the u.s. trade representative and counterparts from canada and mexico who a few weeks ago commemorated the one-year anniversary of the usmca entering. they entered mexico city with u.s. entrepreneurs to understand how the usmca and trade affects their daily lives. we want to make sure we are driving a robust economic delivery, that delivers results. i also want to highlight that here, all three trade ministers are willing -- and that is also an impressive achievement that we can also be proud of. -- our women, and that is also an impressive achievement we can be proud of. usmca's small and medium enterprise dialogue this october, where our governments will engage directly with the diverse group of small business stakeholders to ensure that everyone is included and can benefit from the agreement. and we demonstrated part of this work yesterday when our three governments hosted a webinar for small and medium businesses on the tools that they can use to increase their online international sales,

u.s. inflation. jp morgan and goldman sachs beat estimates but failed to impress wall street. what is behind the share drop. the white house was set to one american companies about the risks of doing business in hong kong, ramping up pressure on beijing. haidi: we have breaking korea unemployment numbers. we are seeing the unemployment rate hold pretty steady, going lower. 3.7%. the seasonally adjusted jobless rate. we were expecting 3.8% and that has come down from that 3.8% we saw in the month of may and we are seeing more workers coming back into the labor force. stronger sentiment and lifted activity when it comes to hiring as well and is worse coming ahead of the be ok board meeting on thursday and we have been expecting signaling about the start of raising rates this year as these financial risks build but we will continue to watch that particularly as the covid situation continues to worsen in korea. that's take a look at how we are setting up for the midweek session in the markets.

on friday, the u.s. president said everything was going according to plan for withdrawal. >> we're are exactly where we expected to be. i wanted to make sure there was enough running room that we would be able to do it all by september. it is a rational drawdown with our ally troops. >> after september, only soldiers tasked with protecting diplomatic personnel will remain. the afghan people have mixed feelings about the withdrawal. on the one hand, content to turn the page on this period of their country's history. on the other hand, afraid over new tensions with the taliban. >> for more, we bring in the deputy dean of education in the government university of exeter 's social science department. critics have said that the u.s.'s withdrawal from bagram was irresponsible, given the absence of any kind of peace deal with the taliban. what are your thoughts? she was there for a quick second, but i think we have lost her. we will try to get her back later on in the program. going to move on now and to pass o

u.s. troops quietly pull out of their main base in afghanistan as the taliban sweeps into districts around the country. brazil's president to be investigated over a vaccine deal as the country's covid death rate remains stubbornly high. after destroying a village at the het of canada's heatwave, wildfires are threatening elsewhere. and italy have beaten belgium to make it into the semifinals of euro 2020, where they will play spain, who needed penalties to get past switzerland's. -- switzerland. ♪ respect a truce and let aid in or risk a devastated -- devastating conflict. that is the warning from the united nations to the ethiopian government and rebel fighters after the start of a war that has displaced millions of people and killed thousands. the government announced a cease-fire the rebels have dismissed, and as the fighting continues, the you in told security council members the situation is deteriorating further. figures were stark, 400,000 people estimated to have already crossed

obviously u.s. and nato troops pulling out of bagram airbase, that last night early friday morning has rattled folks. without that u.s. security blanket, if you like, which has been here for the last 20 years, people are feeling very exposed, because of the deteriorating situation across the country. the taliban launching this huge offensive particularly in the north, in the countryside, claiming districts and we're seeing districts fall every single day. i was just speaking to a woman who runs a woman's organization across the country and she said they have had to evacuate their offices up in the north, where the fight something taking place because obviously women are under threat particularly these women who have fled the taliban. this is causing a great deal of concern. we were speaking to local afghans yesterday, who said we hear the u.s. embassy is closing so there is the real sense of uncertainty and fear. on top of that, there is no political road map here in afghanistan. the peace talks bet

u.s. secretary-general. i guess the jury is still out. it seems that they are in the good way and ocd is estimating that tax deal could raise $126 billion more across the globe. janet, back to you >> thank you anetta, stay with us i want to talk about a subject close to your heart. let's talk about the developments over the weekend on the monetary policy side ecb president christine le guard says they will review guidance on july 22nd speaking to bloomberg, le guard says it will reflect the ecb commitment to spur inflation so, anetta, putting this together, one of the big questions we had last week when we talked about the timing of the strategy review, why would they release it now you? i guess they were trying to prepare the market for an upcoming change in forward guidance >> reporter: that could be the case also, they had their gathering outside frankfurt to bring everybody back together in the physical meeting and what i heard on the ground here helped to bring about agreement when it

