here s where the bank s base rate stands at the moment at 5.25% it is the highest in 15 years. the bank has raised the cost of borrowing fourteen times to try and tame soaring prices but inflation has eased sharply in recent months and the expectation now is that rates may soon start to come down. however, for those in the uk hoping for cheaper mortgages and loans there was something of a bad omen in the us, where the chair of the federal reserve seemed to dash expectations of a rate cut next month. as michelle fleury reports. the fourth meeting in a row, the federal reserve did not raise interest rates. this is the longest pause since policymakers began their aggressive rate campaign to tame inflation back in march of 2022. but for rate weary americans, well, they will likely have to wait a few more months to see any relief, given these comments by the federal chair. based on the meeting today, i would tell you that i don t think it s likely that the committee will reach a
three gambling businesses owned by william hill are to pay a 19 million pound penalty for weak money laundering controls. we start in mexico where at least 39 people have died in a fire at a migrant centre near the border with the united states. the blaze broke out at an immigration facility in ciudad juarez which is next to the stanton international bridge that links the city to el paso, texas. this was the scene outside the building overnight, with the emergency services in attendance. it s not yet clear what caused the fire. many of the victims are thought to be migrants who had been arrested in the city the day before, with some reports suggesting they had been detained in locked rooms. the bbc s william marquez is following the story closely. just bring us up to date with what we know at this stage. we know at this stage. there is not much we can we know at this stage. there is not much we can add we know at this stage. there is not much we can add to we know
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this is bbc news. a very warm welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. a deadly fire kills at least 39 people in a mexican migrant centre close to the border of the united states. six people three of them young children have been killed in a school shooting in nashville, tennessee. police say the killer carefully planned the attack. another day of nationwide strikes and protests in france with hundreds of thousands of people out to oppose president macron s pension reforms. britain s intelligence agency mi5 increases the terror threat level in northern ireland from substantial to severe , meaning an attack is considered highly likely.
on, in border cities all along the mexican side ciudad juarez being one of the largest. the reason that one of the largest. the reason that one of these things happens in the first place is because of what has been pushed in terms of people into detention centres and intense relationships between migrant communities and mexican authorities acting essentially as proxies of the united states, and you have situations like this one we have large numbers of migrants crowding into a facility and when the fire breaks out it is almost inevitably absolutely devastating. i am seeing absolutely devastating. i am seeing a line coming absolutely devastating. i am seeing a line coming in absolutely devastating. i am seeing a line coming in from absolutely devastating. i am seeing a line coming in from the absolutely devastating. i am seeing a line coming in from the mexican l a line coming in from the mexican president saying that the migrants that died in that fire, they were mostly from ce