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Hello and welcome. Moria migrant camp was all but destroyed in the fire this week. Now, a second blaze has wiped out pretty much all that was left. Firefighters have been battling through the night to try and bring the fire under control at europes largest refugee camp. Last week, it was the only shelter for more than 12,000 refugees and now it appears to be just wasteland. Mark lobel has the latest hundreds of unaccompanied children leave for the mainland from theirfire children leave for the mainland from their fire ravaged children leave for the mainland from theirfire ravaged camp on the island of lesbos, just as new fires began destroying parts of the camp that had been spared the initial onslaught. The greek government says the original fire the greek government says the originalfire was caused the greek government says the original fire was caused by protesters after 35 residents who had tested positive for corona minus were isolated. Strong winds fanned the flames ina strong winds fanned the flames in a tinderbox where families crammed into a space meant to house just one quarter of the 13,000 men, women and children there. These new fires at europes largest refugee camp have opened up old wounds coronavirus after afg hani syrians and iraqis headed for a new life in europe, a deal struck with turkey four years ago was meant to offer accommodation there but the problem was pushed onto greek shawls as the closest destination and now look. The truth of the matter is that the people on the greek islands welcome to the refugees years ago but after so many years of continuous flows, there have been a lot of fatigue in the community. The German Government is under pressure at home to urgently house more migrants. Demonstrators in berlin and frankfurt insist there is room. Translation the situation is such that the people they could simply come here to live normal lives instead of having to go through hell. That is why we are here. We are saying that the city of frankfurt has room and so does germany. But angela merkel, who once opened the door is wide to migrants is now more reluctant. She hopes this tragedy will give new impetus to the likes of poland, hungary and the Czech Republic to share the burden. For five years we have been saying this is untenable and why are we doing this to human beings . Why are we finding some sort of solution for them, on whether its the mainland, or other parts of europe, i mean, there are so many parts of europe, i mean, there are so many other options then the inhumanity that has befallen these people. And now another challenge, as a coronavirus pandemic pushes the problem of migration further into the open, could it more difficult for economically struck countries to open their borders and keep the pandemic at bay . The pictures tell the story, dont they . Caroline willemen, who is the Medecins Sans Frontieres covid 19 coordinator for lesbos and had been working to help protect those living in the campjoins me now. Cani can ijust can i just ask you first of all, short term, what can you do for these people . So, it is quite difficult at the moment to reach people and short term what we did was open the clinic as usual and there were few people because most had left the camp already. We are calling all of our patients, trying to make sure where they are and find out what they need and hopefully we will get access to people today. What is needed is that people are evacuated, which we have been asking forfor evacuated, which we have been asking for for many years and any kind of short Term Solution at this point will not really make a big difference for people. Again, for a second night, 9000 have slipped out on the streets and now first of all, a safe space needs to be found for them have slept out on the streets but they need to be taken off the island and we have been asking for this for a long, long time but u nfortu nately this for a long, long time but unfortunately the this for a long, long time but u nfortu nately the events this for a long, long time but unfortunately the events of the last two nights show again how extremely necessary that is and it seems that now a few 100 unaccompanied minors have been moved to the mainland, a Good Development but i find it extremely cynical that this level of disaster has been needed for this move to be activated. Disaster is certainly the right word and you would know better than anyone in the midst of this extraordinary crisis we have with covid 19, in any case, and i suppose there is a point to be raised about what the Health Status is of each individual who does move onto another country and i suppose thats partly one of the reasons why you need to register them all and check them all and make sure they are all fit and healthy . Yes, indeed, so up until yesterday, there were 35 positive cases of covid 19 and they had initially been isolated but in the chaos of the last two days they have once again, lets say they have been disbursed within the wider community. We have been told last night that eight out of 35 cases have been located and isolated but of course before people can be moved, they can be tested isolated and removed. In itself, it should not be a barrier, that is easy to organise. I heard your colleague saying in the report from market theyre describing this camp as an open air prison, effectively. I imagined your role in trying to manage, monitor, contain Something Like the coronavirus was if not impossible, extremely challenging . Exactly, it was in any case extremely challenging because of the circumstances where people live, all lived, i should say, it is impossible to apply any of the precautions, you cannot keep distance, wash your hands regularly, and we had been running covid 19 isolation Treatment Facility that we had been forced to close by greek authorities which meant that the moment covid 19 reached a camp last