The sunday times royal editor roya nikkhah. And the american journalist from Bloomberg News Stephanie Baker. Welcome to you all. Its 70 years this weekend since a 25 year old princess elizabeth, on safari with her husband, learned that her father George The Sixth had died. Suddenly she had lost a father and become queen. In the decades since, she has come to embody the British Monarchy and indeed modern british history a living link to churchill and the desperate days of the second world war, and also to the Winds Of Change as the British Empire collapsed. Royah nikka royal editor of The Sunday Times for a woman didnt originally expect to be queen, shes done a pretty good job . I think youre absolutely right. She has. And just listening to each the extraordinary 70 years is remarkable thinking that her link back to winston churchill, 1a Prime Ministers are now in the way things are going, borisjohnson might not be her last. She has seen so much and yet where the really extraordinary th
In about 90 minutes time well get the latest health check on the economy and everyone is asking the question will the numbers reveal we are officially out of recession . Well, most experts predict yes, and say we will see a smidgen of Growth Injanuary of 0. 2 . This would confirm the Bank Of Englands suggestion that the downturn is behind us. During the final three months of last year, the data showed the uk slipped into recession and inflation injanuary was at 4 so its still twice the Bank Of Englands target. Lets discuss all of this with azad zangana, Senior European Economist at schroders. Good morning to you. Are you with the majority believing today will give us a Growth Number . Today will give us a Growth Number . ~. ~ ~ number . We are. We think it could be number . We are. We think it could be even number . We are. We think it could be even a number . We are. We think it could be even a little number . We are. We think it could be even a little higherl could be even a little h
Along the coastline a once busy town lays lifeless. What lahaina is nothing but ashes. Officials are combing through what is tloeft find the dead. What is left to find the dead. There is a lot of loss here and we are going to see higher numbers as our professionals and maui fire and police to theirjob. For those who survived, hope can be found in prayer. People have gathered in makeshift churches to provide support. Before we come to church, we are like. Why did this happen . But today, you know, because of his words, the pastor, it brings me more. I feel more comfortable and more at peace. But questions are being asked why residents were not warned about the fires. Were Early Warning systems used or did they malfunction . Everyone said the same. Thing, we had no warning, no evacuation notice. So a lot of people i were not prepared. By the time they find i out it was time to go, it was almost too late. There is a review under way to work out what happened. It will take years for the is
Eventin yesterdays tragic and alarming event in north gaza, trying to get humanitarian assistance in there, and the loss of life is heartbreaking. People are so desperate that innocent people got caught, a terrible war, unable to feed their families, and you saw the response when we try to get aid in. And we need to do more and the United States will do more stock in the coming days we willjoin with our friends the coming days we willjoin with ourfriends in the coming days we willjoin with our Friends Injordan and others are providing air drops of additionalfood and of additional food and supplies. Of additional food and suwlies of additional food and su lies. , supplies. President biden there. Our special correspondent fergal keane, working with bbc verify, has been piecing together more details of what happened. And just a warning his report contains some distressing images. Although death is everywhere now in gaza, theyd come thinking they would find aid to keep their families aliv