Its campaigning and try and swing voters into voting for them on december 12 as opposed to voting for the tories of the liberal democrats. This is not going away anytime soon. It is not going away anytime soon, and it was by this interview in the times yesterday on the part of a chief rabbi who had some extremely stark warnings for all dues countrywide. I absolutely unprecedented. The letter from the chief rabbi, why he didnt say, do not vote labour. His advice with your conscience and other Senior Leaders within thejewish community have backed up what he said. But obviously, the archbishop of canterbury has also express solidarity. Muslim leaders have also expressed solidarity as well but also pointed to reports of islamophobia and the investigation into that and the conservative party. As we said, the whole election is almost in the past 2a, 48 hours election is almost in the past 24, 48 hours degenerated into what about who is the most races as opposed to talking about other issues.
Federal prosecutors in the us are investigating six pharmaceutical companies for potential criminal charges in connection with shipping big quantities of opioid painkillers that contributed to a healthcare crisis, according to official documents. Its being reported that five of the companies have received subpoenas from the Us Attorneys Office in the Eastern District of new york as part of the investigation. Vivienne nunis has more from new york. According more from new york. To reports, federal prosecutors according to reports, federal prosecutors are trying to find out whether pharmaceutical companies here violated the controlled su bsta nces here violated the controlled substances act. This law requires the pharmaceutical industry to closely monitor commonly abused drugs and report suspicious audits. Drug manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies have all been widely criticised for fuelling the Opioid Crisis by turning a blind eye to suspiciously large orders. The epidemic has kill
Lets talk in more detail about one of the world s largest and oldest travel companies, thomas cook colla pses. After last minute talks aimed at saving the firm failed. Its triggered the uks biggest ever peacetime repatriation effort. Thomas cook started up back in 1841, offering day trips. Last year it had a turnover of more than 11 billion. In total, the Tour Operator has 600,000 customers on holiday at the moment between 150,000 and 160,000 are british. The firms chief executive, peter fankhauser, has apologised, saying the collapse is a matter of profound regret and a deeply sad day he says, for the company which pioneered Package Holidays and made travel possible for millions of people around the world. Thomas cook has 22,000 staff around the world 9,000 of whom are based here in the uk. Martin alcock is a director at travel trade consultancy. Good morning. Good morning, sally. We have heard from the Civil Aviation authority, talked about by the government did not step in. Where di
Wide ranging indications for the country. Wide ranging indications for the country. England cricketer ben stokes accuses the Sun Newspaper of shattering his privacy with what he calls an utterly disgusting report about a family tragedy. The trial begins of four people accused of murdering 17 Year Old Girl scoutjodie chesney in a park in east london. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport, will parry is here. The Champions League is back tonight. Liverpool are away and italy. Frank lampard is managing for the first time. Plenty more of this to come over the next few days. Dry weather, blue skies and sunshine was double the uk whether detail is coming up later in the programme we will be out into the programme we will be out into the atlantic. A couple of tropical storms currently on their own which could make the news over the next couple of days. Thanks, ben. Also coming up after a gruelling 5a hours sarah thomas becomes the first person to swim across the English Channel four time
Billion listing in hong kong, amid the political unrest in the territory. Also in the programme. A fall generally and asian shares, but markets rally. Helping the Beauty Industry go green. Well talk to the woman who says you can look good while doing good. A study estimates up to a0 million old, unused tech gadgets are piling up in uk homes. So, what do you do with your old phones, computers, etc . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Get your tweets coming in. I have drawers of old gadgets, but i do not know where any of the charges are, slight problem a major complaint by many workers across the world is that their salaries remain fairly stagnant, while their bosses continue to enjoy bumper pay rises. However, times may be changing. A new report by the High Pay Centre suggests the salaries of chief executives for the uks top 100 listed companies saw a significant drop last year. The report found that median pay for ftse 100 bosses fell by 1