via red cross, including a mother and her two "a dictator", as the us president intensifies his criticism of the ukrainian leader. for a memorial playground at their daughter's former school. the former president of brazil with orchestrating coup after losing the 2022 a coup after losing the 2022 election. and the us federal reserve once tom's untie president tom's policy untie some immigration, fuel some immigration could fuel inflation and keep interest rates higherfor those are the headlines — now let's get the latest business news from tadhg. the reserve presumably top of your list.

it sure is. donald trump's new policies could slow the pace policy could derail progress in controlling at that meeting. the minutes show policymakers expressed concern about of trump's policy proposals — particularly tariffs growth down to the 2% target. to futures markets.

the amount of treasuries it lets roll off every month without reinvesting the proceeds. fed officials also used the january meeting to kick off a review of the central bank's policy framework. donald trump doubled down on his latest plans to impose he spoke at a saudi—back investment meeting in

we're bringing our businesses back. if they don't make their product in america, but if they do make their product in america, it's all going to bring trillions of dollars for the us federal reserve and is now at yale school of management, and i asked what stood out for him among the policymakers�* discussions. the thing that is always top of mind is the discussion rates where they are.

they see the economy is still solid. they see inflation is still too high, still above their target. and policy is somewhat tight. so the key question for them is, will they get clear indications that inflation is coming down to target over time? rates will be higher for longer, and they seem there is a lot of uncertainty, of course, partly because of move on rates. seeing any evidence

of the inflationary pressures caused by donald trump's policies? i don't think we're seeing anything yet that reflects those policies. if there were substantial tariffs in place for a while and that could boost inflation. than a month, so i don't think we're seeing anything yet. sure. we have been talking, obviously, a lot about tariffs, but what about that crackdown on immigration — undocumented immigration?

has mattered a lot. from being very tight to being more or less which increased the size of the labour force. huge numbers of unfilled vacancies, they wanted to hire, pressure on wages. the unemployment rate was unsustainably low. so going forward, we won't see that because immigration has already come down and will presumably be much more limited going forward.

0k. but i think that, given where the labour market is now, that doesn't create as big a problem as it might have over the substance is neither a liquid, a solid or a gas. industrial—scale problems in the decades to come. microsoft will hope their new majorana i chip will put them back in contention in the multi—billion—dollar race to build a quantum computer capable of solving important real—world problems. physics and works in a fundamentally different

of producing key chemicals like nitrogen fertilisers, for example. high—risk, high—rewards strategy. todevelopihisnewchin, . . , . . state of matter. that's a different state of matter to the ones they also had to discover and use the elusive its existence has been only in theory until recently, but with this new chip, microsoft feels it is back in the race with its rivals, and ready to make rapid progress.

it believes it's a question of years — not decades — but it still has a way to go before it will catch up with its rivals, and there's a big difference which will be required if it's to do useful work. with a degree of caution — they say they will need to see more data before they're ready

has revealed net profits of $4.3 billion — an increase of 13%. deliveries in the year ahead — totalling 820 planes. a hydrogen—powered airliner by 2035. me from cape town. thank you for being us. what stood out you today what stood out for you today the results? i what stood out for you today - the results?— from the results? i think what stood out _ from the results? i think what stood out was _ from the results? i think what stood out was two _ from the results? i think what stood out was two things. - stood out was two things. firstly, this in firstly, putting this in context. 2024 was the first post—pandemic that we had skies when j skies when it skies when it came j skies when it came to open skies when it came to travel trade across travel and trade right across the world. we saw that with of travel, so there the surge of travel, so there was a demand on was a enormousdemand an as the was a enormaas'demand an as the lifeline of aviation as the lifeline of cargo and passengers. that was e:-= 77 also it? 77 also itéwas the important. also it was the first year the world really started translating net zero commitments into action. 2050 commitments into action. so what out very much was

so what stood out very much was the ceo of airbus making it very at start of the very clear at the start of the they are going to presentation they are going to focus on what matters. and what is delive . we know matters is delivery. we know that 2024 was very much a bruising year for boeing, that had production in had production failures in terms of slowdowns because of regulatory intervention, strike supply chain which airbus has, what was very important was but what was very important was never took advantage of airbus never took advantage of this from the point of view of the reputation so tbs—reputation of boeing. so out was the—reputation of boeing. so out was the leader, what stood oat was. the leédefge— "w . ,, we, . honestly, the �*rtr'hat steed that was the teasert——— ”a, r re we” r honestly, the ceo, what steed that was the teasert——— ~—— — r— ————— , honestly, the ceo, being quite honestly, the ceo, being an gentleman and on customers, focusing focusing on customers, focusing on safety and quality, and focusing on developing the industry not industry sustainability. not being distracted by the f $on . weakness of its competitor. because might have expected because you might have expected airbus to ground airbus to be making grounde re ee rre r re e ee re boeing is stuck on while boeing is stuck on the as it were. but of tarmac, as it were. but of course both big playmakers are with supply chain struggling with supply chain

