ambassador is arrested on the same day the uk announces new sanctions against the military regime. more calls for the government to step in as the cap on energy prices is set to triple, compared to a year ago. and we ll hear from a french politican who says britain is threatening france s coastal waters, by dumping raw sewage into the sea. we start in ukraine, where there are growing fears of a nuclear accident at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which is held by russian forces. in the past few hours the nuclear plant has been temporarily disconnected from ukraine s electricity grid for the first time ever, because of a fire. the zaporizhzhia plant is the biggest in europe. it sits on the south bank of the dnieper river in the country s east, on the front line of the war. russian forces took the site just after the invasion of ukraine began. since then, it s been under moscow s control but run by a team of ukrainian staff. there are reports up to 9,000 ukrainians work
christine todd whitman. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest development in the search of donald trump s mar a lago estate two weeks ago. a usjudge has ordered the release by tomorrow at noon eastern time of a redacted version of the affidavit that supported its application for a search warrant. it s a document that contains a lot of detail. in it, thejustice department had to lay out for the judge why they thought there was a probable cause for a crime and that evidence existed of that crime at the florida resort. and it s a document the us media and donald trump have both wanted unsealed. let s talk with former federal judge, nancy gertner. good to have you with us. on that latest development that they are expecting a release at noon tomorrow, your reaction? i expecting a release at noon tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised- tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised- the tomorrow, your reaction? i am very surprised. the usual tomorrow, your rea
Well, the economy is struggling. Im not gloomy. Ijust propose to look to what we were expecting exactly one year ago. So, beginning of october 2022, we had a double digit inflation. We were expecting recession. And indeed we were also concerned about Energy Supply blackouts because, of course, leaving the russian fossil fuels was not at all an easy story. So if we want to look to the optimistic side of the moon, i think we would say that, yes, we avoided recession. Yes, we have now inflation at 4. 3 , which is very far from the double digit inflation one year ago. And the economy is still growing. But, of course, you are right, the economy is struggling because very low growth. How long with this slow growth. That is the point, isnt it . Low growth is your problem. The imf has reduced Growth Forecasts across the European Union down to less than 1 , 0. 8 for the year. There are some important countries, no more important country than germany, which are really struggling to deliver any g
Gloom, they said, is now spreading across the continent. Youre economy commissioner. The European Economy is struggling. Are you gloomy . Well, the economy is struggling. Im not gloomy. Ijust propose to look to what we were expecting exactly one year ago. So, beginning of october 2022, we had a double digit inflation. We were expecting recession. And indeed we were also concerned about Energy Supply blackouts because, of course, leaving the russian fossil fuels was not at all an easy story. So if we want to look to the optimistic side of the moon, i think we would say that, yes, we avoided recession. Yes, we have now inflation at 4. 3 , which is very far from the double digit inflation one year ago. And the economy is still growing. But, of course, you are right, the economy is struggling because very low growth. How long with this slow growth. That is the point, isnt it . Low growth is your problem. The imf has reduced Growth Forecasts across the European Union down to less than 1 , 0
The European Economy is struggling. Are you gloomy . Well, the economy is struggling. Im not gloomy. Ijust propose to look to what we were expecting exactly one year ago. So, beginning of october 2022, we had a double digit inflation. We were expecting recession. And indeed we were also concerned about Energy Supply blackouts because, of course, leaving the russian fossil fuels was not at all an easy story. So if we want to look to the optimistic side of the moon, i think we would say that, yes, we avoided recession. Yes, we have now inflation at 4. 3 , which is very far from the double digit inflation one year ago. And the economy is still growing. But, of course, you are right, the economy is struggling because very low growth. How long with this slow growth. That is the point, isnt it . Low growth is your problem. The imf has reduced Growth Forecasts across the European Union down to less than 1 , 0. 8 for the year. There are some important countries, no more important country than