A three Day Trip around earth. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News Channel well be at anfield with a full house on a European Night again, as liverpool take on Ac Milan in the champions league. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Borisjohnson is carrying out a major reshuffle of his cabinet, the most far reaching since he became Prime Minister. The dramatic changes have seen some of the cabinets the main players removed, among them dominic raab, the Foreign Secretary, who has been demoted and replaced by liz truss, who is only the second woman to hold the post of Foreign Secretary. Gavin williamson has been sacked as Education Secretary and is leaving the government. He is being replaced by the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi. Downing street said the Prime Minister wanted to put in place a strong and united team to build back better from the pandemic. Lets get the latest now on all the comings and goings from our political Editor Laura Kuenssberg in westminster. It cert
As borisjohnson refreshes his team. More from laura in a short while about the political direction laid down by todays changes. Also tonight. Shamim begu who left the Uk Tojoin the Islamic State now offers to help the Islamic State now offers to help the uks fight against terrorism. A report from one of afghanistans biggest cities on How Taliban Rule is having a profound effect on everyday life. And 14 goals in a thrilling night of Champions League football. Good evening. Borisjohnson has reshuffled his Government Making far more radical changes than many had expected and set the Governments Direction with a view to the next election. Hes fired his education, Justice And Housing secretaries and demoted others as he reshapes his senior team. Dominic raab is no longer Foreign Secretary Hes Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister with Liz Truss becoming only the second woman in history to hold the post of Foreign Secretary. Gavin williamson widely criticised for his handling of School
minister following the ousting of imran khan. and for the first time the queen talks about the effect having covid had on her. it does leave one very tired and exhausted, doesn t it, this horrible pandemic? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world and on pbs. watching in the uk the french president emmanuel macron and the far right challenger marine le pen will face each other in the presidential election run off vote in two weeks time. the second round will be a repeat of the last election in 2017. with almost all of the results confirmed, marine le pen got 23% of the votes yesterday, just over four points behind centrist emmanuel macron, with the far left candidate, jean luc melenchon, a further 1.5 percentage points behind ms le pen. all that means that it s a straight run off now in final vote later this month on april the 24th. mr macron remains the favourite, and his team are now planning a series of big rallies and major tv appearances. marin
and it has fallen pretty sharply from its peak of more than 9% injune of last year. it is a sign that the federal reserve s moves to raise interest rates to slow down inflation seems to be working. but analysts still think america s central bank will raise interest rates one more time at their next meeting. now, the cooler inflation is good news for consumers but it is also good news for us presidentjoe biden, who touted the administration s efforts to bring prices down. now, he s facing re rlection next year and being able to control inflation without pushing the economy into a recession will be key if he want another four years in the white house. william lee is the milken institute chief economist and he says everyone is wondering whether this is a turning point. that is the ultimate question at the fomc and all the central banks around about asking themselves, has it peaked? a lot of the inflation decreases have come about because supply chain to become restored around th