we have been lagging behind in the u.s.. the u.s. is a country we love and our brands are well-established, but we missed out on many opportunities. if we go back to the 60's and 1970's, then we were in a steady decline. we recovered. we have been growing our market share with the newest car line both focusing on suv's. the u.s. is becoming an electrified country. the biden administration appends electrification. we have been advancing into fast charging. we are an investment phase which will be converted to electric car production. in the background you see -- very nicely received in the united states. it comes with many new products. iconic products, products in the united states is coming back to many more products. we have to use that opportunity and do the utmost to make sure we get back to the position we wanted to be as an auto manufacturer. alix: good afternoon. you have only confirmed local production of the id for suv in the u.s.. i wonder if they're going to be other models -- you talk about more models -- that will be mad

first, the u.s., u.k. and allies are calling out china for alleged cyberattacks including the microsoft exchange hack. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> the u.s. and allies have tied microsoft exchange hacks to the chinese government, accusing beijing of malicious activity. pres. biden: they are still determining exactly what happened. my understanding is that the chinese government, not unlike the russian government, is not doing this themselves, but are protecting those who are doing it. they may be even accommodating them. >> that spring in -- the biting administration wants to expose the extent of chinese activity with help of european allies. what are we expecting? what do they know? >> they basically have said they have done their homework on this massive cyberattack that happened earlier this year through the microsoft exchange server that resulted in a tax on a range of companies. this lays the foundation for a couple of things. it is really a very public escalation of tensions between the u.s. and chi

this year we see most u.s. banks and several investors commit to net zero, but yorty had several european banks and investors doing that years ago. they are behind the trend in that regard. another major barometer embracing the climate agenda is fossil fuel finance, something climate activists look at closely, but also those who follow the esg agenda more closely. the u.s. banks are lending way more money to fossil fuel industry than banks in europe. that industry is going to be hit hard by the transition, by carbon taxes. the u.s. is the one that needs to be catching up. that is really up-to-date. manus: thank you very much. you do not want to be on the wrong side of this trader left behind. updates on the green agenda for europe. coming up, the u.n. trade secretary on the trade deal with the u.s. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i have never passed a deadline for any trade negotiations because the important thing is to get the right deal that works for both countries. there is a huge amount we can do t

haiti's u.s. ambassador says security forces will need international help to investigate the assassination of the president at his private residence. the interim prime minister says highly trained killers murdered him and wounded his wife, who was evacuated. parliamentary terms expired without elections being held. authorities in dubai say a fire caused by an explosion on a commercial ship has been brought under control. the massive blast lit up the city just after midnight local time. a team worked to put out the fire. no deaths or injuries have been reported. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: still ahead, ubs global wealth management, dominic schnider, joins us to discuss the outlook for commodities. up next, beijing is considering closing a loophole that allows chinese firms to list shares overseas as ridehailing company didi has just done. th

the u.s. justice department. and evidence that you and aol individuals funding the audit have sought to advance the big lie of debunked voter fraud allegations about the 2020 presidential election. americans' right to vote is aootected by the constitution. it is the cornerstone of our democratic system of government. the committee seeks to determine whether the privately funded audit conducted by your company in arizona protects the right t vote or is instead an effort to promote baseless conspiracy theories, undermine confidence i in america's elections, and reverse the results of a free and fair election for partisan gain." what do you really mean? the so-called audit in arizona in which the republicans in the state legislature hired this th group cyber ninjas, which appears to be just this guy doug, to do some kind of operation on the ballots and voting machines from the largest county in arizona, it's lived for months now at this intersection of clown show ridiculousness and actual consequ

the policy on the u.s. side is that if you are a single adult or a family with children for not of a tender age, your immediately expelled stop some parts of mexico, some states along the u.s.-mexico are refusing to take back non-mexican migrants. those individuals are put into the system on the u.s. side. governors along the mexican side of the border do not have a consistent policy from brownsville to san diego. that leads to some chaos but on the u.s. side of the border, there is consistency of who is allowed to -- into pursue their asylum claims and who is not and by and large, those are single adult which are the majority of apprehensions and family units who do not have children of a tender age. host: let's talk about another part of immigration and that is the daca recipients. where are the legal challenges with that right now? what is the latest? guest: in the south district court, a judge ruled the daca program deferred action for childhood arrivals as a program put in place by president obama was

