How deepfake videos can make anyone appear to say anything and what the tech giants are doing about it. Markets overall slightly low, but reports two tankers are on fire. And well be getting the inside track on the business of increasing the visibility of your website through better Search Engine optimisation well be getting some top tips on how to boost your sites ranking. And deepfake videos are suddenly becoming more visible. Today we want to know how concerned are you about the problem . Are the big tech giants doing enough to counter it . Let us know what you think just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We start in the us where just days after pulling back from the brink of a trade war against mexico President Trump has a new target in his sights. He has criticized germany for over dependence on russia for energy and threatened sanctions against european firms involved in a massive project to bring more russian gas to europe. Russia meanwhile has said efforts to block the pipeline amount to blackmail. Michelle in new york has more details. Donald trump has upped his criticism of germany over a gas pipeline which would double the amount of gas which can be transported directly from russia to germany. The american president says on wednesday he is considering using sanctions to block the pipeline. I think its a tremendous mistake for germany but again germany is running we affairs and they will do just fine. I was critical, i had been critical of it, its a tremendous amount of energy being supplied by that pipeline. Trump has claimed that germany is captive to Russian Energy exports. Hes not the First American president to oppose the pipeline, saying it would give moscow the ability to Weaponised Energy supplies. Some members of congress have also imposed sanctions to block the project. Its over 1000 kilometres long and would run beneath the baltic sea linking eastern russia and northern germany. I should point out america are not the only ones taking issue with this, for years other eu Member States have been concerned about the blocks reliance on russian gas. This agreement was so blocks reliance on russian gas. This agreement was so strong that earlier this year at the eu nations even threatened to derail the project entirely. So why is germany in favour . German businesses have invested heavily in it and the former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is running the project. They also argue its a economic project and Angela Merkel has tried to assure that the pipeline would not make germany relied on russia for energy. Now lets talk about fake news now and specifically fake videos. The us congresss house intelligence commitee is holding a hearing later on the rise of so called deepfakes online. These are videos generated by Artificial Intelligence doctoring real images of people to show them saying or doing things that never happened. The us director of National Intelligence is warning that they could increasingly be used in campaigns to falsely influence public opinion. They are one of the reasons facebook has hired more than 30,000 people to vet the content that appears on its sites. Ceo Mark Zuckerberg was himself the target of a deepfake uploaded imagine one man in total control of stolen data, peoples secrets, lives and futures, i owe it all to spectre. Specter assured me that whoever controls the data controls the future. Spooky but clearly not him. With us now is charlottejee, senior writer, Mit Technology review. How dangerous are they . Potentially very dangerous, a problem though and they could get a bigger problem in they could get a bigger problem in the future, we may have to grapple with it sooner rather than later. The techno, that looked a bit weird and creepy, but the idea is the technology would be so sophisticated it will be difficult to maintain whats real and whats fake. You can sort of tell its not real, something around the eyes, you know its not real. Its becoming increasingly sophisticated. Whose job do you think it is to police the internet and clean up the internet . In this instance for example facebooks decided not to take the video down from instagram. Facebook had to take the decision because they did not remove the video from nancy pelosi last month which had been doctored, it is not a deepfake but it had been edited. There has been a policy emerging from facebook which leave them up but flagged that they are fake and push them down new speeds so they are not as visible. Many people say 30,000 extra members of staff is a drop in the ocean considering the size of the problem, what do you think Congress Might decide . We will have to wait and see but i think certainly there will be potentially some kind of legislation eventually around the use of deepfakes for malicious purposes or election interference. Its difficult to regulate because the Underlying Technology you cannot really regulate all the uses of butler may be you can. Lets assume the laws and regulations behind what happens in real life, how do people at home and around the world spot these things, what education is there out there for people at the moment and what should we be looking forward to make sure we realise the difference between fake news and real news . For now most people can spot them but its not something individual people will be able to combat which is what makes it so frightening. Eventually they will be sought sophisticated you will not be able to tell. I hate to say that. We shall see, there is talk of cake marks or trademarks, for example with twitter, they try to ascertain which accounts are fake and which are not, that kind of idea, the eu is talking about that. One perhaps positive message is the same technology which is being used to create these can be used to identify them so we will see. We will see, thank you. Get in touch and tell us what you think. Lets take a look at some of the other stories making the news. Chinas ambassador to the uk has warned that excluding huawei from britains 5g network sends a very bad signal. Speaking to the bbc, liu xiaoming said chinese businesses planning to invest in britain may be put off dealing with the uk if huaweis equipment is not used for the network. Retail tycoon sir philip green has agreed a deal with creditors to save his empire from collapse. His Group Arcadia which includes the miss selfridge and top shop chains has been losing out to fast fashion rivals such as zara and h m as well as online competition from the likes of asos. It will now close 48 of its 566 stores and cut around a thousand jobs ford is recalling 1. 