And from the airport there is no sign that these protests are slowing down but at the same time there is drawing concern about the impact on the economy tourist arrivals and down Hotel Room Rates are being reduced and the airlines are being affected in particular hong kongs main carrier Cathay Pacific which is coming under increasing pressure from beijing. The chief executive resigned and at least 3 employees of Cathay Pacific and its subsidiary cathay dragon have been fired after they showed support for the protest Movement Among them a former Union Representative who says china is creating a culture of fear in the company i know all the colleagues feel so depressed and sad because of what happened but its not just about the nation. Of the top but its also the whole issue is that all is 10 dont terrify all my police and all terror. Its that fear of chinas evolving influence and control over the city that continues to motivate the protesters to come out week after week when hey al jaze
Theres probably a 40 chance of a recession. Eurozone bond yields hit fresh record lows as the ecbs olly renn signals the bank is ready to hit a significant someti stimulus package. And hong kong prepares for more protests. Good morning its friday. We made it to the end of the week its been a volatile week for markets. Mostly in fixed income space but also u. S. Equities yesterday, looking at the u. S. Equity close, you would think it was a muted session. The dow was eking a gain of 0. 4 s p slightly up in the green nasdaq slightly in the red that belied a lot of the intraday volatility we saw yet the theme was bid for fixed income a lot of fear gripping the market as we see money pour nothing tha pouring into that space. You may notice theres a lot of black behind me. Thats unusual the reason thats the case is ftse 100 has not yet opened due to a technical failure we dont have the opening levels the rest of the heat map is trading solid. Definitely a lot more positive than on other day
any time soon. professor yann lecun s words are in sharp contrast to those of the other two men he worked with on the science that underpins modern ai. doctor geoffrey hinton retired recently and he said he regretted his life s work. professor yoshua bengio said that he worries about bad actors misusing the tech. both academics and the companies building ai agree that regulation is the best way to try to maximise its benefits and minimise the risks. chatgpt, for example, was unheard of this time last year. yann lecun is confident that ai will be a useful tool rather than a master, and he heralded a new renaissance for humanity. chatgpt couldn t have put it better. zoe kleinman, bbc news. a renaissance maybe but the bbc has been hearing from one uk worker who has already lost his job to artificial intelligence along with his colleagues. dean meadowcroft and his team of marketing copywriters were asked by their bosses to trial working with the ai app chatgpt before christmas.
test. staying with test cricket, australia are looking to complete a 3 0 series whitewash as they take on pakistan in the final test in sydney. pakistan got off to the worst possible start on day one, losing two wickets inside the first two overs josh hazlewood and mitchell starc doing the damage. but the visitors did recover, muhammad rizwan hitting two sixes on his way to a top score of 88. australia eventually bowling them out for 313, and the hosts ended the day six without loss. novak djokovic s 43 match winning run in australia is over after he was beaten by alex de minaur in the united cup quarterfinals in perth. de minaur, the world number 12, took full advantage of an out of sorts djokovic, who s been struggling with a wrist injury, taking the first set 6 4. de minaur showed few nerves in the second as he eventually closed out the match 6 4. it s djokovic s first loss in australia since the 2018 australian open. i think i will be ok, to be honest. but it did have q
the agency supporting palestinian says that there will be no more without fuel. we will hear from a representative who says they cannot move the aid even if it were sent and from tomorrow, the operational end. the lifeline will be a three day pause which could be negotiated and returned for the relief of small stitches. it is complicated by the israeli forces at the al shifa hospital. found in the grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hearfrom grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hear from joe grounds of the hospital by israeli soldiers, will hearfrom joe biden was meeting the leaders of the country in san francisco. for a second consecutive day, the israeli military is continued in operation inside because of possible his biggest hospital as he continues to search for hamas numbers and there is little information of what is happening in al shifa because of the severe communication problems one phone contact with mr paris this afternoon, a spokesman f