Progress. A signal we are entering a new phase of our economy and our recovery. I believe it is important for the country to recognise this progress because if we do not, progress made will remain locked in the fear of negative mindsets that dominate our economic outlook since the pandemic began. Investors have cheered the cut, the dowjones industrial the neck i added 1. 5% in us dot markets. And the s&p 500 rose to all high times. Bbc s samira hussain has more from new york. 0ur the s&p 500 road i. 7%, the s&p 500 road i. 7%, extending this years gains to 20% and meanwhile the dowjones surged over 500 points to topping 32,000 for the first time in the majority of industry groups closed out the interest is higher and big tech outperformed as it was spurred to investors return to risk on mood and tesla gained 4% and more than 7% respectively. Stocks traditionally tied to economic growth jumped withjp economic growth jumped with jp morgan economic growth jumped withjp morgan chase and ca
us secretary of state antony blinken is due to arrive in ukraine for urgent talks, after warnings that russia could carry out an attack at any point . mr blinken also plans to meet the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on friday. russia has amassed 100,000 troops on ukraine s border. pressure is growing on the uk prime minister borisjohnson, who s insisted nobody warned him a lockdown drinks party he attended broke the rules. tory rebels have said they believe there will soon be enough mps calling for his resignation as party leader to trigger a vote of no confidence. the us telecoms giants, at and t and verizon have agreed at the last minute to delay the rollout of new 56 mobile networks near airport runways. the move follows a warning from airlines that the technology could interfere with instruments on some older aircraft, making
0ne told us tonight, i think we ve done it, it s difficult to tell. for all the difficulty of the prime ministerfaces, though, there is no consensus on when, if he should be replaced, and by who. ministers are offering, albeit qualified support, with one telling the bbc in an interview today the inquiries should be allowed to run its course and after that we can decide upon what next steps to take. tomorrow could be a decisive day for boris johnson. whatever happens, he will face mps in the house of commons at prime minister s questions needing to say something to shore up some support that he desperately needs. jonathan blake. the us telecoms giants, at and t and verizon have agreed at the last minute to delay the roll out of new 5g mobile networks near airport runways. the move follows a warning from airlines that the technology could interfere with altimeters on some older aircraft,
emirates airline cancelled dozens of flights to us cities. the telecoms giants say forty countries using 5g networks already, have shown that flying remains safe. our north american tech correspondent, james clayton, has explained why the mobile operators are so frustrated by the delay. you d think there d be some binding arbitration. at&t bought this c band 5g months and months and months ago, and this has been an issue for a long time. you would ve thought this would ve been sorted out. the airlines essentially say that the new 5g will interrupt some of their equipment, particularly when landing. what at&t are saying is some of these concerns are overblown, and you have this kind of chicken situation, this standoff. less than 12 hours to go until 5g is supposed
the view from westminster there. the us mobile networks at&t and verizon have agreed at the last minute to postpone the rollout of their new 5g service near some airports. airlines have complained the signals could interfere with navigation systems. the telecoms giants say they re frustrated at another delay. here s our north american technology correspondent james clayton. there was public stuck firmly in the middle. in one corner, airliners who said the new 5g frequency due to be rolled out on wednesday would interfere with crucial instruments. they said things will have to be grounded must were switched on the airport. in the other corner, telecom company they want to roll out 5g on the frequency that gives lightning speed coverage. they paid a lot of money for the privilege to do so. ., ., ., ,