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workforce. entire countries, many of them. the u.s. government, in other words, is astoundingly large world, historically big scale without precedent. truly, gorgan. so what do all those people who work there do every day maybe wondering that? what s a good question? actually , nobody s really sure, including many of the employees themselves. fundamentally, the federal government is a mystery like the universe. it goes on forever. it makes you feel small thinking about it, which is probably the point. the good news is every once in a while our government does something you can actually understand that happened recently when joe biden signed a 700 or fifty billion dollar piece of legislation called the inflation reduction act, which is the inflation reduction act du come on , what do you slow the interest right there in the name? the inflation reduction act is an act that reduces inflation. it s an inflation reducing act and that s welcome news because inflation is indee ....
failed safety tests since the grenfall tower fire. the bank of england warns car finance deals and borrowing on credit cards are rapidly increasing. a sikh couple say a berkshire adoption agency told them they were the wrong culture to adopt a white child. and the changing face of banking. this is what we ve come to. less a cash machine than a mini bank. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, johanna konta prepares to carry british hopes at wimbledon as she continues her grass court preparations at eastbourne today. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the internet giant google has been fined a record £2.1 billion by the european commission for putting its own online shopping services at the top of search results. it s the biggest fine in the commission s history. it said google had abused its market dominance. google now has 90 days to end the practice. more details from our technology correspondent rory cellanjones. but the name of something you might ....
to advise on immediate measures to improve building safety. the bank of england issues a financial warning, as consumer borrowing rises at its fastest rate in more than a decade. google is fined more than £2 billion by the european commission for illegally favouring its own shopping services. and 50 years on from the first cash machine, we take a look at the changing face of banking. hello, good evening. welcome to bbc news at five. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said her government is delaying plans for a second independence referendum. speaking in holyrood, she said she still believes the country needs to be given a choice about its future, but not until after the brexit process. she said that since the general election, in which the snp lost 21 seats, she had listened to voters, and understood their concerns about another poll. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh. nicola sturgeon call this a reset, but what in effect i think it m ....