a total of thirty seven people including 23 children were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. those are the headlines. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. lebanon is experiencing one of the most disastrous economic collapses of the last 100 years. the national economy is less than half the size it was just three years ago. one powerful symbol of the catastrophe, people are holding up banks in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese peop
and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine, after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned those attacks, and reassured president zelensky that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine s president zelensky addressed the g7 meeting, calling for more help with air defence, and presented his peace formula . from kyiv, here s paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday s storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government s warning to seek shelter, some heading for the metro. translation: we don t feel safe, because we don t knowi what s coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday
thriving in one of the world s toughest environments, we meet the greenland communities on the frontline of climate change. a lot of places in greenland have a record and rain. nowadays, we never know how the weather is going to be. bother! i do hate shoddy work. and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. welcome to the programme. we will begin welcome to the programme. we will begin with what is going on on will begin with what is going on on financial markets. the pound has fallen sharply after the head of the bank of england announced an end to its emergency interventions in to the pension industry. the bed was made to support the pension the bed was made to support the pension industry. the bank had been buying government bonds to help stabilise the market, but andrew bailey says the support will stop on friday, despite calls to extend it. our economics editor faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial mark
yes, indeed, the thought of a chip implant may send a shiver down your spine, that comes later but we begin with the latest warning from the international monetary fund. it has slashed its forecast for the global economy, saying it will grow by only 2.7% next year, with many countries in recession. in its six month update, the imf said the worst was yet to come. this forecast comes as the fund and internationalfinance ministers meet in washington. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from the us capital. the international monetary fund had bad news forjust about everyone. according to its latest forecast, a third of countries will be in recession next year. and whatever growth the others have, it will be far less than they had hoped for. on top of that, the fund s less than they had hoped for. on top of that, the funds to balcomba speaking to the bbc insisted central banks must continue to raise interest rates to fight inflation. if central banks
in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese people, and indeed with the international community as well, about the scale of the economic catastrophe that your country is currently living through? absolutely. stephen, let me tell you, it has been quite a challenging year since our government took office and we started really working on a very tough mission to recover the economy in lebanon and to fix all the mess that the past two decades have left lebanon in. our government came with a big title th