Set your agenda. Asian equities retreat for a fourth day on more concerns over chinas economy. And after strong us retail sales, add doubt that the feds inflation fight is finished. Uk headline inflation set to take a step lower today, but the pressure is on for the bank of england after the hottest wage growth on record. Plus, the Worlds Largest owner of stocks rebounds thanks to investments in big tech. Well break down the numbers from norways 1. 4 trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund. Well, good morning. Welcome to wednesday and its risk off this morning as concerns about inflation and growth weigh on markets, us futures are flat this morning after the s p 500, the nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial average all ended just off session lows yesterday. Equities finally showing a bit of worry this off year after year had us retail sales coming in above forecasts, along with home depot earnings for that matter, underscoring consumer resilience and bolstering, therefore, the case for the fed t
Tonights latest news headlines. Michelle. Thank you. And as youve just been hearing, tensions are high in edinburgh this evening with the scottish greens planning to vote against first minister humza yousaf in a vote of no confidence. Its vote of no confidence. Its after the snps power sharing deal with the greens collapsed this morning, leaving mr yousaf in charge of a minority government. Losing the vote wouldnt automatically spell the end for mr yousaf, but it would throw serious doubt over his ability to govern. The no confidence motion was proposed by scottish conservative leader douglas ross, who branded the snp leader weak and a failed first minister. Moroccan Asylum Seeker ahmed alade has been convicted of murdering Terrence Carney , who was 17 years old, carney, who was 17 years old, and stabbed the pensioner six times in hartlepool in what was intended as revenge for the israel hamas conflict. Gb News Reporter anna reilly has more. A jury reporter anna reilly has more. A jury
Nervously to find out if theyve won. Well bring you the announcement of the winner live here on bbc news in the next hour. Raqqa has fallen. The Islamic State group has been driven from its de fa cto group has been driven from its de facto capital. This is in the north of syria and four months after the kurdish led, us backed Syrian Democratic forces began their offensive. It has now declared that the city has been completely liberated, with Ongoing Operations to comb and cleanse districts from the remnants of is. Raqqa was the first major city to be captured by is in 2014. It became the headquarters of what it calls its caliphate. This map shows in more detail the territory that Islamic State had at the beginning of 2015. All of this area marked in pink in syria and in iraq was controlled. Millions of people were under is rule. But this dark red area is what is controls now. I should tell you the us military is more cautious about raqqa. It says 90 of raqqa has been reta ken. About ra
Hello im sam is a damn this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. And it will be the largest famine in the world to see for many decades with millions of victims i die warning from the u. N. This is the situation worsens in yemen after a saudi blockade. Smiles all around us president s trump and she reach Common Ground on trade and discuss north korea. And syria eyesores territory continues to shrink the latest offensive focuses on the town of old will come out. In sport the first indictments are made in one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit u. S. College sport a series of multimillion dollar kickbacks involving coaches agents and sponsors are being investigated. The un there more than twenty humanitarian groups are warning of the worst famine the world has seen in decades unless the Saudi Led Coalition allows a then to yemen fuel and food prices have risen dramatically since saturday thats when the blockade was tightened its a stark warning from
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] live coverage of the tucson festival of books on the campus of the university of arizona and all day long we are live in gallagher theatre on the university campus. You have been listening to the authors talk about japanese internment. One of the panelists, Richard Reeves, will be here to take your calls on the issue. Lgbt q right, slavery in america, history of women in the sciences, big money and philanthropy, those are some of the topics the authors will be talking about today. If you were listening earlier, you heard somebody familiar to booktv viewers, Richard Reeves, talking about his most recent book, infamy the shocking story of the japanese internment in world war ii. If you have a question, 2027488200 in the east and central time zones, 7488201 for those of you in the mou