defence forces have not commented on these drugs but that they have taken control of a hamas stronghold in recent fighting. we have the latest from southern israel. hamas released video of their men fighting on the streets of gaza. they know they can t win a pitched battle, so they re using hit and run tactics. that will intensify as israel s tanks and troops move deeper into gaza city. after an israeli strike in khan younis, southern gaza, they were digging for survivors. the town is in the area israel has told palestinians to go to stay safe. but nowhere s safe. israel says this is self defence. palestinians call it genocide. ahmed had 27 members of his family inside the house when it was hit. this is the bravery of the so called israel. they show their might and power against civilians. babies inside, kids inside! and the elderly! it is the mighty vengeance promised by israel s prime minister when hamas attacked a month ago. in tel aviv, at the empty table set for the host
his speech was unpacking the new order. i think what he was basically talking about was the united states leading western efforts to try to impose technology sales to china to make china less capable with things like ship mate making and green technologies and i have to say that many people in that room, business delegates, would probably agree with them. the old order, if you want to call it that, the idea of countries making stuff that is the quickest and efficient countries, making it and then selling it so people who need it, ithink selling it so people who need it, i think that worked for many businesses. the problem is that western governments were not that happy about that because if you have a dominant country, and poses a threat to you if you are a western country and that is why you see chip not technology restrictions in the us and the retaliation, the rare earths potential ban or at least restriction of what china has to the rest of the world. this is fundamentall
cheaper for customers because it makes their products cheaperfor customers in because it makes their products cheaper for customers in other countries to buy. the yen has been steadily depreciating against the us dollar and that is likely to continue boosting export profits forjapanese export profits for japanese companies export profits forjapanese companies according to damien thong the head of japanese equity research. it thong the head of japanese equity research. equity research. it is a big tailwind for equity research. it is a big tailwind for firms - equity research. it is a big| tailwind for firms exporting from japan and also firms which manufacture outside means a lot of the profits they generate overseas will be brought back to japan and a overseas will be brought back tojapan and a very overseas will be brought back to japan and a very attractive rate of exchange. rate of exchange. japanese companies rate of exchange. japanese companies have rate of excha
and so we re absolutely sure of our facts and the chinese ought to own up to this. we have sanctioned a great number of chinese companies, and we re prepared to do more by the way. we remind china that chinese officials, they have considerable authority in this authoritarian government over what happens, and they can certainly crack down on these companies, and they ought to do it because it is a major problem. and it s a major obviously a major assistance to russia in this war effort. how much communication is there between the two sides, and how difficult is it for you? we know there have been times. i ve been here for two plus years. there have been times when communication has been very sparse. after speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan august 2022, the chinese shut down communications mostly with our cabinet level in washington. after that strange balloon floated across the territory of the united states for five days in february of 2023, the chinese shut down comm
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during the Munich Security Conference, the US State Department reported on Feb. 16.