9 30 and further briefly about the main thing. There are already over half a thousand dead on both sides of the palestinianisraeli conflict. The Israeli Army Says it hit 200 targets overnight in the gaza strip, controlling the entire border in the south of the country. Hamas claims to be holding more than 100 people. Among them are people dual citizens and highranking military personnel. In western countries, thousands of people rallied in support of palestine; in london, a rally near the Israeli Embassy ended in a brawl, three people were detained. In lyon, the demonstration took place despite the government ban. Police used trace gas to disperse the crowd. In new york, citizens protested outside the israeli consulate and then marched past un headquarters. Russian aviation is at its best. At three points of temporary deployment of the armed forces in the krasnolimansk direction in in yuzhnodonetsk, fighters from the vostok group repelled six enemy infantry attacks. The artillery of th
Will take years to rebuild. Were hearing stories of people roaming the streets desparate for food and water in the immediate aftermath of the storm. And of boats and helicopters racing to evacuate all 1600 residents, telling people reluctant to leave, they have no choice. Just before i came on air i spoke to michaeljoseph, president of antigua barbuda red cross. He told me about the level of destruction in barbuda. It is completely devastated. We are talking about 100 rebuilding, 100 infrastructure renewal. We are talking about redeveloping livelihoods, were talking about reintegrating people back into new settings. Its literally building a country from its primitive time back up to 2017, pretty much. Has everyone left the island now . Is it completely empty . It is at this moment. The government asked for voluntary evacuation since yesterday and declared a mandatory evacuation today ahead of jose. And what do you imagine those people will do, where will they go, what will they live in
Welcome to countdown. This 7 00 in london on friday morning. Federal reserve members will gather in jackson hole, wyoming for the annual Monetary Policy symposium and will be the first speaks asjanet yellen chair of the fed. Investors will be listening closely for any hint of when this rate rise will happen. The drums are rolling. We have a number of hours to go until she speaks. 3 00 p. M. London time, 10 00 a. M. New york time. Said hawks are circling. They are taking to the air. Of course arm referring to Esther George and Charles Plosser. An interview with mike mckee said we have seen significant improvements in the labor market particularly this year. Have seen wek, we are in a good place to begin talking about normalization. We know Charlie Plosser is a dissenter from the philadelphia fed. She dissented seven times. Stop all of this bond storming being too low. Wages and inflation is not a great correlation. Really, that is not something that you want to focus on. It is prevalent
Comedians Sophie Duker, Grace Campbell and Alexandra Haddow have pulled out of Latitude Festival in protest over event sponsor Barclays' ties to the Israel-Hamas war.
Comedians Sophie Duker, Grace Campbell and Alexandra Haddow have pulled out of Latitude Festival in protest over event sponsor Barclays' ties to the Israel-Hamas war.