And now heres cohen on growth and influence of Silicon Valley. Hello. Were going to get started here tonight my name is seth im the director of the Communications Forum and a couple of quick announcements before we start, these are held three times semester six times year if you would like to be informed of future events theres a signup sheet over there put your name and email and only send news about our six events a year. We have pretty good ones, we had it earlier this year john last semester. These three we have some great stuff planned for next semester already. Also tonights forum is being filmed by cspan so the question part of the tore rum, if you would go to one of the microphones and a also hopefully state your name and your question another reason we ask you to sate your name is because we then do a writeup of all of the forum afterwards, which you will be able to read a couple of days after the event. On our website, which is come forum. Edu and the last announcement is tha
Should the its good we should live with the. Democrats dismissed donald trump denials about his offensive comments which have sparked fury around the world. He also says hell approve the Iran Nuclear Deal one last time but once its false must be fixed so now the u. S. Will withdraw plus. More violent protests in chin is the over the governments austerity measures on the say two hundred people have now been arrested. And well take you to las vegas to find out whats called the biggest star at the Consumer Electronics show. And im far a small be here with all the days sporting including morocco is getting ready to host the african nations championship as the countrys football fortunes are on the rise after their qualification for this years world cup. A very warm welcome to this hour of the u. S. President has denied using vulgar and de broglie tree language to describe haiti el salvador and countries in Africa Donald trumps alleged to have made the comments during a white house meeting o
The boss of the uk trade body thats expelled the Public Relations firm for the worst breach of ethics in its history is here. Brick by brick leaders of the largest emerging nations are discussing how to build a brighterfuture. Welcome to World Business report. Also in the programme, as cuba opens up its domestic economy, well be taking at how fresh investment is sparking a revival in the countrys mining industry. The Public Relations firm Bell Pottinger has been expelled from the pr trade body in the uk. The Public Relations and Communications Association says the company was unethical and unprofessional and brought the industry into disrepute. In an unprecedented move its expelled Bell Pottinger for 5 years. This follows the companies Media Campaign for the wealthy gupta family of south africa that was heavily criticised for stirring up racial tensions in the country. The guptas have been accused of benefiting financially from close links to south africas president zuma and hired Bell
If you do anything online, from storing photos to buying stuff, chances are you rely on the cloud. We speak to tech boss who explains why its big business. We will speak to the former boss of ebay. Today we want to know. Are you worried are about storing precious stuff from cherished photos to personal data on the cloud . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Its the final day of the summit involving leaders of brazil, russia, india, china and south africa also known as the brics. The group has been quick to condemn north korea for their Nuclear Missile tests, but discussions have also centred around kick starting global growth. While the white house is pushing a protectionist trade agenda, chinas stance is different. President xijinping wants to use this summit to promote what he describes as an open world economy. Then theres the brics bank a smaller, alternative to the world bank used by governments to Fund Infrastructure projects. It hand
Spanish government has stripped the authorities of their powers and taken charge of its government. The crackdown began after the region declared independence on friday. Spains deputy prime minister, here she is, says shes tape over from the former catalan president who was sacked on friday. The Central Government says new elections will be held in december. Earlier the sacked separatist leader called for democratic opposition to direct rule from madrid. Heres our correspondent James Reynolds who is in barcelona. This is the first full day of direct rule from madrid and no ones yet sure quite what to make of it. Catalan organisations have told people here to carry on as normal. Right here, its hard to tell that anything has changed one way or another. Local Catalan Police officers still guard this, the catalan political headquarters, and separatist leaders who have technically been sacked by madrid are now trying to work out their next move. The catalan leader, carles puigdemont, featu