A us lawyer is convicted over the multi billion dollar onecoin scam. Well get the lowdown from new york, and well find out why an Indian Coffee chain is at the centre of a controversy over facial recogntion. Are you tired of following the same path at work but dont know how to navigate this era of constant change . Well get some useful tips from a leading expert. The launch of a new tesla model didnt exactly go according to plan. The idea was to chuck a rock at its window to demonstrate how tough it was. But it smashed twice today we want to know, whats your most embarassing moment at work . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcworklife. Samanthi and i have a future tell you about samanthi and i have a few to tell you about. Hello and welcome to worklife. We start with the social Media Companies and the controversy over their role in political debate. Critics have accused them of allowing the spread of misinformation and even distorting democracy itself. In response, from today twitter
Tonight, those who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes will no longer have their living costs docked from their compensation payments. New compensation payments. New guidance issued by justice secretary alex chalk comes into immediate effect. As of today. It follows the controversy sparked by the jailing of Andrew Malkinson , who spent 17 years malkinson, who spent 17 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Donald trump has not commit. Donald trump has targeted the federal judge assigned to the case, charging him with seeking to overturn the 2020 president ial election. In 2020 president ial election. In a social media post, trump said , social media post, trump said, there is no way i can get a fair trial with the judge assigned , trial with the judge assigned, and no formal request has been filed with the court. Well, it comes as a lawyer for donald trump says that the former president was simply exercising trump says that the former pre rightt was simply exercising tru
Night of it. First, the headlines with rory smith. Headlines with rory smith. Thank you very much. Leo the first Asylum Seekers are to be housed on the bibby stockholm barge in the coming days. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says around 50 people will enter the vessel in Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mrjenrick Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mr jenrick says Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mrjenrick says increasing week. Mr jenrick says increasing the numbers on the barge to the capacity of around 500 is still the plan. Thats despite concerns from the Fire Brigades Union over the vessel initially designed to house around 200 people. Meanwhile the shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock says a Labour Government would still have to house migrants in barges for short penods migrants in barges for short periods while tackling the backlog of asylum cases. A Labour Government would also continue to place Asylum Seekers in former military bases for up to six months. In o
Now its time for World Business report. Two billion friends, soaring profits and a big thumbs up from wall street. But how much bigger can facebook grow . Plus made in america. President trump hails a 10 billion taiwanese investment as proof hes making a difference. But one critic calls the deal a corporate welfare package. Welcome to World Business report. Im ben bland. Also coming up charged up samsungs on track for record annual profits as it puts the Exploding Phones scandal behind it. We start in Silicon Valley where it seems there is no stopping the worlds biggest social network. Facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as Advertising Revenues keep on rising lets show you just how big. In the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of 3. 89 billion. Thats a jump of 71 on the same period last year, and better than wall street was expecting. Injune the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. That means more than one in every four people
Investors scramble for snapchat, in the biggest Tech Flotation since twitter. But is the app a Cash Cow Orjust a craze . Plus, coming up on netflix the boss tells us his plans for the Internet Tv Giant as it heads towards 100 million users. Welcome to World Business report. Im sally bundock. Also in the programme up up and away the us markets blast through previous record highs, the global rally is continuing in asia. Details in a moment. We start on wall street where investors are gearing up for what could be the biggest and certainly the most hyped Technology Flotation since twitter in back 2013 or even facebook the year before. In a few hours time shares in snap the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat Will Begin Trading on the new york stock exchange. The big question will it end up a Stock Market Giant like facebook or, like twitter, a bit of a flop . Heres what we know so far the flotation has been hugely oversubscribed there were as many as ten orders for every share. Thats all