ah, or one of the top stories around era. the u. s. federal reserve has raised interest rates by point 75 percent. the biggest increase in almost 3 decades hoped removal, curb, soaring inflation and bring down consumer prices, which are at 40 year highs from cherry the central bank. jerome pals described the current economic climate as extraordinarily challenging and uncertain, and indicated further hikes are likely we anticipate that ongoing rate increases will be appropriate. the pace of those changes will continue to depend on the incoming data and the evolving outlook for the economy. clearly, today s 75 basis point increase is an unusually large one and i do not expect moves of his size to be common from the perspective of today, either of 50 basis point or a 75 basis point increase seems most likely at our next meeting. we will, however, make our decisions, meeting by meeting, and will continue to communicate our thinking as clearly as we can present. joe biden is urgin
Is nothing, and im sure the chairman would say the same, there is nothing more he would love to see than an asian lad from bradford coming out and playing in front of 20,000 every week. Players like aston villas neil taylor remain in a tiny minority. Two years ago the fa launched a plan to increase asian involvement in football, hoping things might be different for the next generation. Dave edwards, bbc news, bradford. Nearly time to go, but before we do, time to quickly reveal the top three contenders for the bbc young Sports Personality of the year. Well weve certainly been spoilt for choice this year. 2015 winner ellie downie has made history this year, by becoming the first british gymnast to win all round gold at a Major International competition, at the 2017 european championships. 17 year old Manchester City midfielder phil foden won the fifa under 17 world cup, in india with england, and also the golden ball award for best player at the tournament. And para skier Millie Knight
I made a worker lalique champions for the 33rd time. Ronaldo played his part, with 25 league goals in 25 games. Couple of weeks later came a record extending 12 Champion League titles. He found the back of the net twice in the final againstjuventus, enough to give him man of the match. As if that wasnt enough, Cristiano Ronaldo did his bit to help portugal qualify for the world cup. This is its been more of a struggle. He has only scored twice in the league is so only scored twice in the league is so far, but continues to break records. He scored in all Six Champions League group games. So all in all not a bad time for the player regarded as one of the greatest of all time. I still have the motivation to be cristiano, to play with happiness, so cristiano, to play with happiness, so the main word is happy. Enjoy myself. I am still motivated and playing in a fantastic club and a fantastic nationality, so lets see what the future brings. At this moment im very happy. Uefa have confirmed t
Well be hearing from musician and tech entrepreneur will. I. Am about his latest venture. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global News Business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Bitcoin pushing towards 17,000 dollars. Would you put your hard earned cash into it . Or is it all about to go sour . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. It looks like things are moving at a pace over brexit. The british Prime Minister theresa may is expected in brussels within the hourfor a meeting with the president of the European Commission, jean claude juncker. It raises expectations that talks overnight aimed at meeting the concerns of the democratic unionists on the status of the irish border after brexit were successful. The dup is the main party in Northern Ireland and theresa may relies on their support to keep her in power. They rejected the wording of the Draft Agreement earlier in the week as they resist any steps whic
Right across the street, to be honest with you, and it was only for the reason that the United Nations was here that that turned out to be such a successful project. So i want to thank you, ambassador, for your introduction and for your steadfast advocacy of american interests on the world stage. Under half of the co host countries i would also like to thank secretary general, and you have been fantastic, forjoining us, and we affirm our commitment to the United Nations reform, and reform is what we are talking about. I applaud the secretary general for setting out our vision to reform the United Nations so it better represents the what we represent. We endeavour to live across the entire system and to find ways the United Nations can better and be better at development, management, peace and security. The United Nations was founded on truly noble goals. These include affirming the dignity and worth of the human person, and striving for international peace. The United Nations has helpe