we ll get to you in a moment, wolf. we re watching several new developments across the middle east as israel pushes through hamas. secretary of state antony blinken met with arab foreign ministers in georgia for a summit. blinken made it clear that now is not the right time for israel to enter a ceasefire. it s our view that a ceasefire now simply would leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago a senior hamas official said it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and again. we re seeing more air strikes across gaza today as israeli forces close in on gaza city. and significant developments at the rafah border crossing between scriegypt and gaza. the u.s. official says israel is blocking until it guarantees ambulances can make the crossing. we re continuing to watch major developments on the ground here in the region. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertso
news hello everyone. thanks for joining me. i m alison camera was triggered with less than four minutes until launch. the computer that launches the rocket stop the countdown clock now officials are racing to learn why both astronauts are now back at crew quarters after leaving the capsule, a short time ago joining us now from the kennedy space center is cnn space and defense correspondent kristin fisher so kristinn obviously this is not the news that nasa or boeing wanted today. what happened? we just don t know yet and we re going to find out hopefully quite a bit more during a press conference that nasa, boeing, and the united launch alliance have called, which is set to start in exactly one hour. now, all we know right now is that there was an issue with the ground launch sequencer and that is the computer that s responsible for launching this rocket. it s essentially an automated process. once you get down that close to lift off and there was some kind of problem wit
britain s manufacturers are beginning to see a recovery as demand in the uk increases and major markets begin to pick up that s according to a survey published today by the manufacturers organisation make uk. but while uk orders are rising, export orders have declined as businesses both in the uk and eu are yet to settle into the new uk eu trading arrangements. last friday the office for national statistics said uk goods exports to the european union fell by almost a1% in january, while imports tumbled 28.8%. the figures were the biggest drop since records began in 1997, and are the first since new trading rules between the uk and the eu came into force. so will exports recover? stephen phipson is chief executive of make uk. nice executive of make uk. to talk to you. start with your nice to talk to you. start with your survey, tell us how widespread it was and why you say the data gives you optimism about what is ahead? we say the data gives you optimism about what is ahea