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growth at all in the final three months of the year. we are not out of the woods. inflation is still much too high. that is causing pain forfamilies up and down the country, which is why we need to stick to our plan to halve inflation. the economy now is just flatlining along the bottom. we are the only major g7 economy that is still smaller than it was before the pandemic and zero growth is not a success. two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire, now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in me are on offer via a ballot. five days after two huge earthquakes struck turkey and northern syria, survivors are still being pulled out of the rubble. in turkey s hatay province, a ten day old boy was saved along with his mother. nearby, a seven year old girl was rescued and taken to hospital. more than 22,000 are now known to have died, in these pictures here a german search ....
thanks, greg. greg: you got it. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the u.s. strikes back hitting iran-backed proxies carrying out a series of airstrikes today in eastern syria. this, as houthi militants have shot down an american reaper drone off the coast of yemen. that follows dozens of recent attacks we have been telling you about against facilities housing u.s. troops. this is increasing. another pushback by the u.s. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden s direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a w ....
of the upcoming t20 world cup taking place in the west indies and the usa had the baby arrived later, but it s now likely he ll be available for the whole tournament, which gets going on sunday. in buttler s absence, moeen ali will captain the side with willjacks likely to open the batting, and jacks says he can t wait to play a role both against pakistan and at the world cup. i m really excited. i m good with this obviously since i was little boy, and i ve missed out on the last few, which had me a little bit. i really wanted to be there and i m really wanted to be there and i m really excited for this hopefully would go there and when. we are defending champions of this world cup and we will do his will as we can and this is all about preparation for what s going to happen in a week to ten days time. australia will be one of the favourites to lift the trophy, and they ve had some good news of their own. captain mitch marsh has declared himself fit and ready to go des ....