say the us has promised ukraine more weapons, including air defence systems. a very good morning. here on bbc news, it is click. this week, the race to preserve ukraine s heritage and culture by sd scanning its buildings. phone too big? display too small? spencer has been looking at the latest flexi screens that are coming around the bend. yeah, you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart fabrics and a solar powered shirt. and sticking with style, are these the emperor s new clothes? lara has been trying on some threads that don t even exist. that s very cool. good job, i take my hat off to you. my virtual hat. lives lost, people displaced. the horrors of war are unimaginable. and the battle for ukraine goes on. russia no longer has full control of the southern and eastern regions it illegally annexed in the last week, and as the ukrainian army fights back and regains some of its stolen territory, the huge damage to kherson and donetsk are being
ukraine s heritage and culture by sd scanning its buildings. phone too big? display too small? spencer has been looking at the latest flexi screens that are coming around the bend. you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart fabrics and a solar powered shirt. and sticking with style, are these the emperor s new clothes? lara has been trying on some threads that don t even exist. that s very cool. good job, i take my hat off to you. my virtual hat. lives lost, people displaced. lives lost, people displaced the horrors of war are unimaginable. and the battle for ukraine goes on. russia no longer has full control of the southern and eastern regions it illegally annexed in the last week, and as the ukrainian army fights back and regains some of its stolen territory, the huge damage to donetsk and kherson are being revealed. many ukranians have been saddened by the destruction of buildings and the loss of culture and history that comes with that. sinc
Between 5. 25 and 5. 5 . Months ago, many had forecast that this rate would be ready to cut around now but the latest Inflation Figures have dampened expectations as prices rose at 3. 5 in the year to march, which was higher than the february figure of 3. 2 . The feds target for inflation, like most Central Banks, is for 2 . So still some way to go. And those price rises are feeding into some wider negative sentiment. The latest report from the economic think tank the Conference Board shows that Consumer Confidence is falling with people more downbeat about future business conditions, jobs and income. To delve into that report joining me now is sara murray global managing director at the Conference Board international. Thank you forjoining us today. Take us in to the mind of American Consumers right now. How are they feeling . As you said, confidence has deteriorated to the Conference Board run the Consumer Confidence index and have been doing it for over 50 years and it has gone down
And that breaking news, maria has landed. Category 5 hurricane pounding parts of the caribbean already torn apart by recent storms. Im dan ashley, ama daetz has the night off. Maria made landfall in dominica with 160mileanhour winds, so bad the Prime Minister posted on facebook, my roof is gone, at complete mercy of the hurricane, house is flooding. He was later rescued. Headed to puerto rico next, emergency shelters are open. Sandhya patel is tracking it closely. This is the last thing Puerto Rico Needs after irma. Look at hurricane maria, this is a very large storm, stretches for miles. Talking close to 400 miles. As you mentioned made landfall several hours ago across dominica, eye of the storm still well defined, weakened lightly to category 4 but still very dangerous. Expected to hit puerto rico wednesday morning as category 4 and brush the Dominican Republic and work northward, close to southeast u. S. But not quite, turning to northeast. Tracking hurricane category 1, generating
Emergency shelters are open. Sandhya patel is tracking it closely. This is the last thing Puerto Rico Needs after irma. Look at hurricane maria, this is a very large storm, stretches for miles. Talking close to 400 miles. As you mentioned made landfall several hours ago across dominica, eye of the storm still well defined, weakened lightly to category 4 but still very dangerous. Expected to hit puerto rico wednesday morning as category 4 and brush the Dominican Republic and work northward, close to southeast u. S. But not quite, turning to northeast. Tracking hurricane joese, category 1, generating dangerous sur surf. Maria expecting to hit Virgin Islands and puerto rico, storm surge, heavy rain and flooding. You can follow the latest throughout abc7 accuweather app with immediate live updates on the storms paths. We know who b. A. R. T. Police are looking for in bizarre written threat. Passenger received this note and released photos of the woman accused of writing it. Katie utehs is