Resign as party leader. Vicki youngs report contains some flash photography. Forced to choose between his job and his controversial new girlfriend. Today, henry bolton announced his romance withjo marney was off and he wasnt going anywhere. I am absolutely not standing down. The reason is because its crucially important that ukip has a loud voice in the discussions leading up to exiting the european union. And indeed in shaping the nation. Mr bolton was ukips fourth leader in a year. He was supposed to get the party onto the front foot and the front pages, but not like this. Hes been forced to act after reports of racist Text Messages from miss marney, in which she called black people ugly and said prince harrys fiance Meghan Markle would taint the royal family. Shes apologised for the remarks, which she claims have been taken out of context. And today tweeted that we all make mistakes, its how you deal with them and conduct yourself in the future that matters. Henry boltons come out f
Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. Amazon and apple get slapped with hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes by the European Commission. And our tech reporter gets his hands on googles latest smart phone and finds out if it has what it takes to compete with the iphone. Good morning, asia, hello, world. Welcome to Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. The European Union has launched a fresh crackdown over taxes paid by Technology Giants amazon and apple. Amazon has been ordered to repay more than 290 million in back taxes after european regulators that it was given an unfair tax deal regulators that it was given an unfairtax deal in regulators that it was given an unfair tax deal in luxembourg. The European Commission also plans to ta ke European Commission also plans to take island to court over its failure to collect billions of dollars of back taxes from apple. Ireland. Lets find out more on this. The European Commission is really busy but what do
Up more to come. There is more coming up from me after we catch up with all the business use. Live to rico hizon and Asia Business report. A huge cyber attack which started in the ukraine is heading around the world. Indonesia survived Asian Financial turmoil 20 years ago, but is it in danger of repeating its past . Good morning asia. Hello world. It is a wednesday. Glad you could join us for Asia Business report. Im rico hizon. We start the programme with another global cyber attack, which we discussed newsday. Computer systems in ukraine, russia, the netherlands, france, and the uk and denmark have all been affected. When a computer is hit, users are told their files have been encrypted, and they will have two pay to get them back. Here is more from our North American reporter, dave lee. We just from our North American reporter, dave lee. Wejust had from our North American reporter, dave lee. We just had the wannacry attack. And many lessons were there to be learnt. Many of you not h
Indonesia changes its tune on mining exports, relaxing two year ban. And how the art world has lost its lustre, as buyers from china shy away. Good morning asia, hello world. It is a friday, almost a weekend. Glad you could join us for this edition of Asia Business report. I am this edition of Asia Business report. Iam rico this edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. This edition of Asia Business report. Iam rico hizon. We this edition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon. We start off with indonesia where the government has done an about face on its ban on raw mineral exports. Indonesia will now allow exports of more unprocessed minerals, a big change from two years ago when the government banned most exports to force Mining Companies to process minerals within the country. The president , joko widodo, explained his decision. Translation we need to make sure that our Natural Resources benefit our own people. Thats the founding principle, and oui thats the founding princ
Pope urges action to tack emclimate change. Tackle breaking new. Lebanese army has received the body of a soldier killed by news Road Accident front rebels in a long awaited Prisoner Exchange deal. More soldiers are expected to be handed over on the lebanese syria border. A number of soldiers will be freed by the rebels in exchange for the release of prisoners held by the government. Burkina faso has a new president after a year of turmoil. Roch mark kabore won more than 5 pa of the vote. Sundays president ial elections were the first since an uprising in october last year that led to Blaise Comparore resigning after 27 years in office. Al jazeera moham ed ado has more. Reporter celebrations in the results of the elections. Former Prime Minister mac mac was proclaimed the winner. He will be the first civilian leaders in almost five decades. In his victory speech he promised to follow through on his campaign promises. Translation we owe to those who sacrificed their lives for their coun