Employees who have been out of work now for months. The Second Quarter Gross Domestic Product plummeted 32. 9 between april and june. Thats almost a full third and its the sharpest decline we have seen in u. S. History. The drop in gdp is nearly 4 times worse than it was at the peak of the financial crisis in the Fourth Quarter of 2008 the previous record was 10 in the First Quarter of 1958. Turning over to the stock market and see how stocks are reacting to this dire news. The dow jones is down by almost 200 points, just a little bit more than that right now. S p is suffering a loss of not quite one half of 1 . The nasdaq is the only right spot if you count the addition of 52 points. Nasdaq is up by one half of 1 . You can see stocks mostly regained their footing after a very steep drop at the opening bell and after we got that labor news. Californias jobless claims were down last week despite a nationwide increase. Our state reported 249,000 workers filed firsttime claims during the
Also on the programme a dangerous operation is under way in new zealand to retrieve eight bodies from the volcano that erupted on monday. This is as close as we can get. There has been quite a bit of volcanic activity in the area, toxic gases, tremors and of course the risk of another eruption. People are voting across the uk in the third general election to take place within five years. Polls close in three hours time. And Greta Thunberg takes President Trumps trolling on the chin by changing her twitter bio to reflect his insults. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and James Reynolds is in london. Its a big day in the uk where the general election is under way. Because of local reporting rules theres not actually much we can say about it today so we will get to it later in the programme. Here, there have been angry hearings on capitol hill about the articles of impeachment against donald trump. Republicans have argued that democrats were just looking for a reason to get rid
Closed shop to immigrants open. This is actually an example to the entire one. The whole world is united on this very special day, but finally day, a day of coming together of traditional food at east or cakes, easter eggs, children getting gifts. And its also a day of hope. It will, little taste are being celebrated in moscow and across the russia. As of course, the one that has the lake is from the christ to save it, to be drilled in the heart of the nations capital. The with so much to tell you about, during this hours broad costs from moscow, it is a pleasure to have you are taken off this hour with the story that the russian defenses have intercepted for us supply the long range missiles of a crime. Me. And thats according to the Nations Ministry of defense. Meanwhile, has been alleged that nato has played a key role and keeps a tax on areas inside russia and already has thousands of boots on the ground in ukraine. And the claims are made in a report by our russian non governmenta
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This is all to international reaching you from the russian capital. Welcome to the latest updates. I have mike off watching now russian air defenses of intercepted for us, supplied long range missiles of a crimea. According to the Defense Ministry now being while its being the last that nato has played a key role in key of attacks on the. Busy areas inside of russia, and thats thousands of boots on the ground in ukraine. Other claims im made in the report by russian non governmental Human Rights Watch dog r d. Steve sweeney has been picking through the details. A loss in human rights actors claim to have evidence, but to make to officials personally, im directly responsible for every ground the tax on the heavily Populated Areas in russian, ukraine alone with the mass murder of civilians. According to the foundations of buffalo injustice, nato has had a presence in ukraine since at least march 2022, with senior on the offices involved in directing. Come back to operations that guides r