Im lukwesa burak. We start here in the uk because the uks national debt is on course to triple over the next half a century. Thats the warning from the governments official forecaster, the office for budget responsibility. An ageing population, climate change, and rising geopolitical tensions will all put increasing pressure on the Public Finances according to the 0brs report. And it says without extra Tax Revenues or a return to post War Productivity levels, the Public Finances are not sustainable over the long term, and something has got to give. Uk national debt is currently at almost 100 of the size of its annual Economy Output or gdp. The 0br says its Base Scenario is a national debt of 274 of gdp in 2071. Risks from war, disease, cyber Conflict And Trade tensions could push that even higher. By 2071, the 0br expects the uk to be spending more than £200 Billion extra per year on things like health, Social Care and pensions. The chair of the 0br Richard Hughes spoke to the bbc ear
Well over one, Donald Trumps suffered yet another court loss in his attempt to overturn the results of the us president ial election. A federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the trunk campaign, which tried to exclude millions of mail in ballots. The judge issued a scathing ruling saying it failed to provide any evidence of voter fraud. Trumps campaign has now lost all withdrawn dozens of similar lawsuits. Lets get an update now from mike hanna, in washington. D. C. Count is more than 30 since the elections brought in various key swing states. But this very significance because its a ruling by a federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the trump appeal to a frankenstein monster which had been put together haphazardly. He made very clear that he believed there was no grounds for the trump claim whatsoever. And this makes it very unlikely that it can go on and appeal, given that there are no grounds. Nevert
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A quarter mile or less. Anger grows over budget cuts for Health Services and education, and desperate for food and aids. We report from sudan where thousands of refugees who fled the fighting in ethiopia are getting help. President donald trump has suffered another court loss in his attempts to overturn the results of the us president ial election. A federal judge in pennsylvania has thrown out a lawsuit filed by the trump campaign, which sold to exclude millions of mail in ballots. In the states. The judge issued a scathing ruling saying that it failed to provide evidence of voter fraud. The trunk campaign has now lost all withdrawn dozens of civil lawsuits. I was there as mike hanna reports from washington. It count is more than 30 since the elections brought in various key swing states. But this very significance because its a ruling by a federal judge and also significant because of the extremely scathing language he used. He likened the trump appeal to a frankenstein monster which
A set fire to the Congress Building in guatemala as capital. They are angry, over cuts to health and education serves starting in ethiopia, this hour where Government Forces say they plan to encircle the capital city of the northern. Take it out region with tanks and then seize. It is controlled by the take rate Peoples Liberation from the t. P. O. If Government Troops launched an offensive on the Group Earlier this month, another rush is news agency is reporting that a pail of says it will stand firm and has destroyed roads and bridges to stop the government advance. So lets start with mohammed it in at a sad about this is quite something mohammed weve been talking about escalation for a while, but this is going to a new level. Yes indeed. Private is to be is calling this phase of the war. The final push and theyre saying that the government Defense Forces are saying that to finish the wall on the mountainous surroundings of the cup with the killer, they will have to use tongues and a