the economy is coping with the cost of living crisis when we get first quarter gdp figures in just over an hour s time. it s expected to have continued growing by 0.2% in the first three months of the year. hardly booming, but a far cry from the record breaking recession that the bank of england was predicting six months ago. on thursday, the bank announced a major rethink of its forecasts, saying the uk will now avoid going into recession. but it warned that the battle to get soaring prices under control is taking much longer than expected. the bank also raised its main interest rate again by 0.25%, to 4.5%. that s the 12th rate rise in a row, and it puts the cost of borrowing here in the uk at a 15 year high. the bank is trying to take spending power out of the economy to stop prices rising so fast. inflation is currently running at over 10% a year. that s the highest rate in a0 years, and five times the bank s target of 2%. our economics editor faisal islam reports. red gr
he was joined by the leaders of the churches of england and scotland. together, they re seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that s been ravaged by tribal conflict. police in the north west of england say they believe a woman who went missing while walking her dog probably fell into the river in lancashire. the 45 year old mother of two was last seen a week ago in st michael s. underwater drones, helicopters and dogs have all been used in the search. danny savage has the details. exactly a week on from when nicola bully van asch, heferen staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping tojog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere. but there is no trace of her anywhere. it has been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. our whole focus is the two girls, just staying as strong as i can for them. i am scared that if i put any focus into anything else it will take my focus of that. right now
the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state, antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. we ll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first this report from gordon correra. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky, filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, but, us officials claim, a chinese spy balloon. it seemed so br
together, they re seeking to promote reconciliation in a largely christian country that s been ravaged by tribal conflict. now on bbc news, our world: jessica and austin when murder goes viral. injune 2020, three friends found a suitcase washed up on a beach, accidentally defining the story of a murdered couple. wait, open it. laughter open it. as the videos went viral, people started speculating the clicks and shares complicating the investigation. it might even be linked - to a network of serial killers in the dark web. this is where they found the two suitcases. they re notjust entertainment. and theories on social media impacted what would end up being a two year trial and changed the lives of two families. it s not suitcases that washed up. it was my son and it wasjessica. they were human beings. when your loved one s death has gone viral, how do you remember their life before the headlines? my name s gina jaschke, and jessica lewis is my niece. she wasjust, like, an
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the pentagon has confirmed that they are seeing reports of a balloon transiting over latin america. brigadier general patrick ryder says that the us department of defense now assesses that it is another chinese surveillance balloon. this comes after washington accused beijing of acting irresponsibly after a first such balloon was detected over the united states. secretary of state antony blinken postponed a much anticipated trip to beijing over the incident. china says that balloon was a civilian airship which had deviated from its planned route. we ll have more on the second balloon sighting in a moment, but first, this report from gordon corera. i.have no idea what this thing is. a strange object in the sky filmed by a member of the public in rural montana. and for those of you who think this mightjust be the moon, it is not the moon, the moon is off to my right i can see it. it s not the moon, nor a ufo, bu