if ukraine is going to attract the investment, it s going to need the investment it s going to need notjust from governments, notjust from internationalfinancial institutions, but from the private sector. the private sector, it has to build the best possible environment to attract that investment. well some of that extra funding could come from the european union. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has asked eu member states to provide 55 billion dollars to support ukraine over the next four years. she said that this reserve would allow brussels to calibrate its financial support depending on the situation on the ground. let s bring in amanda and peter. in many ways, this is a positive sign, looking at life after the war. , but perhaps some of it seems premature? i think it is a rather well timed. as you say, it looks beyond the immediate offensive towards the huge task of reconstructing ukraine, hopefully when some kind of peace is reached. i think, hop
Stormed southern israel from gaza, and more than 100 israelis remain in captivity. People are urging their government to reach a deal with hamas for hostages to be freed, and they also want their Prime Minister to go. He should resign after what happened six months ago. The war start and hamas and everything. He claims that he wants to go to a war and make Hamas Go Away and bring all the hostages home, back home. For one israeli family, the hope is over. Elad katzir, kidnapped from kibbutz nir oz, his body returned from gaza today. The Israeli Military says he was murdered in captivity by the islamichhad group injanuary. And that Special Forces recovered his body in khan younis overnight. During the attack in october, his father was killed. His mother was abducted, but later released. In a facebook post, his sister blamed the Israeli Government for his death, saying, he could have been brought back alive if there had been a deal with hamas and said the israeli leadership was cowardly.
The politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours, australias foreign minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a dead
There is only one game in town over the next 48 hours. The federal Market Open Committee meeting. Will we have the end of q. E. 3 and how will they signal an increase in Interest Rates whenever that is going to be. Transition from q. E. Ends until the beginning of Interest Rate increases. Lets look at whats happening for euro. Rising for the third day against the dollar. Interest rate expectations are being pushed back in the United States. That benefits the euro. It is up for a third consecutive day against the dollar. It is up by. 10 today. 127. 14. Inally these are the stocks 1. 2714. These are the stocks were watching. It is a busy day for earnings. Earnings beat estimates. Profit missed estimates mainly ecause of legal costs. Lloyds. 9,000 jobs cut. That means various branches will be cut as well. Profit rose. That was a beat but investors obviously choosing to focus on the closedown of the branches and the slashing of jobs as well. U. B. S. Higher. B. P. Higher and european marke
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