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as the official eurovsion handover ceremony takes place today in liverpool. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the uk economy is due to get smaller this year and do worse than other major nations, including russia — that's according to the world's most important international financial organisation, the international monetary fund. it predicts the uk economy will shrink by 0.6% this year. it believes the uk will be the only country among the world's major economies to see its economy get smaller. it says the forecast reflects the uk's high energy pr...

to afghanistan to try to convince the taliban to reverse its ban on women working for aid agencies. and the fashion world pays tribute to vivienne westwood. the british designer — who was a key figure in the rebellious punk movement of the 1970s — has died aged 81. whatever you are watching, welcome to bbc news. it is good to have your company. brazil has declared three days of mourning for pele — for many, the world's greatest ever footballer — who has died in sao paulo at the age of 82. tributes to the footballer have been pouring in from around the world. during his career...

the trade union congress says uk families are at breaking point, as the country experiences the longest squeeze on real wages since the 18005. squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. we will have the latest from the tuc conference in brighton and from westminster. ukraine's president says that nearly one third of his country was at power stations have now been destroyed after another round of russian air strikes on energy facilities. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. herfamily say climbing competition without wearin...

fears grow for a female iranian athlete who competed in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab — her family say they've good afternoon and welcome to bbc news, live from westminster. the prime minister will be meeting more backbenchers as she continues to try to shore up her leadership, a series of difficult headlines this morning following yesterday, following that interview as well, with our political editor chris mason in which she apologised for issues since she became prime ministerjust 41 days ago, earlier on today, it was business as usual, almost, with a cab neating...

longest squeeze on real wages since the 1800s. and we'll have more from westminster in just a few minutes. also this afternoon: ukraine's president says nearly one third of his country's power stations have been destroyed after another round of russian attacks. fears grow for a female iranian athlete who appeared in a climbing competition without wearing a hijab. her family say they have lost contact with her. and the climate activist greta thunberg says she will not pursue a career in politics because it is too toxic. welcome back to westminster, the prime minister liz truss has cha...