week, there was nothing in place to be able to help people andi place to be able to help people and i mean what happened in previous nights with these fires, i think it is a combination of years of disastrous migration policy but for sure, the additional stress of the last week with the positive cases and the cases of the chaos around isolation of these cases has definitely contributed to what has happened in the last two days. It was probably the last straw that basically broke this camp that basically broke this camp that was already at breaking point for a long time. Caroline, thank you so much indeed and thank you for joining us. Lets get some of the days other news. The us has revoked more than one thousand visas of chinese graduate students and researchers deemed to be a security risk. The acting head of the department of Homeland Security said that washington was blocking visas for those with ties to chinas military in order to prevent them from stealing sensitive research. Israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, has called for an inquiry into the investigators who brought corruption charges against him. It follows a news report that suggested police and prosecutors had failed to disclose alleged conflicts of interest. Israels Justice Ministry says the claim made in the report is not true. Human rights lawyer george bizos, who famously defended nelson mandela, has died aged 92. Mr bizos represented some of the countrys best known political activists during the apartheid years and became one of the architects of the countrys new constitution. President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his death, saying mr bizos had contributed immensely to our democracy. The British Governments plans for a huge increase in coronavirus testing could cost tens of billions of dollars, according to leaked whitehall documents. The papers, which were obtained by the british medicaljournal, set out how the initiative, described as borisjohnsons Moonshot Programme could work, with an aim of 3 million coronavirus tests per day available by december, and up to 10 million early next year. Details of the project emerged on thursday as the Prime Minister set out new restrictions on social gatherings in england, which scientists have warned could remain in place into the new year. Nick eardley reports. Back at the downing street podium, to announce new restrictions for england because of real concern in government about the rising number of coronavirus cases. We are introducing the rule of six. You must not meet socially in groups of more than six. And if you do, you will be breaking the law. Schools and workplaces are exempt, so the law. Schools and workplaces are exempt, so oui the law. Schools and workplaces are exempt, so ourfunerals, weddings and team sports but this is heres why the government is taking action. This map shows the number of coronavirus cases in england. As areas get darker, they are seeing more people testing positive. In recent days, there has been a significant increase. Flanked by the government s two key experts for the first time in weeks, borisjohnson said for the first time in weeks, Boris Johnson said imposing for the first time in weeks, borisjohnson said imposing new restrictions was tough but necessary. The trouble is, that the people who think they can ta ke the people who think they can take responsibility for their own health and take their own risk are, im afraid, misunderstanding the situation. It is not just misunderstanding the situation. It is notjust the risk to yourself alas, but you can be at any yourself alas, but you can be atany age, yourself alas, but you can be at any age, you can be a vehicle, a vectorfor the disease. The chief medical officer warned new restrictions limiting gatherings could be in place for a while. We have to be honest with ourselves that we are in a much better place than we would go but there are still constraints and they will not magically disappear and the demand on testing has increased, outpacing the increased, outpacing the increase in testing and that may happen for a little while, i think. The government hopes that in time, mass testing could allow many people to return to normal. Link documents reveal ministers are hoping 3 million tests every day could be available by december, even up to 10 million a day early next year. Cost billions and at the moment capacity is far lower. So from now, downing street is hoping extra restrictions will help control the virus. Nick eardley, bbc news. Hastily arranged brexit talks will take place today after the eu reacted strongly to borisjohnsons move to override key parts of the Withdrawal Agreement break with brussels. The senior cabinet minister michael gove will meet European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic to discuss the situation, as talks between the uks chief brexit negotiator lord frost and his brussels counterpart, michel barnier, continue. Before leaving brussels, mr sefkovic insisted the Withdrawal Agreement was not up for renegotiation. The outcome of todays meeting is also significant for the future of trade talks between the two sides. The eu says it still wants a deal but that the uk respecting the Withdrawal Agreement is a prerequisite. The speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has bluntly told london there will be absolutely no chance of a us uk trade deal if Boris Johnson overrides the brexit deal with brussels. In a statement on wednesday, ms pelosi said the uk must respect the Northern Ireland protocol as signed with the eu to ensure the free flow of goods across the border. We will be getting the view from dublin on that hastily arranged meeting in the Business News in around 20 minutes time, so stay with us for that. Wildfires are still burning out of control along parts of the west coast of the United States. The governor of oregon says they could bring about the greatest loss in human lives and property in her states history. In california, smoke and ash have turned the sky a dark orange. In butte county, a sheriff has reported that three people in 2 different locations have perished there. The bbcs tim allman reports. This is San Francisco in the middle of the day. The city by the bay almost unrecognisable. Look at the golden gate bridge. The same colour as the dark, orange sky surrounding it. Smoke and ash blocking out the sun, making it feel like the end of the world. 