Against what he called Extremists Undermining Democracy as George Galloway is re elected to parliament. The new mp for rochdale, George Galloway, tells newsnight that democracy has just happened, and that he was the winner. What is keir starmer doing wrong . I know that you are so sad about the result because i have been watching you on television, and all that i can say is, cry more and Labour Leader keir starmer apologises, claiming labour would have won with a formal candidate. Galloway only matter first because labour galloway only matter first because labour didnt stand a candidate. Galloway labour didnt stand a candidate. Galloway only won because. Weve assembled a friday night Political Panel to chew over the result and the reaction. Also tonight. The worlds richest man has effectively pitched himself against the worlds Biggest Company for the future of technology, and perhaps humanity. Stick with us and well explain, helped by an adviser to the un on al. And. Music the latest t
helped drive forward returns, as you say. this target was what we were expecting to hit at the end of the year, but we have seen a little bit of better than expected economic data also helping optimism that earnings growth might pick up a bit in the next few months. so is this all about expectation for rate cuts? is the optimism because of strong earnings? i the optimism because of strong earninus? ~ ., , earnings? i think it really does reflect earnings? i think it really does reflect rate - earnings? i think it really does reflect rate cut - does reflect rate cut expectations and the growing belief that the us can have a soft landing, because when you look at earnings growth, actual earnings growth has been slow and negative for some companies. growth is slowing, it does cast doubt on the possibility of a re acceleration in the interim here. so it leaves that rally a little vulnerable to any failure to reach those expectations. japan s nikkei has crossed the 37,000 mark f
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by 11 of the 31 members of the alliance. uk prime minister rishi sunak is expected to urge nato allies to learn the lessons from russia s invasion of ukraine and invest more in defence. joining me now is hugo brennan, research director at the risk intelligence company verisk maplecroft. good morning to you, hugo. so, just talk us through the level of defence spending going on at the moment. because this has been a contentious issue for years within nato, hasn t it? it very much has been, yeah. i mean, the first thing to say is the question of who foots the bill to pay for the alliance? as you say, that s long been a question mark. you ll remember back to 2019, when donald trump made it very much top of the agenda. and again, it s going to be in this latest nato summit. as you said, we re expecting some sort of agreement that will make it a requirement for nato member states to spend at least 2% of their gdp on defence spending, which would build on that 2014 agreement you r