In a phone call, President Biden told the israeli Prime Minister of his deep concerns over a planned assault on rafah in southern gaza. In the last hour, the white house has said that a meeting between the us and israel to discuss rafah will likely take place next week. But Benjamin Netyanyahu has just said theres no way to destroy hamas in rafah other than by a ground incursion. All this as talks continue in qatar in a bid to secure a ceasefire deal. Lets get this report from anna foster, injerusalem. At gazas southern tip, the aftermath of another israeli air strike. 1. 4 million displaced people are now sheltering in rafah, and israel has made it clear it wants to go further. A ground offensive, it says, would remove hamas from gaza entirely. But theres International Pressure to avoid even more deaths. The message from israels allies to its leaders is getting stronger. Our position is that hamas should not be allowed a Safe Haven In Rafah or anywhere else, but a major Ground Operati
To buying and selling friends across the country. We begin with dom chu with the latest numbers. Its green across the screen, but the tech trade, which has been the leader for the last several days, and even months and quarters and years at this point, is the underperformer in todds trade. Well go through that in a moment. Its the dow up nearly 300 points, three quarters of a 1 gain there. So a laggard is the leader in todays trade. The s p 500, the broader measure, 5170 the last trade there, up about 20 points. At the highs, we were up 23. So near session highs. We were down 18 points at the lows of the session. Up one half of 1 there. And the nasdaq composite up 16,151, up 48 points, roughly 1 3 of 1 . So its the laggard in todays trade. I mentioned the technology trade. Crypto is part of that narrative right now. Bitcoin prices, currently down about 3. 5 , 64,800 and change. Remember, just in the last several days, bitcoin prices were above 73,000. Eit ether prices were above 4,000.
For accountability for recent violence, including the killing of more than 100 people at an aid convoy on thursday, as well as the killing of at least 11 people, including two healthcare workers, in an israeli raid in the city of rafah thats according to gazas Health Ministry. The bbc s Diplomatic Correspondent paul adams reports from jerusalem. How were so many people injured . Were they shot or crushed in a desperate stampede . At gazas shifa hospital, the un says theres evidence of both. This hospital is treating more than 200 people that were injured. We have seen people with gunshot wounds. We have seen amputees and we have seen children as young as 12. Jihad is haunted by what he saw when the convoy arrived on thursday morning. Were the soldiers firing deliberately . Hes asked. Yes. With tanks, soldiers, aircraft. Why the shooting started is still not clear. Israel says troops felt threatened. How these pictures do not show. Tanks were present. Theres no evidence of aircraft bein
Welcome to daybreak europe. Lets get to the top stories that set your agenda. Hamas released two elderly women who were among hostages taken in the october 7 attack ahead of a highprofile visit to the u. S. At the same time china says israel has a right to selfdefense but should protect civilians. French president Emmanuel Macron has officially arrived in israel. Now to the markets, the most prominent bond bearers bill ackman and bill gross say the fixed income rout has gone too far. The market paring the move from the overnight session in the u. S. Bank earnings kicking off today, unicredit and barclays reporting , plus top interviews from riyadhs future Investment Initiative. We speak exclusively to ceos of state street and acwa power. Breaking earnings news. I want to start with unicredit. Net Interest Income coming in at 3. 6 billion, the estimate was 3. 4 6 billion, so a big jump when you talk about revenue on the top line. They are raising full year revenue and net Interest Incom
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