time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where we ve learned today than the world s largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank the federal reserves next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of the growth figures to begin with. where did this surprisingly high figure come from? $5 did this surprisingly high figure come from? did this surprisingly high figure come from? ~ , i. ., come from? as you said, in the final three months come from? as you said, in the final three months of come from? as you said, in the final three months of last come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year on - come from? as yo
like for the grand national here is darren bett. much better weather compared to what we have today, the sun will be out and it looks like it will be dry. today we have seen some sunshine across scotland, it also in northern ireland but we are seeing more showers breaking out as well, whereas for england and wales there really isn t much sunshine at all because essentially low pressure is still in charge as it has been through most of the week bringing more wet weather. if we look over the past few hours the rain has been developing more widely across england and wales and we are getting more showers breaking out in scotland and northern ireland, some could be heavy and thundery. but at least we are seeing some sunshine. lots of cloud for england and wales and underneath the cloud and rain temperatures only nine celsius, it will feel quite cold. a top temperature of 13 across norfolk and may be suffolk where the rain hasn t really started and things are briefly a bit brighter
and there. there is a chilly wind blowing. we ve got high pressure for the momentjust north of us, that means the winds are coming and off the north sea and the weather front will bring more cloud into east anglia and the south east of england and eventually a few showers as well and eventually a few showers as well and there may be a little bit of low cloud and haar toying with the east coast of scotland. otherwise plenty of sunshine, chilly down the north sea coasts with the wind off the sea, highest temperatures probably in the western highlands, 18 degrees here. this evening we will see the wetter weather pushing its way further inland, probably not too much rain, it is is off overnight but there will be more cloud for england and wales, heavy rain perhaps turning to eastern parts of england by the morning. it will be milderfor england and england by the morning. it will be milder for england and wales, further north colder and in the grampian region temperatures could be
he holds up to the podium. i think he might be. let s listen in. still making his way to the stage here. the state of pennsylvania on a knife edge and very significant is this race for the congress, the race has tightened in favour of the republican. after the democratic candidate suffered a stroke in may. and as she struggled at times during recent televised debates with doctor. stay with us on bbc world news. donald trump there responding to the crowds, it must be very cold there now but they are there in droves and he does have many fervent supporters after he s strongly hinted in the past few days that he may make a bid for the presidential race in 2024 and he is considering an announcement on the 14th of november for that. and talking about backing the republican candidates for the state of pennsylvania. for the midterm elections. let s listen in. still taking his time the former president has been speaking together at a rally at the state of pennsylvania this race here