The European Court ofjustice decides that the taxi hailing app, uber, should legally be considered a transport company. It means that the firm should be subjected to tighter eu regulation in the countries in which it operates. And we are spending more on ourFurry Friends operates. And we are spending more on our Furry Friends at christmas than ever before, with clothes and toys for pets. Good morning. Its wednesday 20th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The metropolitan police is launching a review of all current sex offence investigations, after the collapse of a second rape case in a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. Scotland yard confirmed the same officer was involved in both investigations. In the last hour, the metropolitan police have said around 30 cases that are about to go to trial will be reviewed with the crown prosecution service. I think it is important to draw a distinction between the two reviews. The
Also outside of the fed weve seen lots of action going on in other markets, including south africa. Mark the rand is down to another record low. There was a big rattling yesterday after the president sacked his finance minister. Im looking at the spillover into the u. K. Market. This is the u. K. Insurer old mutual. It found itself in 1845 in south africa and moved to london in 1999. 70 of its revenues are based in south africa. In todays this year has fallen by 21 . This is the biggest drop in six years. 21 fall. The biggest twoday decline ever. All you have got to look at is all mutual old mutual to see that as evidence. Betty we will be back with you. I want to check in on the bloomberg first word news. A lot of action happening in europe. Courtney has more. Courtney we had to california first. And the i. T. Has searched a link an fbihern California Team has searched a lake in southern california. They have recovered a computer hard drive that might have been dumped by the shooters.
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