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time for a look at the business news now. we start with news from the world's biggest economy. us inflation has fallen to 3.1%, according to latest figures. that might sound like good news. but analysts had been expecting the rate to be even lower so that means prices are still rising faster than had been hoped. let's get more. michelle fleuryjoins us from new york. how us from new york. are people digesting this mix of good how are people digesting this mix of good and bad news? i how are people digesting this mix of good and bad news?— good and bad news? i think it de-ends good and bad news? i think it depends who _ good and bad news? i think it depends who you _ good and bad news? i think it depends who you are. - good and bad news? i think it depends who you are. the - good and bad news? i think it| depends who you are. the big picture, i think we will hear shortly from the us treasury secretary in a speech in pennsylvania, is that if you look at where things were at its peak, inflation was above 9% injune 2021, now we're talking about 3.1% annual rate in january. now we're talking about 3.1% annual rate injanuary. so it is significant progress. the problem we have right now is that many

economists had been forecasting an even lower figure for inflation for the consumer price index, which is a measure of goods that consumers pay for and services. and that higher—than—expected report or data print suggest that inflation is more stubborn than previously expected, and as a result, if you look at what is happening on wall street, stocks are in the red because investors are betting that all of this means america's central bank will keep interest rates higher for longer. what are the main sticking points in inflation that is keeping it from coming down more substantially? what coming down more substantially? what is fascinatin: coming down more substantially? what is fascinating is — coming down more substantially? what is fascinating is if _ coming down more substantially? twist is fascinating is if you coming down more substantially? “wrist is fascinating is if you look at coming down more substantially? wrist is fascinating is if you look at it, it is housing, that accounted for two thirds of the strength of the number we saw injanuary. part of the problem is that if you look at the problem is that if you look at the rental market, it is tied to landlords in some places, able to command high rents. if you look at

the for sale market, you have this problem were during the pandemic, coming out there was less house building, so supply remains tight. many people who have low mortgage rates from the financial crisis don't want to sell their house because they don't want to pay more for a future mortgage. that has kept prices high in the housing market. the question is, will they start to come down in the months ahead? if you listen to the federal reserve, they think that will happen. the question is timing. all of that goes back to the idea of when they will lower rates. if they don't, if they keep rates higherfor longer, that potentially spells bad news on the political front. joe biden potentially spells bad news on the politicalfront. joe biden has been criticised by some voters for his handling of the economy because many americans are still filled with a pinch of higher prices. i think the idea that you have higher prices for longer, interest rates higherfor longer, interest rates higherfor longer, that isn't necessarily the news democrats want to hear, that is

partly why the secretary will address these figures in her speech shortly. address these figures in her speech shortl . , ., . ., shortly. there is nothing much more that the central _ shortly. there is nothing much more that the central bank _ shortly. there is nothing much more that the central bank can _ shortly. there is nothing much more that the central bank can do, - shortly. there is nothing much more that the central bank can do, they i that the central bank can do, they have to sit on their hands?- that the central bank can do, they have to sit on their hands? well, i think they believe _ have to sit on their hands? well, i think they believe their _ have to sit on their hands? well, i think they believe theirjob - have to sit on their hands? well, i think they believe theirjob is - think they believe theirjob is largely done. the aggressive campaigning they embarked on, hiking interest rates from near zero to about 5%, they think now the work is done, you just have to let it play out. the key decision they have to make next is when to cut rates. that timing is going to be crucial as to whether on not america is able to pull off a so—called soft landing on whether or not there will be more economic pain. i whether or not there will be more economic pain-— whether or not there will be more economic pain. i game of latency. thank you. _ economic pain. i game of latency. thank you, michelle. _ economic pain. i game of latency. thank you, michelle. -- - economic pain. i game of latency. thank you, michelle. -- a - economic pain. i game of latency. thank you, michelle. -- a game l economic pain. i game of latency. | thank you, michelle. -- a game of thank you, michelle. —— a game of latency. indonesia goes to the polls on wednesday, with jobs seeming to be the biggest concern for younger voters. they make up more than half the 205 million voters who'll be choosing the country's next leader. steve lai reports from jakarta. walking around, you can't help but notice the number of young people.

