Of the Global Economy given so many countries do so much trade with china. Chinese Government Data shows that the value of exports fell 14. 5 compared to the same month a year ago. That suggests the rest of the world is buying less stuff. The value of imports also fell by more than expected, down 12. 4 onjuly a year ago. But that partly reflects a fall in the price of commodities such as crude oil. The figures will concern chinas government, who are grappling with economic growth. The quarterly Growth Figure was just 0. 8 in the april tojune period, as the country continued its post covid recovery. And last month, chinas struggles were cited as a key concern for the Global Economy when the International Monetary fund updated its Global Growth forecast for this year to 3 . David woo is a former imf economist and wall street strategist and has been telling me what he makes of the numbers. You know, like some people are going to say, well, this is just basically a reflection of the curren
Antony blinken, has voiced his concern that nigersjunta might turn to the Russian Mercenary Group wagnerfor help. The group is active in neighbouring countries and its leader has welcomed the takeover. The coup leaders are currently Standing Firm against calls to restore democratic rule. Heres what mr blinken had to say about wagner. For sure, we have concerns when we see Something Like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. And here is why we are concerned. Because every single place that this group, wagner group has gone, death, destruction and exploitation have followed. Insecurity has gone up, not down. It has not been a response to the needs of the countries in question for greater security. I think what happened and what continues to happen in niger was not instigated by russia or by wagner but to the extent that they try to take advantage of it and we see a repeat of what has happened in other countries where theyve brought nothing but bad
An incident in the game against nigeria, when the lioness is defeated the super falcons on penalties, you can see it happening here, this is when laurenjames, who has been a key player, got a red card against nigeria. She was shown a straight red for what was seen as stamping. You can see pictures of it here. It means you will not be able to play on the quarter final match on saturday. England will be playing colombia. We understand now that she has just apologised. She colombia. We understand now that she hasjust apologised. She is most distressed about what happened and hasissued distressed about what happened and has issued an apology. It does mean that you will not be playing in the quarterfinals. She scored the winner against denmark in the grip came and against denmark in the grip came and a couple of goals when they defeated china 6 0. So, laurenjames out of the quarterfinals. More now on our main story. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis in niger have stepped up a gear. S
and died from the illness. he orginally wrote the song in 2000, where it initially peaked at no 83 in the us charts. however, it gained massive popularity over the years, topping uk singles charts in march 200a. to ukraine now, where at least seven people have been killed in a russian missile attack on the eastern town of pokrovsk. dozens of others were injured in the strikes which came around a0 minutes apart. the head of the donetsk region said they damaged a hotel as well as shops and office buildings. straight to kyiv. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is there. james, what more can you tell us about the attack? are there bodies trapped in the rubble? , ,. ., , ., rubble? yes, rescue efforts are continuing rubble? yes, rescue efforts are continuing today.
however, it gained massive popularity over the years, topping uk singles charts in march 200a. to the women s world cup now and france have taken a commanding 3 0 lead over morocco in adelaide. the french side look to be well in control deep into the first half. the winner of this game will go on to face tournament hosts australia on saturday. earlier today, we saw a little more world cup history made with colombia advancing to the quarterfinals for the very first time. the south american side secured their spot in the final eight with 1 0 victory over jamaica in brisbane. forjamaica, it was a bit of history too. this was the first time they ve made it out of the group stage. colombia will now meet england in the quarterfinals. the lionesses barely made it passed nigeria, securing a win in a penalty shoot out. sports correspondent katie gornall has been following the day s action at a fan park in brisbane.