Inflation figures from the US show that inflation is slowing but less than expected, increasing thoughts that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates again this year. We speak to a former Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration about what we can expect from the year ahead.

After the biggest order of new passenger aircraft in history, we find out what the deal between Air India, Airbus and Boeing means for the industry.

And who's buying Manchester United? We hear about the runners and riders who are bidding to own ones of the world's biggest football clubs.

The US consumer price index rose at a rate of 6.4% - a slight fall on the previous month.

While the drop is welcome news it was smaller than some economists had anticipated.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the prices of a range of goods and service, and has now fallen for seven consecutive months in the US, from a high of more than 9% last year.

We also report on big job losses in Europe which were announced by car makers Ford.

The company will be axing nearly 4000 jobs across Europe in the coming two years.

Most of the jobs cuts are in the product development division - that is designers, engineers and testers.

And on Valentine's Day - why flowers on sale in the Netherlands might not have been grown on home soil....

The US has burst what it's called a high-altitude intelligence gathering balloon from China, while the deadline over a dispute between the two countries over the trading of microchips has expired. We speak a former member of the Clinton Administration about what this means for trade relations between the nations.

We find out why Ghana's in an arm-wrestle with its pensioners over who's going to foot the bill for its debt problems.

And what's behind the low birth rates affecting nations all around the world?

The EU's latest economic forecast shows it is managing to avoid a recession

Russia - one of the world's largest producers of crude oil - says it's slashing daily output by 500,000 barrels. It comes after trade sanctions in the wake of the war in Ukraine. So is the decision a retaliation or a retreat?

Pakistan is running out of foreign cash. They are in crisis talks with the International Monetary Fund after they failed to unlock $1.1bn in crucial funds aimed at preventing the country from going bankrupt.

South Africa is having to impose power cuts every single day which has badly affected homes and businesses. It is now so bad that the countries President Cyril Ramaphosa has declared it a state of disaster. We hear from businesses in Pakistan and South Africa about how they are surviving.

We also take a look at China because they are worried about the impact their declining population will have on its financial prospects. A senior health official in Beijing has told local governments to take “bold steps” to encourage people to have more babies.

President Cyril Ramaphosa, has declared a 'state of disaster' over the country’s energy crisis in his state of the nation address.

This measure would enable the government to accelerate its response, and announced plans to give tax breaks to businesses and households that generate their own solar power.

He warned that the power cuts that have hit Africa’s most industrial nation every day this year were “an existential threat to our economy and our social fabric”.

The director-general of the World Trade Organisation has said she expects the cost of living crisis to continue for another two years. We hear from two countries that are facing economic challenges Pakistan and Somalia.

The economic losses from the Turkey-Syria earthquake could reach $4 billion. The government did have a system sort of built in to try and pay for a natural disaster like this but we hear how it hasn't gone to plan.

Disney has announced it'll be laying off 7,000 employees, in CEO Bob Iger's first major decision since he was asked back to lead the company late last year. The layoffs follow similar moves by other US tech giants.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Paris after a day of ceremonial diplomacy here in the UK - his first to western Europe since his country was attacked by Russia almost a year ago. In London he met King Charles as well as seeing Ukrainian soldiers being trained on British tanks and spoke to both houses of parliament.

(Picture: President Zelensky Meets Macron And Scholz In Paris. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

Aid response to North West Syria - which has been most acutely hit by the earthquake - has been facing challenges. People in Syria are dealing with freezing temperatures, hospitals not being able to cope and the fact that ninety per cent of the population are living on the poverty line. We find out what can be done to help those in need, and the we hear the latest on the situation in Turkey.

People have been fighting at ATM points in Nigeria as they try desperately to get the new naira notes. That is because the government is introducing new naira notes and discarding the current one's in circulation.

US Basketball superstar LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has broken one of the greatest individual milestones in world sport. We hear how he is considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.