1115. Crazy 1115 in the morning and its like the middle of the night almost. The thing is coming all the way from oregon, which is hundreds of miles away, and it looks like the apocalypse right now. It is like nighttime in the daytime. In los angeles, this guy is a more normal colour but this mike is still there, hazy mist enveloping much of the city and this is the reason, just one of the fires burning out of control here in california and also further north. This was a trailer park in the town of medford, oregon. Not much left of it now, the phi has ripped through it, destroying property and destroying lives. Going through and going at they told us through and going at they told us to get out, get out and we grab some papers and grab some papers and stuff and thought this is it. What you are wearing right now . This is what i have got on. I am so sorry. For oregon, this is been described as a once in a generation event and its a similar story for neighbouring states. This fire season is unprecedented. The flames continue to burn. Tim allman, bbc news. Stay with us on bbc news, still to come people power, why a Citizens Assembly may lead the way in the fight against climate change. Populations of animals around the world are falling at a new rate. We will have the details. George w bush freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible. Bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. We say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, enough of blood and tears. Enough translation the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. Its an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. Iam free this is bbc news, the latest headlines a second fire in as many days appears to have destroyed the remaining parts of the moria migrant camp in lesbos. Leaked documents suggest the British Governments plan to step up covid testing could cost billions. We have run the gamut here from polar bears to elephants in africa, to the totals of costa rica. Populations of animals across the world are falling at a rapid rate according to a new report. The wwf says the nature around us in freefall due to human activity Marco Lambertini is director general of World Wildlife fund international. Hejoins us from gland in switzerland. Thanks very much forjoining us, and obviously the headline is dramatic, and hits alarm bells. It feels a little bit like stuff we have heard before, how much worse is the situation . Well, yes. We have heard before that wildlife declining. The report this time is even more daunting because one, it continues to decline. Two thirds of wildlife has declined in less than 50 years is the blink of an i compared to the many millions of years since many of these creatures appeared on the planet, so thats a really warning sign, because wildlife is an indicator of the Overall Health of the environment so it signals a much deeper ecological crisis the planet is suffering. We are showing pictures at the moment of elephants, i think we have got quite a lot of ocean life as well. Is this across the piece . Yes. This is an issue u nfortu nately yes. This is an issue unfortunately that happens around the world. There are places where it happens in a more steep way, other places it is less but as ive said, two thirds of the wildlife populations has declined in the last 50 years, and the causes are last 50 years, and the causes a re pretty clear. Last 50 years, and the causes are pretty clear. Its arth. And its our activities, in particular the way we interestingly produce and consume oui interestingly produce and consume ourfood. Interestingly produce and consume our food. Interestingly produce and consume ourfood. Its us. Exactly what heard in the news earlier, deforestation, forest fires and destruction of the natural habitats. Forest fires in california are one thing but as far as deforestation and the removal of vast swathes of forest, that is quite something else. As you say, it is for a purpose, it is to feed us, so what do we do and where is the international effort, do you think . Where could it be to turn this around . And important finding of the report is that actually we can reverse wildlife decline, and by tackling our food system wildlife decline, and by tackling ourfood system in wildlife decline, and by tackling our food system in a way that produces more food with less inputs stopping less land, less water, less energy, less pesticides, fertilisers, it is possible. We have the technology and we have the legislation tools on the domestic level to make that happen. And this is where we need to concentrate our attention, as well as, of course, reducing wildlife trade, and also in the ocean. Sometimes we think about wildlife like elephants and tigers, of course, but lets think about the pollinators that are responsible for two thirds of our crops, dont think about the fish in the ocean, hundreds of millions of jobs and livelihoods and nutritious diet depends on it. Conservation wildlife is not just a modern duty of course to coexist, but also is becoming a social and economic issues. Very briefly, marco, there are more and more people who are turning to vegetarianism, to veganism, even. How significant an impact can that have . There is no doubt that meet consumption is the most inefficient way to produce food, and it is driving a lot of the deforestation around the world, and so, a diet which contains less meat is definitely more environmentally