i m sally bundock with the top business stories. and we begin here in the uk where, as you ve been hearing, the nhs in england is braced for six days of strike action starting in an hour and a half, so 7am. and this marks the longest stretch of industrial action in the history of the national health service. junior doctors have been pushing for a 35% pay rise, which they say would restore their earnings after inflation to 2008 levels, but the government says this is unaffordable. for many decades, healthcare spending in western economies as a share of gdp has always risen, but recent research carried out by the economist claims that is no longer the case. so what is the cost of providing healthcare? an issue that will dominate in the run up to a general election here in the uk and a headache for most governments around the world. let s unpack this. i m joined by dr rocco friebel assistant professor of health policy at the london school of economics. good to have you on the
hello, i m tadhg enright. welcome to abc news. a temporary truce between israel and hamas in gaza, that s lasted seven days, is due to expire about now. the truce was set to expire at 07:00 local time that is five o clock here in london and it is unclear if it will be extended again. also in the latest developments, israel says a rocket fired from gaza has been intercepted, about an hour before a truce with hamas was due to expire. there was no immediate comment from hamas or claim of responsibility for the launch. on thursday, the seventh day of the ceasefire, the israeli prime minister s office said six more israeli hostages held in gaza were now back in israel. two others were released by hamas earlier the same day. also on thursday, israel said it released thirty more palestinians from israeli jails. the us secretary of state antony blinken who s on a visit to the region and had been working to extend the truce warned that israel must take effective steps to ensur
wind and solar energy. before we get to those business stories, reminding of our breaking news. a temporary truce between israel and amassing gaza, that s lasted for seven days, has now expired. it ended at seven, local time, five o clock here in london. israel s military says it has resumed combat against i maths in the gaza strip and has accused the palestinian group of violating the terms of the truce and firing towards israeli territory. these are life pictures taken from gaza into southern israel. hamas you can see their plumes into the skyline explosions can be heard. the military also said a rocket was fired towards gaza towards israeli territory around an hour before the truce was scheduled to expire. the israeli military saying hamas had indeed violated the pause inviting. returning to the business news for the day. faster than a porsche, and tougher than bullets that s the boast of tesla boss elon musk about the company s cybertruck. and on thursday he made goo
vehecles rivian has reported close to ia,000 in deliveries for the quarter ending december. but that s much lower than wall street s expectations, sending shares down by more than io%. high interest rates in the us has raised monthly payments for evs, making them less affordable. the rivian rit pick up truck, which starts at $73,000 also faces competition from tesla s cybertruck, which was unveiled in late november. one of the biggest investors in thames water has slashed the value of its stake by nearly two thirds. the universities superannuation scheme, which is a uk pension fund, holds almost 20% of thames water s parent entity, kemble water. investors are increasingly worried about the financial health of the uk s biggest water provider. apple shares fell by nearly 3.6% to a seven week low on tuesday after barclays downgraded the shares of the world s most valuable company on concerns demand for its iphone and macintosh computers will remain weak this year.