And at the end of the issue we have time to tell the news from the kremlin. Vladimir putin sent happy new year and Christmas Greetings to a number of world leaders, including the heads of the cis and brix countries, the states of south america, asia, africa, syria, abkhazia and South Ossetia in the leaders of serbia and hungary received a telegram from Vladimir Putin to europe, as well as congratulations. maybe, sit down, it sounds, our products sound, what have you got, but Pyotr Petrovich came to say goodbye to you, yes, but i m not going to say goodbye to you at all, especially in the middle of the working day, well, somehow, i told you, i wrote a statement, my fiancee is coming from kiitezhgrad, from kiitezhgrad, yes, i havent heard such a thing . Well , kitezhgrad is such a city, and it was recently raised from under the water, from under the water, and a good bride, not the right word, yes, who is she, a sorceress , one might say, a witch, the bride is already a witch, but no, sh
important this is to you on twitter @annitabbc #bbcyour questions united in music the slogan for this year s eurovision contest is unveiled as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. and coming up on the third anniversary of brexit, we ll have a special phone in on the impact. my colleague nicky campbell will be asking what your experience has been so far, in the next half an hour. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says its forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are
34 there is any chance of a resolution. 3a years after the hillsborough disaster police forces across england and wales apologise formally for how the families of the victims were treated. the imf forecasts the uk will perform worse than any other major economy next year. the search continues for a woman who went missing during a dog walk in lancashire last friday. had phone was found still connected to a work call. and later we will have sportsday. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. prepare for significant disruption that s the warning from downing street with around half a million workers expected to walk out tomorrow in the biggest day of industrial action since 2011. teachers, university staff, train drivers, bus drivers and civil servants are among those who will go on strike. the strikes will affect more than 20,000 schools which have been urged to remain open. head teachers say they are struggling to plan because they are struggling to plan because th