Was in a technical recession in the second half of 2023. Lets speak to carsten brzeski, global head of macro for ing research. Let me put back to you. What we learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone . We learn from these figures about the health of the eurozone . Health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro zone health of the eurozone . We learn that the euro zone Economy Health of the eurozone . We learn that the Euro Zone Economy is. That the Euro Zone Economy is growing. On the back of the mild winter weather, we have had a bounce backin winter weather, we have had a bounce back in construction activity. We also saw that other things i do in better than expected. It is good for the euro is good for the eurozone economy. In the Fourth Quarter of last year growth was revised down. It does not mean that we are completely Out Of The Woods yet. We are going to see growth this year, but it will be a poor growth in europe
That is the Breaking News we are starting the programme with today. A man armed with a sword has been arrested. Police were called just before 7 oclock this morning, when they were told a car had been driven into a house near hainault underground station. The suspect is believed to have attacked members of the public and two Police Officers. A 36 year old suspect is now in custody. Police say they dont believe the incident is terror related. Londons mayor issued a statement saying. With more on this lets talk to our reporter courtney bembridge. She is in the newsroom for us. What is the latest we know about the incident . ,. , is the latest we know about the incident . ~. ,. , incident . So, we know that five eole incident . So, we know that five peeple were incident . So, we know that five people were injured incident . So, we know that five people were injured in incident . So, we know that five people were injured in this people were injured in this incident. It is not clear out ser
Under this proposal the Israeli Media has put the figure at 33 in return for the release of an unspecified number of palestinian prisoners. Us President Joe Biden has been speaking with the leaders of egypt and qatar who have been mediators. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. Hamas has before it a proposal that is extraordinarily, extraordinarily generous on the part of israel and in this moment, the only thing standing between the people of gaza and a ceasefire is hamas. They have to decide and they have to decide quickly. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. How close are we to a breakthrough . The information from cairo shows every Party Looks Like very close. There is a massive amount of taxability from each side but this flexibility is coming with lots of complexities and challenges. I will give you a brief about the challenges if you may allow me from both sides