Hello. Im annita mcveigh. More now on our top story, the situation in the middle east, where lebanese officials say that nine people have been killed in an israeli Air Strike that Hit A Multistorey Building in central beirut. The Israeli Military says it carried out what it calls precise strikes in the bachoura neighbourhood, near the lebanese parliament. And in the south of the Country Israel says their warplanes killed around 15 hezbollah members in an Air Strike in bintjbeil. Meanwhile hezbollah claims their fighters confronted israeli forces attempting to advance at the fatima border crossing. The Israeli Military is yet to comment on these reports. Lets get more on the missiles fired into israel. Iran is thought to have used ballistic missiles like this, they fly high and fast in an arc, and can get from iran to israel injust 12 minutes. But israel has a sophisticated, multi layered air defence system. Best known is the Iron Dome but that only deals with shorter range rockets fro
And it leads people to take decisions that are lonely, isolating and incredibly risky, just like my father. And, really, what the law should do is protect people. The noes to the left, 330. Its been almost ten years since mps voted against assisted dying. Since then, countries including canada, australia and New Zealand have legalised it. High profile figures like Dame Esther rantzen have reignited the debate. She has terminal lung cancer, and the Prime Minister gave her a personal commitment that hed allow a Debate And Vote in the commons. A Labour Mp has now taken up the cause and will introduce her own bill later this month. I think the mood has changed publicly, and i think it probably has changed within parliament, so i have spoken to quite a lot of the new intake of mps, and they think the time is right to have this debate. They are nervous in some respects as am i, because its such an important issue and its such an emotive issue. And i really hope that, for my part, i can facil
Im nowjoined by our North America Business correspondent ritika gupta. What is it that markets make of what they are saying . They are nervous because they dont know whats going to happen next. Yes. The mood of nervousness. Little change now but losses off the back of those Middle East tensions. There is a dent to risk appetite. Markets dont like Uncertainty And Risk now is can this respondent is this going to blow into wider war. One of the sectors that is bucking the trend and going higher Todays Energy stocks and that is off the back of oil as you mentioned. It was up as much as 3 today and continuing again from yesterday over Supply Disruption concerns. Yesterday we saw some of those Safe Haven assets like gold, we are seeing some of Varese Today but i still think overall there is this wait and see mode and a very risk of town. Is this Waitandsee Mode and a very risk of town. Very risk of town. There is one thing they very risk of town. There is one thing they are very risk of town
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