u.s. stocks to the brink of a record as traders digest a day-lewis of data and earnings reports to -- a delucia of data and earnings reports. shery: warnings from christine lagarde that the ecb will not tighten early. haidi: the big day is finally here. the lippy opening ceremony hours away -- the olympic opening ceremony hours away. shery: it is a picture across wall street. nursing u.s. futures rising a quarter -- we are seeing u.s. futures rising a quarter of a percent. a record for a third consecutive session. we have the old playbook resurfaced. the cyclicals rally we saw in the past two days coming to an end. the 10 year yield falling. treasuries rallying. the dollar not moving that much. we are watching the euro given that it has failed to hold onto those gains after the ecb meeting and the revisions to the right guidance. wti losing 2/10 of 1%. this after rallying in the new york session. there has been more optimism about the recovery only here in the u.s. but broader globally . t

jeanne shaheen former u.s. ambassador to afghanistan and other foreign policy experts discuss efforts to remove afghan allies from the country as u.s. troops continue their withdrawal the senate for strategic and international studies hosted the hour-long discussion. >> i want to welcome our viewers from a live stream in this event for this very important conversation, the united states with the country and thank you all for joining us today. today's discussion as afghan partners in the pieces what is the united states with the country and i would prefer we maintain a small number of troops in afghanistan that position has been made. the events are moving rapidly there in those afghans have worked closely with the u.s. military, with our allies, u.s. diplomatic development intelligent communities and are going to be a tight end of risk to taliban attacks going forward and there's easily tens of thousands of afghans who aided the u.s. over the last 20 years and not just military operations but the development of

u.s. e-minis lower after u.s. stocks snapped a seven day advance so asia seeing a cautious start as we had to a session that has inflation plus trade data from taiwan and we are keeping a close eye on oil. wti heading higher after their options we saw on tuesday. different views from analysts. at ubs, they boosted their forecast by two dollars. jp morgan staying pat on their predictions for crude. aussie bond yields, we are seeing a push lower, seeing it basis as much as eightht points, tracking the drop we saw in treasury yields. pulling up the board to see the move in that, we have a 10 year rate notching its biggest decline since february for treasuries, capping a six day drop. in february -- zone back in february. it weighed on u.s. shares. analysts say that china's text crackdown is raising questions on sustainability of u.s. equity evaluations. haidi. haidi: take a look at that big story. didi tumbling below its ipo price following china's crackdown on the company over data security. the message from beijing

yamiche: president biden defends withdrawing u.s. troops from afghanistan but he faces accusations he's leaving the country as it teeters on the edge of clams. and haiti's president is assassinated. what role will the u.s. play as the island nation falls deeper into crisis? meanwhile, more cyberhacks with alleged links to russia. plus, six months after the capitol attack, former president trump sues social media companies for blocking access to his accounts, next. ♪ announcer:this is "washington week." corporate funding is provided by -- >> for 20 -- 25 years, consumer cellular's goal has been to provide wireless service that helps people communicate and connect. our u.s. service team can hel find a plan that fits you. visit consumer cellular.tv to learn more. announcer: additional funding provided by -- the estate of arnold adams. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation. commted to bridging cultural differences in our communities and sandra and carle delay magnusson. and contributions to your pbs station from viewers lik

the u.s. did little better. new highs on all of the markets in recent trading sessions in the u.s. european futures suggest a little downside and u.s. futures also suggesting a little downside despite the fact that we have strong earnings stories coming through with tesla being the latest example. there is concern around technology and china and that is the counterpoint. chinese stocks in the u.s. taking a let down yesterday. but it has not stopped there. we have not drawn a line in the sand because on the gmm you can see the hang seng is one of the markets under pressure once again. >> the hang seng -- it is g20 only. hong kong stocks are down about 6% in the last two days. when you look at the gmm, you wonder where the panic as. -- is. this follows on a lot of pain yesterday. the two day move is 4.5% and that is when they have already fallen to the bottom of the range. they had a bad friday, a bad close to the week. this has broken through the year to date lows. and the rest of the world is

the u.s. that it is sending senior fbi and dhs officials to port-au-prince but has so far denied request to send troops to haiti, those as it will increase u.s. military aid there. meanwhile unrest is growing in haiti and it's a political turmoil and the worsening economic crisis. >> politicians are fighting amongst themselves. each one is claiming power. the leaders never think of the people. they always use the people for their own interests. amy: haiti struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic as the country has yet to see a single vaccine. we will go to haiti for the latest after headlines. covid-19 cases rose in 42 u.s. states over the past week as the vaccination rate has slowed down and the more transmissible delta variant spreads. over 99% of u.s. covid deaths in in je were among unvaccinated people. the centers for disease control issued new guidelines urging schools to fully reopen in the fall but leaving major decisions in the hands of local officials. the cdc said fully vaccin

