of england andrew bailey dismissed any hopes of an interest rate cut in the near term. speaking at a conference hosted by the central bank of ireland in dublin earlier today, bailey said that it's "too early" to talk about a rate cut, given the continued risk of inflation. also today the international monetary fund warned that rapid wage growth in the eurozone will also keep inflation higher for longer. the imf urged the european central bank to hold interest rates at or near record highs through next year to keep a lid on price pressures. here's one economist we spoke to earlier. i think the imf is very much in tune with what the european central bank has been saying, which is that although the headline inflation rate has come down a lot, the labour market is still strong, wage growth has been quite strong. and it's going to be a very difficult and slow process to squeeze out that last bit of inflation from the system. so, i mean, we're thinking interest rates are likely to stay at their current level until the second half of next year, although that is under debate and there are some in the markets who think it may be that they move a bit a bit faster than that. shares in the gaming platform roblox have bounced higher by nearly 18% percent on the nasdaq today. on the nasdaq today. that's after the company released numbers that showed users are spending more on the app. it comes as a relief for investors. previous figures sparked concern that fewer people were downloading the roblox app. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury is in new york. why are shares bouncing up like this, up 18%, ithink? why are shares bouncing up like this, up 1896, ithink?— why are shares bouncing up like this, up 1896, ithink? this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know, it this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know. it is _ this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know. it is a _ this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know, it is a strong _ this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know, it is a strong showing - this, up 1896, i think? yeah, you know, it is a strong showing for| know, it is a strong showing for this company, it is sort of like a youtube for video games, you have the app, you go into it and then you have got lots of experiences you can choose from. in the past the company has been making a loss because it's been spending a lot of money trying to build up its business. in the last quarter the company said it did a betterjob of managing those expenses and so it was able to increase its profit margins. that is always something that shareholders like to hear, but i think the other key part of this ben was that they did better on things like the number of daily average users. so, if you look at the figures, on average, over the last year... the number of people logging on every single day to konchellah, that a lot of this a reflection of who investors think will be strong players in this. some forecasts are that revenue for the entire video games market will approach something like $219 billion this year. that's significantly worse the size of, for example, the film industry. so people will look at roadblocks and say, they have done a pretty good job here, and it reinforces that idea that particularly in the gen z market that advertisers are focused on, this will continue to be a segment that performs well. —— people look at roblox. segment that performs well. -- people look at roblox. michelle, thank yom _ in other news this hour... the uk retailer marks & spencer has reported much better—than—expected profits for the first half of the year, boosted by food and clothing sales. profit before tax soared to £326 million in the six months to the end of september, up 56% on the previous year. m&s has been focussing on revamping its shops, clothing lines and digital offer as part of a big turnaround plan. china could be organising a rescue dealfor country garden, the country's biggest private property developer. reuters sources have said that the ping an insurance group has been asked to take a controlling stake in the company to manage down the risk to the country's highly indebted property sector and to country garden in particular. there are fears that debt defaults could trigger a broader financial crisis. and australia's second biggest telecoms company, optus, says it is gradually restoring services after a massive outage across its mobile phone and internet networks. more than 10 million customers, around 40% of australia's population, uses optus. the company has said the outage was not due to a cyber incident. food wastage is a major challenge in india, where cold storage facilities are few and far between. but one start—up, sas technologies, has built a unique, low—cost, solar—powered food—drying machine that prolongs the shelf life of perishables in a climate—friendly way. they've just been voted one of the winners of this year's earthshot prize. the bbc�*s nikhil inamdar reports from western india. here's a shocking statistic. more than a third of all fruits and vegetables grown in india end up in landfills like these. these solar—powered dryers could be one solution to this big problem. all operated by rural women, they use natural heat in three different ways to completely suck out moisture from fresh produce. so this isn't exactly a high tech device at all with any complex technology, electronics or chips. but these dryers expand the life cycle of basic perishables, like onions, for instance, or tomatoes that would have otherwise rotted. it's a lofty goal, but tech solutions like these, if scaled up, can help transform the lives of some of india's poorest communities. nikhil inamdar, bbc news in aurangabad, india. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. a shift on board this double decker with a difference. david is behind the wheel. i've been driving buses all my life. it's good. first stop is a pub car park in south shields. many items for sale on board would have gone to waste. for the price, you can't be wrong. 25p. the charity runs a foodbank, but this is something different. whilst running the foodbank we realised that there's a lot of people out there that also need help that aren't in abject poverty. and perhaps we shouldn't be waiting until people get into that critical situation and we should be possibly helping them by reducing their food bill in as many ways as we possibly can so that they don't end up at the level of poverty that we see our beneficiaries when they arrive at the foodbank. