important moment for the u.s. to tell viewers what you are learning. this is about to be a major announcement that we hear directly from president biden. we expect that president biden will be addressing the nation around 7:30 tonight. is senior administration official told us this was a counterterrorism operation of a significant al qaeda target. we are learning this was in fact, ayman al-zawahri. the senior official also noted that the successful operation did not result in any civilian casualties. keep in mind, this comes about one year after the u.s. withdrew fully from afghanistan. of the last military plane leaving afghanistan in august of last year. this will raise questions that perhaps, the president, himself, will address on how the operations were conducted, given no u.s. military prison in afghanistan. also, what the assurances are that we hear from the president, himself, on the note that there was no civilian casualties. the president has been isolating becaus
Reality on the ground showing or questioning the effectiveness of it. ., effectiveness of it. ok, and then there effectiveness of it. ok, and then there is effectiveness of it. ok, and then there is the effectiveness of it. ok, and then there is the gas. - effectiveness of it. ok, and i then there is the gas. market, thank you very much indeed. mark. let s get some of the day s other news. the us central bank has raised interest rates by 0.5% the most aggressive increase in more than 20 years. the move is intended to tackle rapidly rising prices, fuelled by the war in ukraine. with us inflation at a ao year high, further hikes are expected. us secretary of state antony blinken has tested positive for covid i9. mr blinken had hosted both the mexican and swedish foreign ministers in washington over recent days. joe biden s foreign policy chief had been set to make a landmark speech regarding us policy towards china on thursday, but that has been postponed. local elections are ta
As proposed by the eu was acceptable, he said no, and this is why. and, of course, as we were discussing earlier, this will only take place at the end of the year. each day we re seeing the horrors taking place, strikes just in the last few hours in dnipro, zaporizhzhia kyiv, mykolaiv, and cherkasy in central ukraine. attacks possibly on resupply efforts of the ukrainians, the russians trying to take out resupply efforts as the war continues in the east. i think what we re seeing now is the eu trying to do something but the reality on the ground showing or questioning the effectiveness of it. let s get some of the day s other news. the us central bank has raised interest rates by half a percentage point the most aggressive increase in more than 20 years. the move is intended to tackle rapidly rising prices, fuelled by the war in ukraine. with us inflation at a ao year high, further hikes are expected.
Problems. but the eu want this in place by the weekend, as we were discussing in place by the weekend, as we were discussin- earlier in place by the weekend, as we were discussing earlier this will only take place at the end of the year. each day we are seeing the horrors take place, strikes in the last few hours,. in dnipro, zaporizhzhia kyiv, mykolaiv, and cherkasy in central ukraine. attacks possibly on resupply efforts of the ukrainians, the russians trying to take out resupply efforts as the war continues in the east. i think what we re seeing now is the eu trying to do something but the reality on the ground showing or questioning the effectiveness of it. amber heard has taken the stand in the defamation trial brought by herformer husband johnny depp. he originally sued for $50 million over an article in the washington post where she claimed she was a victim of abuse. he denies the allegations. a warning, there s some strong language in this report by our correspondent david sill