many thanks for your time, mac —— francis belin from christie's. -- francis belin from christie's.— -christie's. and that is all for business — christie's. and that is all for business today. _ christie's. and that is all for business today. thanks - christie's. and that is all for business today. thanks for. business today. thanks for watching. hey, it's lucy with the catch up. tonight, a meta hoax, parents sign a smartphone pledge, and fixing a giant sinkhole. but first, people from the uk living in part of the middle east are being told to leave immediately. that's as fighting between israel and hezbollah in lebanon gets worse. hezbollah is an armed group which the uk government and others see as terrorists. israel says it's carrying out big air strikes in the south, and the army chief has told troops to prepare for a possible ground invasion. the un says 90,000 people in lebanon have been displaced since monday. israel has also intercepted a rocket fired towards tel aviv for the first time. hezbollah says it was targeting israel's intelligence h0. now, some other stories. huel has

christie's apac head, francis belin, told me what lies ahead.ts were very resilient. the rates across our sector were very strong and the prices we achieved for the objects were equally strong. we are excited about the second half, we are very excited about this new headquarters we just opened a few days ago. clearly a lot of excitement. what does asian demand look like for the world of art and auctions? and has it changed the pandemic? demand has been very strong, we have been here in hong kong for a0 years and it was time for us to move into our own gallery and to have our own space, just like new york, paris and london have, where we can have our exhibitions, events, auctions, all in one place, and i think that's a reflection of how strong the demand has been from asian collectors, across categories of art and luxury, and what we see with asian demand is a very diverse pool of collectors that look for classic, modern, contemporary art, whether it is western or asian, so i think the very unique dna of our sales in hong kong is to bridge influe