florida. algae blooms threatening the east and west coasts and what they are doing to prepare. and taking to the streets protests and clashes with police in france as the president moves to raise the retirement age. this is what we are watching at this hour. thank you for being here. i m kate bolduan and a milestone and potential troubling statement on a developing partnership of russia and china. xi jinping is traveling to moscow to meet with putin, and this is first trip since the launch of the war in ukraine. this is coming after cnn has learned that u.s. has intelligence that china is considering providing lethal aid to russia, and the u.n. has said that would kcross a red line. and turkey has said that their country would start the process to ratify finland s nato membership, and that is a significant move. nato requires the unanimous approval of its 30 members to start this move. let s start with will ripley on this trip that xi is planning for his trip to russia?
in japanese politics. and our other main story this lunchtime: durham police confirmed they are not fining keir starmer and angela rayner over allegations they broke lockdown rules last year. the race is on to replace borisjohnson as conservative leader and britain s next prime minister the first contenders throw their hats in the ring. another big rise in the number of people with covid in the uk infections are up 18%. and i am at wimbledon where britain s cameron norrie will play the six time champion novak djokovic for a place in the men s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel: former fifa president sepp blatter expresses his relief as he and former uefa boss michel platini are both found not guilty of fraud following a trial in switzerland. good afternoon. world leaders have been expressing their shock and grief after the assassination of japan s former prime minister shinzo abe. he was shot while making a speech in the city of nara, and later died in hospital.
the investors not so much. a new snapshot of the economy out, and new consumer sentiment report. it fell for the first time in four months, and what is interesting to me is that the survey was mostly taken before the bank drama, and so this is inflation, and the consumers are a little bit concerned over the inflation, and americans are a little bit less confident than they were in the month before, and maybe angst about inflation is the little bit thing there, and rear-view mirror look, and the banking issues, the fire has been put out for now, and the embers are maybe burning, but the volatility in the stocks is one thing, but americans can be resting assured on this. i am having a hard time watching stock on this just forget it. and that is the long has been
but he s done a few good things. so are you happy with him staying on for the time being? for the time being, while i find someone else, i would say yes. malcolm s been a season ticket holder at wolves since the 50s and knows this city inside and out. he s a boris fan and is happy for him to stay on as interim pm. he did a good job in the pandemic, he is doing a good job with the ukraine situation, brexit i wanted done and he s going to deliver that. but i think the party. well, theyjust stabbed him in the back too much. they did the same with maggie thatcher years ago, didn t they? you know. but i think he d done. had made too many mistakes, he had got some bad advice, i think. who s your favourite for the next leader and prime minister? well, i think truss, myself. liz truss? liz truss, i think so. back at the fish mongers, richard says whoever takes over has to sort the economy out, starting with petrol prices. whoever is going to come, we need something done l on the diesel, mostly
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