Conflict is real, very real, and extremely dangerous. More on that, the story that is dominating the news agenda, but we will pose for the next few moments to catch up with some of the business headlines of the day. We are going to talk about what the us treasury is doing in response to the situation in the middle east. The us has imposed sanctions on what it described as ten key hamas operatives and facilitators. They said it was to prevent hamas being able to raise funds to carry out atrocities. We can cross live to new york and our Business Correspondent michelle fleury. What more do we know about this . At michelle fleury. What more do we know about this . Know about this . At the heart of this, this is know about this . At the heart of this, this is an know about this . At the heart of this, this is an effort know about this . At the heart of this, this is an effort by know about this . At the heart of this, this is an effort by the know about this . At the heart of this, this is an effort by the us l this, this is an effort by the Us Government to disrupt the ability of hamas, which is officially designated in the us as a Terrorist Organisation, to raise money and finance attacks against israel. In total, ten individuals and entities, including a gaza based exchange can company which trades in bitcoin, are subject to these new sanctions. There are also targeting sudan, turkey, algeria and qatar, trying to cut off the flow of funds. They are targeting what they describe as a secret hamas investment portfolio. Let me read you what Treasury Secretary said in a statement. The us treasury has a long history of effectively disrupting Terror Finance and we will not hesitate to use our tools against hamas. We will continue to take all takes steps necessary to prevent hamas the ability to raise funds to carry out atrocities. While hamas leaders dont actually have assets in the United States, the sanctions will increase pressure on some of the countries that host them. Countries like qatar. The Treasury Department is saying this will be the first of more actions to come. find is saying this will be the first of more actions to come. Is saying this will be the first of more actions to come. And it is not The First Time more actions to come. And it is not The First Time the more actions to come. And it is not The First Time the treasury The First Time the Treasury Department has imposed sanctions when there has been a war around the world. That tends to be the standard response from the us and europe. We have response from the us and europe. Have seen it in the case of the war between ukraine and russia. That was one of the things that the Treasury Department has worked very hard, part of their toolkit is using sanctions on russia, to stop it benefiting from oil revenues. We are seeing with hamas, which because of that Terrorist Organisation designation, has had sanctions against it for a while, but they are trying to see if there is more to be done. If you look back recently, there were reports in the Wall Street Journal suggesting there were reports in the Wall Streetjournal suggesting hamas was able to get funding through crypto currency, hence that mention that they are targeting, you know, a Bitcoin Wallet involved in all of this. It is trying to enforce existing sanctions but also execute new ones. And in fact, we have heard from the deputy within the treasury, basically saying that this is the start of what they hope will be a Multinational Coalition to try and address this. Multinational coalition to try and address this. , ~ ,. ,. China have released their latest growth numbers, showing the worlds second largest economy grew by 4. 9 in the three months to september. Beating many expectations but it is still less than the official gowth target. This comes as china grapples with a Property Crisis that has hit spending and businesses in the country. Chinas biggest private property developer, country garden, is also believed to have become the latest Property Giant to default on its overseas debt. Heres the view of julian evans pritchard, head of China Economics for the Capital Economics consultancy in singapore. We have a feed through from the chinese economy to the rest of the world through chinese investment, particularly Property Investment and infrastructure investment, and the news on that front is not quite so positive yet. We are still seeing relatively sluggish investment in those areas. A lot of the recent improvement has actually come from the consumer sector, which is a good thing for chinas economy, where we are seeing some rebalancing away from investment, but in terms of chinese demand for what the rest of the world produces, it is not quite as positive a development. 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During a speech in israel mr biden also said the palestinians were suffering too. We mourn the loss of innocent palestinian lives like the entire world. I was outraged and saddened by the enormous loss of life yesterday in the hospital in gaza. Based on the information we received today, it appears it was the result of an errant rocket fired by a Terrorist Group in gaza. The United States unequivocally stands for the protection of civilian life during conflict and i agree, i truly grieved for the family is killed and wounded by this tragedy. The people of gaza need food, water, medicine, shelter. Today i asked the Israeli Cabinet to agree to the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in gaza based on the understanding there will be inspections and that they should go to civilians, not hamas. Israel agreed the humanitarian assistance can begin to move from egypt to gaza. Let me be clear, if hamas diverts or steals the assistance, they will have demonstrated again they will have demonstrated again they have no care for the palestinian people. As a practical matter, it will stop the International Community being to able to provide this aid. We need to get trucks moving across the border as soon as possible will stop separately, i ask israel that the International Red cross be able to visit hostages. I demand that the United States fully supports. Today, i am also announcing 100 million in new us funding for humanitarian assistance in both gaza and the west bank. The un middle east peace envoy, more comments from him, saying it appears we are on the brink of a deep, dangerous a base which could change the trajectory of the conflict, if not the middle east as a whole. A dire warning coming in. There is still a realfear that dire warning coming in. There is still a real fear that this could escalate well beyond the boundaries of israel and the palestinian territories. That is a very big fear for the us. Palestinian territories. That is a very big fearfor the us. Now, some would say that the presence of two us Aircraft Carriers just offshore in the Eastern Mediterranean is provocative. 