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this is bbc news. the headlines. climate records tumble like dominoes , as european scientists confirm that 2023 was the warmest year on record. britain s foreign secretary lord cameron says he s worried that israel may have taken action in gaza that breached international law. a legal scandal in which hundreds of british post office managers were wrongly prosecuted for fraud has forced the former head of the post office to hand back an honour she received from the late queen. and the former us president donald trump is in court for a landmark legal case about whether he should be immune from criminal prosecution. this is the scene outside the courthouse in washington. more on those stories coming up in the next half hour. time for a look at the business news now. lovely to have you with us this afternoon. we start with the latest on the boeing 737 max planes because united airlines says it had found multiple loose bolts on door plugs during inspections of its fleet ....
Because it s set for the weakest growth since the covid pandemic that s according to the latest report from the world bank. it predicts global growth will slow for the third year in a row in 2024 tojust 2.4%. it s facing headwinds from the high cost of borrowing and the escalating war in the middle east, as well as weak global trade. but considering all those issues, it has been surprisingly resilient, as the bank s deputy chief economist m ayhan kose explained to me earlier. so the global economy has shown remarkable resilience. inflation has been coming down. and without any major financial crisis, interest rates, you know, have reached decade highs. this is quite surprising. one important resilience source is that, of course, there has been significant fiscal support provided during the pandemic. ....