look at what it is like to take over a long running family business. time now to get down to business. we begin with energy. it will be clean and safe and power 1.8 million homes in the north of england and the midlands. that is the plan presented by the uk government and the netherlands who have announced the world s largest multiuse electricity powerline built under the north sea. the will connect the uk in the netherlands with offshore wind farms providing energy to britain aiming to reduce household bills. this announcement comes at the start of the second north sea summit which kicks off today in belgium, the founding countries are belgium, denmark and the netherlands will be joined by france, uk ireland norway and luxembourg and the largest ever coalition around energy in the northeast off let s talk to jess ralston head of energy at the energy and climate intelligence unit. first of all, uk government is saying it s the s largest of its kind, powerline is delivering c
giantjoint microsoft, meta and alphabet delivering a surprisingly strong report card. if the sales and profits surpassed wall street expectations, continuing a trend in big tech that is lifted buckets across the board. amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it is already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs and it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off. as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. is on s cloud computing business which did not grow as much is expected did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business amazon s. even retail, a core part of their business, exceeded expectations. the boom in online shopping during the pandemic has waned and people are going back into stores but amazon was still able to get customers to its website, as recent figures show consumer spending in america remains steady. but wh
have been felled guilty of advocating a violent revolution against the chinese state stopping there were sentenced to up to three years in detention. now on bbc news, elite cricketers can come from any level of society in india, thanks to that ubiquitous nature of the sport. this episode tells the stories of three star players. of course it s not easy as a poor villager to come to mumbai and being with the smart kids because you feel you don t know how to speak english. if because you feel you don t know how to speak english. how to speak english. if you can t afford. how to speak english. if you can t afford, you how to speak english. if you can t afford, you can t - how to speak english. if you can t afford, you can t play | can t afford, you can t play cricket you are an equal part on the playing field. that is a great social equaliser. doesn t give a poorer person any inferiority complex. a poorer person any inferiority comlex. w a poorer person any inferiority co
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a serving metropolitan police officer has been revealed as one of the britain s most prolific sex offenders after he admitted dozens of rapes and sexual offences over a period of almost 20 years. 48 year old pc david carrick was working as an armed officer in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. pc carrick has pleaded guilty to 49 offences against 12 women including 2a counts of rape. the met has apologised after it emerged he had come to the attention of police over nine alleged incidents. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. david carrick, the serial rapist and violent sexual predator who for 20 years wore a police uniform. in his private life he told his victims, you are my slave, as he controlled and abused them, subjecting them to appalling acts of degradation. this is devastating for the victims that had to go through the pain and suffering at the hands of a serving police officer. this i
Palestinian refugees . And can we trust the labour party to run the country . Thats all coming up between now and 6 pm. Watch the show. Always a delight to have your company. So the big question im asking today is this. Earlier this week, 50 mps and peers said that the uk should accept Palestinian Refugees to the country. Its called the gaza family scheme. They clearly didnt see the memo from denmark, which showed in 1992 a similar scheme ended up with 64 of those admitted to the country with criminal records and 65 taking benefits. Should we really be doing the same thing . And in the last houn same thing . And in the last hour, an incredible story has broken in my opinion. And that is this. Thanks to the palestinian football association. Yes, theyve actually got one putting pressure on fifa, just like the eurovision song contest. Now theres an emergency meeting to think about kicking israel out of World Football. What on earth of World Football. What on earth is going on low to discu