let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
we start here in the uk, where as you have been hearing the pressure on prime minister liz truss is building after another day of political chaos. the exit of a key cabinet member, home secretary suella braverman, who delivered a blistering attack on her former boss in her resignation letter. then a huge row in the house of commons over a vote on fracking, seen as a test of loyalty to the prime minister. it saw the pound fall sharply on wednesday, wiping out all the gains made this week after liz truss replaced her chancellor and abandoned the tax cutting plans that had rattled the markets. our political editor chris mason was following events. conservative mps are openmouthed in horror at what they are witnessing, government six week old histjunked the majority of its programme and removed a chancellor in a day of complete chaos, at lunchtime a senior adviser to the prime minister suspended over allegations of briefing against conservative mps, after prime minister s questi
expected to reach hurricane strength when it reaches puerto rico later today. we are live in the cnn weather center. gruesome discoveries in kharkiv, and accusations of depravity from a fleeing russian military, we will have that story coming up here in a second. japan issues a tsunami warning for an outlying area. right now we are looking at live pictures of the queen lying in state in westminster. it s 9:00 a.m. in london, the final full day that people can come pay their respects to the late queen elizabeth. public viewing is set to end at 6:30 tomorrow morning, that s when the queen s coffin will leave westminster hall in preparation for the funeral. prince william and prince harry along with their royal cousins surrounded the queen s coffin just as their parents are done the day before. even though harry is no longer a working royal the king granted special dispensation for him to wear his ceremonial uniform and medals. also on saturday king charles did a walk ab
president zelensky has appealled to european leaders for more weapons. addressing a new forum of a0 nations, he said his country had to defeat russia s invasion in order to protect freedom across europe. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones, and rachel cunliffe, who s senior associate editor for the new statesman. the metro goes with the energy crisis and warns of a winter of disconnect after the national grid confirmed they had contingency plans for blackouts. the energy theme is followed in the i with electricty blackout warning this winter and the worst case scenarios with households facing three hour energy cuts. the guardian leads on suggestions from charities that rolling power cuts could put lives at risk. the theme is continued in the mail with the headlines blackout deal sparks a storm . the paper says households could be offered ten pounds a day not to u
america s governor of florida, my opinion is one of the most influential conservative figures today. making a huge positive impact. we ree here with our guest governor desantis. good to see you in florida. mark: this is snowing up there. it is nice. 75 degrees here. a lot of people are moving to the state of the florida. before we get into that. i would like to know about your wife, casey, we ve come to knowe her a lovely person, how is she i doing. going through the breast cancer treatments, she is very strong. i think she is responding about as well as you can. it is a difficult process, there are some days that are good, some that are bad. so we re working through it. and something that you nevern t to have to face. but i can tell you, if anyone can beat it, she is going to beat it. mark: local press, criticizing you, talking about you as if you were joe biden in the basement in wilmington. and you accompany your wife to theou treatments. yes, they try you know