Was watching the action. Joe, i was wondering if maybe before the match, united might have taken 3 3, but then when you factor in that they were to 2 0 ahead, where does this leave them and leave their manager, erik ten hag? it s a saga that will continue. The speculation around their manager erik ten hag, he will still be under pressure after this result. The bbc was told after that pretty desperate 3 0 defeat, home to spurs on sunday, that he would remain in position for the next two games at least. One of those here at porto and the next on sunday at aston villa. They ve thrown away that lead tonight so it won t be enough for erik ten hag to feel safe. It s his third season it s at old trafford with that international break looming, a lot of attention will now be focused on that match at villa park. Manchester united, not the only big premier league side in action tonight, in both europa league and the europa conference league, starting with the spurs? encouraging night for many rea
Joe, i was wondering if maybe before the match, united might have taken 3 3, but then when you factor in that they were to 2 0 ahead, where does this leave them and leave their manager, erik ten hag? it s a saga that will continue. The speculation around their manager erik ten hag, he will still be under pressure after this result. The bbc was told after that pretty desperate 3 0 defeat, home to spurs on sunday, that he would remain in position for the next two games at least. One of those here at porto and the next on sunday at aston villa. They ve thrown away that lead tonight so it won t be enough for erik ten hag to feel safe. It s his third season it s at old trafford with that international break looming, a lot of attention will now be focused on that match at villa park. Manchester united, not the only big premier league side in action tonight, in both europa league and the europa conference league, starting with the spurs? encouraging night for many reasons, tottenham hotspur.
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
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
In a moment well speak to our Correspondents Nick Beake in Northern Israel and Will Grant in washington. And Anna Foster as well. But lets start with the comments from the us president. Lets head to Will Grant, the president very open about the potential targets and what they could be in the coming days. That is right, these were comments made on the South Lawn of the White House as he boarded Marine One on route to his journey to florida to overlook the devastation from hurricane hitting there, so the comments were straightforward. He was asked if he would support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, support his roads striking Irans Oilfacilities, he support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, he said theres a discussions on that, and he was also asked if you would let israel retaliate, what are the plans to allow israel to strike back against iran . He said we dont allow israel, we advise, there is nothing going to happen today. Interesting diplomatic suggestions there. Firs