In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
In cutting the cost of borrowing for the first time in overfour years. The Federal Reserve have dropped the main Interest Rate in the worlds biggest economy by half a percentage point, bringing it down to between 4. 75 and 5 . A drop larger than many expected, with some wondering now if this reflects the scale of the problems facing the american economy or the success in getting the pace of price rises, inflation, close to the banks targets. The governor of the fed, Jerome Powell says the us economy is in good shape and they intend to keep it that way. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupta has the details. The Federal Reserve has delivered a super sized Interest Rate cut aimed at bolstering the us Labour Market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key Interest Rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5 . It comes amid Signs Inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the Job Market remains strong, even as unemployment h
The name is eddie micah jr. Youre welcome to the program. The theme for this year as well. Aids day is hiv aids, epidemic resilience on the impact. Now, while theres been great progress in tackling the virus in recent, yes, the global aids hiv epidemic is far from over. Especially in africa. South africa is a country where one in 5 people are living with the virus. Our correspondents reports from cape town. For almost 2 decades, the Nonprofit Organization hope has been an important point of contact for those living with hiv. Like here in the cape town township of delft. 30 years ago, luis morris worked in a textile factory, but then her life took a difficult situation, and accident left her unable to work out the whole problems followed. And then she became infected with hiv. But my family didnt want to have anything to do with me. After my hiv diagnosis, they cut off contact. And even now if my neighbors knew that i had a hiv, they would only say hi from a distance. They wouldnt invit
Maradona, one of the greatest players ever the german top flight was out to prove it is one of the greatest leagues in the world so much for byrons dominance. Instead, this season, the top half is as hard fought as any major league. And even the bottom sides like one, lets come over can cause problems for dortmund. While hapless shall, kind of put up a fighting bloodbath. Despite their chaotic build up. Had a wobble the weekend before and risked getting themselves in another china lynch to cart their way. Flashes of maradona asked brilliance goal celebrations, he would have been proud of and the sort of cheekiness the margin time greats was known for. Sadly, there are still very he spectators to see it all judgments met the moment, but how strong are the 2nd bottom Teams Holding . It shows the quality of the bundles they get because colona not in a good position. So they are a good same handling hard lines on the path to greatness, but maradona did it every week. But what could possibl
Ill kiss at the guys and the beautiful women and everyone. Trump there. Sident welcome to bloomberg, a servant welcome to bloomberg surveillance, im Francine Lacqua. Earnings in the u. S. And that could move some banking stocks. Overall, stop think stocks are dropping. Bank stocks are dropping. Period forbusy corporate earnings. After fluctuating something with workers in the u. S. Gulf heading back following hurricane deltas landfall. A major step towards reopening. News. Get the first word here with me is leighann gerrans. Has announcedon bars and clubs will closed in the worst hit parts of england. His Health Advisorys it wont be enough. He says local authorities will need to take more action to take the virus under control in some areas significantly more. Crossing to the u. S. , the confirmation hearing of Amy Coney Barrett descended into a partisan clash over obamacare, the pandemic and President Donald Trump. She cast herself as someone who puts personal preference aside, pointi