Treatment for cancer. Doctors say they are pleased with the kings progress and remain positive about his recovery. Also tonight a warning from washington. Us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken says the us will act if china doesnt Cease Weapons Supplies to russia, aiding its war on ukraine. Trump on trial. As the first week of testimony draws to a close, well assess what weve learned from the historic trial of the former president. And is the uks bid to stem illegal migration, by deporting people to rwanda, now fuelling a rise in migration to ireland . All that to come, but we begin tonight with news that king charles is to return to some public facing duties. They will be his first engagements since being diagnosed with cancer. Buckingham palace says the kings treatment isnt over, but doctors are encouraged by his progress. And this is the new photo of the king and queen camilla, released tonight, taken the day after their 19th wedding anniversary. Next week, they will make a joint visi
Earnings on thursday, alphabet and microsoft took centre stage. Both Beat Expectations on earnings and revenue, thanks in no small part to investments in artificial intelligence, One Stand Out spot for alphabet was google cloud revenue whichjumped 28 in 01. A lot of Generative Ai Tools that rely on the cloud to reach customers. Alphabet announced some good news for investors, its first ever dividend of 20 cents per share, and an additional 70 billion buy back. That sent shares into double digits after the bill. For microsofts part, its Intelligent Cloud Division delivered greater revenue than expected thanks to Microsoft Partnership but with openai, the creator of chat gbd. Chatg pt. And together, they should go some way through restoring confidence in the tech sector which was shaken wednesday after metas stock fell after its own Earnings Report and the market was rattled by slowing us gdp and stubborn inflation. Intel also announced its results but it was its outlook for the Second Q
the president of cop28, sultan al jabar, said, it s an historic agreement that sets the world in the right direction. but many had wanted a strongerform of words calling for the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. our climate editorjustin rowlatt reports from dubai. we waited and we waited and then. hearing no objection, it is so decided. with the bang of a gavel, the deal was done. applause. and it got a standing ovation. so the hammer has just gone down here, and that was the fastest that an agreement text has ever been agreed. the presidency is calling this an historic agreement, but it is hedged around with questions and doubts. it calls on countries to contribute to ambitious actions to tackle climate change. now, i could do a single plate and claim to have contributed to doing the washing up, but would you consider that i had really pulled my weight? the president of these talks was in no doubt how important it was. together we have confronted realities, and we have
neither israel nor hamas has commented. without an extension, israel could pursue military operations in gaza. six more hostages have been handed over to the red cross. mia schem, the 21 year old woman kidnap from a music festival in israel on october sevenis festival in israel on october seven is want of the recent hostages now freed from hamas. this is the footage of where she was reunited with her mother. the release comes at the white house condemns what it called a terrorist attack by hamas gunmen that happened under a stop injerusalem under a stop in jerusalem earlier. under a stop injerusalem earlier. three people were killed in that attack. paul adams is injerusalem and has more on the hostage situation and the possibility of more violence to come. negotiations are still going on to see whether they can be further exchanges of prisoners and hostages but it will need to involve categories of hostages that have not been included. those negotiations are extremely difficu