fight that court ruling that struck down the mask mandate for mass transportation. what are they saying? reporter: anderson, two days ago that federal judge struck down that mask mandate, and tonight we re learning the justice department is indeed moving forward with an appeal. they say, quote, to protect cdc s public health authority beyond the ongoing assessment announced last week cdc has asked doj to continue with an appeal. it is cdc s continued assessment at this time an order to require masking in the mass transportation corridor remains necessary for public health. the cdc is indicating that their rationale for moving forward with an appeal is two fold. on the one hand conditions right now require that mask mandate across the country, and on the second hand they want to maintain that legal authority. should the pandemic get worse, should they need that mask mandate authority in the future they want to have that in their back pocket. but at the same time as the justi
i mean, these figures for trade are actually even worse than economists had anticipated in terms of exports. it s the weakest data since back in february 2020, when china, of course, was right in the thick of the pandemic. why is this data so bad? well, it s mainly to do with china s customers abroad. they re really struggling with high inflation, high interest rates. so they re spending less money on chinese goods. and if you re a policymaker in beijing, well, it s difficult to say what you should do about that. you can tjust force other countries to start buying more of your goods. but there s also more to contend with. if you look at the spending within china, that s also looking not very encouraging at the moment. tomorrow, we re expecting some more figures to be coming out, which will probably show deflation prices actually going down in china. that s a bit more difficult to explain. but there are some people who think that china s zero covid policy went on for so long t
however, even the animal feed is starting to get scarce in the market and people are not finding it. when it comes to canned food, there is nothing left in the market, literally. and what we had was actually from the six to seven days of truce that we had at the beginning of this war. and whatever aid was allowed into gaza and in the north of gaza has actually been consumed by now. the israeli military says it does not limit humanitarian aid sent to gaza and that there is no starvation there. the bbc has been speaking to eylon levy, an israeli government spokesman. israel wants to see as much humanitarian aid enter the gaza strip as possible. that s why we have excess capacity at the israeli crossings for more trucks of food, water, medicine and shelter equipment to enter the gaza strip. we encourage countries to send more. unfortunately we have a problem at the moment that the un agencies on the ground responsible for disputing that aid are struggling to do so at the pace th
became the first unseeded player to win the women s single s title. she beat the favourite ons jabeur in straight sets, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. unseeded, unstoppable, and almost unbelievable. marketa vondrousova came as an outsider, leaving as the champion. she emerged to face tunisia s ons jabeur, knowing the pressure was on her opponent. no african or arab woman had won the title, and jabeur had victory in her sides. but vondrousova had a roan motivation, a career related by injury, coming to wimbledon last year as a fan with her wrist in plaster. had her own motivation. suddenly she was inspired. after trailing 4 2, the czech charged to the first set. jabeur s early confidence had turned to nerves. she is a huge fan favourite, here, though, and briefly responded. brought on by the crowd, the comeback seemed on. roared. but once again vondrousova realtor in an victory was hers. the first unseeded player to win the women s title here, her husban