biggest shipping firms, maersk and hapag lloyd. later today, the un security council is expected to meet and produce a diplomatic response. the red sea accounts for 15 percent of the world s shipping and plays a crucial part in the global supply chain. uk companies have been telling the bbc that shipping delays could push up prices. let s speak now to zvi schreiber, the ceo of freightos, an online marketplace for the international shipping industry based in israel. one in five might not sound that dramatic. is it? well, yes, it s usually dramatic. to put in context, there s about 4.5 million 20 foot containers equivalent going back and forth through the suez canal, and daily this is changing. there s a couple of days of quiet, when they start getting rooted through the suez canal again, getting rooted through the suez canalagain, and getting rooted through the suez canal again, and then there s a rocket attack and ships are either being told to stop and wait till their being
as of today, the bosses of britain s biggest companies will have made more money in 2024 so far than the typical worker makes all year. and that pay gap is growing. the average pay of the top ftse 100 chiefs amounts to £3.81 million per year, including pensions according to the think tank, the high pay centre. that s equivalent to wait for it £1,170 an hour 109 times the average worker whose median annual salary is just under £35,000. sorry to upset your lunch or dinner. joining me now is chris roebuck a global leadership expert who has worked in major organisations assessing senior leaders performance. hello, lovely to have you with us on the bbc. that will be tough to swallow, won t it? are those figures justified? i swallow, won t it? are those figures “ustified? ~ , ., swallow, won t it? are those figures ustified? ~ , ., ., ., justified? i think you need to ask the question. justified? i think you need to ask the question, lobbyists - justified? i thin
the notes from the us central bank s last meetings show policy makers are feeling better about inflation. they a . ree better about inflation. they agree with better about inflation. they agree with investors - better about inflation. they agree with investors that i better about inflation. tie: agree with investors that rates are at or near the peak for this cycle. they also agree that that will come down this year. but they offer no clues as to how or when that will happen. just to remind viewers it started raising rates in march 2022. it did so 11 times, taking the benchmark weight to a range of five and a quarter to five and a half percent. inflation had dropped to 3.2% from a peak of 9.1%. new data out on wednesday showed the number of job out on wednesday showed the number ofjob openings in the united states fell to a .70 9 million in november. this points to weaker demand for labour, but it is still way above pre labels. that is consistent with the goal to slow the
This is how the battlefield currently looks, according to uk military intelligence, the red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing likely points of russian attack. The recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place, the yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this Special Report from the front line. Near the village of lyptsi, the russians are closing in. The fire from a recent Rocket Attack near a ukrainian position. We are told to immediately head to a bunker. Taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. A week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. Andrei tells me the situation is dynamic and tense. From a drone feed, they are nervously watching and waiting for another attack. He says its time to leave. Theyve just spotted enemy forces advancing. This is where they are directing artillery fire. They are telling us to get out. The
About a quarter of the amount of air defences it needs to fight off russian attacks. He said ukraine needed up to 130 of the western f 16 fighter jets. Dozens are due to arrive sometime this Yearfrom European donor countries and ukrainian pilots are currently being trained. Mr zelensky also said the military was still short of manpower and russia could increase its attacks in ukraines north east following its recent gains near the city of kharkiv. Translation we need to staff the reserve. There are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. We need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse outlined how desperate this need is for air defences. Well, he always plonks air defences at the top of his wish list, thats been the case for the last year or so, because of two things russia has continued to launch Missile Attacks on cities across ukraine, but russia has become more do