human tragedy there likely will be significant economic disruption and it is the policy maker s ability to respond complicated by this world we re living in with high inflation. in the past with conflict between israel and gaza are the central bank is often lowered interest rates but they haven t been able to do that at they haven t been able to do that at the moment because inflation is high so they have instead been focused on supporting their currency. not beyond that there are broader global obligations i think the real concern is that the conflict missing now could escalate into stack to include iran which many have been reporting has been providing support and sympathy for the attacks. if iran gets dragged into a race this could have much more serious impacts on the global markets and pushed oil prices up even higher. yes. the global markets and pushed oil prices up even higher. prices up even higher. yes, it is that contagion prices up even higher. yes, it is that c
singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. wheat will have the latest as prince william visits singapore later but we will begin with our daily update on the situation in gaza. it is now overfour situation in gaza. it is now over four weeks since the start of the war by hamas and our correspondences tonight bombardment is the most intense in the campaign so far. israel s military said it has split gaza into two parts, north and the south. a humanitarian pause has been one of the main points on the agenda by the us secretary of state antony blinken. he said the force would advance several priorities including getting more aid into gaza and getting the hostages out. we begin our coverage with this report from yogita limaye. the bombing of gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines have also been cut off, which means tomorrow will likely begin for many gazans like today did. digging through rubble, looking for families and survivors.
israel s military says it is looking into whether it was operating in the area at the time. our reporter in gaza says sunday night has brought what appears to be the most intense israeli air strikes since the war began. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to iraq on sunday. mr blinken said he d had productive talks with the iraqi prime minister mohammed al sudani on efforts to prevent the israel gaza conflict spreading and allowing more aid to reach the besieged gaza strip. it is important that the pause advance a number of things. one of them is hostages. we are intensely focused the united states, israel, every other country that has a citizen being held hostage by hamas to bring them home. it is important that as we are engaged in pursuing a humanitarian pause, this could be something that advances the prospect of getting the hostages back. it can also advance other things that we are committed to doing, as is the government of isr
sunday night has brought israel s military spokesman daniel hagari told reporters that troops have spread across the gaza strip but have allowed an evacuation corridor. today, the idf forces encircled the city of gaza. they reached the city of gaza. they reached the beach at the southern part of the city of gaza and they have encircled gaza and today we have gaza north and gaza south. they have reached the shore line. they are holding the shore line. we are still holding the corridor to enable the residents at the north of the residents at the north of the gaza strip and the residents in the city of gaza to go south. it is a one way corridor going south. we are going to continue to strike forcefully. we are going to continue our ground offensive in the north of the gaza strip and the greater city of gaza. more on that strike at the al maghazi refugee camp now. well, the site of the attack is in the center of the strip in a camp filled with narrow alleys. our correspondent rus
live from. newsday. hi there. thank you for being with us. we begin in gaza, where fighting is intensifying and communications are down for a third time. our correspondent rushdi abualouf in gaza has told us that tonight s bombardment seems to be the most intense since the beginning of the war, targeting the north west of the gaza strip in particular. of the gaza strip in particular. and in the last few hours, the idf said it has now split gaza into two parts north and south. it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinken has visted iraq and the west bank. and in the last hour, he has landed in turkey s capital, ankara, for a round of talks with leaders in the region. he has said that discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian pause in the fighting. mr blinken said the pause would advance several priorities, including getting more aid in to gaza, and getting the hostages out. yogita limaye reports. the bombing over gaza has intensified tonight, communication lines