in the uk are at an all time high as country. its lowest ever now we have the round up of the business news and one of those headline stories you are concentrating on. welcome to the programme. yes, on course for stronger than expected recovery. that is the assessment from the international monetary fund on the state of the global economy in its latest world economic outlook update. the imf predicts that global growth of 3.1% this year and slightly higher growth in 2025. it also says that inflation is declining faster than expected because many supply chain problems caused by the pandemic have now been resolved. the imf has, however, issued a warning to the uk government not to cut taxes any further and suggested that treasury percent planned spending cuts for this year were unrealistic. earlier i spoke to the imf s chief economist and i asked him what his concerns were over the uk cutting those taxes. ~ , ., taxes. well, first, for the uk, we are seeing taxes. well, first,
trade barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. it s not clear yet what s in the deal, but it won t reverse the basic settlement between the uk and the eu. speaking in the last hour or so, dup leaderjeffrey donaldson said the deal vindicated his strategy of boycotting the assembly. thoses who said there will be no legal change, who were protecting all kinds of outcomes, what things would fall short well, i simply have asked people to wait and see the outcome. we at and see the evidence and judge for yourself what this deal does, what it delivers, the change that it secures. and i believe we are now beginning to see on day one that delivery coming through. there will be more to come. tomorrow, the government will publish the proposals so everyone in northern ireland will be able to see clearly what has been agreed, what is proposed, what change will come, what difference will it make for all of us in northern ireland? and i look forward to the publication so
players in seven years but all of them have been incredible, supportive and a good environment. so, i have everything and ifeel good and of course, one day is going to finish and i don t think about that right now. the quarterfinal line up at the africa cup of nations is almost complete. the final game of the round of 16 is under way with world cup semi finallists morocco taking on south africa. 0 0 there from san pedro. earlier, mali beat burkina faso 2 1 to make the last eight, which sets up a clash with hosts ivory coast on saturday to make the semi finals. south korea are into the quarter finals of the asian cup after a dramatic penalty shoot out win over saudi arabia, jurgen klinsmann s side were trailing i o until the ninth minute of injury time cho gue sung with the equaliser. with the scores level the game went to spot kicks. south korea goalkeeper jo hyeon woo effectively won it for them with some crucial saves and it was left to wolves forward hwang hee chan t
ruled that donald trump s role injan 6th riot at the us capitol meant he was ineligible to run for office again. the ruling referred to clause 3 of the 14th amendment of the us constitution that prohibits anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office. the supreme court has since taken up that case. and before them in support of colorado is a brief signed by twenty five historians, all of them experts on the civil war and reconstruction. in their submission they write, that, contemporary evidence from the decision makers who sponsored, backed, and voted for the 14th amendment, demonstrates that decision makers crafted section three to cover the president and to create an enduring check on insurrection, requiring no additional action from congress. there are diverging legal views on whether trump must actually be found guilty of the crime of insurrection before he can be deemed constitutionally ineligible, and whether congress needs to play a r