Traders were also encouraged by new Inflation Data forjanuary that showed the smallest increase in goods and Services Prices for three years. That has added to bets that the Federal Reserve is on track to start cutting Interest Rates injune. Our north America Business correspondent Erin Delmore Reports from new york. All three of the major us Stock Indexes closed out february with a bang. The Tech Heavy Nasdaq Hit an all time high and it is the first time we have been able to say that since november 2021. Another new high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february high for the s p 500. Both indexers enjoyed their best february since 2015. The Dowjones Industrial Average for its part was up as well. That makes february the fourth straight month in the green for wall street and the Leap Day Boost was helped by some new Inflation Data. Well, the market today is reacting to a favourable continuation of inflation coming down in a trend towards the Federal Reserve s target.
and founder of the eurasia group. they might also have a view on new research that suggests home working.is not working. google, apple, meta are among those who now demanding their workers spend at least three days in the office. we talked in the first hour of the programme about ukraine s path to nato membership and the obstacles in the way of that. let s concentrate this hour on some of the things that have been achieved at this nato summit. notably, the path that s been cleared for sweden to join. we brought you the news last night on this programme that turkey had dropped its veto and will now put sweden s accession to a vote in the turkish parliament, which we expect will be a formality. there has been reaction in moscow to that today. a kremlin spokesman said russia s security would be furtherjeopardised by sweden becoming a member. becoming a member a concern wholly dismissed within the alliance. what is more important to the swedish prime minister, ulf kristersson,
disturbing irregularities have been found in must be investigated to the fullest. tonight, the blockbuster new court filing from the dominion lawsuit. the internal decision and ratings over facts. the legal implications for a media giant the fallout for the democracy and what it all tells us about the inner workings about the fox news channel. the dominion software i know there were voting of regularity. these tell me about that. to put it mildly all in starts now. good evening from washington, d.c., i m in for chris. hayes earlier this, week senate republicans grilled senate biden s nominee to the federal communications building for their time. they have been trying to derail her confirmation claiming that she is too far to the left and two critical act of fox. you said, quote, for all my concern about facebook, i believe that fox news has had the most negative impact on our democracy. it is state sponsored propaganda. do you still believe fox news it
so at one day you wake up inh kamala harris is the vice president . how does that happen, youyo wonder? no one will say, but youu can r be sure there s a story there.ef so here s the latest example of unexplained weirdness in the news. mike pence, of all people, has just swooped in to save joe biden. yeso , mike pence, a man so flamboyantly pure he won t have minner with ladies, not his wife. and yet mike pence also hadkp secret documents in his house, just like joe biden that you didn t see tha that coming. it wasn t so long ago thatene pence was on television saying was sure he had no classified documents in his possession. he said that a few times. then just days ago, then mike pence sent his personal attorney to searche sent his fah home in carmel, indiana, fore in classified documents. now, if mike pence didn tnk think he had classified documents, why would he send his lawyer to go look forhe sen classified documents? we can t say for certaihin, but it s
it s five weeks since nurses first went on strike this winter. yet there s no resolution in sight. in fact, the dispute is only intensifying. nurses are taking industrial action at even more nhs trusts today than they did before christmas. we want to make nursing a safe and sustainable profession for all. we want our colleagues and the patients we care for to receive the care they deserve. nurses at 55 trusts in england are on strike today and tomorrow. next month, the industrial action will be more widespread, covering 73 trusts. 12 health boards and organisations in wales will also go on strike. a decision on further strikes in northern ireland will be taken in the coming weeks, while in scotland industrial action remains paused as negotiations continue. the advice for people who have medical appointments on strike days is to assume they re going ahead if the hospital hasn t been in touch. nhs leaders are warning that the strikes couldn t come at a more difficult time for t