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the meeting is taking place in the great hall of the people and will last for 10 days. the congress is the body which debates and approves government policy. these are live pictures. high on the agenda is the state of the chinese economy, and concerns about economic growth. they are also expected to discuss ways to reform finances, the future of international trade policies and how to tackle pollution. chinese premier li keqiang will deliver the country s economic report card to the npc. our bbc china editor, carrie gracie, is in beijing. lots to talk about in the next few hours and days? that s right. the government work report this is the state of the union address, effectively, from the prime minister and it sets out the growth rate, the rate of defence spending, other key targets, it looks at achievements and looks to challenge is up ahead. as expected, a key figure in this report is that the growth rate around 6.5%, possibly higher is why they are aiming at for ....
sheeran achieves nine songs in the british top ten. even he says it is time to have a rethink about the charts. and the pitfalls of live tv. the moment a guest is art stayed upstaged by his children, right here on bbc world news. to serve. fears are growing for the tens of thousands of civilians trapped in the second city of mosul iraq as government forces tried to reca ptu re iraq as government forces tried to recapture it from so called islamic state. 50,000 people have fled the west of the city over the last fortnight. the iraqi army is now pushing deeper into the extremist stronghold in the city. our correspondent has just sent this report from the latest areas to be taken back from is control. escaping the battleground and the terrors of the caliphate. fleeing western mosul on foot during a lull in the battle. countless numbers are likely to follow, their life reduced to a few bundles. streets, now liberated, but deserted, many didn t leave until the fight came rig ....
as you mentioned just awhile ago we were up in the bell tower, take a look at what we were looking at as kevin joins me to talk about the instrument, tell me what it is and the significance of it it s carolon, each note is connected to a different bell. we use it to call people into worship but it s the instrument that you can hear outside of the cathedral. the organ you can only hear inside. the bells you can hear for couple mile also around. reporter: this isn t the only set of bells at the cathedral. you have another, and there are of course, events happening throughout the day as it is easter. tell me little bit what s happening we re one of two cathedrals in the world to have both sets of bells. the other set is called a peal bells, it s ten bells and to run all of the bells and hours and 15 minutes, we re going to be doing that starting about 12:30 and only happens a couple times a year if people did not have tickets to today s mass and they want to come l ....
still be getting. the cool air begins to drain the south train south a big signh already seeing rain developing off of lake hurona coverage on in a shower today will be relatively small. storm fox radarl with a sly area the area of rain here.h it should reach a high in the middle 70s.s there is an accident off causing delays from euclid avenue and is and on the northbound side we have an directions route eight north and south b on and on the then on the northbound side that grants. the flashing lights learn 90 westboundnd we bake in the 8:00 o clock hour breaking news they want to catch you up one scene in mentor morning sont and called the fire department they haveh water damage along assured wall but that come we are being told this morning traffic is not been affected that happened just before 10:00 o clock last nightp chargers i are expected later on today we keep you posted.xp another smash and grab under deportation task force focused on identifying and qui ....
antoinette: tracking hermine the watches on the coast. what you can expect. the potential impact for vacationers and businesses. doug: an arrest in the hit-and-run in mattapan. new information just in. antoinette: pope francis makes mother teresa a saint. the ceremony and her connection with boston catholic community. antoinette: as we start wi we have some nic e weather before e weather before hermine river arrives. doug: it is beautiful but changes are on the way. cindy: i promise. we will see winds pick up as we get towards later today and tonight we have tropical storm watches for the coast and cape and islands. you can see how quiet it is right now abobut it is about 30 miles south and it is running into an area of high pressure blocking it from moving northward quickly. we see that. by tomorrow afternoon hasn t mo gets closer to us. the next 24 to 3 wtinue that bu out of our hair until hafilter temperatures not far from 60.no% afternoon. by this evening we are ....