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Business Matters: Biden addresses nation as Israel-Hamas war continues

Biden addresses nation as Israel-Hamas war continues

20/10/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Biden addresses nation as Israel-Hamas war continues

Biden says abandoning Israel and Ukraine 'just not worth it' in a televised address

After returning from a trip to Israel, President Joe Biden has addressed the US people in a nationally televised speech from the White House.

US President Joe Biden has delivered a national primetime address from the White House.
The speech has touched on US support for Israel and Ukraine, among other issues of national security. Biden's began his address saying: "We're facing an inflection point in history." 

Rahul Tandon discusses this and more of the business news from around with Stephanie Hare, a researcher of technology and politics based in London, and Andy Xie who is independent economist in Shanghai and formerly worked for Morgan Stanley & the World Bank. 

(Picture: US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on the conflict between Israel and Gaza and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 19, 2023. Photo Credit: Jonathan Ernst/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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