let s start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world s second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid 19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expected. most people are saying we re looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the strength is all about the consumer centre, we saw the vigors beads on the retail sales numbers are more generally in qrs or the household savings rates, so households are feeling more comfortable, households are feeling more comfortable, spinning again, they have comfortable, spinning again, they have the comfortable, spinning again, they have the possibility - comfortable, spinning again, they ha
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forecasters weren t the true number of cases could be in the millions. i m really sad and disappointed about the disruption that has been caused to so many people s lives, and particularly at christmas time. and, in cricket, india have the edge in their second day of tests. hello and welcome. police are looking into the possibility that as shooting in looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a looking into the possibility that as shooting in paris was a racist attack. our correspondent is following it for us. there was a shooting on the street, from equation looking man, it is not clear whether he was overcome by police, and it is seems that he is now in hospital. the victims have three dead, and a couple of hundred. there are a lot of kurds, some indian people living around there, but we re being told that man, whose name has not been given out,
police in pakistan say at least two people, including a police officer, have been killed in a suicide blast in the capital islamabad. protestors in afghanistan are arrested after making a stand against the taliban s latest prohibition on women and girls attending universities. tuesday s late night announcement has triggered international outrage. george cohen, who was part of england s 1966 world cup winning team, has died aged 83. a prosecutor in paris says a 69 year old gunman who opened fire at a kurdish community centre had previously been charged with racist violence. three people were killed in today s shooting in the tenth arrondissement, where witnesses say the gunman initially targeted the cultural centre before entering a nearby hairdressers, where he was arrested by police. this is what the paris prosecutor had to say at the scene a short while ago. translation: according to the latest casualty reports. translation: according to the latest casualty reports. i