while x is located some 2000 miles away. plus israeli prime minister benjamin is in gaza with troops today battling the fight is far from over. israel ramps up the strikes against hamas. donald trump is asking a court to grant him absolute immunity. the case is legal team is making to get the interference charges thrown out.i m kate baldwin with sarah s nightmare. john is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. this morning big news out of russia.opposition leader and chief hooton critic alexa has been found after disappearing for two weeks. the head of the anticorruption foundation says diwali is now in a colony in the pafar reache of western siberia thousands of miles from the jail he was known to be. he was movmoved from the detent center in moscow serving a 19 year sentence. where following the developments. we are getting more information from the team regarding his current location but as he mentioned this is a moment of relief for supporters and legal
let s speak to james smith, developed markets economist at ing. people are talking of a mild recession. what does that mean? quite often when we talk about recessions and the gdp numbers we think of two courses of negative growth being a technical recession. but that doesn t always feel like a recession to people. when we see a recession to people. when we see a recession we associate it with widespread job losses, people spending less money, people trying to save more, because they re uncertain about what is to come. we are not necessarily seeing that now. the fall in gdp we saw in the third quarter was small, we might see another slight fall in the fourth quarter. but it is not comparable to recessions in the past such as 2008 and the covid recession. so it is worth putting that in context. fix, worth putting that in context. a recession is two sets of three months where growth has been negative. in terms of what it means for people, what will this mean? the uk economy is
hello, everyone. it is 5:00 here in new york city and this is the five. we all hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend and there is lots of news to get to and we have a big show ahead, including stunning images from the border as the biggest migrant caravan of this year marches up from mexico. pro policy and protesters causing christmas chaos and president biden lashing out at the media. before we dive into all of that we are going to feast on some holiday leftovers. it is time for the fastest. first up, returning gifts are without the doubt the guilty pleasure of the holiday season. a 50% of all gifts get sent back. retailers are making the whole process a lot more annoying. you may encounter new policies like shorter return windows, higher return fees, and if you are return offers. this is even worth it anymore these days? hi, everybody. did everybody have a good christmas to those who celebrate it? i have my return package waiting by the elevator to go down. are you
the united nations security council passes a resolution to bring more aid into gaza, but stops short of calling for an immediate truce. over 20,000 that since israel s attacks according to a health authority. the entire population there faces starvation. police in prague release body cam footage from thursday s deadly mass shooting. making off with the banks he installed on a own sign. last christmas is your official christmas number one today. and george michael s dream of the top christmas song finally comes true. bbc news, continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. after days of argument over the precise wording, the united nations security council has passed a resolution on the conflict in gaza calling for the unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance but stopping short of supporting an immediate ceasefire. instead it urges the creation of the conditions for a cessation of hostilities. 13 council
on humanitarian aid for gaza. the vote was originally scheduled for monday but has been delayed several times since then as members wrangle over the specific language in the document. the original draft called for a sustainable cessation of hostilities but the final version calls for creating the conditions for one. the united states are the key players having vetoed all previous un resolutions since the start of the war but they say they are ready to support the latest draft. these are the latest pictures from the un because various member countries are just talking. these are live pictures coming from the security council into the bbc but we still await for confirmation that we are going to get the vote after all of the wrangling we have seen this week and still we wait for certainty of that. and of course, an exact time. we are keeping an eye on that and monitoring the situation. here s the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. we do have that