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For chinese shares. A good day for china investors today. Not a huge surprise given a number of factors impacting on the china markets today, the largest of course being stimulus and hopes of more stimulus. Just before the golden week holiday we heard of a number of measures designed to boost chinas economy, including a cut in rates as well as extra liquidity to boost the bank lending and about $350 billion to support chinas stock market as well. The recent stimulus measures, have are chemical i...

To dozens of deaths, including 10 firefighters. And as it pounds beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing hezbollah across its northern border. The bbc*s lucy williamson is there and sent us this update. The gaps in israels defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. Dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughters car seat still intact...