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second—biggest economy grew 1.6% on annualised rate, much better than what had been predicting, thanks to private consumption and an unexpected rise in capital expenditure. lets bring in neil newman from the quarry capital who joins us live from tokyo. thank you for joining us. the data has come out a lot stronger than expected, talk us through whats been doing quite well. this is a very big and positive surprise. we have been closely watching wage growth, the wage number, which hasn...

americas defence secretary says hes had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighter jet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the unmanned aircraft. its thought to be 1,200 metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, americas top general said the whole incident was a result of russias increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defence secretary...