this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk in the uk and around the world. the global financial institution the imf is predicting the uk to be the only major economy to shrink in 2023 but says the government is shifting in the right direction. the death toll has risen to more than 90 people following a blast which targeted policeman in the pakistani city of peshawar. five years after a report into the treatment of the families of the hillsborough disaster, the author criticises the government, saying it s intolerable that it still hasn t responded. us secretary of state antony blinken travels to ramallah in the occupied west bank later, for talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision song contest is unveiled
a family of otters. after years of absence, the top predator is back on the river kennet. the condition of this river and some other chalk streams has been improving. evidence of what could be achieved if the government acts on its new plan. justin rowlatt, bbc news, wiltshire. more than 100 people are now know to have been killed in yesterday s suicide bombing at a mosque in the pakistani city of peshawar. most of the victims of the attack were police officers who were praying at the time. the who were praying at the time. mask is in a high ser and the mask is in a high security zone and an investigation is under way into how the bomber got in. friends and family of a woman who vanished while walking her dog in lancashire say they still have hope she will be found alive. 45 year old nicola bulley was last seen walking next to the river wyre in st michael s on wyre on friday morning. her phone was found on a bench near the river bank, still connected to a work call. 0ur correspondent
let s look at some of the potential fallout from this. some consequences. look at the devastation of that police force, so many lives lost. presumably it will have an impact on things like recruitment into the police. yes as we seak recruitment into the police. yes as we speak we recruitment into the police. yes as we speak we are recruitment into the police. yes as we speak we are just recruitment into the police. yes as we speak we are just hearing - recruitment into the police. yes as i we speak we are just hearing another attack butjust happened where a police station came under attack from a militant group. police chief saying that there are no casualties on the part of the police but it was a big attack. so these attacks have been happening over the past few months. in the preference where this particular region in pakistan but now they are coming into the main cities as we have witnessed in peshawar. the government is already struggling with the economy and on the politica
will be pressure, a debate in the house and it is also like every kind of important bill. it is kind of referendum on whether macron is popular and he is not. popular and he is not. fascinating stuff in the popular and he is not. fascinating stuff in the last popular and he is not. fascinating stuff in the last couple popular and he is not. fascinating stuff in the last couple of- popular and he is not. fascinatingj stuff in the last couple of minutes we are hearing from news agencies calling for more strikes on february the 7th and the 11th keeping an eye on that but for the moment thank you very much for coming onto the programme. to pakistan now to get the latest on that suicide bomb attack at a mosque in the city of peshawar. we now know 100 people were killed. rescue teams say they ve now ended their search operation and no one else is trapped under the rubble. many of those who died were police officers praying inside the mosque. this was supposed to be a secure part of th
eurovision. eurovision! eurovision song contest. 0h, eurovision, of course, of course. such a pleasure, as well, - to be able to hold it in the city. it s such an honour, absolutely. i can t wait exciting. it is exciting. exciting. told you so. tonight, a special ceremony will see the keys to the competition handed over to liverpool. this man is in charge of the whole shebang for the bbc. the pressure! don t worry. only 160 million people are watching, yeah. can you give us any clues? ha! can i give you any clues? no. what i can say is today we ve got our first event, which is the handover event from turin, last year s hosts, to liverpool. and also the allocation of the 37 countries into which semifinal they will be in, which, for the first time, are going to be live on bbc one. is this the biggest gig of your life? i think it is one of the most important. the act of bringing the people together through music. let s face it, a time when a bit ofjoy, bit of light,