leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when hoover first arrived when hooverfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi well. but while many cabdrivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. documents show despite uber offering an legal service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor economic and service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offe
to save the planet. and taking the battle for a cleaner climate into outer space. can the final frontier help us breathe easier down here on earth? wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. you know, the climate emergency, it s not new. but as global leaders gather for this year s united nations climate change conference or known as cop 28, it s in dubai. we wanted to see how business and innovators are tackling the climate emergency. so we ve sent our crews and reporters around the world to find the cutting edge technology that could literally save the planet. we begin on a set of islands off the far north of scotland where theo leggett is exploring under the sea. bleak but beautiful. this is the pentland firth, the channel that runs between the north coast of scotland and the orkney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides and that makes it the perfect location for developing new form
that runs between the north coast of scotland and the oakney islands. it s an area well known for vicious winds and ripping tides. and that makes it the perfect location for developing new forms of clean energy. this narrow strip of water experiences tremendous title forces every single day, in fact they are some of the fastest tides in the world, and that means that there a tremendous reserve of energy if you can tap into it. and that s what s going on just over there, off the island of stroma. beneath the surface, are for gigantic turbines are four gigantic turbines which are generating electricity, right here. the power generated in the murky waters of the first by the power generated in the murky waters of the firth by these vast turbines is already being sold to the national grid. the past five years has been spent testing the technology, and the company behind them says it s ready for a major expansion. so fraser, tell me what we ve got here. we have a 150 tonne, 1.5 mw
hit the country hard, making the economy one of the biggest issues in this election. financial markets are already celebrating a modi win. let s go live to the bombay stock exchange and our correspondent archa na shukla. looking at markets today, we are seeing a sharp sell off, what is going on? are seeing a sharp sell-off, what is going on? are seeing a sharp sell-off, what is going on? well, as the markets opened what is going on? well, as the markets opened today, - what is going on? well, as the markets opened today, they . what is going on? well, as the i markets opened today, they got a bit of a shock from the initial and early trends of election counting. projections had projected a clear mandate for narendra modi and his party and its allies, but the initial trends can begin seem to show the win could be narrower than projected. i am outside the bombay stock exchange, one of the two national exchanges in india, both of which saw a rally yesterday in monday s trade,
hit the country hard, making the economy one of the biggest issues in this election. financial markets are already celebrating a modi win. let s go live to the bombay stock exchange and our correspondent archa na shukla. looking at markets today, we are seeing a sharp sell off, what is going on? are seeing a sharp sell-off, what is going on? are seeing a sharp sell-off, what is going on? well, as the markets opened what is going on? well, as the markets opened today, - what is going on? well, as the markets opened today, they . what is going on? well, as the i markets opened today, they got a bit of a shock from the initial and early trends of election counting. projections had projected a clear mandate for narendra modi and his party and its allies, but the initial trends can begin seem to show the win could be narrower than projected. i am outside the bombay stock exchange, one of the two national exchanges in india, both of which saw a rally yesterday in monday s trade, but today