An economic obstruction. So youre not seeing such impact as were here for them any impact for us in more broadly in the region . Very broadly economic impact. We continue to believe that the growth of the apac region excluding china and japan will be 4. 3 up from 4. 0 , so an acceleration of growth in 202a. If you read the report of our Economics Team there is virtually no mention of the red sea as having an economic impact. Certainly it has a Supply Chain Impact in the sense that orders have to be placed earlier and transit times are longer. Its harder to forecast if the time between when you order and when you sell your goods is longer by two to four weeks. In general were not seeing a huge economic disruption in this region. How have they managed to accommodate this or navigate whats been happening over there and being able to mitigate it for the end consumer . The simple answer is capacity. During the pandemic, the ocean carriers ordered a lot of ships. They had a lot of cash on ha
Israel is warning that it will retaliate after iran fired a huge barrage of drones and missiles at israel. The israelis say that 99 of the projectiles were shot down with Military Support from the United States, the uk and other countries. Its believed nobody was killed. But a seven Year Old Girl is said to have been critically wounded in one attack. In total, more than 300 missiles and drones were launched its the first time that iran has directly targeted israel from its own soil. Iran says its actions were in response to a Missile Strike earlier this month in syria, that killed several of its military commanders. Irans Foreign Minister has said it has no intention of prolonging what it described as defensive operations, but that it wouldnt hesitate to safeguard its own interests. It has warned against an israeli retaliation. But benny gantz, a member of the israeli war cabinet, promised to build a Regional Coalition and exact a price from iran at a time right for israel. The g7 ha
soldier who d been held since october the 7th. three other hostages appear in a video released by hamas. all that is the situation on the ground in gaza continue to escalate, as israeli tanks are seen on a key highway outside gaza city. tonight we will bring you the latest from our correspondents on the ground in israel and gaza. we also will have the latest from the uh security council, which is once again meeting to discuss the situation in israel gaza. and as israel ordered the evacuation of a number of hospitals in gaza, we focus in on the desperate situation of thousands of people and patients there. we come on air tonight as israel says its ground offensive has led to the rescue of one of its soldiers who was held in gaza by hamas. these pictures show private ori megidish back with herfamily pictures show private ori megidish back with her family again. she has had medical checks and said to be doing well, and has met herfamily. word of her release comes as israeli forc