badly. the data however paints a different picture. the us economy grew 2% in the first three months of this year. that is almost double initial estimates. consumers spend more, exports held up and prospect for the second quarter also look better with the housing market focused on recovery and subsidies for semiconductor and electric car parts beginning to kick in. the challenge for america s central bank is to keep inflation trending down. data due out later this friday from the us commerce department is likely to confirm prices are cooling. but with inflation still stubbornly hire, policymakers here as in many other developed economies are not done raising interest rates. susannah streeter is senior investment analyst at hargreaves la nsdown. susannah, biden is obviously on a re election campaign. but if we look at his economic track record as president, how successful have his policies been? well, the problem that the us has faced, as have other economies around the world
and it s going to be a hot and humid weekend, but without heat and humidity there is a chance of some thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms and what you get those thunderstorms there could be quite nasty. they will bring all the details the programme. good morning. it s saturday the 10th june. borisjohnson has quit as an mp after he received the commons report into whether he misled parliament over lockdown parties at downing street. the former prime minister is accused of damaging parliament s integrity, but mrjohnson claims he s been forced out. his resignation now triggers a by election. 0ur political correspondent ione wells reports. his own conduct made him resign as prime minister. his own conduct making him now resign as an mp. borisjohnson was being investigated by parliament s privileges committee into whether he d misled mps about covid lockdown parties in downing street. if a possible suspension and even by election if they found him guilty. their bomb
of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. let s understand first of all more about what ofcom wants. let s hearfrom kevin backhurst, group director of content and media policy. and, kevin, reading your review today, you sound a little underwhelmed by how the bbc explains itself. tell us why. i think we feel that the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explain itself to audiences and to viewers, and also to be transparent to the audiences who pay the licence fee, and also to the rest of the creative industries around the uk about what it is planning, how it is approaching programming, how it is delivering its mission, its public purposes. ofcom s role essentially is to make sure the bbc delivers what parliament has set out for the bbc, which is its public purposes, which are across things like delivering things like impartial news, learning conten
now, the uk s media regulator ofcom has published a major review of what the bbc does, particularly focussed on three areas how the bbc deals with complaints, how the bbc approaches impartiality and how the bbc defines the services that it offers people in the uk. needless to say, how the bbc takes the advice of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. let s understand first of all more about what ofcom wants. let s hearfrom kevin backhurst, group director of content and media policy. and, kevin, reading your review today, you sound a little underwhelmed by how the bbc explains itself. tell us why. i think we feel that the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explain itself to audiences and to viewers, and also to be transparent to the audiences who pay the licence fee, and also to the rest of the creative industries around the uk about what it is
hello this is bbc news. the headlines. a bad night for president macron. he looks set to lose his overall majority in the french parliament the far left and the far right have made gains. rail bosses have confirmed that talks to try to avoid this week s strike action will continue with union leaders tomorrow. after the uk s promise of more heavy weapons to ukraine the new head of the british army says troops should be prepared to fight russia in europe. communities in finsbury park gather to mark five years since the terror attack in which a van was driven into worshippers outside a mosque. and swimming s world governing body votes to effectively ban transgender competitors like american lia thomas from taking part in women s races. now on bbc news. joe tidy reports on president nayib bukele s bitcoin plans in el salvador, with investment of more than $300 million of public money and plans to build a bitcoin city . el salvador is the only country in the world where you