And we also ask for the rest of the world to support israel to stand with us because there is no time. Protesters also took over the streets ofjerusalem, including outside prime minister netanyahu s office. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports now from jerusalem. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, israel s army says they were shot by hamas in a tunnel under rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, 0ri danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, they ve caught me. And hersh goldberg polin, a 23 year old us israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her cousin today inconsolable. It s too late for us. It s too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. But 101 people can stil
Thats down from 3. 9 in the three months to november. It marked the lowest level seen since the November 2022 to january 2023 period. Wage growth slowed again in the britishjobs market. But and this is key it is still outpacing price rises, according to the office for national statistics. Lets hear now from michael stull, director at manpowergroup uk. Michael, what are you expecting to see a little later on . Im always very excited for when the numbers come out. Im expecting a couple of things, one is i do think unemployment will take up a little bit, as you mentioned wage growth is going to slow. We will see vacancies down and underlying all of that in the Labour Market we have two bosses, a cold and hot going on. On the cold and hot going on. On the cold side we have sent a dropping, weve seen hiring slowing down and we are not out of the woods. We are blue business and consumer confidence. Manufacturing pmi is a very low, big into caters. 0n the hot side we see a lot of hiring going
Seen from the nasdaq since november 21. We have been seeing good news about the stock market because the snp 500, a different index, has actually had a huge string of records, over 12 this year. There are a couple of things contributing to the Strong Performance generally, and a couple specifically, and when we zoom in on the nasdaq, the biggest thing was the Inflation Report came out yesterday, a highly watched number that the Federal Reserve specifically looked at and measures what people actually paying for goods and services. It showed inflation is tempering just a bit. The year over year measure was the smallest increase we have seen in years, and it lends steam to the narrative that inflation might be cooling, and that might do some favours to the market the Way Investors look at it. More broadly, there is enthusiasm over ai lifting tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq. Agaii tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdaq tech stocks, many of which live in the nasdar. ,.
to confirm prices are cooling. but with inflation still stubbornly high, policy makers here as in many other developed countries are not done raising interest rates. let s show you how investors reacted to that latest data which should other than expected data out of the united states. there are hopes and out of the country might avert a recession. you can see all of the main industries during better and banking share is also led wall street to close higher. banking shares also led wall street to close higher on thursday that s after recent health check showed the largest us banks have enough capital to weather a severe economic slump. in other news this morning sporting goods giant nike has reported its latest earnings for the fourth quarter. revenue came in at $12.8 billion dollars slightly higher than expected. this means nike has beaten revenue estimates for seven straight quarters. salesjumped in both its largest market north america and in china, following the easing of
department is likely to confirm prices are calling. but with inflation still stubbornly high, policy makers here as in many other developed economies aren t done raising interest rates. michelle fleury reporting. let s quickly show you how markets reacted. investors hope there may be a chance the us economy could avoid falling into a recession so we saw a bit of a rally in all the main indices. let s show you how japan s all the main indices. let s show you howjapan s nikkei has started, down by almost i%, profit taking also happening as well. in other news, sporting goods giant nikkei has reported its latest earnings for the fourth quarter and revenue coming in at $12.8 billion. that s slightly higher than expected and it also means they have been revenue estimates for seven street orders, with sales jumping in both its modest market, north america, and in china following the easing of covid 19 restrictions. going to china were on about how authorities are expected to releas