now on bbc news, it s time for our world: lebanon on life support. lebanon, on the eastern coast of the mediterranean. after decades of corruption and financial mismanagement, the small nation is now facing a humanitarian crisis. we have gone through war, we have gone through strikes, but this is the worst.the worst that we have gone through. for much of the last year, there has been no government. almost 80% of the population is now living in poverty. the country s public hospitals, a lifeline for many, are struggling to manage. the patients who are received at the hospital have no other place to go to. just being there is a must. this is the story of lebanon s fight for survival. if lebanon does run out of fuel, a lot of people will lose their lives it s as simple as that. you realise that you re not the reason they are dying, it s the country they re living in. you can t not fall in love with lebanon. beirut is a place for free spirits to flourish, full of beautiful dive
of the biggest teaching unions have called for tougher covid measures in schools in england to combat a rise in infections. a welcome from england s city regions outside london for an announcement of nearly £7 billion to improve their transport networks but they say more money is needed. ministers promise £0.5 billion to support families in the budget, but the labour party calls it a smokescreen. court documents reveal that alec baldwin was told a prop gun was safe moments before he accidentally killed a crew member on a film set. now on bbc news, it s time for our world: lebanon on life support. lebanon, on the eastern coast of the mediterranean. after decades of corruption and financial mismanagement, the small nation is now facing a humanitarian crisis. we have gone through war, we have gone through strikes, but this is the worst.the worst that we have gone through. for much of the last year, there has been no government. almost 80% of the population is now living in p
recovery is losing steam. third quarter gdp showing that growth has fallen to 4.9% well below a poll of analysts that reuters conducted. also a sign that power outages and supply chain bottlenecks are taking a toll on the world s second largest economy. it s the weakestpace since the third quarter of 2020 and slowing from 7.9% in the second quarter. joining me now isjinny yan, chief china economist at icbc standard bank. welcome, great to see you, what do you think these figures tell us? actually, things aren t too bad. i think the key indicators suggest that the main slowdown is coming from the industrial activity. we also know that we had flooding, power outages, and obviously those emission targets set by the central government trying to be delivered by local government. but obviously perhaps too quickly, causing some outages in the certain sectors. and of course we have had local covid outbreaks, so given all of that i think isn t about performance. let s also remember,
hypersonic. the launch caught u.s. intelligence officials by surprise. u.s. citizens among hundreds of people safe after escaping the taliban led afghanistan. the story is not over. thousands stuck in the community. their security a major concern. for the win. and the pittsburgh steelers wins in overtime. ainsley: that is a beautiful shot of dallas, texas. we have will cain on the curvey couch today. you from texas. how about those cowboys last night? ainsley: i thought of you when i was watching it. what a game. will: that was exciting game. do you want to do three hours on that? brian: not far away. dallas top three teams in the league. ainsley for you, i m not going to tell you how to think. but for you to have your hello hour to be about will, i m offended for you. ainsley: when we start with myrtle beach, if you start that hour with a shot of myrtle beach you always talk about me from being from south carolina. will: really about me. ainsley is showing good new
positive for covid. he says he s been fully vaccinated since january and as of now, has no symptoms. and breaking news about a new drug that could be a game changer in the fight against covid. and we begin this friday morning with a divided democratic party. after calling democrats reconciliation bill fiscal insanity, senator joe manchin finally came out with his top number for a human infrastructure package. i m at $1.5 trillion. i think $1.5 trillion does exactly the necessary things we need to do. take care of our children and take care of our people at the end of life, our seniors and we re working hard on that. founder of punch bowl news, also with us, mike memoli, nbc news white house correspondent. thank you both for being with me this morning. jake, we just heard from speaker pelosi moments ago. here s what she had to say about a vote. excuse me. excuse me probably later, have some conversation rather than hit and miss in the hallway. i hear you re gett