nearly half of the population is under the age of 30, but when it comes to employment, youngerjob seekers are struggling. for those under the age of 25, the unemployment rate is 19%. indonesia needs to create millions ofjobs for the young labour force. but i think what is more difficult is, to prepare this young labour force to be able to respond to the new demand from the industry or from the economy. most of the labour force are not highly educated. they are not well trained. i'm in a busy part ofjakarta where students from the university of indonesia like to hang out. and they are some of the lucky ones getting higher education. but even they have concerns about what the future holds when it is time for them tojoin the workforce. people say that our generation is the golden generation for indonesia. so i think the most important for the president is to support the young generation in our identity.

everybody said we will create a gazillion jobs for the first graduates, but i don't really buy it any more because every year we have 1.5 million new first graduates. i'd like to see how you can accommodate that. translation: we are seeking a president that can _ create lots ofjobs, - but notjust in quantity, but also in quality. so we are hoping they don't give us empty promises. i we are going to the - workforce to help support indonesia's economy growth. 0ne industry outgoing presidentjoko widodo has been keen to develop is electric vehicles, with potentialjobs created up and down the sector, that is already showing signs of growth. state—run charging stations like this are growing in number. and the private sector is getting into the game too. korean car—maker hyundai is already manufacturing ev cars here. and while all this investment does create jobs, there are still some question marks about the ev supply chain. we see that what happened

in the nickel industry, only selected areas in indonesia got this concentration of investment, and if we look at that area, who are the people that work in that area? they are not the local people. they are mostly, like, maybe outsiders. so we see that the spillover from the investment to the local people are not that significant. for indonesia's next president, the challenge on the jobs front is twofold. creatingjobs, notjust for indonesians, but enough jobs to meet the number of young people entering the workforce each year. here in the the uk, growth in wages slowed to 6.2% in the last three months of last year, compared to the same time the year before. after taking price rises into account, pay went up by 1.9%. this is crucial information for the bank of england, which wants to make sure inflation is under control before it cuts interest rates. meanwhile unemployment dropped to 3.8%. jane foley from rabobank told me what it could mean for inflation.

i think there is a clear message from these numbers, they are still higher than the bank of england would want to see. we have to be clear, we are seeing wage inflation move down. it is moderate, more moderate than it was at the previous month. it is still very high. it is much higher intraday�*s data print than the market had expected. the labour market still much tighter than had been expected. what they suggest is that the bank of england will not be able to cut interest rates early, so if we look about a month or six weeks ago, the market was fairly optimistic that there may be an interest—rate cut, maybe in the spring or roundabout may. now the spring or roundabout may. now the markets, it could be august, september before we get that first interest—rate cut of the cycle. then we get the cpi inflation data

tomorrow, that is the next point of interest for the bank of england. what do you think is causing this tightness in the labour market? there are a number of factors but one very worrying factor is the amount of people on disability. this has risen to record levels. the data we have suggests there are around 700,000 more people claiming long—term disability than there were before the pandemic. that has risen during the course of last year also, so that is a very worrying factor. there are lots of speculation that may be in the forthcoming budget the chancellor really does need to do something to try to get people back to work. but this could be related to work. but this could be related to queues in the health sector also. the body shop's uk business has gone into administration, potentially putting as many as 2,000 jobs at risk. shops will keep trading as usual while the administrators try to save the uk operation. takeaway delivery riders in the uk are planning to strike

on valentine's day to demand better pay and working conditions. the action will hit four food apps including deliveroo and uber eats and could involve as many as 3,000 drivers and riders. shares in the computer chip maker arm holdings surged more than 40% on monday. its share price has nowjumped 80% in less than a week. it's all being fuelled by optimism about the demand for al. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. a trip to a rural country pub is a lovely way to spend an afternoon. but for the nominated driver, that is often a softer hot drink only. at this pub, they are now marketing themselves as a destination for dry drinkers. they have developed a mock

tail, nonalcoholic cocktail menu and have a range of low or no alcohol beers and ciders, with wine and phase coming soon. the beers and ciders, with wine and phase coming soon. the products on offer have come _ phase coming soon. the products on offer have come leaps _ phase coming soon. the products on offer have come leaps and _ phase coming soon. the products on offer have come leaps and bounds i phase coming soon. the products on offer have come leaps and bounds in a relatively short space of time. five years, it has exploded. it is on a country _ five years, it has exploded. it is on a country road _ five years, it has exploded. it is on a country road in _ five years, it has exploded. it is on a country road in the new forest. people want to be able to drive back home and walk and enjoy the forest and get back on their bikes and be able to go in a straight line. at able to go in a straight line. at this independent distillery in suburban bournemouth, they make dorsey jane and coffee liqueur but they have now developed a low alcoholjane alternative. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. to the us where the senate has approved a $95 billion aid package for ukraine, israel and taiwan. the approval comes after months of political wrangling as senate republicans remained divided on the bill and previously voted it down.

