where he signalled that he is prepared, if necessary, to escalate military operations in lebanon, with 80,000 israeli s now displaced from their homes. to the south, the death toll in gaza, stands at 23,000, according to the hamas run health ministry. and so intense is the fighting that several aid agencies have now begun withdrawing medics from the only functioning hospital in central gaza. on his visit to qatar, secretary blinken said washington has an intense focus on preventing this conflict from spreading, and a warning to some members of the israeli government. palestinian civilians must be able to return home as soon as conditions allow. they cannot, they must not, be pressed to leave gaza. we reject the statements by some israeli ministers and lawmakers calling for a resettlement of palestinians outside of gaza. amanda, the american administration very conscious of what is happening. i want to show you a video, president biden hasjust i want to show you a video, pre
of shipping containers? have a listen. marco forgione is the director general of the institute of export and international trade. we are in a time when the container rates are frankly going through the roof. we are going to see, definitely, price pressure, we are going to see the possibility of shrinkflation, and also availability problems. and we are going to start to see those in the next week or so because the delays have been in place for about a month now, so stocks will be running low. and that cost is already being passed on to consumers. rachael waring is the managing director of an independent furniture company, warings furniture. she explained to radio it how her buiness was being affected. it is really problematic, not just for us but for our client. it just knocks out all of the profit from the job, to be perfectly honest. at the moment, the pricing, we have had a live price today for a container and it has now shot up already to about $4500. when we are now confirming pric
Apple Inc. plans to make the India-built iPhone 15 available in the South Asian country and some other regions on the global sales debut day, people familiar with the matter said.