Crimes of his former friend and convicted paedophileJeffrey Epstein. Three years after the measles virus is virtually wiped out, world Health Chiefs say it is back. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has insisted no deal brexit preparations are on track despite a leaked report warning of food and medicine shortages in the event of a no deal brexit. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has accused the government of driving the country towards a cliff edge and called for a general election so voters can decide the countries future. Exactly how bad will a no deal brexit be . Clutching their folders tight, ministers in charge of no deal brexit planning brushed off questions about possible food, fuel and medicine shortages, travel disruption, and protests. Are there going to be Food Shortages . No, not at all. Its entirely manageable. The details of secret whitehall documents
The Financial Markets in europe have opened and are looking positive for now. And would you let a Computer Pick your outfit . Well be hearing from the online personal Shopping Service whose stylists get a helping hand from technology. Today we want to know are you concerned about the impact sugary drinks are having on your health . New Research Shows it increase the chances of getting cancer, so to what extent do you choose what you eat based on health . And should beat drinks industry take more responsibility . Get in touch should the drinks industry take more responsibility . Hello and welcome to business live. We start in france where a pioneering tax on tech firms is expected to be approved by the senate today, after clearing the lower house last week. It comes amid public anger across the continent at tax avoidance by the likes of google, amazon and facebook, who locate their eu headquarters in low tax countries and pay virtually nothing elsewhere. But it has already threatened to
Hello again. Youre watching bbc news. As weve been hearing in the past half hour, the number of candidates vying to be the next Prime Minister has been reduced to three. Sajid javid was eliminated from the tory leadership race as borisjohnson again topped the ballot of conservative mps. This is the moment the result was announced. On behalf of that 1922 committee, Charles Walker and i can now declare the results of the fourth ballot. The total of number of votes cast in todays ballad were 319. The total number of spoilt ballot papers was two. Laughter. We have spoiled a perfect record. The total votes to each candidate in alphabetical order were as follows. Michael gove, 61. Jeremy hunt, 59. Sajid javid, 34. Borisjohnson, 157. The following candidates are now eligible to continue on to the next ballot, which will take place this afternoon at 3 30pm in Committee Room 1a. Michael gove, jeremy hunt and Boris Johnson. Thank you very much indeed. That was the result of the latest round anno
of the investigative journalists behind the story. ben, out of interest, as we re talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? look, for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think there s there s a couple of reasons. first of all, collaboration. i never would have met some of the people i ve worked with had it not been for twitter. second, it s a world of sources at our fingertips, so that we re able to contact those that we really wouldn t be able to actually reach. and third, it s a way for us to actually speak to people on the ground and it s one of those crucial platforms for that, which, as we ve seen with this investigation, we wouldn t have had access to many of those people had it not been for some platforms like twitter. 0k, and we will come back to more of that, i m sure, later. but let s go for the big story this week. elon musk announced himself as chief twit last week when
the management of the platform. the letter follows the billionaire s sacking of half the staff, including the entire human rights team. those are our top stories this hour. now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello. today, we re asking whether it matters that the world s richest man now owns twitter. elon musk is the latest american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? and we ll also hear from journalists with the bbc s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. ben, out of interest, as we re talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? look, for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think there s there s a couple of reason