Requires focused policies, redoubling efforts and work and concerted efforts from all sides. Lets head over to our Asia Business hub and speak tojoao da silva. Its a crucial meeting, talk us through the headlines as this all gets underway. This is not m, but sweet cream to pop up, here years. Thank you forjoining us, its a crucial meeting, took us through the headlines as this gets under way on day one. What gets under way on day one. What is interesting gets under way on day one. What is interesting is gets under way on day one. What is interesting is how gets under way on day one. W ue ii is interesting is how similar those targets that were Just Announced our to those of last year and that despite the fact that the merger in the worlds second largest economy has changed. The government is expecting growth of around 5 in 2024 which is pretty much the same as forecast in 2023, it expects inflation of 3 , the deficit to stay also within its preferred 3 limit and the Unemployment Rate t
until the polls open. ukraine s most senior security official tells the bbc the country is ready to launch its long expected counteroffensive against russian forces. hello, i m nancy kacungira. the home office says a nationwide issue with uk border force e gates is creating longer waiting times at passport control at airports across the country. it s understood the problems started on friday evening. there have been reports of long queues at arrivals in several british airports. this picture, tweeted on saturday morning from london heathrow s terminal 5, gives an idea of some of the delays which have been building up. heathrow has issued a statement, saying we are aware of a nationwide issue impacting the e gates, which are operated by border force. our teams are working closely with border force to help resolve the problem as quickly as possible. the issue is being felt at all points of entry to the uk although airports with passport e gates seem to be worst affected. th
to south africa. and britain s prime minister orders an investigation into how the chairman of the governing conservative party settled a multi million dollar tax dispute. let s start with the war in ukraine. eu foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels amid an ongoing row about whether to send tanks. member countries are putting pressure on germany to provide some of its leopard two tanks, to help fight off russia s invasion. estonia s foreign minister has been at those talks in brussels he s been speaking to the bbc. decisions need to be implemented and the decisions need to be done and there is a moment of leadership which needs to be created. and my strong message is indeed, to all countries, who have weapons and stockpiles to give them immediately without any political caveats or any further considerations or hesitance of the russian s reaction. so let s take a closer look at germany s role in all this. the leopard 2 is operated by about 20 countries worldwide
And ukrainian officials reported that russia also hit a school and other buildings in the city. The mayor of kharkiv says there are a large number of people missing following the strike. Earlier this month, Russian Forces began a renewed offensive in the kharkiv region, in an attempt to break through a weakened ukrainian front line. Heres one of the shop workers explaining what happened. Translation i was at work in the Furniture Section when there was a first hit. Me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. There was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. We were covered in it, our faces, too. We started to dig our way up to the top. There, the Extinguishing System had started working. We grabbed a few people and an Emergency Service guy who was shopping saved us. He was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. Me, my colleague and another boy as well as a shopper and his girlfriend made it out. 0ur Interna
Heres one of the shop workers explaining what happened. Translation i was at work in the Furniture Section when there was a first hit. Me and my colleague fell off our feet, went down and hit the floor. There was a second hit after which we were covered in rubble. We were covered in it, our faces, too. We started to dig our way up to the top. There, the Extinguishing System had started working. We grabbed a few people and an Emergency Service guy who was shopping saved us. He was with a girl that was also shopping and he helped us to get out through the window. Me, my colleague and another boy as well as the shopper and his girlfriend made it out. I spoke to cyrille amoursky, a journalist for la chaine info channel. Hesjoined me from kharkiv, just in front of the Shopping Centre which was attacked today. We know that there are at least 16 people missing before it used to be 11. Now it is 16. We know also that five people are dead, but there may be other people inside of the shopping ce