time for a look at the business news now. we the business news now. have growth on the agendi we start in the us where we ve learned today than the world s largest economy grew by an annualised rate of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023. the growth figure was higher than expected. as always the big question is how this will feed into the us central bank the federal reserves next move on the cost of borrowing. michelle fleury is in new york for us. take us into the detail of the growth figures to begin with. where did this surprisingly high figure come from? $5 did this surprisingly high figure come from? did this surprisingly high figure come from? ~ , i. ., come from? as you said, in the final three months come from? as you said, in the final three months of come from? as you said, in the final three months of last come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year come from? as you said, in the final three months of last year on - come from? as yo
money and pay them back? i would give anything to be able to do that. even though jail time is possible, he says he tries not to think about it. joe tidy, bbc news, in the bahamas. since joe filed that report, we ve learned that sam bankman fried will be asked to give testimony at the us house committee on financial services, into the collapse of his ftx crypto exchange. that will happen on tuesday the 13th of december although he may be allowed to participate remotely, via videolink. we ll bring you coverage of what comes out of that hearing, here on bbc news. sir eltonjohn s become the latest celebrity to leave twitter since its acquisition by tesla boss elon musk. in what could be his last ever tweet, the rocket man singer wrote
so monday the 12th kislyak is back at trump tower again meeting jared s assistant. tuesday the 13th, sergey is back meeting with jared himself. two days after that, trump tower again this type it s flynn, kushner and steve bannon taking another secret meeting. this time with the crown prince of the united arab ep rats known by the initials mbz. they didn t disclose this meeting to the obama administration even though the u.s. government figured out he was here in the end. so mbz is accompanied that the meeting by an adviser named george nader. after that meeting, erik prince reportedly approaches mbz and tells him he is authorized to act as a surrogate for trump. he asks mbz to set up a meeting for him with a surrogate for putin. according to the post, mbz agreed and proposed the say
himself takes a meeting at trump tower with the head of a sanctioned russian bank. one who has a military intelligence background installed in his job by russian president vladimir putin. so monday the 12th kislyak is back meeting jared s assistant. tuesday the 13th, sergey is back and the 13th, it s flynn, kushner and steve bannon taking another secret meeting. this time with the crowned prince of the united arab emirat emirates, ebz. they didn t disclose this meeting to the obama administration even though the u.s. government figured out he was here in the end. the leader is accompanied at that meeting on the 15th by an advisor named george nador. the prince says he s aught roois