Samir puri is a lecturer in war studies at Kings College london. He says the commitment by the us to supply more weapons is significant. As the Army Tactical Missile System that the us has finally authorised the gifting to ukraine and it is about the range of the missiles they can fire. 190 miles, significantly further in the Storm Shadow Missile than the Storm Shadow Missile which is 150 miles range. The significance is this is something that ukraine and those supporting the arming of ukraine have really been asking for for months and months and months. Arguably creating the impression this is a war winning weapon whereas i think in reality, what this will do is give the Ukrainian Armed forces another tool to try and degrade the russian defensive positions but by no means guarantee actually breaking through and kicking the russian army out of all parts of ukraine. The missle strike on the Crimean Peninsula, this is an enormous achievement by the Ukrainian Armed forces because lets not
of earthquakes raise fears of a volcanic eruption. authorities have ordered thousands living in the southwestern town of grindavik to evacuate as a precaution. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to this special edition of talking business weekly. with me, aaron hazelhurst, coming to you from long beach, california. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. a flight full of dollars. that s right. the airline industry is on course to return to profit this year after the turbulence of covid. so we re going to find out how they re investing that cash in the next leg of our journeys. holy cow! from virtual reality to robot wheelchairs, we re here at the airline passenger experience expo to find out what airlines are doing with the latest technology and innovations to help us enjoy our flights. i m going to be sitting down with one of the most influential figures in the industry, the big boss of qatar airways, to hear how he s expanding h
attacks since october seven. iceland s government has declared a state of emergency and evacuated thousands of people from towns in the west of the country amid a rising chance of a volcanic eruption. now come on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to this special edition of talking business weekly. with me, aaron hazelhurst, coming to you from long beach, california. let s go and take a look at what s on the show. a flight full of dollars. that s right. the airline industry is on course to return to profit this year after the turbulence of covid. so we re going to find out how they re investing that cash in the next leg of ourjourneys. holy cow. from virtual reality to robot wheelchairs, we re here at the airline passenger experience expo to find out what airlines are doing with the latest technology and innovations to help us enjoy our flights. i m going to be sitting down with one of the most influential figures in the industry, the big boss o
out of gaza, painting a grim picture of the humanitarian situation there. what more can you tell us about how hospitals in gaza are coping? iwith hospitals in gaza are coping? with ureat hospitals in gaza are coping? with great difficulty hospitals in gaza are coping? jf i great difficulty because they are all pretty much surrounded in gaza city because the israelis argue these are places where hamas fighters have based themselves and consequently there are intense battles going on around those hospitals. the israelis say they are not targeting the hospitals per se and they are trying to get these civilian populations that are clustered around them to try and leave, and also starting to think about evacuating the hospitals themselves so that israel can concentrate on dealing with hamas. there is a small development on that front this evening, the israelis said tomorrow they are going to evacuate babies from the shifa hospital to a safer location. we don t know the details,
and that return of demand, well, it comes despite rising fares for passengers. you know, according to data from the travel website kayak, globalflight prices have risen 16% between july and september this year compared to the same time a year ago. and that s helped some airlines to record record profits. however, the airline body, iata, that s the international air transport association, says despite those higher fares, the average airline will make a profit ofjust $2.25 per passenger as the rest of the moneyjust gets sucked up by rising costs. and that s the big challenge, because in the last few months, we ve seen a steady increase in oil prices. of course, that s the number one expense for airlines. there s also ongoing staffing shortages everywhere, from baggage handlers to pilots. and then there s the cost of moving towards greener aircraft. but despite the cost of living crisis, it s been leisure rather than business travel which has been feeding into this strong appeti