Mōrena and welcome to Tuesday’s recap of international business and political news.
First to developing news, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence vote in the National Assembly, collapsing the government, the ABC reported.
Bayrou is now expected to resign. He called the confidence vote to break a political deadlock over the country’s debt crisis. During the vote, 364 voted they had no confidence in Bayrou's government, versus 194 in support.
French President Emmanuel Macron said he will name a new prime minister in the coming days, the ABC said. Bayrou told the National Assembly that France's debt and deficit levels were "life-threatening".
"The biggest risk was not to take [a vote], to let things continue without anything changing … and have business as usual."
French President Emmanuel Macron.
In the United States, the Supreme Court backed President Donald Trump’s move to allow immigration officials to continue so-called ‘roving patrols’ in Southern California, which other courts said likely violated the Fourth Amendment, CNN reported.
The issue related to a series of incidents in which masked and heavily armed agents pulled aside people who identified as Latino, including US citizens, to interrogate them about their immigration status.
Lower courts had found that officials had likely not established the ‘reasonable suspicion’ required to justify those stops, CNN said.
Meanwhile, a federal appeals court rejected Trump’s bid to overturn a verdict that ordered him to pay US$83.3 million for defaming writer E Jean Carroll, CNBC reported. Trump said the verdict was excessive and invalid after a Supreme Court decision expanded his presidential immunity.
Elsewhere, at least six people were killed and several injured after two attackers opened fire on a busy bus stop in Jerusalem, according to Israeli officials. CNN said it was the deadliest attack in the city in more than two years.
The suspected attackers were killed by an Israeli soldier and a civilian at the scene. Police identified the gunmen as Muthanna Omar, 20, and Muhammad Taha, 21, who lived outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.
China said President Xi Jinping will take part in a virtual summit convened by Brazil to discuss Trump’s trade policy. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi planned to send a senior representative instead, Bloomberg reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will also take part in the summit. Brazil wanted to discuss broader support of multilateralism in the wake of Trump’s global tariffs.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In China, export growth slowed to the lowest level in six months in August, as the country shipped fewer items to the US, the Guardian reported.
Exports rose 4.4% year-on-year, below expectations, and down from July’s 7.2% increase. Imports expanded just 1.3%. Chinese shipments to the US fell by 33%, while exports to southeast Asian nations rose 22.5%.
Separately, Germany’s exports fell in July, as shipments from Europe’s biggest economy dropped 0.6% from the previous month. Imports were also down 0.1%, the Guardian said. On the flipside, German industrial production rose 1.3% in July.
Staying with manufacturing, vehicle producer Jaguar Land Rover said its UK factories could remain closed until at least Wednesday this week after work was disrupted by a cyber attack, the BBC reported.
Staff who work on the production lines had been told to remain at home. The firm shut down its IT systems in response to the attack on August 31 to protect them from damage.
Finally, ride sharing providers benefited from a huge strike that shut most of London’s underground transport operations during the rush hour commute.
E-bike and e-scooter operator Lime said total trips during the four-hour morning rush jumped 58% from last week. Riders also travelled for longer and further. Meanwhile, electric bike-sharing service Forest said the number of trips was four times higher than normal. Uber Boat also added an extra shuttle to carry office workers along the Thames River, Bloomberg reported.
Union action could last much of the week as workers demand better pay and conditions. Downing Street urged union organisers and Transport for London to get back around the table to resolve the dispute.
