Ceasefire talks in cairo. The good news is that they are happening and that five nations, orfive parties, are at least all there in cairo. So thats hamas, israel, the us, qatar and egypt. The not so good news is that israel has only sent a fairly low level team theyre not there to negotiate, theyre there to study what hope there is of trying to bridge the gap between what is acceptable to israel and what is acceptable to hamas, and that gap is still pretty wide. The main Sticking Point, as my colleague yolande referred to there, is over how this ends. So the fundamentals of the deal are largely intact, theyre largely agreed. They can agree this that it will start with a 42 day period of calm, a truce essentially, during which hamas will give up 33 hostages. Theres a bit of dispute about whether they would be alive or dead, but 33 hostages. In return, a much larger number of Palestinians Prisoners would be released from israeli jails and palestinians who had been moved south into rafah
one of the biggest financial frauds in american history that s how a new york prosecutor described the actions of sam bankman fried, the former cryptocurrency boss, who, in the last few hours, has been convicted of defrauding investors. as you ve been hearing, mr bankman fried was arrested a year ago, when his cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, and his investment fund, alameda research, went bankrupt. prosecutors said he had used money stolen from ftx customers to prop up alameda and to fund his lavish lifestyle. after a month long trial, a jury agreed. late on thursday, they found him guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. as the bbc s erin delmore explains, the collapse of ftx and the crimes of bankman fried are posing all kinds of uncomfortable questions for the crypto industry. after more than four weeks in court, thenjust four and after more than four weeks in court, then just four and a half hours of deliberations, a jury half hours of deliberations, a jury
thenjust 4.5 hour top deliberations, a jury convicted sam bankman fried of fraud and conspiracy charges, likely dealing him are lifetime prison sentence. a warning was given at all would be fraudsters that could be hurt as the particular warning for other fraudsters operating in the crypto sector. it fraudsters operating in the crypto sector. , ., fraudsters operating in the crypto sector. , . . fraudsters operating in the crypto sector. , ., ., ., sector. it is also a message, a warnin: sector. it is also a message, a warning this sector. it is also a message, a warning this case, sector. it is also a message, a warning this case, to - sector. it is also a message, a warning this case, to every - sector. it is also a message, a i warning this case, to every single fraudster out there who thinks that they are untouchable, or that their crimes are too complex for us to catch. or that they are too powerful for us to prosecute. or that they could try to talk their way out of
(Reuters) -Unilever beat first-quarter sales forecasts on Thursday as the maker of Dove soaps and Hellmann's mayonnaise won back shoppers who had traded down to cheaper products during the recent surge in global inflation. Shares in the consumer goods giant rose more than 4% after it reported a 4.4% rise in underlying sales growth, topping analysts' average forecast of 3% in a company poll. Consumer goods companies are fighting to recover volumes lost after months of price increases made to pass higher costs onto customers.