i want to talk with bloomberg's geeta arunathan. what you think the catalyst is, geeta?eeta: i think it is based on this weakening of the elephant deal. one is there's an elephant who owns us guidance media now proposing to buy a block of shares at a premium to make it more palatable for investors, and i think finally, sherry redstone, the one who kind of called all the shots at paramount, she finally opened for what is the majority of minority voters, so she is letting the nonvoting shareholders have a say in whether this transaction should go through. that is really critical, because there has been so much backlash against the sky dance deal, because a lot of the nonvoting shareholders have said it will dilute them, and it really only benefit, you know, sky dance and of course shelley redstone. caroline: one of the keys have been aerial investments, and they have in putting out letter saying we are worried about the way this has been executed, the premium and the merge of what is happening in sky dance, but also they were troubled by the looming departures of four para

my name is geeta guru—murthy.n the spring sunshine but not everyone because low pressure is not far away, everyone because low pressure is not faraway, moving everyone because low pressure is not far away, moving its way from west to east. over the next few days at low pressure remains close by. unsettled weather, blustery, rain around at times and turning cooler thanit around at times and turning cooler than it has been. here is the area of low pressure pushing towards the south—west of the uk, a couple of weather fronts with us and generally a lot of cloud. for the rest of the day outbreaks of rain for some, especially heavy in northern ireland, the south—west of scotland, the south—west of england. a few showers elsewhere the northern and western areas. the south—east, 17, 18 degrees and sunshine across the north of scotland. into the evening hours, if you are hoping to get a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse your best bet would be across the north west of scotland, physically so towards western isles. for m

i'm geeta guru—murthy in london with our other top stories.onald trump returns to court in new york — as jury selection for his hush money trial continues. he calls the case a disgrace. we have a judge that hates trump, a judge _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that shouldn't be on this case, — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he is totally conflicted. a muslim student loses a high court challenge in london against a ban on prayer rituals at school. and the house of commons debates whether smoking should be banned forfuture generations in britain. welcome tojerusalem, where you join is at five o'clock in the late afternoon, and israel is today saying it has launched a diplomatic offensive against iran, calling for more sanctions against the islamic republic, after the unprecedented attack last weekend. iran has launched an offensive of its own, insisting in calls to regional and world leaders that it acted in legitimate self—defence, but

that they very much indeed, geeta. it also depends on how nottingham forest and everton get on. everton are three up at half—time. silva made three substitutions, such was his outrage.

i'm geeta. thank you forjoining us.he israeli military says iran launched over 300 missiles and drones towards israel in what was an expected, but unprecedented response to a deadly israeli air strike that destroyed an iranian diplomatic compound in syria earlier this month. the idf says almost all of them were shot down and has described the attack as being "foiled". the attack marks the first time iran had ever launched a direct military assault on israel. we will be live injerusalem shortly. but first, let's bring you up to date with the latest. take a look at this video. air raid sirens wail what you can hear is the air raid sirens injerusalem. what you can see is israel's air defence system, the iron dome, in operation — flashes in thejerusalem sky as drones and missiles are shot down. a coalition of israel's allies, including the us and uk, has helped bring down some iranian drones and misiles before they reached israeli territory. this is footage of that happening overjordan. similarly, this video is from the ski

that they very much indeed, geeta. burnley are unbeaten in three and are still dreaming and survival. if they win, they could be one point off safety. it also depends on how nottingham forest and everton get on. everton are three up at half—time. silva made three substitutions, such was his outrage. their last league win was before christmas. they 1—0 down at newcastle. forest three it up at half—time and scoreless between bournemouth and palace. attention turns to arsenal in third—place manchester city in action. besides battled out a goal is at the etihad stadium. pep gvardiol had not animated —— had animated discussion with jack grealish. ahead of their match against aston villa, guardiola was asked why. i recognise the cameras to go to with incredible satisfaction, so thatis with incredible satisfaction, so that is the reason why. i always try to criticise the players there and let them feel that how bad they are and, especially when they only score three goals, the complement has to be with me. that's why use the

