as you can see here, the rate of inflation in the uk has remained stubbornly high over the last few months adding pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates again when it meets tomorrow. they re likely to be concerned that core inflation which excludes volatile food and energy prices actually rose hitting 7.1%. that s the highest rate since march 1992. bear in mind, the bank of england s target for inflation is 2% and its been falling in other countries. here s the uk finance ministerjeremy hunt. we don t have the clip at the moment. yael selfin is chief uk economist at the business consultancy kpmg and joins us from london. we heard from jeremy hunt earlier and he said it is a surprise, and it is one of their targets to get inflation down, but it is proving to be harder to do and easier to say. it is proving tricky and there are a number of reasons, one of which is we have a very tight labour market, tighter than in other economies, especially in europe,
now. egypt is allowing a limited number of nationals out. we re not on the list, it seems. civilians have to get have a chance to go through the rafah crossing now. we just got to get americans through. ainsley: meanwhile, fighting rages inside gaza. the idf says dozens of hamas terrorists were killed overnight and the number of israeli troops killed in combat rising now to 17. steve: meanwhile, here at home, vice president kamala harris has announced a national strategy to fight islamophobia. this while anti-semitism is surging all across the country, including at places like. lawrence: we are from the iconic second half deli. it was vandalized with a swastika about two weeks ago. first, we re going to check in with trey yingst live on the southern border of israel. trey? trey: yeah, hey, guys. good morning. battles rage on behind me inside the gaza strip days after the israelis pushed forward with a partial ground operation into gaza. we do know the death toll amo
Amid serious friction in bilateral ties over the plot to assassinate Sikh separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, masterminded allegedly by an Indian official, the US principal deputy NSA Jonathan Finer called on external affairs minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval. Finer held talks also with Indian deputy NSA Vikram Misri, reviewing key bilateral issues, including the Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET), and exchanged views on regional and global developments. They also underscored the importance of easing regulations to facilitate high-tech collaborations, and transfer of technology, as the US looks to remove barriers to defence and high-tech trade. India has announced a probe into the allegations and the US has said it’s looking forward to hearing from India about the outcome. India is also waiting to hear from the US on the invite it has delivered to President Biden for the Republic Day. “The two deputy NSAs undertook the first comprehensive mid-term review
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because of that, the areas that they held back on, tech ties, defence ties, those are the areas they are now hewing together much more quickly on, no matter the cost or no matter the disagreements on ukraine and other issues doesn t matter, they have decided that their partnership, in a world that is a realist world, is an important one. but do they have the same concerns about china? well, that s actually a very good question. i think for america, clearly under the biden administration, which has doubled down on some of trump s tough rhetoric on china, china represents the greatest foreign policy challenge of the 21st century. a rival that must be to some extent contained. india s perspective on china is a bit different. it is obviously in the asia pacific, india shares a large border with china, and concerns with china are different it may not necessarily want