there has been a big strike using _ bank? -- in doha. there has been a big strike using a _ bank? rike using a fighterjet of - big strike using a fighterjet of some sort in the northern west bank. there have been reports they were after some kind of local militant commander, but the latest is that 18 people have been killed and a very strong statement has been issued by the palestinian prime minister. he is from the palestinian authority, the site of palestinian politics that does not agree with hamas, that is prepared to talk about wanting a two state solution which has accepted the existence of the state of israel, unlike hamas, and the statement among many other things says that the palestinian government calls on the international community to put an end to the ongoing crimes of the occupation. it says this massacre confirms that israel does not care about international resolutions, acts as a criminal force above the law, so what are we looking at now in the region? israel preparing to hit back at iran, the war going on in lebanon, and in vision in the south, still a war in gaz

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us. on the west bank, will be for us. on the west bank. the _ will be for us. e for us. on the west bank, the other side - will be for us. on the west bank, the other side of. will be for us. on the west| bank, the other side of the palestinian territories, violence and killing have increased sharply. this is jenin where many israeli raids have neither deterred nor destroyed local armed palestinian militia. the cemetery is filling up with their dead. the war in gaza has radicalised both sides. the west bank is already part of the part of serious conflict in the part of serious conflict in the middle east that could be a big explosion here if israel and iran continue to accelerate into all—out war. the nightmare of the war that started in gaza, spreading and igniting the middle east is happening. a ceasefire deal in gaza might just kill the crisis and create a space for diplomacy. perhaps the war can end in gaza as well. or perhaps it is too late for them. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. amid fears that the conflict could turn into a wider regionalwar, reuters

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major media outlets and pay journalists. to defend the owners of the banks, so small portion of the money with held from the public is used by the banks to influence the media outlets. while the ministry of media is responsible for monitoring these outlets, it refrains from taking action. what do you think uh lebanon's younger generation of journalists should do to become more powerful, more more efficient? in general, what should lebanon's journalism do to be more effective, more efficient? "the situation is impromising because over the past year we witnessed the same powers that control the traditional media and lebanon attempting to dominate the alternative media on social media platforms, related media institutions funded by the same system that funds the outlets which previously contributed to misleading the lebanese people have emerged while advising the young generation of journalists to be more independent and to increase their knowledge is commendable, but the reality is that journalists need to make living so they will look for source of income whether through positions in a media institution or through finding

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and if you look at the numbers of extra judy shows keating's in the us bank as well on top of the $42000.00 policy instead of being killed, assert, and killed in gaza. including 17000 children. how to explain the 700 over 700 policy and have been killed in um, in the west bank, including 170 children with the following remarks on israel's actions by then gaza . on the west bank, francesca albany is, was branded anti semitic and, and fit for her role. at least that's according to the us invoice, to the united nations. as you and special russell to albany visits new york, i want to reiterate the u. s. belief she's almost said for her role. the united nations should not tolerate um to semitism from a un affiliated official. hi. it's to promote human rights. and i got cooler from the international coalition to stop the genocide and gaza says the remarks by washington's and boy, and basically part of a narrative still being pushed by the west. you don't expect these that those behaviors are the max coming from the match. but we've also seen that this is not the 1st time that american diplomats h

the world bank has come very strongly to support us. as i conclude, i think that this is something that we can build upon. it shows that when there's determination, institutions can change for the better. so later on i will be able to make some remarks on how we capitalize on this changing environment for us to do even better as a bank and as clients. >> thank you very much. we are going to slightly attenuate the question that planned for the purposes of timing. the you, secretary, with conflict around the world, what concerts are raising? setback, rv reduction and all challenge of climate change. what in that rather perverse scenario, where you find hope for the future? and i apologize for changing the order here. let me start by saying i do feel hopeful about the future, and i think it brings to my believe that even though we face numerous challenges, if just the one shoe would fit, we have the capacity to address them. and i think what i see every day , i going treasury and i am motivated by my peers who are devoted to developing new

