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Militant group hamas launched an unprecedented attack on israel. No mention in that saturday lunchtime bulletin on bbc one of the term terrorist, just several references to hamas militants. But from that evening, after the use of militant in headlines, presenters started using this formulation in the introductions. Hamas, designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, claims to have taken more than 50 people. Well, the bbc s approach was criticised by the Prime Minister and cabinet colleagues, including the defence secretary, grant shapps, who called it disgraceful. Keir starmer said it was obvious that what were witnessing is terrorism and four of the uks most senior lawyers complained to the regulator ofcom, accusing the bbc of abandoning impartiality. A substantial majority of newswatch viewers agreed with them, including yvonne nazareth, who wrote. Abdul mohammed agreed. But chris from newcastle had a different view. Its not the first time the bb
Up 2. 4 in terms of cocktails. Comp sales. The estimate was 2. 2 . It is the beginning of the backtoschool season. We will see more from the press release in terms of the year forecast. Adjusted earnings per share for 60475 460475. That is a raise. A pretty good outlook for target. We are seeing shares spike in early trading. They are now up to a three quarters of a percent. Olivia thank you so much. Time now for this mornings top stories. Greeces third bailout has cleared a hurdle. The parliament overwhelmingly voted in favor of the package in germany. There are now 30,000 firefighters battling wildfires in the west. They are being assisted by 200 soldiers. Five states are battling 10 wildfires each. The worlds secondlargest homeimprovement chain. Lowes posted secondquarter profits. The rebound and home prices led to Consumer Spending more on their houses but that did not translate into robust sales. Do it model being imported into china will make gm the first detroit automaker to sel
114. 8 versus the expectations of 113. 9 so slightly higher. Looking also at expectations in 102. 2 for the month of august. Thats in line for expectations and sil to what we saw in month of july. The greek crisis and political impact in germany at this point doesnt seem to have had a big impact on german business sentiment. Expectations for july at 102. 3. Lets get more on this. Joining us on the phone. A pleasure to have you on the show today. Will german business have to look elsewhere if china continues to weaken . That seems to be one of the Big Questions when i speak to economists. At the moment theyre still in a relatively good state. This month particularly in the improvement Retail Sector has improved, construction sector but all the manufacturing is relatively strong. The German Economy remains a rock in turbulent waters. How strong can it be with weakness out of china but also the strengthening euro which can hurt many of the exporters in germany. Well, the expectations decl
Discover the best memories of your life. And now, bbc world news america. This is bbc world news america. Turkey rules out putting boots on the ground in kobane, the syrian city just over the border where kurds are trying to battle off Islamic State. London joins the list of those screening passengers for ebola. In the 30 years i have been working in Public Health, the only thing like this has been aids. We have to work now so this is not the worlds next aids. Viewing the world in a whole new way. The founder of gopro, whose invention has made home videos quite an adventure. Welcome to our viewers on Public Television in america and also around the globe. Today, turkey rolled out going it alone and launching a ground offensive against Islamic State militants. I. S. Has been fighting Kurdish Forces across the border in the syrian town of kobane. It appeared kobane was about to fall to the jihadists, but now Kurdish Forces say with the support of u. S. Airstrikes they have been able to p