up next, u.s. trade representative joined other officials to discuss the one-year anniversary of the u.s.-mexico canada trade agreement which went into effect on july 1 of 2020. >> okay, great. thank you, everyone. my name is a pat, i am president and chief executive officer of kansas city southern, one of north america's large railroads, and i am delighted to have been asked to kick off this remarkable round table discussion. my primary role here will be to introduce ambassador green who will introduce the panel and others on the discussion for today. but i would like to make some comments here just about the unique opportunity here in the discussion literally on the eve of one-birthday, anniversary -- one-year birthday, anniversary of the signing of the usmca. for those of you who don't know kansas city southern as well as others, again, one of the largest railroads in north america with a significant presence this mexico. so our business has been very tightly connected to u.s.-mexico trade since

in 1898, the u.s. with teddy roosevelt in the 17th volunteer of new york got rid of the spaniards and mckinley sent the rough riders in and everybody into cuba to get rid of the spaniards. why didn't eisenhower, why didn't kennedy, why didn't they send the u.s. military in, i was reading a thing about the bay of pigs on usa today in las vegas, nevada, and most generals at the time, the cia was not supposed to go in and do military operations. the u.s. military, the d.o.d. was supposed to go into cuba to get rid of castro. >> yes, um, both eisenhower and kennedy were unwilling to commit, at least openly, u.s. military forces to the over throw of the castro regime. one of the great concerns was to maintain good relations with the rest of latin america. latin america, latin american people saw the united states as over bearing, they didn't like them on road doctrine. they didn't like to be in america's backyard. they -- and so for good foreign policy reasons, it was ruled out that we would have the united

the u.s. competitive position in the world, commercially, economically and from a kind of international relations and foreign policy perspective. so that has been an important part of that story as well. so we have, as i say, an absolutely terrific group of -- they are more than experts, they are senior thought leaders on issues around this subject matter today. and i'm going to invite them to join us, now. and they are in alphabetical order, best are charlene -- nice to have her back. brendan, delighted to have him, marcy who is the ceo of calvert, the california -- -- and last but not least, steve hadley, who is principal at right hadley gaetz emmanuel together, steve and charlene cochaired a task force john and i led a couple of years ago on global infrastructure and designing eight u.s. globally for structure strategy. we are just delighted to have them back with us to talk about that and sort of where we are today. so, i think with that, we are going to do sort of tagteam q&a now. down th

the u.s. during the war. plus, crackdown. the chinese government tightens its grip on hong kong by closing the border to prevent a mass exodus. and, it's friday. david brooks and e.j. dionne consider what looks to be a major deal on infrastructure, the politics in reaction to the new c.d.c. guidelines, and the investigation into the january 6 capitol riot. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fidelity wealth management. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: this was a day of sobering and surprising news about

the u.s. is sending fbi agents to haiti to investigate the assassination of the president. those accused of carrying out the plot include many colombi ans. u.s. health officials say it is too soon for a booster shot to be approved. plus, meet america's new champion speller. she became the first african-american to win the top spelling test. >> it is like a dream come true. i have been working toward that goal for two years. to finally have it, it is the best possible outcome. ♪ laura: welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. it has been a seismic week for the nation of ghanistan. the u.s. and nato allies overthrowing troops, even as the taliban advces. the taliban have seized an important border crossing into iran. many afghans are coming to terms with the new landscape. our correspondent reports. >> the city springs to life. kabul's oldest market, one of its busiest. painters, masons, they all come here to find a day's work. it is always been tough, but much tougher now. >

in the u.s. needs serious reform. however, i am not really competent to discuss the detail. host: as the year anniversary takes place, the trade representative is in mexico city with meetings, with representative's from both mexico and canada. can you generalize what is on the agenda and what should be there? guest: i can guess what is on the agenda, and what should be there. they were discussing it yesterday in washington. i think in mexico the major focus will be on investment issues because the mexican government is extremely nationalistic and protective vest, and strongly favors that government owned entities, over private investors, some of whose interests could be harmed very seriously if the current policies are continued. so i would guess that would be at the top of the list. there are some agricultural disputes between the u.s. and mexico which might be resolved. i'm sure labor will be talked about, even though it seems to be moving forward. i would guess those are among the top issues,

