Kicks off the discussion on how facebook and google are challenging the news industry. We will hear from a top lawmaker who does not think big is necessarily bad. But first, to our top story. Apple has a backup plan if the u. S. China trade war continues to escalate. The companys manufacturing partner says it is able to make all iphones bound for the u. S. Outside of china if necessary. Hon hai now makes most of apples smartphones at its chinese factory. Our bloomberg tech editor Alistair Barr joined vonnie quinn with the details. Alistair this is an executive who was talking to investors and other people in taiwan, and our reporter in asia, debbie wu, was there to listen. And this is more of a plan. The executive did not say apple asked foxconn to do this yet, but he was saying they are very capable of doing it. It has raised a lot of questions. We spoke to an analyst over here who looks at the smartphone industry, and he was saying that if youre talking about actual final assembly, w
Challenging the industry. We hear from a top lawmaker who does not think big is necessarily bad. First, to our top story. Apple has a backup plan if the trade war continues to escalate. They are manufacturing partner says they can make all iphones bound for the u. S. Outside of china if necessary. They make most of apple smartphones at its chinese factory. Our text editor joined us with the details. An executive who was talking to investors and other people in taiwan. Our reporter in asia was there to listen. This is more of a plan. They did not ask foxconn to do this yet, but they are saying they are very capable of doing it. It has raised a lot of questions. Analyst and he was saying that if you are ,alking about final assembly which is what foxconn does, if you are looking at that, it might be relatively easy to move your move. If you are talking about the whole manufacturing process, that would be a lot harder. Vonnie we know that politically china and taiwan are at odds. Is there
It is about half past two in the morning, you are up to date on the headlines. Its time for tuesday in parliament. Hello there, and welcome to tuesday in parliament, where there is a mixed reaction to the bbcs decision to scrap free tv licences for most over 75s. Labour blames the government. Forget the crocodile tears. The truth is his government is supporting taking away £150 from pensioners who are on around £10,000 a year. But some conservatives think the bbc should find the money elsewhere. It seems to me that the elderly and Vulnerable People have been asked to contribute to the £1. 75 million salary of gary linacre. Also on this programme. What can be done to stop drones disrupting airports, and sir lenny henry calls on uk broadcasters to match us tv makers when it comes to diversity. My hope one day is to be able to hold up a picture like this for bbc, itv, channels four and five and i think that would be a real step forward. But first, there was anger in the commons followi
Newly released images from cold war era satellites reveal the dramatic melting of ice in the himalayas. And getting rid of diesel for good the uk is trialling its First Hydrogen powered train. Hello, good afternoon and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Voting hasjust closed in the latest ballot to decide the conservative leadership, as mps decide which candidates will good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Face a members vote. Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson face a members vote. Former foreign secretary borisjohnson looks black cab Rapistjohn Worboys, certain to make the final pair, now known asjohn radford, after topping the ballot in the who was almost freed from jail last year, first three rounds, but the race to has pleaded guilty to four join him remains too close to call, further offences in which he drugged women with the intention with jeremy hunt, michael gove of sexually assaulting them. Join him remains too close to call, withjeremy hunt, michael gove and sajid javid
but domestic abuse campaigners worry about the message it sends. and here at the home of cricket, the start of the test match summer, new captain, new coach, new england? so far, very good. good afternoon. the queen has taken the salute from the balcony at buckingham palace as trooping the colour begins four days of celebration for her platinum jubilee. there are thousands of people here lining the streets, and we ve spoken to some who ve come from as far away as australia and the us. in a message to mark the event, the queen, who is the world s oldest reigning monarch, said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people. at 96, her mobility is limited, and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony, instead of inspecting the troops in person, as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together, creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is a