More than 200,000 have fled into neighbouring syria. Now on bbc new, talking business. Now on bbc news, talking business. Hello and welcome to talking business. Lets take a look at whats on the programme this week. Is the world in crisis and riskier than ever before . As Wars Rage on in The Middle East, ukraine and sudan, alongside political and economic crisis, and with Climate Change threatening millions of livelihoods, just how do businesses keep their operations going and their people safe . Ill discuss that with our panel this week arnaud vaissie, whos the boss of International Sos, which helps businesses manage risk and safety. And doctor sheila brady, whos worked with the eu and un to keep people safe in war zones. Shes now exploring how ai can help organisations manage their risk in an uncertain world. And well have an exclusive interview with a man whos been running operations in a war zone. Energy infrastructure in ukraine has been a Key Target of russian air strikes. Ill spe
In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Bonanza for Chatg Pt Maker openai it takes in new funding, making it one of the most valuable Start Ups in The World. Will he or wont he show up that is Elon Musk is due to testify to the us Markets Watchdog over his Twitter Buyout after a no show last month. Welcome to business today, im ben thompson. We start in the Middle East where, as weve been reporting, President Biden has said the us does not support an attack by israel on irans nuclear sites in response to tehran s missile strikes on israel on tuesday. The us president said the israelis had a right to respond to the attack, but they needed to do so proportionately. In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Oil prices have risen since wednesday over supply fears, with markets regaining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil. This is the one to keep an eye on, Brent Crude up another 2 today taking it above 75 per barrel. For more o
Senior Investment Strategist at Edward Jones here in new york. Were seeing a dent in risk appetite. The market is grappling with a variety of worries tensions in the Middle East, a Port Strike and election uncertainty. Do you expect to see volatility . Are there any opportunities . Yes, it is great to be here, and we are moving nicely thus far this year and we are moving nicely thus farthis year in and we are moving nicely thus far this year in the snp 500, up far this year in the snp 500, up nearly 20 . As you noted, youre heading into a choppy October Period and facing mounting walls of worry in the market, including the upcoming election on November The 5th and the ongoing Port Strike on the Eastern Seaboard as well as growing escalations and tensions in the Middle East. We say investors in markets should prepare for bouts of volatility ahead of a 20 rally also, that is a natural next step in terms of what might happen in markets. We are probably due for a period of pull back, but w
They were fired across huge areas of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. Nd, these pictures from iranian State Media show the ballistic missiles being launched from military sites. Tehran said the attacks were in retaliation for the killings of senior militant leaders, including the hezbollah chief hassan nasrallah. And tehran says it warned the us against intervening. Well, israel has responded by continuing its aerial assault of beirut s southern suburbs. These are live pictures of the lebanese capital. The idf said it had targeted a number of hezbollah sites. Meanwhile, the iranian backed Militant Group says it has clashed with israeli troops in the Southern Lebanese town of Adaisseh Biv both the us and uk were involved in helping to protect israel from Yesterdays Missile attacks. Our Correspondentjon Donnison had to seek shelter when the missiles airraid siren. Israel was warned it was coming. But this was irans revenge. Almost 200 ballistic missi