both the u.s. and china are highlighting deep differences, and that is after their first high-level talks in months. let's get an update from bloomberg's emily wilkins. does the relationship seem like it is continuing to deteriorate, or are we having progress in these talks? emily: we are today from deputy secondary of state wendy sherman , speaking with foreign ministers there. these are the first face-to-face discussions with u.s. and chinese diplomats since we saw that acrimonious meeting in alaska several months ago. what you heard from the deputy secretary of state was that this was a forthright conversation, a professional conversation, but also a tough conversation. the stated goal from the white house is really to keep the lines of communication open between the u.s. and china, coming at a time when the u.s. has really criticized china for a number of things, from the microsoft exchange hacked that they blamed on actors related to the chinese government, to human rights abuses. last week we

i think a u.s. objective still needs to be and afghanistan at peace, and afghanistan that reflects the diversity of its people, and afghanistan that can ideally bring elements from the taliban, from the non-taliban forces that make up the government in kabul, different parts of the country, women, pro-democracy advocates and others all living together peacefully with their framework. if we can't get there, what should come next? we are going to grab hold of some of these problems today. it's bigger than we can talk about. but there's some very important things we can do for tens of thousands of afghans who we know are in danger because they work with us very closely. thank you. >> senator shaheen, you've been very active and vocal on sivs for afghanistan. thank you very. much there's been a lot of energy on capitol hill, especially in the last couple months and you've been a great part of that. could you walk us that you are thinking on how to proceed in the current activity in congress, senator? >>

reporter: why can't the u.s. evacuate these afghan translators to the united states to await processing? pres. biden: the law does not allow that to happen. that is why we are asking the congress to consider changing the law. but in the meantime, we can guarantee their safety if they wish to leave by taking the third country and/or while the wait is taking place and hopefully while they are waiting there to bring them back to the united states if that is what they choose to do. reporter: because of the achievements, they are really concerned. pres. biden: there are very concerned with good reason. when i was in afghanistan, i've been there a number of times. i remember being in a school outside. and by the way, the schools in afghanistan are not fundamentally unlike the schools in the west coast where they have an area in the middle of that is like a playground and single-story buildings connected around it. and i remember saying to -- speaking to a group of young women. i guess they were roughly -- don't hold me

the u.s. and that lend support for commodities, gold, the more cyclical side of the equation. shery: it's interesting when you talk about the inevitability of the dollar to go up. does that direct your preference for ems? >> in the near term, it does. we do like hell em is positioned -- we do like how em is positioned. if the fed does succeed in keeping interest rates low and letting inflation rise, pushing real rates lower, that would at least in the near term push dollar levels down relative to trade -- trading partners. >> for a while now, chinese listed firms in the u.s. have been seen as a good diversifier, particularly when it comes to valuation. you look at what is going on, is that an area where you think u.s. investors should be avoiding for risk? ask it is certainly a concern. it is an uncertainty risk. depending on how beijing must apply it and freeing the heavy hand over these companies, i think that is creating some investment risk for u.s. investors that do want that versificatio

on the u.s. side, issues ranging from human rights in xinjiang hong kong, the south china sea and taiwan. the u.s. side stressed to china, u.s. collaboration with allies is not meant to be seen as a u.s.-china threat. on the other hand, china pushed back saying it does not accept american interference in what it calls domestic affairs and will not be lectured to by the u.s. the next big question, will this meeting lead to another meeting of president xi asian and president joe biden? maybe another set of meetings between the summit of the u.s. and china possibly later in the year. for that to happen, we need more talks. given that these talks took so much effort to arrange, it does not augur well for smooth communication between the two superpowers. romaine: that was colin murphy, given us that report. we are going to pivot coming up to eight slightly different topic. we are talking about -- the rise of the east. there was a time when it was the rise of the west. there was a period between the 14

the u.s. justice department, and evidence that you and other individuals funded the audit to advance the big lie of debunked voter fraud allegations of the november 2020 elections. americans right to vote is protected by the constitution and is the cornerstone of democracy. the comedy is seeking to determine whether the privately funded audit conducted by your company and arizona protects the right to vote or is instead an effort to promote baseless conspiracy theories, undermine our elections are report -- with the when he really mean? the so-called, audit, and arizona in which republicans in the state legislature labeled the script cyber ninjas, which appears to be this guy dug, -- we it's lived for months now at this intersection of clown show ridiculousness, and actual consequential threat to american democracy. because the whole thing is aimed at, essentially, undoing the presidential u.s. result in the state. they are, thereby, undermining americans faith and the credibility in the final