friendly. As i said, diet and consumption is one dimension and the other dimension is how we produce food as well. We can be much more efficient, use less land and therefore drive less land and therefore drive less destruction of natural habitat stopping next year there is, sorry, to embrace this vision, Important International agreements. Lets hope they do. Im sorry to cut you short. Thank you very much for your time. Thank you for introducing us just a little bit to your cat, as well, behind you. You are in the rightjob. Well, behind you. You are in the right job. Thank well, behind you. You are in the rightjob. Thank you very much indeed. Now tennis, and we now know the four semi finallists in each of the mens and womens singles at tenniss us open. A new name will be engraved onto the mens trophy but the womens title could be on course for a repeat of the infamous final of two years ago, Tanya Dendrinos has the best of the quarter final action. No crowd, but there was no lack of energy on arthur ashe stadium. Serena williams on the hunt for major number 24. Parenchyma wasnt going to make it easy, though, taking the first six four. But the six time us open champ what dominic came back to show she is still a force to be reckoned with, her serve on beatable. Sometimes when im serving a just keep telling myself, i dont care of my arm falls off im gonna keep serving, and thats the attitude only to have and i didnt know i head so have and i didnt know i head so many have and i didnt know i head so many aces have and i didnt know i head so many aces in this match it 01 so many aces in this match it or coach to dominic told me but for me it is about serving the whole turn into last year it was really frustrating because they couldnt serve in the final. She set up a semi final showdown with Victoria Azarenka who was on fire against a lisa millar tends elise mertens, dismissing her belgian opponent in one hourand dismissing her belgian opponent in one hour and 13 you could say she is looking forward to facing off with the of queens. Iamso facing off with the of queens. I am so excited about this, it is an amazing opportunity to play against a champion, somebody who a respect a lot, who is my friend, so i am just so who is my friend, so i am just so excited for this opportunity. I hope people are excited for this match, i hope it will be fun. I know it will be fun for me. Will number three Dominic Thiem made it look easy against alex de minaur, marching to a 6 4,671 victory injust over minaur, marching to a 6 4,671 victory in just over two hours. He takes on will number five, Daniel Medvedev to take out his russian compatriot. Ronald khalis bell, a founder member of the soul funk band kool and the gang, has died. He was 68. I bet thats got you all going. Born in ohio, he started the band with his Brother Robert kool bell. Their biggest hits include celebration, ladies night and jungle boogie. Ronald died at his home in the Us Virgin Islands the cause of death hasnt been specified. Those are our main stories. I should say, with regard to brexit and the internal market will, we are going to have some discussion of that in the Business News, that is coming up Business News, that is coming up injusta Business News, that is coming up injust a moment, along with what to do with all your make up what to do with all your make up that you dont need. How do you repackage or recycle . Stay with us for all of that. Hello. For many, wednesday was a reasonable day but for some, and this was the scene and st ives round about the sort of the lunch time period, it was notjust a sparkly as it mightve been. That is because there was quite a mild flow coming in from the atlantic, and you have the weather front just to thickened up the clouds there to be enough of a spot of rain. Now, thankfully, that front moves away, and thursday, after a fairly cool start and we havent seen that for a wee while that is looking like a half reasonable day. It does turns a wee bit cloudier later, as you will see, but for many, certainly across the greater part of england and wales, eastern side of scotland, it is a get out and get on with it sort of day. Best of the sunshine perhaps early in the morning, through eastern scotland, certainly through eastern and southern parts of england too. Northern ireland, always really rather cloudy throughout the day. It may, come the afternoon, just see a passing shower, but the obvious place where the weather really changes, is across the north and west of scotland. And its notjust as warm as weve had it of late for sure. Tops round about 19 or 20. And through the evening and overnight, the rainjust keeps on coming, into this North Western quarter of scotland. Not a cold night here but, further south, if your skies stay clear for any length of time, you could be down into single figures. So what happens to the front on friday . Well, it s a real player all over the northern half of the british isles. The isobars quite tightly packed. Its an unfortunate mix, to say the least, of pretty wet and windy weather. The front eventually staggers its way through scotland, through Northern Ireland, and the remnants of that rain move down to the north of england and the north of wales. Further south, its never a bother 20 degrees is the high. And eventually, after that wet and windy start, things brighten up across scotland and Northern Ireland, to finish off the day. But that is not the end of the wet story for Northern Areas because the weekend sees, not one, but in fact a couple of pulses of really quite wet weather piling into the north and west of scotland and, at times, though Northern Ireland as well. The remnants on fridays weather, well, thatsjust a band of cloud pulling down towards the south and, again, much of england and wales in for a pretty dry day on saturday. Again, if youve got plans for the outdoors, the weather wont get in the way. That wont be the case though for