Begin on the border with gaza with the clock is ticking down to an Israeli Ground offensive, what negotiations continue to tried free more than 200 hostages being held by hamas and other militant groups in gaza. Sources say those negotiations appear to reached an impasse, with a mask demands for fuel. Israel says that is a nonstarter, at the same time israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to have reassure troops who have been on standby for more than two weeks, the Ground Offensive is still on track with just one goal to smash hamas in retaliation for the militant groups attack on october 7th which killed more than 1400 civilians. Even before any ground incursion unrelenting israeli airstrikes have had a devastating impact on gaza, and more than 2 million palestinians who live there are now facing a dire humanitarian crisis. On tuesday, only eight of the expected 28 trucks crossed over from egypt. As the civilian death toll in gaza climbs, higher the Jansen Qatari General Ant
Hello, and welcome to Asia Business report. Im steve lai. Chinese president xijinping has kicked off his first trip to europe in five years. Hes arrived in france, and will make stops in serbia and hungary later this week. His visit comes as some countries in europe are taking action over what they perceive to be Anti Competitive Practices by china. For more on what we can expect, lets speak David Weddell has more. President xi arrived south of paris with his wife. French is the only major eu company which. Here at the airport he was greeted by frances prime minister, he will also be meeting a man with whom he has very warm relations, the french president. President xi hosted president macron at the chinese City Of Gong Show last year, where president macron was rapturously received, and in turn, president macron will be hosting his chinese counterpart in french pyrenees, a place where he spent much time as a boy visiting his grandmother. But first on monday, its down to Business Trade