u.s. stocks dipped from record highs and bond yields rise as investors here the fed may be letting inflation get out of hand. >> jp morgan and goldman sachs beat estimates but results failed to impress wall street. and the white house is set to one american companies about the risk of doing business in hong kong, ramping up pressure on beijing. let's look at the trading session in wall street. you can see the s&p 500 with 39 record closes this year down today. the inflation report came in a much stronger than expected. the headline is nearly double the 0.5% people were looking for. jp morgan and trace reporting mixed results as the earnings season kicks off. a big story in bonds. that 10-year note is now up over 1.41. the 30 year bond option was the big mover today after declines. it did not go well. after a strong inflationary report, no surprise. crude hit a 2.5 year high today. there were warnings of a deepening supply crunch from iran and other major producers. what are you looking at?

it was supposed to be the u.s.. how much does this push back the european recovery, given that the leader seems to be stumbling? jonathan: i know you have seen this story, the u.s. cdc warning in an internal document that this particular variant can cause more severe illness than other versions and spread as easily as chickenpox. this unpublished internal document obtained by the washington post goes on to say the vaccinated people infected with the delta variance may be able to spread of the virus as easy as on vaccinated people according to one published data scientist and a federal presentation obtained by the post. some headlines that i get your attention. kailey: this comes to the cdc guidance on wearing masks and doors. people who are vaccinated can pass it on. is this putting too much of the burden on protecting the end vaccinated on people who have taken responsibility and tried to protect themselves against the delta variant. we know those who are vaccinated are way less likely to be hospitalized or die eve

the u.s. courts can't get you. in tom barrack's case it is not just his vast wealth, his basically unlimited resources name him a flight risk, he is charged with being an agent of a foreign power working to influence the trump campaign and trump administration and u.s. government policy on behalf of the government of united arab emirates while united arab emirates and saudi arabia were pumping a billion and a half dollars into tom barrack's company. prosecutors actually didn't want any bond arrangement for tom barrack. they pointed out that barrack has these connections to very senior leaders in both the united arab emirates and saudi arabia and that neither emirates nor saudi arabia have extradition treaties with the united states. so there's the potential that if barrack was able to get himself to one of those countries via, say, his private aircraft, those countries leaders could take him in and protect him and he would never face the music. so prosecutors wanted no bond. that said, tom bar

that time u.s. needed hip so we helped them. right now we needed help, so u u.s. army, the u.s. go in and they have to help us >> r reporter: it's reasonable tom says he was told his visa is still in administrative processing, and the translators have already been killed, including a colleague killed ohis way to pick up his visa peter? >> richard engel in afghanistan tonight, richard, thank you >>> tonight a breakthrough between the u.s. and russia allowing urgent aid deliveries for syrian refugees displaced by civil war. chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell recently traveled to both of those border camps andrea, this deal came right before the deadline >> peter, only hours before the u.n.'s aid to millions of syrian refugees wasas to be shut down, russia agreed to let it continue for 12 months, but only through one corridor from turkey. we visited thaborder crossing last month with u.s. u.n. ambassador linda thomas greenfield who negotiated the aid renewal with her russian counterpart in around-the-clock talks at the u.n president biden commended the renewal in h

president biden says the u.s. is on track to end its mission in afghanistan by august 31, even if the taliban mix can submit the withdrawal. biden-related on america pot longest war. he says the u.s. will continue to provide support but it is not there to build a nation. president biden: u.s. support for the people of a cannon stand -- afghanistan will endure. we will speak out for the rights of women and girls. >> a top eu official says the potential closure of the only remaining border crossings would be catastrophic for millions of civilians. the eu commissioner for crisis management made the announcement ahead of a crucial vote for the un security council. it is due to close on saturday. british travelers who are fully vaccinated against covid-19 will no longer need to quarantine when returning home from moderate risk nations. the u.k. transport secretary says starting july 19, returning passengers will be told to take a coronavirus test within two days of returning instead. global news, -- global news, 24 hou

