even though the president was face-to-face with the fed chair today, he says he s still staying hands off. my plan is simple, respect the fed, respect its independence which i will continue to do. even though biden wanted interest rates raised is not an economic cure without its own side effects. put jerome powell in a box. they have to raise interest rates. when they raise interest rates, it makes it harder to buy a home, usually make the stock market go down as we ve seen. and that will affect people s 401(k)s. jerome powell doesn t have a lot of options. republicans say the best option to get inflation under control is to get government spending under control. the white house today is not second guessing any past spending. do you think that any part of inflagrants this year is because of president biden s spending plan or is it all putin s fault? brian just spoke to this. we re at a historic place when it comes to the economy. now we re going to a place where i
it s 8am in singapore and 8pm in new york, where we begin. closing in new york, where we begin. arguments have bee wrapped closing arguments have been wrapped up where donald trump faces 3a charges of falsifying business records in connection with payments to the adult film star stormy daniels. if he was found guilty would be the first ever criminal conviction of a us president. let s speak to our correspondent nada tawfik. jurors paused and they said all right, but prosecutors joked as they were going meticulously to the evidence, asking jurors they hoped they were getting all this. alvin bragg is there in court himself. this is clearly likely to be the biggest case of his and the other prosecutors careers. they are not leaving anything on the table. they re going through every piece of testimony that corroborates the narrative, that trump tried to cover up election fraud by falsifying these business records. at one point, they said evidence was so damning, it was laughable
rafah for the first time and health authority says at least 21 people were killed in west rafa after an explosion in an attended zone deemed safe for palestinians which comes two days after israeli bombs swept through a refugee camp in rafah leaving 45 dead including women and children. lucy williamson has more. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires triggered in an israeli air strike on sunday.
it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in new york, where we begin. donald trump s defence lawyers have delivered their closing arguments in the hush money trial against him, telling the jury there was little evidence provided by prosecutors. mr trump faces 3a charges of falsifying business records in connection with payments to the adult film star, stormy daniels. if found guilty, his would be the first ever criminal conviction of a former us president. there s beenjust as much action outside the courthouse. oscar winning film actor robert de nirojoined the joe biden campaign. he spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik about the possibility of donald trunk winning this year s presidential election and this week s trial. i m very concerned. i m very concerned because they don t play by fair rules. they re not. the republicans, they all came up here before and they were talking. it s crazy. we re in a crazy zone, and that s because of trump, because he s crazy. sir, what if trump is f
his lawyers say it s all lies. palestinians flee rafah in southern gaza as israeli tanks arrive in the city for the first time. giving babies and young children smooth peanut butter could give them lifelong protection from peanut allergies say researchers. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing covering, coverage and analysis for correspondence in the uk and the rental world. and around the world. good evening. the veteran mp diane abbott has been reinstated by labour after she was suspended last year during a disciplinary process. but it s unclear tonight whether she will or can stand for the party at the general election. the hackney north and stoke newington mp, who was first elected in 1987, was suspended after suggesting that jewish, irish and traveller people did not face racism all their lives . it s understood that party officials had tried to broker a deal by which she would be readmitted in return for standing down. here s our political corresponde