this is cnn breaking news. a warm welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. i want to get to our breaking news this hour. at least 350 israeli deaths are confirmed. more than 1500 israelis have been wounded over the past 24 hours as intense fighting rages between israel and hamas. retaliatory israeli strikes in gaza reportedly have killed at least 313 people. that s according to palestinian authorities. the idf says up to 1,000 hamas militants poured across the border and raided towns. earlier video shows civilians being rounded up and taken to gaza as hostages. a short time ago, hamas claimed they were still in israeli. here s the prime minister on saturday. translator: what happened today has never been seen in israel. and i will make sure it does not happen again. the entire government is behind this decision. the idf will immediately use all of its strength to destroy hamas availcapabilities and w
says the bank is ready to start cutting rates. musicians cope with stage fright. welcome to business today, i m mark lobel. is on the second day of a state visit. he s there to meet chancellor olaf scholz for talks aimed with the us and china. the two european heavyweights want to advance plans for an eu capital markets union. that s to get investments and savings flowing across member states. however negotiations have stalled for nearly a decade because eu members do not want to relinquish control of national financial rules. so how close is the so called single market for capital to becoming a reality? let s get the thoughts of vim mice. he s ceo of the european banking federation in brussels. this, like many things in europe, it doesn t come with a big bang. it is usually part by part by part going forward. but it is so important that there is talk. it s not only the talk of macron and schulz, there are several high level reports that really want to make this real. what s
heavyweights will be talking about plans for an eu capital markets union, in order to get investments and savings flowing across member states. however negotiations over these plans have stalled for nearly a decade because eu members do not want to relinquish control of national financial rules. so how close is the so called single market for capital to becoming a reality? here s vim mice, ceo of the european banking federation in brussels with his thoughts. this, like many things in europe, it doesn t come with a big bang. it is usually part by part by part going forward. but it is so important that there is talk. it s not only the talk of macron and schulz, it is also the eurogroup who has been talking about it. there are several high level reports that really want to make this real. what s so important is that we really get a move on and the practical side, because we ve done all the analysis, we ve done all the regulation, and now we need to move onward. as everybody sees
the duke of edinburgh and other members of the royal family are on their way to church on the norfolk estate. in her pre recorded message to the commonwealth later today, the queen will say she draws strength from ordinary people doing in his christmas mass at the vatican, the pope has urged world leaders to negotiate a peace deal in syria telling thousands of spectators that too much blood has been spilled . more than sixty members of a celebrated russian military band are among those killed when their plane crashed on its way to take them to entertain troops in syria. now on bbc news...it‘s been a fantastic year for gb‘s 0lympians and paralympians. nick hope looks back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016: gold rush in rio coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. and while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a sp
updates on the french presidential elections with the first vote just two months away. lots has been going on today. we can show you some of the pictures. here you can see the far right candidate marine le pen, she has been talking about foreign policy. the centralist, emmanuel macron, has picked up the support of france while francois bayroux. the police have been firing tear gas at students who have been protesting against a member of the police force who raped a student. there have been suggestions that marine le pen will come top of the first round. i asked james reynolds for more about marine le pen‘s she has been talking about foreign policy. we know a lot of her positions. she would like an alliance with russia s president. she wants france to leave nato. she wa nts to she wants france to leave nato. she wants to hold a reference mick a referendum about france s membership of the eu. and she also wants to talk about deporting criminals. we know a lot of her pos