People in the US are spending more than earlier in the year as the country's consumer sentiment survey results rise to a three-month high. We hear from the director of the University of Michigan’s survey Joanne Hsu and restaurant owner Duane Greenleaf.

An armed man who held customers and staff hostage in a Beirut bank has been hailed as a hero. Journalist Wael Talib explains from Lebanon.

The French nuclear company EDF is suing its own government for more than eight billion dollars after it was forced to sell energy to consumers at a loss. Carole Nakhle an energy economist in Germany tells us whether this could set a precedent of nationalising energy countries across Europe.

(Picture: HOUSTON, TEXAS - JULY 15: A customer shops in a Kroger grocery store on July 15, 2022 in Houston, Texas. Picture Credit: Getty Images).