Is benjamin netanyahu s position improving as a result of the attacks on hezbollah? people who are quite critical of netanyahu, the way that he s conducted the war in gaza, have been in favour of some kind of escalation with hezbollah. And what on earth has happened to one of china s most senior economists after he criticised xi jinping? we think he disappeared some time earlier this year. That gives you an indication ofjust how cautious peoplei have to be in order to not run foul of the leadership in china. Sirens blare. Iran launched two big waves of missiles at israel on tuesday. But in case you might think world war iii was breaking out, it was all carefully choreographed. Distant explosions. Iran signalled what it was going to do, the americans knew about it beforehand and israel was expecting it. That s the way these things are done. The basic facts are unchanged. Israel remains dominant in the immediate region, and iran s hope of turning its two associate groups hamas, in gaza,
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
Ains Good Morning to you, 7 00 a. M. On the East Coast. Thursday, october 3rd. This is Fox Friends. Dock workers on the Picket Lines for the third straight day. The big problems could be coming to Grocery Stores and gas stations. Lawrence plus, families picking up what is left after helene as dhs warns fema doesnt have enough money to last through Hurricane Season. But what about the millions this administration has spent on the Migrant Crisis . Steve good question. Meanwhile, parents turning in their own children to the cops after seeing their kids in Security Footage of flash mobs. Hey, thats my kid. Im taking them to the police. And they did. Ainsley its hard to do i would imagine. But the right thing to do. All right. The second hour of Fox Friends starts right now. Ainsley it is day three of the dock Workers Strike and union members are vowing to stay on the Picket Line 24 7 until they get a new contract. Steve businesses worry that the strike is going to crush their livelihoods a
Relief efforts. Theres a lot of people that are frustrated out there and i can certainly appreciate that and we felt that when we were on the Road Yesterday but also told them that this is unprecedented what we are dealing with. Previously the worst Storm Georgia had ever dealt with. We dont need people in washington doing things, we need people here doing things and this Community Show that. Sandra Brandnew Top of the hour. We now know at least 200 are dead. Holmes upended and homes unrecognizable. Any moment now President Biden will be getting an update in florida as he continues his tour of the hardesthit areas. Our thoughts are with all of those affected by this. It is brutal for so many. Hello and welcome everyone. I am Sandra Smith in New York. John our houtz go out. Im John Roberts in washington and this is america reports. Today marks a week since Hurricane Calin made landfall. Survivors are isolated by catastrophic flooding and they are desperately flooding Stomach Pleading fo