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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 ....
of politico, and miles taylor, former chief of staff at the department of homeland security in the trump administration. speaking of which, more legal jeapordy for donald trump. his closest adviser and lawyer, boris epshteyn, was due to be interviewed today by the special counsel. nobody knows more than epshteyn. so what does that tell us? and two teenagers charged with murder over a mass shooting in alabama at a 16th birthday party. in north carolina, a six year old girl shot while recovering her basketball that rolled into a neighbours yard in north carolina. what is going on in the united states right now? so many young people being shot simply for being in the wrong place. we will get to all that. but we start tonight with dominic raab. westminster waiting all day for a verdict, but nothing yet. what we do know is that the prime minister has been handed a report into dominic raab s workplace conduct, but no news from number ten yet as to what he makes of it or wha ....
vanderbilt, one of the hotteste universities in the country, to associate deans at the peabody schools. ffice ofoffice of equity, diveru and inclusion were caught doing somethinght thatg that would get students tossed out after univet the tragic killings. michigan state universityh an nikole joseph and haseena hootin felt the need to send out a campus wide email nee to reflect on the shooting. one problem they use t the artificial intelligence app thechat to write it for them. c well, no big surprise that the bot use the typical liberal dii blather and redundant expressions. this was part of it.e reshootins the recent michigan shootings eacha tragic reminder of the importance of taking care of each other, particularly ine the context of creating inclusive environments. now thes now, thesee women were so sloppe and so lazy that they didn t notice the small print ate the end of the actual letter, which read paraphrased fromsed r open eyeom opes, a language modi personal c ....
there has been air strikes, shelling and other heavy gun fire reported. and in the last few hours, the general of the rsf the rapid support forces in sudan has approved a 2k hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted. he had spoken to the us secretary of state antony blinken and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting taking place injapan. but, the sudanese army has released a statement denying any knowledge of the ceasefire. despite that tweet, these are the latest pictures from rsf paramilitary forces at khartoum international airport showing black smoke rising from burning plane. let s take a look at the area more closely. sudan is part of this eastern area of africa, known as the horn of africa and has a history of instability. the area s intergovernmental authority on development, or i gad, will send the presid ....
millions of dollars to deal with illegal channel crossings. hello and welcome to bbc news. start in the us where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank, one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups. in one of the largest banking failures in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. tech correspondent jane clinton has explained how it happened. but forjames. this is one of the days that will go down in silicon valley history and it certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we spoke to people today who have been able to withdraw their money from silicon valley bank and some haven t. one person put in a wire request yesterday and waited nearly 2a hours and eventually found out they got the money out but another person says they have tried and tried and tried and have not been able to withdraw any funds and say they physically came down to one of these branches to try and get these branches to try and get the mone ....