On today's podcast:1) Israel widened its ground offensive on the second day of expanded Israeli ground fighting in Gaza.
- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes under criticism over his unwillingness to accept responsibility for apparently failing to anticipate the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
3) HSBC has announced a 3 billion-dollar share buyback in its latest results. The bank reported pretax profits of 7.71 billion dollars for the the third quarter - that's less than the estimated 8.1 billion.
- Australia has walked away for the second time in three months from talks with the European Union toward a free trade deal, almost certainly pushing any agreement into next year or beyond.
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