lukasz krupski is in the uk this week to receive an award for deciding to blow the whistle at the company and leak internal memos allegedly regarding safety issues, from tesla s norway headquarters. the firm has declined to comment. here s our tech editor zoe kleinman. over the years software updates in autopilot gets even better. this is how tesla wanted autopilot software to be seen, assisting a human driver who was ultimately still in control. but when this former employee voice concerns he felt about safety in his own workplace and later on with the technology herself, his dream job change into a nightmare. i became really depressed and anxious. i could not sleep. he was personally praised by elon musk after putting out a fire. he claimed his manager turned against him when he raised his concerns directly with the billionaire. he then told us he could easily access a huge trove of sensitive internal company data ranging from personal staff details to safety information. h
Strike by the us on syria. We will get the inside track on how facebook is stepping up the fight against fake news and the rest of the weeks big tech stories including a story on tesla. Talking of fa ke including a story on tesla. Talking of fake news its currently a hot topic so today we want to know which stories have caught you out and how did you realise . Let us know, just use the hashtag bbc biz live. A warm welcome to the programme. The us president has been holding his first face to face meeting with his chinese counterpart. Trade and north korea were supposed to be at the top of the agenda but the summit has been overshadowed by the us carrying out missile strikes on Syrian Government air bases. Those were in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack this week. In florida, donald trump said discussions with xi had been long and he was confident they would develop a great relationship. They are the leaders of the worlds two biggest economies and they have been expected to
security council but also laid out other measures the us was going to proceed. he said they would also impose sanctions against those that are facilitating the transfer of these weapons from north korea to russia. he described this as a significant and concerning escalation. notjust because of the weapons, the types of weapons north korea is applying to russia but also the fact north korea will expect a different type of weaponry and military equipment in return. and that the us also poses concerns about security in the indo pacific area. let s get some of the day s other news 110w. authorities in japan say that 92 people are now confirmed to have died after the earthquake on new year s day. another 2a2 people are missing. thousands of rescue workers continue to search for survivors, days after the devastating tremor collapsed buildings and triggered landslides. tens of thousands of people
translation: when protesters| came here, they chanted slogans and i saw the police leaving from the other side. then, the protesters destroyed it all. the police argue they stopped the situation deteriorating. if we had better charged or started fighting, it could have subsided but it would have swept all over the country and the most important thing if we had killed any of the protesters, that would have created a ripple effect. the police have said they believe the violence was planned and arrested some individuals from two hardline religious parties. in stjohn s church, tears for what is lost and for how quickly their fragile peace was fractured. caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. some other news 110w.
manufacture in america. the law which was manufacture in america. the law which was signed manufacture in america. the law which was signed without - manufacture in america. the law which was signed without a - which was signed without a single republican vote offers tax breaks to companies developing clean energy technology, the rush to take advantage of those credits has delighted white house officials, less so america s fellows like the eu and uk who say that puts them at a disadvantage. a law that was crafted in washington being felt notjust by american industry but around the globe. michelle fleury. let s get some of the day s other news 110w. russia has hiked interest rates to 12% after the rouble fell to its lowest value in 16 months. the currency dipped below 100 per dollar on monday, prompting russia s central bank to hold an emergency meeting. the bank of russia said it decided to raise rates from the previous level of 8.5% to curb inflation, which climbed above a% in aug