growth for the month which was broadly in line with economist expectations. the sluggishness comes after the uk economy recorded its fastest growth in two years from january to march, exiting the recession it fell into in the final half of last year. but my opening question starting with you, geoffrey cox, is rishi sunak right to say the economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no economy has turned a corner? i think he is. no doubt economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. economy has turned a corner? i think he is, no doubt about that. all - he is, no doubt about that. all predictions show that growth will continue this year an increase next year and inflation is down to 2.3 and we can look in the next two or three months to cuts in interest rates. it s definitely turned the corner, no doubt about that. this is one month of figures. it is corner, no doubt about that. this is one month
In singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london and 8 30am in the morning in pyongyang, where north korean state media says the military is developing a plan to fire four missiles at the us island of guam. The details will be presented to the north korean leader, kim jong un, for a decision. It comes after the us Defence Secretary issued a warning to north korea saying they should stop any actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people. Our north america correspondent, nick bryant, reports. A far off american outpost in the tropical waters of the Western Pacific now finds itself at the centre of a dangerous stand off. This is guam, the site this summer of us military exercises, American Territory that north korea says could now be in the firing line. From north korean state tv came this chilling headline, that guam could be targeted by medium to long range rockets. And it came just hours after Preside
championship. lebron james. the whole team. lebron james. doesn t everyone just think lebron james is the heat? good morning, everyone. nice to have you with us on this very, very early start. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. let s get started here. let s start with the developing news this morning out of egypt about the health of former president hosni mubarak. we re getting conflicting reports about his actual condition. a state news agency is reporting the 84-year-old is clinically dead. but his lawyer says that he is in a coma. the military says mubarak s condition is critical. but that he is, indeed, still alive. all this confusion coming at a very critical time for egypt. thousands gathering overnight in cairo s tahrir square to protest the military leaders who were supposed to oversee the transition to democracy. instead, they are grabbing more power. ivan watson is live in cairo. ivan, what is the latest on mubarak s condition? reporter: the late
good morning to you. this is your am: wake up call. this is a crucial week for president obama. the senate is expected to vote tomorrow on bringing the measure up for debate. president obama has been pushing this bill ever since unveiling it about a month ago saying it s what is desperately needed for this country to put people back to work. among other things, the president s jobs plan would cut payroll taxes on workers and employers, extend unemployment benefits, and spend money on public works projects. of course, republicans oppose how to pay for this plan. what s concerning is he put ideas in this jobs bill that have already proven to fail. instead of trying to get compromise, he s embracing conflict. he s running around the country campaigning on a bill he knows won t pass. all right. you didn t hear what president obama said because we were having technical difficulty, but here it is. these independent economists say we could grow the economy as much as 2% and
who serve and god bless the united states of america. semper fi. [ applause ] the president of the united states and the name of the congress takes pleasure in presenting the medal of honor to corporal meyer for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with marine embedded training team 2-8. command 3-7 in kunar province. corporal meyer maintained security at a patrol rally point while other members of his team moved on foot with two platoons of afghan national army and border police into the village for a predawn meeting with village elders. moving into the village, the patrol was ambushed by more than 50 enemy fires, firing rocket propelled grenades, mortars, machine guns, from fortified positions. hearing over the radio that four u.s. team members were cut off, corporal meyer seized the initiative. with a fellow marine driving, corporal meyer took exposed gunner position in a gun truck as they drove down the steeply te