welcome. let me start with the situation welcome. let me start with the situation as we see it on the outlook situation as we see it on the outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth outlook for the economy. the outlook for growth and unemployment has improved~ for growth and unemployment has improved. six months ago we expected a shallow improved. six months ago we expected a shallow but long recession. since then energy prices have fallen substantially and economic activity is holding substantially and economic activity is holding up better than expected. so today is holding up better than expected. so today we forecast modest but not positive so today we forecast modest but not positive growth and a much smaller increase positive growth and a much smaller increase in positive growth and a much smaller increase in unemployment. we think inflation increase in unemployment. we think inflation will fall quite sharply over inflation will fall quite shar
criminal court in the hague. most of the world is not afraid the agresser must fear the full power ofjustice, only him, yet this is our historical responsibility. the un humanitarian chief says sudan s two warring parties are keen to continue fighting, despite hopes of a ceasefire. and with just two days to go until the coronation excitement is building on the mall, where crowds are camped out waiting to see the king. the us has dismissed. they claim was false and that washington did not encourage or enable ukraine to strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any responsibility. - strike outside its borders. ukraine has denied any responsibility. we | has denied any responsibility. we can speak now to. thank you very much coming on the programme. what do you make of these latest claims that these drone attacks on the kremlin were an attempt to assassinate president putin? i kremlin were an attempt to assassinat
on the debt ceiling. this is all about the amount of money the us government is allowed to borrow which has a self imposed limit, a ceiling. without a raise, this would leave the us unable to pay its bills. on tuesday, president biden met with top lawmakers in washington, who are currently blocking raising that ceiling but they came away without a breakthrough. nomia iqbal was there. both sides came out of the meeting which lasted more than an hour, announcing there was no deal. both showing they are entrenched in their positions. the republican speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy, attacked president biden for not negotiating. his opponents came out a short while either later saying republicans refused to take default off that table and mrjeffries called the publicly party as a party of magyar extremists. they have two weeks otherwise the us will default to not pay their bills and it would lead to economic ruin, leading to stock markets plummeting and millions ofjobs are p
hello and thanks forjoining us. here s your latest sports news. only one place to start, really in spain, where the champions league semi final between real madrid and manchester city is delicately poised after an entertaining first leg tie. it finished 1 1 at the bernabeu, and our reporter olly foster was watching in the spanish capital. all square it is, then, as the two sides head to manchester next week for the second leg. it s manchester city who ll be by far the happier of the two sides, coming back to earn a draw. in this first leg, they started really brightly here at the bernabeu stadium, forcing thibaut courtois, the real keeper, into a couple of fine saves. early on, erling haaland had a couple of those chances, but for the most part they kept haaland quiet, some fantastic defending from real. and it was real that took the lead, viniciusjunior with an absolutely rasping effort from just outside the area that had ederson beaten all ends up. they led 1 0 going into
hello and thanks for joining us, here s your latest sports news only one place to start really, in spain where the champions league semi final between real madrid and manchester city is delicately poised after an entertaining first leg tie. it finished 1 1 at the bernabeu and our reporter olly foster was watching in the spanish capital. all square it is then as the two sides head to manchester next week for the second leg and it s manchester city who will be by far the happier of the two sides coming back to earn a draw. in this first leg, they started really brightly here at the bernabeu stadium, forcing thibaut courtois, the real keeper, into a couple of fine saves. early on, erling haaland had a couple of those chances, but for the most part they kept erling haaland quiet, some fantastic defending from real. fantastic defending from real. and it was them that took the lead, viniciusjunior, with an absolutely rasping effort from just outside the area that had ederson beat