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Our top stories a judge in New York postponed Donald Trump's hush money

sentencing until after America's presidential election in November.

Mr. Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May

and was meant to be sentenced in July.

That date was rescheduled to September 18th

following the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling

and appeals from his lawyers.

Mr. Trump, who is expected to appeal against his criminal. his The American economy added 142,000 jobs in August, fewer than analysts expected.

The unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% from 4.3% the previous month.

These figures suggest that companies may be cutting job vacancies

rather than firing workers.

As the labour market calls, the figures will add pressure to the Federal Reserve, the Central Bank, to cut interest rates at its next meeting in September.

Toyota became the latest carmaker to scale back its electric vehicle plans

as it battles slowing consumer demand and stiff competition from Chinese rivals.

The Japanese company cut its production target for 2030 by one-third.

Earlier this week, Volvo, a Swedish brand, dropped ambitions to sell only EVs by 2030.

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