And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
United states where ports all across the East And Gulf coasts including here in baltimore have virtually ground to a halt. It means goods ranging from cars to machinery and fresh fruit and vegtables are going to find a lot tougher to get into or out of the worlds biggest economy. An estimated 16,000 workers have stopped working over demands for more pay and less automation. The stoppages could cost the us economy as much as 5bn a day according to the Investment Bankjp Morgan but other experts say it will be less than that. One knock on could be as many as 100,000 people finding themselves temporarily out of work as the impact of the stoppage spreads. 0ur Correspondent Michelle fleury is at the Port Of Newark in newjersey. What other people telling you about how angry they are but also how long this might last . This is one of three dozen ports that are on strike as of midnight last night, and work is basically raring to go, blasting music this morning, i saw some children walking aroun
Pierre thomas standing by with what weve just learned. The other breaking headline tonight, Bomb Shell allegations in the key Battleground State of North Carolina. Allegations involving the republican candidate for governor of that state. Cnn reporting republican Mark Robinson, now the lieutenant governor, made disturbing comments on a Porn Website Message board, reportedly calling himself a black nazi, among other comments he allegedly made years ago. Robinson has been endorsed by Donald Trump, who called the Candidate Martin Luther king on steroids. Abc news has yet to confirm cnns reporting. But the candidate is responding tonight, denying it was him. Tonight, after pagers were detonated, killing dozens, injuring thousandses, Hezbollahs Leader accusing israel of an act of war. The real Concern Tonight over what could come next. Martha raddatz standing by live in the region. Here in the u. S. , american Intelligence Agencies accusing iran of Election Interference. Iran allegedly hack
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A special british passport issued to people in hong kong and accuses the u. K. Of political interference. Thanks for joining us the European Union is expected to give astra zeneca as covert 1000 Vaccine Limited emergency approval in the coming hours and thats despite a growing dispute between the block and the company about a shortage of supply so the e. U. Has released a redacted copy of its contract which it says proves the vaccine maker is obliged to meet its promised supply it was expecting at least 80000000. 00 doses by the end of march but astra zeneca cut supply a week ago blaming manufacturing issues on thursday brussels war and it may have to ban exports of vaccines produced on the continent to protect stock its also questioned why it appears that the u. K. Supply has been unaffected and there is more potential help for the global inoculation dr with 2 more american jobs nearing completion there is no novaks vaccine its shown to be around 90 percent effective. And trials of a