let s start with china, because it s currently holding its annual two day national people s congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed china s growth. official figures show the world s second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which was way below the government target of five and a half % and its slowest for decades. lets discuss this with louise loo, senior economist at oxford economics. there s widely expected to be a big shakeup in the team handling the economy. around 5%, it probably implies that growth as low as 4.5% is probably acceptable to the government and we do think that means the policy matters that we see will be a little bit more than what we expect last year. more than what we expect last ear. , , , ye
in two separate transport accidents in pakistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. broadcasting to viewers in the uk we start the show in ukraine, where in the past hour it s being reported that a missile hit a residential building in the country s second largest city, kharkiv. that s according to local officials. this image has been filed by the reuters news agency. and just to say that it is a developing story. there s no word yet about any casualties. and according to local officials, emergency personnel have been sent to the scene. this follows intense fighting in the key southern city of kherson, which has come under fire once again from russian troops. three people have been killed there and six others injured in the intense shelling. the attack came from russian troops stationed on the opposite bank of the dnipro river. local officials say multipl
today we learned it was basal cell carcinoma. it was all removed at the time of the biopsy and no further treatment is required but the president does face new woes tonight from fossil fuel defenders. an internal memo accidently posted by the interior department shows the biden administration moved forward with increasing royalty fees on fossil fuel drilling off the alaskan coast despite its own assessment that lower fees would increase energy security for the state. the senate energy committee chairman joe manchin saying he is appalled and the leaked memo makes quote crystal clear this administration is putting radical climate agenda ahead of the needs of the people of alaska and the united states. the president today focusing on ukraine security meeting with german chancellor olaf schultz. we have been together throughout this. the picture is less clear. schultz at the white house friday with zero fanfare and no blirl news conference causing questions how aligned the
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