Weather closes in. Meanwhile, there have been further airstrikes on hezbollah targets in the lebanese capital, beirut. Whilst the iranian backed group fired more than 100 rockets into israel on monday. Most were intercepted. Lets hear some of Mr Netanyahus televised speech. Translation we are not to tiered. We have stood strongly together to defend and protect our homeland. Whatever strength was needed we defined what the objectives of this war was, we want to eradicate the hamas and bring our hostages home whether alive or not. We must thwart any future threat on the state of israel and bring the residents of the North And South into safe to their homes. As weve been hearing, israel is continuing to exchange fire with hezbollah and hamas, and more Air Strikes have been carried out On Gaza and beirut. With this report from israels northern border, heres our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson. The gaps in israels defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed
Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
the 0.75% increase is an attempt by the federal reserve to combat surging inflation. rising prices are continuing to hit president biden s poll ratings. now on bbc news: talking business with aaron heslehurst. hello. let us take a look at what is on the show. the global economy is facing multiple crises, from supply chain chaos, war in europe, and potentialfamine. can this so called poly crisis be taken on by the wto, the world trade organization, as global trade ministers meet face to face for the first time since the pandemic and the war in ukraine? i am going to be discussing all of this with these two. there they are. the boss of the world trade organization, as well as a former wto judge from china. and what does this mean for a business where trade is everything? i will be speaking with the boss of one of the biggest shipping and freight companies to find out how they are navigating through these choppy waters. whrnever you arejoining me from around the world, hello, we
iam going i am going to be discussing all of this with these two. there they are. the boss of the world trade organization, as well as a former wto judge from china. and what does this mean for a business where trade is everything? i will be speaking with the boss of one of the biggest shipping and freight companies to find out how they are navigating through these choppy waters. whenever you arejoining me from around the world, hello, welcome to the show. we are in a poly crisis. that is according to ngozi okonjo iweala, director general of world trade organization, because the wto is holding its most important meeting in more than four years. this week, trade ministers from more than 150 countries will gather in geneva in switzerland. the meeting has twice been postponed covid outbreaks. but now, as well as a world facing a pandemic and this aftermath, there is a war on european soil. globalfood shortages. and the global cost of living crisis. and of course, the continuing
fuel prices and the average cost of driving around has increased massively in the last 12 years. to have that not even be reviewed, do not have any more that we can give tax free, is making it exceptionally hard to even be able to support the star. ., ., , hard to even be able to support the star. ., ., . ,., star. you are saying the government can do more- star. you are saying the government can do more. they star. you are saying the government can do more. they could star. you are saying the government can do more. they could also - star. you are saying the government can do more. they could also cut - can do more. they could also cut some of the fuel duty, which they take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so much take from fuel at the pumps. yes. they could do so much more, - take from fuel at the pumps. 133