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back from and a dramatic come back from argentina denies south africa their first ever world cup victory. hello and a warm welcome. former us president donald trump is facing three new charges over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. federal prosecutors filed an indictment on thursday seening superseding formal federal charges made on thursday seening superseding formalfederal charges made in john to which trump has pleaded not guilty. mr trump and two of his employees at his florida estate, mar—a—lago, have been charged with obstructing the investigation into the former president's retention of top secret documents. court documents claim employees were asked to delete camera footage recordings of the basement where classified documents had been stored after he'd been
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served a subpoena to produce the footage. mr trump's campaign has responded to the new chargeses calling it a "desperate and attempt by the government to harass him." on thursday, lawyers —— trump's lawyers met into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. a potential indictment in that case is still looming. our north america correspondent reports from washington. the latest charges are there in florida alleging that the former president retained top secret documents after leaving office. those were said to have included defense information. mr trump was already told that he would face trial for this next may. his aide, walt nater, was already named as a co—defendant, and it's alleged that he and another defendant from mar—a—lago are being charged with obstructing investigators. in plain terms,
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the prosecution is claiming that both of mr trump's employees worked on his behalf to destroy evidence. these are allegations for now, but prosecutors say that having spoken to him, mr do olivera pressured an it worker to cctv footage of a storage room where documents were served. this was said to be two days after a supboena were there. mr trump and mr nater pleaded not guilty to this. a statement by the trump campaign after the charge described the allegations as more than a continued desperate and attempt by what he called the biden crime family, and their department ofjustice to harass president trump and those around him. and now a senior legal affairs reporter at politico joins us now. josh, thank you very much for being with us. give us some more detail about the new charges? well— more detail about the new charaes? wel . , , ., .
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charges? well le, as you heard in that report. _ charges? well le, as you heard in that report, there _ charges? well le, as you heard in that report, there are - charges? well le, as you heard in that report, there are two i in that report, there are two new charges of object struckion of justice against new charges of object struckion ofjustice against former president trump. basically, the prosecutors are now alleging that he essentially directed a scheme. it sounds like it wept through a couple of other employees. kind of in a daisy chain, ending up with this fellow, de olivero, who worked in mar—a—lago who was added as a defendant in the criminal case today where the message to him was basically, the base, it's no quotes in the indictment in several places, the boss wants this video footage erased. which would be one thing. except for the fact that just a few days one thing. except for the fact thatjust a few days earlier, prosecutors had served a grand jury prosecutors had served a grand jury subpoena on lawyers asking for the specific footage. so obviously, it is a very damaging allegation and a very serious one. sort of adding to the pile of counts in this indictment that the president was already facing.— indictment that the president was already facing. yeah, what does that mean, _ was already facing. yeah, what does that mean, that - was already facing. yeah, what does that mean, that they've l does that mean, that they've been added to this existing
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indictment?— been added to this existing indictment? ~ , ., ~ ., indictment? well, you know, in the federal— indictment? well, you know, in the federal court _ indictment? well, you know, in the federal court system - indictment? well, you know, in the federal court system here | the federal court system here in the us, you are convicted of something, the number of counts that you're convicted of if it relates to a single episode doesn't affect sentencing so much. so this is more about the prosecutoring being able to tell this additional story of alleged malfeasance to a jury, and to able to present that narrative to them that a former president was so concerned about documents that he was maintaining or had had maintained at his residents in mar—a—lago, that he went to rather extraordinary lengths to try to erace evidence about who was looking at the documents? who might have taken some out after the justice who might have taken some out after thejustice department retrieved them. after the justice department retrieved them.— after the justice department retrieved them. over the past few months. _ retrieved them. over the past few months, there's - retrieved them. over the past few months, there's been - retrieved them. over the past| few months, there's been lots of stories about various different cases. currently awaiting trial for a hush different cases. currently awaiting trialfor a hush money case as well. just bring us up to date an where we're at with the legal woes.—
