the slowdown in the factory of the world is deepening. and boeing awaits an inquest into the deaths of three british passengers who died in a 737 max crash. we start in china where the latest inflation figures have shown an alarming drop in factory gate prices that s the price of goods as they leave chinese factories. they ve fallen at the fastest pace in more than seven and a half years. it s the ninth month in a row that the producer price index has fallen, down 5.4% from a year earlier, marking the steepest decline since december 2015, as the difficult post covid recovery continues to weigh on demand. so that s changed the picture on the factory floor when it comes to what consumers are facing when buying goods and services, the consumer price index was unchanged year on year, compared with a slight gain in may, the slowest pace since february 2021. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has just left beijing following a four day visit in an attempt to bridge us china tr
with two tests left to play. good morning. we have got some heavy rain in the south west of england. it is pushing north east through the day. it could miss the south east of england. northern scotland, a drier day. a few showers. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, 10thjuly. the bbc is meeting with the met police today, to discuss allegations that one of its presenters paid a teenager £35,000 for sexually explicit photos. the male presenter who hasn t been named has been suspended, and the corporation has contacted the police about the accusations, which were first reported in the sun newspaper. we re joined now by our news correspondent lizo mzimba. tell us about the latest allegations? well, today s front page of the sun newspaper claims the unnamed presenter made two panicked phone calls to the young individual in question, saying, what have you done? and asking them to ring their mother, to get them to stop the investigation. the bbc has not b
and it is now considering an executive order to curb us investment in sensitive areas. but ms yellen told her chinese counterparts that any such measures will be highly targeted. i emphasise that it would be highly targeted and clearly directed narrowly at a few sectors where we have specific national security concerns. i want to allay their fears that we would do something that would have broad based impacts on the chinese economy. that s not the case. that s not the intention. and i think this is an example of what i said about how to address national security concerns. senior market analyst kelvin wong told me that ms yellen did manage to smooth relations on the economic front. if you look at the us treasury secretary yellen, i believe that she is more pragmatic. so, all in all, i would like to state that ms yellen actually had a positive outcome in terms of economic communication between the us and china, but, however, on the general political front, i still reckon that i
designed to restrict china s ability to buy high tech microchips and it is now considering an executive order to curb us investment in sensitive areas. but ms yellen told her chinese counterparts that any such measures will be highly targeted. i that any such measures will be highly targeted. highly targeted. i emphasise that it would highly targeted. i emphasise that it would be highly targeted. i emphasise that it would be highly - that it would be highly targeted and clearly directed narrowly at a few sectors where we have specific national security concerns. i want to allay their fears that we would do something that would have broad based impacts on the chinese economy. that is not the case. that is not the intention. and i think this is an example of what i said about how to address national security concerns. a, how to address national security concerns. a senior market analyst security concerns. a senior market analyst told - security concerns. a senior market
as the difficult post covid recovery continues to weigh on demand. so that s the picture on the factory floor when it comes to what consumers are facing when buying goods and services the consumer price index was unchanged year on year, compared with a slight gain in may, the slowest pace since february 2021. the us treasury secretary janet yellen has just left beijing following a four day visit in an attempt to bridge us china trade relations. she told reporters just before leaving china that despite significant disagreements, the relationship between both countries was moving towards a surer footing. my my purpose is to make sure that we do not engage in a series of unintended escalatory actions. that will be harmful to our overall economic relationship. with one another. and we have had very little contact, both senior officials and also just the american people and the chinese people, have had very little contact with one another over the last several years. in part