Superseded by a new, hyper intelligent life form Artificial Intelligence, i reckon, will be Something Like 10,000 times faster in thinking than we are. And Frank Lampard is back at chelsea as manager the club where he made over 600 appearances and won 11 major trophies. Good morning. In the last hour, the betting group william hill has said it plans to close around 700 of its shops across the uk, putting more than 4,500 jobs at risk. The company blamed the closures, which amount to nearly a third of its outlets, on the governments decision to reduce the maximum stake on fixed odds betting terminals to £2. Our Business Correspondent, emma simpson, is here. A bit of background as to how we have come to this point . The industry had warned that reducing the stakes on these fixed odds betting terminals from £100 to £2, that change came into effect in april, would trigger store closures and job losses. Today william hill said it plans to close 700 stores and they say since april, it has
Hello and welcome. Us secretary of state mike pompeo is on his way to the middle east for talks with both saudi arabia and the uae and an offer to negotiate with iran. There have been days of extreme tensions with washington and tehran and it includes reports of an american cyber attack on iranian weapons, a p pa re ntly cyber attack on iranian weapons, apparently in retaliation for the shooting down of a us drone. Chris buckler reports. Having backed away from military strikes, america is trying to show it is not afraid of conflict with iran. Officials say they launched Cyber Attacks, which they claim disabled iranian systems controlling rockets and missile launchers, exactly the kind of hardware that was responsible for shooting down an american drone over the gulf. With tehran showing off the wreckage and President Trump threatening iran with obliteration if this ends up in confrontation, the International Community is increasingly worried. Everybody must keep nerves of steel. It is
S p 500 hitting record levels. Were about ten points below our intraday high. Trying to close at a record high for the first time in more than eight months all three avrnls on track for a Third Straight week of gains we begin this hour in washington President Trump explaining why he called off a strike against iran just minutes before it was scheduled. Eamon javers has the latest from the white house. Thats right. The president sat down with chuck here and went through his thinking last night as he contemplated the idea of issue ing the order to begin this attack on iran heres what he said. I said how many people are going to be killed sir, id like to get back to you on that. Great people, these generals came back, said sir. Approximately 150. And i thought about it for a second they shot down an unmanneded drone, plane, b whatever you want to call it, and here we are sitting with 150 dead people that would have taken place probably within a half an hour after i said go aahead and i di
Well have more details. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. In downing street, theresa may and the eus donald tusk discuss donald tusk discuss brexit he says theres been no Real Progress, but there has been a change of approach. Victims of the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s win a ruling, allowing them to try to claim damages. Thousands of children harmed in the womb by the epilepsy drug valproate , today some mothers give evidence at a public hearing in london. Get off me tributes to the coronation street star liz dawn, known to millions as Vera Duckworth, whos died at the age of 77. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is thatJeremy Corbyn has confirmed that labours preparations for government include planning for the possibility of a collapse in the value of the pound and a flight of investors capital. He was responding to remarks made last night by his shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell, who said that labour was engaging in war games type scenario planning, and was drafti
Drivers and station staff aboutjob losses and Ticket Office closures. More from me but first hearing is sharanjit. Chrysler more from me but first hearing is shara njit. Chrysler fiat more from me but first hearing is sharanjit. Chrysler fiat pours 1 billion into us factories and moved some production from mexico. And a decade since this little gadget changed the way we communicate, what is in store for the next ten years of the smartphone . Hello, welcome to Asia Business report. Another car maker makes a Huge Investment in the united states. Fiat chrysler is investing 1 billion in america, including modifying a plant in michigan which will make Pickup Trucks manufactured in mexico. The move comes as the president elect donald trump pressures the Auto Industry to hire workers and produce vehicles north of the border. Last week ford announced it was cancelling plans for a factory in mexico and will build the cars in the us. All of this comes as one of the us. All of this comes as one o