A haze over sydney as a mega bushfire forms near the city and about 100 otherfires are raging in the australian state of new south wales. In a few hours, forbes will reveal its latest annual rankings for the worlds best paid musicians, but is it streaming, merchanise or touring that make them their money . Weve had black friday and cyber monday. Now, get ready for Small Business saturday. Does that sound a little more worthwhile . Well speak to the woman whos urging us to shop small this christmas. And you can be part of the conversation too. Everyone seems to be sharing their most listened songs of the past year right now. What was top of your list . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with the ride hailing firm uber. The frim says it received 3,000 reports of Sexual Assaults related to its trips in the United States in 2018, out of roughly 1. 3 billion rides. Uber is under pressure from regulators in many cities over safety and securi
Program us regulators have voted to end socalled Net Neutrality which now could significantly alter the web experience for millions of people it will allow internet providers to charge extra to prioritize their traffic effectively creating a slow lane for smaller websites a breakdown of how it works we access the web through Internet Service providers at the moment companies have to treat all online traffic equally but the Us Federal Communications Commission Says thats preventing websites from investing trillions of dollars in their services and now with Net Neutrality regulations gone i asked piece will be freed to charge a premium to prioritize certain apps and services so mean a car reports while the f. C. C. Is latest decision will repeal obamas regulations that were passed in twenty fifteen and as expected the vote was three to two along party lines with republicans voting in favor of the deregulation order and democrats voting against it but one democratic commissioner who voted
For me kevin when it says seven oclock this friday evening here in moscow and im here with the latest thirty minute use update for you then starting with this the chief of britains defense stuff is warning that russias navy could sabotage underwater internet cables taking is the worry nato countries. More of london. Warning has come from ph he is a senior nato official and hes also the chief of British Defense staff and he says that russian ships have been spotted perilously close to land tick cables these are underwater very important strategic cables that cross the atlantic from europe to the u. S. And since according to peach russia has continued to develop its Unconventional Warfare well the internet could be the kremlins next victim russia in addition to new ships and submarines continues to prefer both unconventional capabilities and information war for there is a new risk to our way of lines which is the vulnerability of the cables that crisscross the seabed well according to sa
Democrats in congress have no ability to hold anything hostage. Were the minority here. Were trying to make motions. They will likely be outvoted. Our coverage of the House Rules Committee meeting will continue. We will leave it here for a briefing with House Minority leader nancy pelosi. I have been up at the rules committee pleading with them to give us a vote on the d. R. E. A. M. Act on the cr that will come up today. Its a matter of public record. I dont know that weve had too much success in that regard. But it is an interesting week as we prepare, hopefully, to go home soon. And i dont know when that is. Just in terms of yesterday, republicans took a victory lap because they successfully sold americas childrens future by handing tax breaks to Corporate America and the wealthiest. Its an amazing thing, because they have been talking about it being a bill thats a tax cut for middle class families when 83 of the benefits go to the top 1 . That is an immorality. 86 million middle cl
Morning. A fedex truck collided with one car. Investigators say that when they arrived paramedics were trying to revive the occupants of the car. Those efforts were unsuccessful and that person died at the scene. A fedex driver is on scene as well and has been cooperating with the investigation. Officers have closed down all four lanes of southbound 880 so that they can thoroughly investigate the accident and clear the accident to make sure the roadway is safe. They are asking for drivers to be patient. We want to assure the victims families and the public get the most out of this as possible. We are asking everyone to be patient and all commuters please be patient logic we conduct the investigation. Reporter we have received a statement from fedex that reads our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in this tragic accident. We are cooperating with local officials as they investigate. Coming back to our live shot you can see the result of the investigation and those efforts m