Muted start. And Chlorinated Chickens, the Electric Mini and tech titans well be looking at whats been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility . Yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. The good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. The bad news its spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. Lets show you the details. Total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under 38 billion. Unfortunately they spent almost all of it Operating Expenses surged to well over 37 billion. That means there wasnt much actual profit a comparatively measly 197 million and down 77 on last
Of care to the public. Matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. Peter woods signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. As the evacuation of Eastern Aleppo continues, well be speaking to the head of the International Rescue committee and former foreign secretary, David Miliband. And, Prince Charles warns of the growing danger of religious persecution, comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. Its 5. 00pm. Our main story is the continuing investigation by German Police into the attack on the Christmas Market in berlin on monday evening, in which 12 people were killed and dozens injured. The chancellor, Angela Merkel, has said that she is hopeful of an arrest very soon. Police raids have been carried out across germany as they search for the main suspect, anis amri, a tunisian, whose Identification Papers were found in the lorry which was driven into shoppers. A europe wide warrant for the suspects arrest h
Of the dark days of the 1930s. And the words of a child who moved thousands we speak to seven year old bana who took to social media to describe the bombing of aleppo. Coming up in the sport on bbc news. After one win in 11, palace give alan pardew the christmas sack. Sam alla rdyce is favourite to replace him at selhurst park. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. The owner of a Haulage Company and his mechanic have been found guilty of the manslaughter of four people, who died when a tipper lorry ploughed into them in bath. The court heard that the vehicle had been poorly maintained on the day of the crash its brakes failed. The driver, philip potter, who had onlyjust started working for the firm, was cleared of the charges he faced including causing death by dangerous driving. Three men and a four Year Old Girl died in the crash in february last year. Jon kay is at Bristol Crown court. Jon . Jon . George, the court heard that this truck was in such a bad state that the cr
World. The Prince Of Wales warns of the growing danger comparing it to the dark days of the 1930s. And we meet the seven year old syrian girl who longs to return to herformer life, in the city of aleppo. And coming up on Sportsday On Bbc News alan pardew is sacked, with Sam Allardyce primed to take over at selhurst park. Good evening. Donald trump, wholl be sworn in as us president in a months time, has called for Americas Nuclear weapons capability to be greatly strengthened and expanded. He made the call in another of his messages on social media. Mr trump warned that expansion would be needed until the world came to its senses regarding Nuclear Weapons. His advisers said he was warning about the dangers of Terrorist Organizations and unstable regimes getting hold of Nuclear Weapons. Our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, has more details. America and russia still hold more than 90 of the worlds Nuclear Stock piles. Both able to deliver destruction on a massive scale, by ground,
Figures. Low cloud lingers through the afternoon, five or six. Hello, this is bbc news with me martine croxall. The headlines at 8 30pm President Obama has authorised sanctions against russia over alleged interference in the recent us president ial election. Hes also expelling 35 Russian Diplomats from the states in response to claims of a campaign of harassment of american officials in moscow. Russia has announced a ceasefire between the Syrian Government and rebel groups which will begin at midnight tonight. Several of the most important ones are reported to have signed up. Translation the first document is about a ceasefire on the territory of the syrian arab republic. The second document is a set of measures for monitoring the ceasefire and the third document is a statement about readiness to start peace talks. The head of the Royal College of gps has warned that patients could be waiting more than a month to see a doctor this winter. The government says its investing an extra £21