Calamity . Amin salam, in beirut. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, thank you, stephen. Always a pleasure. Always a pleasure. Well, its ureat to always a pleasure. Well, its great to have always a pleasure. Well, its great to have you always a pleasure. Well, its great to have you back always a pleasure. Well, its great to have you back on i always a pleasure. Well, itsl great to have you back on the show and if i may, i want to start with some words you said just one week after october 7 thatis, just one week after october 7 that is, after the hamas Attack On Southern Israel and at the very beginning of israels massive military response, you said at that point we do not want to be here in lebanon a Bargaining Chip in a larger geopolitical game. Isnt that precisely what your country has become . , ,. , precisely what your country has become . , ~. , become . Stephen, youve known me for always become . Stephen, youve known me for always my become . Stephen, youve known me for always my
In finding common ground. In the last few hours, its also been announced that americas top diplomat Anthony Blinken will visit saudi arabia this week. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and Us Governments has published in the past few days. We can cross live now to tel aviv and speak to our correspondent anna foster. Anna, welcome to you, i know you are at the sight of where the latest Hostage Video has been held, lets start with that in those dead elements in the past few hours. It seems it does possibly appear to be some movement with the release of his latest Hostage Video and the new wording coming from the Israeli Government . Wording coming from the Israeli Government . Wording coming from the Israeli
Tomori pulled one back with ten minutes remaining. Tensions began to boil over in the closing stages with ac reduced to nine men, while inter also had a player sent off. The narrowed siri hold on, and celebrations could begin as Simone Inzaghis side become kings of the italian football for the 20th time in their history. Staying with european football and the barcelona president kwun laporte says he is not ruling out taking legal action or replaying el clasico, if it is discovered that la nina malls shot crossed the line in their 3 2 defeat to real madrid on sunday. With no Goal Line Technology available in la liga, var determined that the goalkeeper had prevented a shot from crossing the line. That was at 1 1. The visitors insist the ball had crossed the line but the goal wasnt given and real madrid went on to win the match. Nottingham forests war of words with the footballing authorities in england continues, following their Premier League defeat at everton on sunday. The club posted
Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. The club criticised the va are, well look at the implications of the technology in football. Mark selby is beaten in the first round. And afterfinishing third and fourth in yesterdays London Marathon, well hear from fourth in yesterdays London Marathon, well hearfrom britains best long roadrunners. I had to use the lift. Also coming up on sportsday. Well hear from the british swimmer who has decided to call time on her career despite the Paris Olympics being just around the corner. Welcome to the programme. It was brought in to cut down on human error, but var has become one of the most contensious issues in british professional football. Two incidents in particular stand out from the weekend. Nottingham forest has officially asked for the var audio recordings during their loss to everton yesterday. Its after the club posted an outrageous tweet yesterday, claiming that the var was a luton fan and that they were denied three clear cut pena
The one hand the Labour Market is very strong, and you pointed to the jobs report from friday, unemployment is down and wage growth is up and it is a very unique moment, we have seen unemployment below li for 26 straight months, the longer stretch we have ever seen that since the 1960s, it is remarkable, and the fed looking at these data could see this as an area where a Softening Job Market could do some of the work for them and thatis do some of the work for them and that is in terms of stabilising prices and remember that all of these elements of the economy are linked. We have seen prices continue to creep and people are feeding that in their wallets and in their household budgets, so whilst the fed can rest assure the Labour Market look strong, the question is on how to bring the price is down to the 2 inflation target. We to bring the price is down to the 296 inflation target. Inflation target. We should always remember that inflation target. We should always remember that what i