Higher in afterhours trade. Shake shack also sizzling in extended trade. The burger chain posting stronger than expected 13 rise in samestore sales, thanks to the return of customer favorite crinkle fries. Lets bring you the german zedd aug zew numbers, august is up from 63. 9 in july, ahead of the forecast which was 64. 7. We also have the Economic Expectations, which has come in below. Its come in at 25. 0, down from 29. 7 and below expectation of 32. So, Current Conditions better than expected, Economic Expectations slightly worse than expected. As you can see, euro dollar 1. 1036 today. Its up about 20 basis points and hasnt really moved too much off the back of this zew reading. We did see a massive rally on wall street overnight. Lets look at how its looking this tuesday. The focus now does turn to the u. S. Retail sales number, which comes in tomorrow. The health of the consumer, of course, will be a topic of discussion. In the meantime, were looking at the dow right now down ab
China centrals television reports that more than 400 people are injured. Emergency services are being overwhelmed as the injured flood hospitals. Firefighters are working to try to put out the blames. Two of them are unaccounted for. Members ever the Islamic State groups egyptian affiliate claimed they have killed a foreign hostage, they posted a photo purportedly of a croatian man. The group is in the sinai peninsula. The photo appears to have been taken from a desert. A caption says the man was killed because of his countrys participation in the war against the Islamic State group. The Prime Minister has responded, saying authorities cannot confirm the information is legitimate, but he says they are investigating. Islamic state militants have posted videos of the killing of a number of foreign hostages in syria. If confirmed, this would be the first such incident in egypt. A u. S. Military helicopter has crashed during a Training Exercise off japans southern prefecture of okinawa. Se
China centrals television reports that more than 400 people are injured. Emergency services are being overwhelmed as the injured flood hospitals. Firefighters are working to try to put out the blames. Two of them are unaccounted for. Members ever the Islamic State groups egyptian affiliate claimed they have killed a foreign hostage, they posted a photo purportedly of a croatian man. The group is in the sinai peninsula. The photo appears to have been taken from a desert. A caption says the man was killed because of his countrys participation in the war against the Islamic State group. The Prime Minister has responded, saying authorities cannot confirm the information is legitimate, but he says they are investigating. Islamic state militants have posted videos of the killing of a number of foreign hostages in syria. If confirmed, this would be the first such incident in egypt. A u. S. Military helicopter has crashed during a Training Exercise off japans southern prefecture of okinawa. Se
Troops to retake control of the kurdish region will a vote for freedom leading to a future of war also coming up saudi arabia says it will lift its ban on women drivers but is there more behind the wheel here could have more reform in this new tory asli conservative kingdom be just around the corner and the rise of the robots automation threatens every half of all job say experts but could it also change our lives for the better. Off its good to have you with us tonight iraq is faced with the question of keeping the country together it comes after kurds in the north of the country voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence a kurdish authorities. Over ninety two percent of kurds backed independence in that referendum that was held on monday but iraqs Central Government in baghdad refuses to respect the result it has threatened sanctions against the kurds and that could put them on a collision course with a newly confident nation in wait. There were euphoric scenes among iraqs kurds a
Then we look at the crisis in venezuela as pope francis calls for dialogue between the maduro government and Opposition Leaders. I would like to assure this nation they are in my prayers and express my closeness to the families who have lost their children. I appeal for an end to the violence and a peaceful and democratic solution to the crisis. Amy we will host a debate on the crisis in venezuela. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Scientists are warning that the earths sixth mass extinction is already underway. In a new study published in the journal proceedings of the National Academy of sciences, the researchers said billions of populations of animals have disappeared from the earth amid what they called a biological annihilation. They said the findings were worse than previously thought. The Scientists Say the main causes of the mass extinction of wildlife is human overpopulation and overconsumption