Northwest territories terms. This place is twice the size of france, its got 16,000 people in it, so vast scales that were talking about. This is essentially three communities to the left of yellowknife. And you can just hear a float plane into the distance, by the way. This is the Mackenzie River behind me. Yellowknife under a full evacuation order, as you probably heard, yesterday. We came out here a day before because, to be frank, the writing has been on the wall for days that that wildfire was going to pose a grave threat. Ok, so theres a huge lake called great slave lake. Yellowknife is on the top of it. Then, at the other side of that lake its a very large lake you have two communities called fort smith and hay river. Together, they have got about 7000 people in them. On saturday and sunday last weekend, they were both told to evacuate. Thousands of people fleeing down the highway to alberta, where they still are. We have no timeline for when people might be able to get back to
In fact, on this trip alone these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. A former boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firms Production Standards has been found dead in the us. John barnett had worked for boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a Whistle Blower Lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of mr barnett s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the bbc on monday. It said the 62 year old had died from a self inflicted wound on March The 9th and police were investigating. Battle lines are being drawn over the development of artificial intelligence. Nvidia is the latest company to be drawn into a growing body of litigation with three authors in the us suing the Chip Makerfor using their books to train its Nemo Ai Platform without their permission, accor
To higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. A former boeing employee known for raising concerns about the firms Production Standards has been found dead in the us. John barnett had worked for boeing for 32 years, until his retirement in 2017. In the days before his death, he had been giving evidence in a Whistle Blower Lawsuit against the company. Boeing said it was saddened to hear of mr barnett s passing. The Charleston County coroner confirmed his death to the bbc on monday. It said the 62 year old had died from a self inflicted wound on March The 9th and police were investigating. The New York Times has also sued openai and microsoft for using its articles to train their language models. Nikita roy is the Programme Lead for the Ai Journalism Lab at the City University of new york. She gave us a sense of how these lawsuits could impact t
Putting them on a path to higher paying jobs. In fact, on this trip alone, these companies are announcing over 1 billion of us investments, including creating Educational Opportunities to over 30 million filipinos. President joe biden has proposed a 7. 3 trillion budget on monday, calling for new social programmes and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. The plan offers a stark contrast with Donald Trumps Economic Vision ahead of novembers us president ial election. The bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury in new york has more. President biden outlined his Election Year budget pitch. It includes tax breaks forfamilies, Lower Healthca Re costs and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations, as well as trying to get more money to help ukraine to help defend itself against russia and for aid for israel. If the biden budget became law, it would save 3 trillion through higher taxes over ten years, but it would also push us debt over 100 of gdp. By contrast,
A sharp fall in its net profit, slipping 25 in 2023 compared to the previous year. Aramco attributed the downturn to Lower Crude Oil prices and decreased production. The companys net income dropped from 161 billion in 2022 to 121 billion last year. Despite the challenges posed by declining oil prices, aramco will increase its dividend payments, providing a much needed financial boost to saudi arabia. Lets get more now from our middle east Business Correspondent sameer hashmi. With a big fall off in profit, why is it increasing its dividend . It its dividend . Is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is a steep fall compared to 2022. It is still the second best performance in terms of annual results at 121 billion. Two reasons why they increased the dividend pay out. Number one, Aramco Abbott is the main driver of the Saudi Arabian economy. Saudi owned entities own 19 of it and they rely heavily on that income to really find some these massive projects inside arabia. They tried to keep the