let s start with the international monetary fund, which has warned russia s invasion of ukraine is likely to send economic shock waves around the world for years to come. the fund believes the conflict and the on going effects of the pandemic are likely to lead to lower growth. the imf has cut its global forecast for this year down almost a whole percentage point, tojust 3.6% for 2022. it s also predicted the russian economy will shrink by 8.5%. and ukraine s economy is expected to contract by more thana third. and the uk will also be hit the imf forecasts the uk economy will grow by 1.2% next year, which is the slowest out of all g7 nations. our economics editor, faisal islam has more from washington. just as the world appeared to be recovering from the aftermath of the covid pandemic, another unprecedented economic shock has hit the war in ukraine. a severe setback to the recovery, says the international monetary fund, slowing growth, and driving up prices. in washing
he attended at downing street injune 2020 had breached the rules. now on bbc news, it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. iran s rocky relations with the west have cost a host of individuals their freedom. the islamic republic has imprisoned citizens from the us, britain and a number of other countries for spying. now, the charges may be trumped up, but tehran s determination to use western prisoners for political purposes is very real. my guest is the australian academic, kylie moore gilbert, who was released from an iranianjail in 2020 after 804 days behind bars. is it possible to heal after such a shattering ordeal? kylie moore gilbert in melbourne, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. it is pretty much a year and a half now since you were released from imprisonment in iran. how much distance do you now feel from that whole experience? it feels sometimes like it never happened. it feels l
to use western prisoners for political purposes is very real. my guest is the australian academic, kylie moore gilbert, who was released from an iranianjail in 2020 after 804 days behind bars. is it possible to heal after such a shattering ordeal? kylie moore gilbert in melbourne, welcome to hardtalk. thanks so much for having me. it s a real pleasure to have you on the show. it is pretty much a year and a half now since you were released from imprisonment in iran. how much distance do you now feel from that whole experience? it feels sometimes like it never happened. it feels like it was a very lengthy, especially vivid nightmare that ijust dreamt one night when i was asleep and have woken up the next day, and i still have those memories of that nightmare lingering with me. but because i m in the same familiarspaces, back at my home that i was in before i went to iran, sometimes i have to pinch myself and remind myself that i ve actually gone through that terrible ordeal and
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