england trail by 393. another cricket line to bring you. leg spinner rehan ahmed has been added to england s men s squad for the next ashes test on wednesday at lord s. the 18 year old took 7 wickets on his test debut against pakistan in december, he replaces all rounder moeen ali, who struggled with a finger injury during the dramatic first test, which australia won by two wickets. top seed carlos alcaraz is back in action later, for the quarterfinals at queen s in london. he s up against grigor dimitrov. cameron norrie, the british number one, is on before him. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams on thursday and will play the winner of britain s harriet dart against anastasia potapova. also happening now is the birmingham classic, jelena 0stapenko is through the semifinals after beating magdalena frech in three sets. 0stapenko beat venus williams o
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very good thursday morning to you . i m jim sciutto. i m poppy harlow. this just in to cnn, important news for the u.s. economy, the nation s gross domestic product, how much the economy grew or shrank, declined less than previously thought in the second quarter of this year. revised up from negative .9% to negative .6%. it may not sound like much. it shows our economy is shrinking. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans joins us now with more. we often have seen revisions like this, with jobs figures, sometimes in both directions, sometimes in a positive direction, what is the significance of the revision here? it means the economy is less lousy in the second quarter than we thought, and in fact consumer spending and corporate profits were stronger and that is an underpinning here of the u.s. economy. you look at quarter by quarter by quarter, you see two quarters in a row of a shrinking u.s. economy. but shrinking much less in the second quarter than the fi
The president showing solidarity with israel and revealing hes seen u. S. Intelligence that israel was not responsible for the Hospital Explosion in gaza. Based on what i have seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team. Norah tonight, the new video israelis say show the rocket came from within gaza by the Islamic Jihad. On air force one, the president later telling reporters egypt agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid into gaza. With hamas confiscates it or doesnt let it get through, just confiscates it, that it is going to end. Norah the protests tonight across the middle east and here at home, as israeli troops ready on the border of gaza. Start the course in just over a week what we have witnessed is a steady buildup of hundreds of thousands of israeli troops and heavy equipment like this. In Staging Areas all pointed in, about a mile from gaza. Norah american troops hurt after Drone Attacks near Iraqi Air Force bases. The concerns tonight of a larger conflict.
Israel says that since monday, about 300,000 palestinians have already fled rafah. The us is still urging israel not to mount a full scale assault on the city. And in the north there are evacuations in the city of jabalia as the idf says that it has been carrying out air strikes. It says hamas fighters are regrouping there. From jerusalem, heres our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. Another desperate exodus. Palestinians fleeing in their thousands, as israel signals it is now set to push further into gazas southernmost city, issuing new evacuation orders. What should we do . Hanan asks. Do we wait until we all die on top of each other . Weve decided it is better to leave. Israel has said its taking action against hamas in one of its last strongholds and trying to bring home hostages. Meanwhile, with israels capture of one main Border Crossing and another blocked off by fighting, no aid is getting into southern gaza. There are now severe shortages of food, deepening the humanita