a dog trainer, a tech worker and a farmer when they re at home, but now these three british volunteers are in ukraine helping to rescue the helpless. tens of thousands of rail workers will stage three days of national rail strikes later this month, the rmt union has announced. it ll be the largest outbreak of industrial action in the industry in a generation and will shut down the entire rail network in england. with all the details i m joined by our correspondent, jon donnison. talk to us first of all about when this is going to happen. we know there are three days. this is going to happen. we know there are three days. promises to be hu:el there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 there are three days. promises to be hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers l there are three days. promises to be| hugely disruptive. 50,000 workers in total across 13 different train operating countries and the london u
A surge in the cost of fuel pushed up us Consumer Prices by 0. 6 , but if you strip out the volatile cost of food and fuel, the underlying rate was half that, coming in at 0. 3 . It could give Americas Central Bank some breathing room, encouraging the Federal Reserve to keep Interest Rates on hold next wednesday. Lets speak live to our north America Business correspondent, erin delmore. What do these figures tell us about the state of the us economy . Weill. The state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the the state of the us economy . Well, we are seeing the second the state of the us economy . Vii we are seeing the second straight monthly rise in the Consumer Price index here, and that matters because the fed is meeting next week. This is in fact the last day dump they are going to get before they get together and everybody is holding their breath to see whether the fed will continue its campaign of Interest Rate rises or whether
of economic advisors. thank you for being with us on bbc news. what does this tell us? it suggests consumer spending is still pretty resilient right now? i suggests consumer spending is still pretty resilient right now? pretty resilient right now? i think it is resilient, pretty resilient right now? i think it is resilient, but pretty resilient right now? i think it is resilient, but let s pretty resilient right now? i think it is resilient, but let s be - pretty resilient right now? i think it is resilient, but let s be clear, l it is resilient, but let s be clear, the number of 65 billion is lower than what most economists had predicted the average expectation was, that was on the order of 68 billion. ithink it was, that was on the order of 68 billion. i think it is good news for mr powell and the other global central bank shares syria s meeting with. the economy is resilient but it is a step and we are all looking at it and the other global central bank shares he
The government is expected to publish the Brexit Strategy in an hours time. The white paper will set out its priorities for negotiations with the European Union after Parliament Takes the First Step Towards britain leaving the union, as mps vote overwhelmingly in favour of triggering article 50. Last night mps voted 498 to 114 in favour of approving legislation which gives the Prime Minister the power to start negotiations with european leaders. 47 labour mps, one in five, voted against the bill despite a three line whip imposed by the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. And what will happen next . As mentioned, at around noon, Brexit Secretary david davis will announce the governments white paper on exiting the eu. This will allow parliament to send the bill on Forfurther Amending and scrutiny, before it becomes law. Our assistant Political Editor, norman smith, is at westminster with the latest. What are we going to find out . Probably very little. I think most people expect it to simply fl
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