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the israeli military says its forces have reached the centre of gaza city, and have destroyed more than a hundred entrances to a vast network of hamas tunnels. a spokesman said israeli troops have also captured about 4000 weapons — including rockets hidden in civilian infrastructure — and have killed a major hamas arms manufacturer. hamas health officials say more than 10,500 people have been killed since the conflict began in gaza, nearly half of them children. amongst those at least 37 journalists have died, including one who died with 42 members of his family during an air strike. the palestinian report was working for the wafa news agency. antonio guterres, the united nations secretary—general, says he's having to deal with losing colleagues during the war, and he also acknowledged the loss ofjournalists. we are doing everything we can. but i would lie to you if i would say that we are doing enough to keep our people safe and the result is obvious. and accountability? you can imagine what it is. i pay tribute to your colleagues that was killed. and the number ofjournalists, by the way, killed in this conflict is unique, never seen in such a period anywhere in the world. but you can imagine what it is to run an organisation that is working in the fields with 92 colleagues that already have been killed. this is, i must tell you, very difficult. very difficult there, according to the un's antonio guterres. live now to fiona 0'brien, bureau director at reporters without borders. thank you forjoining us on the bbc. we were listening there to antonio guterres, who said that the situation is unique. he has never seen this before in terms of the risk and fidelity is when it comes to journalists. risk and fidelity is when it comes tojournalists. what risk and fidelity is when it comes to journalists. what is your assessment of that? —— the risk and fatalities. he assessment of that? -- the risk and fatalities. , ., , , fatalities. he is absolutely right with a tool— fatalities. he is absolutely right with a tool for— fatalities. he is absolutely right with a tool forjournalists - fatalities. he is absolutely right with a tool forjournalists is - with a tool forjournalists is absolutely horrifying in the numbers just keep rising. at reporters without borders are elitist numbers are actually even higher than those you havejust are actually even higher than those you have just reported, are actually even higher than those you havejust reported, we know of at least 41 journalists killed in the conflict so far since the 7th of october —— our latest number. every 0ctober —— our latest number. every day we wake up to fresh reports of journalists and offices being targeted, journalists are dying, the situation is unprecedented. for those still in gaza, trying to report, the level of danger is appalling and the situation in which they find themselves, the logistical difficulty of continuing to report, is just difficulty of continuing to report, isjust unimaginable. difficulty of continuing to report, is just unimaginable. you difficulty of continuing to report, isjust unimaginable.— difficulty of continuing to report, isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, _ isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, you _ isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, you say _ isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, you say 41- isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, you say 41 now, - isjust unimaginable. you talk about those fatalities, you say 41 now, 36 | those fatalities, you say 41 now, 36 of those in gaza. are there any safeguards that can protect those who are covering this conflict in gaza? i mean, of course, anyone who goes into a war zone as a journalist accepts that there are risks.- accepts that there are risks. there need to be — accepts that there are risks. there need to be safeguards _ accepts that there are risks. there need to be safeguards put - accepts that there are risks. there need to be safeguards put in - accepts that there are risks. ii—ii” need to be safeguards put in place. so just to be clear, need to be safeguards put in place. sojust to be clear, under international law, journalists working in war zones are entitled to the same protection as civilians. they should never be targeted, and to target journalists they should never be targeted, and to targetjournalists in war zones is a war crime. the israeli armed forces say they are not targeting journalists but they have also told journalists but they have also told journalists they cannot guarantee their safety, they cannot afford them any protection. and we know at rsf of at least 50 offices of journalism, places like aljazeera, you know, major international news organisations, whose offices have been hit and the location of those offices is well known. so it seems to us like its an attempted way they suffocate journalism, to us like its an attempted way they suffocatejournalism, to to us like its an attempted way they suffocate journalism, to stop to us like its an attempted way they suffocatejournalism, to stop people reporting on the conflict. and just to talk about why it's so important journalists out there, journalists need to bear witness to what is happening on the ground so that we know what is happening and the horrors didn't go unnoticed. there are a number— horrors didn't go unnoticed. there are a number of— horrors didn't go unnoticed. there are a number ofjournalists - are a number of journalists reporting are a number ofjournalists reporting very bravely in gaza at the moment, who are doing so at great personal cost, including our colleague rushdi abualouf, whose home has been damaged in strikes, who is living in a tent. how much trauma do these journalists go through and what support does your organisation offer? the through and what support does your organisation offer?