u. s. are signaling that the u. s. may and her recession as early as in the 2nd quarter 1st quarter g d, p was negative in the u. s, and a lot of the high frequency indicators of signaling the up the 2nd quarter males. so to printer, negative territory, which would then create a technical recession. but when we look at the situation in the asia pacific, many of the indicators of such as the s and p global ph purchasing manager index survey indicators for many of the countries in the asia pacific actually showing expansionary conditions and some very good news. i came out this week with china purchasing manager and numbers, particularly the services sector for showed us huge, rebounded in june, so that signaling and in the asia pacific momentum is still quite positive on that topic. today, markets in asia, up on this, the increased possibility that you as president biden, may set aside some chinese tariffs to lower the prices of certain u. s. consumer goods. how important would that be for both markets and of course, for th

u. s. may be looking to ease some of the tariffs on chinese goods significantly that should help with easing some cost of living concerns for american citizens. but also it could go some way in helping to mend the relationship between the u. s. and china, a relationship that is often described by officials and experts who watched the relationship very closely as strained. ok, jessica washington live from barley. thank you for that. no, russia has vetoed the resolution of the un security council that sought to extend a deliveries to syrians and the last to rebel control that north western region. the u. n. is at warning that close in the corridor by the bab, or how a border crossing could be catastrophic or diplomatic edits. james base has more from the united nations. i think severe, acute my humor, as things stand, this may end up being the law. shipment of humanitarian aid, food and medicine from turkey into northwest syria. i think ethan cook lovely didn't, nodded 4 point. 1000000 people rel

u. s. may stuff, we're going to have a tough time because we keep our wages so much higher farmers think it's a small price to pay to preserve local jobs and foreign land. kristin, silly me al jazeera, cedar hill, new jersey, and the u. s. state of california, at least 6000 people have been evacuated as a fast moving blaze threatens homes near the semitic national park. emergency crews have been working to contain the bush fast since friday is destroyed at least 10 buildings and cut out a thousands of homes and businesses in the area. another blaze is threatening some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees. but europe's been in the grip of a punishing heat wave breaking temperature records and driving devastating wildfires from london to lisbon. the world health organization says the heat wave heat wave and gulping spain and portugal this year has killed at least 1700 people so far on the odd beer in peninsula people living in affected communities say, life will never be the same. same was r

u. s. dominant over the global financial system ortiz, rachel blevins, explains b, u. s. dollar may still hold the title of the world's reserve currency, but as big as competitors continue to gain ground, especially as washington steps up, its attempts to use economic power as a weapon against countries it doesn't get along with. but while the us has been turning up this thing, sions, countries like china has been on the ra, if in fact, according to the latest annual reserves survey from u. b as 85 percent of central banks say they either hold or want to hold the chinese you want. and that's no coincidence. as mainstream analyst admit that washington's campaign to target and isolate russia this year has led to concern that other countries will be next on the list. and that they could receive similar treatment if they don't go along with demands from the u. s. as a result of the current economic climate, central banks average share of us dollar holdings was 63 percent in june, down significantly from 69 percent in 2021. this as other countries, such as argentina and iran, have expres

u. s. president may announce new economic support for the palestinians, but palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is likely to press bite and over israeli settlements. they're now long stalled peace talks between israel and the palestinians are also on the agenda. dw is tanya kramer has been following the preparations for the visit. interview sla, somewhere singer's limbs treats are fully decked out ahead of president george biden's visit to israel and the occupied territories. many here looking forward to his arrival. i am sure visited by noon can make some kind of difference what kind i can say right now. this is a problematic time. it's not the best opportunity to try any kind of change, but could function that every time an american president comes to jerusalem, it's a great honor. but as a jerusalem, i should also a great hustle because the sushi will be closed and we won't be able to leave home . no, i think it's very courageous of him to come ashore. days after the prime minister has changed miami, which shows how special the relationship is made north. mm hm. yay. lobbied who was heading,

u. s. congress in may. the huge psalms, however, have raised a wave of concern from politicians in the country who are calling for better oversights of the 8 america sending to ukraine. we cannot save ukraine by dooming the u. s. economy. americans are feeling the pain. and congress seems intent only on adding to that pain by shoveling more money out the door as fast as they can. president biden has to stop playing politics. president lansky has to stop playing politics and theater. congress has to establish proper oversight of critical infrastructure and delivery of weapons and aid. congress must also fulfill its role as a responsible steward of taxpayer dollars, which this bill seeks to ensure. american taxpayers deserve to know that their money is helping ukraine be back. russia effectively, and congress needs to guarantee that oversight. we spoke to daniel mcadams from the ron paul institutes for peace and prosperity, and he says, the supply of weapons without any oversight, may post problems in the fut

