However, its worth noting that there is no mention of an Israeli Military response, even though israeli officials have promised to retaliate against iran, after it launched a wave of missiles against israeli targets late on saturday. Only a handful of more than 300 missiles and drones got through the israeli air defences. Iran says it was responding to an air strike at the start of this month on the iranian consulate in the syrian capital, damascus which it blamed on israel, although israel has not acknowledged being behind it. Iran is calling for restraint, saying it doesnt want this to escalate into a wider war. We are going to look at the peril in this moment butjust to remind you that this tension takes place in the midst of the ongoing israel gaza war, is the i93rd day of war. Today there are reports of fighting in the gaza strip and particularly in the north east. There are also reports that more aid is now getting into gaza from the north. We are getting reports on the ground an
in mind the us has already committed around $15 billion to ukraine, just in security assistance, since russia launched its full scale invasion last year. what we are going to hear today, we understand, is another $1 billion in a mixture of security and other assistance. we have not been told the details, the mix yet. but it is yet another pledge by the americans, in what has become a very, very constant stream of pledges of all sorts of assistance to keep ukraine float and fighting, as this war goes on. i think what is interesting about this visit, which is the sixth visit by the secretary of state since the war, since the full scale invasion happened, is that it full scale invasion happened, is thatitis full scale invasion happened, is that it is his first trip since ukraine launched its counteroffensive in the south back in june. counteroffensive in the south back injune. ithink counteroffensive in the south back injune. i think it is an opportunity for him to hear directly
to early for speculation. earlier i put that to victoria scholar is head of investment at interactive investor. the uk money markets, they are anticipating rate cuts next year but not untiljune, that is when the first rate cut is pencilled in. that was actually pushed back after today s decision, from the previous estimation that the bank of england would cut rates in may. financial markets are pricing in a one percentage point move of rate cuts in 2024, that would get down to 4.25% from where it is now. but the governor was a lot more cautious than the markets, he says the markets have their own view and he thinks it is too early to speculate about rate cuts. clearly, he s been about rate cuts. clearly, he s been a lot more dependent on the data. i think this main takeaway is that the bank of england is being more cautious in its outlook than the fed. it cautious in its outlook than the fed. , , . fed. it is interesting that the lan . ua . e fed. it is interesting that the l
of an extension as hamas offers to release more hostages. dozens of israelis who ve been held captive in gaza have been released by hamas, designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. in return, 117 palestinian prisoners have been freed. president biden said he wants to keep the deal going so all hostages can be brought home and more aid can be sent to gaza. our middle east correspondent hugo bachega reports. free again. 14 israeli hostages released by hamas head home after their long ordeal, along with three foreign nationals. among them were is year olds dafna and ela elyakim, eight, who were finally reunited with their mum, chen goldstein almog, who was released along with her three children, and roni kriboy, released 51 days after being kidnapped from a festival where he was working as sound crew. it followed a weekend of happy reunions. people from kfar aza watched on as news of their friends avigail idan spent her fourth birthday in captivity. the israeli a