gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let s get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to increases in mortgage payments but also higher savings rates. the governor of the bank of england, andrew bailey, warned of the risk of energy instabi
That the manchester suicide bomber, salman abedi, was a potential threat. This week we get a health check on chinas engine of economic growth, its Manufacturing Sector. An sri lankas government is facing criticism for the sale of valuable Infrastructure Projects to china. Welcome to Asia Business report. From high tech gadgets do Economic Data to defence. They are all on the agenda for investors in asia this week. Tomorrow asias Biggest Technology fair opens in taiwan. And the state of the chinese economy has beenin the state of the chinese economy has been in the news recently with Moody S Downgrading the debt rating, and on wednesday we get another peek into the key Manufacturing Sector with release of the official purchases index. And on friday, top defence chiefs from the region will c0 nve lg e defence chiefs from the region will converge in singapore at a major annual defence caught. Early i spoke and asked what we could expect from the computex conference . And asked what we cou