In business, chinese telecoms giant huawei launches a second legal challenge against the us ban, saying there is no evidence it is a National Security threat. A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. After the row about pelotons sexist and dystopian christmas video advert, what is the worst gift you have ever received, and why, and how did you react . Let me know. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Commuters in france are struggling to get to work this hour as one of the countrys biggest ever nationwide strikes begins. Rail services have been severely hit and many schools are also closed as unions battle the government over pension reform. It will be a major test for emmanuel macrons presidency, as rich preston reports. 90 of high speed and regional trains will be affected, according to the countrys rail operator, meaning problems travelling and commuting for thousands of people.
Few moments. So lets begin with priya lakhani, founder and ceo of century tech. The biggest stroke we have seen for yea rs, the biggest stroke we have seen for years, and this is over some pretty ambitious plans to reform pensions there. Yes, the last time they tried to reform pensions was in 1995 and if you remember, 1995, there were 2 million french people on the streets, protesting, bringing it to paralysis for three weeks and they eventually had to scrap the potential reforms, so it is really bold that Emmanuel Macron is doing this. He is seen by many as the president or the rich, and this is going to affect hospital workers, the police, teachers. And it is a change in the system. With french pensions, they look at the last six months of your salary and assessed on that you are given your pension, and pension age is 62 compared to other European Union countries, but know what they are saying is you get points over the theories of your working life, and there is a slightly more comp
A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme ajob for life could soon be a thing of the past. New Research Shows the average millennial spends less than 4 years with an employer, by the time they reach 3a may have had 6 jobs. What is your experience . Get in touch, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Lets focus on the huge shift that has taken place in hong kong. Pro democracy parties have achieved an overwhelming landslide victory in local elections winning nearly 90 of seats. It comes after months of protests across the city and is a massive set back for hong kong chief executive carrie lam, who has said she will respect the results. Lets go live tojonathan head in hong kong. Tell us more about today and a huge turnout in terms of people voting. It isa turnout in terms of people voting. It is a stunning result, of course for the opposition pan Democratic Alliance who had to bring together very dispara
Vision. Do you think they have perhaps learned from the mistakes of the past . 2017, theresa may five ma nifesto, the past . 2017, theresa may five manifesto, where she famously you turned, and it was a disaster. What borisjohnson is trying to do is appeal to the labour heartland, previously he talked about potentially increasing the threshold for the higher rate of income tax, talking about stamp duty, these are not popular with the traditional labour motors, and you will see they are not in the manifesto at all. What he has done is he has steer clear of all of that, but he has talked about these people policies, the nhs is his number one, 50,000 nurses, grants for nurse training, he has talked about the police and education, he has not talked about social care which is a whole other issue, and i think that is what theresa mays Biggest Issue was. It isa theresa mays Biggest Issue was. It is a very safe manifesto. And he has very much pitched it as lets get back to done at the end ofja
The ride hailing firm uber has been in last ditch talks to extend its licence in london, after months of turmoil over its position in its largest european market. The companys full london licence was suspended in 2018, after concerns were raised about ubers policy on passenger protection and driver vetting. It also comes as uber battles huge losses and growing competition. In the us its biggest rival is lyft, though both firms are losing money. Latest results for lyft showed losses of 1i63m, compared to 1. 3 billion for uber. Thatis that is supposed to be 1 billion there at the bottom instead of1 million, so we will fix that graphic. Uber has also been investing in food delivery and autonomous cars, while lyft is concentrating on ride hailing. Meanwhile, French Company kapten was acquired by german car makers daimler and bmw. It now operates in the uk, france, portugal and switzerland, and plans to expand to 15 european cities by 2020. Estonian company bolt also has uber in its sights,