the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. red gr
putin. the bbc has verified this video. this video showing the moment the drones hit the building. on the left hand side that small hand object coming into view and then that explosion. and we have an update on this. we have been on social media hearing from ex president of russia, dmitry medvedev saying, in that post on social media, that the alleged overnight drone attack on the kremlin left moscow with no options but to, quote, eliminate ukrainian president zelensky and his clique in kyiv. the latest response have their so far. our correspondent will vernon has been monitoring events from moscow. the statement from the kremlin saying that ukraine used two drones to attack the kremlin building last night saying that russian forces managed to bring those forces down and that there were no injuries and that the president himself was unhurt although they did say that this was in assassination attempt on putin s life. it is not actually clear what actually happened but those vi
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