Southern lebanon. Issam abdallah was part of a team based near the israeli border, providing a live signal to other reuters journalists there. Al sudani and maher nasser were also injured. Reuters say theyre seeking more information. Their working with authorities and support ishams family and colleagues. Meanwhile the president of the European Commission was forced to evacuate to a shelter earlier after arriving in israel this afternoon. Well, ursula von der afternoon. Well, ursula von der leyen was meeting the israeli president , isaac herzog, when sirens were heard warning of a possible strikes. Well, the eu possible strikes. Well, the eu chief earlier offered her solidarity with the israeli people after last weekends attack by hamas, which killed more than 1300 people. Ms von der leyen , visiting one of the der leyen, visiting one of the towns, attacked by hamas. Meanwhile, the us secretary of defence says washingtons support for israel is ironclad. In a joint press conference with
Guy ok, look at this board and tell me if we just got a massive, almighty blowout payroll number. You look at these numbers and you are thinking, and of the week, nothing really to see here, we can move along until next week. We just got a huge print out of the United States. This is a big piece of data and it was massive. The market in many ways shrugged its shoulders. Maybe we already had the move. Maybe we are thinking about the cpi data next week. The stoxx 600 is up by. 5 . The pound is barely budging against the dollar. German yields are a little bit higher, but we have been off of 3 this week. You look at this board and i do not see a big blowout payroll number. But thats what we got. Alix same deal in the u. S. , with the exception of the bond market. Two year yield up nine basis points. All of that feels very dramatic, but the nothing else at the same time. In the middle of the week, the s p, we were talking about the 200 day moving average, 26 points away from that. We are we
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Congress narrowly averts a disruptive shutdown, keeping the government running until midnovember. Buying bonds. The boj announces another bond buying operation this week. Plus, taxing time for rishi sunak. U. K. Prime minister plans to untie his party despite senior colleagues calling for senior tax cuts calling for tax cuts. We have a host of big interviews today including chancellor jeremy hunt and the jp morgan ceo, jamie dimon. First to the markets, it is a relief after the worst quarter for equities since 2022. The relief this morning is thanks to the fact that we have averted a Government Shutdown, but how long can that last . 45 days into we will have this shutdown debate again. Most of the relief from large cap tech. Nasdaq futures up 7 10 of 1 . This is not unusual. The bad news for equities is yields continue to march higher. The bond market selloff continues. Maybe now that we dont have a selloff, may be the impetus isnt to buy treasuries. Lets show you what 10 year yields a
The Conservatives have pledged to reverse the Ulez expansion if they get re-elected, among other measures that they say make them "the party on the side of drivers".