Northern Ireland and scotland, where saturday night is a really wet one, and quite widely and, come sunday, we are still talking about more rain coming into the western side of scotland, Northern Ireland but, further south, at this stage, things really are beginning to warm up quite nicely. Take care. Bye bye. This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Borderline issues brexit talks on a cliff edge as britain seeks to override the Withdrawal Agreement. Plus, the tech rally re energized . Us markets surge as investors pile back into the likes of tesla and facebook. We start with brexit because the European Union is seeking urgent clarification after the British Government published legislation on wednesday which seeks to override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement signed in january. The two sides will meet for emergency talks in london later. So whats the latest row about . The Withdrawal Agreement was designed to prevent a hard border between Northern Ireland which is part of the uk and the republic of ireland which is in the eu in case the two sides cant agree a free trade deal. It would mean customs checks and tariffs on goods moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the uk to avoid undermining the eu single market. But the new internal market bill gives british ministers the power to decide how it all works if theres no deal, breaking the agreement made with the eu. Prime minister Boris Johnson has defended the bill, which still needs approval by parliament. My myjob is to uphold the integrity of the uk but also, also, to protect the Northern Irish Peace Process and the good friday agreement. And, to do that, we need a legal safety net to protect our country against extreme or irrational interpretations of the protocol. Former uk Prime Minister sir john major, who negotiated parts of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, is among critics who have warned against the move. He said the irish Prime Minister called the uks actions disturbing. It is quite not the norm to unilaterally start taking independent action, independent of negotiations. I think many people who are engaged in the negotiations at this time, to say the least, would be very, very taken aback by the actions of the British Government. Joining me now is professorjohn fitzgerald from Trinity College dublin. Adjunct professor in economics. John, thank you forjoining us. It isa john, thank you forjoining us. It is a legal safety net or an outrage, seem to be the size of the coin here, what you make of it . I think its extremely serious from the point of view of the eu in particularfor ireland. This is not about economics. Whether border is, there will be a border where ta riffs there will be a border where tariffs are imposed on things i checked, either down the sea in some for more on the border on the eye. And from an economic point of view, it does not matter to ireland that much where the border is but it shares huge significance as the biggest threat to the state in the last 80 years has come from the last 80 years has come from the possibility of terrorism spreading from Northern Ireland and the terrorism began 70 yea rs and the terrorism began 70 years ago, and the areas government and the British Government and the British Government resolved the government resolved the government and anything that would require the body to be pushed back on the island could destabilise this date, and that is why it is serious for ireland and the issue of the economic implications, brexit is bad news for ireland but when you put the border is not the issue. In terms of the way it may affect businesses and the like, perhaps no huge deal there. Nonetheless i suppose there. Nonetheless i suppose there are those who will say this is above all another classic negotiating ploy, a bargaining tactic, call it what you will, for the uk government to hold up the potential of maintaining the rights to things like state aid . Look, it is about states agreeing something. Under law, in a treaty and reneging on it. As nancy pelosi, the speaker of the us said yesterday, you cannot, they will be no deal between the us and the uk on trade if you cannot trust britain. This is a question of trust, asjohn britain. This is a question of trust, as john major britain. This is a question of trust, asjohn major is there, andi trust, asjohn major is there, and i think its very serious. Again, the message coming from downing street was that was too hastily arranged, ok, it has been done but were looking at it now and realise we have to provide a legal safety net the uk . It is a legal obligation, the treaty entered two, the uk have been negotiating since 2016 when someone says i signed a contract i didnt read the fine print, that does not wash especially with dates. With states. You refer to nancy pelosi there and the uk is now we can go around the world into oui we can go around the world into our own trade deals, is that this sort of thing that has this sort of thing that has this ripple effect, this of move . Other countries and nations speak for themselves and nancy pelosi has spoken for the United States. If the uk government renege on a deal done freely entered two nine months previously and said sorry months previously and said sorry we months previously and said sorry we did not think it through, nobody is going to do a deal on that basis. Asjohn major said, it makes, a deal on that basis. Asjohn majorsaid, it makes, and a deal on that basis. Asjohn major said, it makes, and as theresa may said, you lose all credibility. Do you think, they will all they will not be an eu uk trade deal . I think the odds are declining. I think the odds are declining. I think the odds are against it at this stage. John fitgerald, thank you, joining us from dublin. Lets turn to the markets now because theres been some relief for investors rattled by three days of heavy losses. The main indices in the us have all closed sharply higher after a surge in the value of Technology Shares the likes of facebook and tesla. The dow jones gained almost 440 points to close 1. 