ashok, do you think he's nuts?i would never call anyone nuts but i think seeing 0% is hard to see. 0% is saying effectively we need to be negative real yields in the policy rate again. that seems a hard stretch. the main reason is i think the political dynamics around qe and this type of aggressive monetary policy has changed. i suspect the political support with the fed going back there absent a real crisis is going to be a lot more limited than it has been in the past. sonali: if we were to get back even to cutting it could be either the fed has done its job or the economic data turns. what do you think happens first? gennadiy: the data turns first. the data has to be the big driver unless -- i think this is where i would not call anyone nuts as well but unless there is a big crisis. if there is a crisis, everything is off the table. you can go to 0%. it really is something the fed wants to avoid this time around compared to last time. they realized they overdid it. they will not admit it and that will be a long-

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ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank ou the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for— the power.ndu, thank you for that update. _ the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that update. and - the power. ashok dahal in kathmandu, thank you for that update. and of - thank you for that update. and of course as we get more information on that earthquake we will bring you the latest on bbc news. just to let you know we will also bring you live on bbc news, live pictures in a amman as us secretary of state antony blinken is facing calls for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. there will be a speech in the next few minutes which we will bring to you live on bbc news. european commission president ursula von der leyen has made an unannounced visit to kyiv. she was there for talks with president zelensky on ukraine's efforts to join the european union. the commission will next week report on the progress made by ukraine and other countries in their bids for membership. kyiv hopes that — despite the ongoing war against invading russian forces — eu leaders will agree to open formal acce

this population, keep nation occupied forever. indeed, thank you very much for your contribution, ashok also fired energy missiles at two houses there and the the military vehicles and destroyed a number of houses in the javiriyat neighborhood, the operation had been going on, it seems that it started to the forces started to pull out from the gen refugee camp and the city of jin just in the last hour, however palestinians reported that two palestinian minors had been killed, one of them is only eight year old adam, eight year old had been sharan killed by the israeli forces and year old basil abu wafa, the israeli military just issued a statement saying that this operation had meant to kill and or to assassinate palestinian fighters and leaders of the jalina brigades. according to the israeli military, the israeli forces succeeded to assassinate and the alaman forces succeeded to assassinate three palestinian leaders of the. the moment did not confirm anything. moving on with the news, health facilities in the ghaza strip the bront of israel's brutal war. the palestinian health ministr

earlier i spoke to professor ashok swain from the uppsala university in sweden about how a humanitariane trajectory of this conflict. it's a good development, but it's too late and too little saying that because of, as you discussed before, that is a large—scale population movement. more than 1.5 million people have been already displaced, more than 10,000. even in american population. officials are saying that even more than that, whatever the gaza health ministry saying, even more people have been killed. so but say, i mean, it has come more than after a month of war. what? it's a good thing that there is a certain some way that netanyahu government has agreed to give that pause, which it has agreed it has been resisting for a long. of course, it's fallen far short of having going for a ceasefire, which we the world is asking for. and people were expecting that. but it's a small step in the right direction. but i don't think we should be very hopeful at this stage that it is going to be leading to somehow a negotiated settlement. what do you think this means for the west bank? obvious

live now to our bbc nepali correspondent ashok dahal who's in kathmandu.were affected by the earthquake have started spending the night outside their homes, homes either collapsed or by the earthquake. local authorities are struggling to distribute relief. it is turning night and electricity facilities in many affected areas is cut off. more than 300 injured, were airlifted to hospital facilities cut off. more than 300 injured, were airlifted to hospitalfacilities in the urban areas and a few of them were brought to kathmandu, as far as 500 kilometres from the epicentre, after witnessing the damage in the hit areas this morning, the prime minister has said that he will take a decision about distribution of further relief packages to the victims, and also whether to assert foreign aides to the victims or not. many countries, including nepal's neighbour india, india and china have offered humanitarian aid to the earthquake victims of nepal. many people were sleeping as the earthquake hit at midnight, and most of the victims were crushed by the mud houses. th

close, the focus will be on helping people who have lost their homes. 0ur bbc nepali correspondent ashoknepal after 157 individuals including 99 women, died in the earthquake that hit western nepal on friday night. mass funerals were carried out for many deceased today after many members of the same family were killed by the earthquake, and all bodies were identified and handed over to the families, by the authorities today. most of the bodies were pulled out from the rubble of the cracked and collapsed houses, which are made out of mud and stones. people are spending a third night outside their damaged houses and they are still scared of going inside their houses, even if their houses were intact because more than 250 aftershocks were recorded in the area since friday. that is quite a lot. quite a few aftershocks were felt and heard, even as far as delhi people felt tremors. what are happening to those people? we heard rescue efforts are focusing on rehousing those who have lost their homes. most of the people who lost their homes are spending nights outside their houses making makeshif

she's two shots ahead of india's aditi ashok, and anne van dam, of the netherlands.er one couldn't do the same in the semis. serbia are battling for a place in the final after his defeat to italy's jannik sinner. ben croucher has more. lights, camera, action. it may only be the davis cup semi finals, but this was the blockbuster encounter. in a repeat of last week's atp tour final, serbia versus italy, novak djokovic versus jannik sinner, who was initially hitting winner after winner. oh my goodness. taking the first set by 6—2 was certainly a big tick. djokovic was forced to go for broke, but could do little to fix his italianjob — you don'tjust have to be the world number one, you have to outlast him, out fight him. —— you don't just —— you don'tjust have to beat the world number one. and djokovic was more than up for the battle. just to hold his serve at the start of the deciding set took sinner nearly iii minutes, pushed to the brink. faced three match points. the houdini act to keep italy alive. eventually, almost inexplicably, the hollywood match—up had a fairy

our bbc nepali correspondent ashok daha has the latest from kathmandu.tern nepal after 157 individuals including 99 women, died in the earthquake that hit western nepal on friday night. mass funerals were carried out for many deceased today after many members of the same family were killed by the earthquake, and all bodies were identified and handed over to the families, by the authorities today. most of the bodies were pulled out from the rubble of the cracked and collapsed houses, which are made out of mud and stones. people are spending a third night outside their damaged houses and they are still scared of going inside their houses, even if their houses were intact because more than 250 aftershocks were recorded in the area since friday. that is quite a lot. quite a few aftershocks were felt and heard, even as far as delhi people felt tremors. what are happening to those people? we heard rescue efforts are focusing on rehousing those who have lost their homes. most of the people who lost their homes are spending nights outside their houses making mak

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