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lets start with china, because its currently holding its annual two—day national peoples congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in—line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed chinas growth. official figures show the worlds second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which...

good evening and welcome to bbc news. "its been a tough day" — thats how the chancellor began his speech to the party faithful at the conservative party conference this afternoon. it follows a dramatic u—turn this morning when the government suddenly dropped its plan to scrap the 45p top rate of income tax. only yesterday, the prime minister had insisted the tax cut would stay — except in scotland. but now kwasi kwarteng says criticism of the measure had become a "huge distractio...

coffin will leave edinburgh shortly and the cortege will travel slowly to edinburgh airport, about eight miles away from st giles�* cathedral, in a journey that is expected to take about a0 minutes. she will then be flown to london, arriving at about seven o�*clock this evening before her coffin is taken to buckingham palace for one last night. this is the scene near st giles�* cathedral in edinburgh where the queen�*s coffin has laid at rest since yesterday afternoon. members ...

tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin, and the former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. under the united states constitution, everyone has the right to the fifth amendment. but for many years, donald trump held a particular view of those who invoked it. so, they have five people taking the fifth amendment, _ like you see on the mob, right? you see mob take the fifth. if youre innocent, why— are you taking the fifth amendment? fift...

good evening and welcome to wembley. theyve done it. englands lionesses have beaten germany to win euro 2022 — the first major international trophy either the mens or womens national teams have landed for more than half a century. they won 2—1 in extra—time, chloe kelly poking home the ball after a goalmouth scramble from a corner with just ten minutes left. our sports correspondent alex howell is with me. all through the build—up, through the highs and lows, the anxiety we fel...

leeds. liverpool. manchester. newcastle. and sheffield. and that is it! good morning and welcome to bbc news. a drought expected to cover many parts of england could be declared later today. it means we may see restrictions over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought — with england currently sitting in the second...

police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. # up in space, man... # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonights eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? good afternoon. the mayor of kharkiv has told the bbc that russian forces have withdrawn from the kharkiv city area and are heading for the russian border. ihor terekhov said russian shelling had stopped...

The strikes killed at least 230 people in gaza while hamas militants have killed at least 300 israelis and taken dozens of hostages, both military and civilian. Overnight, Israeli Security forces rescued some hostages who had not been taken back to gaza and re took a captured Police Station. In the last few hours, they have shelled Enemy Positions in lebanon after reports of incoming artillery in northern israel. Our reporter simon jones has the latest. What israel is describing as its Mighty Ve...

Charlotte wright has more. Yes, so this is William Wragg, the conservative mp who said he met this person on the gay dating app grinder and he handed over a number of mp phone numbers. He spoke to the times after saying he was very sorry, mortified by it but he was scared because this person had compromising things on him. There has been support, as you heard and helens support, as you heard and helens support, from William Wragg from senior mps within the conservative party who feel he was a vi...

hello to you from buckingham palace. the sun was out a little earlier but the clouds have come in and the wind has picked up, but today is still looking like it should be a very special day in the royal calendar. in the next few hours, the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today �*s trooping the colour. i dont if we can see some live pictures, but the crowds are starting to build up. they arejust out of shot. some anti—mo...