the cost of living crisis has worsened as consumers and businesses face soaring prices. the annual inflation rate is still near an eye watering 70% despite changes in economic policy. joining me now is victoria craig, an independent decades of erdogan after years, decades of pressure from people to do something to fix the economy and make things better, he has historically been a very avid opponent of high interest rates of rising prices. after his election in last year in the general election, he put a team in place to deal with that and thatis in place to deal with that and that is why we have the interest rates rise to try and combat the rising inflation. the problem is the president has done a number of fiscal policy to combat with the central bank. he raised minimum wage by 49%. all that that was put more money in people s pockets and continue to push inflation higher. the president himself acknowledged that in a specialist and said this marks a turning point for us
and only modest gains. here s paul adams. picking up the pace. could ukraine s counter offensive, slow going sincejune, be gathering momentum? in recent days, a few tentative signs. some units do appear to have broken through russia s formidable first lines of defence, south of zaporizhzhia. translation: further on, that s |where we see their supply roads. i they use these roads. i m sure we ll go faster from here. i don t want my guys to think that they can relax now. they know we re moving on to liberate all of our territories. he says he s looking forward to leading his men all the way to the sea. but that s a long, long way. and this fighting is really hard. success is still far from guaranteed. away from the front lines, the country is now in mourning for one of its best known heroes. this was andriy pilshchikov, callsign juice , flying combat missions last year. when russia invaded, few gave ukraine s air force much chance of getting off the ground. but from dogfights
steve rosenberg. well, many people are asking is the story of wagner, the story of prigozhin, finally over? i have to say one of the things i have learned in russia is that stories here rarely end. there are so many twists and turns here and new chapters. it is quite possible that even in death, yevgeny prigozhin could pose a challenge to vladimir putin. just look at all the makeshift prigozhin memorials that have been popping up in nearly two dozen towns in russia and russian occupied ukraine. this man had become quite a popularfigure in pro war circles, and so the widespread suspicion that the russian authorities were behind the plane crash means that the kremlin faces the danger of a backlash. the last thing the kremlin will want to have to deal with is prigozhin the martyr or cult of prigozhin. it s interesting, actually, that president putin has now ordered wagner employees and those of other private military contractors to sign an allegiance to the russian state. this
steve: #:00 on this thursday, march 14th, 2024. this is fox & friends. another fox news alert. a boeing 777 forced to make an emergency landing in l.a. over possible mechanical issue. we don t know what that is. and having deja vu all over again, a report on the long string of incidents in about 90 seconds. ainsley: brand new polls spell trouble for president biden in swing states. what it means for his re-election odds with only eight months to go. brian: so interesting. plus, chuck norris giving a round house kick to aging. i made it for today but i feel like i m 48. god bless you all. fox & friends starts right now. and, remember, mornings are better with friends. ainsley: we start with a fox news alert. the packed american airlines flight making an emergency landing at los angeles international airport overnight because of a possible mechanical issue. brian: really? it s just the latest in a string of incidents involving planes made by boeing. steve:
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