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Traders were also encouraged by new Inflation Data forjanuary that showed the smallest increase in goods and Services Prices for three years. That has added to bets that the Federal Reserve is on track to start cutting Interest Rates injune. Our north America Business correspondent Erin Delmore Reports from new york. All three of the major us Stock Indexes closed out february with a bang. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Hit an all time high and it is the first time we have been able to say that since november 2021. Another new high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february since 2015. The Dowjones Industrial Average for its part was up as well. That makes february the fourth straight month in the green for wall street and the Leap Day Boost was helped by some new Inflation Data. Well, the market today is reacting to a favourable continuation of inflation coming down in a trend towards the Federal Reserve s target.
Turns on settled from the west again on wednesday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 8. 30pm Great Ormond Street Hospital contacts the police after staff received Death Threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. As some of president trumps family prepare to give evidence to the investigation into his teams possible links with russia, the president tweets a reminder that he has the complete power to issue a pardon. Boots has said it is truly sorry for its response to calls to cut the cost of one its morning after pills. The company faced criticism after saying it wanted to avoid incentivising inappropriate use of the pills. Airline pilots have welcomed Government Plans to introduce a Registration System for privately owned drones. It follows growing concern about the risk they pose to aircraft. Now on bbc news, its time for our world. In the syrian city of raqqa, the group that calls itself Islamic State is under siege. Its fighters are surrounded by a kurdis
Turns on settled from the west again on wednesday. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines at 8. 30pm Great Ormond Street Hospital contacts the police after staff received Death Threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. As some of president trumps family prepare to give evidence to the investigation into his teams possible links with russia, the president tweets a reminder that he has the complete power to issue a pardon. Boots has said it is truly sorry for its response to calls to cut the cost of one its morning after pills. The company faced criticism after saying it wanted to avoid incentivising inappropriate use of the pills. Airline pilots have welcomed Government Plans to introduce a Registration System for privately owned drones. It follows growing concern about the risk they pose to aircraft. Now on bbc news, its time for our world. In the syrian city of raqqa, the group that calls itself Islamic State is under siege. Its fighters are surrounded by a kurdis
Raqqa, Islamic State is making a final stand. Fighting them, a fragile coalition. Gunshots. Of powers, great and small. Of arabs and kurds. Of Men And Women. The enemy they face has weaponised fear. But this is more than the final showdown with isis in its capital. Its also a battle for a kurdish state in northern syria. Theres something bigger than me. Its for people here, the women here and women in the middle east, and maybe potentially the world. Its a fight for territory, both physical and ideological. This story begins not in raqqa, but in kobane. What remains of this largely kurdish city stands as a monument to a brutal Turning Point in the war against Islamic State. It was here that is reached its high water mark. Its territory extending as far as the turkish border. It was here it met its first significant defeat. The cemetery in kobane testifies to just how high a price kurdish fighters, Men And Women, have already paid in their war against is. For the kurds, this is part of