10 15pm on the 13th Of August on sunday, those two men were standing outside the nightclub, in south london, they were approached police say by a man who attacked them with a knife before running away. Both men are in their 20s or 30s, they were taken to hospital for treatment and have since been discharged, there has been no officers, officers are following up leads, they are crucial in the Ongoing Investigation what they described as a homophobic attack of the two men. We will of course have more on that story as we get it but now lets go to tie and write for the business news. Lets start with china. Weve had some worrying data this week fuelling fears about the health today, Property Prices fell for the first time this year due to flagging demand house prices fell by 0. 1 injuly, compared with the same month last year. Going into reverse again for the First Time Since china began to emerge from its covid lockdown. 0n wednesday, on wednesday, Retail Sales Growth slowed to 2. 5 , a si
clear and direct contact was necessary to avoid accidents or misunderstandings. earlier, mr xi described china s relationship with the us as the most important in the world. president biden made his comments at a news conference that mr xi didn t attend. i welcome the positive . steps we ve taken today, and it s important for the world to see - that we re implementing the approach in the best traditions i of american diplomacy. we re talking - to our competitors and the key. and just talking, just - being blunt with one another, so there s no misunderstanding, |as a key element to maintainingj global stability and delivering for the american people. - and in the months ahead, we re going to continue to preserve i and pursue high level diplomacy | with the prc in both directionsl to keep the lines of communication open, including between president xi and me. he and i agreed that each one of us could pick up i the phone, call directly- and be heard immediately. i think i kno
recuse herself from donald trump s classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website s tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there s new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book apprenti
seen as an alternative destination for the us to outsource manufacturing rather than put all its eggs on the one basket that is china. the country is having a hard time maintaining a status as the world s manufacturing centre, making it all the more difficult to bounce back after the pandemic. joining me now is james early, chief investment officer at bbae, a digital investment company. today the commerce secretary is meeting with her counterpart for a second day of talks, the commerce minister of china. what are you hoping will be achieved? what are you hoping will be achieved? sally, first of all i have learnt achieved? sally, first of all i have learnt to achieved? sally, first of all i have learnt to have - achieved? sally, first of all i have learnt to have loic - achieved? sally, first of all i l have learnt to have loic spake expectations for these meetings, if you look at the last three months john meetings, if you look at the last three monthsjohn kerry went to china g
largest economies are at their most tense in years. last august, the us passed the chips act, specifically aimed at growing the domestic chip, making business and blocking china s industry. beijing has responded in turn, including restricting exports of two materials, gallium and germanium to the us. these are key ingredients in making chips and it all comes in the same week as export controls kick in in the netherlands, preventing one of the world s biggest makers of chip making equipment, that is asml, from exporting without a licence, something china has complained about and analysts have said would only make us china relations worse. a little earlier i spoke to james early, chief investment officer at bbae, a digital investment company and asked him what he hoped would be achieved from these talks. john kerry went to china, got almost nothing. janet yellen went to china