One fire is threatening the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Unprecedented extreme red flag warnings have been issued for much of the state. More on our website bbc. Co. Uk news and the news app. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Markets for Asia Business report. Cheer as the fed cuts agi wall markets cheer as the fed cuts again. Wall street closes higher after the Us Central Bank lowers rates for the third time this year. The sun shines on silicon valley. Us Technology Giants apple and facebook give investors plenty of reasons to celebrate. Welcome to Asia Business report live from singapore. Lets start with the World Economy because the Us Central Bank has cut Interest Rates again, hoping to shield america from the impact of trade wars as well as the global slowdown. The Federal Reserve lowered the target for its benchmark rate by 0. 25 . This is the third cut injust four months. Rate by 0. 25 . This is the third cut in just four months. Wall street wel
And washington wins baseballs world series. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so itll affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a
With a uk election expected six weeks today, politicians are already heading for social media to get their message across to as many of us as their message across to as many of us as possible. But, from the end of november, the ceo of twitter, jack dorsey, has said all political advertising will be banned. On twitter, he said that political message reach should be earned are not bought. Why, he asked . The answer, he said, it can be used to influence votes and effect the lives of millions. Some regard this move asa of millions. Some regard this move as a swipe at facebook, which recently ruled out a ban on political advertising. In the 2017 election, uk Political Parties spent £32 election, uk Political Parties spent £3. 2 million on facebook ads, and just £56,500 on twitter ads. Its not going to impact twitter massively, as weve seen. The amount of money spent on adverts on twitter is tiny, but this is a symbolic gesture, because we are all now focusing on the influence and power o
Amazon, disney and the bbc. More choice, but at what cost . Good morning from Swindon Village near aaron dole. We are getting into the holiday mood. The weather, cloudy with rain at times but for the rest of us, dry with a cold start and some sunny spells. Arundel. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday 31st october. Our top story. Campaigning has begun for the next general election which will be held in six weeks on december 12. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will launch his partys Election Campaign this morning, promising a transformation of britain. The conservatives will blame labour for the failure to leave the eu today as planned. But some mps who are standing down have warned about a growing bitterness in politics. Nick eardley has more. They are used to scenes like this. Jeremy corbyn at a Campaign Rally last night. The first day of six weeks of campaigning to try and persuade you he is ready for power. Today, he will promise to tackle what he calls a corrupt system, pledging to g
A look atjohn bercows most memorable moments as he stands down as house of commons speaker. And england name an unchanged side to face south africa in the Rugby World Cup final on saturday. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. Campaigning has begun for the next general election to be held on december 12th. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, will launch his partys campaign this morning. Hell say the election offers a once in a generation chance to transform the country and will promise to go after tax dodgers, dodgy landlords and big polluters. Borisjohnson is due to make a series of campaign visits of his own, highlighting what he calls the peoples priorities education, the nhs and crime. The Prime Minister suffered a blow on wednesday evening as one of his cabinet ministers, nicky morgan, became the latest tory mp to decide not to stand for re election. Today was of course the day the uk was due to leave the European Union. Nick eardley has more. Get used to scenes like th