Contraction for the australian economy. Worse than anticipated, but investors with a moment shrugging that off. Chinese markets under pressure. Quickly moving it along, having a look at what else is going on out there and doing that, of yvonne. With yvonne lets start with that aussie gdp number. The second consecutive quarter for the three months through june. And thee first first technical recession in 30 years for us trail you Australian Household spending well by 12 as lockdowns and restrictions shut out consumers. The aussie dollar against its u. S. Peers. Theres a new warning about the u. S. Economy with a fed governor ating there is uncertainty head. She told the Brookings Institution that america will be to depend on the fed and policymakers in d. C. As the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. She says Monetary Policy must pivot from stabilization to accommodation. Treasury secretary seems to agree with the fed governor, saying the u. S. Economy urgently n
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Welcome to all it is going to be a very nice weekend i think weatherwise. Lets go right to steve who is going to give us what it is going to be like steve . Spot on theyre going to be cooler from us some of the fog is retreating already at least it made today onshore breeze is in place. I can sometimes ukiah, clearlake brentwood, areas takes another day or so. Trend is to take temperatures down not up, cool off a good 5 to 10 degrees yesterday. Cooler from us, coast and bay fog retreating back to the coast easy to wendy getting in onshore wind, at the airport, travis mackinac, davis north northeast. The difference there, still 77 once it will still be in the mid90s. Lakeport, brentwood as well locations down already. Cooling off santa rosa, 14 compared to gets at this time, a huge deal oakland 7, hayward 6 even concorde 5, temperatures on the way down just a heckuva system this time of year going into the Seattle Portland area. Flatten the ridge of High Pressure for us reload, not unti
Welcome to the program turkeys president says attacks against Syrian Government forces will continue unless a reverse their advance in italy province turkeys military operations ratcheted up after dozens of turkish troops were killed in an attack in the region last week but rest time burdwan also says that hes hoping to secure a cease fire when he meets russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in moscow on thursday. Tells us to stand. I like to call on russia and iran one more time we do not have any problem with you and syria but of the Syrian Government forces do not withdraw turkey has determined as soon as possible that they will not have a hed lift on their shoulders. Is in hati in turkey with more on early ones military operation. This explains why hes been defiant today saying that Operation Spring shield will continue warning the Syrian Government against tough retaliation if they continue their offensive and asking them to pull out from behind the Demilitarized Zone so the Turkish M
What is described in the west as a russian invasion of crimea is a fact the presence of russian soldiers in crimea can you clarify that. They could do would have believed according to quote but the most of the moscow float of could and. As long ago as 1804 sevastopol is a naval base became the main military port of the russian empire on the black sea. During the 2nd world war the heroic defense of sevastopol lasted almost a year and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Therefore the naval base in crimea has a legacy of historical pride for the Russian Black Sea fleet as well as being of huge strategic importance. Those of us alive back then remember when there were soviet missiles put into cuba how frightened americans were and how angry and how we almost went to a Nuclear Confrontation over having weapons of that kind of destruction placed that close to the United States. Just so if the United States considers cuba to be in its backyard. Then crimea lays at russias doorstep. The conse