the international monetary fund has released it s latest economic outlook, and it s grim reading for the uk. forecasts for growth this year have been revised upwards slightly for most major economies, with even russia growing at a faster pace than the uk according to the imf. the stronger performance for most is down to the reopening of china and more resilient labour markets, household spending and business investment. michelle fleury spoke to their chief economist to national monetary fund is sounding a little less gloomy thanit sounding a little less gloomy than it did a view months ago stopping the global lender points to china s recently opening and strong spending by consumers as the reason for its improved global growth forecast at the imf said in its world economic outlook that the cost of living crisis was continuing to bite in most economies with the fund s chief economist telling me the priority now is on reducing inflation in the months to come. on reducing infla
of the us midterm elections. nine months into the war in ukraine, with winterfast nine months into the war in ukraine, with winter fast approaching, we are with winter fast approaching, we are with a community in norfolk that once again is preparing to send vitally needed supplies into the war zone. is it change at the top for liverpool? after a period of sustained success, are the club s american owners looking to sell the club? have you got your christmas decorations are up, or is it way too early? good morning and welcome to this winter wonderland near warrington, where i ll be looking at the cost of living crisis and how it could affect christmas for many people. good morning. some sunshine today, but plenty of thunderstorms and heavy downpours. details later in the programme. good morning. it s tuesday, the 8th of november. our main story. headteachers in england are warning they re facing a crisis, and many schools may have to cut teachers or reduce their hours to save
meanwhile, an attack on ukraine s zaporizhzhia region leaves at least 23 people dead. a mounting death toll in florida after hurricane ian, president biden says it could be deadliest storm ever to hit the state. and saying good bye to sammy the story of a retiring guide dog good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. let us go back to moscow, where we have been listening to president vladimir putin officially, in his view, agreeing to the annexation and signing in the annexation of four regions of ukraine. this follows so called referendums that have been held in those four regions. in the east were talking about dunne esque in law hunts, donetsk and lou hanscombe dott. luhansk, hanscombe dott. lu ha nsk, zaporizhzhia. hanscombe dott. luhansk, zaporizhzhia. these areas supposedly wanting to rejoin russia. i think we might have some pictures of these signing ceremony, which took place in the kremlin in front of members of president putin s government. as you can see there, a
landfall in south carolina after it hit florida earlier this week, causing severe devastation. burkina faso s army captain has ousted military leader paul henri damiba and has dissolved the government. it is the country s second coup in eight months. the first round of brazil s presidential election is approaching. this sunday, people will head to the polls, in a vote billed as the country s most important one since returning to democracy in 1989. hello welcome to bbc news we begin this hour. president putin has announced the illegal annexation of four regions of ukraine that are in part controlled by russian forces it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied tojoin nato. our russia editor, steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had spar