This came through in the early hours, a release for forward, not signed and sealed but it would seem tough negotiations have ended in an agreement. Good morning. Thank you for having me. This is good for the workers, this deal, because it is a 25 Wage Increase for workers, a Reference Point for the other Car Companies that are still striking and i think there is a lot of pressure to negotiate with workers and come up negotiate with workers and come up with a deal because the financial cost to the company to simply huge. We originally had the Third Quarter results from General Motors and they say the strikes so far have cost 800 million, a big hit in their profitability and the overall estimate for the strikes so far is nearly 2 billion. It is costing. Absolutely, they had to try to come to some agreement quickly. As you say, it was costing these car makers huge sums of money. Also installing production, impacting supply of new cars, at a time when the us economy is really trying to get
This is bbc news. The headlines the israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, gives a statement saying the country is preparing for a Ground Invasion, but doing Everything Possible to bring hostages home. He encourages Israeli Citizens to carry weapons. Some aid gets into gaza, but the un warns it will have to stop its operations in gaza tonight if it runs out of fuel. The us House Of Representatives elects little known republican mikejohnson as its next speaker, breaking the three week deadlock in the chamber. And in westminster, mps vote to suspend former conservative minister peter bone after investigation found hed bullied a staff member. Hurricane otis hits southern mexico, Slamming Ashore near acapulco as a category five storm before weakening. Welcome back. More now on our main story. Next more on the war between israel and hamas and the bombardment of gaza from israel. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza says more than 6,500 people have been killed since the start of the co
Run out if they run out of fuel. Hurricane hits mexico with fears of catastrophic damage. More on those stories in a moment or two heading to the Bbc Sport Centre now. Glenn maxwell has made history at the Cricket World Cup in india. The australian batsman made a century from just a0 balls which is the fastest in mens world cup history. There was also a hundred for david warner. Australia set the netherlands a daunting target of 400 to win. The dutch, who shocked south africa last week, are currently 82 5. Maxwell s landmark beats the previous record, also set at this tournament by Aiden Markram of south africa, in their win over sri lanka. European champions manchester city, have the chance to make it three wins out of three in the Champions League later theyre in switzerland, to face young boys. Their defence of the trophy, so far going to plan, with victories against rb leipzig, and red star belgrade. But its an artificial pitch for them later on and they travelled early to get a fe
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The British Press Photographers Association revealed the collection for its annual Assignments exhibition, which celebrates the best of press photography from its members.