Only moderately. Only moderately. Yet, overall, the data yet, overall, the data is a good sign for the economy is a good sign for the economy and it comes at a time and it comes at a time when there has been growing when there has been growing concern over the health concern over the health of the consumer and the labor of the consumer and the labor market, especially after market, especially after the latest monthlyjobs data, the latest monthlyjobs data, which was a big disappointment. Which was a big disappointment. Forecasters seeing a further moderation in the economy for the remainder of the year as high borrowing costs continue to filter through the economy, continue to filter through the economy, but most economists aren t yet predicting a recession. At the same time, the federal reserve is set to begin lowering interest rates next lowering interest rates next month as inflation slows. That may provide some relief, month as inflation slows. Especially two sectors heavily impacte
A serious tv interview will be a bigger test. In this preview clip, ms harris is asked about recent policy u turns and whether voters can trust her. The most important and most significant aspect of my policy perspective and decisions is my values have not changed. In this memorable interview three years ago, she was asked why she hadn t personally visited the southern border. We are going to the border, we ve been to the border, so this whole thing about the border, we ve been to the border, we ve been to the border. You haven t been to the border. And i haven t been to europe. I mean, i don t understand the point you re making! donald trump will certainly be watching. He seems convinced that ms harris will again perform badly on tv. She s barely competent, and she can t do an interview. But i look forward to the debates. I promise to be a president for all americans, you can always trust me. . . After a very successful convention in chicago, democrats are delighted with how well kama
There ll be a reunion of xabi alonso with his former club liverpool. Alonso s bayer leverkusen will travel to anfield. Liverpool will also host real madrid. Arsenal take on psg at home amongst theirfixtures. They ll also have to travel to milan to take on inter. Villa back amongst europe s elite for the first time in more than a0 years are rewarded with home ties against bayern munich and juventus amongst others. They ll also have to face scottish champions celtic. That match will be at villa park. Celtic also have home games against the likes of leipzig and club bruges. The draw in full over on the bbc sport website. Dates for those fixtures will be released in the coming days. It could well be a busy few hours coming up for football transfers across europe as the continent s top leagues make their final moves before the transfer window closes later on friday. Let s have a quick look at some of the moves already done. Napoli have confirmed the signing of romelu lukaku from chelsea for
Andris spruds, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to have you. Now you are defence minister in a baltic nation, which is one of ukraine s strongest supporters inside the eu and nato. So what do you make of ukraine s risky gambit, this offensive inside russian territory? it was just recently in ukraine, and what i see in ukraine, it s a resolve. It s a determination. It s a resilience. It s a willingness also to take initiative. And what we ve seen right now is that ukraine is in a position to take this initiative, that it shows also that the war, of course, is a war of wills, the war of the mindsets. And here, we can see that ukraine also shows and proves that russia has its vulnerabilities. But did you, in kyiv, also get a sense of deep ukrainian frustration with its allies? because it s become clear in the last couple of weeks that ukraine didn t feel able to share any information about this surprise offensive with its closest allies. There was a sense, i
Says 16 people have been killed in the raids. Israel s defence forces says it has killed 12 people. They deployed armoured bulldozers on the streets. Israel says it s launching the operation to combat terrorism, but the un says the israeli military is fuelling an already explosive situation. Our middle east correspondent has more. Born a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has played a role in pausing it something world leaders have struggled to do. Earlier this month, abdul rahman was diagnosed with polio the first case in gaza for 25 years. The family, nine children in all, live in a camp in central gaza, displaced multiple times from their home in the north. The constant moving disrupted his vaccinations. His mother says others in the camp are afraid and stop their children playing with them. Translation: the virus stopped his progress. I he stopped sitting, stopped walking, stopped crawling and stopped moving. I want him to be treated. He wants to live and walk like o