To what he had to say. Before this War Putin thought nato would break. To name is stronger than its ever been in its history. When the senseless war began ukraine was a free country. Today it is still a free country. And the war will end with ukraine remaining a free and independent country. Russia will not prevail ukraine will prevail Ukraines President volodymyr zelensky, who is also attending the summit, called on the us to be uncompromising in defending freedom and opposing russian aggression. It is time to step out of the seller to make strong decisions work, to act and not to wait for november or any other month to this end, we must be strong and uncompromising, all together. First of all, america, first of all the leaders of america and the president of the united states as a leader of the free world, to be uncompromising in defending democracy. Uncompromising against Vladimir Putin and his coterie, uncompromising to every possible terror. Meanwhile, questions over biden s fitne
China plunged into deflation for four months with the sharpest contraction in Consumer Prices in m years injanuary. Meanwhile, falling Producer Prices continue to be a Problem. In june, they fell 0. 8 in line with forecasts, but easing from the previous months1. 4 drop. An ongoing crisis in the Real Estate sector, which has long accounted for a quarter of the Countrys Gdp, has dragged down growth. For more on this, im joined by kelvin wong, senior market analyst, oanda. Good to see you. What do these numbers tell you about the state of the chinese economy . If you look at the trend, it seems to us that it has started to improve significantly since the start of this year, and if it continues with this movement, it will actually filter down to a positive feedback to the consumer inflationary trend. Nevertheless, in order for the much more sustainable recovery, we also need to see movement in Business And Consumer sentiment as well, which is not showing up as well, which is not showing up
Now its reversing that trend. From the pulpit to politics the Anti Vaxers who refuse to change their tune as the Delta Variant sweeps through americas south. India dominate england at lords on the first day of the second test. And Coming Up In Sportsday later in the hour on the Bbc News channel, theres a busy night of European Football ahead, Celticjust One of the british sides involved in Europa And Europa conference league qulaifying. Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. More than half A Million Gcse Students in england, wales and Northern Ireland have achieved another set of record results, with both the proportion of students getting top grades and those achieving pass rates rising slightly from last year. It follows a second year in which exams were replaced with the assessments of teachers. As with A Levels a couple of days ago the numbers offer new insights into secondary education. Girls moved further ahead of boys, with a third of them scoring top grades, while for
Tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. Employers who still have staff on furlough will have to start contibuting 20 per cent of workers wages from today. And coming up later this hour, witness history. Team gb have two more Gold Medals on day nine of the tokyo olympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. And in the last few minutes, italys Lamont Marcelljacobs has taken gold in the 100m final. It means a new Olympic Champion for the first time since 2008. But heartbreak for britains Zharnel Hughes who was disqualified after a false start. In the gymnastics, Max Whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the Pommel Horse final the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to six with three golds and three bronze. In the Bmx Freestyle Charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in Herfirst Run to claim a remarkable