News for the conservatives came in the form of an official recession , with gdp falling 0. 3 recession, with gdp falling 0. 3 in the final few months of last yeah in the final few months of last year. Britain endured two successive quarters of economic contraction. Rishi insists that contraction. Rishi insists that his plan is working, but how much responsibility does he bear for the grim Economic News . Ukrainian forces are on the back foot as they retreat from the eastern town of avdiivka, where Russian Forces threatened to surround them if, as some analysts predict , other european analysts predict, other European Countries will find themselves in a similar shooting match with russia in the next decade , how russia in the next decade, how would they fare . Max jeffrey has just returned from estonia , just returned from estonia, where he observed nato forces taking part in military training exercises. He will join me to discuss what he saw and found , discuss what he saw and found, a
News for the conservatives came in the form of an official recession , with gdp falling 0. 3 recession, with gdp falling 0. 3 in the final few months of last yeah in the final few months of last year. Britain endured two successive quarters of economic contraction. Rishi insists that contraction. Rishi insists that his plan is working, but how much responsibility does he bear for the grim Economic News . Ukrainian forces are on the back foot as they retreat from the eastern town of avdiivka, where Russian Forces threatened to surround them if, as some analysts predict , other european analysts predict, other European Countries will find themselves in a similar shooting match with russia in the next decade , how russia in the next decade, how would they fare . Max jeffrey has just returned from estonia , just returned from estonia, where he observed nato forces taking part in military training exercises. He will join me to discuss what he saw and found , discuss what he saw and found, a
Environment as a religious crusade and says that some net zero measures should be relaxed. Ukraines president says he had hoped to start a counter offensive against russia earlier but lacked the necessary weapons. Vladimir zelenskyy told cnn that the delay allowed russia time to build several lines of defence, complicating his countrys ability to fight back against the invasion. His comments come after russia pummelled the city of odesa in southern ukraine, killing at least one person and damaging scores of historical buildings as more shops could be converted into homes and extensions made easier as the government launches a review of building rules in proposals to be formally announced tomorrow. No formally announced tomorrow. No new freedoms to enlarge existing homes will also be outlined. The government says the idea is to make it easier to build upwards and outwards , as michael gove and outwards, as michael gove argues that britain must make better use of the buildings we already
Environment as a religious crusade and says that some net zero measures should be relaxed. Ukraines president says he had hoped to start a counter offensive against russia earlier but lacked the necessary weapons. Vladimir zelenskyy told cnn that the delay allowed russia time to build several lines of defence, complicating his countrys ability to fight back against the invasion. His comments come after russia pummelled the city of odesa in southern ukraine, killing at least one person and damaging scores of historical buildings as more shops could be converted into homes and extensions made easier as the government launches a review of building rules in proposals to be formally announced tomorrow. No formally announced tomorrow. No new freedoms to enlarge existing homes will also be outlined. The government says the idea is to make it easier to build upwards and outwards , as michael gove and outwards, as michael gove argues that britain must make better use of the buildings we already
Good afternoon. Its exactly 3 01. Im ray addison in the gb newsroom. Our top story this hour. Our top story this hour. Sir keir starmer has called for a permanent ceasefire in gaza. During a speech at the scottish labour conference its a change to his previous stance of a pause in the fighting , saying instead the war fighting, saying instead the war must stop now. But he says the ceasefire cant be one sided. Hes calling on the Hamas Terror Group to release all its remaining hostages. He also said that a two state solution must be back on the table , an end to the fighting. Table, an end to the fighting. Not just now, not just for a pause, but permanently. A ceasefire for that lasts. A ceasefire for that lasts. Conference. Yes, that is what conference. Yes, that is what must happen now. The fighting must happen now. The fighting must stop now. Must stop now. Well, in the United States, the white house has blamed inaction by republicans for russias capture of another ukrainian city, kyi