China is experiencing a rare episode of sliding prices. Japans economy experienced this back in the 1990s and early 2000s. Now, this comes hot the heels of disappointing china trade data on tuesday, which showed that exports sank at their fastest rate since the pandemic, dropping by more 14 in the year tojuly, with imports also falling by more than 12 in the same period. Joining me now is duncan wrigley, Chief China Economist at pantheon macroeconomics. Thank you very much for being with us today. The Rest Of The World looking on in amazement. Considering the inflationary pressures the rest of us are dealing with. What do you read Between The Lines in this latest data . Between the lines in this latest data . Latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some shortterm latest data . Ok, i mean, there are some shortterm factors i are some short term factors that push down the data for this month, there has been a surge of seasonal vegetables, the big pictu
Spence, the conservative commentator, scarlett maguire, the Director Ofjl Partners and a really interesting call from steve in burnley. Tell the audience why you like lee anderson . Basically because he just says what everybody is thinking. And hes got to say it. We listen to rishi sunak saying, we are going to do this, we are going to stop the boats. He is not stopping the boats. He says they have them down by 30 . Let me bring you some breaking news. This has been the Talk Of The Town in news overnight and this morning. The photograph that was released on mothers day by the Princess Of Wales with her kids. People spotted discrepancies, saying it was photoshopped and then the Press Agencies withdrew it. This has just come in. Like many amateur photographers, i do experiment with editing. I do want to apologise for any confusion by the photograph issued yesterday. Lets go to that Press Conference from reform uk. We are Press Conference from reform uk. Are very proud of it, or largely a
The ruling means hell be dismissed as an mp and forbidden to stand for Public Office before 2028 he denies any wrongdoing and is challenging the decision in the Islamabad High Court on wednesday. On sunday mr khan began serving his three year sentence in a jail in the city of attock. Live now to islamabad and the bbc s caroline davies. Its been quite a dramatic few months for them on con when he was first arrested and then release. We saw all his imran khan. Arrested at the weekend. This latest announcement doesnt really come as announcement doesnt really come as a huge surprise. M0 announcement doesnt really come as a huge surprise a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on saturday a huge surprise. No in fact when he was sentenced on saturday we a huge surprise. No in fact when he l was sentenced on saturday we knew immediately he would probably be disqualified. I think wh
Win big at the oscars . Hello, im anna foster, live injerusalem. Lets look at the latest situation around gaza. You are seeing a moment ago images of a fresh airdrop of aid happening over gaza this morning. We know the us military along with the Jordanian Air force have been carrying out regular airdrops of aid with their parachutes and the pellets are heading down to the people below who so desperately need them. But there is another option to take aid in now starting to come into play as well, and that is the option of taking aid into gaza by sea. The us army says one of its Military Support Ships has set off from the us, it has set off from The Port Of Virginia and it is heading to gaza to build a temporary port to enable ships to unload aid, but that is expected to take two months before it is in place a temporary pier. And there is this cypriot ship, a spanish ship in cyprus are loaded and waiting for clearance to head towards gaza. This is the latest. There is little hope to be f
Aliens have never visited earth. Hello, im samantha simmonds. Youre watching bbc news. We start with the war in gaza. A ship carrying humanitarian aid is expected to set sail to the territory from cyprus this weekend part of a planned maritime aid corridor. Its a joint operation between the eu, us, uk, and united arab emirates, aiming to bring supplies from cyprus to the coast of gaza. The un says a quarter of gazas population is on the brink of famine, and children there are starving to death. Organisers hope the plan could allow additional aid to be brought in, but they continue to press israel to allow more deliveries by road. These are the latest pictures from larnaca in cyprus where, as you can see, aid is being loaded onto a ship, which is due to depart in a couple of hours. The European Unions ambassador to the us told the bbc a little more about the plans for the maritime corridor. Hopefully the pilot, the first try to get aid, already happened over the weekend, but it takes so