Requires focused policies, redoubling efforts and work and concerted efforts from all sides. Lets head over to our Asia Business hub and speak tojoao da silva. Its a crucial meeting, talk us through the headlines as this all gets underway. This is not m, but sweet cream to pop up, here years. Thank you forjoining us, its a crucial meeting, took us through the headlines as this gets under way on day one. What gets under way on day one. What is interesting gets under way on day one. What is interesting is gets under way on day one. What is interesting is how gets under way on day one. W ue ii is interesting is how similar those targets that were Just Announced our to those of last year and that despite the fact that the merger in the worlds second largest economy has changed. The government is expecting growth of around 5 in 2024 which is pretty much the same as forecast in 2023, it expects inflation of 3 , the deficit to stay also within its preferred 3 limit and the Unemployment Rate t
morning joe. it is tuesday, december 26th, i m jonathan lemire. alongside me former aide to the george w. bush white house and state departments elise jordan and the haass of msnbc s politics nation reverend al sharpton. president biden and first lady jill biden spent christmas eve fielding phone calls for the norad santa tracker. the president posted this picture on social media writing that he spoke to excited young americans worried about santa s whereabouts. then the president and first lady called units from each branch of the military to wish them a merry christmas and thank them for their service. republican front runner donald trump, on the other hand, spent the holiday weekend in a very different fashion, taking on his political enemies. the former president posted several, shall we say, unusual christmas messages on truth social that criticized people like joe biden and jack smith. in one post the channeled home alone kevin mccallister. merry christmas, y
these books are by me. this is fantastic. how many? run through. give me the catalogue. well, there are 37 books but these are all the different translations and additions and, as you can see, it starts with eye of the needle. and comes up all the way to this 1 s. 37 books and how many languages? 40 books and how many languages? a0 languages altogether. total number of company sold around the world? as an author who is very proud of the fact that i have sold one minute i have got an awful lot to go. just making me a littlejealous, can. you have written though 11 books before you had a bestseller. yes, well, eye of the needle was my first bestseller. you did not start out writing books though, that was not your firstjob. out writing books though, that was not yourfirstjob. i was out writing books though, that was not your firstjob. i was a newspaper reporter. you wrote your first novel while you had your first novel while you had yourjob on the newspaper and yourjob on the
the head of humanitarian affairs for the united nations says there is no longer any humanitarian operation worthy of that name in the south of gaza. from jerusalem, here s our international editor, jeremy bowen. a warning you may find some of the images upsetting. video emerged this afternoon of palestinian men taken for interrogation. bbc staff recognised the town in northern gaza and we have geolocated the video there, too. palestinian diplomats said these were savage images evoking humanity s darkest times. the israeli army said only that suspects were being interrogated. posts on social media said the men had been sheltering with their families at a un school and that others were killed during the israeli raid. in this photo, the men had been moved to another location which we have not been able to verify. one of the captives is a journalist. he was forced to leave his disabled daughter, according to the newspaper he works for in london. earlier, in israel s parliament,