The president agrees to set for 400 taliban prisoners. Hoping to shake up the Political Landscape in belarus an unexpected kansass find to push out europes longest serving president. And a move thats inflaming tension between washington and beijing a top trump official visits taiwan the highest level u. S. Visit in 40 years. And in sports at Destin Johnson takes a one shot lead at the u. S. P. G. A. Championship in american has moved within sight 2nd major title at its career. As we begin this news our World Leaders are trying to work out ways to help rebuild lebanons capital but embarrass a growing clamor to rebuild the whole political system the information minister became the 1st Senior Member of government to resign since tuesdays port blast menow abdel summers says theres little hope for change 5 m. P. s have also quit and there are reports that many more may soon follow at least 158 people were killed when Ammonium Nitrate exploded causing billions of dollars worth of damage arou
The president agrees to set 400 taliban prisoners for. I suppose its extremely important for so little over a few months for the english translator angry over the jailing of a husband whos become the biggest threat to Alexander Lukashenko is 26 year old and valorous. And a move thats further inflaming tension between washington and beijing a senior trump official is in taiwan the highest level u. S. Visit and 41 years and the us and johnson takes a one shoulder either at the us p. G. A. Championship american has moved within sight of the 2nd major title of his korea. Right now wild leaders are trying to work out ways to help to rebuild lebanons capital but in beirut theres a growing clamor to. Reshape the political system as well the information minister became the 1st Senior Member of government to resign since tuesdays port last mile of both the mud says theres little hope for change 6 m. P. s have now quit and there are reports that more may soon follow and maronite patriarch bashar
Victoria state and announces fines as high as 14000. 00 to stop people breaking coronavirus isolation orders. And intense speculation over the whereabouts of spains former king after he announces hes leaving the country. And i would begin with our breaking news out of lebanon where a massive explosion has shaken the capital beirut 27 people have been confirmed dead and the Lebanese Health Ministry Says around 2500 people have been injured Security Officials say the blast happened in an area of the citys port which housed highly explosive material that had been confiscated. Shock waves are felt for several kilometers and buildings within a large radius of the site have been severely damaged the red cross warns many others are still trapped in their homes the cause of the blast isnt known lebanons president has called for urgent defense counsel talks israel has issued a statement denying any involvement and france and iran both say theyre ready to help lebanon in any way. People who were
Gold going back higher as the dollar is lower. Some of the trends we have seen more in place recently are still in place today. Investors are waiting. David we will also get some q2 gdp numbers. I will ask you about gold because it was a big story yesterday. But i have to tie into the dollar. What is the dollar doing . Abigail the dollar is down. The dollar index itself is about flat. The difference is in the euro weighting. The trend on the euro has been down but so much so that we have Goldman Sachs saying perhaps it will lose its status as a reserve currency. In the past, sometimes it is a signal it could be stabilization or a move to the higher. That is supported by the technicals. Relative to the fed tomorrow, will they give any policy move . Very unlikely. They did extend their emergency loans, so that is probably the bigger news. The 10 year yield at this point has basically been flatlining since march. If anything, it appears its bias may be to the upside. That could support th
For the Global Economy moving forward well bring you indepth analysis we have a packed show today so lets dive right in. And we lead the program with Economic Data out of the worlds 2 largest economies as the globe continues to grapple with the copen 1000. 00 pandemic lets start in china officials are reporting the countrys g. D. P. Grew by 3. 2 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year now the Economic Growth was a sharp rebound after the worlds 2nd largest economy contract by 6. 8 percent year over year for the 1st quarter of this year now china was the 1st nation worldwide to start lock downs and stay at home orders in january but most restrictions have since been eased more positive data came as industrial output jumped 4. 8 percent year over year for the month of june better than initial estimates from economists now some experts see these data points as a sign of an economic recovery for china however retail sales fell by 1. 8 percent. For the month