Nicola sturgeon will confirm whether covid restrictions there can be eased as planned. At least 64 people have been killed in a fire at a iraqi hospital treating Coronavirus Patients. Many patients are missing. Will the Uk Government slash its foreign Aid Budget . Mps will vote on the controversial Proposals Today and the first Baby Beaver to be born On Exmoor in 400 years has captured on camera and is reported to be thriving good Morning And Welcome to Bbc News. Two days after englands euros final defeat, and the row over the online abuse of some players has deepened. England Defender Tyrone mings has criticised Home Secretary Priti patel for her response to Racist Abuse after she previously described taking the knee as Gesture Politics. Tyrone mings tweeted his reaction to Priti Patel last night, saying that the Home Secretary had Stoked The Fire at the beginning of the tournament. The Home Secretary had earlier said that she was disgusted by the online abuse of england players. Prit
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
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minister. anthony albanese becomes australia s 31st prime minister before heading to tokyo for talks with president biden, and the other world leaders. thousands of kilos of powdered baby milk arrives in the united states to help relieve a critical shortage of infant formula. how to keep a lid on china s ambitions in the pacific that is the key issue confronting president biden as he has arrived injapan for his first visit to asia since becoming president. it s also his first summit with america s asian allies since the russian invasion of ukraine. in tokyo, he will hold talks with the prime ministers of japan, india and australia. the fallout from ukraine appears set to dominate discussions, but much of the focus will be on china s territorial intentions, in particular its claim on taiwan. many analysts believe china s massive military gives it the wherewithal to invade taiwan, and to hold off the us and its allies if they try to intervene. our correspondent, rupert wingfi