News . Hello and welcome. Im Anna Coren in Hong Kong The Light is now on the Breaking News coming out of gaza the Israeli Military says it recovered the bodies of six hostages from an underground tunnel in the rougher area on saturday the idf has now identified all six saying their families have been notified. They are already dinio carmel gat hersh, goldberg, polin eden, yerushalmi, almog. So rusi and Alex Lobanov israels defensive minister. Defense minister says, and six were killed just before troops could reach them. According to the initial assessment at our disposal, they were brutally murdered by hamas terrorists a short while before we reach them. They were abducted alive on the morning of October 7 by the hamas terror organization. Sheva books well, the White House put out a statement that reads in part, it is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake hamas leaders will pay for these crimes, and we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of
I think both sides have ruled out that this is talking about the uk rejoining the eu in any way, shape orform, or even the customs union, for that matter. But what this is about is some quite concrete bilateral talks. This is the fifth meeting, but this is the first official visit of the Prime Minister to berlin. And its just two months after he was elected as Prime Minister. Now, for his predecessor, rishi sunak, it took 18 months. And i thinkjust that alone is a signal of what london wants to achieve. Its, on the one hand, its a strong signal that the uk is now open for business with germany and, you know, is very serious about pushing forward some quite concrete bilateral agreements, particularly on defence, because i think Thats Something that the two countries are keen on working together on. What they cant really do much is when it comes to trade, because thats within the. Thats within the responsibilities of the eu. But what. I think when it comes to closer cooperation between t
Hold onto a recent rebound and global stocks head for a second week of losses. The European Union is giving Boris Johnson until the end of the month to back down on his controversial brexit bill. Cable holds at 1. 28. And citigroup names jane fraser ceo, making her the first woman to run a major wall street bank. She faces the challenge that alluded her predecessors, boosting the banks profitability in line with its rivals. Just under an hour away from the start of cash trading in europe. Lets take a look at where futures are pointing here on the dax, ftse, and euro stoxx 50. Futures all pointing down, although slightly lowered right now, with ftse futures off by about 0. 3 . Take a look at u. S. Futures quickly after the drops we saw yesterday, almost 2 drops. We have a bouncing futures bounce in futures. Anna lets have a look at some data out of the u. K. We are getting monthly gdp data. The u. K. Economy growing by 6. 6 in july. It is almost in line with the estimate of 6. 7 . No su
The president , but the challenger says the vote was rigged. The eu and the u. S. Have their doubts, too. It is the highest profile arrest in hong kong since beijing pushed through a new National Security law. Police have arrested the media tycoon, jim a, accusing him of plotting with Foreign Forces. Jim l. , accusing him of plotting with Foreign Forces. Im brent goff. To our viewers watching on pbs and around the world, welcome. In lebanon, the entire government quick almost a week after the fatal blessed in beirut. The president today announced the resignation of his government. The cabinet took office just eight months ago. Many lebanese lame the countrys political elite for years of corruption and negligence, which they say made last weeks explosion possible. Clashes continue between police and protesters in beirut tonight. In his address today, the Prime Minister said he is quitting to make possible the changes that lebanon needs. Today, we are heeding the people and their demands
And President Trump does not want to talk to president xi. The highestcords number of deaths in a week. And we have the gdp data from germany. Welcome to daybreak europe and welcome to friday after a rocky week in the market. On thee bit of green screen coming through from asia. Yesterday there was a rally on wall street. Initially, u. S. Stocks dropped after jobless claims again but we got a rally. Making a comeback. The gap between tech stocks and banks getting to an extreme level. Utures, a mix for europe, right on the screen yesterday. European futures up 1 ahead of the german gdp data looking to post the worst contraction for germany since 2009. 10 year yield dropping about eight basis points through the week. The dollar heads for a weekly aim speaking to risk off as well and oil heading for a third weekly gain as well. Some science the markets are slowly rebalancing. Kick off the latest development of the coronavirus with the global death toll exceeding 300,000. Cases fueled alar