issues. how have navigated struggling with supply chain issu at how have navigated struggling with supply chain issu at how ha the? navigated struggling with supply chain - issu: at how ha_igated struggling with supply chain issu: at how ha d that at airbus? 2 7—757? 7,” f with their artners. if closely with their partners. if you at airbus, we you look at airbus, we know have problems in terms of they have problems in terms of supply �*engines, and supply of engines, and internal ggmponents, rather than components. so rather than in place a plan that putting in place a plan that was going to actually pull back on deliveries, worked with emmi? supply chain partners their supply chain partners and they kept very close to their this was critical n airbus airbus came because ultimately airbus came out strong in 2024. when out very strong in 2024. when it comes to trust of the entire travellers, the z— z: the in the supply j in the supply chain, 1e hee- hee— ultimately this was one of the real strengths �*airbus' real strengths of airbus' performance in 2024, that the �* now needs to on to leader now needs to focus on to sustain that confidence, sustain that confidence, sustain that confidence, sustain that trust, sustain sustain that trust, and sustain the commitment to leading sustainable going into sustainable aviation going into the future. sustainable aviation going into the future-— lil? tgture in cape town, the tgture in cape town, thank for 7 for that. 7 for that. that 7 for that. that is your you for that. that is your business update.

president volodymyr is due to the envoy keith due to meet the envoy keith he met head of kellogg. he met the head of ukraine's i'm forces and president's chief of staff " " his ' ' w n his ukrainian hosts ?%;1hey they would like say they would like to show him the full picture, possibly including a picture to the line —— the front front line —— trip to the front line. it is high stakes trip president zelensky because president zelensky accepts that support critical for a ukrainian free of russia. early at future free of russia. early at trump deepened the present trump deepened the he claimed rift, he ctairnet! trlhraihe the war with russia and started the war with russia and that his ukrainian counterpart was a dictator because he didn't hold elections last president zelensky�*s term last may but voting was expired last may but voting was legally suspended because of the war. our north america correspondent merlyn thomas sent this update on the us reaction to trump's comments about zelensky — and how the repubican party may react. president trump has

unwilling to work back on his comments, calling the ukrainian president a dictator. now, this sudden foreign policy shift in sees-en fer-sign petiev shift in f’”* isessen fefeign petieg shift in ' " ~ " is dramatic but feedden fefeign petieg shift in ' " ” " is dramatic but is the us is dramatic but it is not surprising because it is clearly a 180 degrees pivot z -22 the biden 77 the biden administration. from the bidenradrrolantration, 77“ 5: biden, 7 r fr——r from the bidenradrrolantration, 77“ 5: biden, he — , fr——r from the bidenradrrolantration, 77“ 5: biden, he had —r——r for president biden, he had supporting ukraine central made supporting ukraine central to his foreign policy, and also made it clear that president was the enemy. but as for putin was the enemy. butasfor he has putin was the enemy. butasjor he has really plesident trump. he has_really charting this course for been charting this course for now. he has previously years now. he has previously spokenin years now. he has previously spoken in admiration of president putin and had a posture towards him. 7 for his supporters, they and for his supporters, they will see as really him the will see this as really him the filling and delivering on his promise to end the war in make a deal to ukraine and make a deal to stop the fighting. and just give the fighting. and just to give you an idea of sentiment, to a recent by according to a recent survey by the pew research centre this month, 40% of are month, 40% of republicans are supporting ukraine hurts said supporting ukraine hurts us national security, versus -=———*:: who said that it

7 7 "we; saidthiatigtzhelps.’ 27% who said that it helps. amongst a trump's own amongst a president trump's own party it has largely amongst a president trump's own party i they argely been amongst a president trump's own party i they arge been n amongst a president trump's own party i they arge been some who silent. they have been some who have with have disagreed with his but that is unlikely comments but that risanlikety shift comments but thatrisanlikety shift president trump's a to shift president trump's a on this particular move. for a long time now, so for a long time now, president trump has been saying will ' an; will be america 77 will be america first. 77 will be america first. now, j 77 month into his presidency, a month into his presidency, this is turning that into a sir richard shirreff is a former nato deputy supreme commander. he's been telling me what he makes of president trump's comments. well, i am well, iam not well, i am not surprised. they should be no surprises, this is classic trump. but my should be no surprises, this is n is ;sic trump. but my should be no surprises, this is n is that'rump. but my should be no surprises, this is n is that trump but my should be no surprises, this is n is that trump is it my reaction is that trump is parroting putin's words, that trump is laying the ground for to achieve pretty well putin to achieve pretty well all his major foreign all his major european foreign policy objectives. and i policyobjectives; and that, l the prospect of trump = e=£ the war is almost the because nost the because i ost the because i don't

