hello and welcome to bbc news. we start with the international monetary fund, which has published their prediction for the year ahead. global growth will shrink in 2023 from 3.4% last year to 2.8% this year. the economies in germany and the uk will shrink. the imf also expects high interest rates to be temporary forecasting them to fall back to pre pandemic levels. let s hear what the chief economist had to say. hear what the chief economist had to sa . ,, . ., hear what the chief economist had to sa ,, ., ., , hear what the chief economist had to sa . ,, ., ., , ., ., say. starting to bring inflation back towards say. starting to bring inflation back towards of say. starting to bring inflation back towards of targets, - say. starting to bring inflation back towards of targets, but l say. starting to bring inflation | back towards of targets, but at say. starting to bring inflation - back towards of targets, but at the same time, risks have emerged. in our latest foreca
Now on bbc news, its time for a special programme. Global questions the taiwan, china conflict. Hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from Liberty Square in taipei, the capital city of taiwan. The main island of taiwan lies about 160 kilometres across the waters from china. In the past few months, china has stepped up its military exercises, and fired missiles over taiwan, in growing tensions with the government here. The chinese president , xijinping, has reiterated the claim that taiwan belongs to china, and he says he does not rule out the use of force to take it over. Meanwhile, the United States, which supports taiwan, has hardened its position with President Biden saying he would send american troops to defend it. So, if china did invade taiwan, it would be a conflict with huge global dimensions, one that involves the two superpowers, the United States and china. That is global questions, taiwan, a flashpoint with china and the world . Applause welcome to the
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