And is now the worlds fourth largest economy. It had been the second largest until china overtook it in 2010. Japan has also been battling a deflationary spiral for a generation, but that ended late last year. Mariko oi has been following the story for us from our asia business hub. What more can you tell us about ishibas economic manifesto . Well, his economic policies are still rather unclear. He has been criticised during the Election Campaign for lacking a clear economic vision. One thing we do know is that he was quite critical of the shinzo abe, who implemented investor friendly policies. During the Press Conference he held this evening he talked about how investors may have benefited, but not ordinary consumers, so we may see some changes there. The value of the japanese yen, it jumped the value of the japanese yen, itjumped because shigeru it jumped because Shigeru Ishiba itjumped because Shigeru Ishiba supported the independence of the central bank, as opposed to his oppositio
Government is only talking to a ten own mps and talking into an election. Levelling up funds, £242 million to be spent in canary wharf, one of the most expensive postcodes in the uk. What is that but a bribe towards the election for london may. We are seeing a government in its final throes, we are seeing a government in its finalthroes, is we are seeing a government in its final throes, is on the government emphasising wealthy taff tax breaks for the wealthy and making a real difference to peoples lives. People on low wages were disproportionately dependent on the very Public Services that are being cut at the same time. Services that are being cut at the same Time Services that are being cut at the same time. ,. ,. ,. , same time. You have the powers to initiate two same time. You have the powers to initiate two devolved same time. You have the powers to initiate two devolved taxes, same time. You have the powers to initiate two devolved taxes, its initiate two devolved taxes, its t
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin here in washington, where the us defense secretary had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian warplane and an american surveillance drone. russia s security council says it will try and retrieve the wreckage of the us drone that crashed into the black sea on tuesday. moscow has told washington to keep well away from its air space, as the two sides blamed each other for the incident, which took place in international air space near territory russia claims to have annexed from ukraine. the us says russian fighterjets intercepted the drone, causing it to crash, but moscow denies this. a senior official in washington says the us is also assessing whether it can retrieve the drone, which is in very deep waters. the us defense secretary said today the episode was part of a pattern of aggressive, risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in in
price rises and a difficult winter with the nhs. that is the situation liz truss finds herself in. if you have been generous you would see last week would be a perfect storm in a good way for labour to conduct an opinion poll immediately after their party conference when all the attention has been on them and at the same time when britain is going through economic difficulties as a result of the situation with the pound but it does not get away from the fact the picture is bleak for conservatives and the underlying data without it is the question of who would be the best prime minister or the crucial question of which party can be trusted on the economy, these all paint a good picture for labour. the question for the conservatives as candidates on this around and if they can there s a turnaround start with liz truss s leadership speech? the turnaround start with liz truss s leadership speech? turnaround start with liz truss s leadership speech? the article also hiuuhlihts le
on this map before you eased it. the 26 states that are highlighted in red here are the states that have already banned abortion or are likely to ban it very soon. this does not tell the complete story of the legal battles and complications happening on the ground right now. all of these 26 states where abortion rights are over or about to be over. as of today, you cannot access an abortion in just these nine states that are in the deeper red. total abortion bans enough fully in effect and six of these nine states. the other three, arizona, wisconsin, and west virginia, the laws remain unclear. they pose enough of a legal risk that people have stopped offering abortion care entirely. there s no abortion services whatsoever at any point. in the states alone, they re 14 and a half million women of reproductive age who no longer have any access to abortion services within their state if they need it. we can see the number the states in the south. you cannot get an abortion anywh