The ride hailing firm uber has been in last ditch talks to extend its licence in london, after months of turmoil over its position in its largest european market. The companys full london licence was suspended in 2018, after concerns were raised about ubers policy on passenger protection and driver vetting. It also comes as uber battles huge losses and growing competition. In the us its biggest rival is lyft, though both firms are losing money. Latest results for lyft showed losses of 1i63m, compared to 1. 3 billion for uber. Thatis that is supposed to be 1 billion there at the bottom instead of1 million, so we will fix that graphic. Uber has also been investing in food delivery and autonomous cars, while lyft is concentrating on ride hailing. Meanwhile, French Company kapten was acquired by german car makers daimler and bmw. It now operates in the uk, france, portugal and switzerland, and plans to expand to 15 european cities by 2020. Estonian company bolt also has uber in its sights,
Want to emphasize that the suffering of yemeni civilians represents a collective of the parties of the conflict and of the International Community consequently the parties to the conflict and national t have a collective responsibility to resolve the conflict and to issue an accountancy u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson is bracing for legal challenges and a showdown in parliament over his bracks it plans in the next hour or so opposition parties want an emergency debate take place to try and stop a no deal exit from the e. U. On october 31st some tory m. P. s say they will support this but face threats from their own posse if they cross the line to show our friends in brussels that we are united in our purpose in peace should vary with the government against cool beans pointless delay. I would everybody to know there are no circumstances in which i would ask brussels to do they were leaving on the 31st of october no gifts or bonds well the former attorney general Dominic Grieve is one
Bravo. And the drug store chain c. B. S. Praised for removing Tobacco Products from its stores, even though that move is likely to cost the retailer billions. Hi there, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas drayton, good to have you with us. Its been a rough 24 hours for a lot of folks. The latest snow and ice knocked out power to more than a million people. As paul beban tells u the long winters are starting to put a strain on resources in many states. As night falls the temperature is dropping and all the slush and water on the streets is turning back to ice on roads making the evening commute treacherous. People are asked to take public transportation, be careful on the roads and the big question for thousands of people is when they do get home, will the power be on . Across pennsylvania more than 750,000 people are without power. More than half a million of them, homes and businesses in the suburbs of philadelphia. The cause, by and large, downed power line, dragged down by snow
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Watch cruz this morning. Hes all mixed up because hes losing so badly and when hes under pressure hes like a basket case Trump Holding that rally in rhode island. Ted cruz shifting his focus and resources to indiana. Thats part of the teaming up plan. Making a stop for ice cream this hour in the states. Senator sanders on the other side getting set for a rally at the university of pittsburgh. Well have to see how they are reacting to the ice cream at the ice cream parlor. He already started to get reaction from folks. Theres two reactions. Trump folks say this makes total sense. Donald trump has gotten about 38 of the popular vote in the primaries and 47 of the delegates so going down to a oneonone makes sense. Other people say its something that doesnt totally seem right. It seems like theyre ganging up in some way. Here he is meeting the county chair here in columbus indiana. Did he actually order ice cream . Did you hear what flavor he likes . Im not sure what flavor. It has not bee