BP is working to bring more lower carbon energy to the UK, like developing offshore wind,

and we're keeping oil and gas flowing from the North Sea. It's and not all. That's how BP is backing Britain. Well today we're mostly in oil and gas.

We increased the proportion of our global annual investment that went into our lower carbon and other transition businesses from around 3% in 2019 to around 23% in

2023. VP.com slash and not all. The Economist.

Hello and welcome'm Rosie Blore.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world.

J.D. Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, was once a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.

That has lots of techie types salivating

to think that one of their own may soon be in the White House.

But Mr. Vance's backstory should give them plenty of pause.

And would you want to live in a house that's said to be haunted?

Well, you aren't alone.

In Hong Kong, people really do not want to live with ghosts.

And that is playing havoc with the property market.

But first. This week the Israeli military ordered a further evacuation in Gaza in an area that had previously been designated a humanitarian zone. On Monday an air strike there killed an estimated 70 people.

Over 39,000 Palestinians have died in the exclave since fighting began in October.

Israel's government claims that it's rooting out Hamas fighters.

It recently said it had killed Mohammed Dave, the Hamas leader believed to have

masterminded the October 7th attacks. Despite the bloodshed,

ceasefire talks continue.

There are signs that Hamas could agree to a temporary truce and a swap of hostages and prisoners without first demanding a permanent Israeli withdrawal.

The humanitarian and political ramifications of this war are immense.

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