Joining me tonight are political Strategist And Commentator Rina Shah and columnist for the i and former Labour Executive Director of Policy Andrew Fisher first , the latest headlines. Israels Defence Minister has said the military is opening a new phase in the war, and will be diverting troops and resources northwards. Yoav gallant was speaking to troops at an airbase near the border with lebanon. It comes as 14 people have been killed and at least a50 injured in further explosions across lebanon involving Walkie Talkies. The us Federal Reserve has cut Interest Rates by half a Percentage Point in its first reduction since the pandemic. It puts the Central Banks benchmark Lending Rate at between 4. 75 and 5 , sharply lowering the cost of borrowing with less than 50 days to go until the us president ial election. The Foreign Office has summoned the russian ambassador to the uk over the expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow. A spokesperson Accused Moscow Of Making malicious and
Crouched on the floor of a military helicopter, after 326 days in captivity, a smile. The start of his journey back home. At israel s soroka hospital, his last few moments in hiding. A wall of israeli soldiers shielding him from the world he left ten months ago. From a tunnel in gaza to an israeli ambulance in a couple of hours. His family racing the last few metres to greet him. Thin and pale but staff said in a good and stable condition. Translation: it is difficult to explain how it feels. It is better than having a newborn. We thank god and we thank everyone and hope to see him healthy. We re very happy, very happy. Israel s prime minister called to welcome him home, keen to be part of his release. We cannot go into many details of this special operation but i can share that israeli commandos rescued qaid farhan alkadi from an underground tunnel following accurate intelligence. The army has described this as a complex operation based on precise intelligence but there are persistent
Will be achieved in a sustainable and stable way. Under these circumstances, we believe the large scale monetary easing measures have fulfilled their roles including the negative Interest Rate policy and the yield curve control. Live now to janet mui, head of Market Analysis at rbc brewin dolphin. Welcome to the programme. So japan now begins this journey to normalisation as the Bank Of Japan is saying. Is there a confidence that this rise to 0. 1 will actually deliver on the ains . That this rise to 0. 1 will actually deliver on the ains . Good morning, thanks for having deliver on the ains . Good morning, thanks for having me. Deliver on the ains . Good morning, thanks for having me. I deliver on the ains . Good morning, thanks for having me. I think deliver on the ains . Good morning, thanks for having me. I think the i thanks for having me. I think the hope is that it will, because japan has been trapped in decades of deflation and low Interest Rate environment, and finally there i
Secured their biggest pay rise since 1991, giving the central bank the confidence to make its move. One that puts decades of deflation in the rear view mirror. Lets go live to shizuoka in japan and Seijiro Takeshita professor at the univesity of shizuoka. Good to have you on the programme. We knew this was coming, it has happened, give us your reaction. Us your reaction. Well, as you said, it us your reaction. Well, as you said. It was us your reaction. Well, as you said, it was expected us your reaction. Well, as you said, it was expected because of the Pre Requisites were set, basically, 5. 2 increase by Larger Companies, pay rise. We expected only form per sense of that history very well. We have the Inflation Target which is to present a morejust been fulfilled so basically, prerequisites for lifting off from this secure operation of negative Interest Rate is finally here. It negative Interest Rate is finally here. Finally here. It is finally here, finally here. It is finally here.
In tech are expected to use Blackwell Gpus and we expect to see the technology in action later this year. Bob odonnell from Technalysis Research was at the event in san jose, california. With all the anticipation built up for nvidias latest product, he says it wasnt your typical technology conference. The atmosphere was like a rock concert the atmosphere was like a rock concert i the atmosphere was like a rock concert. I havent seen Something Like this in the Tech Industry Something Like this in the Tech Industry in quite some time. Some industry in quite some time. Some people were Making Analogies to the early days of steve analogies to the early days of steve jobs types of presentations, but the buzz was in the presentations, but the buzz was in the air presentations, but the buzz was in the air and the whole feel of the in the air and the whole feel of the event was very much like a concert of the event was very much like a concert and jensen was a rock stat a concert and jensen wa