in the u.s., maybe microsoft. these are high quality companies that have the balance sheet and stable earnings streams to weather drastic changes in the markets. taylor: what about u.s. listed but chinese-based company is where you have learned quickly about beijing headline risk? hannah: we have seen a dramatic selloff in chinese companies of recent. if you look at geographic areas in the market, china's one that sticks out as one that is in negative territory year to date. u.s. is up 15%, 20%. chinese regulators have come under fire for that recently. $.10 to alibaba. they are all coming under pressure but have high run ups toward the end of last year. if you look past the regulatory noise, it could offer an attractive entry point for people to feel comfortable in the long-term fundamentals of these companies and the growth drivers. guy: just hard to get past that political noise, as you say. hannah, blackrock, really positive on europe at the moment. goldman sachs, positive on europe at the mo

the u.s. session two, but the regional benchmark index is coming off the lows after dipping below its 200 moving day . we are seeing the nikkei and hong kong among some of the worst performing equity markets today and i would also like to look at what we see in the u.s. bond market. you mention the move into treasury there. we saw that big flight to safety with the u.s. ten-year actually hitting its lowest level since february. td securities still saying you can see 2% within five years. we have been watching the offshore yuan. china's leaving the loan prime rate unchanged for a 15 straight mom -- 15 straight month. new zealand is seeing a 4% inflation spike. currently the worst-performing g10 currency. haslinda: that sinking feeling for grand trading in hong kong. reporter: yeah, this is really showing investors pessimism about its ability to manage its assets, particularly after we heard news that a chinese city halted its sales at two residential properties. we have seen shares fall substan

on u.s. student visas and how they take advantage of the visas, what they do on the visas while they're here in the knowledge transfer they sent back to china on a variety of sensitive subjects. we need to look closer harder look at that we did that with the trump of administration and hopefully that will continue but that's critically important making sure that the thousands and thousands of student visas that we issued a chinese nationals to come to study they need to be better checked, screened, vetted and we need to periodically check up on them because what we sell you can do one check but if they're in the country and they get extensions to the student visas and going to graduate degree programs, you don't have a good idea what they're doing, this is about disclosure and holding them accountable versus what they might do after being here years and years at a time, i think it's a growing issue to address within our university system, i think what we seen over time there's a lot of univer

this is "cnn newsroom." ♪♪ u.s. coronavirus case numbers are headed in the wrong direction, driven by the highly congaugious delta variant. authorities say the strain is the likely explanation for 10% rise in the u.s. infections this week, compared to the week before. experts say it's hitting states with the lowest vaccination rates the hardest. right now nearly half the u.s. population is fully inoculated and that's not enough to reach herd immunity, which happens when 70% to 85% of people are immune to the disease. health authorities say the delta variant could make reaching that threshold harder. in california where the positivity rate doubled, the strain is responsible for more than a third of new infections. now some officials are asking people to wear masks in indoor public spaces even if they're fully vaccinated. listen to this. >> we are not requiring people who are vaccinated to wear those face coverings indoors. we're just making a strong recommendation if you're indoors in a setting where you don't know e

u.s. >>> hello and welcome to "cnn newsroom," everyone, i'm michael holmes . >>> welcome, everyone. dramatic-rescue efforts underway, across western europe, as catastrophic floods sweep through parts of germany, belgium, and the netherlands. at least 125 people are dead, and hundreds of others, still, unaccounted for. bridges have been washed out. thousands, left homeless. and entire villages, washed underwater. in the coming hours, germany's president will visit the state, one of the country's hardest-hit areas. and have look at this. this house in eastern belgium collapsing, as the floodwaters rush by. you can see, people on the roof waiting to be evacuated. belgium announced it will hold a national day of mourning for flood victims, on tuesday. >>> in the netherlands, dutch officials have just ordered 10,000 residents to evacuate the city of venlo, about 40 kilometers north of where these pictures were taken as the river there is rising faster than expected. cnn's melissa bell is in the

the u.s. ten-year. we are still talking about 1.20%. we are talking about the 30 year which dropped more than 30 basis points in less than a month. i know we are talking about growth concerns but does it warrant a move like this? >> yes. but why do we have this going on given that we have a situation where people are talking about inflation and even if it is temporary, white have they got heals where they are right now? this delta covid variant goes on. it is really causing havoc around the world. we have seen that selloff take place on equities. it looks like a movie. it is the retail investor. retail investors by on that debt. we go and we see a recovery. will be see at this time? the jury is out. we are looking at this. every time we have seen these three presenters, people have piled in and they have been successful overall. >> we will see if they will get lucky because it seems like the narrative is changing right now. we are talking about central-bank diversions. that was the key focus.

