Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) registered no growth in the third quarter of 2024, revised down from the first estimate increase of 0.1 percent, according to official data released on Monday.
According to Britain's Office for National Statistics (ONS), from July to September, the services sector output saw no growth, while a 0.7-percent increase in construction was offset by a 0.4 percent fall in production.
For the GDP growth in the second quarter, the ONS also revised it to 0.5 percent, down from its first estimate of 0.6 percent growth.
The downward revision of GDP growth comes amid declining public confidence in the economy and increasing pressure on the Labor government, which assumed power in July after 14 years in opposition.
Data for the last quarter of the year do not look promising. Last week, Britain's central bank, the Bank of England, forecast zero GDP growth in the fourth quarter, weaker than the 0.3 percent growth predicted in November.
UK economy shows zero growth in Q3
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,338, with 107,764 others injured, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday.
The rise in the number of fatalities came after 21 more Palestinians were killed in the past 24 hours by Israeli strikes.
At least seven Palestinians, including two Civil Defense members, were killed in Israeli bombings on Gaza City, Spokesman for Civil Defense in Gaza Mahmoud Basal said Tuesday.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that one child gets killed every hour in the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the war, 14,500 children have been killed in Gaza, UNRWA said in a press statement, citing data from UNICEF.
The continued violence has left Gaza civilians with nowhere safe to go, Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said Monday in a statement issued following his visit to Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks in Gaza rises to 45,338
