Brent crudejumping as much as 5 , though its since fallen back. Iran is the seventh largest Oil Producer in the world. The markets fear a further escalation of the conflict in the Middle East could mean iran blocks the Straits Of Hormuz a key waterway for Oil And Gas shipments. Meanwhile, israels Military Offensive against the iranian backed Hezbollah Militia goes on after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah last week. Lebanese officials say at least nine people were killed and 14 injured in an israeli Air Strike on a building in central beirut. The multi Storey Block housed a hezbollah affiliated Health Centre Israel said was hit in a precision attack. Its thought the target was a Hezbollah Official who lived in the building. This is a rare israeli strike in the Heart Of The City in the bachoura district, close to lebanons parliament building. Our middle East Correspondent Hugo bachega lets go live. We can cross to beirut and my colleague Anna Foster. We have seen strikes right
Hi there, everyone. It is 4:00 in new york with 55 days to go ahead of election day. The first and potentially only debate between kamala harris and the disgraced twice impeopled four timed indicts expresident has injected a jolt into the race thanks to a masterful performance by kamala harris. We turn that 90minute debate watched by a whopping 57. 75 million people into what the new york times called a quote referendum on donald trump. A speech with words and with her body language and facial expressions and even a simple handshake. That image there of vice president kamala harris from the moment she took the stage, walking straight up to donald trump and introducing herself. And insisting on shaking his hand set the tone for her control of the room for the next 90 minutes and what would prove to be a powerful reminder that donald trump, who had seven prior presidential debates was immediately outmatched by vice president harris s talent and prosecutorial skills. And i m going to actu
Two tory big hitters launch their campaign to become leader of The Party one focussed on policies, the other on principles. So what do badenoch and cleverly believe in . As the uk suspends some Arms Exports to israel, Hundreds Of Thousands of israelis take part in a general strike to call for a Hostage Deal. How much of a threat are both of those to Benjamin Netanyahus Grasp on power . Welcome to newsnight, where each weeknight we bring you interviews and insight. Tonight an interview with a supporter of kemi Badenochs Campaign to be tory leader, Chris Philp, and a relative of one of the hostages the Idf Say was Brutally Murdered by hamas in recent days. Your panel this evening former Shadow Culture Secretary and Shadow Leader of the commons, thangham debbonaire. And kwasi kwarteng, former Business Secretary and former chancellor. And nick is here. So, the two Launches Today for the would be tory leaders, tell us more . Of the contest finally coming alive and i have watched quite an of
Welcome to welcome to primetime weekend. I m rachel maddow. Let s get right to the week s top stories. The past 24 hours have been a microcosm of the race. Kamala harris and tim walz doing the standard campaign work for a major party candidate. They kept an even keel at the sitdown interview last night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there, honestly stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in masses of its own making including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting through it. The fallout continues from trumps a political photo op and campaign commercial on tiktok at arlington national cemetery at the beginning of the week where he gave the thumbs up over the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of this. He cut a video blaming their deaths on democrats. Now, his campaign is openly doing battle wi
Prevent capital from some investing in high tech sector investing in high tech sector in china such as Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence and advanced semiconductors. The goal is to stop the speed up of technology that could help china develop weapons for use against america in a military context. We put also require firms to make arrangements to report activities. Potentially laying the ground for more restrictions down the road. The regulations are not expected to take effect right away and there will be a period so businesses can weigh in on the proposal. China is the worlds second biggest economy, a vital market for American Companies and the concern expressed by some us executives may explain why this order has not been released until now even though expected back in february. A senior official described the move as targeted saying this is our National Security action not an economic one and adding the us is not decoupling our economy. The move is likely to upset beijing w