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
In so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of the campaign includes hula end up as the President Ial spouse, traditionally known as the office of the First Lady. If former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the east wing for the second time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White Houses reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter. It can be easy to overlook the First Lady but that role, and those who have occupied it have long had a deep influence on the west wing. And the country. It can be part diplomat, not you coach steps america First
Welcome to the whole story. Im Anderson Cooper in so many ways, the 2024 Election Season has been unprecedented and unpredictable part of the unusual nature of that campaign includes who end up as the President Ial spouse traditionally known as the Office Of The First Lady if former president Donald Trump wins, Melania Trump will return to the East Rain For The Second Time after exiting four years ago. Now, this has only happened once before in the countrys history. And then theres Vice President harriss husband, Doug Emhoff, potentially the first man to ever serve in this role over the next hour, Cnn Anchor Kaitlan collins, who covered the trump White House reporter, takes a closer look at the history of the first spouse and how it may be redefined by the next person who will hold that title. As a White House reporter, it can be easy to overlook the First Lady, but that role, and those who have occupied id have long had a deep influence on the West Wing and the country. It can be part
War returns to this city. And this attack came with no warning. We went to inspect the damage a residential building near the lebanese parliament. Beirut appears increasingly under threat. This is where an Emergency Response Group linked to hezbollah operated, now gone. There were just Emergency Service workers. This is the truth. We only saw them helping people out, says mustafa, who lives on the tenth floor of the building hit. The damage in this building gives you a sense of the power of this attack. And theyve been cleaning up the rubble here, but we can still see some surgical masks and gloves and bandages as well. And you can probably hear the sound of drones flying overhead. This is a densely populated district here in central beirut. Hasan, whos a teacher, has lived in this neighbourhood for 2h years. These are some of the victims of the attack. They include one Rescue Officer and two paramedics. The recent israeli Air Strikes have killed 97 medical workers across lebanon, acco
It has come down slightly, Nudging Par 77 a barrel. To explain why markets responded so quickly on thursday, heres our economics editor, faisal islam. In the aftermath of irans ballistic Missile Attack and as we wait for news on Israels Response there has been a rise in the price and that means since the attacks it is up 10 to over 77 a barrel on the Brent Crude measure, still down on the year because of local economic concerns but the spike up economic concerns but the spike up occurred immediately after president biden added to Suggestions Israel would target Irans Oilfacilities. Reporter would you support israel striking Irans Oil facilities . Israel striking Irans Oil facilities . ,. , facilities . We are discussing that. I facilities . We are discussing that. |think facilities . We are discussing that. L think that facilities . We are discussing that. I think that would facilities . We are discussing that. I think that would be i facilities . We are discussing that. I think that w