those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
when the boss of one of the main drug trafficking gangs escaped from a maximum security prison. president daniel noboa has authorised the armed forces to neutralise 22 gangs, that are listed as terrorist organisations, after masked gunmen stormed a tv studio during a live broadcast. a 2 month state of emergency is now in force. will grant sent this report from the city of guayaquil. he told me the mood on the ground. mixed emotions in this city, as you can imagine. obviously, relieved that a day of violence came to an end, that the police managed to restore order in that television station you mentioned in the city university, where gunmen stormed the building. but there were also bomb attacks across the city. schools were shut and businesses were closed. fear was spread, notjust through the city but across ecuador. really, this was a moment that was completely unprecedented in terms of gang violence, not just for guayaquil but the entire country itself. viewers in ecuador
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Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello and welcome, everyone. Im michael holmes, and we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. And there are growing signs this hour that an Israeli Military Ground Operation into gaza could get under way at any moment. After a week of air strikes and artillery aimed at hamas inside gaza and a hastily ordered evacuation of up to a million civilians from gaza city, israel declared on saturday that it is ready to open a new phase in te war with a focus on, quote, significant Ground Operations. Earlier israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met soldiers on the front lines. You see him there offering words of support, telling them to be prepared. Also on saturday iran warned farreaching consequences if the israeli attacks dont stop. The Iranian Foreign minister met with a senior hamas official for the First Time Since the fighting began, and there is deep concern that iran and its proxies might try to escalate the conflict especially al
unpunished. president biden saying he will not hesitate to direct further measures. courtney kube is at the pentagon. reporter: tonight, after the pentagon says a punishing series of u.s. and british strikes destroyed more houthi military targets in yemen, the first sign of retaliation. the iranian-backed militia saying they won t stop attacking ships firing a anti-ballistic missile into the sea but hitting nothing. president biden was pressed, what would he do if the houthi attacks don t stop. we will make sure that we respond to the houthis as they continue this outrageous behavior along with our allies. reporter: he has been pressured to act. through which the u.s. says 15% of global sea trade travels including oil supplies, and some companies have begun avoiding the red sea, a costly disruption. last night s operation included u.s. and british warplanes dropping bombs and