Across europe heavily struggling with the impact of the coronal irish coronavirus pandemic the economy in germany for example shrank by 10 percent france by 14 and spain by more than 80 but no contraction was as bad as the one in britain where the economy tanked by 20. 4 percent in recent months. Barras johnson visited a building site this week a trip and of boosting confidence in his countrys flagging construction sector. But theres no plastering over the cracks of the u. K. s battered economy. Figures released on monday showed that british g. D. P. Collapsed by a massive 20. 4 percent between the 1st and 2nd quarters of 2020. That is the worst of europes Major Economies a substantially more damaging drop than that suffered by germany and countries like italy france and spain. Those figures are from the time when britain was in a very strict phase of lock down. The economy has since reopened and there have been signs of a modest recovery the hope johnson is clinging to. Obviously we d
Party ticket. And its the european country worst hit by the coronavirus and now britain has officially entered recession with the 2nd quarter figures showing the worst contraction in europe. Im going to have a welcome to the program and we begin with this breaking news from belarus the interior ministry there says police in the southwestern city of brest have used firearms against a group of protesters demonstrating against the results of last weekends president ial election Ministry Says one protester was wounded. For more on the situation on the ground lets bring in delusion journalist and analyst a fine art your chalk from of the police are now using live ammunition against the demonstrators and authorities in openly reported this in a statement what does that say. And yes they recognize the use of firearms yesterday in breast but it looks that firearms were used in the previous to the night before and not just in bread but in difference of this of belarus they also say that all of
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