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eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pre ....
as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia that s according to the world s most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world s major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says the forecast reflects the uk s high energy prices, high inflation and high interest rates. the us, germany, france, italy and japan are all expected to grow. but there is a note of optimisim the imf believes things will improve in 2024, forecasting the economy will grow by 0.9%. the chancellorjeremy hunt has said that the uk outperformed many forecasts last year and that if we stick to ur plan to halve inflation, the uk is still predicted ....
and united in music, this year s slogan as, the eurovision song contest arrives in liverpool. mass strike action on wednesday will cause significant disruption , downing street has said. teachers, university workers, civil servants, train and bus drivers are all taking action. workers from seven unions will be on strike tomorrow, with around 500,000 workers due to take part in the walk outs, making it the biggest strike in more than a decade, the trades union congress said. during the day of mass strikes, the tuc will hand in a petition to downing street on wednesday in protest at the government s proposed anti strike legislation. i m joined by our political correspondent, jonathan blake. it is clear the government is doing its best to prepare people for what it believes will be a dairy of significant disruption tomorrow with those multiple unions out on strikes in various different sectors of the economy. downing street has it this afternoon that there will be at signific ....
the princess of wales says her new campaign on early years development will be her life s work . the eurovision song contest arrives in liverpool as the official handover takes place in liverpool today with united in music as this year s slogan. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. the uk economy will perform worse than all other major advanced nations this year, including russia. that s according to the international monetary fund, which suggests the economy will shrink by 0.6%. that s a sharp downgrade from an earlier prediction, although they do say the uk is now on the right track . the chancellor, jeremy hunt, said the uk had outperformed many forecasts last year. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. british workers don t need a washington financial institution to tell them that rocketing prices for energy and food are making them poorer and the economy weaker. that is true the world over. economists at the imf forecast our economy will be worst hit than ....
$40 billion dollars in aid for ukraine. and going back to the past the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least eight people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis. reeling after a day of violence. yesterday, supporters of the prime minister attacked anti government protesters, who until that point had been peacefully demonstrating. at t ....