I have known Benjamin Netanyahu for a very long time and while we have disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield of the younger man and i believe in his heart he has his highest priority as the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way. Senior israeli figures including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahus chief political rival, benny gantz criticised mr schumer s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive and unacceptable. Mr schumer s comments come as the Biden Administration continues to pressure mr netanyahu not to launch a Ground Offensive on gazas southernmost city, rafah, something the white house says is a red line. But talking to troops on thursday, mr netanyahu sounded undaunted. Translation their International Translation their L International pressures preventing us from Entering Rafah in completing the work. As a minister on israel,
A foreign power is preparing to attack. It comes after the expiry of a sunday deadline from west African Regional bloc ecowas, which demanded the coup be reversed. The group now plans to hold an Emergency Summit on thursday. Meanwhile, the United States is suspending more than 100 million in aid to niger. But officials insist theres still time to solve the crisis. The window of opportunity is definitely still open. We believe that they should step aside and allow president Mohamed Bazoum to resume his duties, today, tomorrow, anytime in the nearfuture. They dont want to put a time when that window be close, would you say that using diplomacy to achieve this objective is our top priority with respect to niger. Our correspondent chris ewokor following the story from neighbouring nigeria. It is one day after the expiration of the ultimatum given to niger coup leaders by ecowas to reinstate president Mohamed Bazoum. The leaders are due to meet on thursday this week to deliberate on the pro
if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us it is time for the top business stories. we start here in the uk where in the next few hours the bank of england is widely expected to raise the cost of borrowing for the twelfth time in a row. the quarter percent rise most economists are predicting would take the bank s main interest rate to 4.5% the highest it has been in almost 15 years. the big question though will it be enough to start to get inflation, which is still running at more than 10% a year, under control? let s speak to katharine neiss she has held various roles at the bank of england and is now chief european economist at p gim fixed income. good to have you on the programme. iassume good to have you on the programme. i assume you are with the majority believe we are looking at a rate hike today of another 25 basis points. today of another 25 basis oints. . , today of another 25 basis oints. . , ., , points. that s right, that s the consensus p
Am sally bundock. We start in china, where the Chinese Vice Premier he lifeng and the European Commissioner for trade Valdis Dombrovskis are meeting in beijing today. The eu and chinas economic and trade ties will be the focus of discussions. The meeting comes at a time of growing tensions between the two superpowers. Earlier this month, the European Commission announced there would be an anti subsidy investigation over chinas car prices. China is accused of keeping car prices artificially low by huge State Subsidies a move that china says is evidence of protectionism by the eu. Trade between the eu and china is significant, especially for countries like germany, where china is their biggest Trading Partner. Im joined by anna ashton, china director at eurasia group. Lets unpack this. Good morning to you, anna. How are these trade talks likely to go, do you think . You think . Its hard to say exactly how you think . Its hard to say exactly how they you think . Its hard to say exactly ho