The very latest. A lot of action there as anticipated. And a Health Care Proposal from republican senator ted cruz is gaining apparently some traction on capitol hill well have details on his amendment, proposed amendment and reaction from the ceo of mt. Sinai hospital lets get to our jon fortt, shall we, beginning with some big job cuts over at microsoft jon is in san francisco. Jon . Reporter yeah, kelly, microsoft set to cut thousands of jobs as it focuses its efforts on the cloud, reorganizes its sales operation around that. Its going to be less than 10 of its overall sales force of just under 50,000 people, but cant get a lot more specific than that. Also, some corporate functions connected to sales now, most of these jobs are going to be overseas more than 75 of them. This reorganization, think of it in terms of a different way to approach selling cloud to the enterprise, to finance, to health care. Lots of different specific Industries Microsoft trying to have subject Matter Exp
As the government attempts to boost the number of home grown doctors in the nhs. Ten yea rs ten years since the Global Economic system ten years since the Global Economic syste m we nt ten years since the Global Economic system went into meltdown. We will have a look at the repercussions. Police in scotland have warned tourists not to visit the isle of skye without a reservation, after an influx of visitors left its services at Breaking Point. Athletics chiefs have been criticised for denying a medal favourite entry to the london stadium amid concerns over an outbreak of norovirus. Good morning. Its wednesday 9th august. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. North korea has said it is considering carrying out Missile Strikes on the us Pacific Territory Of Guam. The report in state media, quoting an earlier military statement, came hours after President Donald Trump threatened north korea with Fire And Fury. Guam is a small island in the Pacific Ocean where us strategic bombers are based. North
Against so called Islamic State in iraqs second city, mosul. Theyve taken the citys airport, a key Staging Point in the battle to drive militants from the western half of the city. Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville was there as Iraqi Government troops fought their way in. Before the attack came the rockets and artillery. Its day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. Slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, torched en route. These armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. The attack for the airport is under way. All night long, weve heard Coalition Aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. The onslaught had cleared this village of is fighters and civilians. Its eerily quiet as the men proceed on foot. A local man tells the Special Forces there were up to 100 is here yesterday. Theyve hidden bombs all over. So the men took to higher ground. And we followed at a safe distance. As the day went on, there was no l
Now, counter protesters dispute saying the march for donald trump, those members were trying to entice them into a fight. Coming up at 6 00, well learn more about the unique Fundraising Efforts to pay for one of those demonstrators legal fees. It is our own government listening to your every move. Planned parenthood so according to wikileaks. Claiming the cia can break into our computers, our smartphones, even our tvs. Scott is here. It is a chilling thought. It is chilling. Heres what wikileaks claimed today. A, the cia can listen in to our smartphones, apple and android. And b, they can listen to our internet enabled smart tvs and see. And they can bypass encryption in apps like whats will a. M. , which begs the question. Is anything private anymore . Our phones, our tvs, the technology we sxus trust every day, laid bare. According the wikileaks, the cia and its center for Cyber Intelligence can tap into your devices. No matter how well you think youre protecting they will of. Nothin