How China's falling birthrate has left a local town in Ireland in crisis.

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But first our top story, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, is due to arrive

with a Rafa crossing at the Egyptian border in a few hours to expedite aid into Gaza.

The crossing was damaged by bombs and it's unclear if it will open today.

China for basic needs in Gaza is running dangerously low.

President Biden said he's going to ask Congress for billions of dollars in military funding

for Israel and Ukraine.

Meanwhile, there are increasing signs that Israeli troops will begin a grand operation

against Hamas in Gaza soon.

OK, let's do the numbers.

Germany's product prices have seen their sharpest annual drops since 1949, falling by 14.7%

in the year up to September.

Japan's core inflation dropped to less than 3% last month, the first time it's happened

in over a year.

OK, let's talk about the story at ease to the top.

Nestlé is closing a baby milk factory in Ireland.

And the Swiss-based company is blaming a falling birthrate in China, the closure of

the plant.

We'll mean more than 500 job losses that's around half the population of the town of

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