china. this time canada is getting involved. beijing is furious after reports the u.s. and canada sent a warship into the strait. it threatens peace and security. the latest round of gunboat diplomacy comes after china s own shown of force. meantime, china s economy grew only 4.9% in the third quarter, its weakest expansion in a year. the country has been able to rebound from pandemic difficulties but seems to be losing steam amid a multitude of problems including supply chain issues, covid outbreaks and energy shortages. cnn s christi lu stout joins us live. what is behind china s weakest rate of expansion in a year? what impact could this have on the region and the world? reporter: global economic
improvements but instead the prestige has emboldened the beijing leadership to further suppress them. why make the same mistake twice. this has been ignored by the ioc and olympic sponsors. this is more than a major sporting event, this is billions of dollars at stake. one member, president xi jinping wants to see 300 million people to play winter sports. steven, thank you for that. meantime, china s economy is hurting. the latest economic data showing the slowest rate of growth in a year. cnn s christi lu stout joins us. what s behind the numbers? this is a pretty significant report because the latest gdp report is signaling a clear slowdown in economic growth.
contaminated water. cnn s christi lu stout has more. after the 2011 tsunami that hit the fukushima plant, the current level one is said to be raised to a level three meaning a serious incident. the tokyo electric power company which runs the plant says 300 tons has leaked from a storage tank. spokeswoman tells cnn the leaking container may be emptied into another tank as early as today. back in july ten poe admitted radiation is seeping into the sea and the warning level will be raised after a meeting between japanese officials and international nuclear regulators on wednesday. back to you, kate. thank you so much. boy bands and screaming fans, they seem to go hand in hand, i guess. witness the london prenear of one direction s 3-d documentary. zain verjee has more. reporter: this is the world prime minister with two boys and
thank you for waking up with us. i m live in new york. let s start in texas, shall we? it s a dry, scorched burning place this morning. its wildfire problems are getting worse. more than 60 new fires broke out over the weekend. the biggest and maybe the most dangerous is the one you re looking at in bastrop county, 30 miles from downtown usa. p let s go to atlanta and check in with rob marciano. we re going to get to chris welch who s in texas just a bit. i wanted to talk to you first about the dry conditions in texas and if they re going to get any relief from mother nature. we don t see a whole lot coming down the pipe there, carol, and what s the good news today, is that lee, or what s left over of lee is pulling off towards the north and east and that really, the past two days, has what s been causing the biggest problem ironically. we were hoping to get lee s moisture over there. it didn t. it missed it to the east. it got the back side, the wrap around dry air winds t