u. s. job openings remain high in may, while vacancies did drop, they're made above 11000000 for the month. that points to the possibility the fed will keep pushing interest rates higher to bring inflation down. u. s. completion is currently close to 9 percent. european lawmakers have voted to consider natural gas and nuclear energy as climate friendly sources within the e use labeling system for sustainable financing. bod climate campaigners have criticized move, saying they will challenge it in court. the european union agreed last week to in the sale of traditional combustion engine vehicles by 2035. it's a timeline that's also shared by india, e. v. production is picking up there, so was interest. our next report takes us to the indian city of janai chen eyes called india's detroit. i'm a good reason. it's where many of the countries engineers learned their trade. and where most of india's autos are built. 25 year old swan a lot. the ready works as a systems engineer for one of the country's biggest car makers. it's great news for her family. this linda lawrence, but my family, i'm ver

may. oh u. s. t a department says it was an independent 3rd party examination and pulled it in extremely detailed forensic analysis. it continued, concluded that gun fire from idea positions likely responsible for the death of shitty in ab lackley. and it added, it found no reason to believe this was intentional, but rather the result of tragic circumstances. terean's family issued a statement saying they were incredulous, considering the numerous witness accounts and investigations by numerous local and international media outlets. human rights groups and the united nations that found in israeli soldier fired the fatal shot the investigation. the entire investigation is disappointing, considering the fact that we are not aware of any of the, of the results go process. we were not, there was no transparency. we were not given enough information regarding the investigation and we had found out about it last minute. so to us we still continued to call for a transparent and adjust investigation. the p

u. s during the month of may, the u. partment of transportation says the problem is actually getting worse. more than 237,000 bags were delayed or lost in may , which is about 100,000 more than may have last year. we found out what happens to those bags that don't get claimed after three months, they are sold to stores like unclaimed baggage in alabama, where people say it's like a gigantic treasure hunt every day. my friends at college and stuff are so jealous of all the stuff that i find here. you walk by. if something catches your eye, then then then it's a great fine for the day. the store owners say they have been in this business for 50 years, and they have never had these many available bags. airline analysts blamed the increase in the number of unclaimed luggage on the increase in flight delays and cancelations. they say that means bags that means bags don't always make it to the airport where they were supposed to be. they suggest continuing to check with your airline or travel agent if you and your bags are sepa

u. s. president may face tougher issues when he arrives in the occupied west bank in a few hours. israel's ongoing military crackdowns and evictions of palestinian families are expected to be discussed. and the family of al jazeera journalist during a workplace. he was killed by israeli troops in may as asked to meet joe biden, townhome and reports from occupied his jerusalem. this is the grades of serene abu accolade, the palestinian american journalist, who worked for out 0. this cemetery was full of people for her funeral. this may, after she was shot in the occupied west bank. ah, she was famous already, but for a lot of palestinians had there in body. but they lived through the possibility that they could be killed by israeli forces with little follow up for accountability. and now that's become a phone issue for president biden, as he visits the region and his administration law. it's an investigation into a death but concluded that even though the bullet was likely fired by the israeli military, it was without intention to kill her. now, abu at cleese families have a whitewash. she

u. s. job openings remain high and may according to fresh data released today. while vacancies did drop, they were still at over 11000000 in may. that points to the possibility that the federal reserve will keep a pushing interest rates higher. the fed is hoping to time down on demand for labor in order to bring inflation down u. s. inflation is currently close to 9 percent for more, i'm joined by your financial correspondent in new york. teddy austro study. when you think of a recession, you'd think that workers would be running towards jobs. why has the labor market remain so tight? yeah, janelle, well, despite the warning signs of a recessionary economy, we do still have an extraordinarily tight labor market as for why? well, i think this story is like a lot of stories these days. it's about the pandemic. think of the labor sectors that are the tightest right now. they are the same sectors that were hit incredibly hard in 2020. we're talking about services, accommodation, health care and education. these are the essential workers, the frontline workers who ha

u. s government and many feel it may be necessary to take up arms against it. archers at the university of chicago found two thirds of republicans and independents say the u. s government is quote corrupt and rigged against everyday people. that number is 51% among democrats who responded to the survey now the same survey found 28% of all american voters believe it may be necessary at some point for citizens to take up arms against the u. s government researchers found 35% of republicans and independents have that view. that number is 25% among democrats. 7 17, let's swing back to our traffic center, checking again with sal monitoring a monday kind of commute. that's right last year, and we're going to go right to livermore. here we do have an earlier crash on westbound 5 80 . i was in the area of airway and this has slow traffic a little bit. if you are driving the crash itself is not that major, but we do have the freewr that, it looks good all the way to castro valley, and we haven't had a lot going on this morning. when it comes to the commute. south bay com

u. s. federal court immediately indicating he plans to appeal the rulings. we may a loss of battle here to day. warnock loses war. this employee told the u. s. committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u. s. capital asked banning to provide documents and testify in person about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. bannon ignored both subpoenas, so the case was referred to the justice department and however, the committee did obtain leaked audio of bannon discussing the president strategy to declare victory no matter what an errand it at a public hearing this week. let's listen in with a victory. it doesn't need a sense of what the democrats does more harm. people early that town their vote in may. and so they're going to have a natural disadvantage in process. they get better friends with warner. so when you wake up wednesday morning is going to be a farce. and of course, 4 days later, president trump declared victory when his own campaign advisers told him he had absolutely no basis to do so. alert and we all got although band and only lasted 7

