this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the its and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you from new york. today the on the program, we ll bring you the latest on the suspected chinese spy balloon. then, we ll move to the economy. but for a change, it might not be bad news. we have some very good news about the american economy. the imf global outlook is less gloomy than it was a few months ago. and then the fed said it wasn t ready to declare victory on inflation, but it is cooling. i will ask larry summers if he agrees. also, crimea, many powerful people have suggested ukraine should be prepared to officially cede the peninsula to russia as part of peace negotiations. but i ll talk to general ben hodges who said no, kyiv can and should take crimea back. but, here is my take. this week mark theed third anniversary of brexit and it coincided with a grim verdict from the imf. this year the british economy will do worse than al
surprisingly are in allegiance with both of these comments. also tonight, russia unleashes a new round of air strikes against ukrainian civilians. trump s lawyers meet with federal investigators as trump again says the documents are, quote, mine. the fallout today from racial slurs caught from an l.a. city council president who as of now is the former l.a. city council president. good evening. i m jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin with the shamelessly unapologetic racism and xenophobia on display this weekend. not surprising. the twice-impeached former president is doing a traveling road show around the country. most of the offensive commentary seem to follow him like rats to garbage. first alabama s tommy tuberville. republicans refused to condemn his comments. don baker suggested tuberville should have been more polite with his racism. the next day, georgia s congresswoman said hold my racist beer and joined in on the racism, targeting immigrants. joe
elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as extremely devious . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be sente
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. rail passengers face severe disruption after transpennine express axes more than 50 of its services in a single day. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. elon musk, the world s richest man, has finally taken control of the social media platform twitter, in a deal worth £38 billion. he tweeted that the bird is freed , and is reported to have fired a number of the firm s top executives. it brings to an end an on/off takeover saga that has gone on for months. mr musk, the boss of tesla and spacex, says he believes in absolute free speech and there s speculation that some people who ve been banned from twitter, including former president donald trump, may now be invited back. here s our north america technology reporter, james clayton. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week,