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our international editor, jeremy bowen has the latest. a few minutes after the attack, the building in iran s diplomatic compound in a well off central area of damascus seems to be on fire. the israeli strike destroyed the iranian consulate. it was a precision attack against a senior commander who will have worked hard to keep his movements secret. despite that, israeli intelligence must have tracked general mohamed reza zahedi to the meeting he was having in damascus. he was the senior iranian general in syria and lebanon two countries iran regards as critical parts in what it says is its system of forward defence, the so called axis of resistance. in damascus the syrian foreign minister said the general and others who died were killed by israel. translation: we strongly condemn this criminal act l carried out by the zionist enemy. these attacks can only be met by further steadfastness, further support for the palestinian people and further resistance whether in iraq ....
kitchen charity arrived at the hospital after their car was hit by an air strike. the israeli military says its investigating the incident. in a statement on x formerly twitter world central kitchen said it was aware of the reports. they described them as a tragedy , saying humanitarian aid workers and civilians should never be a target . australian prime minister anthony albanese has confirmed one australian woman was among those killed lalzawmi zomi frankcom who you can see on the left here. mr albanese said he s contacted israel s ambassador to ask for accountability. the truth is that this is beyond, beyond any reasonable circumstance that someone going about providing aid and humanitarian assistance should lose their life. and there were four aid workers as well as palestinian driver in this vehicle. this is a human tragedy that should never have occurred. that is completely unacceptable. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic service. various details ....
on year in the first quarter of this year so weak but out performing many key economies across europe currently. but inflation seems to be coming under control atjust over 2 percent in february. still, the cost of living crisis has hit households hard in portugal, especially in key cities such as lisbon where a lack of affordable housing has become a major issue. to discuss what s at stake, i m joined by raquel varela a historian at the new university of lisbon and author of a people s history of the portuguese revolution. a warm welcome to the programme. forviewers a warm welcome to the programme. for viewers around the world, could you put into context the political scene at the moment portugal? this new government in place this week, but instability going to be hanging over? but instability going to be hanuain over? ., . ., ~ hanging over? hello and thank ou ve hanging over? hello and thank you very much hanging over? hello and thank you very much for hanging over ....
first quarter for the ftse 500, up 10%, first quarter for the ftse 500, up io%, and people bought on a dip, which is what i thought they would do, so i think this is based off a strong rally we had in the last week, and i think that s it. i think the guidance some of the companies have been given, while earnings have been good for the last quarter, the guidance has been that that is a sign the economy is slowing down, so i think that might be part of it. we are near the i think that might be part of it. we are nearthe end i think that might be part of it. we are near the end of the first quarter earnings season and most companies have reported we have had uber today and recently we have heard from the big tech companies. what is your sense about the economy from the perspective of corporate america? , america? very good, actually. the consumer is america? very good, actually. the consumer is continuing america? very good, actually. the consumer is continuing to - am ....
again in this new speaker s race? you d have to ask them. i don t know. i m just going to focus on doing the work i m supposed to do. i think this is a question to the institution itself. i know in the past the other leaders together all believed this should never be in play, but i m not worried. that s kevin mccarthy brushing off a question about the future of his speakership. it comes a far-right member of the house triggered a vote that could remove him from his leadership post. we ll have the latest on that fight inside the republican party. also ahead we ll bring you a recap of day one in donald trump s civil fraud trial here in new york city including the moment that seemed to enrage the former president. plus, hunter biden will also be in court today. we ll go through the new developments in that case as well as the impeachment inquiry into his father, the president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 3rd. i m jonathan lemi ....