force and managed many operations in the south of the country. that news comes as intense fighting continues across gaza, with israeli strikes killing 249 palestinians and injuring a further 510 injured in the past 2a hours, according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. it comes as america s top diplomat, antony blinken, is back in the middle east, meeting officials in the united arab emirates, saudi arabia and israel, for further talks on the war in gaza. antony blinken is expected to call on israel to reduce the intensity of its fighting in gaza. yolande knell has the very latest. the scale of gaza s humanitarian crisis clearly visible along its southernmost border. hundreds of thousands are now crammed into tents. after fleeing their homes, most have been displaced several times over by the fighting with israel. angry and weary, this woman believes herfamily remains in danger. they killed us in schools, in our homes, they won t kill us inside our tent? there is no sa
then won the tournament again as manager in 1990. tributes are now pouring in. live now to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. jane, what more can you tell us? confirmation came in the last hour from franz beckenbauer s family that he had in fact passed away at the age of 78. a statement from his family to the german news agency dpa reads, it is with deep sadness we announce that my husband and our father franz beckenbauer passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, surrounded by his family. we ask that you allow us to grieve in silence and refrain from asking any questions. beckenbauer was widely regarded as one of the greatest ever footballers of all time and one of only three men to win the world cup as both a player and a manager. he was an icon of german football but he earned 104 caps complaint for west germany as it was back then, and captained them to glory in 1974, winning the world cup. before of course repeating defeat as a manager in its elite 16 years ago. h
We are up by around 6 10 of 1 on the stoxx 600. The number of down days that it critical technical level. Maybe the right moment has arrived for a pullback. Single stocks continue to dominate. Logitech, mice are having a good time. Logitech has one of its best periods hitting a 52 week high. Up by 10 . Look at whats happening with u. K. Banks sprayed youve got natwest at a 52week low. We will get lloyds tomorrow. Today we get barclays, disappointment on the trading side and the Net Interest Margin as well. Look at that what has look at what that has done to the stock. U. K. Banks a little bit later. Alix this is a positive earnings story. You have Communication Services, real estate, utilities doing well despite the fact the two year yield is up seven basis points. Part of this is a verizon story, the biggest move intraday since 2020. They updates guidance. Two year yield i wanted to bring up instead of the 10 year. We get issuance coming in so stay tuned for that. Dollaryen if you are
The fed releasing the monetary report to Congress Ahead of testimony next week. We go to cayla toushy. In the blue print, the new chair sticks to the script touting data base decisions, a strong labor market, and inflation that is moving toward that ever important 2 target. It should be noted that in this report the majority of fed members said they saw inflation at that target by 2019 and stabilizing at that target over the next few years. They did say that theyre monitoring the effect of online retailers and international effects on that inflation level over time. For unemployment, the fed report said that hourly wage growth has been moderate but the labor market is near or a little beyond full employment at this point. For 2018 and 2019, the median estimate is 3. 9 ticking up to 4. 0 in 2020 as for the markets, the fed report pointed out that notwithstanding recent weeks, that is the mention to volatility that weve seen in the markets that equities remain higher and bond spreads hav