Situation where we ve got this high stakes face off between iran and israel. Again, though, i got to add, iran has been careful in the past not to cause massive destruction inside israel because of how that could escalate and devolve into a major allout war. So they could once again try to do something that causes damage without waking all out war. Kim dozier, colonel leighton. Thank you so much for coming on this morning. A new hour of cnn, new central starts right now the breaking news this morning, hurricane debby makes land the fall. This is a storm which could break records for the next week. All right. Who is the pick has vice president harris made a decision on her running mate the latest updates that an announcement that could come at any minute and standing by for the markets to open in the u. S. Futures are down way, way down after a record breaking drop overseas brace yourself seriously kate is out today. I m john berman with sara sidner. This is cnn news central for being d
Hello. How are you? i m very well, minister kono, and thank you forjoining us. What has gone wrong? a simple question. What has gone wrong injapan? you re a global powerhouse economy, which seems to have been stalled for decades. Why do you think that is? well, there was a bubble economy back in 1980s, and the japanese economy went through some adjustment, and now we are back on track. The economy is getting warmer and warmer. Back on track. You thinkjapan s back on track, when you look at your massive debt problem, you look at your very weak currency on global markets right now, you look at a cost of living crisis, which is clearly affecting japanese people, who seem to be very disaffected, weary with the political and economic status quo. Well, the post covid inflation injapan is much, much lower than uk or the united states. So, don t worry about it. And economy is clearly back on track. The japanese economy is growing back again. Let me ask you about the politics of japan. For pret
Recognisable cities transformed into an olympic park. Final rehearsals ahead of tomorrow s unprecedented opening ceremony staged not in a stadium, but on water, with athletes paraded down 6km of river on boats in front of 300,000 spectators and the eyes of the world. The man in charge today telling me he was confident. I can tell you that no stones have been left unturned. It s been now years that we ve been working with the government authorities in order to make sure that this ceremony and all the games are safe and secure because there is no party if there is no security. With an emphasis on temporary venues and iconic settings, organisers are vowing to deliver the most sustainable games in history. There s been record ticket sales, although hundreds of thousands of seats remain available. After spectators were largely barred from the last games in tokyo due to covid, the hope here in paris is that this will represent a return to the olympics in all its glory. This audacious plan to
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Now on bbc news for you, it s dateline london. Hello and welcome to dateline london. I m martine croxall. This week our discussion is all about money. Here in the uk the government has announced the biggest set of tax rises since the second world war. The imf, the world bank and in fact banks everywhere are trying to decide whether they will release afghanistan s frozen assets and thereby try to avoid humanitarian disaster. Our guests this week. The guardian columnist polly toynbee, mina al 0raibi, the editor in chief of the gulf based the national newspaper, and still suitably distanced, here in the studio with me is the bbc s business editor simonjack. Welcome to you all. So to begin with, borisjohnson s government has announced the largest tax increases in the uk for decades to try to fix the nhs and the social care sector. Some say that the £36 billion it will raise over three years won t solve the crisis. 0ther critics say that the tax rises are unfairly distributed. Let s begin