i'm geeta guru—murthy in london with our other top stories.rial continues. he calls the case a disgrace. we have a judge that hates trump, a judge _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that _ we have a judge that hates trump, a judge that shouldn't be on this case, — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he — judge that shouldn't be on this case, he is totally conflicted. a muslim student loses a high court challenge in london against a ban on prayer rituals at school. and the house of commons debates whether smoking should be banned forfuture generations in britain.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. welcome to bbc news now.begun returning to the devastated city of khan younis in southern gaza after israel said it was reducing the numbers of soldiers in the area, six months into the israel—hamas war. israel's defence minister said troops are being redeployed and preparing for further operations against hamas. the israeli military could still mount an offensive against hamas's last stronghold in rafah — despite the us leading international pleas for restraint.

hello, i�*m geeta guru—murthy. welcome to bbc news now.ounis in southern gaza, after israel said it was reducing the numbers of soldiers in the area, six months into the israel—hamas war. israel�*s defence minister said troops are being redeployed and preparing for further operations against hamas. the israeli military could still mount an offensive against hamas�*s last stronghold in rafah, despite the us leading international pleas for restraint. israel and hamas are now looking at fresh proposals on the table at talks in cairo aimed at securing a truce in gaza and a hostage release deal. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is injerusalem. she gave us the latest from there. the big question being asked here this morning

hello, i m geeta guru—murthy, welcome to verified live. iranian commanders in the syrian capital damascus.

valuable items ever to be salvaged from the titanic — which go under the hammer this weekend hello, i'm geetarthy, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us top diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. the secretary of state has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, during a trip to beijing. in an interview with the bbc, mr blinken said that he'd made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they had to stop sending key components to russia or there would be consequences. (sot thank you forjoining us. what were the biggest points of contention for you and your chinese counterparts? what's really important is i was last here ten months ago and that really kicked off much greater engagement between our countries, diplomatic engagement with a number of my colleagues coming to china after my trip and president biden and xi meeting in san francisco last year. they agreed

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. you're watching the context on bbc news.lation: unfortunately, i in the last day, there was a tragic incident of an unintended strike of our forces on innocent people in the gaza strip. this happens in war. ijust spoke to wck founder chefjose andres and expressed the deepest condolences of israel defense forces to the families and entire world central kitchen family. these people are heroes. they run into the fire, not away from it. - they show the best of - what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. they have to be protected. they need to be allowed to do that work unhindered, and it's incumbent on israel to make sure that they can do that. and we are asking israel to investigate what happened urgently, because clearly there are questions that need to be answered. seven aid workers have been killed by an israeli air strike on their vehicles in gaza. we'll ask why the attack happened and what it's

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. welcome to bbc news now.e start in the middle east, where palestinians have begun returning to the devastated city of khan younis in southern gaza after israel said it was reducing the numbers of soldiers in the area, six months into the israel—hamas war. israel's defence minister said troops are being redeployed and preparing for further operations against hamas. the israeli military could still mount an offensive against hamas�*s last stronghold in rafah — despite the us leading international pleas for restraint. israel and hamas are now looking at fresh proposals on the table at talks in cairo aimed at securing a truce in gaza and a hostage release deal. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is injerusalem. let's cross to her live for the latest on the ground. eugenics injerusalem, eugenics in jerusalem, where eugenics injerusalem, where there is much speculation here about what is much speculation here about what is the signal being sent by israel. as it announced yesterday, it will now be wit

hello, i m geeta guru—murthy, welcome to verified live.start in the middle east — and the growing fears of reprisals from iran for the killing of senior iranian commanders in the syrian capital damascus. iran's supreme leader has vowed that israel will be punished for the attack, which he said was a strike on iran itself. bbc verify has found evidence the iranian authorities have given notice to pilots to avoid the tehran area — as rocket launches could be taking place between the 10th and 12th of april. it's s also possible an attack on israel could come via iran's proxy — hezbollah — which has forces in lebanon. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned his country is ready for what he calls �*scenarios other than gaza'. president biden has pledged "iron—clad" support for israel over iran. so far iran has played no direct role in the conflict but the country does have a network of allies across the region called the �*axis of resistance�*, which it says is united in its opposition to israel and the us. the uk prime ministe

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. welcome to verified live.onse to the missile and drone attack against it. the foreign minister, israel katz, has written to more than 30 countries calling for sanctions against iran's missile programme. he also wants them to designate the revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organisation.