u. s. federal court immediately indicating he plans to appeal the rulings. we may have lost the battle here today warner killers as war this employee hold the u. s. committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the u. s. capital asked bannon to provide documents and testify in person about efforts to overturn the 2020 election. bannon ignored both subpoenas, so the case was referred to the justice department and however the committee did obtain leaked audio abandon discussing the president strategy to declare victory no matter what an irritant at a public hearing this week. let's listen in with a victory that has a need for what is the same, what the democrat more are people early. they tell their voting men. and so they're going to have a natural disadvantage in front of you better friends of warner. so when you wake up wednesday morning is going to be far. and of course, 4 days later president trump declared victory when his own campaign advisers told him he had absolutely no basis to do so. this is a learned where i've got, although bannon only lasted

while in may, u. s. announced it would stop providing broadcast equipment and technologies for russian state owned channels. international editor of the morning star newspapers, steve sweeney consider the move by off. com and attempt to control the narrative in the okay, this is in reality, this is state sponsored censorship on and on was unprecedented scale. this is the sign of a weak government. this is a government afraid of the truth and it's afraid of losing control of the narrative . the news is coming out of the region from the mainstream. western price isn't really reflecting the reality on the ground. i myself a being inside ukraine, and i can tell you from 1st experience that the brit what's being relate to the british public certainly is in tune with what's happening. i was of course threatened, and when i was inside the country, i was threatened with execution. and there are other journalists, like even a canadian journalist who is also paid on the government killers. i'm not sure how they'r

may be facing. however, the head of the security service, the s b u, even backend of suspended, is an old childhood friend. his campaign manager, when he was appointed many people said he wasn't really qualified for the job. however, that may be some 60 s b. u agents are suspected of collaborating with the russians in russian held ukraine. the other case concerning irina benedicts is a little more surprising. she's ukraine's top prosecutor, the 1st woman to be appointed to the top law enforcement official job in this country. and she achieved national and international renown when she revealed that some 21000 investigations into possible war crimes in this country had been open since the russian invasion. president lensky has said that neither individual themselves can directly suspect that of wrong doing. but that the people working under them must be investigated in order to ensure ukraine's national security. and it's next fighter and key of an, as he also reports. now the war in ukraine. taking a huge psychological toll on the population that this is from a treatment center that help soldiers re

u. s. states department, you may have just heard the spokes person saying that calling russia pariah love ross trip is solely to stem the reputation your take on that. do you see, sir, go of ralph's trip as one of building relations or repairing a reputation? i think i think it's important for us to build these relations on the continent. so depending depending relations, i use the customer relations and continental reporting relations and are the guiding distinctions that have been imposed on fashion by the way. yes. right. i need to speak out and with great times from elsewhere, it's because they have been cut out the world trade with us. so that's that, that might be what you beta as well as what we said relations when disconnected. so in industry continued doing so when, when they're cutting things have spread on great focus on these relations can only be good for the pick up because it means that now we have more choices and we can, we can as negotiate, negotiate better terms. we told parties because now here's why he's busy, not the king size. so i think i have a chance to negotiate

u. s economy shrank 100.9% from april through june. that's second straight quarterly contraction, economists say. that is a signal that the u. s mayral reserve just raised its benchmark interest rate yesterday for the second straight month in an effort to curb inflation. most of the effect has yet to be felt, uh and there's still more interest rate increases, probably coming between now and the end of the year. that is what is expected. the fed's interest rate hikes have already led to higher rates on credit cards, car loans and to a doubling of the average interest rate on a 30 year. fixed mortgage time is now 6 45 , facebook's parent company. metta says its revenue dropped for the first time ever. now the company says $6.6 billion in the second quarter earnings down 36% from the same period last year. industry analysts say that drop in revenue is likely from increased competition from tiktok and a drop in ad sales. the company is also in the middle of a corporate transformation. it will take years to complete. despite that drop in revenue met a stock was up 6.5. twitter is downsizing office space in the bay area and around the w

u at almost 4300 or more than 21000 cases in nearly 80 countries since may in the u. s. san francisco in the state of new york had declared a public health emergency as monkey pox cases rise. new york counts for one and 4 american infections with 1300 cases reported their california is recorded 800 infections more than a quarter of which are in san francisco. still ahead on al jazeera, one of africa is most stable. democracies goes to the polls that tension the hi seneca watts by why chin is he is youth of risking their lives to leave the country . ah, the journey has begun. the 34 world camp is on its way to catherine group. your travel package to day. hello, we still have our tropical system making its way towards the korean peninsula. this is song by now being downgraded to a depression, but still some very heavy rain to come across. so the korean peninsula, as we go through the next 24 to 48 hours, it will stream across south korea, north korea, seeing some really heavy rain. eventually, it pushes out into the open waters of the sea of japan and runs up to was accar