A 14000000000. 00 bill for back taxes from the European Union on monday the u. S. Based tech giant pled for the 20 6000. 00 judgment by the European Commission that apple effectively benefited from illegal state aid from the government of ireland by means of 2 markable rule Court Rulings that have granted apple a drastically reduced tax burden over 20 years the creation of tax havens has been an ira strategy for luring foreign firms to officially set up business in ireland and park at least some of their assets there apple flatly rejected the order to square up on their tax bill saying it defies reality and common sense and petitioning for an appeal to be heard in the e. U. 2nd highest court the case against apple is perhaps the point of the spear in the e. U. Competition commissioner margaret a vest of years notable effort to apply some basic forms of regulation to some giants of the contemporary Global Economy particularly in tech the results of the apples appeal could determine the
Supreme court. Leaving important details out. From our studio with me welcome to the program. Saudi arabian nights claims that iran was involved in this weekends attack on the kingdoms or refineries and that the attack was not conducted from yemen in the south but came from the north the Defense Ministry announces position and news at a News Conference just over an hour ago well it is live with us for the details what evidence did saudi arabia put forward to support these accusations. Well we heard the press conference from the Saudi Ministry of defense earlier and we also understand that at this point mike pompei o has arrived in saudi arabia for his working visit and he is referring to the attack as an act of war in blaming iran but at the press conference that we heard they announced that they had carried out a thorough investigation and come to some pretty specific conclusions this is what we heard from saudi officials. Not the attorney did not originate from yemen it was moon from
You thing to nations have become disillusioned with democracy and what difference do you see the selection wreaking thats a great question certainly the case that tunisians are frustrated with the pace of democracy with what many see as a lack of progress and inability to deliver on important Economic Reforms but that doesnt necessarily mean that tunisians have given up on democracy there are still many people turning out to vote the day is not over the people that i did speak with and see at Polling Centers around the capital were treating this as an emotional an important day and another step forward for tunisians democracy so you know well wait to see what the turnout final turnout numbers are but i think tunisians have not yet given up there but they certainly are frustrated 4 years into theres been a clear divide between secularists and islamists is that still the case today and you know no matter who wins this election what do you think will be the key challenges for the next pre
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