the bill now heads to the republican—controlled house of representatives, where its fate remains unclear. president biden has urged the us house to pass ukraine bill to oppose �*tyra nts�*. chuck schumer said the responsibility falls on the house speaker. today, the senate keeps its word to ukrainians in need, desperate need of supplies and ammunition. to innocent palestinian civilians in need. so much need of relief. to israelis tn need of support. and to us service members on patrol in the indo—pacific, the red sea and around the world. today we sent a clear bipartisan message of resolve to our allies in nato. with the strong bipartisan vote in the senate, it's clear that if speakerjohnson brings this bill to the house floor, it will pass with that same bipartisan support.

the responsibility now falls on speakerjohnson and house republicans, to approve this bill swiftly. and i call on speakerjohnson to rise to the occasion. to do the right thing. bring this bill to the floor. as i said, given the large, robust majority here in the senate, it is clear that if that bill is brought to the floor, our bill is brought to the floor, it will pass. but if the hard right kills this bill, it would be an enormous gift to vladimir putin. it would be a betrayal of our partners and allies, and an abandonment of our service members. and as i said, i believe if this bill is brought to the house floor, it will pass with strong bipartisan support. there are large numbers of democrats and republicans in the house

who know we have to stand up to our responsibilities and aid ukraine. some news from pakistan now, and the ppp — the pakistan people's party — says it's ready to support the party of former prime minister nawaz sharif to form a government, after last week's inconclusive general election. but it ruled out forming a coalition. and in a surprise move, anotherformer prime minister — imran khan — says his party will form alliances with smaller religious parties. mr khan is injail at the moment, but the candidates his party backed won more seats than their rivals in the election. 0ur correspondent caroline davies is in islamabad for us and sent this update. there have been a flurry of announcements this afternoon which means we are starting to see what the shape of the pakistan parliament might look like. to start with, we've heard from imran khan's party. they have said they are planning on making an alliance with the religious party for the national assembly. now this religious party

currentlyjust has one seat, but there is a big advantage for imran khan's party here. if they are joining up in this alliance, it means all of these people who are independent candidates at the moment for imran khan's party, it means they will then be part of a party. the big worry before was that the independents could potentially get picked off one by one by other parties coming in and trying to get them to switch loyalties. the fact that they are now part of this religious party means they cannot change loyalties without potentially risking losing their seats. what this doesn't do for imran khan's party is get him to a majority. now, what is shaping up to look like the other side of parliament, we heard from bilawal bhutto today and he has said his party is going to be lending their votes or giving their votes to nawaz sharif�*s party to be able to form a government, to be able to get the prime minister into position. and then in the future they've said they will follow them, depending on a case—by—case basis. so they are not guaranteeing they are going to stay

in an alliance with nawaz sharif. bilawal bhutto's party is also hoping they will get certain constitutional positions like president, but they will not have roles inside the cabinet. the crucial thing is here is that it now looks possible for nawaz sharif�*s party to be able to form a government, to have a prime ministerial candidate. but that government is likely to be quite fragile. they are going to have to guarantee fair making everybody else in their alliance happy if they're going to get laws put through. the only intact chicken's egg found from roman britain is now thought to be the only one of its type in the world after scientists found it still had liquid inside. the egg, which is about 1,700 years old, was found during a dig in aylesbury in buckinghamshire. researchers say they were "blown away" to find it still contained the yolk and egg white. a little earlier i spoke to douglas russell, senior curator of birds�* eggs and nests at the natural history museum, who told us

of his surprise at the discovery. we were very surprised, so it was a very unusual request. i look after about 300,000 clutches of eggs here at the natural history museum, and we were rorting because of our egg identification skills and in terms of helping the team find a way of conserving it in future. so it was an unusual request and certainly not something that has happened to me in the 21 years that i have worked for the museum. i'm sure that's true! tell me what you did then, because you used absolutely the most up—to—date tech to actually make the discovery of what actually was inside of this egg, take me through that. the egg had already been ct scanned, so the ct scanning is a way of taking lots of little x—rays and stitching that all together within the computer to give a three—dimensional image