other end after these financial targets are taken well hezbollah does not have financial assets, uses banks in lebanon. it launders money. they don't have any buildings that they necessarily bank. and so i don't know what the israelis are talking about but i think what's happened, israelis have decided to go ahead and just degrade hezbollah until it looks like his gaza and that would mean taking out the southern suburbs and villages like nabatieh, which is his paul is concentrated in. and also let's not forget, they don't have all the tunnels that his paula uses in the last thing that israel needs right now is to declare a truce and pull its troops back and then have hezbollah fire more rockets into northern israel. it would be a catastrophe catastrophe for netanyahu and what are you anticipate now that hamas's leader, sinwar has been, i'd taken out what does hamas do? >> how does it reorganize? i mean, what, what is the infrastructure already in place for his eventual demise or potential demise? >> well, look at it this way, and this is reductive is his hamas is a death called it is heavil

israel says it is targeting the bank because it is used by hezbollah and says the bank was storing funds which were being used to buy weapons and pay its military, but one expert from the defense think tank russo said this to us, this risk setting a dangerous precedent, blurring the line between military and civilian infrastructure. the u.n. also raised concerns brief warning to evacuate.iven a there is a lot of verified material out there, also fake imagery making the rounds, which we wanted to show you. some of it has been viewed thousands of times online. this is one of them. it supposedly shows a plane landing in beirut airport, coming up under searches of beirut airport on x, but this image is not of the international airport. that is not the same as the pictures we have of beirut airport. the plane, if you focus in on it, is also distorted. that image is false. showed you this one earlier. we thought it had been ai generated. now we are not so sure. we think it could be a real image with odd features, which could be to do with how the photo was taken and sent. it is quite complicat

to pursue these fighters and in the process it has caused mass of destruction in the occupied to us bank, especially in cutting more. this destruction is unmatched. since 1967 to does that phone part of what we see to be an increase in raids and strikes in the occupied westbank since october 7th. it's a, it's a new normal. it's a new level of very lee. so normal we've seen israel normalized certain behavior that would have been almost on thinkable in the past. throughout the past year, we've seen that in gauze that we've seen a lot of the tactics normalized and gaza used in the occupied was back likely in siege to hospitals targeting paramedics. we've seen that tactic also taken to lebanon and use their in the targeting of paramedics in the targeting of a medical cruise and of dirt.

activities in casa, and the 5 west bank with supports more than 2 and a half 1000000 people because is world controls or humanitarian aid entering the region. the us and several of as well as other western allies, have condemned to move. israel must abide by itself, publications, uninsured, unreal, can continue to provide essential services to those suffering and garza, on the west bank. the world was set up in 1949 to support those will forcibly expel from palestine and the state of his route. it was created in 1948. since then, the agency has provided education helped get an aide, becoming a lifeline for nearly 6000000 palestinian refugees in casa, the occupied westbank, lebanon, jordan, and sylvia. the agency says, as well as actions that in the palestinian people as a whole, besides the services, but the provide school li, your health services protection underwriter, represents the repository, the collective memory as palestinian refugee status is. well, it has had a long, tense relationship with the agency since october last year. it's attacked on the schools, hospitals, and 8 centers, killing thousands of palestinians. and more than 200 stop

and if you look at the numbers of extra judy shows keating's in the us bank as well on top of the 42000 policy instead of being killed a certain killed in gaza, including $17000.00 children. how to explain to $700.00 over $700.00 policy and to have been killed in, in the west bank, including $170.00 children, a franchise held in a is it was, it was by it's, it's a brief members of the us congress, but the event was canceled law so that often what officials called mounting political pressure, the un rivets or was branded mc submit c. and i'm fitting a role, at least that's according to the us. i'm about the, to the you. and as you and special rappel to albany visits, new york, i want to reiterate the u. s. belief she's almost said for her role. the united nations should not tolerate um, to semitism from a un affiliated official. hi, it's to promote human rights. well, let's try calling you in reference to account this has bound to own right from a pricing on thursday, the agency slammed the mood, cooling it politically motivated, and aimed to target pasting and refugees. all right, might

and if you look at the numbers of extra judy shows keating's in the us bank as well on top of the 42000 a policy instead of being killed a certain killed in gaza, including 17000 children. how to explain the $700.00 over $700.00 policy and so have been killed in um, in the west bank, including $170.00 children or francesca albany. that was also expected to a brief members of the us congress, but the event was cancelled last minute off the officials cold of mounting political pressure. that's as thank you in reference to it was brand new, the anti semitic, and unfit for her role. at least that's according to the american ambassador united nation. as you and special russell to albany visits, new york, i want to reiterate the us belief. she's on said for her role. the united nations should not tolerate on to semitism from a un affiliated official. hi, it's to promote human rights, as well as, as well as the bombing campaign shows no signs of relenting its primary war supply of america has come under increasing global pressure for enabling the attacks to continue. i should warn you, disturb

