The fight between americas Biggest Car Companies and the uaw over pay and Better Benefits is playing out in a key Battleground State in the 2024 president ial election, that is michigan. So this visit by President Biden is no accident. Hes trying to turbo charge the market for Electric Vehicles, that is part of his policy to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. His signature legislation, well, its known as the inflation reduction act, and it includes billions of dollars in incentives to get more clean cars on the road. President ial opponent, donald trump, who is also visiting michigan on wednesday, well, theyve argued the shift to Electric Vehicles will killjobs because, after all, it takes fewer people to make a battery than a combustion engine. And many of the new Battery Plants are being built in states that are hostile to organising. Add to that biden� s push for clean energy, well, it hit another roadblock on monday. That is after ford said it was pausing work on a 3. 5 billion Battery Plant in michigan. It cited concerns about its ability to competitively operate the plant. For the president , who wants to fight Climate Change and expand the middle class by supporting unions, this is, as they say, where the rubber meets the road. The International Energy agency has warned fossil fuel demand will need to fall by 25 by the end of this decade if governments want to limit the rise in Global Warming to 1. 5 degrees celsius. The iea added coal, oil and natural gas all need to be replaced by clean energy, if the world wants to keep on track to cut Greenhouse Gas emissions to net zero by 2050. Were nowjoined by dr fatih birol, who is Executive Director of the International Energy agency. Your latest projections come at a time of rising tensions with Oil Producers ahead of Un Climate Talks in the uae, with the Opec Cartel Accusing The Iea of stoking volatility. Is that what youre doing . What we do is look at the numbers and the facts scientists around the world all agree that in order to have a livable planet we can see global temperature and increase by a maximum ofi. 5 global temperature and increase by a maximum of 1. 5 celsius. If it is higher than that the current extreme weather events will be much more severe and frequent. What is the source of this Temperature Increase . Fossil fuels. Source of this Temperature Increase . Fossilfuels. Coal, oiland gas. If we want to limit the Temperature Increase, we have to use these fossil fuels increase, we have to use these fossilfuels much increase, we have to use these fossil fuels much less than today. 25 less in just seven years, you are talking about. That means we need to get the momentum with alternative clean energy fuels, is that momentum there and other costings right . Ten that momentum there and other costings right . That momentum there and other costings right . Ten years ago solar ener costings right . Ten years ago solar energy was costings right . Ten years ago solar energy was a costings right . Ten years ago solar energy was a romantic costings right . Ten years ago solar energy was a romantic story. Costings right . Ten years ago solar energy was a romantic story. But l energy was a romantic story. But today the bulk of new Power Stations come from solar and wind. Just this year more than 80 of new power plants built in the world are renewables and only 20 coal. Two years ago one out of 25 cars sold in the world was electric. This year one out of five cars sold as electric, it is growing very strongly. Both solar and electric cars, but if you ask me do they grow fast enough to reach our Climate Goals . Absolutely not. We have to see a reduction in fossil fuels, coal, oiland see a reduction in fossil fuels, coal, oil and gas. See a reduction in fossil fuels, coal, oil and gas. How important is it for governments coal, oil and gas. How important is it for governments to coal, oil and gas. How important is it for governments to take coal, oil and gas. How important is it for governments to take the coal, oil and gas. How important is. It for governments to take the lead . You have criticised uk Prime Minister rishi sunak� s decision to delay the ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars to 2035, saying advanced economies should take the lead. And is this a mistake . This is an issue that should not be left to markets only and governments should be in the driving seat but sending the right signals to markets. When it comes to Government Decisions are in advanced economies we would like to see advanced economies increased their ambitions rather than reduce them. This applies to all the advanced economies. Applies to all the advanced economies. , ~ ,. ,. Applies to all the advanced economies. , ~ ,. , economies. Thank you very much for oininu us economies. Thank you very much for joining us there. Shares in Chinas Evergrande have slumped again as the embattled Property Developer revealed it defaulted on another debt to foreign creditors. Evergrande is one of several heavily indebted Chinese Developers in a sector thats facing a serious crisis. 0ur Asia Business correspondent nick marsh reports. More bad news for evergrande. Even though their shares are practically worthless at the moment, theyve still managed to lose more than 25 of their value just this week. On monday, a very complicated debt Restructuring Plan collapsed after evergrande revealed that a regulatory probe was under way into its main domestic unit, hengda real estate group. And now theyve confirmed that theyve defaulted on more than 0. 