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pace, that is the message from the federal reserve. america s central bank. the policymakers says they intend to raise interest rates practice in its july after taking a break last month to assess the impact of ten brevis increases. it comes as americans are having to pay more for basic goods, but while officials seem to be an agreement are for what to do next, after the meeting on wednesday, there was disagreement over the decision to hold off untiljune. some say they could ve supported a rate rise last month because inflation remains well above its 2% target. the minutes show how policymakers are grappling with how to tame inflation after it hit a high last year, even as they left the benchmark rate unchanged in a five to five and a quarter percent, almost all officials believe more rate hikes are needed. i had of thejuly meeting, there are two marquee pieces of economic data that is due out to the statement a chapter practice friday and consumer inflation next week. ....
this is the first time a us treasury secretary has visited china since the covid pandemic and this is the environment they find themselves in. for example, trade restrictions. one point of contention is over rare earth metals, essential components to make semiconductor those which are used in everything from smart phones to military equipment. earlier this week beijing said it will require a special license to obtain two metals predominantly mined in china stopping this move has seen a retaliation against export bands put in place by the united states of critical technology needed for artificial intelligence and quantum computing. both sides argue that these bands are neededin argue that these bands are needed in the interest of national security. another issueis national security. another issue is the weakening yuan. china s currency has lost nearly 5% of its value against the us dollar over the past year which makes chinese exports more competitive on the global marke ....
earths just days ago. i think she really wants as she said to get communications open. we are trading a lot with china, china depends on the us, us depends on china but at the same time, security and geopolitical interests are coming into conflict. i would say it is a little bit like good cop bad cop, blinken being the bad cop and now yellen going in as the good cop trying to say, look, we have a lot in common, let s see what we can do together, but boy, back home in the united states, both the democrats and the republicans are bashing on china, trump put in tariffs on hundreds of billions of chinese goods and president biden, who has reversed every trump policy he can, has kept that one. but despite those cooling tensions, the trade between the two have actually been growing but of course just ahead of her visit, beijing announcing those export controls on rare metals, also introducing some new laws on foreign relations and counterespionage and so on. is beijing play ....
matthew will sit here and you two can go. four care workers are found guilty of mistreating patients at a specialist hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism in county durham. he says he scared the truth will get him in he says he scared the truth will get him in big he says he scared the truth will get him in big trouble. and the controversial american tv talkshow host jerry springer has died, at the age of 79. on bbc london, attacked in the west end, paul mason died six months later. tonight, his family is calling for the man responsible to have his prison sentence reviewed. good evening. the fragile ceasefire between sudan s warring military factions is due to expire in five hours time. thousands of people are trying to flee the country. among them, british nationals, who are being told by the foreign office that evacuation efforts will be potentially impossible once a ceasefire ends. so far, around 500 british nationals have managed to leave ....
will have a look at in a moment but it s this ridge of high pressure that follows on behind that will kill off the showers, the clearer skies and low temperatures as we head into the night time. we still got that rain clearing away from the east coast of england, hanging on across the northern isles. quite a few heavy showers coming into wales, heading into the midlands, towards the south east over the next few hours but few hours but fewer showers across western scotland and northern ireland where we are seeing sunshine. quite cool out there and breezy. the winds will drop this evening, showers fade away, we keep some cloud and a few showers keep going for a little longer at a cost eastern parts of england but with like winds and clear skies temperatures will be close to or just below freezing. we could see as low as 2, or 3, a slight frost into tomorrow morning, good friday. a sunny start for most of the country. as temperatures rise through the day the cloud will b ....