or a living in a household already struggling financially? we want to hear from you. you can find me on twitter, i m @annitabbc or use #bbcyourquestions. bbc news has been told that conservative mps are in talks with opposition parties to oppose the government s fracking plans. calls for all women to be invited for a menopause check up when they turn a5, as a report criticises the current support as completely inadequate . last night the police arrested himm tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. there are more concerns for the uk economy this morning as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released this morning s
it has arrested eight people in connection with saturday s bombing of the kerch bridge that links russia with occupied crimea. a bbc investigation finds that up to 70% of donations being sent to displaced families in syria via tiktok are being taken by the social media platform. and tributes pour in for the british born actress, angela lansbury, best known for her role in murder she wrote, who has died in los angeles aged 96. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. there are more concerns for the uk economy as official data shows it shrank in august. meanwhile the governor of the bank of england said he won t extend a financial support package beyond this friday. the emergency measures were launched nearly two weeks ago because of the turmoil prompted by the chancellor s mini budget. official figures released show the uk economy fell by 0.3% in the three months to august. if it falls again in the next three months we ll be in a recession. there s
Francine welcome to the pulse or call the pulse. Super thursday has been dubbed the thursday of the year. The bank of england is said to publish a slew of data. The boe decision minute of it meeting are being released at lunchtime as the governor mark carney works to improve transparency. In this torrent of data, how many members are we expecting to call for an Interest Rate hike . That is the big question. The majority of economists do expect a split in the vote. There are nine members. 19 of the 20 economists surveyed by bloomberg expect if it expect a split. More than half expect to members to vote for decision. We have seen some vote for tighter policy, they dropped that in january when they all inflation fall. They will be closely watching to see of any others vote. Francine the strength of the currency is also compensating things for the governor. Absolutely. This is a tight rope he will have to walk as he delivers his press conference. The pound in the past month has been streng
For lease. Indian inflation shoots up in july thanks to higher food costs and the softer rupee making the job a stimulating for growth all that much harder. And 120 people are dead and 5,000 injured as police crack down on supporters of the post president Mohamed Morsi turns violent. Welcome to a brandnew edition of worldwide exchange. Very busy day for these european markets. We get Second Quarter gdp, but also the boe mpc minutes and uk jobless numbers. The eurozone economy is expected to emerge from recession in the Second Quarter. Thats according to estimates of the flash gdp figure to just about an hour from now. The 17 asian bloc is forecast to grow by 0. 2 , ending six straight quarters of contractions. Now, the gains have really been driven by europes largest economy, germany, which posted this very robust 0. 7 jump in gdp from the previous quarter. This is the largest expansion in more than a year, which came in just above forecasts of 0. 6 . I also want to show you, just a co