its lowest level for nearly two years. consumer prices rose by 5% of the year to march, a far cry from the 9% it was that in june. but there are warnings of a possible recession in the pipeline. our business reporter is katie silver, she s been looking through the dater and joins me now on the programme. great to have you on the show. this looks pretty optimistic, doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? it’s doesn t it was back it s good news it isn t it? news it isn t it? it s good news it isn t it? it s good news but it news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to - news it isn t it? it s good news but it needs to be i news but it needs to be analysed further and taken with analysed further and taken with a grain of salt. inflation is down and there are warnings every session but still we are hearing the fed may hike rates for the three things that don t normally go together. in terms of the inflation figure w
because of the rise of renewables. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore and 4pm in san francisco, where the bbc s technology correspondent sat down in an unexpected interview with elon musk. the billionaire telsa car boss and new owner of twitter said running the social media site has been painful and a roller coaster . it s one of his first interviews since he bought twitter. james clayton has this exclusive report. it s not every day you find yourself invited by one it s not every day you get invited by one a sit down interview, and a few minutes before it was due to take place, the inevitable curveball. we re about to go live, very surprisingly, we onlyjust found this out, on twitter. but that is elon musk. we didn t know about that. but you never know with elon musk. when he sat down, he was in the mood to chat. so, how do you think it s gone? well, it s not been boring. it s been quite a roller coaster. the pain
ukraine s foreign minister urged council members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse the position. the presidency is largely ceremonial, although it oversees the agenda. now on bbc news, talking business, and what the rise of ai chatbots could mean for the future of work. hello everybody, welcome to talking business with me, aaron hazelhurst. let s go and have a look at what is on the show. the rise of the ai chat pot, the great global artificial intelligence race is under way as chatgpt takes the world by storm. this humanlike tech is wowing people across the globe with its ability to hold a coherent conversation, concoct poetry and even create computer code. but as we hand over the keys to technology should we be more worried about the consequences and just what could all of this mean for the future of work? i m going to be discussing all of this with these two, a director of technology from that un and a recruitment expert who specialises in what it means to be a human
on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the potential impact is. the secretary of defence is meeting every day wit
welcome to world business report. i m ben thompson. in the last few minutes, the international monetary fund have released their outlook for the global economy. they have revealed it has reached a highly uncertain moment so let me run you through the numbers in the latest economic outlook. the imf expect it to grow a paltry 3% over the next five years. 2.8% this year. the uk is on track to be the worst performing advanced economy this year. expected to shrink by 0.3% in 2023, much worse than many other g7 countries. they say will grow by i% in 202a. the us in contrast, it is forecast to grow by much more, by 1.6% this year and a further i.i% by much more, by 1.6% this year and a furtheri.i% in by much more, by 1.6% this year and a further 1.1% in 202a. the imf s director of research painted a mixed economy. the director of research painted a mixed econom . ., , ., y director of research painted a mixed econom . ., ., , ., , economy. the global economy remains on track for gr