Great have you with us. How did they finally seal the deal . Yes. Great have you with us. How did they finally seal the deal . Finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly twoyear finally seal the deal . Yes, this has been a nearly twoyear long been a nearly two year Long Acquisition Process which has been fierce with a lot of pushback. Cma is the last major hurdle they create. The major issue the cma had with the Activision Blizzard deal was odd to most others in the industry, their issue with the cloud Gaming Market. It is currently about i Gaming Market. It is currently about 1 of the total Global Gaming market which is 188 billion, cloud Gaming Market is about 127 billion, and the concern they had was Activision Blizzard was have a monopoly or unfair advantage with this acquisition and this is something that was a Head Scratcher for us. We are glad this has got through, Activision Blizzard got this route by making what we t
Was weaker than we expected in the Fourth Quarter of last year but we think the First Quarter of this year has been a bit stronger, which will lead the level of Economic Activity broadly when we thought it would be. 12 months Consumer Price inflation fell from 4 in december to 3. 2 in march, its lowest rate since december 2021. March, its lowest rate since december2021. 0. I march, its lowest rate since december 2021. 0. 1 higher than we expected in february. The decline was spread across food, core goods and services. Energy prices have also continued to contribute negatively to the Headline Inflation rate. As a lower 0fgem cap on Household Energy prices come into effect in april, we expect Headline Inflation to drop further to a level very close to target in the next few months. But we then expected to edge up months. But we then expected to edge up a again. This absence of data surprises is an indication that we are now getting back to more normal times, at least compared to the hig
Into Southern Israel from gaza on saturday. Efforts are under way to recover the bodies of those killed by the attacks. The death toll in israel has reached 1,000. The Health Ministry in gaza says that 900 palestinians have now been killed during israels recent air strikes, with around half of those women and children. President joe biden has described the attack as an act of sheer evil. He confirmed 14 americans were killed and pledged full us support to israel. Well examine all those developments, but first, lets go on the ground to kfar aza israel where the bbc s jeremy bowen has been reporting on the bodies recovered from attacks there. A warning you may find some of the images in his report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm is israel . Trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only ceased back full control of the kibbutz this morning. It is one of a series of small israeli villages against the
Moving on to football. Luton town can give their hopes of avoiding relegation from the English Premier League a big boost tonight as they take on everton. Theyll move out of the drop zone with victory. Everton have already secured Premier League safety. The visitors did illegal up, Dominic Calvert lewin scored from the penalty spot after a penalty, but i cant tell you that just in the last minute, luton have equalised throughout ican i can tell you luton have equalised through adebayo. Elsewhere, liverpool manager jurgen klopp has hit out at the Premier League and its broadcasters, describing Fixture Scheduling as absolutely insane. Since klopp took charge in 2015, liverpool have featured in more early kick offs than any other Premier League club. But klopp also suggested that lunch time kick off times dontjust affect his team, but are also partly to blame for english teams struggles in europe this season. I watch a lot of football, all over the world, and the Premier League is the wor
Police say at least 52 people were killed there, with another 50 were injured. Police suspect it was a Suicide Attack targeting the religious gathering in mastung city. Earlier this month, at least 11 people, including a prominent muslim leader, were injured in an explosion in the same district mastung. These are the latest pictures from balochistan, pakistans largest province. The region has suffered mutiple attacks from groups including the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State group. And dozens of people are trapped beneath a mosque near the city of peshawar. The injured have been taken to peshawar to be cared for. Live now to our correspondent saher baloch in islamabad. We have two attacks, do we know if they were coordinated . We have two attacks, do we know if they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything about they were coordinated . Well, we do not know anything about the not know anything about the coordination betwee