The Asia Business report. Us president has announced 100 the us president has announced 100 million in aid for those displaced by the war in gaza. President biden said he would be asking congress this week for the funding to be folded financial network, saying it has sanctioned two senior members of the armed groups leadership. Up up to 20 trucks. This is been a very blunt negotiation ive had and so, we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. I guess there are some 150 there. Not all will go. The first tranche, we will see of the second tranche goes. The commitment is if we cross the border the un is going to be on the other side. The other side. Some data cominu the other side. Some data coming in the other side. Some data coming in the the other side. Some data coming in the hour the other side. Some data coming in the hour or the other side. Some data coming in the hour or so l the other side. Some data coming in the hour or so from japan on exports which have grown for t
Streaming in. Netflix signs up 9 million streaming in. Netflix signs up 9 million new subscribers as a crackdown on Password Sharing pays off. And passengers get a peek at the fastest train in southeast asia, we take a ride on indonesias new High Speed Railway, funded by china. Hello and welcome to World Business report, i am hello and welcome to World Business report, iam lukwesa barack, and we are going to start in the United States where netflix shares have been searching after the streaming giant said that it had signed up almost 9 million new subscribers in the three months to september. That is way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic, when we were all stuck at home. So what exactly is going on . It is mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing those passwords, and netflix is now putting up prices in several of its markets. Lets discuss this further with Michelle Fleury who joins us from new york. It is always lovely to see you. So
For humanitarian assistance in both gaza and the west bank. This money will support more than one million displaced and conflict affected palestinians, including Emergency Needs in gaza. The conflict in the middle east remains our focus here on the conflict in the middle east remains ourfocus here on bbc news, but lets move on to netflix. Netflix shares are up after the Company Reported a boost in subscriber growth. The streaming platform now has more than 240 million subscribers, adding 8. 7 million of them sincejune. 0ur north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury has the latest from new york. Its been less than six months since netflix started to crack down on password sharing, and it appears to be working because it shows like the which are help it retain its customers while new Pricing Options on offer, including a less extreme wing democrat expensive a less expensive plan pot the streaming giant said it was a priority for the company. They plan to roll out lots of new pr
Down The Cost Of Living which has been one of the main issues in the election. The economy has been teetering on the brink of recession while New Zealanders have been feeling the pinch from soaring prices as well as unaffordable housing. Meanwhile the central bank has pledged not to lower the official cash rate from its 15 year high until inflation is backin 15 year high until inflation is back in the targeted Comfort Range of 1 up to 3 . We have spoken to Arthur Grimes from Victoria University of wellington who spent a decade as chairman at the Reserve Bank Of New Zealand between 2003 and 2013. , a, ,. , 2013. There are many priorities for the incoming 2013. There are many priorities for the incoming government. | for the incoming government. The issue will be the structure of the government as to whether they will be able to do much to tackle the economic problems that are there. At the moment, we dont know and we wont know for another two weeks whether the new Prime Minister will be
breaking news story, emergency services are responded to an incident in south wales, police have asked residents to avoid the area following assault of a serious assaultjust following assault of a serious assault just after nine following assault of a serious assaultjust after nine o clock following assault of a serious assault just after nine o clock this morning. let us cross live to the newsroom with the latest. bring us up newsroom with the latest. bring us up to day with what we know about this incident. as you see, this incident began around nine o clock this morning. armed police officers were cold to the area to dry and deal with the incident. some schools have closed because of this ongoing incident. a nearby school said in a statement to parents, they want to reassure you that as a precaution they are keeping people safe inside the building, and all perimeter gates are locked. of course this would be are locked. of course this would be a worrying time for anyone liv