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and driving hands free around the streets of london, we take a look at the driverless car that may be a gamechanger. let s now get down to business. let s start in the us, where it looks like interest rates will be headed higher and higher. speaking to a senate committee the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell warned more action might be needed to stabilise prices and tame inflation. many analysts had been expecting another quarter percent rise when the fed meets later this month, but now some are predicting an ever bigger increase. investors didn t like the news, as you can see it sent us financial markets tumbling. the dow, nasdaq and s&p 500 all saw a sell off after powell s comments. our north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. last year, the federal reserve raised interest rates at the fastest rate since the 1980s and it seemed to have helped inflation a little but the labour market remains resilient. the lastjob through sp ....
and in sport a magic night for potter, as chelsea survive the pressure of a retaken penalty to reach the champions league quaretr finals. hello. the doctor. and a month after the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, we reunite a survivor with those who rescued him from the rubble. good morning. we havejust had the coldest night of this year so far. temperatures across the north highlands had fallen to 14. they could fall more. we have some rain, sleet and snow on the cards across parts of the south, but as we go through the next couple of days we will see some significant snow falling a bit further north which could be disrupted. i will have all of the details later in the programme. it s wednesday 8th march. our main story. the un refugee agency has said it is concerned over the government s plan to stop people coming to the uk in small boats across the english channel. the organisation said proposals to prevent people from claiming asylum violated the refugees c ....
of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the la ....
longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and we ll have more from westminster in just a few minutes. also this afternoon: ukraine s president says nearly one third of his country s power stations have been destroyed after another round of russian attacks. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who appeared in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and the climate activist greta thunberg says she will not pursue a career in politics because it is too toxic. welcome back to westminster, the prime minister liz truss has chaired the cabinet after apologising last night for mistake she had made since entering number ten as pm. speaking to the bbc, she admitted her premiership so far hadn t been perfect but said she would lead the conservatives into the next general election, this despite widespread criticism from within her own party. yesterday the new chancellor jeremy hunt scrapped most of her tax cutting plans, ann ....
policy is working at cross purposes. what s your reaction to what liz truss has said this morning? what impact is the turmoil in the economy having on you? get in touch with your concerns via twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions two million people are left without power as one of the most powerful storms in us history hits florida s southwest coast. the gangsta s paradise rap star, coolio, has died at the age of 59. and scientists find evidence that dogs can read our mood by using their powerfull sense of smell. the prime minister, liz truss, has been speaking to the media about the economy for the first time since her government s tax cutting mini budget. she s defended her strategy, saying decisive action had to be taken, and the measures were needed to get the economy moving. however she conceded that growth wouldn t come immediately. her comments came as the former governor of the bank of england, mark carney, criticised the way the government pr ....