Pro Palestinian Protesters in an encampment at the ucla campus in california have been told to disperse by police or face arrest. These are live pictures outside the camp, where more and more students are gathering to show their support, as demonstrations against the war in Gaza Continue at universities across the United States. Earlier, californias governor, gavin newsom, has accused the police of being too slow to respond after Counter Demonstrators attacked the camp on tuesday night. In texas, riot police broke up a similar encampment, accusing the demonstrators of breaching trespass laws. Well have a report from texas in a minute, but first lets go live to los angeles where we can speak to our correspondent Helena Humphrey who is at the ucla campus. So the ucla protests have been declared unlawful by police. Im assuming those are Police Standing behind you. I understand the encampments, the protests, have been declared unlawful. What does that now mean . ,. , mean . Thats right. T
From new york, heres the bbc s north America Business correspondent, michelle fleury. Stubborn inflation pushes back the timing of the first rate cut. The Us Federal Reserve voted to keep its Benchmark Lending Rate at a 23 year high on wednesday. Officials have said they want more certainty that inflation is under control before they Lower Borrowing costs. They do not have that yet. Here is chair, jerome powell, during his press conference. The economy has made considerable progress towards our dual mandate objectives. Inflation has eased substantially over the past year, while the Labour Market has remained strong. And that is very good news. But inflation is still too high, further progress in bringing it down is not assured and the path forward is uncertain. We are fully committed to returning inflation to our 2 goal. While the prices of many goods have fallen, from cars to furniture, an increase in housing and Petrol Prices have contributed to a recent rise in consumer inflation. W
reporting that the materials used in the bombs that went off on tuesday are similar to those that went off in attacks against diplomat diploma diplomats. bangkok says an iranian man threw grenades as he tried to flee only injuring themselves. he is facing criminal charges. the iranian government denies any link to the bombings. china s presumptive leader in waiting says he wants the u.s. and china to work together to find a better trade balance. xi jinping met with president obama in washington. he is expected to succeed hu jintao as china s president next year. world business today starts right now. good morning from cnn london. welcome to world business today. greece gets a slap on the wrist. the government still hasn t done enough to qualify for a new multibillion dollar bailout. the debt crisis dampens s europe s largest economy, germany. france is still expected to grow in the fourth quarter. and why twitter won t be going towards an ipo. supposing you re not