Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
After the chinese government chose not to announce any additional measures today. Chinas chief economic planning official, zheng shanjie, told a Press Conference earlier hes fully confident the country can hit its 5 Growth Target for the year and had no further policies to reveal to boost chinas struggling economy. For more im joined by Alicia Garcia Herrero chief asia pacific economist at the bank natixis. Has that disappointed investors . Did they expect more . Yes they did because there was already a softening of the market overseas. Of course the chinese market was already closed. But already by friday you could see overseas markets waiting for more on the fiscal side. This Press Conference was announced in china and there was a big expectation that it would go beyond the 2 trillion. That they had an officially announced. The reality is they didnt even fully confirmed that and the markets remained a little bit surprised that they would call a Press Conference for such little infor
Everyone. Thanks so much for joining us this morning. Welcome to Sunday Morning futures, im maria bartiromo. Today, Israel Tax on hezbollah and destroys its Leadership Capping a week of Retaliation Fire against the Terrorist Group. Coming up, former secretary the of state Mike Pompeo on a pivotal week on the war on israel and its impact. Plus, deputy prime Minister Antonio tajani as israel slashes illegal immigration under prime minister Giorgia Meloni. Let me ask you about immigration, because you have talked about 1,000 illegal immigrants coming in every day . There are two to difficult situations. Libya, we know, tunisia is a nation that is risking [inaudible] what the traffickers are doing is incredible. I mean, this organization, they are becoming always more powerful. And they use their power and the money they do also a games the state. We cannot allow mafia to to decide whos coming to our countries. Maria coming up, the bidenharris Open Border and its deadly consequences on ame
Thanngk you for joining us. I am maria. Ezbollah and destroys its Leadership Capping a week of Retaliation Fire against the Terrorist Group. Coming up, former secretary the of state Mike Pompeo on a pivotal week on the war on israel and its impact. Plus, deputy prime Minister Antonio tajani as israel slashes illegal immigration under prime minister Giorgia Meloni. Let me ask you about immigration, because you have talked about 1,000 illegal immigrants coming in every day . There are two to difficult situations. Libya, we know, tunisia is a nation that is risking [inaudible] what the traffickers are doing is incredible. I mean, this organization, they are becoming always more powerful. And they use their power and the money they do also a games the state. We cannot allow mafia to to decide whos coming to our countries. Maria coming up, the bidenharris Open Border and its deadly consequences on america. Texas Governor Greg Abbott on the Dangerous Venezuelan Gang Tren De Aragua Raging Thr
Topped 500. Experts monitoring the situation in the capital say the latest sevenday average is about 326 daily cases, up from 244 the week before. The metropolitan government raised the alert. It is not asking businesses to reduce operating hours but the governor is asking residents to take thorough prevention measures when they dine in a group as they plan yearend gettogethers. Translator we advise people with preexisting conditions not to dine in a group. Anyone to lives with family members with a higher risk of falling seriously ill are advised to refrain from such outings. Osaka, aichi, hokkaido, and other prefectures also reported a Record Number of daily cases on thursday. The recent spike comes as residents take advantage of government subsidies on dining, lodging, transportation. Officials say the goto travel and goto eat campaigns are necessary to get the economy back on track, but as nhk worlds Shirakawa Marina reports, the Japan Medical Association is speaking out. Translato