For chinese shares. A good day for china investors today. Not a huge surprise given a number of factors impacting on the china markets today, the largest of course being stimulus and hopes of more stimulus. Just before the golden week holiday we heard of a number of measures designed to boost china s economy, including a cut in rates as well as extra liquidity to boost the bank lending and about $350 billion to support china s stock market as well. The recent stimulus measures, have are chemical in generating and changing what are often some structural problems that come about in the chinese economy? come about in the chinese economy? come about in the chinese econom ?. ,. , economy? there have been a view. Is economy? there have been a view is when economy? there have been a view. Is when it economy? there have been a view. Is when it comes economy? there have been a view. Is when it comes to view. Is when it comes to turning around china s fortunate this part of the cycle, but i
To dozens of deaths, including 10 firefighters. And as it pounds beirut from the air, israel is also pursuing hezbollah across its northern border. The bbc s lucy williamson is there and sent us this update. The gaps in israel s defences are still being tested. A rocket fired from lebanon landed near a hospital, sending shrapnel and explosives through the car park as patients lay metres away. Dr 0sama nasser left his car here five minutes before the rocket hit, his daughter s car seat still intact inside the shattered frame. I m a lucky man. It hit the car, not me. I have a little girl also. Two years old. And with every boom and siren, she gets anxious. It is hard to be in this situation one year, it s exhausting situation. Suddenly, more sirens the panic here sharper this time. Seconds later, the thud of rockets. Three, four, five, six? that s a lot. Just coming to the safe room here after the siren sounded again at the hospital this morning. There s been a barrage 20, 30, a0 int
brief weather window, but not for long. that dry spell for many today, replaced by wetter weather over the weekend particularly tomorrow, then showers follow, some of the wettest weather perhaps wales and the southwest. that s where the met office have won it out for further concerns for flooding but ahead of that at least we ve had drier weather, hazy sunshine for the rest of the day but it time the rain is gathering, light and patchy to start with but you can see waiting in the wings something more significant. it s still relatively mild, average is around 6 7 this time of year and temperatures won t drop below much of that tonight but the rain, once it arrives, its stock for 6 10 hours. it looks set to clear from northern ireland later in the night, temperatures dip back to 7 degrees but for most it sits a mild night and rather grey and dreary start to our saturday. it might be a while before the rain reaches the far south east and east anglia but for most of us if it s no
has made a first offer to the drivers union aslef. it comes as rishi sunak invites unions to meet the government on monday and bridge their differences. we think those conversations should happen and that is why i have invited everyone in on monday to have those talks. i m hopeful those talks will be constructive. more than 1.3 million people in england and wales identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual according to newly revelead census data and the uk is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mrna cancer vaccines. former italy and chelsea player manager gianluca vialli has died at the age 58 from pancreatic cancer. good afternoon. prince harry has said he wants reconciliation with the royalfamily, despite extracts from his memoir containing a series of sensational accusations against them. details have also emerged about the moment he learned about the death of the queen and the days which followed. in the book, prince harry says he killed 25 taliban fighte
okay, laura jarrett, thank you for that resure. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg is describing a rm house subpoena to a former prosecutor in bragg s office who investigated former president trump s finances bragg said it s an effort to undermine his criminal case into trump. dasha burns is following this from near mar-a-lago also joining me is carol lamb a former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. dasha, what exactly are house republicans looking for and what else did d.a. bragg have to say? reporter: this subpoena was directed at former prosecutor mark pomerantz now, the reason that congressman jim jordan who s heading up this investigate is targeting him is because he says that he is uniquely positioned because of his role as previously directing the investigation into trump s finances that he s uniquely