6 per cent higher and the s p 500 was up more than 2 . Those gains have carried through into asian trade. Bill street is group chief Investment Officer at quintet private bank. Good to see you again. Where is your money going . More investment here, do you think, is this the return of the tech stocks . Look, this tech journey has been a very interesting narrative and constantly what you need to decide as an investor is whether the narrative still holds, whether its tech, pharmaceuticals or healthcare all whether the economy as they continue to open up and recover, whether the economies are going to go back to more stocks and balance between industry awaited the tech digital revolution will continue in bulk and emboldened by the new economies. And we still believe the narrative holds. We expect the Tech Industry if you like have a structural role to play that is somatic and that tech is actually quite offensive these daysin actually quite offensive these days in terms of allocations and equities. Is interesting because in the uk we have been told we are going into further restrictions again on the coronavirus situation so the idea that the old world is coming back any soon is way off the map and i presume that falls neatly into the tech lap, really . Absolutely. Going back to your point, if you think the economies as they recover will rebound back to the old ways of doing business if you like, then you could argue some of these tech trends or prices may be slightly stretched but if you believe it is the way we do business in the way the economies will work, it is going to be fundamentally different over the next or so yea rs, different over the next or so years, then theres more to go on the tech site and many other sectors outside of the Tech Industry are still in hand, so the prices across all of the equity markets is first amongst equals. What should we expect in the days ahead . We have seen this extraordinary ten day hiatus of fall, fall, fall and our bigjumps again hiatus of fall, fall, fall and our big jumps again and what will happen . I think investors need to expect greater volatility. This period between labour day and thanksgiving, investors look at the risks and returns year to date and compound that with a lot of geopolitics coming in the next three months, notwithstanding the us election, there will be heightened volatility and moves in risky assets so if you look at the volatility across the us exchanges, for equities, its still running around 35 of volatility. That suggests to a lot of investors that these day to day gyrations will be expected over the coming months. Bill, thank you very much indeed, sound advice. They were supposed to make a beautiful couple but now an ugly row has broken out between two of the worlds top Luxury Brands. New york based jeweller tiffany and co is suing frances lvmh owner of Louise Vuitton and moet et chandon for breaking off a 16 billion takeover approach. Lvmh has blamed trade tensions between europe and the us. But as Michelle Fleury reports from new york the Global Pandemic has hit the luxury market hard prompting a major case of buyers remorse. It does appear as though lvmh and tiffa nys are it does appear as though lvmh and tiffanys are heading for a breakup, unless tiffa nys and tiffanys are heading for a breakup, unless tiffanys can enforce the gel through the courts. What happened was that lvmh, best known for louis data Louis Vuitton and other Luxury Brands could not proceed and one is because tiffanys asked for an extension to be extended from november to the end of this year and the other factor was that they received a letter from the french government urging them not to proceed due to the imposition of us tariffs. You may recall this is in retaliation to the digital tax that the federal government plans to impose that would primarily affect Large Us Technology firms, something that the American Administration objects to. Now, whether or not the trade dispute is realistically a factor, that is up for debate. Tiffa ny says factor, that is up for debate. Tiffany says no, they dont have to listen to the french government, that it sat on the letter for a week before disclosing it to investors, and that it had not sought anti trust approvals in various jurisdictions, including the eu, a suggestion that perhaps lvm h eu, a suggestion that perhaps lvmh was trying to drag its feet on the deal and it has nothing to do with the broader trade implications we just mentioned. One thing is certain, a lot has changed since these two companies agreed to get together, the coronavirus pandemic has upended the luxury market and if you look at the results of tiffa nys, if you look at the results of tiffanys, they say that sales in the last quarter was down 40 given those conditions, the company that lvmh is acquiring is not as attractive as it was in november 2019, when it signed this deal and said the cynics out there is suggesting that perhaps it is a case of buyers remorse. The challenge of luxury now lets turn to those ongoing us china trade tensions. They are likely to be inflamed further after the United States revoked visas for more than 1,000 chinese nationals. Mariko oi in singapore is looking at this for us. Mariko, what can you tell us . 