To receive migrants who will be flown at of the country as a deterrent and this is very different way to eat into the numbers that are still waiting to be processed and we will get to that a little later. Let us focus because the head of the cia, william the head of the cia William Burns told the Senate Intel Committee last night that more losses are likely in ukraine unless congress can pass joe biden s ukraine aid package, which has been opposed by republicans. It is our assessment that with supplemental assistance, ukraine can hold its own on the front lines through 2024 and into 2025 and down another road without supplemental assistance, it seems to me that theres a much grimmer future. Ukraine is likely to lose ground and probably significant ground in 2024. There is a bi partisan majority in the house that would vote for the 60bn Dollars In Military Aid which the Senate Approved six weeks ago. But House Speaker mikejohnson is standing in the way. This afternoon the Senate Minorit
Thats slightly higher than expected and driven mainly by higher costs for gasoline and rents. In the 12 months up to february, the cpi rate increased by 3. 2 , compared to 3. 1 injanuary. The core rate, stripping out those volatile elements such as fuel and rents, fell to 3. 8 from 3. 9 injanuary, but that was still higher than the 3. 7 expected. This latest data suggests there is still some stickiness with inflation that will be scrutinised by the Federal Reserve as it weighs up a highly anticipated Interest Rate cut injune. Lets head over to new york and speak to our north America Business correspondent michelle fleury. As far as the fed is concerned, it is about how they respond to this number. It is not going in the direction they wanted it to. The tricky word direction they wanted it to. The tricky word that direction they wanted it to. Tue tricky word that you direction they wanted it to. Tte tricky word that you were stumbling over, sticky, and a lot of this is to do with housin
The ruling means hell be dismissed as an mp and forbidden to stand for Public Office before 2028 he denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision in the Islamabad High Court on wednesday. On sunday mr khan began serving his three year sentence in a jail in the city of attock. Live now to islamabad and the bbc s caroline davies. Its been quite a dramatic few months for them on con when he was first arrested and then release. We saw all his imran khan. Arrested at the weekend. This latest announcement doesnt really come as announcement doesnt really come as a huge surprise. M0 announcement doesnt really come as a huge surprise a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on saturday a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on saturday we a huge surprise. No in fact when he l was sentenced on saturday we knew immediately he would probably be disqualified. I think wh
hearing, has held what the us calls candid and constructive talks with china s foreign minister in beijing. this at the start of two days of meetings with chinese officials. mr blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping open channels of communication us officials added. the trip to china is the first by a top us diplomat in almost five years and comes months after an earlier visit by the secretary of state was postponed when a suspected chinese spy balloon flew in us airspace. can this trip reboot relations? to discuss this and what s at stake for the world s two biggest economies, i m joined by alicia garcia herrero chief economist at natixis. good to have you on the programme. from your perspective, when we are looking at trade, the two biggest economies in the world, how important is this trip? extremely important. and the main reason for this trip is not even trade, it s about assurance to really avoid a military conflict in taiwan and i think that s th
the southern border lane and we ve seen demolition crews hard at work. commuters waking up extra early because i-95 collapse will cause major headaches with i-95 closed in both directions. a tanker truck carrying gasoline, caught fire under the overpass, causing a portion of i-95 to come crashing down. one vehicle is stuck under the rubble and officials are working to identify anybody caught in the collapse of as of now, no fatalities reported. the governor says it is going to be a number of months to repair one of the busiest highways in pennsylvania. retired police sergeant telling fox and friends this morning, some drove over with seconds with spare. i saw the black smoke, figured a car was on fire, not unusual. as i was driving, realized i had to go through it. i hit a bump that was essentially the road getting ready to collapse. the state police shut it down shortly ever. it was like driving off a curb is how heavy it was. pete buttigieg offering help saying, i ve