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let s start in the us where inflation has been falling for the 7th month in a row. the rate forjanuary stands at 6.4% down from a peak of 9.1% injune last year. but the latest report from the us labor department also showed the pace of that slowdown is starting to ease. the bbc s north america correspondent michelle fleury reports from new york. inflation has been coming down on an annual basis. that s the good news. the bad news on a monthly basis, prices for consumer goods actually rose at the start of 2023, despite an aggressive campaign by america s central bank to bring it down. the consumer price index was up 0.5% injanuary, compared to a revised 0.1% increase in december. the cost of housing was to blame for more than half of the increase. higher food and energy prices also contributed. the stronger than expected report, coupled with a tight labour market, could force america s central bank to raise interest rates more than anticipated. and that certainly spo ....
it comes after easyjet announced plans to cut more flights over summer. a setback for french president emmanuel macron as he loses his majority in parliament after elections over the weekend. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation in oldham between 2011 and 2014 finds there were serious failings in the handling of some cases by the council and police. in sport, a first major trophy for england s matt fitzpatrick who s won the us open. and.up close and personal we have a special report from uganda on a successful conservation effort to increase the number of mountain gorillas he so close to us. whenever closest relatives on earth. one of our. wow! still no sign of a deal to avoid a strike. so, today, network rail has set out a plan for the limited number ido i do think it is important that we send out a message early this week that industrial action is likely to proceed and therefore people should take sensible preparations now because there is no poin ....
Investors, with prices still running well above the us federal reserve s 2% target. the task of taming inflation is not straightforward, a fact recently acknowledged by fed chairjerome powell, who warned the process wouldn t be easy. and it looks like he s going to have to do it without one of his top lieutenants. federal reserve vice chair lael brainard has been picked byjo biden to replace brian deese as one of his top economic advisers. the change to the president s economic team comes as the fed is trying to fight inflation without causing a recession. now, all of this has prompted executives at some of america s biggest banks to give a more upbeat assesment of the us economy. goldman sachs, bank of america and wells fargo their words mark a shift in tone and reflect the growing belief that the federal reserve is winning its battle of taming inflation and avoiding a recession. let s delve into that a bit more with janet moyee, head of market analysis ....
A truncated, rushed, unfair report that left out material evidence. the fbi, knowing their process wouldn t conclude before i retired, rushed it, sped up the clock to get done what the attorney general and the president were demanding. i mean, it s that s why this settlement, i mean, it s a great thing for my family, but i think it s a message to government employees, to civil servants everywhere, this is the current department of justice standing up for fairness and standing up for the rule of law. in the settlement agreement itself, they agree that members of the executive branch should not interfere in internal political internal personnel matters, because it creates the appearance of political influence. well, that s exactly what happened here. the justification was that a department of justice inspector general report said you had lied at a media leak to ....
Vote against nixon. really the tapes that did it. it s actually, without the tapes you wouldn t even have had an impeachment process. one thing to keep in mind is that people talked about impeachment after the senate watergate hearings. by the way, to remind everyone, the senate watergate hearings gave you john dean s testimony. the president learned about conspiracy. you learned that the president had a taping system. you learned more about the dirty tricks. you learned there was a stench rising from the administration. even after that democrats didn t want the leadership didn t want an impeachment process. it s when nixon fires the special prosecutor to prevent access to his tapes that not only democrats but republicans say, we at least have to start an inquiry, impeachment inquiry. i believe without the tapes richard nixon, a, would never have been impeached. the process wouldn t have started and, b, he wouldn t have left office before the end of ....