In this province, it has reached more than 500 mm. The storm and heavy rain on tuesday affected more than 540,000 people in 87 cities of the region in the bay province. So far, 9 people have lost their lives and six people are missing. Also, more than eight hundred and forty seven thousand people were evacuated from the flooded areas of lorestan in the city of lang, on tuesday, the water level rose by 1 and 2 tenths of meters in some areas, and the rescue forces had to use rubber boats to reach the trapped people. I consider the negotiation of political, economic, border and tourism issues to be the focus of the talks with the neighboring pakistan, which should be included in the trip to them, considering the variety of issues that exist in the relations between the two countries and the many commonalities between the Islamic Republic of iran and the Islamic Republic of pakistan. We are entering a new chapter in the relations between the two countries the new government of mr. Dr. Rais
It has taken off around the world to become busiest time of the year for the Global Retail business. Lets just show you how big. In the us alone, 164 million shoppers are expected to shop this weekend. Thats over half the countrys population. Its a make or break time for retailers. 30 to 40 of their annual sales come between black friday and christmas. Today, shoppers here in the uk are expected to spend the equivalent of 2. 1; million per minute. An increasing share of that is being done not in stores, but on phones and tablets. On line spending today is predicted to be up 15 on last year, hitting 1. 5 billion. Its a trend thats also being seen in the us, as Samira Hussain reports from new york. It is 7am, and workers have already been here a while. Sorting box after box after box. This is the beginning of the busiest time of year for shipping Companies Like fedex as the Holiday Shopping season kicks off. You see more people in the stores on black friday, but every day after, heavy on
Its exactly a year since opec and russia first struck a deal to cut production. Brent crude has soared from 45 dollars a barrel in the summer to over 63. That deal is due to expire at the end of march. But there are signs of a split. Russia is happy with oil at 40 a barrel some of its oil bosses have been questioning why cuts should continue now prices have recovered. But the saudis need much higher prices to balance their economy they want oil at 60. Lets get more on this story. Herman wang, is opec specialist for s p global platts. Hes in vienna covering the meeting. Welcome to the programme. You expecting production cuts to continue beyond march . Thank you for having me. It looks like we are heading towards a nine month extension. As with a lot of these agreements, the devil will be in the details. We know that russia isnt quite as, or, a little less committed to having this production cuts locked in for another year. There are a lot of people that will be looking closely at this c
London, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Its 8am in singapore and midnight in london and 7pm in washington, as the transatlantic rift between britain and the us over President Trumps sharing of anti muslim tweets has deepened. Speaking on a visit tojordan, the Prime Minister theresa may said donald trump was wrong to share the images from a british far right organisation. Mr trump responded with a tweet, effectively telling her to mind her her own business. She insists the special relationship continues, but britains ambassador to the us has visited the white house to raise concerns about the president s tweets. Our correspondent alex forsyth reports. This was a trip focused on building relationships around the world. But while theresa may was meeting kings and ministers injordan, a major diplomatic row was brewing elsewhere. President trump had been personally rebuked by downing street for sharing far right videos online. His response to theresa may, on twitter, of course madame P
The judge described Oliver Schmidt as a key conspirator in this scheme to defraud the united states. Andrew plant reports. Oliver schmidt, once one of volkswagens top american employees, now sentenced to seven years in prison. A car manufacturer in a competitive market, vw admitted fitting around 11 million diesel cars with what is called a defeat device. It meant the cars could sense when they were running in the uniformed conditions of a testing lab and automatically reduced their emissions. Cheating a test the vehicles should never have passed. It meant that schmidt was able to certify that vw diesels complied with strict american standards and that meant boosting sales targeting environmentally conscious customers with supposedly cleaner cars. The scandal came to light in 2015. Oliver schmidt is the second employee sent to prison. A veteran vw engineer was given a0 months in august. Schmidt was arrested while on holiday in miami. But five more of the companys employees are wanted i