into north west england. again falling on pretty saturated ground. the winds will pick up but it will not be as windy as it is today. on friday, a chilly start but a much more settled deal weather for most. this is bbc news, the headlines: funerals are being held for 2h soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war in gaza began. there s been intense fighting around khan younis israel says it s surrounded the southern gaza city. but could a hostage deal be close? israel proposes a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with hamas. the us and uk carry outjoint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. we will take you through the oscar nominations in about ten minutes time. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s chetan. afternoon. afternoon, thank you. we start dennis. cash we st
greg: okay. it feels good. yes. [laughing] stop it. stop it. keep going. i m kidding. happy monday, everyone. so last week s sports illustrated announced they were laying off their entire staff. you could see it coming like a plus size model down a fashion runway. still this was a big deal for those of us who grew up when as i was required reading. nobody knows what that means. so it is said that si managed to go to an a mental institution in record time. if anyone wants to learn how not to run a company, s.i. has your game plan. that is because the management tried almost everything they could to they could think of to drive clicks except for one tiny thing, keeping the focus on exports. you know the subject they were supposed to be illustrating instead of showing how to run a brand faster than it takes to chug a bud light? [laughter] what management should have tried is remembering what their loyal customers want, sports, straight up without the woke chaser.
of 3.3% in the last three months of 2023 much stronger than expected. that s raised hopes that the us federal reserve might have achieved a soft landing getting inflation under control by raising borrowing costs without crashing the economy. the strong economic numbers helped stoke an ongoing rally on us stock markets. both the dowjones industrial average and s&p 500 closed at new record highs on thursday. and traders weren t the only ones celebrating. the gdp figures have been seized upon by president biden, who is battling for re election. he s been suffering poor approval ratings for his handling of the economy, as american households feel the impact of higher prices on their finances. from new york, here s michelle fleury. for an economy many said was headed for recession, the us continues to defy expectations. in the final three months of last year, the american economy grew faster than expected, expanding at an annual rate of 3.3% while inflation fell. growth for th
funerals are being held for the 2a soldiers killed in israel s deadliest day since the war began in gaza. there has been intense fighting around khan younis, israel says it has surrounded the southern gaza city. could i hostage deal close, though? reports that israel has proposed a two month pause to negotiate prisoner exchanges with himars. the us and uk carry out joint strikes against houthi targets in yemen for the second time in two weeks. hamas. and oppenheimer leads the oscar nominations with 13 but barbie s margot robbie and director greta gerwig miss out. time for a look at the business news now with lu kwesa burak. it afternoon, lukwesa. could afternoon. good afternoon. we start here in the uk with the government s finances because the amount it had to borrow last month was far less than expected. that has raised hopes the chancellor, jeremy hunt, may have extra room to cut taxes when he announces his spring budget in march. a lot of it is down to lo
central lancashire. thank you for being with us on the programme, and we say that condemnation from many countries around the world, posing real security risk for the region, how worried should the region and the rest of us really be? 50. worried should the region and the rest of us really be? rest of us really be? so, as you said, rest of us really be? so, as you said. there rest of us really be? so, as you said, there are rest of us really be? so, as you said, there are quite rest of us really be? so, as you said, there are quite many - rest of us really be? so, as you i said, there are quite many worries by the experts around north korea s current situation was to my view is slightly different, though, because kimjeong in slightly different, though, because kim jeong in essentially had a meeting with putin as we well know before the ukrainian russian or and kimjong un managed to before the ukrainian russian or and kim jong un managed to sell lots of weapons to russi