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. you're watching the context on bbc news.un into the fire, not away from it. they show the best of what humanity has to offer when the going really gets tough. the uk has called on israel to "immediately investigate" the deaths of three british nationals in an air strike in gaza. the prime minister, rishi sunak said he was "shocked and saddened" by the deaths of the aid workers in gaza. the uk's foreign secretary, david cameron, spoke with israel's foreign minister israel katz. john chapman, james henderson and james kirby. lord cameron wrote on x...

hello, i'm geeta guru—murthy. welcome to verified live.gin in the middle east, where the israeli government says it's launched a diplomatic offensive against iran, as it considers a military response to the missile and drone attack against it. the foreign minister, israel katz, has written to more than 30 countries calling for sanctions against iran's missile programme. he also wants them to designate the revolutionary guard corps as a terrorist organisation. israel has been showing journalists one of the missiles it said iran fired on saturday. let's hearfrom israeli defence forces spokesperson daniel hagari. we're here with the body of one of the ballistic missiles that was launched from iran directly to israel. these ballistic missiles are ones that have 500 kilos of explosives in the warhead. we are talking about over 110 ballistic missiles coming from iran aiming towards israel. these are 60 tonnes of explosives directly to israel. something else has happened. this coalition is directing a message to iran — we will not allow this aggr

valuable items ever to be salvaged from the titanic — which go under the hammer this weekend hello, i'm geetarthy, welcome to verified live — the top us diplomat, antony blinken, has told the bbc that he is prepared to take steps against china if beijing continues to send key supplies to russia which are used to aid its invasion of ukraine. the secretary of state has been holding talks with the chinese leader, xijinping, in beijing. our china correspondent laura bicker sat down with mr blinken. he said he made it clear to his chinese counterparts that they had to stop sending key components to russia or they would be consequences.- russia or they would be consequences. russia or they would be conseuuences. ., ., ., consequences. you came to ask bei'ina consequences. you came to ask beijing to — consequences. you came to ask beijing to stop _ consequences. you came to ask beijing to stop supplying - consequences. you came to ask - beijing to stop supplying components that russia is using in its war with ukraine. you have asking to do this before, what makes you think they will listen to you th

and he saw the connection between the geeta and the stoics. better than any american philosopher of the 19th century. although adams had noted the same connection. and he jeff, that's what's so the american idea is the pursuit of happiness, which is the pursuit of reason. but pursuit, freedom coming back to this and, i want to want to note this as we come to, atlas, i'm going to have you read your sonnet on the back of our guitar, by the way, whether you want to or not. but it's very interesting. and and i'll have to do that in a minute but i want to note this it seems to be we're talking about really one thing. ultimately, when we were driving up from d.c. today as enter the in your pennsylvania there's a sign pennsylvania pursue your happiness kind of made me a little bit made my wife and i'm pretty depressed because it didn't like they were getting the point of what they're pursuing. you know, it sounds like, you know, follow your bliss or. you know, that song, if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad sort of thing. you know, you do you

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our reporter geeta pendse is in the peak district for us now.he moment? it has you are facing at the moment? it has been difficult. _ you are facing at the moment? it has been difficult, real— you are facing at the moment? it has been difficult, real term _ you are facing at the moment? it has been difficult, real term cuts - you are facing at the moment? it has been difficult, real term cuts of - been difficult, real term cuts of 40% _ been difficult, real term cuts of 40% over — been difficult, real term cuts of 40% over ten years. we are all having — 40% over ten years. we are all having to — 40% over ten years. we are all having to make difficult decisions. the role _ having to make difficult decisions. the role that we play for the nation is so _ the role that we play for the nation is so vital. — the role that we play for the nation is so vital, we are incredibly cost—effective in providing people with opportunities to access nature, to get— with opportunities to access nature, to get health and well—being benefits and helping recover natu