less than 2a hours before the polls opened, 28 people were killed in balochistan, with the islamic state group saying it carried out two bombings. on election day, five security personnel were killed in an attack while patrolling in the north west of the country. security was therefore tight and while some polling stations were largely empty, because of security threats and cold weather, in other areas of the country people turned out in large numbers, leading to queues at polling stations as people headed in to vote. polls opened at eight in the morning local time, and closed about two hours ago. the vote took place without the former prime minister imran khan. he has been imprisoned on charges including corruption and was prevented from contesting. and in a widely criticised move, the authorities unexpectedly cut mobile phone and mobile internet services because of what they call deterioriating security . more now from south asian correspondent samira hussain. this is a re
by the effects of strikes by public sector workers. the office for national statistics said that a rise in construction activity had been offset by walkouts by teachers and civil servants. it follows a surprise 0.4% jump in economic growth injanuary which brings the uk economy, finally, to a point where it is bigger than it was pre pandemic. the value of sterling rose to its highest level since june of last year, with £1 getting you i dollar and twenty five cents. despite february s flatlining the chancellor described the outlook as brighter than expected . let s get more now with victoria scholar, head of investment at interactive investor. investor. investor. the investor. the last investor. the last few investor. the last few minutes investor. the last few minutes we investor. the last few minutes we had investor. the last few minutes we had at the in the last few minutes we had at the elite has production data from the elite has production data from the euro is aime
tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort
can biden do anything to unlock the current political crisis? wouldn t that be amazing? laughter tonight, a change of tone as president biden crosses the border into the republic of ireland in search of his irish roots. the other top stories tonight. prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month but meghan, won t be leaving california. billionaire twitter owner elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff and summed up an eventful six months as boss. well, it s not been boring! it s been quite a roller coaster. there s the shooting chance, it s in! and the european champions, real madrid, beat a ten man chelsea in their quarterfinal first leg match. and coming up in sport, the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening from stormont, on the day that president biden has been in northern ireland to mark the 25th anniversary of the signing of
more, and the uk and us in particular have been building their economies for decades and decades off fossilfuels and economies for decades and decades off fossil fuels and historically have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. but have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. . . the us is responsible. but china is intensifying the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal production. i is intensifying its coal production. but we have to ask what is that energy for, what is it making. i m sure anyone at home, if you look in your home, you will see many of your products will have made in china written on a lot of that production is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. 50 is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. in countries like the uk. so are you su: caestin in countries li