of these locations are registered sites of the bank, and israel says it is targeting the bank because it is usedk was storing funds for hezbollah, which were being used to buy weapons and pay its military. but one expert from a defence think tank, said this to us. this risks setting a dangerous precedent. they also said it risks blurring the line between military and civilian infrastructure, and the un also raised concerns that residents were only given a brief warning to evacuate. so there is a lot of verified material out there. there is also some fake imagery doing the rounds, which we wanted to show you. some of it has been viewed thousands of times online. this is one of them. it supposedly shows a plane landing in beirut airport. this is coming up under searches of the airport on x it is not of the international airport, if you look at the background, it is not the same as the pictures we have of beirut airport. the plane, if you focus in on it, is also distorted, so that image is false. we showed you this one earlier. we thought it had been ai generated, but we've kept analysing and now a

so what do we have to think about for so water forming the nation, a loop, us bank, steve, we might be context. all our thoughts against the do not get the nations by you speak. would you please indeed satisfy both international legality. hold with them to got the system that was created, the doctor, the end of the 2nd world war to prevent the commission on the overdose of 12 feet. is that what the experience you're doing? the 2nd world war he liked all these contexts. obviously somebody got toxic against the when i think 1st of all that they should be some legal consequences. what 1st of all, the international community should the united mostly come ban website to tax the united nations. but at the same time, the united nation, the general assembly, show the meat of the lease, uh, arrange a session and discuss the possibility one seat is the phone with the general assembly. this is a decision that has it pressing down to in the history and the president against the saucy con, a tied to a jeep, which was easy to buy from the assembly in the, in the seventy's that okay, danielle, when i

expected bank of england would cut rates in december but this sends a signal that if inflation comes down, that may be meeting on the table for a lowering of interest rates. does this tell usion of travel when it comes to inflation? it has been a problem for so long, price rises were outstripping their target. does this tell us they are, about its now? it suggests are, about its now? it suggests a decree are, about its now? it suggests a degree of— are, about its now? it suggests a degree of confidence - are, about its now? it suggests a degree of confidence that - a degree of confidence that inflation will sustainably fall towards the bank of england's 3.2% target. the economy creates inflation from also to directions so it bank of england is always looking at various things. this year they have mainly been focused on wages and domestically orientated service prices. it is in those parts of the economy that they have found positive signals to now make this tone change. i would just say, we have at least two months of uncertainty ahead before we can get to growing real confidence that the bank of england could cut in december, as your previous guest mentioned, there are po

flooding and filing winds and the zip is stating tornadoes. hurricane milton makes land full in the us bank. the notes are forced to run for their lives is rarely ground forces lay siege to northern garza. 64 people are killed in military strikes across the street. is there any buttons is still 40 on lebanon medical work, cuz among the latest to be killed. and the nobel prize for chemistry goes to sciences to make the discovery that was a possible law, sufficient intelligence, the so her can. milton has made landfill in the state of florida. the category 3 storm is already showing as devastating pop. bringing dozens of tornadoes. officials, a warning of intense winds and a life threatening storm surge, it is the 2nd power can hit the region in less than 2 weeks. how does your culture as the latest from orlando in florida, a wind of up to a 190 kilometers per hour, which made it a category 3 storm that is catastrophic level and it's power of destruction that we're still waiting on. those damage reports as that area hasn't under mandatory evacuation warnings, so really should be no people lef

i don't know if we can call it a genocidalt as of yet, maybe you can tell us if we should when it comes to the occupy. west bank and i'd like to find out from you, um, the palestinians have been harassed, they have been suffocating under this uh parthide policies of the israeli regime, you can perhaps tell us how it used to be before, and as it bad as bad as it was before, how much worse it has gotten since october 7th broke out on the impact that has had on the occupied west bank and the lives of palestinians there. good morning to you and to all your viewers uh, well, it's always since 1967 after the... situation of the west bank and gaza and east jerusalem, the israeli measures against the palestinian were always there, and i have to remind you that after 20 years of this occupation there was the first intifada and then it it came the peace process of oslo and seven years after oslo and the peace process there was the second intefada. it means that the atrocities by the israelis and the uh measures by the israeli against the palestinian never stopped and the same situation. is going on now, but what happened