of the interior of the egg. we are not quite clear at the present time about exactly what the material is. when you pick the egg up, there is a sloshing sound, certainly liquid in there. we're trying to determine exactly that is. but the first and most important part of the work is trying to work out how we stabilise it long—term in order to take on some other research ideas that we have. before i get to that, inside the egg you have established there is liquid and air sacs, is that right? we know there is liquid and air, that is as far as we can take it at the moment. but, yes, after 1,700 years, what you would expect an

eggshell is a carbonate coat with the yol inside, the yolk is held in the middle of the egg, and what we probably have here is something which has long since decomposed and that is what we need to work out exactly what is inside. you are watching bbc news. a global survey on attitudes to social media's impact on children has found that six in ten parents have serious concerns about the safety of their children online. the study — by the project liberty foundation — found that parents had widespread concerns, ranging from online bullying, impact on self—esteem and exposure to violent or sexual content. 66% of parents across seven countries said that young people should be at least 1a before accessing social media sites. let's speak to emily

slifer, director of policy for thorn — an organisation which aims to eliminate the sexual exploitation of children using technology. it is something. this was a survey across own many different countries, and yet broadly on the key planks, you seem to have a finding of about two thirds of people really concerned about children being subjected to violent and sexual content, to harassment, assignment bullying, images of self—harm. it is interesting how it correlated over different countries, those central planks. different countries, those central lanks. , ., , , different countries, those central lanks. , , ~ different countries, those central planks. yes, absolutely. we saw it across most _ planks. yes, absolutely. we saw it across most of _ planks. yes, absolutely. we saw it across most of the _ planks. yes, absolutely. we saw it across most of the countries - planks. yes, absolutely. we saw it across most of the countries that l across most of the countries that parents are worried across—the—board. from our across—the—boa rd. from our perspective, across—the—board. from our perspective, we have seen it across—the—board, we have seen the explication and abuse of children being put on every platform with an upload button across the globe. the survey results mirror what we are

seeing on the work we do. the ma'ori seeing on the work we do. the majority in _ seeing on the work we do. the majority in those _ seeing on the work we do. the majority in those countries as well think social media company should be responsible for making the medium and internet safer, and we saw that and internet safer, and we saw that a couple of weeks ago on capitol hill when those ceos were being torn into by senators. in terms of the work you do, what are the things that are within grasp of making social media safer for children? first and for most, every company, every platform across—the—board can just do more. there are so many things they could be doing. we bucket them into two categories. first the preventative side, then second is the solution site. on the preventative side, coming to the work we do, everybody can build a slightly safer platform than what is already out there. as you are building a platform, we are in a different place and we welcome

social media started, we know it can be used for bad, so that try and fix that as you have building the system and platform. 0n the other side we work with illegal content, the worst of the worst, and it is a lot of things and tools you can do to remove child sexual abuse material from your platforms. a lot ofjewels that exist that any platform with an upload button can use. we that exist that any platform with an upload button can use.— upload button can use. we also, aside from _ upload button can use. we also, aside from those _ upload button can use. we also, aside from those real— upload button can use. we also, aside from those real hazards, l upload button can use. we also, i aside from those real hazards, one of the interesting findings, it is an obvious finding, the amount of time that children spend online and impact on self—esteem. we time that children spend online and impact on self-esteem.— time that children spend online and impact on self-esteem. we don't work a lot on the — impact on self-esteem. we don't work a lot on the self-esteem _ impact on self-esteem. we don't work a lot on the self-esteem aspect - impact on self-esteem. we don't work a lot on the self-esteem aspect but i a lot on the self—esteem aspect but we have done engagement with youth across—the—board, particularly in across—the—boa rd, particularly in the across—the—board, particularly in the us, surveys on how kids are interacting online, what platforms they are going on. we have to remember that for kids nowadays it is completely normal to have a robust online life. it is completely normal to have friends online that

