Welcome to daybreak australia. Im haidi stroudwatts in sydney. Time Annabelle Droulers in hong kong. We are counting down to asias major market opens. Shery fed chair Jerome Powell signals rates will stay on hold while leaving open the possibility of a neuter hike. It does not feel like policy is too tight right now. I would say the evidence is no. Haidi traders digest remarks in the potential escalation of the conflict in the middle east. The s p 500 notching its Third Straight loss and 10year treasury yields approaching 5 . Shery israel shifts its approach to a ground war in gaza as the u. S. Warns of civilian losses area President Biden set to speak later on the israel hamas war and ukraine. Take a look at futures, really continuing the dissent into negative territory. We saw the s p 500 falling in almost every sector. It did swing between gains and losses, at one point hovering near the 4300 level, and at one point turning green. That came after fed chair powell talked about for su
Protest over video where they say classmates used racial slur. Student visiting from israel are stuck in San Francisco because of israeli last war. Now they are searching for ways to get back home to their families. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good thursday morning and thank you for waking up with bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news today thursday, october 12 from reyna harvey. All right. Well, we started off the week with a little rain and then we start to dry up a bit wonder, john, we still dry here receiving rain any time in the future. Were dry today. Rain. We got another one like yesterday where youre going to see plenty of sunshine, dry skies and the plus 2 today. Not near as windy as it was yesterday. Either looking downtown San Francisco, nothing blocking out that view over taller buildings downtown. So got a clear start this morning. Nothing showing up on radar. So from today, start to finish. Nothing to worry abou
It began in april when surface temperatures hit more than half of one degree in average. It spiked in june to moderate and from june to now it spiked nearly 2 degrees celsius above average well into the strong category. Live at lands end, what el nino does is increases the odds of a wet winter. Nothing is a guarantee. We do not know for sure whether its going to pour this winter but past history says an el nino this strong will lead to a wetterthanaverage winter. Frankly thats wonderful news. We dont want the flooding but we need the rainfall. But guys, all were going to hear is godzilla. Thats the only word anybody is going to hear. Heres what i want you to remember. Strong el nino, wonderful news, will seriously help with the drought if we get that rainfall. We have gotten better at reading the signs of el nino better than in 97. Reporter thats a very good point and we floss that el nino is the number one factor when it comes to winter precipitation, know that, the number one leading
A japanese man is also among those hurt. The political situation in thailand has been unstable in recent years, however, this is the first such deadly attack since a military coup in may last year. Chinese Officials Say theyve confirmed 114 deaths after huge explosions in and around a warehouse near the port last week. They say a massive amount of Hazardous Material was stored at the site. The City Security authorities made this video. It says firefighters risked their lives to extinguish the blazes and reports that water sprayed by firefighters may have reacted with chemicals and triggered the blast. Small explosions continue. City Officials Say 64 firefighters and Six Police Officers are missing. [speaking foreign language] Officials Say about 700 tons of toxic sodium cyanide was at the site. Mea th more than ten times more than thamnt aowed to be st. People whose homes were destroyed are demanding government compensation. Translator we cant go home because the area is contaminated.
Damage the countrys economy and tourism industry. Chinas staterun Xinhua News Agency said two Chinese Tourists were confirmed dead. A japanese man is also among those hurt. The political situation in thailand has been unstable in recent years, however, this is the first such deadly attack since a military coup in may last year. Chinese Officials Say theyve confirmed 114 deaths after huge explosions in and around a warehouse near the port last week. They say a massive amount of Hazardous Material was stored at the site. The City Security authorities made this video. It says firefighters risked their lives to extinguish the blazes and reports that water sprayed by firefighters may have reacted with chemicals and triggered the blast. Small explosions continue. City Officials Say 64 firefighters and Six Police Officers are missing. [speaking foreign language] Officials Say about 700 tons of toxic sodium cyanide was at the site. Chinese media say that was more than ten times more than the a