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lets start in china, where the latest figures just released show the worlds second largest economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year at 4.5%. this is the first set of quarterly gdp figures following the end of strict covid—19 restrictions in december. they also follow the easing of a three—year crackdown on tech firms and property. lets get reaction from julian evans—pritchard, head of china economics at capital economics. this is better than expecte...

the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscows efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind th...

as the conflict nears the one-year mark, the russian president this morning is, again, falsely accusing the west of starting a war and claims russia wants to solve the conflict peacefully. meanwhile president joe biden is in poland as wool speak following his historic trip to ukraines capitol. well have new details about the surprise visit including why the president chose kyiv. meanwhile the maga members of congress stay on brand criticizing the president for visiting the war torn...

been. i told president zelenskyy when we spoke in kyiv yesterday, i can proudly say that our support for ukraine remains unwavering. >> meanwhile, russian president vladimir putin is dialing up his rhetoric against the west, suspending participation in the last nuclear arms treaty with the u.s., even using the word war as he sends a clear message about what russia has long called a special military operation. >> translator: i would like to repeat, they started the war and we used the f...

>> it was expected to be a huge success if it only slowed the orbit by about ten minutes. but it actually slowed it by 32 minutes. dr. lori glaze and the dark team will explain more about how we confirmed that. now, this is a watershed moment for planetary defense, and a watershed moment for humanity. >> reporter: so that is an image right there that nasa just released at this press conference, brand new, taken by the huble space telescope on saturday. what youre see thing is the after...

while they were flipping pages over at the one in wilmington. after the fbi spent 13 hours at that house on friday and found yet another batch of classified documents. some of them dating all the way back to his time in the senate which ended 15 years ago. republicans have lost all patients today. house oversight chairman james comer will formally request records from the secret service now after that agency said it would share the list of visitors to bidens wilmington home. comber and...

what exactly do we expect to hear from him? >> reporter: yeah, thats right, bianna. president biden is going to be tackling head on what has become a political liability for democrats less than three weeks away from these midterm elections and thats the price of gas in the united states, which is now 20 cents higher than it was a month ago. we have seen those prices come down some over the last week, but there are still a lot of concerns, especially given the cut in production announce...

at an applegreen service station in the village of creeslough yesterday afternoon. from there, our ireland correspondent chris page reports. a rescue effort has now become a recovery operation. a sad sign that the emergency services dont expect to find anyone else alive. blown out walls, a crumpled roof and rubble showed this was a lethal explosion. it triggered a wave of devastation. people hurried to what was left of the petrol station, who see who may have been caught up in the inci...

and guns saluted. paying respects to the life and legacy of queen elizabeth ii. the uks newly appointed prime minister, liz truss, offered newly anointed king charles the support of an unusually quiet and somber parliament. >> the crown endures. our nation endures. and in that spirit, i say god save the king. >> the king greeted well-wishers outside buckingham palace to a chorus of the national anthem. ♪ >> he retired to buckingham palace where he held his first audience with the pri...

im pamela brown in washington. were following two major stories on this sunday night. hurric hurricane fiona hammers ps puer rico and it could be days before the lights are back on. president biden pays tribute to queen elizabeth with final mourners in line to pay respects. tomorrows funeral is hours away. youre in the cnn newsroom. and we began tonight with the latest on hurricane fiona. the storm has made landfall along the southwest coast there, puerto rico and officials say the e...