Assistance in both gaza and the west bank. This money will support more than1 west bank. This money will support more than 1 million displaced and conflict affected palestinians, including Emergency Needs in gaza. That remains our Emergency Needs in gaza. That remains our top Emergency Needs in gaza. That remains our top focus Emergency Needs in gaza. That remains our top focus but for the moment switching attention to netflix, whose shares are up after the Company Reported a boost in subscriber growth. The streaming platform now has more than 240 million subscribers, adding 8. 7 million of them just sincejune. 0ur north American Business correspondent Michelle Fleury has the latest from new york. It has been less than six months since netflix started to crack down on password sharing, and it appears to be working because hit shows like which, helped it retain current customers, while new prices on offer including a yes less expensive streaming plan with ads helped it to gain new ones
This is your update from the bbc sports centre. Uefa have confirmed the euro 2024 qualifier between belgium and sweden will be completely abandoned. The match was halted for Security Reasons after two people were shot dead in brussels on monday. A third Swedish Citizen was seriously injured in the attack which took place three miles from the stadium. The result at half time, 1 1, will now be seen as final. Uefa have also announced that no further matches will be played in israel until further notice amid the ongoing conflict with hamas. The israel fa and clubs Macquarie Haifa and tel aviv have been asked to find alternative venues. Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has called on World Leaders to do more to stop people being killed in the conflict. The Egyptian International said aid to gaza must be allowed immediately. All lives are sacred and must be protected. The massacres need to stop, families are being torn apart. What is clear now is that humanitarian aid to gaza must be allowed i
The Asia Business report. Us president has announced 100 the us president has announced 100 million in aid for those displaced by the war in gaza. President biden said he would be asking congress this week for the funding to be folded financial network, saying it has sanctioned two senior members of the armed groups leadership. Up up to 20 trucks. This is been a very blunt negotiation ive had and so, we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. I guess there are some 150 there. Not all will go. The first tranche, we will see of the second tranche goes. The commitment is if we cross the border the un is going to be on the other side. The other side. Some data cominu the other side. Some data coming in the other side. Some data coming in the the other side. Some data coming in the hour the other side. Some data coming in the hour or the other side. Some data coming in the hour or so l the other side. Some data coming in the hour or so from japan on exports which have grown for t
Streaming in. Netflix signs up 9 million streaming in. Netflix signs up 9 million new subscribers as a crackdown on Password Sharing pays off. And passengers get a peek at the fastest train in southeast asia, we take a ride on indonesias new High Speed Railway, funded by china. Hello and welcome to World Business report, i am hello and welcome to World Business report, iam lukwesa barack, and we are going to start in the United States where netflix shares have been searching after the streaming giant said that it had signed up almost 9 million new subscribers in the three months to september. That is way more than expected and the best quarterlyjump since the early days of the pandemic, when we were all stuck at home. So what exactly is going on . It is mostly down to a crackdown on people sharing those passwords, and netflix is now putting up prices in several of its markets. Lets discuss this further with Michelle Fleury who joins us from new york. It is always lovely to see you. So
We have a feed through from the chinese economy to the rest of the world through chinese investment, particularly Property Investment and infrastructure investment, and the news on that front is not quite so positive yet. We are still seeing relatively sluggish investment in those areas. A lot of the recent improvement has actually come from the consumer sector, which is a good thing for chinas economy, where we are seeing some rebalancing away from investment, but in terms of chinese demand for what the rest of the world produces, it is not quite as positive a development. Having said that, despite the continued weakness in the property sector, there were some green shoots in the data today. I think we could see a bit of relief for the Housing Market over the next few quarters and that definitely will be a positive for the rest of the world as well. Todays gdp news comes as president xi hosts an anniversary belt and road forum in beijing. The meeting celebrates ten years of president