5 billion worth of money which is owed to their overseas creditors. Plus, were Hearing Reports in china, unconfirmed by the bbc, that several former and current executives, including the former Chief Executive, have been detained by the chinese authorities. Now, this has all the hallmarks of a slow managed decline of a company that, lets not forget, owes more than 300 billion, most of which is owed to people in china still waiting for their unfinished homes to be built. But its this overseas debt which is putting their survival in doubt. These foreign creditors have managed to force a hearing in hong kong at the end of october, and if an agreement isnt reached before then, then liquidation is a real possibility. The boss of Audio Streaming Giant spotify says its platform has no plans to ban content created by artificial intelligence. Spotify founder and Chief Executive daniel ek told the bbc there are valid uses of the tech in making music, but ai should not be used to Impersonate Human Artists without their consent. He sat down with our technology editor, zoe kleinman. You have so called deep fake ais, where someones impersonating some famous artist, etc. And our view is obviously that is not positive, and we believe that. Say, something in the drake weeknd case, that drake and weeknd should be able to decide what kind of content they want to put out in the world, what they stand for. So you have no immediate plans to ban ai generated content from the platform . No, we have no immediate plans. And, in fact, it wouldnt even surprise me that, if we look at the top chart of spotify today, that theres legitimate use of ai done by artists, and we would allow for them. And then theres the ones where its clearly someone trying to steal someones name or likeness or even infringe on someones ip, at which point we would say that is not ok, that is not what we stand for, and we would take that down. Youve been very critical of apples practices, havent you, in the past . And you still are. Yeah. A critical voice. 0ur beef is really round allowing for a level playing field, a fair playing field. Apple decides what innovation goes and doesnt go. It taxes all innovation on the internet on this point, and it doesnt have to follow the same rules themselves. And so all we are asking for is they can charge whatever fee they would like, so long as it was possible for us to not be in their store and download the app onto the iphone anyway. Apple would say that what youre paying for is the security that it provides, and this enormous audience of iphone users that it has. Its giving you access to a marketplace that nobody else can access, and would argue that its worth it. What would you say to that . Four billion consumers around the world and probably 80 of uk consumers, the primary way theyre accessing the internet is through their smartphones. And the primary way theyre accessing the internet is through apps on smartphones. And so this is the internet at this point. And thats why, from a principal standpoint, its really important for me, its an important Business Issue for spotify, but i believe it will be very important for the future innovation and for other developers. Spotify� s invested a lot in podcasting. You had some big names, you had the 0bamas, you had the duke and duchess of sussex. They released 12 podcasts in two and a half years. Was that worth £18 million . We thought new innovation was needed to happen here. We thought, we can come in and offer a great experience that both makes consumers very happy, and allows new creators new avenues to build new podcasts. And weve succeeded with that. Now, in part of that, we also signed lots and lots of new podcasters to this medium. And the truth of the matter is, some of it has worked, some of it hasnt. Were learning from those and were moving on and we wish all of the ones we didnt renew with the best of success that they can have going forward. Here in the uk, Water Companies have been ordered to pay back £114 million to customers through lower bills after missing key targets. 0fwat, the industry regulator, said that firms are falling short on Performance Measures around leakages, supply and reducing pollution. It said that following a review, millions of pounds would be returned to households by cutting bills. Gatwick airport will cancel about 82 departures this week because of short term sickness and covid in the air Traffic Control tower. Airport boss Stewart Wingate said he was very frustrated by a series of problems at gatwick� s air Traffic Control. Around 30 of air Traffic Control staff are not available, mr wingate said. A Union Representing pilots at Australias Qantas Airways has called on the companys chairman to resign following recent scandals. The australian and International Pilots association, which represents most of qantass 3,000 pilots, said it had written to the airline demanding the resignation of chairman richard goyder, saying morale has never been lower. Goyder, who has been the airlines chairman since 2018, has denied all allegations. Uk workers are taking more sick days than at any point in the past decade, new research suggests. Staff took on average 7. 8 sick days in the past year, up from 5. 8 before the pandemic, the chartered institute it all began under threat and he launched an app disposing Fake News Smartphones have changed. And it can tell the difference between real and fake. , tell the difference between real and fake. ,. , tell the difference between real and fake. ,. ,. , tell the difference between real and fake. ,. ,. ,. ,. , fake. Vast amounts of information we dont have 20 fake. Vast amounts of information we dont have 20 years fake. Vast amounts of information we dont have 20 years ago fake. 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Team europe were out on the course on Tuesday Morning for the traditional photocall theyll be looking to reclaim the silverware they lost in wisconsin two years ago with a team that features four debutants, and captain luke donald says his side are starting to build chemistry ahead of fridays start. These seem very unified to me, like a great group of guys who really get along with each other and already create that unbreakable bond between the 12 of them. I think every team is different. This is a team that obviously has some new faces and some guys that have been part of the ryder cup that auntie