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looking for in connection to the the clapham chemical attack, has gone into the river thames. we ll bring you the latest on that. good evening. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is in washington tonight, warning of the dangers of a russian victory in ukraine if allies don t quickly step up their military support. joe biden does not need persuading. but there is no progress on a foreign aid bill the house speaker says he won t even put to the floor. wrapped up in that package is aid for israel. but last night, the president changed his position on the scale of the offensive in gaza, and has made it clear he does not support the impending assault on rafah, now home to over a 1.5 million palestinians. i m of the view, as you know, that the conduct of the response in the gaza strip has been over the top. eight months out from the election joe biden would dearly love a ceasefire in middel east, and last night signed a memorandum stipulating that those who receive american ai
australian economy has been incredibly resilient. one difference though between here and the us, the us is a little bit further along than us, and rba, our central bank, generally is a lot more conservative and always looks to the us for guidance. what are the key factors driving the current interest rate movements in australia and how do they impact the economic outlook for the year? the economic outlook at this point is looking at a real tdp growth about 2% with inflation sitting at about mid single digit level. with the rate currently most economists expect no rise today and potentially three cuts by the end of this calendar year. our inflation rate, the last report was actually a lot better or undershot our central bank s forecast and hopefully that will be on its way down in the next few prints. how resilient is the australian economy then expected to be? you sound very optimistic about it. what are the key areas of strength but also areas perhaps of vulnerability? the a
earlier this week, the top us diplomat, antony blinken, left the region without a breakthrough, after israel rejected hamas demands for a ceasefire. gideon levy is an israeli author and columnist for the haaretz newspaper. i asked him if the us concerns would make much of a difference to benjamin netanyahu s plans. no, as long as the us remarks are only remarks or concerns from the us and they are not followed by practical measures, israel will ignore it. in any case, israel learned to ignore advice. if the us wants to prevent the next catastrophe, and rafah is going to be a major catastrophe, the us has got to be precise and take measures, otherwise it will not work. so when i read out the latest line from netanyahu ordering the military to plan ways to evacuate civilians in rafah so he can carry out the intention to target hamas, what do you make of that? is thatjust words, is that to deflect the criticism that is already coming his way? i want to ask you, where to? the peo
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