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Increased consumer spending was behind the rise, which was in line with expectations, as we hear from Cary Leahey of Decision Economics in New York - who tells us the 50-year low in unemployment also bolstered economic performance in April-June. Meanwhile the world's sixth largest economy, India, will release its Q2 figure later today. We have a report from Jamshedpur on the country's car industry.

The 大象传媒's Will Grant talks to us following his exclusive interview with former Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva from the prison where he's serving a 25 year sentence for corruption. Lula has criticised current president Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the ongoing Amazon rainforest fires.

Fergus Nicoll is joined throughout the programme by author and media advisor Diane Brady from New York and by Jyoti Malhotra, national & strategic affairs editor at The Print, who's in Delhi.

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