Declines. And the fed has two new nominees including judy shelton who has called on the federal bank to cut rates as soon as possible just to bring you some final composite pmi numbers for june across the eurozone, theyre in at 52. 2 against a flash number of 52. 1. Slightly higher than the may number, 51. 8 that flash pointed to a strong expansion in the private sector of the previous six months weve seen that upward trend as services hit a high. Back in may, they were 52. 9 and 53. 4 in the flash for june they have come in slightly higher than the flash. The june final services new export businesses pmi at 59. 4, higher than the flash of 48. 9, not significantly better than the may final. Nearly back up to another 50 mark the the euro dollar is slightly weaker on that news we can see if you look at the european markets generally, you see a relatively positive day. Trading more then a half percent higher now if you look at the individual markets, you can see where that is coming from
At the cricket world cup englands bowlers make steady progress as they take on new zealand hoping for a place in the semi finals. China and britain have become embroiled in a heated war of words over the demonstrations in hong kong. Its after the foreign secretary jeremy hunt warned of serious consequences for china if the rights of People Living in the territory were infringed. Today beijing accused the uk of indulging in colonial era fantasies and warned it not to interfere in its domestic affairs. The Foreign Office in london summoned the Chinese Ambassador over his comments on the matter. Hong kong have now returned to the embrace of the motherland connects the special administration of china. Its not part of the uk. So i would call them to say hands off of hancock hong kong and show respect of whats been achieved in hong kong and one country to systems. Lets speak to our diplomatic crrespondent james landale, after that he was called into for a meeting, he described it as unaccept
How an old us flag on the back of a trainer helped nike lose a Million Dollar grant from the state of arizona. And after englands world cup exit against the usa, we look ahead to tonights match as sweden face the netherlands for a place in the final. Hello, i am Christian Fraser in washington, david eades is in london. The worlds biggest trading bloc has just settled on the key politicians to drive it forward for the next five years. And you know what . None of them was in the running to start with and i would bet you dont now much about any of them. They are compromise candidates, some werent even mentioned until the last hours of negotiation. Is that a way to hand out the most criticaljobs in the European Union . The top posts have gone to german, french, spanish, belgian and italian nationals. And in france it has been hailed as a huge victory for president macron. His compatriot Christine Lagarde will head the European Central bank, his belgian ally Charles Michel will be the presi
In a london garden. Boris johnson and jeremy hunt go to Northern Ireland in their battle to be our next Prime Minister, both of them insist the backstop cant be part of any future brexit deal. And british number one, johanna konta, is safely through to round two of wimbledon, after a straight sets win in her opening match. The lionesses have just kicked off against the United States in the semifinal of the womens world cup in france. England are hoping to reach the final for the first time, but itll be a tough game against defending champions and tournament favourites usa. Lets go live to that match. England and white, and those that stayed at the stadium for a sell out, 90 minutes to see if england can make history. They have only been in the usa once, but the line up has been called, rather the matchup has been called, rather the matchup has been called as a perfect semifinal. England has been described as having a better chance of beating us at the world cup. Described as the strong
Where hundreds of thousands of people are watching a solar eclipse. And well bring you all the latest from lyon as england take on the usa in the first womens world cup semi final. Current score is us two and england one. At last we have the nominations for the top jobs at the eu. The more importantjob of all president of the European Commission the body which creates and enforces the eus laws and rules. The nominee is ursula von der leyen. Shes the German Defence minister, and a member of Angela Merkels cdu party. No, youre not the only one who wasnt expecting that. Also, Christine Lagarde will become head of the European Central bank the bank in charge of the euro, which oversees the economies that use it. She is currently the head of the International Monetary fund. Also a formerly french finance minister. Next president of the European Council the council represents the leaders of the eus member states. Charles michel, the belgian Prime Minister, is picked to replace donald tusk. A