2 million explorer suvs in the us over suspension issues that could affect steering. The recall affects cars made in its chicago plant between 2010 and 2017. Ford said one customer had reported hitting a kerb when part of the the rear suspension fractured but was not aware of any injuries caused by the problem. Australia has given the final approval for construction to begin on a controversial coal mine to be built by Indian Company adani. The mine, in queenslands galilee basin, has been the subject of years of hold ups over environmental approvals. Hywel griffith is in sydney we have mentioned this has been an ongoing battle but talk us through the latest. Eight years since this was announced, court cases and legal checks finally adani can begin construction and they think itll be another two years before we see call coming from the ground. It was initially going to be one of the biggest minds on the planet producing up to 60 Million Tonnes of coal per year but theyve had to scale back the plan, they say it will now be Something Like 10 Million Tonnes working up to maybe 27 Million Tonnes per year. Still very significant, its plan of what to do with all that galilee coal was to do with all that galilee coal was to ship it back to india was to fire the power stations so they have a guaranteed customer but also guaranteed customer but also guaranteed opposition. There are plans to protect the wildlife which have been approved locally but there isa have been approved locally but there is a huge amount of opposition in terms of what it means for future Carbon Emissions coming out of india and impacting globally, impacting as well in queensland, people saying that what happens in the climate affects the Great Barrier reef and sea affects the Great Barrier reef and sea temperatures. The next two year is likely to bring plenty more protests as construction begins. Thank you. 0il oil prices are on the move at the moment, we understand theres been an incident involving a tanker in the gulf of oman near the iranian coast, there are reports of a fire following an earlier sabotage we think are at least those are the working threes at the moment. Jane foley, what you make of this . We had sabotage in the persian gulf supermarket is not quite sure, we have to wait on the news and see if its another sabotage attack. For the oil market particularly what weve seen today is oil lifted on the back of the news but a few days ago we had oil at a five month low and the reason thats been coming off this year is because of concerns about the slowdown in the Global Economy and a lot more inventory is than the market expected. Lets talk about the economic picture, in the us we had inflation data which was pretty soft i know a lot of people are saying we will see a rate cut in the us next month. This has been gathering steam over the last few weeks, indeed the market is fairly co mforta bly weeks, indeed the market is fairly comfortably priced for an Interest Rate cut from the Federal Reserve in july, dont forget this would be quite a quick turnaround. We would have to see a lot more soft data, while the us has slowed its not really a nywhere while the us has slowed its not really anywhere near recession territory yet. But it could be next year. Would you like to weigh in on trump weighing in on germany and russia . It seems an odd one for him to get involved in, what are the politics . Trump has a number of europeans on his side, he has concerns that europe is to dependent on russia. Russia has a lot of many people have been speculating that that could ease any trade friction which could arise from the eu and the us if the eu agreed to by some of that liquid national gas from the us. Thanks very much, jean will be back later. More coming up. Well be getting the inside track on Search Engine optimisation. Thats the business of increasing the visibility of your website well be getting some top tips on how to boost your sites ranking. Youre with business live from bbc news. A strong set of results out this morning from paper and cardboard manufacturer ds smith. Theyve seen revenues up 12 and profit before tax up 35 , miles roberts is the chief executive of ds smith he joins us now from the london stock exchange. Good numbers but it says you are stocking up your spare parts i of brexit . We are pleased with these results, weve seen a strong growth in market share and customers coming behind our Sustainable Packaging solutions. And we deliver the results are shown. How will you keep this going because we want to see sustainable results or at least those who invest in you and that is what they want isnt it . Absolutely right. Weve seen good, strong organic growth, are a like for like volume is up 2. 