All the day’s economic and financial news, including new growth reports from France and the US
- Latest: Spain grew by 0.9% in last three months
- Austria and Sweden also grew strongly in Q2
- Reminder: UK only grew by 0.3%
Earlier:
- Breaking: French GDP grew 0.5% as recovery continues
- Big jump in net trade as exports surge
- What the experts say
- Coming up: US growth figures at 1.30pm BST
Today’s eurozone growth figures have helped to push the euro a little higher against the US dollar.
The euro is back over $1.17 this morning, a gain of 0.2%.
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Silvia Walter of Swiss Life Asset Managers is impressed by Spain’s recovery:
ok, French #GDP growth in Q2 is strong...but #Spain beats that easily, again! pic.twitter.com/zfMcbtFfFf
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Guardian World News
Friday briefing: Dark side of the Mooch – and Obamacare stands
White House warfare as Anthony Scaramucci lets fly … Republicans fail in latest healthcare repeal attempt … and have humans got it better than ever?
Hello, it’s Warren Murray delivering the front page of your day.
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Scaramucci likens Trump’s healthcare fight to Lincoln’s slavery battle – video
Donald Trump’s new communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, speaks to BBC Newsnight about the administration’s efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare, drawing parallels with Abraham Lincoln’s fight to abolish slavery. Scaramucci also points out that it took Barack Obama 22 months to pass his healthcare legislation
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Trump battle over Obamacare reminds Scaramucci of Lincoln’s fight to abolish slavery
White House’s new communications chief said it took repeated attempts for Lincoln to get ‘what he wanted’ and adds he is certain of a US-UK trade deal
The new head of communications at the White House brought up Abraham Lincoln’s struggle to end slavery when asked about the difficulty Donald Trump has faced in trying to repeal Barack Obama’s healthcare legislation.
In his first UK television interview, Anthony Scaramucci said Trump would push through the abolition of the healthcare plan, despite opposition in Congress.
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Trump to rally: GOP senators who oppose health bill ‘will have a lot of problems’
- Trump speaks for an hour at campaign-style rally in Youngstown, Ohio
- President boasts of accomplishments and rails against ‘fake news’
Donald Trump warned that Republican senators who don’t support legislation repealing and replacing Obamacare “will have a lot of problems”.
Speaking for an hour at a campaign-style rally in Youngstown, Ohio, Trump took a victory lap after the Senate voted to begin debate on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. “We are now one step closer to liberating our citizens from this Obamacare nightmare,” he said.
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Bipartisan hugs and a waltz with Bernie Sanders: McCain’s moving return to DC
The Arizona senator’s return to Washington was met with cheers and applause, even as he spoke passionately about the need for compromise in the Senate
In an emotional return to the Capitol, John McCain gave an impassioned speech about the state of American politics shortly after voting to begin debate on repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Related: Senate Republicans vote to open debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare
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Trump lauds healthcare bill’s progress in Senate – video
Donald Trump gives a press conference with the Lebanese prime minister, Saad Hariri, at the White House on Tuesday, saying he is very happy with the healthcare vote in the Senate and calling it a ‘big step’. Trump also thanks John McCain, who returned to Washington despite his brain cancer diagnosis to cast a vote
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Senate Republicans vote to open debate on repealing and replacing Obamacare
Key step toward healthcare reform passes thanks in part to John McCain’s return, but shape of final legislation and chances of success remain unclear
Senate Republicans took a tentative step toward fulfilling seven years of promises to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Tuesday, something they achieved only after the dramatic return of Senator John McCain, who was diagnosed last week with brain cancer.
The procedural vote, which passed without the support of a single Democrat, allows the Senate to open debate on repealing and replacing the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare, even though it remains unclear exactly what legislation they will be voting on.
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‘Female senators’ to blame for health bill struggle, says Republican congressman
Blake Farenthold of Texas appears to suggest that if those senators were male, he might challenge them to a duel ‘Aaron Burr-style’
A Republican lawmaker has blamed “female senators” for his party’s failure thus far to repeal and replace Barack Obama’s healthcare law, noting that if they were men he would challenge them to a duel.
Blake Farenthold, a congressman from Texas, singled out the women as the US Senate prepares to vote on Tuesday on whether to move forward with legislation that would dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Latest Republican health bill ‘a porkfest, a monstrosity’, Rand Paul says
- Kentucky senator says he will not vote for bill to proceed to debate this week
- Rightwinger Paul wants clean repeal of Affordable Care Act
Rand Paul, one of the conservative senators who has helped to hold up Republican healthcare reform, on Sunday derided the current Senate bill as a “monstrosity” and a “porkfest” and said he would not vote for it to proceed to debate this week.
Related: Republicans face two unpalatable options on replacement healthcare bill
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