Response group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. There were just emergency service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack. And they ve been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. And you can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. This is a densely populated district here in central beirut. Hasan, who s a teacher, has lived in this neighbourhood for 2h years. There was no hezbollah presence here, military or civilian, he tells me. Hezbollah wasn t present here. These are some of the victims of the attack. They include one rescue officer and two paramedics. The recent israeli air strikes have killed 97 medical workers across lebanon, according to the health minister. The israeli military hasn t commented about this attack, but this hezbollah mp r
Oil Prices Surge and stocks tumble as barrage of missiles in the Middle East prompts supply fears in a region that accounts for a third of global oil production. Us Trade Paralysis dockworkers threaten to continue striking for as long as necessary with ports along the East And Gulf coasts remaining shut for a second day. Also on the programme, could technology bring extinct species back to life . We speak to the boss of a De Extinction Company hoping to resurrect the Woolly Mammoth. Live from london, this is business today. Lets start with the Middle East, where, as weve been reporting, israel has warned of grave consequences after iran launched a barrage of missiles at targets across the country on tuesday. Oil prices have been surging as traders fear a full scale regional war could disrupt Energy Supplies to the global market. Brent crude rose as much as 5 to 75. 40 a barrel in intraday trading. Lets Take A Look at the latest Oil Price now. Up up1. 36 , up 1. 36 , 74 up1. 36 , 74 and
0ur Correspondent Michelle Fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. Tell us what s going on there and all along the coast. We know the strike is about wages and automation, what s going on with the talks . Right now theres not much going on on on the docks, normally you might see some of the grains over their moving, containers being loaded, and off loaded from giant containerships, but all of that stopped at midnight last night. That is when the Master Contract between the union workers and the us Maritime Alliance expired, and the fight over wages and automation continues to rage and there is little agreement between them on this issue. So right now we are one of the Picket Lines here in newjersey, where workers have gathered short while ago, they stood in a long line singing, no automation, no automation. And we ve heard from the White House in the last few hours 7 what are they saying . How does this get solved . When it comes to critical infrastructure which ports are, and as
United states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts including here in baltimore have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. One knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads. 0ur Correspondent Michelle fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. What other people telling you about how angry they are but also how long this might last . This is one of three dozen ports that are on strike as of midnight last night, and work is basically raring to go, blasting music this morning, i saw some children walking aroun
Defend ourselves not understand her determination to defend ourselves or not understand her determination to defend ourselves or retaliate defend ourselves or retaliate against defend ourselves or retaliate against her defend ourselves or retaliate against her enemies. The Israeli Military says its ordered residents to evacuate from areas near two buildings in beirut s Southern Suburbs. Our Correspondentjon Donnison has the latest from jerusalem. Sirens blare. Israel was warned it was coming. But this was irans revenge almost 200 ballistic missiles raining in. Across the country. Shouting. 0k, guys, weve got to get off the roof. I these are coming down right next to us here. L. As people ran for shelter. With the iranian missiles travelling 2,000 kilometres in only around 12 minutes, Israels Defence System was at full stretch. Shouting. Translation we are on high readiness for defence and offence. We will protect the citizens of israel. This attack will have consequences. We have plans