you haven't ever met in person. that is what the norm is now. instead of saying we will not give a tablet to a kid are put them online, we need to first build a better system and educate the kids on the best ways of doing that. tech companies have a huge role in that because research also shows that these kids want better reporting tools, they want safer platforms and systems, they are asking for it. it is time for the platforms to act on that. great to talk to you. _ the platforms to act on that. great to talk to you, sorry _ the platforms to act on that. great to talk to you, sorry it _ the platforms to act on that. great to talk to you, sorry it is _ the platforms to act on that. great to talk to you, sorry it is so - to talk to you, sorry it is so short, but we are running out of time, thank you. coming up, and busy hour with so many different stories to go through. more on that special report following the paramedics across northern gaza to see first hand how the demand for their work can be absolutely relentless. that is such absolutely relentless. that is such a powerful piece from bbc arabic. the international community mounting pressure against israel not to launch that new ground offensive in

rafah before the evacuation of civilians. we will be live with our correspondeds injerusalem. south african government making an urgent request, new request to the international court ofjustice board they are intervention, so we will get the latest from our correspondence injerusalem. these are amazing pictures coming in the last couple of our from eastern turkey where a landslide has hit a gold mine, trapping at least nine people on the ground. the huge risky operation under way. we will bring you more on that. uk politics, keir starmer with the party coming under fire over the handling of its rochdale candidate's remarks on israel, the labour party pooling their endorsement and backing for him, a u—turn that happened late last night. we will get the latest on the ground line from rochdale on that big uk political story. and there's finally, anya reported last hour saying the impact of climate change causing polar bears to be at risk of starvation as cic continues

to shrink in the arctic. a fascinating new report the impact their health climate change. that's all coming up in the next 60 minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello there. good afternoon. a very different—looking day of weather today for much of england and wales than we saw yesterday. gone are those blue skies. instead, the daffodils languishing underneath rather grey leaden skies. but still the sunshine continues across much of scotland today and indeed the far north of northern ireland too. and here is the weather front responsible for the change in our weather. it's a warm front, it's moving further northwards and eastwards as we head through the rest of the afternoon across england and wales. and it's bringing with it some milder—feeling air, but lots of thickening cloud, coastal fog and some showery outbreaks of rain on and off for the rest of the day with brisk south—westerly winds. but still some sunshine for much of northern ireland and from the borders north with some wintry showers still perhaps across the higher ground of western scotland. and overnight tonight, well, our weather front continues to push further northward,

sending more cloud into northern ireland and perhaps into southern scotland, too. a sharp temperature contrast overnight tonight with temperatures for some in the sheltered glens of scotland down as low as minus six celsius, but double figures further south across much of england and wales. again, the showery outbreaks of rain likely to continue and a few more weather fronts around on wednesday again, all pushing northwards and eastwards. there'll be some heavy rain for a time across northern ireland and into southern scotland. as that rain moves further north and bumps into the colder—feeling air over the higher ground of scotland, it's likely that it could turn to snow. there'll also be more rain across the south of england and wales, but in between maybe a few brighter spells and any brightness will help to lift the temperature to 1a or 15 celsius. again, brisk south—westerly winds for some. more weather fronts around on thursday. this warm front introducing some very mild—feeling air, and if we do get any brightness across the south east of england through the day on thursday, temperatures here could rise as high as 16 or 17 celsius. most of the rain on thursday will tend to be towards

the north and the west. again, there will be some heavy downpours at times, temperatures well above the seasonal average and starting to rise, too, across the far north of scotland as that rain continues to push further northwards. on friday, that rain is mostly pushed out towards the east. there'll be plenty of cloud around, some outbreaks of drizzle here and there. the best of any brightness really on friday will tend to be to the south and the west. again, temperatures mild for the time of year. bye— bye.

live from london. this is bbc news. 0n patrol when air strikes hit— we will bring you an exclusive bbc report on the challenges paramedics face when responding to gaza's emergency calls. as the situation remains desperate in rafah,

american, egyptian and qatari officials meet in cairo to talk about a possible cease—fire and hostage deal. shambolic— labour underfire over the hostage deal. shambolic— labour under fire over the handling hostage deal. shambolic— labour underfire over the handling of its rochdale candidates remarks on israel. we will be live with the latest. a massive rescue operation is launched as nine miners go missing after a landslide at a gold mine in turkey. experts warn polar bears are at risk of starvation as more sea ice is lost in the arctic. hello, i'm matthew amroliwala, welcome to verified live, hamas has warned there could be "tens of thousands" of casualties in rafah — if israel does launch a ground—offensive. the hamas—run health ministry says, more than 28,000 palestinians have been killed since the october the 7th attacks on israel.

more on rafah — and the diplomatic efforts in a moment —