Let me bring you two new lines coming in in the last few moments. Reuters news agency reporting that alerts are being sounded in more towns in northern israel. Warnings of incoming aircraft, i say aircraft, the thought is we are talking about drones. That is happening in the north, alerts in more towns in northern israel with warnings of incoming aircraft. We are keeping an eye on that, we have been talking to our correspondent on the borders with lebanon so well get the latest on that line. And diplomatically the Afp News Agency reports that china has urged, quote, an immediate ceasefire in a call with palestinian officials. That is coming from the Foreign Ministry in the last few seconds. If there are more details we will obviously return to those. Time for a look at the Business News now with ben thompson. Thank you, matthew. We will look through some of those top Business Stories right now. Economies around the world are assessing the potential fall out of the conflict between isra
Im lucy, welcome. Hollywood Studio Bosses and the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors, though, are Still Holding industrial action. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Cbs correspondent Wendy Gilette told me what this deal means. This tentative deal between the Writers Guild union and Hollywood Studios is a three year contract. Not many other details have been released just yet. If its approved by the unions 11,000 members, talk shows could get back to work within days. The Writers Guild is calling the agreement exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership
And the Union Representing writers have reached a tentative deal. Writers have been on strike since early may. The 15,000 plus members will still have to vote to ratify the deal. In a statement, the Writers Guild of america said we can say, with great pride, that this deal is exceptional with meaningful gains and protections for writers in every sector of the membership. Actors are Still Holding industrial action, though. They have been on strike sincejuly. Both strikes have hit the Entertainment Industry hard. Jeanie wolf is an Entertainment Reporter in the us she gave us her reaction to the deal. This is the most positive news weve heard out of any meeting in all these months. What the writers are asking for reflects the changes in the entertainment business. For instance, residuals, replay of programmes and programmes that are successful, especially in streaming, which is where the Television Industry is aiming. And the streaming services dont like to report these statistics of thei
In the halls of power, but not tonight. On capitol hill, lawmakers are in crunch talks to avoid a Government Shutdown, that is live pictures coming to you there from capitol hill. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. Time appears to have run out to pass all the bills necessary in time for the start of the new fiscal year, on october 1. The question now is whether lawmakers can pass a Stopgap Measure to buy more time. If they dont succeed, all non essential functions of the federal govenrment will shut down, with Nonessential Workers places on furlough. The last shutdown, between December 2018 and january 2019, lastest 35 days, the longest ever in us history. Republican House Speaker kevin mccarthy, has not ruled out avoiding the shutdown by making a deal with democratic lawmakers. But conservative republicans have threatened to oust him as speaker if he
Defiance and determined to stay in office. Democratic senator bob menendez says he will be exonerated after hes indicted on Bribery Charges as members from his own party are calling for him to resign. Hes got time, money and options, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy is ramping up the pressure on hardliners in his own party as the government moves towards a potential shutdown. And we have a tentative deal, the Writers Strike that has Paralyzed Hollywood for months might finally be over. What comes next. Were following the major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Hes not going anywhere. A short time ago, democratic senator bob menendez made his first number comments about the federal Bribery Charges hes now facing amid mounting calls from his own party for him to resign, the embattled new jersey senator said this i understand how deeply concerning this can be. However, the allegations leveled against me are just that. Allegations. I recognize this