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let s get down to business, and we begin with the intense diplomacy over the crisis at the ukraine russian border. as you ve been hearing, borisjohnson is due to hold talks with the russian president before visiting eastern europe this week. foreign secretary liz truss said on sunday she would set out legislation that would give moscow notice of a severe economic cost for any incursion into ukraine, by strengthening britain s ability to target russian assets in the uk. she will outline the details to the house of commons later today. this comes as energy prices soar on concerns russia could restrict supplies of gas to europe it supplies around 40% of the eu s energy needs. chris weafer is business and investment strategist at macro advisory. good morning. so there is a lot happening this week and all the time these concerns over what russia might do next and the gas price is going up and up. yes because the focus has been on the worst case sanctions and this is bein ....
of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth ....
commission, jean claude juncker, has told the bbc that the eu will not seek to punish britain during brexit negotiations. hosni mubarak has been freed after yea rs hosni mubarak has been freed after years in detention following his overthrow in the arab spring revolution in his country. a warning that bad behaviour in english schools is not being dealt with properly and pupils performance is being negatively affected. good morning. we re live at westminster, where it seems life is returning back to normal as the roads have opened for the first time since wednesday s terror attack here. in the past few hours, we have had more information from the metropolitan police who are investigating the attack. they are appealing for anyone with information on khalid masood, previously known as adrian russell ajao. they say they ve made two further significant arrests in the west midlands and north west england. a total of nine people are in custody. one woman has been released on ....
sebastian vettel past lewis hamilton, signalling an end to mercedes‘ domination. and the blues guide thinking that has led to new cloud formation being recognised officially. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far today, more of that glorious sunshine for custody, so you can expect more of these blue skies. a full forecast in the next half hour. good morning. first, our main story. police say they might never find out why khalid masood killed four people near the houses of parliament on wednesday. scotland yard now say they believe he was acting alone. the family of pc keith palmer who was killed by masood have released a statement, thanking those who were with him when he died. alexandra mackenzie reports. 82 seconds. that is all it took. in that time, khalid masood caused the deaths of three people on westminster bridge, and injured many more. he crashed his car into the railings, ran through a gate upper houses of parliament, and stabbed pc keith wallis ....
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