impose the kinds of measures that our congress requires. i5 that our congress requires. is one of those signals the new us ambassador to niger, kathleen fitzgibbon there, this week, obviously a post yourself in the past. is that an important thing for the us government to do at this point? it is important do at this point? it is important for - do at this point? it is i important for kathleen fitzgibbon, who was a career diplomat, to be posted to niger at this time. but it is not, i don t thing, links, i m pretty sure it s not linked to the idea that the united states is sending signals. in fact, kathleen was nominated over a year ago, our kathleen was nominated over a yearago, our own kathleen was nominated over a year ago, our own domestic situation held up, i think, have been confirmed. she was finally confirmed i think late july, 27july also and so now they are sending her to post. but this is a crisis period in niger and our embassy needs professional, experienced leadership and
of america s culture wars. the company saw sales fall in store and online for the first time in years, after a backlash over its pride month offering. those reactions were so negative that target felt it had to remove the items from some stores over concerns about staff safety. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more from new york. between april and june, sales at target fill 5% compared to a year ago. at target fill 5% compared to a yearago. e commerce at target fill 5% compared to a year ago. e commerce sells the micro sales fell 105%. the boss of the biggest box retailer said it was difficult to tell how much was because customers were feeding the micro feeling from higher prices and how much it was over backlash to its pride month offerings, leading to items being pulled from the store to protect the safety of its staff. despite the sales decline, the retailer reported
are increasingly pushing first time buyers to switch to smaller homes. the average uk house price fell by 0.3% injuly, its monthly index showed. prices dropped the most in south east england. live now to our cost of living correspondent, kevin peachey. kevin, firstly, just talk us through the figures. it isa it is a continuation of what we have seenin it is a continuation of what we have seen in some recent surveys. this one is from the halifax, part of the lloyds banking group, the biggest lender in the uk, saying that house prices are down for the fourth month in a row. we have also had a 2.4% drop in house prices compared with a year ago. drop in house prices compared with a yearago. it drop in house prices compared with a year ago. it is quite at chunky fall