second biggest economy grew 1.6% on annualised rate, much better than what had been predicting, thanks to private consumption and an unexpected rise in capital expenditure. let s bring in neil newman from the quarry capital who joins us live from tokyo. thank you for joining us. the data has come out a lot stronger than expected, talk us through what s been doing quite well. this is a very big and positive surprise. we have been closely watching wage growth, the wage number, which hasn t really filtered through into anything visible as yet. the gdp numbers certainly does indicate there is a large amount of the domestic economy contributing to this. as you mentioned cap ex, business spending was up on the annual basis, way ahead of expectations. but even consumption was also up, 0.6% against the market consensus of 0.4. even though it appears the wage number we have been looking at, the last numbers in march, they were not that impressive, in fact they were quite depressing. t
campbell is there on the scene in allen, texas, for us. and josh, the disturbing revelations that we are seeing there on the ground that people are leaving for the victims. hey, my friend, great to be here with you, and this memorial is here to covering so many of the stories and this is what often occurs. you will see the community with the outpouring of support to honor those who were killed. and also, i want to give you new information about the suspect here. and they have centered on the suspect s social media, and the right wing extremist being here at play in the motivation. and we are seeing some of that for ourself, as our colleague paul murphy who is our colleague who studies russian social media says that is all on white power, and it appears he had actually done reconnaissance of the weeks ahead of the shooting. so he had done research here prior to the shooting including the busiest times of the day this mall was open. and also, what are you learning there abo
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and fight for survival. as long as people are here, lutzerath stays. brazil s supreme court will investigate the role of the former president, jair bolsonaro, in the storming of government buildings by his supporters last weekend. takeaways, restaurants, and cafes in england will have to stop using plastic cutlery, plates, and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. hello and welcome. iran has executed a british iranian man on charges of spying for the uk. alireza akbari, who was iran s deputy defence minister, was detained in 2019. he d denied passing sensitive information to the british government and said he was forced to confess after being tortured. the british prime minsiter rishi sunak says he s appalled by what he described as a callous and cowardly act. this report is from our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. news of the execution came on state run television early this morning despite repeated last minute appeals