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to date an where we're at with the legal woes. well, there are now two indictments _ the legal woes. well, there are now two indictments that - the legal woes. well, there are now two indictments that are i the legal woes. well, there are| now two indictments that are on the books. the second indictment now has been updated. that's a federal case as you mentioned. there's a state case up in new york relating to how his business records treated payments that were made to star stormy daniels just before the 2016 election. and we're still on pins and needles waiting for a possible second indictment from jack smith, the federal special counsel, that might charge trump with something related to interference in the 2020 election, or the 2020 electoral count that led, of course, to the january 6 riot on capitol hill. and we're also expecting any day, a possible indictment from another state prosecutor down in georgia who has been looking at the issue of president trump's call down there trying to get georgia officials to change the electoral... to change the tally of the votes in that state to make it look like he had had won it. so it's quite a pile—up of legal troubles that this former president and
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current presidential candidate is facing. current presidential candidate is facina. ., current presidential candidate is facina. . , ., is facing. yeah, it is a pile-up- _ is facing. yeah, it is a pile-up. where - is facing. yeah, it is a pile-up. where is - is facing. yeah, it is a j pile-up. where is this is facing. yeah, it is a - pile-up. where is this leaving pile—up. where is this leaving him in terms of trying to get nominated as the republican presidential candidate next year? presidential candidate next ear? ~ �* , presidential candidate next ear? ~ 3 ., , year? well, it's a big logistical— year? well, it's a big l logistical complication. year? well, it's a big - logistical complication. he's already facing two different criminal trials that are scheduled to play out during the heat of presidential campaign season next spring. but in terms of the impact on the race itself, it certainly hasn't hurt president trump, and all of the indications are that at least in terms of the republican primary campaign, that his legal woes seem to be helping him. the more swings and arrows that come his way, the more his supporters are energized and even others in the republican party who aren't so keen on trump, feel that the cases are unfair. so for the moment, it's consolidated the republican party and put the other republican candidates in the difficult position of having to talk all the time about trump once again. ok.
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about trump once again. ok, really good — about trump once again. ok, really good to _ about trump once again. ok, really good to get _ about trump once again. 0k, really good to get your analysis. thank you very much forjoining us there.— forjoining us there. thank ou. you. now, the united nations says it has suspended its humanitarian operations in niger a day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. more than four million people in the country are currently in need of humanitarian assistance. that's according to the un. demonstrators took to the streets of niger with russian flags and pro—russian chants a day after the apparent coup. and guards shot at protesters outside the compound where the president is still being held. france's foreign minister says mr bazum is "in good health". western allies have talked about the situation. here's our security correspondent. this is west africa's fifth
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coup in six years. it is bad for the international community, especially for the us and france and the region. america has a $100 million drone base there. it's the center of operations for france, which has only recently moved its bases out of mali following a coup there. into niger. what does it mean globaly? well, it means that the international effort to try to push back al-qaeda and isis linked insurgent groups is almost certainly going to be weakened. it depends, of course, how long the coup last and what the future arrangements are for western forces. almost certainly, the wagner group, which is the kremlin backed mercenary group will be looking to profit from this. they've already entrenched themselves in mali and burkina faso and the central african republic. now to korea and north korea has staged a military parade to
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commemorate 70 years since the signing of the armistice which ended fighting in the korean war. north korea's leader, kim jong—un, supervised the display of new drones and missiles and hosted russia's defense minister for talks on military and security co—operation. meanwhile in south korea, a ceremony paid tribute to un soldiers who played a crucial role in the fighting. this included over 80,000 troops from britain. and to mark their contribution back home, one former england cricketer as been painting portraits and hearing stories of veterans who survived. archive: forfour days, the gloucesters withstood a chinese army. the faces of those who survived are now revealing to us the marks the korean war made on the men who fought it. joe collett, who's troubled a little bit, and he got wounded early on. roy mills, i wanted to show his hands, because every other sentence was about fighting. there's harry hawksworth, just i thought, he's just so proud to put the beret
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on and show the medals off. he was like some of the things i've heard painting these portraits, i'mjust shaking my head going, "i don't know how you did that." private bryan hamlet was on national service with the gloucestershire regiment. i never knew where korea was, i never heard of korea, like you know. the furthest i had been before was weston—super—mare! you were a young man? yeah, i had me 19th birthday on the boat going over. and it was cold, right? bloody cold! the first job we done was minus 40. that cold it hurt! archive: so centurion tanks move forward to clear the way. more british soldiers died than in the falklands, the gulf war, afghanistan and iraq combined. lieutenant colonel banbury watches his men move up... but a nation still weary from world war underrated their faraway sacrifice. seeing the results of napalm, that was horrendous. i mean, it was just bloody horrible, suffocating, weren't they, really?
