let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
throughout the day, still a lot of cloud across northern england. taken for northern ireland across the morning to bring patches of light rain, in the afternoon, probably turning drier. temperatures about 8-9, turning drier. temperatures about 8 9, then again, we got these chilly north easterly winds with us once again. this weekend, the area of high pressure is stilljust about hanging on, but we start to get weather fronts coming hanging on, but we start to get weatherfronts coming in hanging on, but we start to get weather fronts coming in for the second half of the weekend, so saturday, it should be a lot of dry weather, variable cloud, but some spells of sunshine. on sunday, the cloudy sticker, and we will have some patio breaks have been working on across the country. and then, next week, we were talking about this yesterday, we have got polar air coming down from the north, northerly winds dragging much colder weather conditions and for some, yes, there will be some sno
all eyes will be on hollywood later to see whether everything everywhere all at once can get the top award at the oscars. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, ourworld: my escape from afghanistan. in august 2021, the taliban shocked the world as they swept to power in afghanistan. it wasn t long before they began to crack down on the rights of women. last year, i met with activist tamana paryani, who d been involved in a protest in kabul. after daring to raise her voice, the taliban came in the middle of the night to arrest her. although she was later released, she went into hiding. at the time, it was too dangerous for us to broadcast her testimony. now she has escaped and she s ready to tell her extraordinary story. kabul, june 2022. afghanistan is now the only country in the world where female education is forbidden. reports have been emerging of women standing up for their rights being forcibly disappeared. i wanted to meet tamana,