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peter: the u.s. recently shut down some iranian-related news sites. is it possible the u.s. is the same tools to infiltrate and disrupt worldwide? sujit: yes. one of the great strengths of america is that much of the world's digital infrastructure is something we have helped build. the arabian news sites -- the iranian news sites you mentioned, the reason that is even possible is that essentially, americans had access to the digital infrastructure. there are publicly-known campaigns of the u.s. government has undertaken to essentially deprive malign cyber actors of the digital infrastructure, whether it is pulling down bot nets, whether targeting servers, damaging servers that are used to create problems here in the u.s., those are all publicly affirmed operations that various organs of the u.s. government have undertaken. peter: sam sabin? sam: there has been a lot of talk, especially in congress, about getting the u.s. cyber command involved, and maybe employing some of these things you were just talking about in response to the recent ransomware attack slinked to cyber cr

u.s. capitol on january 6th. it was six months ago today that a donald trump rally on the ellipse morphed by trump supporters on the u.s. capitol. with d.c. police and u.s. capitol police officers on the front lines trying to defend it against that violent, violent attack.pot the attorney general today said thank you to the capitol police officers for what they went through six months ago today but he also importantly went up to m the capitol police roll call today to update officers on the state of the justice department's investigation into what happened, updating them on the 500-plus arrests that have been made thus far, the seriousness of the charges brought against those arrested. also the justice department's ai efforts to find and arrest roughly 300 more people who they are still looking for. justice department -- law enforcement has arrested on average -- law enforcement at all levels on average has arrested three people every day since the january 6th attack happened. but some sus

if the u.s. can stay on that trajectory, vaccination can sever the link between infection and serious disease and death. this is the future we need where the virus becomes endemic and only the unvaccinated are at risk. sheri: rachel chang with asia health care coverage. we have plenty more to come. this is bloomberg. ♪ sheri: we've been following futures all week. they have fluctuated. we are seeing the biggest price swings in two decades, since 2002. this at a time when we saw futures surged to seven year highs and fully. -- falling. the biggest grower of coffe in the world, brazil. we see the froth concerns" temperature concerns hitting the futures market. we see the futures prices of coffee soaring. you can see there a 50% jump this year alone. it looks like vietnam will not plug the shortfall in supplies. the country is the biggest grower of beans globally but facing the pining shipments. our agricultural reporter is joining us. what is happening in vietnam? reporter: vietnam isn't able to

as u.s. tech has been doing really well, obviously chinese tec is doing very poorly -- chinese tech is doing very poorly. we have the u.s.-china tensions. overnight, we've got the story out talking about how cathie wood's ark investment has sold down almost all of their china tech holdings. it is a valuation pricing story. you are seeing chinese tech, despite that news flow, actually do well today. there is a narrative amongst traders in asia, hey look, we've been talking about these negative tech stories very long time, maybe it is priced. it is hard to get excited about a new negative story, given that we have been talking about it for months. anna: as we talked about many times this morning already, the inflation story is something we are focused on. we had the u.s. inflation data yesterday. we just have that u.k. print. the common link is how strong inflation is proving to be. i am thinking about new zealand, because in new zealand, we have had, well, a bit of a surprise, not a surprise t

military, with our allies, u.s. diplomatic development intelligent communities and are going to be a tight end of risk to taliban attacks going forward and there's easily tens of thousands of afghans who aided the u.s. over the last 20 years and not just military operations but the development of diplomatic intelligence communities most of these afghans families what obligation do we have to all of these people. i would argue we have a major obligation to all of these afghans and their families. there has been significant action thought congress to streamline the so-called special immigrant visa sib's process or are afghan partners who work with the u.s. military. that is one part of the afghan community and i think we have an obligation to and there are likely going to be many other actions that may be needed. there are a lot of questions such as why does it take so long to process these special immigrant visas and how and where might an evacuation process take place. they might be included in what heather visa act

u.s.. >> the s&p 500 snaps a rally with a plunge in treasury yields weighing on banks and small caps. shery: sydney's lockdown may be set to continue local reports saying covid restrictions will be extended for at least a week. this is a picture across wall street. u.s. futures are under pressure in this session. after we saw the s&p 500 snapping the longest winning streak in almost a year since august of last year. we had the 10 year yield really falling to that lowest level since february. the thirty-year yield is testing its 200 day moving average. so we saw financials leading the declines. the russell 2000 losing more than a percent. when it comes to crude prices, seeing upside towards at $74 a barrel level. this after we saw the tumble in the new york session, which has been surprising, given that we have seen a rise for the highest level in 60 years. it has been on a wild roller coaster ride given opec-plus failure to agree on output. it has all been about didi. it has fallen below t