4 but 80 of our business is in consumerfacing packaging, around food and drink. Sustained growth in the market for a number of years and our outlook is also very positive. We have got the whole sustainability agenda and youve got things like the growth in e commerce, we leave that market across europe and it gives us confidence for the future. Presumably you are going to win in this war on plastic, the move to get rid of single use plastic items, we are turning back to paper oratory . We have been investing this for many yea rs, we have been investing this for many yea rs , we we have been investing this for many years, we turn fibre into paper and then into packaging, it takes 14 days for the cycle to work. Box to box. We are pleased with that. We can also come up box. We are pleased with that. We can also come up we can box. We are pleased with that. We can also come up we can all see in how we are living and listening to the news, all these concerns eve ryo ne the news, all these concerns everyone has about the environment, we are investing strongly behind that and we think its going to be a long term trend. We are replacing plastic wherever possible with more sustainable solutions. Its up to us to provide the solutions to our customers. Thank you forjoining us. An update on the situation in the gulf of oman, the uk Maritime Safety group is warning of an unspecified incident in the gulf of oman and is urging extreme caution. Whats more on the business page from bbc news. Yourre watching business live our top story President Trump has warned germany over dependence on russian gas and threatened sanctions over the nordstream two project to bring more of it to europe. A quick look at how the markets are faring. News from tesco this morning, sales rising, just a little bit in the first quarter, last year they were up first quarter, last year they were upa lot first quarter, last year they were up a lot more, the chief executive saying theres been a strong start to the year, growing ahead in the uk market on volume and value, so good news from the supermarket in the uk today. Now imagine you are business with some great new products and youve got a website that looks fantastic too. But it doesnt mean anything if no one can find you online. This is where the business of Search Engine optimisation or seo comes in to help boost your sites ranking. Its a growth business. In the us alone, seo spending is expected to hit nearly 80 billion by 2020, up from 11 billion in 2008. Well, one seo company thats riding on this trend is studiohawk. Its on track to report revenue of around 1. 4 million this year. With us now is harry sanders, founder and owner, studiohawk. You are 21 years old, how have you done this . A lot of hard work and perseverance. Its been quite a journey getting here but its been very exciting. And you started at 13 . I did, i did it for my dads company and it took off from there. Talk as to how it worked, this idea of optimising your website has been around for a long time, its been the buzzword for quite some time. Absolutely, its going through a bit ofa absolutely, its going through a bit of a golden age with a lot of Big Companies investing and costs going up. Igot Companies Investing and costs going up. I got involved from just how competitive it was and also be low quality providers in the market. At 13 should you not have been at school . I should have been. I was but i was also working at an agency at 14. Is that legal . It was, at the time, it was an exciting process. Exciting and difficult at some points, i know when youre young, just a few years later you yourself at home, living under a bridge . Just a few years later you yourself at home, living undera bridge . How do you go, that was just four years ago. Yeah, it still feels like a fairy tale, some days i feel like i am going to wake up and go this has all been a dream. But i was homeless, just when i started the business, when i left the agency, u nfortu nately business, when i left the agency, unfortunately family circumstances arose, my mum was homeless and i got kicked out by my parents. I was literally homeless, couch surfing, under a bridge. Alli literally homeless, couch surfing, under a bridge. All i had was my talent for aco. How do you convert that talent to a company which has no over £1 million turnover. The issue with homelessness is if you do not have an address and are literally on the streets you cannot apply for benefits or get a job, you cannot do anything, you are stuck. Yeah. Its so difficult and so different to what a lot of people perceive it to be like. Not every homeless person is begging, a lot of people are aware just because of circumstances unrelated to them. I was lucky, i dont think everyone can do it, i had the skill of seo which id been doing for a long time so practising that, i was cold calling businesses trying to get clients but once i got them i serviced so much for them and we got a lot of referrals. You say you have this talent for Search Engine optimisation, what is that talent, can you please share it with the rest of us, how do you make websites more visible . Its a big thing that a lot of people are investing in. Its how the website is constructed, what coding you are using, as well as if you are producing content. 0ne recommendation is make sure you are posting a blog post every month. Google says anyone with a blog the post once a month is an Industry Expert which is a powerful thing. We partner with a lot of companies, a lot of exciting things out there. You are 21 you are already extremely successful but youve had a lot of difficult and challenging life experience, so what are you dreaming about now . In australia where i am from we have the largest dedicated seo company which is a great achievement and i am thankful to my tea m achievement and i am thankful to my team and all the supporters. My mission is not to be australias best but the worlds best. London is known as the best seo in the world on the enterprise level, a semis are not being serviced well, we want to help hit the london market, and help small Medium Business market. Service them and grow quickly here and be the worlds best. We will watch you, thats for sure. We will keep an eye on