Are those phones . They are phones, yeah. 0k. Meanwhile, laras getting her groove on at a live concert in the metaverse. My avatar, Beat Engineer, there. Hes ready to dance. My finest dance moves. And we meet the brothers who are trying to replace plastics with plants. But how do they stop those pesky splits . What makes a team quite strong is really these different opinions. One opinion we can all agree on, though, is that you wont want to miss this. Life in plastic, its fantastic. Willkommen. Bienvenue. Hi. Welcome to ifa, europes biggest Tech Show, where, every year, thousands of people pile into berlins giant Exhibition Centre to grab a Sneak Peek at the latest. Well, everything. The press, business and the public can zip around more than two dozen halls full of weird and wonderful displays and demonstrations. You can play Ping Pong with foldable phones to somehow prove how tough they are. You can meet robot animals, stuffed pets. You might even catch a glimpse of a real live pussy
The trade implications. Scotlands only Oil Refinery is to close with a cost of 400 jobs the Unite Union calls it an act of industrial vandalism. And Credit Crunch why are so many Women Led bUsinesses cancelling Expansion Plans because they are unable to access finance . Well speak to one big bank trying to address that. Live from london, this is bUsiness today. Im mark lobel. The Aircraft Maker Boeing is awaiting news from its workforce on whether its accepted a four Year Pay Deal which could lead to a walkout of up to 33,000 workers. The deal 25 over four years has been backed by the workers iam union, but many employees are not happy with the terms. A result s expected very shortly and could lead to Strike Action in the coming hours. That would affect production of the companys 737 and 737 max aircraft. Heres our North America BUsiness correspondent ritika gupta. Breaking news on the subject. Boeing workers have voted to strike after rejecting a Pay Offer backed by their own union. T
Welcome to bbc News Broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. We start in the us where four people have been killed and nine others injured in a shooting at a school in georgia, 50 Miles North east of atlanta. Police have named a M Year old Colt Gray as being the suspect of killing two of his fellow students, and two teachers, at apalachee high school. One eyewitness who lives across from the school described what he saw. Crazy, like it, it looked like. I didnt really pay attention at first, i was like those sound like they were at school, and i look over and the alarm started going off. The School Alarms and people were going out around the school. Like, they were doing like the drill, the fire drill stuff. I knew something was seriously wrong then. You dont hear about that happening. You hear about it happening all around the world, but it shows that it can happen anywhere, you know . The local sheriff, jud smith, spoke at a News Conference earlier about how the inciden
That ruling has been upheld. Lets get the latest now from our reporter in brasilia, leandro prazeres. In terms of what this means for brazilians, how are people reacting to this lack of access To X . ~. ,. , To X . Well, what we have seen so far since To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning To X . Well, what we have seen so far since the beginning of i so far since the beginning of last weekend is that there is a huge number of brazilians, Former X users, who have been migrating to other Social Networks such as blue sky, threads, and people reactivating accounts on facebook to talk about the issues that they were talking about on x. Yesterday, for example, it was reported that bluesky had gained more thani million new brazilian users in just three days. For those who are still trying to use x as a platform, they can use virtual private networks but the problem is that there is a fine imposed by the Supreme Court in brazi
Give the toy industry a much needed boost? this time, it s not about spending on toys for children, but adults so called kidults. An emerging generation of over 18s is snapping up collectables and nostalgia brands, and they say it s good for their mental health. I m going to be discussing that and more with my guests the boss of build a bear, the stores where you can create a bespoke teddy bear, and the chief executive of the world s biggest toy company and arguably one of its most iconic brands, lego. I ll also be catching up with the president of the company behind leading toy brands barbie, hot wheels, fisher price and more that s mattel to find out how tv and movie tie ups are reviving his compa ny s fortunes. Wherever you rejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the programme. It s a billion dollar industry driven by creativity and innovation, with a global reach and a diverse market. The toy industry is forecast to reach $302 billi