{"id":7511,"date":"2024-04-19T09:51:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-hcfx.pantheonsite.io\/?p=7511"},"modified":"2024-04-19T09:51:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T08:51:07","slug":"israel-hits-irans-isfahan-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/israel-hits-irans-isfahan-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Hits Iran\u2019s Isfahan Province"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday Feeling<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Check out this weeks playlist\u00a0here!<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n

Five Feet High and Rising\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Johnny Cash<\/h4>\n

Mercy Now\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Mary Gauthier<\/h4>\n

Both Sides Now\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Joni Mitchell<\/h4>\n

Safe From Harm\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Massive Attack<\/h4>\n

Smokin Out The Window\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Bruno Mars<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Israel Hits Iran\u2019s Isfahan Province<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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This morning, the world is reacting to the news that an Israeli missile hit an Iranian site in the in central province of Isfahan. The extent of the damage is currently unclear, with Tehran downplaying the incident.<\/p>\n

The strike follows days of speculation on how Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s War Cabinet would respond to the Iranian attack on Israel in which Tehran fired 300 drones and missiles. Iran says that this was in retaliation to the strike on its consulate in Syria at the start of the month which killed 13 people amongst which were senior military officials.<\/p>\n

As news emerges on last night\u2019s strike, attention turns to how the most recent hostilities may play out. The US, and others including the UK, have already urged restraint on all sides with concerns over the prospect of escalation into a regional conflict. According to the BBC\u2019s Chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, \u201cTehran says its old doctrine of \u201cstrategic patience,\u201d of playing a longer game when its assets and individuals are attacked, has ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though it\u2019s unclear where the strike landed, some are speculating on whether it targeted the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Centre which holds a uranium conversion facility. According to a former US official speaking to the BBC, \u201cIsfahan really is to a great extent the centre of the Iranian nuclear programme in terms of training, research and, what some would say, the development of the Iranian nuclear capability.\u201d At 07:11 this morning, the UN atomic watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency said that no damage has been caused on the site and is continuing to monitor developments.<\/p>\n

Iran has said that no such damage has taken place there, though such reports have not been independently verified.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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PM\u2019s to Speak on \u2018Fit to Work Notes\u2019<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Today, the Prime Minster is expected to criticise the country\u2019s \u2018sicknote culture\u2019 in a bid to drive up productivity. Attention has recently been focused on the rising number of those that are \u2018economically inactive\u2019. Recent data suggested that there are now 2.8 million economically inactive people which is defined by the ONS as \u201cPeople not in employment who have not been seeking work within the last 4 weeks and\/or are unable to start work within the next 2 weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the ONS this has been partially due to a rise in long-term sickness which has been rising throughout all age groups. (A rise in the number of students has also fed into the rise).<\/p>\n

Sunak is expected to float the idea of \u201cwork and health professionals\u201d issuing \u2018fit to work\u2019 notes. Presently, only doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists can do so.<\/p>\n

The Telegraph is citing how Sunak will say that while we should \u201cnever dismiss or downplay the illnesses people have\u201d, \u201cmore honest about the risk of over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sunak\u2019s plans are coming under fire however with many critics citing longer waiting times and pressure on the health service leading. According to an investigation by The Times, in the first ten months of 2023, it took more than 28 days to hold 14.9m NHS appointments, a rise from 12.8m in the previous year.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UK Retail Sales Miss Expectations<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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UK Retail Sales for March have come in considerably lower-than-expected this morning, hitting 0% growth on a month-on-month basis. This was far lower than the market consensus which was pointing to a 0.3% print. On an annualised basis the figures came in at 0.8%, a marked increase from the previous figure which saw a 0.3% contraction.<\/p>\n

According to the ONS automotive fuel and non-food stores sales volumes rose by 3.2% and 0.5%, respectively, though this was offset by falls in food stores and non-store retailers which fell 0.7% and 1.5%.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday feeling, Israeli missile strike on Iran, today’s speech from the PM on sicknote culture, and lower-than-expected UK retail sales for March.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"rp-language":[16],"class_list":["post-7511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morning-updates","rp-language-en_gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7514,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7511\/revisions\/7514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7511"},{"taxonomy":"rp-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamiltoncourtfx.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rp-language?post=7511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}