beijing has stopped cooperation with the u.s. on military operations and climate change. meanwhile, russia indicates it is ready to discuss a prisoner swap, one day after a court sentenced brittney griner to nine years in prison. we begin with the increasingly complicated state of the u.s. economy, after a string of not so great data on economic growth, inflation, and consumer sentiment. a sign that things may not be as bad as many think. the government says employers added 528,000 jobs in july, more than double what experts had predicted. the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.5%, and when you break down that number, the numbers fell for minorities. president biden state more people are working than at any point in american history. that s millions of families with the dignity and peace of mind that a paycheck provides. he goes on to say there s more work to do, but today s jobs report shows we are, quote, making significant progress for working families. with us now to
over 3,500 people died of drug poisoning last year a record level in england and wales. and barcelona tell paris st germain they must pay a record breaking £198 million fee in full before they can sign their brazilian striker neymar. our main story at 5. four men from the west midlands have been found guilty of plotting an attack, similar to that carried out on the soldier lee rigby. a gang calling themselves the three musketeers, along with one other man, were thought to be planning to attack police and military targets on british soil. three of the men were convicted terrorists who met in prison. they ll be sentenced tomorrow. 0ur correspondent tom burridge is at the old bailey for us. three of these men had already been jailed for terrorism offences and in fa ct jailed for terrorism offences and in fact they met at belmarsh prison. information on all four of their la pto ps information on all four of their laptops and mobile phones said they we re laptops and mobile p
The number of fentanyl pills confiscated in Oregon and Idaho’s high-intensity drug trafficking areas in 2022 was over 3 million, dwarfing the mere 690 pills seized in 2018.
Is really, really dramatic and must be dealt with immediately. and then, joe, add to it the fact that getting a test is not an easy thing. a vaccine, it seems like, you know, there are less vaccines than, i don t know. it just seems like, what needs to be done now? yeah, that s a great question. you know, we are behind. and we are behind at first because we didn t test early. we didn t scale testing in this epidemic until mid-july. that has improved somewhat. we see people who need tests are getting them now. but, you know, the failure on the vaccine side and the ongoing failure on the treatment side is really angering a lot in my community. you know, the government announced that they had moved 10,000 doses of t-pox, the antiviral for this, but only, what they say, it s great that almost 300 patients have gotten it. to me, there have been thousands of cases and only 300 patients have been able to access this