even though as we heard united 6 a occupied us, bank gods are fine. i out of the go on and now and they've been a year and gods of they've not, it accomplish their goals. they have not even been able to bring back their own hostages even. busy they're all over, does that? so yes, there are other strategies to kill civilians because they think that the civilians, the destruction of property in virginia or crime will force the public to uh, go against their own resistors. and this has happened. well, mohammed the, the very fact that we're talking about the resistance it's, it's, it really answers a lot of questions. people are resisting tyranny. people are resisting aggression. now they're on the winning side because they have more what's more resolve to resist. but the very definition of what they're doing shows the, the, the resistance has the result and moral fortitude to move forward. that's something the, is riley stone. tom. you know, um, but your to his team guess we're pointing to the the massacre and the genocide and i think it's probably in th

and if you look at the numbers of extra judy shows keating's in the us bank as well on top of the 42000 a policy instead of being killed a certain killed in gaza, including 17000 children. how to explain the $700.00 over $700.00 policy and so have been killed in um, into westbank, including $170.00 children. fine. jessica albany is also is what i did to brief members of the us congress for the event was cancelled last bed. also, what officials hold mounting political pressure that size the you i am about for was branded as he symmetric. i'm on fit for her role, at least. so going to the us, i'm back to the, to the you are as you and special raffle to albany visits, new york. i want to reiterate the u. s. belief she's almost said for her role. the united nations should not tolerate um to semitism from a un affiliated official. hi. it's who promotes human rights. the level, it's called the un rep hotel cousins as well as by and own right from operating on it's terry say the agency slammed the coordinate and politically moved to a to an aint of the target passing and refugees overall as we

and if you look at the numbers of extra judy shows keating's in the us bank as well on top of the 42000 policy instead of being killed a certain killed in gaza, including $17000.00 children. how to explain the $700.00 over $700.00 policy ends have been killed in, in the west bank, including $170.00 children. now, following harmonics on these roles actions both in gather and westbank, francesca, albany, the was brand new to add to submit, taken on fit for her role. at least that's according to the us and boy to the u. n . as u. n. special raffle to albany, visits new york. i want to reiterate the u. s. belief she's on said for her role. the united nations should not tolerate um to semitism from a un affinity to the official. hi. it's to promote human rights. as us a quote from the international coordination to stop the genocide and guides us as of the remarks by washington's envoy, a part of the narrative being pushed by the west. a, a, we don't expect these, that those behaviors are the max coming from to the match. but we've also seen that this is not the 1st time that american diploma

however, speaking in nashville on monday the head of the us central bank, jerome powell, said overalls in solid shape and there's no "hurry to cut rates quickly". katy kaminski is chief research strategist at the investment firm alphasimplex and joins us from boston. yesterdayjerome powell indicated there may be further rate cuts to come ? how much confidence is there in the us economy right now? what was great about yesterday, he was tempering some of the enthusiasm that we needed a very strong cuts, pointing out that economic strength is there and that inflation is moderating, highlighting that we are on the right path but he has continued to suggest that he will be analysing the data and treading cautiously as we move into the end of the year and into next year.— and into next year. switching nears and into next year. switching gears slightly. _ and into next year. switching gears slightly, we _ and into next year. switching gears slightly, we had - and into next year. switching gears slightly, we had the i and into next year. switching l gears slightly, we had the euro inflation d

that for the first time since the second intefada, these type of of aircrafts are being used over here in the west bank, and we are talking, we are talking about more than 25 years that israel have not used such a war a aircraft inside the west bank, which makes an indication that maybe the policy of assassination by heavy heavy artiliary and heavy aircraft. i'm sorry to interrupt you, i just um news just broken that at least 14 people have been killed in in this latest round of genocidal strike, um, any more news on that? yes, well we as i have just being saying that this uh this attack resulted until this moment to 14 palestinians and until this moment there is... as eye witnesses have said and the palestinian red crisson medical staffs on the field have said that there are indeed more markers under the rebel and the rebel have not been removed yet some other sources have said that the numbers may may have may have just risen to 18 palestinians who have been killed but the ministry of health only announced on 14 that they have reached the toul karim, the tarem public hospital and more 21 palestinians

