britain s prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been claimed. he says, for example, in relation to the widely publicised picture of the two of them, that he doesn t have enough information to admit or deny that there exists photographic evidence of his alleged meeting with miss giuffre. e
we start in the us where the most powerful person in globalfinance the chair of the federal reserve has signalled the end of ultra cheap money is around the corner. us interest rates which affect the cost of borrowing around the world have been kept near to zero since the pandemic hit in early 2020. and the fed has held off raising them at this week s meeting. butjerome powell says higher rates, quote: will soon be appropriate as the economy recovers and inflation surges. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more. the federal reserve is going to be raising interest rates for the first time in three years. the move could come as early as march as inflation cast a shadow over the world s largest economy. when interest rates are near zero that is typically because an economy needs help and business needs help and thatis and business needs help and that is what the fed did to shelter the us economy from the west effect of the pandemic backin west
hello and welcome, the white house says an invasion of ukraine is imminent, the ukrainian government think the imminent nature of the threat is over dramatised, the russian foreign ministry suggest there is yet room for diaologue, despite the fact their main demands over ukraine have not been met. it is a high stakes game of cat and mouse, but the cat is wily and an instinctive predator which is why the nato members are twitchy. so here are the main developments on ukraine today. the german government, under considerable pressure from nato allies, have hardened their position regarding sanctions. we have made it clear that further military action against ukraine will have massive consequences for pressure. it is on this basis we are working on a strong package of sanctions in case of further aggression in the full range of responses are available including. the russian foreign ministry said the best way to reduce tensions was for nato to withdraw its forces from eastern europ
with minimal security. dhs contractor told him it was all by design. i guess the secrecy [inaudible]. you know what i mean? why? why? you know why. why? come on. what s the big secret? everybody knows it s happening. the government bill: that footage was obtained by former westchester county executive and acquired it through the freedom of information act. he is a candidate for governor in new york. here is what he told tucker carlson last night. we kept pressing them and they kept telling us nonsense. and this is all they do, right? where is the governor? she is complicit. she is turning a blind eye to all of this. she is more occupied about masking kids in schools and codling criminals than she is about this. i can t go into restaurants without showing a vaccination card or masking indoors. and she is refusing to do anything about this. dana: breaking this morning. ice agent weighing in on the massive migrant drops at the southern border and details
moment. we will talk to tom homan about that. sandra: alert to a city in mourning. a wake is underway for one of the two new york city police officers murdered in an ambush last weekend. and funerals for both officers are scheduled in the coming days. hello, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here. it s great to be with you, i m in for john roberts, a solemn site. fellow officers carrying the casket of 22-year-old jason rivera into st. patrick s cathedral this morning. he and his partner were ambushed inside an apartment last week after responding to a mother s call for help. as funeral services get underway, attention now turning to manhattan s far left d.a. and the soft on crime policies. now alvin bragg says he will attack gun violence at every angle. deadly and dangerous start for the nation s police officers. 24 have been shot and four killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed inside?