country s pre pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid 19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minute s silence. the session will focus on how prepared the uk was for a pandemic before 2020. joining us now from the inquiry is our health correspondent, jim reed . hello. just tell us a little more, if you would, about this first phase of the inquiry? of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry was announced by boris - of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry| was announced by boris johnson of the inquiry? yes, this inquiry - was announced by boris johnson back was
it s three years today since chinese state media reported the first recorded death from covid 19. since then the global economy has been under intense pressure, and now the world bank is warning it is close to falling into recession. in its latest economic forecast, the bank said after surging by over 5% in post pandemic 2021, growth in the world s richest economies is likely to slow sharply from 2.5% last year to just 0.5% this year, and debt caused by the pandemic will take decades to pay off. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new york. the from new york. world bank expects the global the world bank expects the global economy to grow by 1.7% this year, much lower than the 3% originally predicted by the world bank back injune. now, a number of factors are being blamed. the continued war in ukraine continues to put pressure on global energy prices, and interest rates are rising in many economies to combat the high cost of living. now,
Cars in the country. That has been enough to push up shares by 11 in early trade. The Electric Car Giant faces falling sales and increased local competition in china. So this could be a big move. Lets talk about that with michelle, who is standing by in new york. Give us a sense of how significant this could be, just some reports at this stage, but it is what elon musk wanted . ,. , , wanted . You are seeing the response from investors wanted . You are seeing the response from investors with wanted . You are seeing the response from investors with the wanted . You are seeing the response from investors with the share wanted . You are seeing the response from investors with the share price i from investors with the share price pppin9 from investors with the Share Price Popping at the open because of that sort of shot of good news. The reason for that is it comes off the back of a difficult couple of months for the car maker. The electric car Company Released some pretty disappointing qu