A protective order after the former president lashes out online. Plus, niger ignores the president s airspace back in power. And against the odds how a man survived more than 30 hours in sharkinfested waters thats after a wave wiped out his boat. Good morning, and welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, im rahel sol solomon. Lets start here, Donald Trumps tours have in the afternoon to meet a deadline in this alleged attempts to overturn the election. And that will limit what he says during discovery. And the judge has ordered trumps side to respond to that request. This is all part of ans indicating back and forth that included trump making threats and insults at the Justice Department saturday night. I will direct a completely very, very powerful overhaul of the doj. Were not going to have cowards, were not going to have cowards like bill barr. Virtually every poll, were kicking bidens ass. If i wasnt, we wouldnt be under investigation by deranged jack smith. Hes a
meaningful, i think then certainly we will have a huge reaction in the market. but for now, i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. so anything more meaningful coming into the market. into the market. so we have reached the into the market. so we have reached the halfway - into the market. so we have reached the halfway point i into the market. so we have reached the halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? the health of the global econom ? . v . economy? that s an intriguing question- economy? that s an intriguing question- i economy? that s an intriguing question. ithink economy? that s an intriguing question. i think throughout l question. i think throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers and policymakers have been very much focused on taming inflation, bringing inflation under control. and a lot of these banks have failed to bring inflation to the target level, which is still running quite
i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. we have reached now the halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? that s a really intriguing question. i think throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers and policy makers have been focused on containing inflation, bringing inflation under control, and a lot of these banks have failed to bring the inflation to the target level, which is still running quite high, so especially in the uk, the cost of living crisis is a huge issue, and inflation data last week has already shown that there is no easiness or ease off in the data for the time being. but, having said all those pessimistic things and pointed to those factors, i think i am a bit more optimistic going into h2 of this year because i think inflation is going to come closer to the central bank s target, whether we are talking about the federal reserve, whether we re talking the ecb, and, of course, inflation is
jonathan charles is back with us geopolitical insight advisor, specialising in russia and the countries around it and a former bbc correspondent in moscow and ukraine markets in moscow and ukraine quick to react and no surprise markets quick to react and no surprise that the rouble has sunk. it surprise that the rouble has sunk. . , , ., ., sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks - sunk. it hasn t been doing that well for several weeks and - well for several weeks and months and it was inevitable with uncertainty and that is what we have with russia now, it has exacerbated a trend and we have seen that fall in the rouble. untilwe we have seen that fall in the rouble. until we know what is going to happen, can vladimir putin reassert that sense of strongman rule which at least is certainty, it may not be very nice, but at least it is certainty, then there will be questions about the economy, about the roub
wise ministers. this is probably the biggest delegation saudi arabia has a centre for the summit in the last so many years. this comes just two weeks after the chinese arab business, the 10th ofjune, in which we saw a huge chinese delegation coming in. both countries are looking at this as an opportunity to really deepen their economic push, which we have seen really flourishing, at least on the surface of the last few months. it president started with a presence she champagne s visit, last year, and we have seen chinese companies in western saudi arabia, and if you look on paper, saudi arabia is china s large supply of oil, and also its largest trading partner. but the companies are now looking past other sections of the economy and business where they can both come together. tell and business where they can both come together. come together. tell us a bit more about that, come together. tell us a bit more about that, especially come together. tell us a bit more abou