A haze over sydney as a mega bushfire forms near the city and about 100 otherfires are raging in the australian state of new south wales. In a few hours, forbes will reveal its latest annual rankings for the worlds best paid musicians, but is it streaming, merchanise or touring that make them their money . Weve had black friday and cyber monday. Now, get ready for Small Business saturday. Does that sound a little more worthwhile . Well speak to the woman whos urging us to shop small this christmas. And you can be part of the conversation too. Everyone seems to be sharing their most listened songs of the past year right now. What was top of your list . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with the ride hailing firm uber. The frim says it received 3,000 reports of Sexual Assaults related to its trips in the United States in 2018, out of roughly 1. 3 billion rides. Uber is under pressure from regulators in many cities over safety and securi
We know this happened well within french waters. We know it actually happened on a canal some 30 kilometres or so from the coastline itself. We have seen footage of the canal in question, the water level is very high. It is a wide waterway, flanked on one side by forests and on the other by some homes. We have also seen footage of Emergency Services appearing to be by the bow of a small white boat which is jutting up from the water line and alongside that belongings strewn all over the towpath. The authorities in france say the boat was just too small for the number of people, 16, they say, who were trying to board it. Then it capsized as people were getting on board. They say that a seven year old died at the scene. They also say a person walking by raise the alarm and there were other children on the boat as well. 0ther children on the boat as well. Other siblings of the girl as well as other adults and other children and they are all being cared for any hospital in dunkirk. We have
From washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. And the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. And again, Optimism Sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. And anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. And one of israels obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list hasnt been provided by hamas. There are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be dead. And israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to be released. That hasnt been forthcoming.
glad you could join us. leaders of the g7 group have advanced economies are gathering injapan in the city of hiroshima. concerned about global security are high on the agenda. japan s prime minister fumio kishida has one of the world is at a crossroads because of russia s attack on ukraine has warned the world is at a crossroads. they also need to tackle the increasing instability of the inca, indo pacific region. there are rising over nuclear capabilities and threat of action by china via taiwan. our correspondent shaimaa khalil is in hiroshima with this update. he then hiroshima one of the first things g7 leaders and their partners are going to do is be invited by the prime minister he may consider and his wife to the memorial, peace memorial cart where the atomic bomb dome sounds. it isa it is a reminder of the devastation nuclear letters are capable of doing and this is a city that is lippy that devastation no one wants to see it happening again. earlier prime minister
you re with bbc news, these are the headlines. president biden has arrived in japan, to meet with the country s prime minister ahead of the annual g7 summit taking place in hiroshima. controversial actorjohnny depp tells the bbc his return to the big screen is not a comeback because he never went away. the un describes a two month extension to the black sea green deal is a good news deal for the world. it had been due to expire on thursday. and rescue operations are continuing in northern italy after heavy rains caused deadly flooding. ten yea rs ten years ago, fergus walsh a medical editor became the first person to take part in the world s biggest scanning project. biobank was created to better understand how the body ages by taking detailed images of the brain, heart and pounds to find new ways of treating and preventing disease. now a decade on, fergus has been back to face the scanners again to see what s changed. mapping the ageing human body. it s nearly a decade since