— organisation offer? the level of trauma is extraordinary. - organisation offer? the level of trauma is extraordinary. also . organisation offer? the level of. trauma is extraordinary. also the level of exhaustion and the feeling when we speak to journalists in gaza now who are under extremely difficult circumstances, doing their absolute best to remain professional, demanding a reporter, to tell the world what's happening in gaza, they feel abandoned by the rest of the world, one of the things thatis rest of the world, one of the things that is really unusual about the conflict in gaza is that international reporters are not able to go in, and when you think of how long this conflict has been going on, wejust pass long this conflict has been going on, we just pass the grim milestone of a month, that is a very long time to be stuck in a conflict zone, not able to leave, not able to find a place of safety, you mentioned the case of mohammad abu hasira, who was killed along with 42 members of his family, forjournalists who are still working in gaza, it's also their home, so they have additional psychological and physical pressures in terms of keeping their family safe, having had to leave their homes, where to find food, where to find water, all the sort of psychological pressures and the closest they have to what is going on, the tilt of their relatives and their families, on, the tilt of their relatives and theirfamilies, it's an their families, it's an extraordinary theirfamilies, it's an extraordinary difficult situation to be working in and it has to stop. —— the toll to their relatives. just be working in and it has to stop. -- the toll to their relatives.— the toll to their relatives. just to ick u- the toll to their relatives. just to pick up on _ the toll to their relatives. just to pick up on that. _ the toll to their relatives. just to pick up on that, as _ the toll to their relatives. just to pick up on that, as you - the toll to their relatives. just to pick up on that, as you say, - the toll to their relatives. just to l pick up on that, as you say, these journalists are covering a conflict in their own home.— journalists are covering a conflict in their own home. absolutely. and it's a really — in their own home. absolutely. and it's a really unusual _ in their own home. absolutely. and it's a really unusual circumstance. i it's a really unusual circumstance. usually as journalists, when we cover conflicts, we will go in somewhere for a while, and be able to leave after a few weeks, rotate, to leave after a few weeks, rotate, to keep yourself fresh. just on a really practical level, for journalists working in gaza right now, there is a shortage of elytra is really difficult to charge their devices, shortage of connectivity, so it's difficult to contact sources to find out what is going on. —— shortage of electricity. the logistical difficulties even before talking about the psychological pressures are enormous. and sleep, journalists we speak to say they cannot sleep for fear at night, only when they are utterly exhausted might playful a sleep for a couple of hours. but to continue functioning on that, day in, day out, i have nothing but respect for those journalists in gaza who are continuing to try to report but again, the international community has to mobilise to stop this from happening and we cannot see this to rise a day in, day out.— rise a day in, day out. thanks very much forjoining _ rise a day in, day out. thanks very much forjoining us _ rise a day in, day out. thanks very much forjoining us of— rise a day in, day out. thanks very much forjoining us of course, - rise a day in, day out. thanks very much forjoining us of course, we | much forjoining us of course, we pay tribute to all the journalists have lost their lives covering this end of the conflict. —— this and other conflict. on tuesday night, stars gathered in london for the harper's bazaar women of the year awards. emilia clarke and jenna 0rtega were honoured, along with many other women at the event, which celebrated female achievement. rachel mcadam has more. glitz and glamour hit london on tuesday night for harper's bazaar women of the year awards. this is the fashion magazine's annual celebration of female achievement, and it honours women from across the world of sport, entertainment and arts. so who was there? we had a star—studded ceremony with guests like 0livia colman, kim cattrall from sex and the city and even spice girl, geri horner. and all the women gathered in claridge's hotel in central london for the ceremony. british actress and singer sheila atim said there was a lot of love in the air. it's really important because i think celebrating women is important and it's really great to do that in an environment where there's a lot of love, there's a lot of positivity and people arejust having a good time. i think it's nice to normalise it, you know, tojust make it fun, free and easy and it's nice to dress up, i think. let's make an occasion out of it, you know? so who won? janet 0rtega, star of wednesday, netflix's addams family reboot. she picked up break—out artist of the year. and musician of the year went to janelle monae. now she's been on tour for the last 12 months. she's also released a new album and had a single feature on barack 0bama's annual playlist. emilia clarke picked up actress of the year. she's obviously best known for game of thrones, but over the last year, she's been working on a number of passion projects, including an independent film about al and a feminist comic. outside of entertainment, england football star alessia russo picked up sportsperson of the year, and she was obviously part of serena wiegman�*s squad, who made it to the world cup final in australia. and serbian performance artist marina abramovic was honoured with artist of the year after she became the first woman to have a full retrospective of her work put on display at the royal academy. we have more on that story and of course all the rest of today's entertainment news on the bbc news website and of course all the latest on our main stories, and if you're watching around the world, will say goodbye to our viewers there. if you are staying in the uk, you're watching ppc news. -- bbc —— bbc news. it's arguably the greatest work of british literature. the first folio of shakespeare's plays was published 400 years ago today. to celebrate the anniversary, copies are going on display in theatres all over britain. but for prescot in north—west england, it's notjust marking a pivotal cultural moment, but a transformation of the town itself. david sillito reports. welcome to prescot, nestled between st helens and liverpool. and this is, well, the last time i was here, it was the red lion. it's now... the mermaid tavern in prescot. it wasn't the mermaid tavern last time i was here.— it wasn't the mermaid tavern last time i was here. no, it was the red lion. so why has it changed? it's changed, the mermaid tavern is actually a place where shakespeare used to drink. what used to be greggs is now mercutio's, named after the character from romeo and juliet. this has become the bard. the old mill is now the stage door. and yes, that is shakespeare again, looking down on us. so far we have been to the mermaid, mercutio's th