And a new law for turkey giving the government sweeping new powers over social media platforms well look into the motives. With the help of bbc turkish, we will look at the motivation behind that. Welcome. Now this hasnt happened before. Four of the most powerful people in technology are giving evidence to the us congress. They are jeff bezos of amazon, tim cook of apple, Mark Zuckerberg of facebook and Sundar Pichai of google. And the question at the heart of all this is whether these companies are simply too big. Theres no dispute that they are big. Together these four companies represent 5 trillion within the us economy. The New York Times describes the hearing as a. The chairman of the committee doesnt see it that way. Simply put, they have too much power. This power staves off new forms of competition, creativity, and innovation. How these tech bosses stand up to scrutiny could be a defining moment in theirfuture relationship with government. They have never all been quizzed toget
Theyve told the truth to their own people. And as a result, by and large, they have brought people along with them. Hello, and welcome and thats what governments, to dateline london. In theory, in this pre populist this week new us sanctions age, werejudged on. On chinese telecoms giant, huawei death sentence or chance to shine . And the competence or otherwise and whats going to be of your ruling class the truth according fascinating now is whether this to coronavirus. Renewed sense that my guests on socially government actually matters, and that distanced screen when youre faced with Isobel Hilton of the website, china dialogue, ned temko a crisis, particularly a crisis of the Christian Science monitor. Like covid, which cant be tweeted away, which doesnt listen to rhetoric, and here in the studio doesnt follow vincent ni of the bbc world a particular ideology what you need a government service. Victorious warriors win to do is do itsjob. First and then go to war, defeated warriors g
Hello, and welcome to dateline london. This week new us sanctions on chinese telecoms giant, huawei death sentence or chance to shine . And the competence or otherwise of your ruling class the truth according to coronavirus. My guests on socially distanced screens Isobel Hilton of the website, china dialogue, ned temko of the Christian Science monitor. And here in the studio vincent ni of the bbc world service. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win. Wisdom from chinas favourite strategy manual, the art of war. It may have been written 2,500 years ago, but chinese leaders and tech bosses may be reciting favourite sun tzu quotes at each other this weekend as the us imposes a near blanket ban on the supply of computer chips to huawei. Ned, ill start off with you. Is this a us attempt to kill off huawei . I think even among the most hawkish voices on china in the trump administration, there is a recognition that horse has b
Is she in for the long haul, or is she plotting a future without donald trump . We will speak to the biographer who thinks she knows. Hello, im Christian Fraser in london. Laura trevelyan is in washington. So its now two weeks and counting since the president ial elections, and donald trump is still nowhere near conceding victory tojoe biden. In a series of tweets today, hes still complaining about voter fraud, still declaring he won the election. The Trump Campaign has put some of its money where its mouth is, stumping up 3 million for a partial recount in two heavily democratic areas of wisconsin. Mr trump trailsjoe biden byjust over 20,000 votes in the state. A new opinion poll suggests 61 of republicans are not confident in the fairness of the election. 0ur correspondent Aleem Maqbool has been to the panhandle of florida, tojudge the mood of the president s supporters. Cheering veterans for trump and america its not over the whole world is watching us right now theyre watching us t
Good morning. Are we all going on a Summer Holiday . Its been a terrible year for travel, but businesses have told breakfast bookings are being boosted by the vaccine. What do you need to consider before you spend your money . Good morning. Weve got three zones of weather. In the east, cloud and rain. Behind that, a drier and brighter slot with sunshine. In the west, more rain later. Full Weather Forecast in ten minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday, 9th of december. Our top story. Borisjohnson will fly to brussels this afternoon for face to face talks with the head of the European Commission, in whats being seen as a last ditch attempt to make a breakthrough in trade negotiations. The two sides have until the end of the month to agree on a new relationship between the uk and the eu after brexit. Our Political Correspondent, jessica parker, has more. Borisjohnson is going to brussels, that as negotiations have stalled, and phone calls with the European Commission president ursula von de