Traders were also encouraged by new Inflation Data forjanuary that showed the smallest increase in goods and Services Prices for three years. That has added to bets that the Federal Reserve is on track to start cutting Interest Rates injune. Our north America Business correspondent Erin Delmore Reports from new york. All three of the major us Stock Indexes closed out february with a bang. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Hit an all time high and it is the first time we have been able to say that since november 2021. Another new high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february since 2015. The Dowjones Industrial Average for its part was up as well. That makes february the fourth straight month in the green for wall street and the Leap Day Boost was helped by some new Inflation Data. Well, the market today is reacting to a favourable continuation of inflation coming down in a trend towards the Federal Reserve s target.
That most of those who died were run over as the aid convoy moved away. In the last hour, the Un Security Council has been meeting Behind Closed Doors to discuss the situation. It comes on the day that the hamas government says more than 30,000 people have been killed in the territory since this conflict began in october. Our special correspondent fergal keane reports from Jerusalem The Hunger created by war made this tragedy. That is a fundamental fact of what happened today. The dead and wounded were starving people, simply hoping to feed their families. Translation | am| one of the wounded. I was on al rashid street. We were there all day in order to get food for our children, but we paid for that aid with our blood. Thousands had gathered in the predawn darkness. Theyd heard trucks were coming with aid. There were farmers, mechanics, our bbc cameraman, teachers, a doctor from a local hospital. An israeli drone filmed people crowding the aid trucks. It is a striking depiction of hum
Voters who loyally and traditionally voted for them generation after generation. I have heard some of the narrative being spun around this election result this evening. Yes, its true that every muslim is bitterly angry at keir starmer and his misnamed labor party. But you would be very foolish if you didnt realise that millions of other citizens of our country are, too. Keir starmer and rishi sunak are two chicks of the same backside. And they got well and truly spanked tonight here in rochdale. Cheeks. Finally i congratulate david tellis on his remarkable achievement. Applause his on his remarkable achievement. Applaus ,. , applause his remarkable achievement in cominu applause his remarkable achievement in coming second applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this applause his remarkable achievement in coming second in this byelection. In coming second in this by election and trust that even the most biased journ
Try and get richard tice from that be a scrum so we can talk to him. Back to you very shortly. Want to go back to joe twyman. The back tojoe twyman. The George Calvin camping saying if they did win it would be a total rejection of Mainstream Party politics. It would be an interesting win the George Galloway campaign. It be an interesting win the George Galloway campaign. Galloway campaign. It would be. By Election Campaigns galloway campaign. It would be. By Election Campaigns are galloway campaign. It would be. By Election Campaigns are unusual galloway campaign. It would be. By Election Campaigns are unusual in l Election Campaigns are unusual in some anyways and for so many reasons. But it could be the case that George Galloway . And if he does, i am sure a lot of the will be about notjust palestine, the important issue that he has campaign on, but also mainstream politics generally. In the major parties, what they deliver people in areas like rochdale, and im sure we will hear a lo
Three times the average february rainfall. The general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. Frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the Higher Ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the Southern Uplands by the end of the Southern Uplands by the end of the day. Overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. Blustery through the channel and its cold. Towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too. The rain