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let's start in china, where the latest figures just released show the world's 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 expected. most people are saying we're looking at 4% growth, give us your take on this number? really the...

>> well, i thought your interview, first of all, jake, was terrific. i think you asked really important, very, very strong questions. and you followed up, you gave him an opportunity to make his case. he did make his case. and he also made some news, i thought, on several key issues. i was taking notes on ukraine, for example. he made some news on iran. i had never heard the prime minister of israel acknowledge, confirm, that israel has already launched military action to try to destroy various iran military weapons, weapons that could be given to russia, for example, sold to russia ...

documents is the worst thing you can do. joe biden told us that himself. >> how anyone could be that irresponsible. and i thought what data was in there that may compromise sources and methods? it's just totally irresponsible. >> jesse: like a babylon bee headline joe biden is under investigation for hiding highly classified documents in a closet for the last six years. biden was stuffing classified, top secret documents at the penn biden center right in the middle of washington, d.c. right next door to steakhouse and short little walk from the chinese embassy. what were these docume...

with a new currency, switching from the kuna to the euro. it's just ten years since croatia joined the eu. you are watching bbc news. i'll be back at the top of the hour. now it's time for review 2022. and one story that's led news bulletins in the uk throughout the last 12 months has been rising prices and their impact. victoria valentine, along with our team of economics and business correspondents, have been reflecting on the causes and consequences of the squeezed economy and the cost of living. when big ben brought in the new year, few of us would have expected the year that was...

on large—scale protests. and nearly a year into russia's war with ukraine, we hear the story of a troupe of displaced ukrainian dancers unable to return home after fleeing the country. brazil's new president, the veteran left—wing politician, luiz inacio lula da silva has vowed to make his country a "great environmental power". he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula's cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far—right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bo...