Now on bbc news live to singapore for Asia Business report. Zuckerberg grilled on the hill. Us lawmakers challenge facebooks boss over his crypto currency plans. The rise of the robots. What they be helpful mechanical friends or just steal ourjobs . It isa it is a thursday. Good morning asia and have a world. Glad you could join us for this exciting addition of Asia Business report. I am rico hizon, lets start with critter currency because Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg has tried to reassure sceptical us lawmakers over the safety of their proposed Digital Currency libra. At a testimony in congress, us lawmakers attacked plans for the pay system warning it could be abused by criminals and terrorists. He told the hearing he understood the reservations about libra but was determined to persevere. The idea behind libra is that sending money should be as easy as sending a message for some it will be a global Payment System fully backed by a reserve of cash and highly liquid assets. And i believe
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
And Jeremy Corbyn is described as no meeting of minds. Also on the programme. British police have discovered the bodies of 39 people in a lorry container that arrived in the uk from europe. The 25 year old driver has been arrested. And the shining example from denmark of what to do, if you are precariously positioned on the cliff edge. Hello, and welcome. Im Michelle Fleury in washington, and Christian Fraser is in london. The democrats impeachment inquiry took a significant leap forward on tuesday following testimony from the top us diplomat to ukraine. Damning and devastating just some of the words being used to describe William Taylors account of the trump administrations efforts to pressure ukraine to investigate the president s political rivals. Behind closed doors, ambassador taylor, who remember is still a serving diplomat, gave nine hours of testimony. His Opening Statement stretched to 15 pages. The ambassador said. Referrring to an anticipated meeting between the ukranian pre
Quantum supremacy. I cant explain what that means, but David Shipman definitely can. Here in the uk, a major Police Investigation is under way after 39 people were found dead in a refrigerated lorry. It was found on the side of a road in an Industrial Park in the county of essex. That is not far from that is not farfrom london. These pictures show the lorry being driven away under police escort. The victims bodies were still inside. Its been taken to a secure facility for a forensic investigation. Heres the police. Early indications suggest that one of these people was a teenager. The rest are believed to be adults. A Murder Investigation was launched and the lorry driver, a 25 year old man from Northern Ireland, was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in police custody. At this stage, we have not identified where the victims are from or their identities, and we anticipate this could be a lengthy process. The lorry driver has been named as this man, mo robinson. Hes from from C
All sanctions imposed on turkey over its offensive in kurdish held areas in Northern Syria will be lifted. We are going to go and see if we can get inside. Republican lawmakers in the us have disrupted the democrat led trump impeachment inquiry, as a Senior Pentagon specialist was about to testify behind closed doors. A good night for english teams in the Champions League as chelsea and liverpool both win away. And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with laura hughes from the Financial Times and broadcaster eve pollard. Good evening. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex in an incident described by police as an absolute tragedy. The container is thought to have crossed the English Channel from zeebrugge in belgium. A 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say that identifying the victims is the first priority, but they say its likely to be a lengthy process. Ed thomas reports. Just before 1.