1000 deemed to have a specific relationship with the Chinese Government it would seem . That is the allegation i have ties to the us military and the us has been threatening to do this but it has been confirmed, that these 1000 visas have been revoked and what washington is trying to do is suspend entry of those students and researchers from china because of their potential ties with the Chinese Military and the us is accusing them basically of unjust business practices, as well as industrial espionage, including attempts to steal coronavirus research. Now, there are some 360,000 chinese nationals studying in the United States which brings insignificant revenue to us but they have now been caught in they have now been caught in the trade war and speaking about that, it has been prompt in Chinese Companies to list shares in asia instead of in the United States and so for example, young china who owns kfc and pizza hut across china, they have started trading in hong kong shares and not doing that well, down 5 , but has managed to raise more than 2 billion and just this week, chinese bottle Water Company raising around 1. 1 billion in hong kong as well as shares soaring some 50 so trade tensions really bringing those Chinese Companies back to asia to list their shares. There is a lot of money in water good to see you. Coming up in a moment, and environmental makeover, loreal launches a scheme for recycling make up, isa scheme for recycling make up, is a transformational orjust cosmetic . 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It produces 120 billion items of packaging a year, according to the zero waste project, much of it single use plastics. But from today, cosmetics giant loreal is introducing make up recycling bins across 1,000 uk stores in an environmental push. Its maybelline brand and recycling firm terracycle will install the recycling points in branches of tesco, boots, sainsburys and superdrug. Loreal has pledged that 100 of its Plastic Packaging will be refillable, reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. Vismay sharma is managing director of loreal for the uk ireland. Very good to see you, thanks for joining very good to see you, thanks forjoining us. Letsjust focus on the bad news at the moment. Globally, how much is going into landfill . How much of this cosmetic product is going where it should simply never go . I can talk about loreal, we are not putting any of our waste into landfill anymore. Weve been working in, we have a very strong commitment towards environmental sustainability and we have been working on it 2005. We had a programme which had a significant reduction in waste and now in 2020 we have launched new programme called lorealfor launched new programme called loreal for the future which looks at our commitments for 2030 and these commitment are based on science. They are based on science. They are based on science. They are based on boundaries and not just about our own activity, then move beyond our own activity, talking about our partners, consumers, and the impact others can have stopping the project that we are launching now is exactly that, because we want to make sure that consumers are given an opportunity, they are educated and given an opportunity to actually recycle the products. Consumers by and large are becoming pretty well educated in any case. There an here, though, because the cosmetics world seems to be thriving at the moment on a bit of gadgetry and a lot of what you put up there. Ive actually got a Little Pencil thing here which is meant to get rid of my wrinkles, which, it does help a little bit but there are about four or five moving parts little bit but there are about four orfive moving parts to this, after a month at dead, it gets chucked to a stop is it just a fact that youve got to change attitudes to what you get, simplify everything, make it, perhaps, frankly a little less gadget driven. You are absolutely right, i think in terms of recycling of products, et cetera, and if you look at the commitments we are making here, a lot of the challenges that consumers face today in terms of recycling there make products is that they dont know how to get them done. Our Research Shows that if even 80 of the Consumers Want to recycle their products, they dont have the opportunity. And with our size and scale we think that we can have big impact that we are starting with the uk we have 1000 places we can go, so one part of this entire challenge is educating the consumer stopping the second part is making it easier and we tend to have this programme for a long period of time. My partnership with terra cycle time. My partnership with terracycle has been going on for yea rs terracycle has been going on for years and there are a number of programmes we have donein number of programmes we have done in the uk in the past, with the intention of educating schoolchildren, consumers, and providing opportunities to recycle. Right, sorry to interrupt, do you see it as something that may give you a Competitive Edge or this is a combined duty of the cosmetics industry to get a grip . For us, very clearly, it is a sense of responsibility. We think all individuals, or government, all countries have a responsibility. We are playing our partand responsibility. We are playing our part and we are showing that by the sheer fact that when you want to recycle products, you can take any brand at all and you can take this to these 1000 centres which are easy to locate through our website and its the role we are playing and i think everybody has a responsibility. Thank you very much indeed. What do pepsi, starbucks, and nike, all have in common . Apart from being some of americas biggest brands, they have all fallen foul of whats become known as cancel culture. The power of social media can turn bad publicity into a serious boycott of a brand within hours, as our Technology Reporter zoe thomas reports from San Francisco. Pepsi, cancelled. Equinox gym, cancelled. Starbucks, cancelled. Starbucks, cancelled. But wait, what exactly cancelled. But wait, what exa ctly d oes cancelled. But wait, what exactly does cancelled mean . Cancellation is the internets way of publicly shaming. When a personal business does something the public doesnt like, they can take to social media to make their feelings known and say, we are done with you. You tell them theres an African American Man Threatening my life. For individuals, cancellation can have