Week. Lets get to some of the conversations you might have missed. Lets talk about the debate. In your latest piece you write quote, the most important thing i saw Kamala Harris who was pre blocking, not debunking, was waiting for someone to lie, and hit back with the truth. It is not working politics as much as you would hope it would in saturated lies, but free bunking is explain to people how they are being, or better yet will be related, what the motive is, how the con works, how the lie will be crafted and will function, and for extra credit, who benefits from it and how. In the age of trump, too any of his appointments have been debunked and no prebunked. And she said it at the outset, she said, let me say, you will hear a whole bunch of lies. And as he rolled them out, she explained why they were lies. We have talked about one of the most interesting stories about the ascension of Kamala Harris at the top of this ticket is that she has brought with her a lot of new thinking that
Lets start in the us where its been a tumultuous week on the markets following the publication of a series of reports on the state of the Labour Market. On thursday, one of the latest of these reports showed private employers in the us posting their smallest monthly hiring growth since january 2021, with just under 100,000 new positions. On wednesday, government data showed Job Openings dropped to a 3. 5 year low injuly with 7. 67 million vacancies. And later today, all eyes will be on the Monthlyjobs Survey of employers and households. Last month, the Labor Department reported the Unemployment Rate had hit 4. 3 injuly up from 3. 5 a year earlier. This report is one of the most important gauges of the state of The Worlds largest economy and it is coming at a critical time with the president ial campaign under way. So what might be in store . Joining me now is kyle handley, associate professor of economics at the university of california san diego. Every so much apprehension, you just h
Publication of a series of reports on the state of the Labour Market. On thursday, yesterday, one of the latest of those reports showed that private employers and dgs were posting their smallest monthly growth since January 2021 with just shy of 100,000 new positions. Government data showed the job positions. Government data showed theJob Openings positions. Government data showed the Job Openings had dropped to a 3. 5 year low, 7. 67 million vacancies through dropped to a 3. 5 year low, 7. 67 million vacancies throuthuly. Million vacancies through july. Later million vacancies throuthuly. Later today, all eyes are going to be in the Monthlyjob Survey of employers and households. A reminder, last month the Labour Department reported the Unemployment Rate at hit 4. 3 injuly. Unemployment rate at hit 4. 3 in july. That was Unemployment Rate at hit 4. 3 injuly. That was up Unemployment Rate at hit 4. 3 in july. That was up from Unemployment Rate at hit 4. 3 injuly. That was up from 3. 5 a
Year may amount to War Crimes and crimes against humanity. There have been a lot of violations and there are reasonable grounds to think that of these violations and dont amount to international crimes. Meanwhile the bbc has seen, first hand, the desperate conditions civilians are enduring in sudan. Aid agencies are warning the Hunger Crisis is of historic proportions. Our correspondent Nawal Al Maghafi has gained rare access to the city of Port Sudan and a key Border Area in neighbouring chad where refugees are still flowing out as Aid Agencies desperately try to get aid in. The faces of a forgotten war. These are some of the family scoffed at the centre of what is being called one of the worlds worst humanitarian crisis. Here in sudan, 26 Million people are facing acute hunger. We only get one meal a day, this woman says. In this Displacement Camp in Port Sudan, they are safe from the front lines of the conflict, but life is hard. In another camp nearby People Queue for water. Our mo
If a proposal recognises its stand alone intrinsic value. In other news donald trump has been laying out his economic plans should he become president. Trump repeated calls to cut taxes and regulation and is earmarking a governmentjob for controversial billionaire elon musk. Here is ritika gupta with the latest. The main highlight of donald trump s address was a push to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% for companies that make their products here in the us. This would be a big reduction from the current rate of 21%. A key policy victory from trump s own 2017 tax law set to expire in 2025. Now, while a 15% corporate rate would be a big win for large us companies, it would also contribute to rising deficits. It means big companies would end up paying far lower rates than smaller, privately held businesses, where rates can be as high as 37%. His proposal is in stark contrast to his rival, kamala harris, who has called to raise the corporation tax to 28%. Trump s proposals also include a