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UK-based oil giant Shell has reported record-breaking profits for 2022.
The company made 39.9 billion dollars last year, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed up global fossil fuel prices dramatically.
Giles Gibson reports from London.
The Bank of England has raised interest rates to a 14 year high. The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee agreed a 50 basis point hike, taking the base rate to 4%.
Laura Makin-Isherwood has more from London.
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Nigeria's Human Rights Commission has set up a special panel to investigate a Reuters report that the military ran a secret abortion programme in its fight against terrorists in the northeast.
The report which was published last year alleges that the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country's northeast since 2013.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports from Abuja
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Hong Kong’s economy is facing a long road to recovery after shrinking 3 point 5 percent last year. It’s the third time in the past four years the city’s economy has recorded negative growth.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong.
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Markets rallied on Wednesday following comments from the Federal Reserve that inflation is falling.
The central bank announced it would raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point - a slower rise than throughout 2022.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
On Wednesday the central bank announced its first rate decision of the year as it continues to tackle rapid inflation.
Sally Patterson reports from New York.
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US President Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are holding a high stakes meeting on Wednesday over the need to raise the country's debt ceiling in order to avoid a financial crisis.
The meeting will be the first between the two leaders since Republicans assumed control of the House of Representatives.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Tyre Nichols' loved ones, civil rights activists and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will pay their final respects on Wednesday in Memphis.
The 29 year old was killed by police, and has become the latest face of racial justice.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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The FBI is searching the private home of US President Joe Biden, as part of the investigation into classified documents.
Government papers have already been found at an office in DC he used, and at another of his homes in the state of Delaware.
US Correspondent Nick Harper reports.
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Inflation in the twenty countries which use the euro currency has fallen for the third month in a row.
According to flash estimates released on Wednesday, Eurozone annual inflation stood at 8.5% in January, down from record double-digit rates recorded in the second half of last year.
Rosie Birchard has more from Brussels.
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