sir bobby charlton. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s will perry. it evening. thousands of people have lined the streets of manchester to honour one of england football s greatest players. a member of the i966 greatest players. a member of the 1966 world cup winning squad with manchester united, the funeral cortege of sir bobby passed by old trafford to applause manchester united, bobby passed by old trafford to applause from the thousands gathered. the united legend died last month at the age of 86. he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing - he meant everything to me. my family talked about charlton growing up. - talked about charlton growing up. the world cup winner, how much he meant. my dad supported livable and he said what a great player he was quitting then s greatest ever. the quitting then s greatest ever. the createst quitting then s greatest ever. t
mervyn, lord king, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure to be on your show. it s great to have you here. as we look around the world, we see heightened global tension, uncertainty, conflict in so many different arenas. does that mean that for you, there are many reasons to be fearful about the impacts of geopolitics on the global economy? yes is the simple answer. i think we thought about the russian invasion of ukraine, we thought that was a contained conflict. now we see in the middle east. the more you fight, if this extends beyond gaza two major areas of conflict makes it much more likely that a third will occur. who knows? the chinese blockade of taiwan, perhaps. all of this is going to put enormous strain on the ability of the united states in particular, but also of europe, to provide the financial support, or support in terms of military equipment, to enable ukraine to resist russia, to bring about some kind of end to hostilities in the middle east, and to preve
it s also investing money in its theme parks, which continued to grow. and new films like the marvels, due out this friday, should help its film studio, which is focusing on making less stuff of higher quality from its existing franchises. still, not all is rosy. for example, disney s abc network and other tv stations saw lower political advertising revenue during the quarter, a decline in ad revenue that has worried investors. and there is still the question, what does disney plan to do with espn, its sports service, which many wonder whether or not it will sell off in the future? on that, mr iger didn t offer much commentary. meanwhile airbnb is losing properties banded the new rules prohibiting short term rentals. the companies code founder and ceo says travellers have been flocking to newjersey and connecticut instead. he was in the big apple touting metal ones which police and our business correspondent asked him about the changes in store for us and hose. for us and ho
the entertainment industry. actors and, before them, writers, demanded higher pay, with a strike that lasted 118 days. costing the california economy some $6 billion. we bring in our reporter who has been following the story. the deal still needs to be approved by the board of the union. this is the sag union which represents a lot of the actors in hollywood, a lot of the actors that play smaller roles. so we don t know the details of the agreement, but we do know what those actors were demanding. you mentioned higher pay. they say that streaming giants have been profiting ever since the streaming era started, but that pay hasn t trickled down to the actors, the lower level actors in particular. they have concerns about advancing technology and artificial intelligence. they say that these streaming giants could use their likeness and not need theirjobs or skills in person in the future, going forward. they want some protection against that. they also want a slice of the strea
particular. lower levels. they have concerns about advancing technology and artificial intelligence. they say the streaming giants could use their likeness and not need theirjobs or skills in person in the future going forward. they want some protection against that. they also want a slice of the streaming companies slice of the streaming companies revenue. slice of the streaming companies revenue. they did so well during the pandemic, these actors say they haven t got those rewards. now, this is the second strike after the writers, television and film actors strike earlier this year. hollywood has practically been at a standstill and it is doing many major productions, so this will be good news for all the industries that are supported by the film industry. thank you so much for that update. a lot more on our website, so do check that out as well. andrew forrest made his billions by founding fortis q. his billions by founding fortis o, which is one of the biggest minin