product, a key measure of economic activity, fell by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023. that followed a contraction of 0.1% the previous quarter. it s the third time the uk has fallen into recession in the past 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008, and the second at the start of covid, when much of the economy was forced to shut down. this latest recession is smaller than both, but the difficulty for the prime minister is that one of his five key pledges was to grow the economy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. 0n the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. 0n the other, the need to fill recruitment gaps, too. it may look like a recession indeed it is now officially a recession but it s not a very normal one. we went to the foodbank because some of the products are so expensive. for example, meat. never got any money, can
viewers joining us in the united states, and all around the world, i m rosemary church. ahead uneasy chomp over the streets of moscow days after armed insurrection that ended quickly as it started. questions remain about putin s grip on power. the short term revolt in russia could have long-term effects on the country s war in kaine, how kiev is looking to take advantage of the chaos and after staying largely silent beijing voices its support for the kremlin. live from cnn center, this is cnn news room. with rosemary church. good to have you with us. questions and uncertainty hanging over russia at this hour, after an armed insurrection over the weekend rattled the country and uth leader exposing what some call cracks in vladimir putin s 23 year rule. the streets are quiet but anxiety gripped the city saturday after wagner group mercenaries marched toward moscow a deal brought to an end and whereabouts of head yevgeny prigozhin remains a mystery. his news service told cnn
extraordinary, and i think you ve seen cracks emerge that weren t there before. experts are warning this rare uprising by wagner group mercenaries could have consequences into the future with so much still uncertain. cnn s matthew chance reports now from moscow. wagner! wagner! wagner! reporter: for the kremlin, these are some of the most disturbing scenes from a weekend of shocking images. on the streets of a major russian city, rostov-on-don in the south, residents cheered wagner fighters as they withdrew. many russians see them as heroes, not as the traitors the kremlin paints them. and wagner s leader, yevgeny prigozhin, has become a celebrity too. watch his supporters hail down his car just to shake hands. the kremlin says he s now moving to belarus next door, but it s unclear if this is the last we ll see of him. what is definite, though, is a sense of relief, at least here in the russian capital. it s calm now, but in the mayhem of the weekend, moscow was on high
united states, and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom and i m rosemary church. just ahead, new video released by russia is raising more questions than it answers, what it purports to show and what we do know following the brief insurrection. we are finally hearing from china on the weekends tumultuous events. go to hong kong for a live report. and, from this twister in the midwest to extreme heat in the south, we are following severe weather across much of the united states. live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with rosemary church. a short-lived armed rebellion inside russia has led to growing questions about vladimir putin s leadership, and whether his grip on power is weakening. moscow is quiet, now, with the mayor saying all security restrictions have been lifted. this, after the city was rattled over the weekend, as wagner group of mercenaries marched towards the capital. the uprising came to an abrupt end on saturday after a minsk- broke