The way that hes 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 chinas 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 peoplel 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. Thats the way these things are done. The basic facts are unchanged. Israel remains dominant in the immediate region, and irans hope of turning its two associate groups hamas, In Gaza, and hezbollah, in lebanon into checks on Israel Hasnt succeeded. And a wider war between Israel And Iran doesnt seem altogether likel
By hamas gunmen took place just before 6 30 local time. More than 300 young people attending the festival were killed, others were taken hostage. It has been called israels 9 11 by some, and like the attack on the world trade center, its had massive repercussions around the world in both politics and economics. Michelle fleury has more on the Global Impact one year on. The middle East Conflict could add to the risks already facing the global economy. The escalation comes at a time of uncertainty around the upcoming us election and as china tries to stabilise its struggling economy. Economists warn the war could push up inflation if Trade Routes are disrupted, causing the cost of Oil And Shipping to rise. A bigger concern is whether any escalation could rock the straits of hormuz, a major shipping channel. 0ne straits of hormuz, a major shipping channel. One third of Oil Tanker Traffic and a fifth of Lng And Gas passes through there. The Oil Markets are already reacting. The price of Br
2612 is 261 2 is the latest. Most were expecting the match at Villa Park to deliver the Premier League Drama of the day on sunday buy after the goalless draw between Aston Villa and underperforming Manchester United it was actually the game between brighton and tottenham that made the headlines, with spurs throwing away a 2 0 lead to lose 3 2. Goals in the first half had ange postecoglous Side Heading for a sixth straight win. But brighton fought back with three of their own in the second half to move above spurs into sixth leaving postecoglou very disappointed. And saying his players should be too. Theres a lot we can do about it. If i couldnt do anything about it i would get someone else to sit here. I dont know if we will learn something new but i certainly experienced something you, which, with all these things, straight after a game, you are emotional about it, but thats the most disappointing loss ive had since ive been here in terms of the way we went about it. So its something
And wet for some but a mild start. Single figures into the far north of scotland. That line of showers will continue to drift its way across the north of england into the scottish borders. More showers piling in from the South West pushing further inland so we keep that showery theme for tuesday but come on the whole, we still have a milder story, particularly down to the South West. 18 and 19 degrees. When starting to swing Round And Cooler in the far north of scotland. It will start to weaken as it pushes across the cooler waters so it will lose its Hurricane Identity but it will be still a significant area of low pressure. Still taking it towards Northern Spain and france so we are going to miss the west there but what it will do as it will change the Wind Direction and it is going to be responsible for introducing this northerly flow, turning colder. So it could be a glancing blow across the Channel Islands in the Kent Coast from kirk at the moment. A rash of showers coming of the