have been giving evidence about alleged russian cyber hacking before a powerful congressional committee. russia s always denied the accusations that relate to last year s us presidential election. nick bryant sent this report. washington is investigating what could be the biggest political break in since watergate. in the ‘70s, it was the building belonging to the democratic national committee that was burgled. in 2016, it was the computer system at the party s present headquarters. a robbery in cyberspace, rather than in person. and us intelligence believes it was orchestrated by vladimir putin, from the kremlin, to help donald trump win the election. i want to welcome all our members back to the committee. today, those allegations were aired publicly on capitol hill at this republican controlled congressional committee. every american should be alarmed by russia s attacks on our nation. there is no national security interest more vital to the united states of america than
now for the latest financial news, with sally bundock and world business report. microsoft, amazon and expedia team up with washington state in a bid to defeat president trump s travel ban, saying it is unconstitutional and damages the economy. more fines for deutsche bank, this time for its connections with a russian money laundering plan. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: shares in sony fall during trade in tokyo. rico will have the details. but first: technology giants are ramping up their battle against president trump s travel ban. washington state s attorney general is filing a lawsuit arguing the ban, which covers seven countries, is unconstitutional. amazon and expedia have both made court submissions on how the executive order is impacting their businesses. microsoft is also backing the lawsuit which aims to overturn the travel ban, and will even testify if needed. and it is notjust tech firms. ford s chief executive, mark fi
news from some of the worlds biggest companies. we ll talk you through the winners and the losers. now, is a five day working week essential to make it to the top? later in the programme we ll be speaking to bibi hilton. she s a high flying advertising boss who s just been named on this year s part time power list. ad we re talking robots again. computerised hedge funds havejoined the ranks of the top performers and they re beating us at poker. we want to know would you trust your cash with man or a machine? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. just put your cash in a tin under the bed! no, that s not my advice by the bed! no, that s not my advice by the way. that s just what some people are doing with it at the moment! bp the us army has been ordered to allow the construction of the final section of a controversial major oil pipeline in north dakota. it s a project supported by president trump and that perhaps reflects his support for fossil fuels which is just one of a growing
well on the way to 2 billion friends facebook gets more popular, more profitable and more powerful than ever before. plus, driving a brexit bargain why britain s the place to snap up a cut price supercar. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme: a rare bit of good news for mexico s car industry but first. we start with facebook because despite predictions of a slowdown, the world s biggest social network keeps getting more popular, more profitable and more powerful. late on wednesday it reported quarterly numbers that were much better than expected. they round off another year of rapid growth that has seen it become one of the biggest advertising businesses on earth. its massive reach has also of course raised concerns about the amount of influence it can have and the reliability of information that s shared on it. so let s give you an idea of how big facebook now is. by the end of last year, over 1.86 billion people around the world