Good evening. Im Bret Baier from Fox News World headquarters in New York. A Big Show tonight, come up, Rescue Crews In North Carolina, continue to sort through the catastrophe and the damage in search of residents who may still be stranded in the aftermath of helene. Analysts warn the damaging economic impacts throughout the country of massive Port Strike happening right now across the East Coast and the gulf of mexico, well examine that and the Vice President ial nominees free press Go Head to head. Republican j. D. Vance, democrat Tim Walz will make their case for their campaigns on the national Debate Stage in just three hours. Can you see it here. But, first, breaking tonight, iran escalates aggression in the Middle East, targeting all parts of israel in the largest ballistic Missile Attack in history. Iranian Officials Tonight warned if israel retaliates, Tehrans Response will be even more crushing. And that if the u. S. Assists, american bases in the Middle East will become targe
Weve revealed that Keir Starmer s top adviser, Sue Gray, now earns more than the Prime Minister himself. Weve been told that shes now on a salary of £170,000. Also coming up on the World Today the Uk Wildlife charity is declaring a national Butterfly Emergency after its annual count recorded the lowest numbers in its ill year history. Welcome to the World Today, im sarah campell. An hour of international news. At least nine people have been killed and hundreds wounded in lebanon after a new wave of explosions. This time, its walkie talkies that have been detonated. It comes as israel Defense Minister Yoav gallant has said the country is opening a new phase in the Gaza War and the Centre Of Gravity is shifting to the north. These images filmed in beirut, and which we have speeded up, show the moment when plumes of smoke appeared in several locations across the city. The lebanese News Agencies say they involve walkie talkies made by japanese they involve walkie talkies made byjapanese c
For the tech sector. Ai Chip Giant nvidia has been surging on reports that the us government is considering allowing it to export advanced semiconductors to Saudi Arabia itjumped some 8 in Wednesdays Session pulling up the rest of big tech. Melissa 0tto is from S P global visible alpha where she heads up their technology research team. Just had us Producer Price Index data a little hotter than expected. That coupled with a little hotter consumer Price Index data yesterday. Does it change anything for when the fed meets next week . Are markets too optimistic about the pace of further Rate Cuts . Thank you, great to connect with you today. 0verall, thank you, great to connect with you today. Overall, the economic data that we saw Yesterday And Today was broadly in line with expectations. Based on S And P intelligence submitted for the September Rate cut of 25 basiS Points, what we have been seeing and driving some of the volatility in the market is there was some rhetoric over the past f
Im lukwesa burak. We start here in the uk because the uks national debt is on course to triple over the next half a century. Thats the warning from the governments official forecaster, the office for budget responsibility. An ageing population, climate change, and rising geopolitical tensions will all put increasing pressure on the Public Finances according to the 0brs report. And it says without extra Tax Revenues or a return to post War Productivity levels, the Public Finances are not sustainable over the long term, and something has got to give. Uk national debt is currently at almost 100 of the size of its annual Economy Output or gdp. The 0br says its Base Scenario is a national debt of 274 of gdp in 2071. Risks from war, disease, cyber Conflict And Trade tensions could push that even higher. By 2071, the 0br expects the uk to be spending more than £200 Billion extra per year on things like health, Social Care and pensions. The chair of the 0br Richard Hughes spoke to the bbc ear