those the 2024 presidential ballot. counting has begun ir after those counting has begun in pakistan after a campaign marred by violence. president zelensky fires the chief of the army. a new study suggests erectile dysfunction drugs could also reduce the risk of alzheimer s disease. let s round up the business news of the day. we start with the entertainment giant disney whose share values have climbed by nearly 10% today after better than expected earnings were posted after the bell on wednesday. disney followed up with hand outs for investors in the form of share buy backs and bigger dividends. along with a number of major deals and upcoming events that clearly has markets excited. erin delmore is in new york for us. first of all, those investors will be pretty happy today, won t they? they well and they will be even happier if they check the stock price is right now. what is this news based on? a great earnings report yesterday from disney and from good news for inves
crash hitting demand for goods and pushing down prices. joining me now is mark williams chief asia economist at capital economics. these figures will not make for welcome reading once again. just looking at the stats there, the biggest contraction since 2009. why? critics succes what is going on here is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead is yellow let s start with. the weeks ahead of is yellow let s start with. tue: weeks ahead of chinese is yellow let s start with. tte: weeks ahead of chinese new is yellow let s start with. he weeks ahead of chinese new year, is yellow let s start with. me: weeks ahead of chinese new year, we often see quite big changes in prices in china. that s probably tucked down the date forjanuary a little bit but the big picture is that china has been in deflation for a while. that is pointing to widespread weakness in the economy. there is a lack of confidence there and it is notjust consumer prices that have been falling, we have also b
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the foreign secretary. he is asking the foreign secretary. he is asking the foreign secretary for an update on the situation in gaza. it is worth remembering that the foreign secretary, lord cameron, does not sit as an mp so he is going to be asking mr lambie whether he will get some kind of statement. at the moment though, just saw the defence secretary grant shapps speaking. we will, as of course i was saying, breathe that statement from david lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, when it happens. we are expecting that to happen any moment now. the reporter with bbc verified has been taking a look at the latest footage to see how the hospital is being affected by the war. hospitals and medical being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff are being affected by the war. hospitals and medical staff are protected - and medical staff are protected under international law. but patients and doctors have reportedl