The british Prime Minister says he wants a fast track visa scheme to attract foreign scientists to the uk. Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Hoover disappointing. Shares are down sharply after the firm reported its latest results uber. Brisk domestic demand, japans economy grew stronger than expected, betrayed tensions are expected to weigh the future. In the future. Hello and welcome to this friday edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. Edition of Asia Business report. Im shara njit leyl. We edition of Asia Business report. Im Sharanjit Leyl. We start with uber because it shares are falling sightly in extended wall street trade sharply. The firm has lost over 5 billion in the three months tojune. Over 5 billion in the three months to june. The bbcs over 5 billion in the three months tojune. The bbcs Michelle Fleury has more. Responding to urban puzzle make Second Quarter results, ubers Second Quarter results. Uber has turned into the magical mone
New Orleans City Council says it is as prepared as it can be, and has told residents to stay indoors from tonight. The bbcs sophie long is in new orleans and told us more about the severity of the storm. A state of emergency was declared here three days ago in the state of louisiana so the message was for people to take the threat of this storm very seriously. In the past few hours, we have watched people make their preparations, families filling sandbags to shore up their properties. The mayor of new orleans has urged people to stop their storm preparations now and go home. She said they should do that by 8pm. That time has now passed. As you can see, there are still a few people out and about, but not many. I am on canal street in the French Quarter in new orleans. This is normally a very busy street at this time. I should say that what people are really worried about here is not the wind, we have heard about wind speed and whether they will reach 7a mph which would make Tropical Sto
Now on bbc news. The week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. Was this theresa mays last commons defeat and the new Prime Ministers first . The ayes to the right, 315. The noes to the left, 274. Catch them while you can at Prime Ministers questions, the leaders compare legacies. The real disgrace is his handling of racism in the labour party. Activists protesting, mps leaving, staff resigning. Deported british citizens which shes now had to compensate them for. I think, she might look to her own party and her own governments records as well. And 50 years on, that one small step for man. As the world held its breath and came together, and watched in awe these amazing events in black and white footage on our television screens. But first, theyve travelled thousands of miles, faced thousands of questions, even answered some of them. Over the past six weeks, weve learned thatjeremy hunt was once an entrepreneur and that borisjohnson likes making model buses. And wit
Crowd at royal portrush. How do our gardens grow the economy . Visits to parks and gardens like this one in cheshire add 3 billion pounds a year to the countrys gdp but could more be done to boost garden tourism . Good morning from Beckenham Hill park home to the newly opened wild swimming venue where temperatures will soar for some swimming venue where temperatures will soarfor some up swimming venue where temperatures will soar for some up to 35 degrees and for some, wont fall lower than 25 degrees at midnight tomorrow. I will have more info ten minutes. Its monday the 22nd ofjuly. Our top story. Its the final day of voting to decide who will be the next Prime Minister jeremy hunt or borisjohnson. Conservative Party Members must make sure their ballot papers are submitted by five oclock this evening. The winner will be announced tomorrow. Lets get more from our political correspondent, jonathan blake, whos in westminster. We are going to have to wait. I suppose the question is, can y
Administration, from britains top diplomat in the us, sir kim darroch. Two years of his secret e mails leaked. In one, he wrote. On Donald Trumps recent state visit to the uk, he said the president had been dazzled by the queen, but cautioned this is still the land of america first. And on foreign policy, trumps sabre rattling over iran, approving air strikes and then calling them off, was described as chaotic. Here, serious questions are being raised about the leak. The thing with diplomatic cables, and i used to work at the Foreign Office, id be quite careful about what you say which is on a personal basis in those cables, because its all very well talking about the substance of the relationship, the policies, but i think some of that may, in retrospect, be regarded as unwise. Put in a statement, the Foreign Office denied it would have any long term impact. As for the future, the ambassador compared it to a roller coaster which could lead to disgrace and downfall, but cautioned about