west coast responded with the latest on the strike action. the last time both actors and writers were on strike at the same time in the 19605 when ronald reagan was president, not of america, but of the screen actors guild. they will go on strike tomorrow when the writers walked out nearly over two months ago now, they brought a halt too much of the production in hollywood. now the actors ijoined them, that will bring almost a complete halt to the whole industry. that will cost the californian economy ten5 that will cost the californian economy tens of millions of dollars every day. it will mean financial hardship for many people working at industry still recovering from the pandemic and it will mean a major delay to scooting settles student schedules. the student schedules. the im act student schedules. the impact will student schedules. the impact will be student schedules. the impact will be very - impact will be very significant. can you tell us some of the
to ease rising prices. data you may recall this week showed a drop from its peak of 1.9% in mid 2022 tojust 3.1% in november. that is above the beds target of 2% and jerome powell cautioned the committee had not ruled out raising rates again in the future. still, wall street, all three major markets finished higher and the dow jones industrial average jumped more than 500 points to a record close. this is the third time in a row after all that central bank decided against another rate hike. for investors satisfied that the fed is done, the only question on their minds is when will the fed start cutting them? investment firm t row what happened in the us overnight? i talked to someone from t rowe price earlier and asked her what the fed s decision means the rest of the world. i think this is a very good question on what we have seen during this business cycle is that the fed and the us rates tend to lead other markets so that is one way we can take signal from what s happeni
Protects waterways across the west is concerned that the guidelines will leave many places without any designated swimming areas. for places without any designated swimming areas. swimming areas. for more stories from swimming areas. for more stories from across - swimming areas. for more stories from across the - swimming areas. for more | stories from across the uk, head stories from across the uk, head to stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you alive with bbc news. this week saw the start of a landmark trial in new zealand focusing on allegations of health and safety failures in the build up to the white island eruption. 22 people were killed in the disaster in 2019 with some of the survivors suffering from horrific burns. the trial is taking place in auckland and it is expected to last for up to four months. phil mercer told me more about the charges the defendants are facing. the charges the defendants are facina. , ., a, facing. they are, mariko, accu