New Research Suggests nearly eve ryo ne new Research Suggests nearly everyone can lower their risk of dementia by living a Healthy Lifestyle. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trade war impact. What worldtour days chinese Growth Numbers tell us about the effect on the second biggest economy . Prime days strike. Why some amazon workers are walking out during the on round retail giants shopping bonanza online. Good morning and welcome to this monday addition of Asia Business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. Starting with china, because it releases growth figures for the three months tojune this morning. First quarter gdp came in at 6. 4 , much stronger than expected, but the big question now is to what extent is the trade war with the us having an impact on the second biggest economy in the world . Earlier i asked catherine from fidelity whether those tensions played any part in budweiser pulling its Hong Kong Ipo on friday. Actually the deal did
Hello and welcome to bbc world news. Venezuelas Supreme Court has released 22 prisoners, including a high profile judge. Maria afiuni is one of many people the opposition says are political prisoners. She was first arrested ten years ago, and had been sentenced again in march for corruption. The move has been welcomed by the un, which published a highly critical report on thursday accusing president maduros government of widespread abuses against the opposition and minority groups. Maria afiunis brother says his sister still has restrictions on her freedom. Translation she cant speak to the media. She cant use social media. She cant leave the country. She has to present herself every 30 days. The logical thing would be to get rid of all the cautionary measures and respect what the un says, which is complete freedom. But that has not happened. We continue to wait. The un says one thing, the maduro government does another. Theyre never serious about what International Organisations say,
We did it jofra delivered hes the guy england, world champions chinas economy hits the brakes beijing announces its slowest growth in almost three decades as the trade war begins to bite. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. What a weekend of sport are you still recovering from watching some historic sporting achievements . I was glued to the tennis, what were you watching . How did you divide your time . Let me know, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. President trump has been accused of racism after suggesting that a group of ethnic minority congresswomen should go back to where they came from. On twitter, the president said they should fix the catastrophic governments in their countries of origin instead of criticising the us. Three of the congresswomen were born in the us, while another came to the country as a young child. Our washington correspondent, david willis, has more. President donald trump didnt name th
Of london show what he says is a clear link between poverty in the capital and rising youth crime. And it went to the wire at wimbledon. Novak djokovic makes history, after beating Roger Federer in a final set tie break. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Englands Mens Cricket Team will this morning celebrate winning the mens cricket world cup for the first time, after an extraordinary finish to a tense final at lords. The main match ended in a tie, which meant the game went to a super over to decide the winner, and it went down to the very last ball a run out. Another tie, and england winning on the number of boundaries theyd scored. Heres our sports correspondent, john watson. Englands men, world champions for the very first time. Proving it on the biggest stage, by the tightest of margins. After seven weeks of compelling cricket, who wouldve predicted this . Oh, no but we did it we did it 0h, jofra delivered and we were brilliant. Jofra delivered jofra delivered. Hes the
Means for retailers. Here at wimbledon, another fine performance from Johanna Konta takes her past a former champion and into the quarter finals shell be back on court again this afternoon. And it will be fully cloudy here at wimbledon today. Just a small chance ofa wimbledon today. Just a small chance of a shower. Some sunny intervals. The heaviest rain is likely to be gcioss the heaviest rain is likely to be across the north. We will be back with more later. Its tuesday 9th july. Our top story President Trump has stepped up his attack on the uks ambassador in washington, saying we will no longer deal with him. In a series of tweets, mr trump also said that theresa may had made a mess of brexit, adding he was thankful that the british people would soon have a new Prime Minister. The remarks follow a leak of emails written by Sir Kim Darroch, describing the Trump White House as inept and dysfunctional. Downing street says sir kim has the governments full support. Andy moore reports. Sh