nearly 130 people have been killed in violence after a football game on the island of java in indonesia. police say there was a stampede after about three thousand fans invaded the pitch and officers used tear gas to try to disperse them. around 180 people are being treated for their injuries in hospital and it s feared the number of deaths could rise. the indonesian president has ordered the football association to stop matches until an investigation is held. our reporter shelley phelps has more. the bbc s south east asia editorjonathan head told me more about what happened. from what i ve seen on video, it would appear that this i think we ll have to see what the investigation says but this really stems from the use of tear gas by the police. this was a very hard fought match between two teams, two cities close to each other with a long history of rivalry. indonesian football has very passionate following, sometimes turning violent, and at the end of the match, which ar
with columnists from the guardian, stephanie baker of bloomberg news and work of the sydney morning herald. so, cuts to income tax, corporation tax, national insurance and stamp duty and removing the cap on bankers bonuses. it will cost tens of billions and the government says it will boost growth, the labour party say it will reward the rich. stephanie, let s start with you. is this gamble for growth that s going to pay off? it s certainly a gamble, but i have doubts about whether it will pay off. kwasi kwarteng says he want to booth grouped by two and a half percent. but that s delivering a bit of a sugar rush, and i m not sure that will be sustained over the long term. some people have compared this to hitting the accelerator and slamming on the brakes at the same time because what you have is on the one hand, the bank of england trying to control inflation. trying to cool demand by hiking interest rates while the treasury s pumping money into the economy. so i think tha
us now from new york. good evening, connell. good evening, bret. the dow after four downed days in a row now finds itself at lowest level since november of 2020. now, investors have pretty much concluded at this point as interest rates rise that the economy will have trouble growing. not just here in the u.s. but all around the world. one of those days on wall street where it was sell first and ask questions later in a friday session. all the worries seem to be magnified right now in the minds of investors from the war in ukraine to the energy crisis in europe. but, really more than anything, it s the higher interest rates that we are seeing in the u.s. but also in places like britain, sweden, switzerland and norway. the day started with a report showing a sharp decline in european economic activity, which raises the risk of recession over there and the new government in the u.k. led by prime minister liz truss now unveiled a plan for tax cuts that really was not well recei
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