and researchers in the uk say they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. state media in russia is reporting that president putin has visited mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. (map)the tass news agency says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street, before visiting a flat. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian children. the trip to mariupol which w
they now know why swimming can significantly improve your mood. the russian president, vladimir putin, has made his first known visit to mariupol the ukrainian city which was captured by invading russian forces last year. russian state media says he travelled there by helicopter, and visited local residents. it s mr putin s first trip to the ukrainian territory which has been occupied by russia since the invasion was launched just over a year ago. we ve received these pictures, which we understand to be mr putin in mariupol on saturday evening. he s shown driving around in a car, and also visiting what appears to be a child ren s playground. and other footage shows him visiting a theatre, and talking to a group of people on a street. you can see behind him a toy which looks to be in the face of being installed. process. the visit came at the end of a week when the russian president was charged by the international criminal court with forcible abductions of ukrainian chil
thousands of syrian refugees, arrive at the turkish border as they try to cross back into their home country after last week s earthquakes. and tributes for the hollywood film star and model, raquel welsh who s died at the age of 82. the energy giant, centrica which owns british gas has reported huge profits of £35 billion last year more than triple those of 2021. the increase is largely down to the surge in energy prices because of the war in ukraine. british gas has recently been criticised for entering the homes of vulnerable customers to force fit prepayment meters. let s talk to our business correspondent theo leggett. which correspondent theo leggett. part of the business i these which part of the business have these profits really come from? element for a start, very little has actually come from british gas, the retail bit of the business. that sells as retail bit of the business. that sells gas to retail bit of the business. that sells gas to people
Well, the economy is struggling. Im not gloomy. Ijust propose to look to what we were expecting exactly one year ago. So, beginning of october 2022, we had a double digit inflation. We were expecting recession. And indeed we were also concerned about Energy Supply blackouts because, of course, leaving the russian fossil fuels was not at all an easy story. So if we want to look to the optimistic side of the moon, i think we would say that, yes, we avoided recession. Yes, we have now inflation at 4. 3 , which is very far from the double digit inflation one year ago. And the economy is still growing. But, of course, you are right, the economy is struggling because very low growth. How long with this slow growth. That is the point, isnt it . Low growth is your problem. The imf has reduced Growth Forecasts across the European Union down to less than 1 , 0. 8 for the year. There are some important countries, no more important country than germany, which are really struggling to deliver any g