of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th
hello there. we start with the cost of living crisis because the uk is facing a summer of discontent over pay, according to the head of the biggest private sector union. sharon graham, who runs the unite union, has told the bbc it s not militant to ask for pay rises in line with inflation, currently running at over 9%. she says tens of thousands of her members, from bus drivers to refuse collectors to factory workers, are involved in pay disputes around the country. this warning comes as railway workers announce more strike days over the summer. here s what she had to say to our economics editor faisal islam. before people turned around to workers and say to workers, not only have you got out and defended the pandemic, because it was key workers and ordinary people that did that, now it is over, we want you to pay for it. now that is actually abhorent to me. the idea that we set out you go, you defend what is going on out there and by the way, now you are back and everyon
i think it s a convincing result, a decisive result and what it means is that, as a, as a government we can move on and focus on stuff that i think really matters. also in the programme: ukraine s president zelenskyy visits frontline troops in the donbas. and high income countries are still too slow in redistributing covid i9 vaccines. a stark warning from new zealand s former prime minister. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has survived a confidence vote brought by members of parliament from his own party. 148 conservativecmps voted against him. 211 said they wanted mrjohnson to stay in office. he s faced months of criticism after it emerged that events had been held at government offices in downing street during coronavirus lockdowns. under the current rules, mrjohnson cannot be challenged in a leadership vote again for a year. our political editor chris mason bri
ryanair comes under fire for plans force its south african passengers to take an afrikaans language test. and, the makers of the latest movie blockbuster top gun: maverick find they have a need for speed , and a good lawyer, as they re sued for copyright infringement. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result , and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward question for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and a day of intense public, sometimes angry,
an afrikaans language test. and, a top movie earning top dollar, but the makers of the latest blockbuster top gun: maverick are now being sued for copyright infringement. borisjohnson has survived a vote of confidence in his leadership of the conservative party, although more than 40% of tory mps voted against him. he described the result as decisive, and his supporters have urged their colleagues to allow the government to push ahead with the running of the country. but one of mrjohnson s critics said it was a very bad result and he would be surprised if he was still in downing street by the end of the autumn. our political editor, chris mason, has the story of the vote and the result. after months of awkward questions for boris johnson, weeks questions for borisjohnson, weeks of mounting speculation and day of intense public, sometimes angry argument, the moment. a verdict, the result with yes the potential to remove mrjohnson as prime minister but also shape his future