We will have the latest on the escalating conflict. Hello, and welcome to bbc news. We start in israel and gaza, where there has been another night of Missile Launchers and air raids across the border, while the prospect of an Israeli Ground invasion appears to be drawing closer. Here are the latest developments for you. Israel says that more than 1200 israelis are now known to have been killed since her mass since hamas launched attacks. More than 950 people have been killed by israels embodiment of gaza. The only crossing from Gaza Into Egypt At Rafa has been hit by israeli air strikes. All sides of war crimes. Israel has accused hamas of torturing babies and hostages. It was said that israel was planning to starvation as a method of warfare. Strikes against gaza have continued this morning. This was a blast a couple of hours ago. A huge blast, as you can see. This is the seen live in gaza, very hazy background, because the amount of smoke that has been released by missiles means it
December 18th 2017. Glad youre with us. Happy birthday to you. Thank you. Happy birthday to your daughter sidney ton all you statue tanners out there. Happy happy birthday. What time is the party . Well, you know the older you get the more parties dont mean that much. So were not invited. Right. [ laughter ] in other words. Thats the bottom line. Were not invite. What happened was ing. Still empty mix. Maybe next year. 9 01 is the time. Also a ahead a teenager with local ties made us history becoming the first ever black woman to made the olympic Speed Skating Team well introduce to the 17yearold talk to her coming up next. All right. Thats exciting. Very exciting. Im getting exciting. I love the olympics. I do too. Im an olympic junkie. I like all the stories. Im mad if i miss the opens stories. I like it all. Lets take live look outside right now because its pretty mild. Gorgeous morning treat to do beautiful sunrise. Mike has a lk store for this monday. Hey, mike. Hey, guys. I saw w
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y
Could join us, its midnight here in london and 7am in singapore and we start in berlin where it was all smiles earlier as Angela Merkel played host to le keqiang. He is the second east asian leader to receive the Red Carpet Treatment in berlin this week after indias Prime Minister on tuesday. The more positive mood, a change on last week when the g 7 countries meeting in sicily saw a split with the United States taking a different position to the rest on issues such as Climate Change and free trade. The bbcs joe mellor Climate Change and free trade. The bbcsjoe mellor has been following the events in berlin. Its tempting to read a lot into this, there have been two east asian leaders here and this comes after a week where tensions between the us and germany have never really been higher. Of course these visits are planned a long way in advance and its true to say Press Officers of either delegation if you take a look at the Trade Numbers between china and europe they are improving as y
Closer ties between the eu and china thats the aim. The leaders are meeting at at summit in brussels later hoping to counter president trumps stance on trade and Climate Change. Brazil is expected to announce that its economy is growing for the First Time Since 2014 but could that be overshadowed by the latest political crisis . Well look at whether that could threaten the return to growth. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. In a minute well find out why today is a big day for pakaistans stock market. But first, the eu and china will attempt to deepen ties at a summit later. There is concern among some about the direction taken by us President Donald Trump on trade and Climate Change. Chinese premier li keqiang will meet European Council president donald tusk and European Commission head jean claude juncker. They are hoping to come up with an answer to Donald Trumps America First challenge. Trade in goods between the eu and china is worth well over 1. 5 billion euros a day