0thers in the Eastern Mediterranean is provocative. Others would say that is a reassurance to israel. But it is a reassurance to israel. But it is meant to be a deterrent to iran and its proxies from joining in this. It is a really delicate situation, Asjeremy Bowen refer to last night, because already, before this hospital explosion, which the rest of the region outside israel has no doubt in their minds it was israel to blame, although israel and its friends, the United States, israel is saying it is the Palestinian Islamicjihad that did it, but already before that happened, the region was tense and iran had issued two warnings coming from its Foreign Minister and its supreme leader, that it would not stand idly by while palestinians are killed in gaza. Remember, israel has not even gone into gaza yet. Things could get even worse in terms of the humanitarian picture and in terms of the regional tension. What do we mean . Hezbollah is the main one, which is in lebanon with around 150,000 rockets and missiles at its disposal. It is an ally of iran, it is funded, trained and armed by iran. It is not particularly want to get into a war at this time, but if things go on, it will feel it has to do something to support its partners in hamas. Stand do something to support its partners in hamas. � , do something to support its partners in hamas. � i. In hamas. And you referenced the American Carrier in hamas. And you referenced the American Carrier group, in hamas. And you referenced the American Carrier group, the in hamas. And you referenced the. American carrier group, the various efforts put in place to deter any sort of actorjoining this, but are you hearing, or is there any intelligence, of seeing anything moving on the ground . Intelligence, of seeing anything moving on the ground . There are re orts moving on the ground . There are reports that moving on the ground . There are reports that some moving on the ground . There are reports that some militia, moving on the ground . There are reports that some militia, iranian j reports that some militia, iranian backed militia, have moved into 11 on, across syria, so from iraq, through syria, into lebanon. There is an unconfirmed report that one group, which is the same group in iraq, and iranians backed group, that kidnapped five britons years ago from a ministry in baghdad, and four were killed and one survived. Peter moore, the it technician. The reason i am saying this is because iran doesntjust have hezbollah, there are a number of iranians backed militias, many of which have been fighting in syria in support of the Syrian Government against rebels, and they are battle hardened. So israel has a real problem if they start to enter on the northern front. It would be fighting on two fronts. That is one of the reasons why the us is trying to de escalate this, in the first way to do that is to lower the tension, lowerthe fighting, get humanitarian aid in. And yet over the last 2a hours, we have seen almost the opposite in terms of direction of travel. Direction of travel. Back to president direction of travel. Back to President Biden, direction of travel. Back to President Biden, even direction of travel. Back to i President Biden, even before yesterdays hospital blast, the diplomatic path was so narrow, and then after that hospital explosion, it is even narrower, isnt it . It it is even narrower, isnt it . It is, it is even narrower, isnt it . It is, and the thing is, eventually, there will be verifiable evidence that comes out one way or the other, because both sides think the other is lying. And i dont think either is lying. And i dont think either is going to believe that the version they dont like. This is very similar to ten years ago when there was that dreadful Nerve Gas Attack in syria and the rebels accuse the Syrian Government of doing it and vice versa. Eventually, inspectors went in, but it took years before finally it was proved it was the Syrian Government that did it. Frank gardner. Hamas continues to hold almost 200 people hostage in gaza. Earlier i spoke with Iris Weinstein haggee. Her parentsjudi and gad who are in their seventies are missing. They disappeared in the fields near their kibbutz on the 7th of october. Iris explained how that day unfolded for them. My my parents take their morning walks every day for 30 years together and they are very into health, fitness, they are very into health, fitness, they do anything they can do not be depending on medicine and other people. So that is what they did that day. I live in singapore and i noticed that they had red alert in that area, which means they have to go and find a bomb shelter that they can hide in. I asked them in the whatsapp group, what is going on . Is everything 0k . Whatsapp group, what is going on . Is everything ok . My mother normally is a very nonchalant, because unfortunately in that area, rockets and gunshots are common. It happens and gunshots are common. It happens a lot. But this time she told me, not good, we are laying face down and we see hundreds of rockets. This was 6 50am on saturday. I asked her how far she is from home, she said two kilometres. I told her to call me when they get home. Meanwhile, speaking to my friend, i grew up there, i know everybody there, i know all the people who were kidnapped, murdered, igrew know all the people who were kidnapped, murdered, i grew up with them. So i ask them what is going on, are they 0k . During that time, they dont know much, all they know is there is a red alert. I noticed at 7 20am, nobody called me. I called my parents, nobody answers. At 7 30am, one of my friends says that the kibbutz is full of terrorists, they are going door to door, they are burning their kids, they are Setting Houses on fire, they are Setting Houses on fire, they are Setting Houses on fire, they are murdering whole families. Honestly, my mind could not even comprehend, even when i am telling you now, it is like a bad, bad script. You now, it is like a bad, bad scrit. � script. And i said in the introduction script. And i said in the introduction that script. And i said in the introduction that your | script. And i said in the introduction that your parents script. And i said in the introduction that your parents are missing. When did you realise in terms of what had actually happened to them . I terms of what had actually happened to them . ,. , �. , ~. , to them . I still dont really know, to them . I still dont really know, to be honest. To them . I still dont really know, to be honest. I to them . I still dont really know, to be honest. 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