serious consequences. It is woman was cancelled on social media after failing a false lease report on a black man. She lost herjob. On this mans social media page karens gone wild, he posted videos of people making racist comments, refusing to follow social distancing guidelines or being rude or prejudiced. These times of doing whatever you want without consequences have ended, and if the ceo of a company were to Say Something racist, that was not a way that make there is no way for me as a customer to tell him what im thinking. Cancellation is different for corporations stopping angry consumers use cancellation as a way to cough a boy scout or shame executives into stepping down. There is an expectation that brands are going to hold themselves at high values, and so this is how people are actuallyjudging and making assessment and they are making assessment and they are making buying decisions with these things in mind. Pepsi faced boycotts after its 2017 commercial invoking black lives matter called for calls for cancellation. But critics say cancellation. But critics say cancellation has gone too far. Boya foods was cancelled after its chief executive praised donald trump. Critics say counsellors were trying to stifle his free speech. Counsellors were trying to stifle his freespeech. If were going to invest in making it known when people step outside bounds of things that we find tasteful or appropriate, then we also need to make sure that we have ways for, when people make a mistake, to let them know how they can make amends, and i dont know if we are succeeding on that and. The global power of the internet means that one bad action can quickly turn into public outrage. For individuals and businesses looking to protect their bottom line, that means being aware and willing to address offences, or face the and willing to address offences, orface the potential offences, orface the potential of cancellation. From cancel culture, a bit of culture reopening here because its more than a year now since that fire which ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral and tourists are being welcomed back. They can come to the cathedrals trips once again under the forecourt of the mediaeval building, visitors have got a chance now to view an exhibition about the history of the place, restoration work of the place, restoration work of course came to a bit of a grinding halt during the pandemic, however specialists around the country have been working hard to nonetheless on artand on working hard to nonetheless on art and on furniture as saved from the fire. Obviously, france still far from back to normal but a little glimmer of hope that coming from Notre Dame Cathedral. You are watching bbc news, just to say our main story, a second fire on the island of lesbos on the moria migrant camp has less the place pretty much devastated. There is a call for all migrants there be taken to other countries around the European Union. You are watching bbc news. Hello. For many, wednesday was a reasonable day but for some, and this was the scene and st ives round about the sort of the lunch time period, it was notjust a sparkly as it mightve been. That is because there was quite a mild flow coming in from the atlantic, and you have the weather front just to thickened up the clouds there to be enough of a spot of rain. Now, thankfully, that front moves away, and thursday, after a fairly cool start and we havent seen that for a wee while that is looking like a half reasonable day. It does turns a wee bit cloudier later, as you will see, but for many, certainly across the greater part of england and wales, eastern side of scotland, it is a get out and get on with it sort of day. Best of the sunshine perhaps early in the morning, through eastern scotland, certainly through eastern and southern parts of england too. Northern ireland, always really rather cloudy throughout the day. It may, come the afternoon, just see a passing shower, but the obvious place where the weather really changes, is across the north and west of scotland. And its notjust as warm as weve had it of late for sure. Tops round about 19 or 20. And through the evening and overnight, the rainjust keeps on coming, into this North Western quarter of scotland. Not a cold night here but, further south, if your skies stay clear for any length of time, you could be down into single figures. So what happens to the front on friday . Well, it s a real player all over the northern half of the british isles. The isobars quite tightly packed. Its an unfortunate mix, to say the least, of pretty wet and windy weather. The front eventually staggers its way through scotland, through Northern Ireland, and the remnants of that rain move down to the north of england and the north of wales. Further south, its never a bother 20 degrees is the high. And eventually, after that wet and windy start, things brighten up across scotland and Northern Ireland, to finish off the day. But that is not the end of the wet story for Northern Areas because the weekend sees, not one, but in fact a couple of pulses of really quite wet weather piling into the north and west of scotland and, at times, though Northern Ireland as well. The remnants on fridays weather, well, thatsjust a band of cloud pulling down towards the south and, again, much of england and wales in for a pretty dry day on saturday. Again, if youve got plans for the outdoors, the weather wont get in the way. That wont be the case though for Northern Ireland and scotland, where saturday night is a really wet one, and quite widely and, come sunday, we are still talking about more rain coming into the western side of scotland, Northern Ireland but, further south, at this stage, things really are beginning to warm up quite nicely. Take care. Bye bye. Good morning and welcome to brea kfast. Good morning and welcome to breakfast. Our headlines today. 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