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you know, just charred bodies like, you know. it's not a game show. it's. . . real. when you when you shoot somebody, they're dead. when you see your first person shot, you sort of grew up overnight, like. can you just pull your jacket around a bit? some of the families have been sat around watching me paint. they go, "oh, wow, i never, we don't even know he did that", you know? so it's been a real amazing experience. archive: the enemy surrenderand... - a multinational force stopped north korea imposing communism on the south, but at huge cost. you look back at it and you think, "what the hell was it all about?" look at all those lives lost. what they say is that you gave us our democracy. battle took lives, and captivity crushed youthful innocence. brian and many comrades spent two years in prison camps. we know we want their legacy to live on, but it seems to have helped these guys
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get rid of the badness. yeah, but what a privilege for me. so much was lost, and korea is still divided. we call that quits for today. brilliant. yeah, that's good. 0h, great sitter. you see, what a sitter! but its sacrifices are not forgotten. i still question why i survived. why me? you learn to live with it, don't you? you can shut it out. you know, you can remember the good times, the comradeship. that's the main thing. dan johnson, bbc news, gloucester. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. she's spent the past year hosting ukrainian families. today she spoke to natalie who
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has since returned to kyiv with her son. ., . , , her son. how are things in kyiv at the moment? _ her son. how are things in kyiv at the moment? it's _ her son. how are things in kyiv at the moment? it's unpreablej at the moment? it's unpreable here in ukraine, _ at the moment? it's unpreable here in ukraine, in _ at the moment? it's unpreable here in ukraine, in kyiv. - at the moment? it's unpreable here in ukraine, in kyiv. so - here in ukraine, in kyiv. so you— here in ukraine, in kyiv. so you never— here in ukraine, in kyiv. so you never know what will happen _ you never know what will happen-— you never know what will happen. as if to prove it, here's what _ happen. as if to prove it, here's what happened . happen. as if to prove it, i here's what happened within minutes of zoom call ending. sirens sirens warning of shelling in kyiv — again. 700 ukrainian families have been hosted in somerset currently, but more are needed. we have more houses — but more are needed. we have more houses at _ but more are needed. we have more houses at the _ but more are needed. we have more houses at the beginning l more houses at the beginning than we needed, but that has very much changed and i think a lot of that is down to the cost of living crisis. if the war carries on as it's going, we're going to really need more support from residents here in somerset. support from residents here in somerset-— somerset. julie had had two families staying _ somerset. julie had had two families staying at - somerset. julie had had two families staying at once. - somerset. julie had had twoj families staying at once. it's the best thing _ families staying at once. it's the best thing we've ever done. for more — the best thing we've ever done. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. welcome back. you're live with bbc news. now, it is day nine of the women's world cup and
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the game between argentina and south africa has ended 2—2. argentina trailed 2—0 against south africa, and for large parts of the game, south africa looked set for an historic win. but in the 74th minute, argentina mounted a remarkable come back denying south africa their first ever women's world cup victory. well, there was plenty more action to come today. china are playing against haiti and injust a today. china are playing against haiti and in just a few hours' time, england will take on denmark. let's talk now to jude morris king, a member of the football supporters association for fans in the football supporters association forfans in england and wales and currently in sydney enjoying all of the action. tell us how the tournament has been for you so far.— been for you so far. yeah, so, it has been — been for you so far. yeah, so, it has been good _ been for you so far. yeah, so, it has been good so far. this | it has been good so far. this is actually the first game that we are getting to see live, so very excited for that. we have been catching up on the tv. unfortunately australia is not showing as many games as they are in the uk but we are trying
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to see as much as we can. that is difficult- _ to see as much as we can. that is difficult. tell _ to see as much as we can. that is difficult. tell us _ to see as much as we can. that is difficult. tell us what - is difficult. tell us what inspired you to travel all the way over there for this tournament. you are clearly a fan, but it is a big ask, isn't it? it fan, but it is a big ask, isn't it? , ., , fan, but it is a big ask, isn't it? ,.,, fan, but it is a big ask, isn't it? , fan, but it is a big ask, isn't it? it is a big ask. it is a lona it? it is a big ask. it is a long way _ it? it is a big ask. it is a long way but _ it? it is a big ask. it is a long way but we - it? it is a big ask. it is a long way but we love i it? it is a big ask. it is a - long way but we love women's football, whether it is club or country. this is our second world cup we have been to. we travelled all around france in 2019 so we thought we can't miss out coming to the world cup, especially on the back of the euros and we travelled all around england and wembley and thought we just around england and wembley and thought wejust had around england and wembley and thought we just had to come out and soak up some of the atmosphere in australia as well. , ., ., ., , well. tell us how the game has chanced, well. tell us how the game has changed. suoport _ well. tell us how the game has changed, support for _ well. tell us how the game has changed, support for the - well. tell us how the game has changed, support for the game has changed, injust changed, support for the game has changed, in just four years time. we said you at the last women's world cup in france. tell us how support has grown and what you are saying that that — the difference at the tournament this year in australia.— tournament this year in australia. �* , australia. at a club level it
