growth for the month which was broadly in line with economist expectations. the sluggishness comes after the uk economy recorded its fastest growth in two years from january to march, exiting the recession it fell into in the final half of last year. but my opening question starting with you, geoffrey cox, is rishi sunak right to say the economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no economy has turned a corner? i think he is. no doubt economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. all - he is, no doubt about that. all predictions show that growth will continue this year an increase next year and inflation is down to 2.3 and we can look in the next two or three months to cuts in interest rates. it s definitely turned the corner, no doubt about that. this is one month of figures. it is corner, no doubt about that. this is one month
is above seven hundred thousand for the first time. and there are currently more people in us hospitals with covid than at any point during the pandemic. police in britain say, they ve been in contact with the government, after a hundred people were invited to drinks in the downing street garden in may 2020. at that time, such gatherings were banned. president biden has given an impassioned speech in support of voting rights reform. speaking in georgia, he said he backed changes to senate rules, which would allow reforms to be passed without republican support. questions have been raised about whether novak djokovic made a false declaration on his border entry form for australia. federal officials are still considering whether or not to deport him.
drawdown of us forces they didn t have enough in the country to fight a war, a resurgent taliban, in the middle of the fighting season. if he would have not withdrawn, he would have had to escalate troops. was the status quo impossible? a lot of people in britain say, for a moderate nato force, the status quo could have been maintained. it is imortant could have been maintained. it is important to could have been maintained. it is important to note that very few of those important to note that very few of those troops that were in their were actually those troops that were in their were actually engaged in combat. i find that argument somewhat flat very simply that argument somewhat flat very simply because his predecessor, president simply because his predecessor, president trump, felt no obligation to live president trump, felt no obligation to live up president trump, felt no obligation to live up to the commitments made by president 0bama so why would president by pre
lunchtime tomorrow. shepard: thank you. officials in britain say that they plan to form a european led mission in the straight of hormuz after iran seized one of britain s tankers last week. the foreign secretary called it a protection mission. he told parliament that he ron committed an act of state piracy, their revolutionary guard release this video over the weekend, ski masks rappelling from helicopters to take over the tanker and we are also hearing audio recordings from before the seizure, an officer spoke to those on the ship. a british officer on a warship nearby responded warning iran that it would be against international law to block the tanker. listen. you will be safe. 3-6-0 degrees immediately.