Hello youre watching the context on bbc news. Coming up the uk Prime Minister will no longer accept donations for clothes after a row over accepting gifts. Party Conference Season is well under way here in the uk and Today Reform Leader Nigel Farage opened his Partys Conference in birmingham. He told Supporters Britain is broken and said this was the weekend his party would come of age. We do not need to change the mind of a single person living in this country. Because the Silent Majority is already with us on the key issues that we care about. We can win the next general election, just with the numbers of people that agree with our principles, that agree that family, that agree that community, that agree that country should be the things that absolutely everybody in british public life campaigns for because they are the most important things to all of us that live here. Applause the labour partys annual conference will also kick off this weekend but it comes in a week in which the P
First tonight, the graphic images coming in. For the second day in a row, hundreds of wireless devices simultaneously exploding across lebanon. Our team in bay route, about 20 feet from one of the blasts. At least 20 people killed today, more than 30 dead now. Thousands more wounded. 24 hours ago, pagers exploding with deadly force. Today, walkietalkies exploding, too. Devices that had been given to members of hezbollah. Tonight what weve learned about the remote driger. Marcus moore witnessing the blasts in beirut firsthand. And Martha Raddatz in the Region Tonight. Also tonight, the major news back here at home. A major turn for the u. S. Economy. The federal Reserve Today cutting a key Interest Rate by half a percent. The largest cut in 16 years. Signaling the fed believes the u. S. Has turned the corner now on inflation. What this now means for mortgages, credit cards, car loans. And it comes with Gas Prices coming down, too, 48 days before the election. Breaking news in new York C
Just coming in right now. The Federal Reserve has announced a half a point. That was not the most expected. Most of what i read was a Quarter Point expected. It was a toss up, and really heres the thing, the Federal Reserve raised Interest Rates to get inflation down. The more recent readings we have gotten on the economy the last six weeks since the last time they announced decision is pointing to a weakness in the labor department. To cut into unemployment and make more people get out of jobs or increase unemployment further, well, thats the reason why they wanted to dramatically cut Interest Rates. They decided to do so by half a Percentage Point. Economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have slowed. Well have to see what Fed Chair Jerome powell says to explain cutting Interest Rates by a Half Point. Im going to ask the Control Room if we can get a ticker and keep an eye on whats going on with the stock market. Its going wild . There we go. Ran insana, th
Have the muscle we would have a Space Program to a large extent. Well, i guess well see can thank you guys for being with us this morning. I really appreciate it. Thanks to All Of You for joining us. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn new central starts right now Donald Trump on the Campaign Trail for the first time since the second attempt on his life, weve got new reporting on Security Preparations and what he plans to say breaking overnight Sean Diddy combs arrested in New York, the indictment against him will be unsealed in just hours. You ohio governor is now sending the naf the highway patrol rally, rather to schools in springfield as the fallout over those false claims of patients eating pets turns more dangerous. Im Kate Bolduan with Sara Sidner and john berman. This is cnn new central and for the first time since they second attempt on his life, Donald Trump holds a Campaign Rally in battleground, michigan today. As you can imagine, security will be tight and it comes as bot
The Israel Defense forces says it responded with fire toward a main instigator of violent activity, who hurled rocks at the forces and posed a threat to them in the beita area. Turkey has described her death as a murder carried out by the netanyahu government. President erdogan said he condemns what he called a barbaric attack by israel. The us State Department Meanwhille has extended condolences to the family of aysenur ezgi eygi. It says its working to gather information about her death. For more i spoke to White House national security communications advisorjohn kirby. I want to start by talking about the i want to start by talking about the shooting i want to start by talking about the shooting of i i want to start by talking about the shooting of an American Citizen in the West Bank yesterday. What do you know about the circumstances . I we have seen that the israeli defense forces have announced that they will investigate that, weve asked for that investigation, we will be watch