Hello, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt part in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, we begin with breaking news. President biden has been briefed on the raid which injured seven u. S. Troops and killed 15 members of the radical group isis. The raid happened thursday in iraq two of the seven u. S. Troops were evacuated from the area for further treatment, u. S. Central command manages operations in the middle east. They said that the operation targeted i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan further attacks from where we have cnn s chief international purity correspondent, nick paton walsh, joining us from london. Nick, what do we know about this american operation yeah, alex more details from the iraqi military he referred to the two months that was spent gathering intelligence ahead of this operation. And the four hideouts were targeted that appeared to be consumed camouflage of some description which would suggest yes a sort of camp of some desc
in the united states where the central bank, the us federal reserve, has raised the cost of borrowing for the tenth time. the quarter percent rise puts the fed s main interest rate at between 5 and 5. 25% the highest it s been in 16 years. but has it done enough to tame inflation? or with banks struggling and recession looming, has the fed gone too far? our north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. inflation remained stubbornly high, to try to get the cost of living back down to more normal levels the federal reserve has raised interest rates ten times in a little over a year, now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. the committee perhaps take a pause. the committee will perhaps take a pause. the committee will take - perhaps take a pause. the committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, le-s tightening of monetary policy, legs with which policy affects economic activity and inflation and ec