time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where we ve learned today than the world s largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank the federal reserves next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of the growth figures to begin with. where did this surprisingly high figure come from? $5 did this surprisingly high figure come from? did this surprisingly high figure come from? ~ , i. ., come from? as you said, in the final three months come from? as you said, in the final three months of come from? as you said, in the final three months of last come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year on - come from? as yo
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an exclusive interview with the anti war campaigner who s planning to take on vladimir putin in russia s presidential election. he tells this programme there is growing opposition to russia s special military operation in ukraine. i special military operation in ukraine. . ., , ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am ukraine. i am not sure i will win this time but i am absolutely i ukraine. i am not sure i will win l this time but i am absolutely sure putin will not rule russia for six years more, absolutely sure. here in the uk the families of three people stabbed to death in nottingham say they ve been let down by the police after their killer is sentenced after admitting three counts manslaughter by diminished responsibility. and some of ghana s crown jewels stolen by british soldiers more than a century ago, a
moscow says the plane was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war involved in a prison exchange. it has accused ukraine of deliberately ta rgetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles north east of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian pows. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65