the euro zone trade surplus. a better net trade result in the first quarter came mainly from higher exports of machinery, vehicles and chemicals and a drop in imports of energy. imports from russia, once a key supplier of oil and gas to the eu, were 72.1% lower in the january march period than a year earlier as the eu stopped buying most of its energy from moscow following the russian invasion of ukraine in late february 2022. joining me is sylvain broyer, chief economist emea, s&p global ratings. what to be make of these numbers? a pretty anaemic growth figure. there are a few positives, pretty anaemic growth figure. there are a few positives, the pretty anaemic growth figure. ii” are a few positives, the european economy has avoided recession, there is an upsurge in demand partly related to the opening of china and the european industry and job creation are strong. the outlook for the second quarter and third quarter is still 0k, the second quarter and third quarter i
as fathers for migrant women, according to a bbc investigation. they re being offered up to £10,000 to add their names to birth certificates enabling a child to get uk citizenship and giving mothers a residency route. scammers are using facebook to tout for business and claim to have helped thousands of women in this way. facebook says such content is banned by its rules. a former executive is suing tiktok owner bytedance saying he was fired after criticising the company for having what he called a culture of lawlessness . yintao yu says tiktok was stealing videos published on rival sites like instagram and snapchat and presenting them as its own. mr yu says he sounded the alarm but the practice continued and he was fired in 2018. on twitter, i m @bbcbenthompson. headlines and sport coming up.
to £10,000 to add their names to birth certificates, enabling a child to get uk citizenship and giving mothers a residency route. scammers are using facebook to tout for business and claim to have helped thousands of women in this way. facebook says such content is banned by its rules. a former executive is suing tiktok owner bytedance saying he was fired after criticising the company for having what he called a culture of lawlessness. yintao yu says tiktok was stealing videos published on rival sites like instagram and snapchat and presenting them as its own. mr yu says he sounded the alarm, but the practice continued, and he was fired in 2018. eu regulators have approved microsoft s $69 billion attempt to purchase call of duty publisher activision blizzard.