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has definitely _ australia. at a club level it has definitely grown. - australia. at a club level it has definitely grown. in i has definitely grown. in england we are seeing a lot more matches being plain at the main club stadium which is great to see. the women's england team have sold at wembley a couple of times. there is a lot more clubs coming in our, becoming more professional. there is a lot more sponsorship coming in which obviously helps from a commercialisation, the new tv broadcasting contracts that came out a couple of years back. it is putting the game out there a lot more, and we are starting to see that — the difference in the stands now. so, it is great having thousands more people coming and watching the women's game whether it is club or country. in england winning the euros lusty and made a difference in terms of recognition and support across the uk, didn't it? younger people as well. i know my daughter was an avid watcher and it has inspired her to take up the game as well. we all use the _ to take up the game as well. - all use the phrase "if you can see it, you can be it." if you
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talk to professional players today and asked who inspired them, a lot of them would probably say kelly smith, but a lot of them would come from the men's game so the likes of beckham, for example. now, you have got little kids, little boys, little girls, wearing lioness�*s names on the back of their shirts, so they can inspire and especially in schools now with the lionesses having worked for the government, they will be more opportunities for young girls to play football in this country which is brilliant. england take on denmark in a couple of hours time. how do you think they will fare? it could be a tough match. could ou could be a tough match. could you repeat _ could be a tough match. could you repeat that? _ could be a tough match. could you repeat that? i— could be a tough match. could you repeat that? i am - could be a tough match. could you repeat that? i am just - you repeat that? i am 'ust sa in: you repeat that? i am 'ust saying england * you repeat that? i am 'ust saying england are i you repeat that? i amjust saying england are taking | you repeat that? i am just i saying england are taking on denmark. you have a ticket so you will be in the stadium for that one, won't you? how do you think they will fare?— think they will fare? yes, we're going _ think they will fare? yes, we're going to _ think they will fare? yes, we're going to be - think they will fare? yes, we're going to be there. l think they will fare? yes, | we're going to be there. it think they will fare? yes, i we're going to be there. it is going to be a tough game. we know this is a harder than
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against haiti but the girls would have been spurred on by getting the three points and the clean sheets from the first game of the tournament. i think they arejust going game of the tournament. i think they are just going to push up from that so i am confident that we will come away with three points tonight as well. jude morris king, enjoy all of the action. thank you so much forjoining us. the us embassy in haiti has urged american citizens to leave the country as soon as possible due to clashes between police and armed gangs in the capitol. the embassy says us citizens have been targeted in kidnappings and displaced people have been seeking refuge outside of the embassy away from the widespread gang violence. the bbc investigation has found that google's earthquake warning system fails to alert people in turkey before the february tremor. the company says people may not have noticed the alert, acting that factors like internet access
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could affect the system. the british ministry of defence has begun an investigation after officials accidentally sent e—mails which may contain classified information to mali, a close ally of russia, because of an error. the e—mails were intended for the pentagon which uses .mil but they missed out the letter i and the messages went to mali. taiwan is holding its biggest military exercises in the quarter of a century. they reached their climax with a mock invasion of beaches close to the capitol taipei which was repelled by defending forces. the exercises are a response to the growing military threat from china and russia's invasion of ukraine which experts say has been a huge wake—up call to taiwan. oura huge wake—up call to taiwan. our a correspondent rupert winfield hayes was in taiwan and watch the mock invasion as it took place. a beach in northern taiwan is under attack. invading forces from china have
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landed and are attempting to secure a beachhead. but taiwan's own troops are fighting back hard with infantry, armour and even attack helicopters. the invaders are being driven back. this, of course, is not a real battle. one day it could be and taiwan wants to show china and the rest of the world that it is ready. they have long been questions about whether taiwan takes the military threat from china as seriously as it should and whether it has the will and indeed the ability to fight if china ever sent its troops to land on these beaches behind me here. and since russia's invasion of ukraine last year. those questions have just become a lot more urgent. the invasion of ukraine has prompted the largest military and civilian exercises here in taiwan in at least a quarter of a century. there is a palpable sense from people here that the threat from china is real. and time to prepare