impossible because i don't think ukraine can ever accept the sort that the sort of conditions that will impose because the russia will impose beca'a'se the that russia russia will impose because the that russia is other point is that russia is unmoving in its conditions in the war. i think this ending the war. so i think this isjust not going ending the war. so i think this is just not going to end any is just not going to end in any satisfactory way at all. we have the _ satisfactory way at all. we have the us _ satisfactory way at all. we have the us envoy - satisfactory way at all. we have the us envoy in kyiv today. is it for him today. is it possible for him today. is it possible for him to smooth over of the to smooth over any of the ruffled feathers, �* do you see ruffled feathers, or do you see this as a visit that won't bring anything? well, it depends- _ bring anything? well, it depends. if— depends. if kellogg brings ukraine and europe into the discussions then there is possibilities, but at the moment you have and the over the heads of . overnment overnment involved. so think it is unlikely. i think it is unlikely. other principles. _ i think it is unlikely. other principles, do _ i think it is unlikely. other principles, do you - i think it is unlikely. other principles, do you think. i think it is unlikely. other- principles, do you think about collective defence within the collective defence within nato at risk, given what we _i!eei —mza fewedgyg; e,: n the last few days? what we have from last few days? what we have - from america - last few days? what we have - from america in - last few days? what we have - from america in the i last few days? what we have l - from america in the last heard from america in the last is a clear statement few days is a clear statement that the pax americana has

that the pas, eehtafieana has " ~ ' that the pas, eehtafieana has " ~ ' that america that the pas, enterieana has " ~ ' that america is not ended, that america is not to be the guarantor of prepared to be the guarantor of european security, and we have assume that america will not to assume that america will not commit to collective defence. america has effectively help in below water line. mineral resources. president zelensky is resisting, and that, it seems, has provoked president trump's fury. as well as oil and gas. more than $11 trillion. this includes critical minerals such as graphite, lithium, titanium and zirconium and what are called "rare earth materials".

mineral resources. now, last year — as part of his peace plan — for continued us military support.

i say, ok, let's have something positive. you will write down some guarantees and we will write a memorandum with some percentages. i was told, "only 50%." isaid, "ok, no." and despite all this diplomatic to and fro, industry experts say it might be hard to get these soviet era will be economic to extract. so for those reasons, the estimates that have deposits into economic reserves.

benefits to the united states, either by extorting minerals from ukraine or securing access to markets in russia. but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing ball. of alice aguiar have said she was "born alice, elsie dot stancombe, and bebe king were killed in the southport knife attack lastjuly. both alice and bebe had been pupils at churchtown primary sergio and alex — alice's parents — returning to the school she loved, without her, for the first time. thank you very much for coming in. - thank you for inviting us. ah, thank you, thank you.

the headteacher, jinnie payne, has been working with them here, the stage. yeah, definitely. so, yeah, i think she was born to be a star. that would be her favourite part. yeah, she would be happy and i'm sure she's proud of us doing this. the current concrete space will be transformed with climbing frames, an indoor—outdoor library i think it is really important.

of togetherness, of community, of look what i have done, - i'm so proud of this, - i have helped create this. that will bring the - positivity that we need. go, sprint! that's it. good, good, good, good. high knees! the london marathon. both the school and alice's parents are determined what do you think of? happiness, kindness. um, everything good. yeah. she always had a smile. try to put your smile — it's the most important. she always had a big smile.

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very guichty because it has a. a, ., . '" very guichty because it has a. a, ., . '" very few days, as imagine. i7magine. people 7 you can imagine. people literally woken up in the 2.2 7of the night, police middle of the night, police their door is pounding on their door is them to get out of bed, telling them to get out of bed, get their family telling them to get out of bed, get theirfamily and telling them to get out of bed, get their family and evacuate immediately because there were fears, of the pipes fears, because of the pipes the road, there have 7 are 797357777 777 have gas explosions. could have been gas explosions. but it finau that but it looks like finau that it wasn't a particularly sinister these open. reason why these holes open. thank you very much indeed. our main story. the return of four dead hostages hamas four dead hostages from hamas to israel. the prime minister's office in israel says the bodies transferred to the bodies were transferred to the israeli military and they have israeli been transferred to israeli forces. they will now them forces. they will now take them to the forensic institute for a formal identification. it is the first time that dead hostages have been exchanged as hgstages have been exchanged as . of the first phase of the part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello, again. it was a very mild start to the day today, leading us over the weekend, temperatures will slipjust a little bit. as well, with gales at times across parts of the north and the west. and tomorrow, and into the weekend we see something fresher. temperatures just dropping by a couple of degrees, but not by that much. a weather front crossing us, bringing some showery outbreaks of rain. locally, some of that will be heavy and thundery. figures more or less across the board, with we lose today's rain. we see clear skies for a time, the winds ease — but then they pick up again out towards the west, reaching gale force by the morning as the next band of rain arrives.

so we start tomorrow with the weather front coming in some heavy rain. the squeeze on the isobars tells you that wherever but the strongest winds will be across the north parts of scotland. probably after dark. and in the west, it brightens up — the winds eventually easing down in the west but we'll still have a few showers. now, depending on how long we hang on to the sunshine, but again another mild day. leaving us with a fair bit of sunshine and some scattered temperatures down a touch, but many of us still to about 13 degrees.

but on sunday, we're looking at gales — and also some heavy rain moving from the west towards the east — again, not getting into the far south—east until later. north to south.

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