Heros journey to help vets tell their story and transition to civilian life. Youre going out there every single night knowing youre facing eminent threat. Pete former cia contractor matt best, joined the army at 17 years old. Deployed five times to iraq and afghanistan after leaving the rangers he continued Service Working with the cia as contractor deployed around the world. Cofounder of article 15 clothing and black rifle coffee. He helps with Addiction Treatment and boot Camp Campaign organization for families. We are the greatest country in the world. Pete former Seal Team Six member, killed Osama Bin Laden rob oneill. He deployed over dozen times participating in 100 combat missions. Has two silver stars and four bronze stars with valor to name a few. His charity, grateful nation, assists special on vets transitioning to the next career. No matter what the situation i was in this past year, as truss straighting and tragic as it was, it will not take away how i feel about being a v
Facilities where uighurs are being held asjob training centers. But the internal documents illustrate the calculated and coercive nature of the Ongoing Campaign targeting muslims in xinjiang. Protests have erupted across iran after the government unexpectedly announced it was sharply increasing the price of petrol and rationing supplies. The countrys interior minister says Security Forces will act to restore calm if protesters damage public property. Now on bbc news, its time for click. This week the perils of the gig economy. Checking for allergens. And. Fake birds. Its kind of hard to remember a time when we didnt have taxi hailing apps. And when i say taxi hailing apps, even though there are many more players out there, it is uber that comes to mind first. At its conception a decade ago, uber was really disruptive. I mean, the idea that you could have a taxi to you within minutes, it would know exactly where you were, you could see where it was and you didnt even have to have any mo
At the weather with matt taylor. Hello there. Sunshine developing a bit more widely again across parts of scotland and northern ireland, particularly in the west through this afternoon. Lots of you, though, sitting under grey skies for the rest of the day, particularly grey through parts of northern england, wales, towards the far south west. Heres where we will see outbreaks of rain or drizzle continue. Some showers working eastwards across scotland, and like yesterday, fairly bright towards east anglia and the south east with just a few showers through the english channel, but a chilly day for all. Now, as we go through into tonight, clearer skies for scotland, northern ireland, edging a little bit further south, but were likely to see a widespread frost develop. Scotland and northern ireland, though, coldest of all, shown by the blue colours on our temperature chart here. But further south and east, frost free, the cloud stays in place, further rain or drizzle, and into tomorrow it
And, in half an hour the click team takes a closer look at the perils of the gig economy. Good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. The duke of york has been widely criticised in the media following an interview with the bbc in which he denied having a sexual encounter with a 17 Year Old Girl in 2001. Virginia roberts says she was groomed by Prince Andrews friend, Jeffrey Epstein a billionaire who was also a paedophile to have sex with the prince. Hes admitted that staying with epstein after the businessman was convicted was a mistake. Heres our royal correspondent, Nicholas Witchell. Your royal highness, weve come to buckingham palace. The interview has been heard, andrews answers have been noted, with incredulity in some quarters and, one suspects, with something close to despair within the royal household. The reaction to his words in most cases has been negative. The consensus, in pr terms, the interview was extremely ill advised. Andrews denial of impropriety with the then 17 year
Authority says it too has concerns about passenger safety and it will decide later this month whether to renew ubers licence. In the meantime, carl miller has met up with an uber driver who has concerns, too although this is about how uber controls his livelihood. Its monday morning and im catching a ride with hadi. Another one. Like so many parts of the digital world, the gig economy was supposed to be a liberation. You 0k . Apps like uber were supposed to transform how you worked, work when you want, where you want. But now, many fear that whether it was either in the platforms and how they work, or the data and how its collected, they dontjust represent a liberation, but also Something Else a potent new form of control as well. What i was told is that the closest driver gets thatjob but i dont believe that to be right, cos what happens is ive seen customers sitting in my car, trying to book a ride and its not bouncing to me its actually going to drivers who are far away, five, ten m