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
Now, the president s arrival in hanoi marks a major Turning Point in diplomatic relations between the two former adversaries. Well have much more ahead on the significance of this visit and how it came about. But first, we want to see if we can catch the president as he actually deplanes Air Force One here. Hes in asia and vietnam specifically to promote his relations and diplomatic relations in those countries, in the context of the tensions with china. Hes going to go to a welcome ceremony and make some remarks later on. Were going to be following this in vietnam with a live reporter coming up later. All right. Now to morocco, where a nation is in shock and grief after being ravaged by its deadliest earthquake in decades. More than 2,000 people have died since the disaster struck friday night. And many of the victims are already being laid to rest. There are also fears that the death toll will continue to rise as Emergency Crews Dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings, but many
regarding the escape terror suspect daniel khalife. a couple of new bits of information. first let me show you these pictures we have just received. this is an outfit similar to what it believed daniel khalife would have been wearing, chefs clothes, remember he was working in the kitchen in wandsworth prison when he escaped. it s believed these will be the kind of clothes that he would have been wearing. we arejust seeing these images for the first time. and the other bit of breaking news is that police had been talking about a member of the public and a sighting of daniel khalife about a mile from the prison coming out from under the lorry, the delivery lorry, that was in the prison, left the prison and it s believed he was strapped to the underside of it. the first sighting that we are aware of, that was on wednesday morning. the other piece of information we have, £20,000 is the reward currently for information leading to his arrest. a couple of crucial updates for you, p
Here we are, on the cusp of the holiday of Pesach that in every manner of theme and observance surely defines us as a people. To help us prepare to respond to our children who may questions the …