Good evening. In another serIous escalatIon in the Middle East, iran has launched Missile Attacks against israel on the very same day that israel began a Ground InvasIon against hezbollah in Southern Lebanon. A few hours ago, sirens sounded across the country and israelis were told to take refuge in bomb shelters, as explosIons lit up the night sky. Israel has said that this attack will have consequences, whilst the iranian government said that if israel retaliated, its response would be, in its words, crushing and ruinous. The Israeli Defense Forces say that around 180 missilies were launched towards israel this evening. Warning sirens sounded at around 5 30pm, and explosIons were soon heard. The missiles were fired across huge swathes of israel, including its largest city Tel Aviv, and the capitaljerusalem. Our correspondent Jon Donnison is there. You had to seek shelter there when the missiles were fired a few hours ago. That is right. Four and a half hours ago, us, like millIons of
Driving the action first and foremost of course the heightened fear about the coronavirus. More countries go into lockdown as the steady spread of cases continues. The fed made a dramatic move cutting rates to zero and announcing new assets. And the economic slowdown with weak manufacturing data this morning from both china and the u. S. As we just said we are down about 9 on the dow. The low of the session was down 12 or 2,800 points. The dow is down about 31 from the recent market highs as we stand with just under we have every angled covered for you. Lets drill down on the selloff Mike Santelli at the market dashboard and lets begin with bob on the floor of the exchange. Trading halt this morning, 15 minutes right after the market opened our third trading halt in the last six sessions. Look at the s p 500. Our low is just a tad above 2,400. So well off of that number everybody down here waiting to see what if anything the president might have to say. Take a look at the dow movers, t
Is why he is a great politician. That was a great non answer. Is why he is a great politician. That was a great nonanswer. We will be live at downing street and Buckingham Palace. Also on the programme, House Democrats havejust released their impeachment report. Republicans have already released one of their own, concluding the president did nothing wrong. What does that mean for the rest of the field that one of the candidates has dropped out of the president ial race for the democrats . Hello and welcome. Donald trump can point to very few successes when it comes to Foreign Policy. He calls himself the deal maker, but on china, north korea, afghanistan, he is yet to close any deals. With nato, there has been some success. The past three years, his european allies have committed an extra 100 billion towards defence spending. By 2024, 18 will have met the target of spending 2 of gdp on defence. Today, we were treated to the most unexpected role reversal. The president was now standing
Was found. In the last minute or so, it has been driven away from here by police who say they want to take it toa police who say they want to take it to a secure location so that the bodies can be identified and in time removed, with respect and dignity. More from ben in a moment and well be talking to a former head of the uk border force. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. The Prime Minister goes to meet the labour leader to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal after mps backed the plan, but rejected the three day limit on debate. They said that we couldnt open the withdrawal agreement, and we did. They said we couldnt get rid of the backstop, and we did. They said we couldnt get a new deal, mr speaker, and we did and donald trump has said he will lift the sanctions he imposed on turkey, following its military action against the syrian kurds. Its 5pm our main story is the discovery of 39 bodies in a lorry container in essex. The vehicle, which is thought to have crossed
Highlights. The senators blasted Dennis Muilenburg time and again on a wide variety of issues some accused boeing and the ceo of not being straight with them, outright lying in terms of questioning about the 737 max. Others basically said to him, youre the ceo, how could you let this happen . Youre the ceo. The buck stops with you. Did you read this document and how did your team not put it in front of you, run in with their hair on fire saying we got a real problem here. Those pilots never had a chance these loved ones never had a chance they were in flying coffins. I was walled walk before getting on a 737 max i would walk zbra there is no way just a few of the comments from senators asking Dennis Muilenburg and also offering their opinions in terms of the 737 max more Dennis Muilenburgs time he said time and again, look safety is at the core of our mission. We are committed to making sure the max is safe when it returns to flight and that the Company Makes changes that are necessary