Of duty, candy crush and World Of Warcraft is the biggest in gaming history. The takeover was blocked in april this year by the uks Competition Regulator over concerns the us Computing Giant would secure too strong a foothold in the nations cloud gaming market. The delay has been a setback for microsoft, which at the time called the british decision bad for britain and the companys darkest day in its four decades of working in the uk. Well, i think for gamers theres going to be very little thats going to become apparent immediately. And one of the reasons for that is that because of the delay in getting this deal done, microsoft and activision have ended up missing the christmas and holiday promotional season. Therell be no joint promotions. Therell be no joint initiatives. It will really be 2024 before we see activision games on microsofts Subscription Service game pass. And then it be 2025 before we see call of duty, which is the one game that everyone is really looking forward to.
Saying death to israel. Death to america. Putting a sharp focus on the risk of a wider regional conflict as israel gets ready for an expected ground invasion. Trey yengst live in ashkelon, israel, north of the gaza strip. We begin a new hour. Weve got some new bill, good morning, weve got new information for you from the northern part of israel along the border with lebanon. An area called hanita. There has been an incident, explosion. Something happened and they are looking into it. It comes as we get new reporting from the gaza strip, a diplomatic source telling fox news today that hamas is preventing civilians inside homes. You heard that explosion in the distance. They are continuing air strikes at this hour in gaza. But this source telling fox news that hamas is preventing civilians from leaving their homes after they announced there will be an air strike there. The israelis have a way of informing civilians telling them to leave and destroying homes linked to hamas or relevant ta
Well, the economy is struggling. Im not gloomy. Ijust propose to look to what we were expecting exactly one year ago. So, beginning of october 2022, we had a double digit inflation. We were expecting recession. And indeed we were also concerned about Energy Supply blackouts because, of course, leaving the russian fossil fuels was not at all an easy story. So if we want to look to the optimistic side of the moon, i think we would say that, yes, we avoided recession. Yes, we have now inflation at 4. 3 , which is very far from the double digit inflation one year ago. And the economy is still growing. But, of course, you are right, the economy is struggling because very low growth. How long with this slow growth. That is the point, isnt it . Low growth is your problem. The imf has reduced Growth Forecasts across the European Union down to less than 1 , 0. 8 for the year. There are some important countries, no more important country than germany, which are really struggling to deliver any g
Policing after a large number of metropolitan Police Officers stepped back from firearms duties. Their decision is linked to the case of an armed officer who was charged with the murder of a man. 24 year old chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in south london last year. A met Police Officer appeared in court on thursday. Joe inwood has this report. Chris kaba was unarmed when he was shot and killed in streatham. He was driving a borrowed car. According to police, the vehicle had previously been linked to an incident involving a gun. Chris kaba was hit by a single bullet fired by a Police Officer. There was widespread outrage at his death, especially amongst londons black community. Last week, his family were in court to see a Police Officer who is only being referred to as nx121 charged with murder. They welcomed the prosecution, but its been met with concern by many of the officers colleagues. In total, its thought more than 100 Firearms Officers have handed in whats kn