the global monetary pivot that was what some commentators were declaring on wednesday, after the us federal reserve said it had probably finished raising interest rates, and signalled it was planning to start cutting them next year. but clearly, neither the european central bank nor the bank of england got the memo. they left their rates on hold and said it was too early to talk about cutting them. in fact, here in the uk, three members of the bank of england monetary policy committee actually voted to raise the interest rate above its current level of 5.25%. the bank is worried that inflation the rate that prices are rising is still not under control. our economics editor faisal islam reports # last christmas, i gave you my heart.# liverpool s christmas market the festive spirit is here, but little sign of a marked upturn in the economy. people here continuing to have to cope with new surges in the cost of living, even as inflation slows. i sold my car last week. car
welcome to the programme. yes, worldwide condemnation today of the 25 year sentence handed to kremlin critic vladimir kara murza. extraordinary courage from a man who had already been poisoned twice and still refused to relent. also tonight, we ll head to france to get reaction to emmanuel macron s speech to the nation on those controversial pension reforms. the president s approval ratings at rock bottom. and freezing on the big stage elon musk s spacex postponing this afternoon the launch their biggest ever rocket, the starship, over problems with a pressure valve. jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it. but we are going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday. on top of that, we learnt today the prime minister is under investigation by the
it is the top of the hour on cnn newsroom, hello everyone. new developments into the investigation of the four americans abducted in mexico. officials say one person has been detained after two victims were found dead earlier today. the two others were found alive and back in the u.s. translator: two of them were dead, and two has no injury and eric has has been shot, and was injured in his leg. both have been given medical treatment at the clinic. all four were found at what appears to be a medical clinic in a border town of matamoros. one survivor suffered a bullet wound to the leg, the other not injured. the group went missing after traveling to mexico from south carolina so that one of them, a mother of six, could under go a medical procedure, that s according to family members. the victims got lost and reached out to the doctor s office for directions but struggled with poor cell phone service. authorities say that s when a group of unidentified gunman shot a
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