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is getting short. translation: relations l with china are really tense. actually, they are really frightening. so we need this sort of practice. the sense of urgency is being driven by china's president xi jinping. he has described unification of taiwan with china as inevitable, and has even set a deadline — 2049. but experts say xi jinping's plan is to build a military so powerful that taiwan will realise it has no hope and will capitulate. i don't think the objective is war. the objective is to have taiwan coming back home, right? taiwan is one of the remaining children that has not got back home. and this needs to happen by 20119. we know that xi jinping operates on deadline. within that context, however, the use of force is not the first option. in fact, if the options that one needs to put in place, if everything else fails. if that is xi jinping's objective, then so far it's having the opposite effect. more than 70% of people
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here now say they're willing to fight to defend their island home. they do not believe that resistance is futile. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news in northern taiwan. a ukrainian competitor has been taken out of the world championships for refusing to shake the hand of her opponent. it was deemed as shameful. our reporter has more. this is a ukrainian fencer olga hyland. ukrainian officials gave her permission to face the russian fencer at the well fencing championships in italy just hours before their contest. the russian was competing under a neutralflag. competing under a neutral flag. it competing under a neutralflag. it was significant because it means olga kharlan has become
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the first ukrainian fencer to face a competitor from the first ukrainian fencer to face a competitorfrom russia or belarus since the invasion of ukraine by russian forces in february last year. now, the ukrainian went on to win the contest. this is the moment that the russian approaches to shake her hand but ucc holds down her sabre blades. now, why thatis down her sabre blades. now, why that is that is significant is there is a rule in fencing that says competitors must shake hands at the end of a contest, so what happened next? ukrainian walked off but the russian state. she was protesting and wanted the decision appealed. indeed, they even brought her a chair and the city and protest lasted for 45 minutes. officials and judges had a discussion and decided in the end that they would disqualify the ukrainian competitor. that led to condemnation from ukraine's permanency and aid saying it was a manifestation of a complete lack of empathy,
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misunderstanding of the emotional context and is absolutely shameful. now, the international olympic committee has urged all sporting organisations to deal with the issue of ukrainian athletes facing those from russia or belarus with what they call the necessary degree of sensitivity. they added that: this issue is notjust going to come up in fencing. indeed, if we look ahead, we have the paris olympics next year where it could be an issue and you may remember at wimbledon this year victoria azarenka was booed by the crowd when she and irina svitolina did not shake hands. the american singer and cofounding member of the eagles has died at the age of 77.
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he helped found the band and contributed to kits like hotel california. he left the band in 1977 and went on to release solo albums. he was invited to take part on the history of the eagles world tour in 2013 but was unable to join eagles world tour in 2013 but was unable tojoin it eagles world tour in 2013 but was unable to join it because of ill health. to stay with us here on bbc news. i am going to be back very shortly with the day's top business stories. if you would like to get in touch with me, you can reach me on twitter. i will see you very shortly. hello, there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited thisjuly, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough, in north yorkshire, we had just over a0 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon.
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but, by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands, in warwickshire, we had a high of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now, a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting to the north—west. so make the most of friday's weather — dry, with some sunny spells, showers should be fairly isolated, it'll feel quite pleasant, with the sunshine coming through. a quiet story for many, with temperatures generally at around 17 to 23 or 2a degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. it means there's a potential for another dry day for the cricket at the oval, but there's a further chance of showers on saturday and sunday, some of those are likely to interrupt play, and it's all because of this low that's sitting out to the north—west, the strongest of the winds to the southern flank of that low, the heaviest and sharpest of the showers on saturday, the further north
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and west you are. there will be a few drifting their way steadily through, at least they should clear relatively quickly. dodge those showers and keep some sunshine, it'll still be pleasantly warm, 22 or 23 not out of the question. now, moving out of saturday into sunday, our area of low pressure gradually drifts its way steadily eastwards, with another one waiting in the wings. it's going to close out the month on quite an unsettled note. so we'll see a spell of showers drifting their way through north west england, over to east anglia, clouding over with further outbreaks of rain by the end of the day, pushing into northern ireland and west wales. blustery winds for this time of year, once again. they will push the showers through quite quickly. top temperatures on sunday ranging from 15 to 21 degrees. so into the weekend, no significant change to the trend ofjuly so far — sunshine and showers, breezy at times, and disappointing temperatures.
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also coming up, the goldilocks economy. not too hot, not too cold. will the us see a fairy tale end to the crisis without falling into recession? and charging off the grid. the formula e season reaches its climax in london this weekend, but can the electric race series ever match the multibillion—dollar power of f1? well, we start here in the uk with the row over the debanking of brexit campaigner nigel farrage. late on friday, banking giant natwest announced the re—iing nation of the private banking arm of coutts.
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