you, thank you for being on the programme. Lets go to los angeles now where the top names in the 135 billion video Games Industry are gathered for the annual e3 show. Nintendo has been riding the success of its switch console but it has disappointed fans by revealing that a much anticipated game wont now be ready for the Christmas Holiday season. Thats not good news, lets get more details. Nintendo has made something of a comeback, its switch console is already outperforming its predecessor and sales of games have been strong but now the Company Needs to keep up the momentum with new games and one of its highly anticipated titles has been delayed. Fans had been expecting a lot of noise about animal crossing but at the event it said it needed a few more months to finish it to make sure staff had a good worklife balance, avoiding the so called crunch were many studios force staff to work long hours to finish a game. Nintendo fans still have a lot to be excited about, plenty of Third Party Games were announced with the arrival of which are three showing that the switch is capable of more than expected. And at the end of the presentation surprise, the company is working on a sequel to its hit game the legend of zelda breath of the wild. So while fans have to wait a little longer for animal crossing some of the biggest titles are still to come. Lets talk that story we were discussing earlier about deepfa kes. Thanks for all your responses on this, quite a lot of mixed thoughts about this. What we should be doing. This one, unfortunately it seems to be the norm, sometimes hard to know where to go for the real story. Another says individuals need to realise social media, the internet and e mails cannot be trusted more than a stranger in a dark alley, use your common sense. Im an interesting point of view here, i think facebook should be fined for fa ke co nte nt think facebook should be fined for fake content to help other people understand its wrong. Jane foley from rabobank joins us again most meat in 2040 will not come from dead animals is in the guardian. What will be eating . A lot of the stuff will be coming from cultured and it will replant based products. 60 will not be meat. This is in relation to Climate Change and the amount of emissions we know comes from cattle. What i learnt is that the met in gas which comes from a cattle co m es the met in gas which comes from a cattle comes from the front end are not the rear end, they are burping. Its very inefficient, we grow about 50 of our crops go to animal feed and thats not very efficient in terms of Energy Transfer to humans. You said cultured meat, can you explain . Its grown in vats will stop this is interesting, last month there was a company went public in there was a company went public in the us called beyond meat and it raised 240 million. There is a demand for this and i think with countries having to commit to Climate Change targets this is going to have to happen. Great to have you, as always lovely to see you. Thats it from business live today. There will be more Business News throughout the day on the bbc live web page and on World Business report. Many of us once again waking up to heavy rain this morning. Its been particularly heavy, particularly persistent across the north east of england and the south east of scotland. Quite widely weve got quite a few flood warnings in place, we had almost three months of rain in shropshire, this morning into the afternoon its the south east of scotla nd afternoon its the south east of scotland where there is a met Office Amber Warning scotland where there is a met office amberwarning in scotland where there is a met Office Amber Warning in force, scotland where there is a met office amberwarning inforce, disruption likely, flooding up to 100 millimetres by the end of the day, dark blue and green indicating heavy rain which will continue into the afternoon. Elsewhere this morning its been rather wet but the rain will ease during the afternoon in parts of north west england and north wales. We will still see this band of showers across the midlands into the south east of england. Heavier showers into the afternoon. Further heavy rain in the north east of scotland, lots of cloud around, limited brightness and maximum temperatures of 14 16. There will be some improvements, going through the next few days. 0vernight tonight a lot of the heavy rain will start to clea n lot of the heavy rain will start to clean away. There will still be showers especially towards england and wales into friday morning but overnight temperatures getting down to about 7 12. Friday, lengthier, more dry, brighter spells, to about 7 12. Friday, lengthier, more dry, brighterspells, low pressure still in charge which means we re pressure still in charge which means were still getting these weather fronts and rain and showers rotating around the area of low pressure. Starting with showers, into the afternoon as i mentioned there will be lengthy dry spells and there will be lengthy dry spells and there will be some sunshine coming through the cloud as well. It will be a bit warmer too, maximum of 20 in the south east of england. Scattered showers further north and west but certainly drier than its been. Enter the weekends that area of low pressure is drifting west, this weather fronts will push east through saturday and that will bring outbreaks of rain across Northern Ireland into western scotland which is not seen too much rain recently, that rain will move its way through wales in the south west. I of that there could be showers but on the whole it should be dry for many eastern areas on saturday with sunshine. It will feel warm especially when the sun comes out, highs of about 18 or 19. Mixture of sunny spells and showers and again it should feel fairly warm. 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