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This is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he's been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. the consumption spending that we all make in the high streets and on discretionary goods, that is going to go negative already this year. unions warn government plans to allow agency workers to fill in for striking rail staff will create safety risks — the government say the proposals will mi...

Residents across the country are hunkering down for Ching Ming Festival, as many people remain under lockdown or face volatile travel restrictions and uncertainties.

Don't wait. call now. >> you'll see a record of economic growth and job creation as we emerge from the worst recession since the great depression and positive job creation, that job creation. it is not enough. as we saw today with the gdp numbers, the economy is not growing fast enough. the economy is not creating jobs fast enough. >> it's a picture of decelerating economy where consumption spending and investment spending have decelerating growth. there is an estimate from two stanford economists, one at the university of chicago suggesting the policy uncertainty probably subtracted 1.4 perce...

Rates to rise more broadly. first of all, you can't assume there are still going to be 5% mortgage rates five or ten years down the road. but aside from that in buying a house you can't really time these mortgage markets. knowing what's going to happen and when is really hard to do. you have to make the decision based on your finances, what you can afford, your living situation and what's going to make sense in the long run, not try and time it to the minute. >> okay. housing numbers later this week, but that's not all. retail sales, cpi report. what do you think is the most important figure t...

We begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry with what the numbers mean to the president and his reelection effort. good evening, ed. >> good evening. sunday marks 100 days until the election and this is the last possible way the obama camp wanted to celebrate it. it was just this week president obama declared the democratic approach to the economy worked in the clinton years and unlike republican policies, will again lead to recovery. >> just like we tried their plan, we tried our plan and it worked. that's the difference. that's the choice in this election. >> a much different verd...