Only moderately. Only moderately. Yet, overall, the data yet, overall, the data is a good sign for the economy is a good sign for the economy and it comes at a time and it comes at a time when there has been growing when there has been growing concern over the health concern over the health of the consumer and the labor of the consumer and the labor market, especially after market, especially after the latest monthlyjobs data, the latest monthlyjobs data, which was a big disappointment. Which was a big disappointment. Forecasters seeing a further moderation in the economy for the remainder of the year as high borrowing costs continue to filter through the economy, continue to filter through the economy, but most economists aren t yet predicting a recession. At the same time, the federal reserve is set to begin lowering interest rates next lowering interest rates next month as inflation slows. That may provide some relief, month as inflation slows. Especially two sectors heavily impacte
Vaccination campaign. Meanwhile, israel s military is in the second day of an operation in the occupied west bank. The palestinian health ministry say at least 16 people have been killed in the raids. Israel defence forces says it has killed 12 people. You can see israeli forces deploying armoured bulldozers on the streets. Israel says its launching the operation to combat terrorism but the un says the israeli military is fuelling an already explosive situation. our middle east correspondent jon donnison sent this report from jenin. Born a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has played a role in pausing it something world leaders have struggled to do. Earlier this month, abdul rahman was diagnosed with polio the first case in gaza for 25 years. The family, nine children in all, live in a camp in central gaza, displaced multiple times from their home in the north. The constant moving disrupted his vaccinations. His mother says others in the camp are afraid and stop th
Andris spruds, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It is a pleasure to have you. Now you are defence minister in a baltic nation, which is one of ukraine s strongest supporters inside the eu and nato. So what do you make of ukraine s risky gambit, this offensive inside russian territory? it was just recently in ukraine, and what i see in ukraine, it s a resolve. It s a determination. It s a resilience. It s a willingness also to take initiative. And what we ve seen right now is that ukraine is in a position to take this initiative, that it shows also that the war, of course, is a war of wills, the war of the mindsets. And here, we can see that ukraine also shows and proves that russia has its vulnerabilities. But did you, in kyiv, also get a sense of deep ukrainian frustration with its allies? because it s become clear in the last couple of weeks that ukraine didn t feel able to share any information about this surprise offensive with its closest allies. There was a sense, i
Says 16 people have been killed in the raids. Israel s defence forces says it has killed 12 people. They deployed armoured bulldozers on the streets. Israel says it s launching the operation to combat terrorism, but the un says the israeli military is fuelling an already explosive situation. Our middle east correspondent has more. Born a month before the gaza war began, abdul rahman has played a role in pausing it something world leaders have struggled to do. Earlier this month, abdul rahman was diagnosed with polio the first case in gaza for 25 years. The family, nine children in all, live in a camp in central gaza, displaced multiple times from their home in the north. The constant moving disrupted his vaccinations. His mother says others in the camp are afraid and stop their children playing with them. Translation: the virus stopped his progress. I he stopped sitting, stopped walking, stopped crawling and stopped moving. I want him to be treated. He wants to live and walk like o
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