we've seen more families needing to use our services, needing to use food banks, needing to access pantriesg to have support from debt advisers and benefits advisers, and then a particular increase in working families, as well. today's inflation figure is conventionally used by the government as a benchmark for a range of benefit rises next april. around 50 people attend each session here and, for now, organisers expect that number to keep rising, too. marc ashdown, bbc news. ben's here to tell us more. what can you tell us, what does it mean? it means that some of the cost of living pressure people have experienced in the past couple of years are starting to ease but people will still feel the pinch because prices have not gone into reverse, they are not falling, they are rising more slowly. this figure of 1.7% for inflation last month is a slowing down of price rises with prices rising but the inflation rate of 1.7% means they are not rising as quickly as they had the month before. it is an average and some things will have fallen more sharply, notably transport costs. other things will h

bank of america. over 20,000 outages were reported on wednesday from customers trying to use the bank's app or websitences were not visible, while others said they were seeing a balance of zero. bank of america says the issue has largely been resolved. >>> a new round of funding has given openai the startup behind chatgpt a big boost in value. the company's valuation now sits at $157 billion. this after it raised $6.6 billion from backers like softbank. >>> jpmorgan plans to expand its brick and mortar footprint. it plans to open 100 new branches in low-income areas. the idea is they'll serve as more than just a bank offering small business and financial education workshops to the public. >>> that's your cbs "moneywatch" report for this thursday morning. i'm shanelle kaul, cbs news, new york. >>> still ahead, tennessee tragedy. a factory under investigation after workers are swept away by hurricane floodwaters. hey... it's me! your dry skin! i'm craving something we're missing. the ceramides in cerave. cerave, developed with dermatologists, contains three essential ceramides, to replenish ones i've lo

and wells fargo reported last friday, with both banks reporting profit and revenue above analyst estimates. this week we're due to hear from a few other big usd goldman sachs will report their earnings on tuesday. streaming giant netflix is also scheduled to release its results later this week. will bring you those results as they come in. and before we go, a three—armed robot has made its debut as an orchestral conductor in germany. wielding three glowing batons, the robot guided three sections of the dresden sinfoniker in a performance of a work specifically composed to harness its unique attributes. however, the composer, andreas gundlach, said the two years it took to develop and train the machine made him realise just how wonderful a human conductor was. time well spent, i suppose. let's recap our top story. markets in china havejoined the trading day and are currently in the greens despite the finance minister's highly anticipated briefing on saturday which in many ways fell short of expectations. lan fo'an said beijing will start taking on more debt to stimulate growth. he also announced additional measures to stabilise the property a

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the us central bank, the federal reserve, is publishing the minutes from its last interest rate decisiond a couple of hours' time. three weeks ago they cut the cost of borrowing by half a percentage point as a result of inflation falling. jeff grills, head of us cross markets joins me now. great to have you on the programme. there has been lots of chat about whether or not the inflation battle has been won and whether that rate cut was premature. where do you stand on that debate? i cut was premature. where do you stand on that debate?— stand on that debate? i think the view on _ stand on that debate? i think the view on inflation - stand on that debate? i think the view on inflation being i stand on that debate? i think. the view on inflation being one is still yet to be determined. inflation has clearly come down to levels in the mid—2% range. i think what the fed did very well last month was communicate a 50 basis point cut as an adjustment relative to where they were. terminal mutual rate is 3% or 3.5%. i don't think thatis is 3% or 3.5%. i don't think that is the main question. toda

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us constitution. let's turn now to the imf—world bank meetings currently taking place in washington. been in focus — with the imf upgrading its growth forecasts for 2025. but concerns are rising over the outcome of the us election next month. the bbc�*s faisal islam sat down with the imf�*s deputy managing director gita gopinath, and asked her if she's concerned about a broad—based trade war, should donald trump get re—elected. if you look at the group of g20 countries, the us is the only country where the level of gdp is higher now than we had predicted before the pandemic. we said, well, in 2024, we had an estimate of what the projection of the level of gdp would be in the us in 2024, it is higher than that. but one of the flip sides of that is high levels of debt, and ongoing deficit into the future, even before the presidential election. are there any concerns about the us and its fiscal position? one of our main messages at these meetings is that the world is sitting on very high levels of debt, and also we are projecting the debt will continue to grow. right now the world is si