As another two brigades of Troops Head for the border. Ukraines president , Volodymyr Zelensky, has warned the United Nations delegates that russia is preparing a serious escalation of its war against his country. Polling stations have closed in Indian Administered Kashmir in the first elections to take place there in more than ten years. Ubas Crime Rate soars, fuelled by Gang Crime and drugs. Well have a Special Report from havana. And the Newjoker Movie divides critics as it heads to cinemas well be live from the Red Carpet ahead of the Uk Premiere as we have been hearing, one our main stories this hour the head of the israeli armed forces, herzi halevi, has said preparations are being made for a possible Ground Invasion of lebanon. Israel has been conducting extensive strikes across lebanon, hitting 280 targets according to the idf. Lebanons Health Ministry says 51 People Have been killed, and more than 200 wounded so far today. Earlier on wednesday, israel intercepted a ballistic m
Stimulus measures, we look i have pledged that building a strong Middle Class will be a defining goal of my presidency. Ms harris said her plan would lower costs for americanfamilies, invest in entrepreneurs and ensure america leads in future industries like artificial intelligence, built here in america by american workers. The Focus On Finance comes as several polls built here in america by american workers. The Focus On Finance comes as several polls show donald trumps lead on the economy is narrowing with voters. The former president campaigned in the Battleground State of North Carolina today, where he went after his opponent. Kamalas not attacking me. Shes attacking your furniturejobs, shes attacking your communities, shes attacking your factories, and shes trying to send all of those jobs to china with everything else. A day earlier, Mr Trump warned companies making products abroad would have to pay a substantial tariff, sparking criticism within his own party. Im not a fan of t
a semiconductor superpower. our asia business reporter monica miller has more. it is a major setback. prime minister narendra modi has made chip making a top priority for india s economic strategy in pursuit of what they say is a new era of electronics making. it doesn t get much bigger than foxconn, which makes roughly 70% of apple s iphones. india estimates that its semiconductor market could be worth $63 billion by 2026. now, we need to go back a little bit to explain how this partnership happened. that was in september 2020 to the taiwanese firm and the indian mining giant agreed to this deal. and part of it was because foxconn was looking at the situation then, which had strict covid restrictions in china, where a lot of these phones are made. they are also concerned about the geopolitical tensions we ve mentioned many times on this programme between the us and china. so it was looking to partner up, which is with the country which is now the largest in the world. but un
beaten a record set by open air chat app, signing up more than 100 million users in under five days. now, it was just last wednesday that threads went live on apple and android app stores in 100 countries. meta boss mark zuckerberg said he couldn t believe the milestone had been reached so fast, but it feels like lots of people are already on it. well, that s partly because it s connected to instagram. meta, remember isn t creating an app from scratch. it s benefiting from its two billion instagram followers, and that s giving it a massive shot in the arm. analysts are calling this the first serious threat to the elon musk owned twitter. according to similarweb, twitter s web traffic was down 11% from the year prior. that s in the days immediately after threads launch. it s worth remembering threads is not the first attempt to challenge the micro blogging app, but others such as mastodon, blue sky and truth social, well, they all remain still pretty small right now. as histor
it is not to borisjohnson or to any tory prime minister. and in the us, 100 million people facing heat warnings with extreme fires in arizona, and torrential flooding at yellowstone national park tonight with the context, former senior adviser to george w bush ron christie and the former labour minister and member of parliament caroline flint. the uk government has confirmed that six asylum seekers will be leaving in just over an hour s time to rwanda originally over 100 had been due to fly but legal appeals have steadily brought that number down. the six men will be flown the 4000 miles or 6500 km to rwanda where they will have to make their asylum claims. they may be granted permanent refugee status to stay in rwanda. the government says it brought in the rwanda policy to tackle the trafficking gangs that are bringing ever larger numbers of people across the english channel. so far this year more than 10,000 people have made the dangerous crossing. last november 27 peo