1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,640 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: Brian Curtis in Hong Kong. Israeli troops have entirely encircled 3 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,440 Speaker 1: Gaza City that effectively cuts off the northern part of 4 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: the Gaza Strip from the south. US Secretary of State 5 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: Anthony Blincoln made unannounced stops in the West Bank and 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 1: in Iraq in a bid to increase aid to the 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:26,200 Speaker 1: Gaza Strip. Secretary Blincoln had a message for bad actors 8 00:00:26,239 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 1: in the region. 9 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 2: To anyone who might seek to take advantage of the 10 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:34,120 Speaker 2: conflict in Gaza to threaten our personnel here or anywhere 11 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: else in the region, don't do it. 12 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 1: As part of the surprise trip, Blincoln met with Palestinian 13 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 1: Authority President Mahmudabas as well as top officials in Baghdad, Iraq. 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:49,879 Speaker 1: Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to testify at his 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 1: civil fraud trial. Bloomberg's Ed Baxter has the story. 16 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,960 Speaker 3: Donald Trump has made a living touting his worth and 17 00:00:56,080 --> 00:01:00,279 Speaker 3: business acumen, and today prosecutors will directly question him an 18 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 3: open court about what the judge has already ruled their 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 3: inflated values. His son Eric says his dad is very 20 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 3: fired up. He's already been fined fifteen thousand dollars and 21 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 3: two finds for violating a gag order, and the past 22 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 3: is called the judge unhinged, a Trump hating radical left 23 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,840 Speaker 3: democratic operative. In deposition, he called it the greatest witch 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 3: hunt in the history of the country and called Attorney 25 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 3: General Letitia James an out of control prosecutor. Ed Baxter 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:29,759 Speaker 3: Bloomberg Radio. 27 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: The guilty verdict for FTX co founder Sam Bankman freed 28 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: will not be the last time a crypto mogul finds 29 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:40,240 Speaker 1: himself in hot water. Bloomberg's Nathan Hager with his story. 30 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,200 Speaker 4: At least six other crypto execs are facing charges as well. 31 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 4: They include Doe Kwan, who's alleged forty billion dollar fraud 32 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 4: at Terraform Labs helped to trigger the FTX crisis. Alex 33 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 4: Meshinski's set for trial in September on charges of misleading 34 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 4: customers before his crypto lender Celsius collapsed, and Three Arrows 35 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,000 Speaker 4: Capitol co founders U Zu is in jail in Singapore. 36 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 4: That's after months of sparring with liquidators over the location 37 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 4: of that failed company's assets. Nathan Hager Bloomberg. 38 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:12,560 Speaker 1: Radio, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanizi meets Chinese President Shi 39 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 1: Jinping today in Beijing. Albanizi says that China will remain 40 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: Australia's largest trading partner for the time being. He says 41 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: that he hopes the countries are on a path to 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: restoring the wine trade. Meantime, Chinese Premier Lie Chiang has 43 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: vowed to boost imports and expand market access in China. 44 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: We get more on that from Bloomberg's Rashad Salamat in 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: Hong Kong. 46 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 5: Premier Lee pledged to protect the rights and interests of 47 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:43,480 Speaker 5: foreign investors, telling the China International Import Expo Beijing would 48 00:02:43,520 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 5: continue to promote opening up with greater inclusivity. The comments 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 5: coming as foreign investment into China to negative for the 50 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 5: first time since records began in nineteen ninety eight. The 51 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 5: country has been seeking to lure foreign investors back in 52 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 5: an effort to aid its economic recovery. Meantime, Finance Vidic 53 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 5: lanfu And said China would speed up the issuance of 54 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,760 Speaker 5: additional government buns to ensure what he cooled an intensity 55 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 5: of spending. I'm Richad Celevan Bloomberg. 56 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Radio Wall Street is looking at another busy week ahead 57 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: for earning, so preview here from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett. 58 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 2: Just over four hundred members of the S and P 59 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 2: five hundred index have reported so far, and many US 60 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,519 Speaker 2: companies have been putting on a better than an expected 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: show for their third quarter results, boosting investor confidence. Nattie 62 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 2: Lovell Is, senior US Equity Strategistic, UBS Financial Services, the early. 63 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 3: Season is coming in better than expected, and so we 64 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,640 Speaker 3: think that the outlook continues to improve. 65 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 2: Among some of the names reporting this week, the Walt 66 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 2: Disney Company, Armholdings, Biogen, Devin Energy, d R, Horton, Ubs, 67 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: and Uber in New York Charlie Pellett, Bloomberg Radio. 68 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: In sports news, Tamarat Tola of Ethiopia set a course 69 00:03:57,920 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 1: record to win the men's race in the New York 70 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 1: City Marathon. 71 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 4: This is the first time major winning for me. It 72 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: is very, very very important for me. 73 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: Tola finished in two hours, four minutes and fifty eight seconds. 74 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 1: The men's race was well decided before the last few miles, 75 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: but the women's race came right down to the stretch. 76 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,560 Speaker 1: Helen o'biri of Kenya pulled away in the final four 77 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: hundred meters to take the women's title. That's news when 78 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 1: you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Brian Curtis. 79 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,240 Speaker 1: This is Bloomberg