Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report the mouse versus the dragon. Disney launches its streaming service as it ta kes launches its streaming service as it takes on its chinese rivals. And chinas port crisis. How african swine fever is impacting supplies of the countrys favourite meat. Welcome to Asia Business report. We start with the streaming war because entertainment giant disney launches its disney plus Service Later today. It faces fierce competition around the world, not least in china. We have more on the highly competitive business. It may be coming late to the party but it is coming in style. Disneys streaming platform will be a Formidable Force in what is becoming an increasingly crowded marketplace to their mission, quality, not quantity. You cannot only a lwa ys always make great stuff. But we want to make sure we have the best chance to make sure we have the best chance to create something spectacular. Ahead of the launch, disney removed its co nte nt
Potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. British steel had been facing collapse after going into liquidation earlier this year but the chinese producerjingye confirmed today it had agreed a buyout. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. This plant has been on government life support since it collapsed in may. Technically in liquidation, it was offered a chinese lifeline today, and workers on their way home welcomed it. Well, its been a big concern, hasnt it . Nobody not knowing what is happening, whether theyve got a job, can pay their mortgages, feed theirfamilies. Yeah, its great news. Obviously, theres been uncertainty around it, but now we know, this close to christmas, that weve got a job. With 4,000 employees and 20,000 in the supply chain, the steelworks is the lifeblood of scunthorpe. Its massive good news for lots of families and obviously for all the housing, forjobs, for younger people and older people alike, its just great news. The thought of scunthorpe not having steel
Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn meet to try to find a way through the brexit stalemate. Is fracking finished in the uk . The government and a highly critical report casts doubt over its future. And one of the team the prince of wales meets the welsh rugby squad ahead of their world cup semifinal in japan. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well have reaction to the death of Paralympic Champion marieke vervoort, the belgian wheelchair racer who has ended her life through euthanasia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex. Its not known who they are or where they came from. One was a teenager. The lorry driver, whos 25, from Northern Ireland and and named locally as mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The victims were discovered at1. 1i0 this morning. The police say identifying them is their number one priority but its expected to be a lengthy process. The lorry was registered in
A call by borisjohnson for the eu to engage fully with his brexit proposals with 11 days to go before a key summit. Ginger baker Ground Breaking rock drummer has died at the age of 80. Now on bbc news its tome for inside out yorkshire and lincolnshire. Tracy gee speaks to firefighters who believe theirjob caused them to have cancer. Welcome to the programme. I am welcome to the programme. I am keely welcome to the programme. I am keely donovan. Coming up this week . The firefighters who believe theirjob has caused them to have cancer. Firefighters need to stop having their lives totally turned upside down with cancer. The men and women still living in fear of redundancy as the future of scunthorpes steelworks, fear of redundancy as the future of scu nthorpes steelworks, hangs fear of redundancy as the future of scunthorpes steelworks, hangs in the balance. This scunthorpes steelworks, hangs in the balance. This time it felt very difference, like we were at the edge of the abyss. And th
The men and women still living in fear of redundancy, as the future of scunthorpe steelworks hangs in the balance. This time, it felt very different we was at the edge of the abyss. And the week the world came to yorkshire to celebrate a festival of cycling. Many professions have a level of risk, but firefighters face an invisible threatjust as deadly as the flames that they tackle every day. Our reporter tracy gee has been given exclusive access to research being done into harmful toxins found on firefighters clothes and equipment, which may have a link to cancer. Firefighters need to stop having their lives totally turned upside down with cancer. Weve got firefighters getting cancer all the time on all watches and all stations, and things need to be done about it. Up and down the country, firefighters are dying of this due to them saving lives in the line of duty. And thatjob is killing them. All of it, that im aware of, states that you cant prove or disprove a link to cancer. It is