celtic park to get their campaign up and runing in style. Making their debut in the competition, a tough lesson for slovan who lost 5 1 in glasgow it s the first time celtic have won their opening champions league game and, as it stands, only bayern munich are ahead of them in the new format table. The competition stops now, we ve played bayern munich in the final. But no, it was a great night for everyone. I thought you just sensed it before the game, the feeling in the crowd. But i m so proud of the crowd. But i m so proud of the team, the intensity with which we played for the ball was so good. And yeah, it was a great night. We know our next three games are really tough games but they re really exciting games for us. But i thought tonight, we had to make a really good start in the competition, and i think we made a fantastic start with three points on the board, so it s a back to back win at this level from the end of last season or the
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This is bbc news. The headlines in breaking news, there are reports at least two more Communication Devices used by hezbollah have detonated across lebanons south in the southern suburbs of beirut. It comes after 12 were killed and thousands more injured following the synchronised explosions of Hezbollah Pagers across lebanon on tuesday. Hezbollah blames israel for the attacks and vows to retaliate. Here at bbc verify we have been looking here at bbc verify we have been looking at here at bbc verify we have been looking at the chain of companies involved in the Supoly Companies involved in the supply of the pages which reportedly exploded in lebanon yesterday. Still reeling from an economic and political crisis, Sri Lanka prepares to hold pivotal elections. Somalia, one of the worlds poorest countries, is being hit hard by Climate Change and conflict. Well be speaking to the International Committee Of The Red Cross for more on this. More on all of Those Stories In ust more on all of Th