And on newsnight at 10 30, well go deeper behind the headlines and speak live with some key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. There are warnings tonight of a generation of children, being permanently affected by past covid lockdowns, the last of which ended more than two years ago. Who can forget that overnight, schools shut their doors while thousands of children were kept at Home Learning online . But now its clear, growing numbers of youngsters are persistently missing school, with the childrens commissioner for england warning the crisis needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency. At least one in five pupils in england is now Persistently Absent meaning theyre missing 10 or more of their lessons thats double the rate, before the pandemic. A committee of mps is recommending a series of measures including a National Roll out of Attendance Mentors to work with families. New guidance on the standardisation of fines for parents acr
crowned african footballer of the year, victor 0simhen. in group a, lens will be heading to the europa league, after they beat sevilla 2 1 and courtesy of the 1 1 draw between arsenal and psv eindhoven in the netherlands. arsenal manager mikel arteta, happy with his sides return to europe s premier competition. very positive overall, six or seven years without being in the competition with a team that doesn t have a lot of experience, i think we have competed very well. i really like the approach of the team in every single game, the way we have tried to play and dominate opponents. we have some big results, and big experiences as well. newcastle united manager eddie howe believes wednesday s champions league match with ac milan has got all the hallmarks of being a special game . newcastle must see off the italian side at st james park to reach the knockout stages and hope paris st germain do not beat already qualified borussia dortmund. newcastle are third in group f, lev
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that number has remained higher thanks in part to persistently high housing costs. raising interest rates is meant to combat inflation. higher interest rates make it more expensive to borrow money and that is supposed to tempt down spending which in turn should tame runway prices. president biden praised the data as good news and called on large corporations to pass the savings on to consumers. now it is up to the fed to decide whether they have done enough work to help prices return to normal. that would mean holding interest rates steady and that is what they are expected to do on wednesday. what investors really want to know is when the fed thinks it will be time to cut rates. they will almost certainly have to wait and hope for next year. of course inflation has been a big topic for many economies around the world this year. it is a different picture in china where we just found out last week the economy is slipping further into deflation, that s falling prices. with a de
he s there for two days, and the visit is aimed at strengthening ties with its southern neighbour. china is already vietnam s biggest investor. this year, registered investment from mainland china and hong kong combined doubled to more than $8 billion. that s compared to 2022 when pandemic restrictions were still in place in china. but with the us pushing to grow its influence in the region, beijing is also clinging to deepen relations with hanoi even further. raji biswas from s&p global market intelligence describes what s at stake for both countries. i think it s very much reflecting the importance of vietnam for china economically and of course it s an important neighbour as well. so, the political relationship, i think that will be important in terms of president xi s visit to strengthen bilateral ties further. but also, vietnam has become increasingly important in its own right as an export market for china. it s now the fifth largest export market for china and it s gro