In the latest fighting, israel has bombed a building in central beirut. Both Israel And Hezbollah have reported a second day of intense fighting on the ground in southern lebanon. Oil prices jumped on tuesday over supply fears, with markets regAining ground as investors seemingly come to terms with the escalation in tensions. Lets have a quick look at the price of oil, once agAin today, more than a i once agAin today, more than a i increase, the price of oil just below 75 per barrel. It would look at the Share Markets in asia, its an interesting picture were seeing. Japan is seeing a bigjump, Over2 because of the yen has weakened significantly on anticipation of what might happen in the japanese Economy But Hong kong is down over 3 . Big profit taking going on in hong kong, over the last few days there we have seen rapid increases on these markets in response to chinese stimulus so chinese stocks have had a real rise in recent days. Today, profit taking going on there but elsewhere, as
Its advantage what here s what we re watching for you this good morning, but trump campaign donald trump himself and his running mate j. D. Vance, can t seem to pin down exactly where trump stands on abortion access in florida or nationwide, the about face. We re hearing from i m trump and how the harris campaign is looking to capitalize on it new this morning, more evidence that trump s federal election subversion trial will not go to trial before the election latenight league goal the filing that creating some new questions over the next steps in the case officials on parts of the northeast are trying to stop the spread of lethal mosquitoborne illness. The steps that they are taking why some residents are pushing back for watching a severe storm threat for the northeast that will lead to a little bit of relief from the heat with track and i cool down and cue up the drums and the drumsticks crack a cold one is college football saturday, we are going to have a preview for you, includin
Such as david bowie and paul mccartney. And in 2001 Victoria Beckham let slip that her nickname for husband david was goldenballs. 0ur arts correspondent David Sillito looks back at his life. Dont you get fed up of each other . Oh, yes, yes. I call him golden balls, you know, now. Did you ever say, you dirty rat . Never. Jimmy cagney. Orson welles. Jimmy stewart. These were distant, mysterious screen gods until parkinson brought them into your living room. The fact is that youre a crowd puller and frazier s not, is he . Why is that . Well, number one, hes ugly. His interviews with muhammad ali were unmissable. He has no rhythm, no footwork, no class. He cannot talk. And who told him he could sing . But of all those 2000 or so guests, one always haunted him. I interviewed everybody from Henry Kissinger to Billy Connolly to james cagney to dame edith evans, all those people. And im only remembered for one thing, i was attacked by a sodding emu. Hes not aggresive Rod Hull And Emu Rather p
officials at the united state s central bank think inflation is going to remain uncomfortably high in america for some time. that s according to the minutes of the last fed meeting where monetary policy is set. the bbc s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports. if anyone thought most recent price hike which showed no inflation injuly was the new normal the federal reserve is here to tell you otherwise. the latest minute shows that the committee that sets monetary policy in the us was unanimous that prices are going to keep going up for months to come. that means everyone should expect more interest rate rises as well. the committee height interest rates by three quarters of a percentage point last month, another rate hike in september seems almost certain. the only question is by how much? the minutes show at least some on the committee thank that their efforts to tame inflation may be starting to have some effect. based on the market response that has
on twitter @annitabbc and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. rail workers are on strike once again in their dispute over pay causing widespread disruption to the network across england and wales. only about 20% of the usual train services are running around the country and finishing much earlier than normal as the latest wave of strikes hit the railways. and a winning streak for emma raducanu, who picked up where she left off after beating serena williams to thrash victoria azarenka in cincinatti. good morning and welcome to bbc news. pupils across england, wales, and northern ireland are getting their a level, t level, and btec exam results. we are rooting for you. these students are the first cohort to sit exams since before covid 19. grades reached record highs last year during the pandemic when they were determined by teach