Police operation and forcing chinas new National Security bill. To dominant and too powerful thats whats being leveled against 4 of americas Largest Tech Companies at a congressional hearing in washington d. C. The chief executives of Facebook Google amazon and apple have been defending their Business Practices via video link theyre accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry free from regulation this is the culmination of a yearlong investigation by the u. S. Congress detailing how the Companies Avoid liability under the current laws well amazon has been accused of accessing data from sellers on its Online Shopping platform to create its own products when pressed on the issue chief executive jeff bezos says he called to guarantee his company doesnt engage in that activity. Let me ask you mr amazon after access and use 3rd party seller data when making Business Decisions and just a yes or no will suffice or. I cant answer that question yes or no what i can tell you is
World have dangerous amounts of lead in their blood. Now the heads of some of the worlds biggest tech giants have enjoyed a 5 hour grilling from house members in the u. S. On their Business Practices Facebook Google amazon and apple are all accused of stifling competition and monopolizing the industry its the culmination of a year long investigation by congress detailing how the companys avoid liability under the current boss alan fischer has a story he now is the Ranking Member fittingly the tech giants appeared virtually to face questions the subcommittee chairman making clear he sees a problem their dominance is killing Small Businesses and you factoring in the overall dynamism of the engines of the American Economy their ability to dictate terms call the shots up and entire sectors and inspire fear represent the powers of a private government this was meant to be an inquiry into Business Practices did for Companies Google amazon apple and facebook stifle rivals and kill competition
Intensity Populated Areas decades. So its been a deadly few hours in afghanistan with 2 attacks one in the hospital the other at a funeral the suicide bomber is believed to have been behind an explosion among a crowd of mourners in one the whole province in the east close to the border with pakistan at least 17 people have been killed there 30 others are reported to be injured and a hospital in the capital kabul is also come under attack explosions and gunfire were reported and that apparently is still going on that lets get more from Matthew Chance on that attack in kabul he joins us on the line from there now how things going with a gathering information on this attack message now. Well nick a couple police confirmed. That they could evacuate 4 the person from the area which they want to attack there means that theres a lot of people back in this hospital as well as in the back of this hospital there is a there is a guest house to which all foreigners are living around. The fight is
None of us can do it alone. The e. U. Calls for unity as the death toll across europe continues to rise. And in other news a possible breakthrough in israel the Opposition Leader calls for an emergency unity government after being elected Parliament Tree speaker. The United States now has more confirmed coronavirus cases than any other country in the world with more than 83500 supposing china and the silly that says new figures reveal the shock cools to the economy by the outbreak with a record 3300000 people registering as unemployed last week reynolds has the latest. The number of confirmed cases of coded 19 in the us now tops 83000 more than have been recorded in china or italy more than 1100 people here have died from the corona virus with no vaccine and no proven drug treatment the countrys top medical experts say social restrictions are the only way to curb the rate of infection whenever you put the clamps down and shut things down you do it for 2 reasons you do it to prevent the
Surrounding multiple deaths in the white island for kind of corruption. Now myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi has just arrived at the uns top court in the netherlands to defend her country against genocide charges now the west african state of gambia launched a bid to bring me to International Justice for military crackdown on muslims youre watching live pictures now from the hague well the suses backed by the 757 Nation Organization for islamic cooperation more than 700000 rangar were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh back in 2017100 miles largest city yangon a rallying in support. As she faces the court crowds of people carried posters and flags to show their solidarity yukis office says her team will be defending myanmars. National interests at the court well the United Nations has accused me of carrying out mass rape killings in the burning of homes during its military campaign meanwhile says it was conducting a legitimate counterterrorism response and denies the charges of g