A un report says the world will miss its chance to avert climate disaster unless there is an immediate reduction in fossil fuel emissions. And well look at a report from a uk Consumer Group warning that many black friday sales are not what they seem. Race and religion are dominating the uk Election Campaign today. Both major parties have been accused of institutional prejudice. For the conservatives, its a charge of islamaphobia. For labour, its anti semitism. To labour first. Heres an article in the times by britains most seniorjewish leader, the chief rabbi ephrime mirvis. He wrote. That sentiment was backed up by the chair of the jewish leadership council, an Umbrella Group representing secularjewish organisations in the uk. Anybody who knows the chief rabbi knows him to be a temperate and a thoughtful person. Hes regarded as a real shepherd to his flock. And the fact that he feels the levels of anxiety and is reflecting the anxiety of the community at this point in time, you need t
We start in washington where in the next few hours President Trump is due to meet chinas chief negotiator vice premier liu he to try and negotiate an end to the trade war that has rattled the global economy. Or at least, to stop it escalating any further. The us and china have threatened to hit yet more of each others goods with import taxes or tariffs starting next week. Without a deal by mid december almost all chinese goods imported into the us, well over half a trillion dollars worth a year will have been hit by punitive taxes. That would mean much higher prices for the thousands of consumer goods made in china even us brands like iphones in the run up to the key christmas period. It would also mean big taxes on the vast majority of us goods imported into china some 110 billion worth, to give you an idea of how this impacts businesses. Two years ago the average tax on chinese goods going into the us was 3 . By mid december it would be this, 24 foreign goods going into china are tax
Approved the bell in principle. They centre for us. And festivals and very sad news from the world of said we could not open the paralympics . Yes, this is a story Withdrawal Agreement and we did they which the bbc has covered right from said we could not get rid of the backstop and we did, and they said the start, the belgian wheelchair racer was the 100 metres champion in we could not get a new deal and we did. Questions about the questions 2012, silver medallist in rio in questions about fracking. As a 2016, so come on the surface, a watchdog raises concerns. I have the successful para athlete, 2016, so come on the surface, a successful pa ra athlete, but 2016, so come on the surface, a successful para athlete, but what many people did not see was the sport with jane to go. Some sad co nsta nt many people did not see was the constant excruciating pain suffered by Marieke Vervoort every single day. She said that she had actually signed euthanasia papers as far back as 2018 because sh
19 people are arrested as police say theyve broken the uks biggest ever drugs operation more that 50 tonnes of drugs are seized. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport jane dougall. It looks like the andy murray comeback will continue, he will play singles at the Australian Open in january, for the First Time Since major hip surgery at a grand slam earlier this year. Repeat mode at the moment, blustery winds, scattered showers not only for today but also in tomorrow, more details shortly. The Prime Minister calls Extinction Rebellion protestors unco operative crusties as he urges them to stop blocking londons Streets Police have arrested over 400 people so far. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. Borisjohnson has been accused of engaging in a stupid blame game after downing street said the eu had made a brexit deal essentially impossible. A source at ten downing street claimed Angela Merkel is reported to have told borisjohnson in a phone call this morning, that a br
Against major currencies. We start with facebook. The social media giant is facing more controversy than ever over privacy, Data Security and the spread of misinformation and harmful content. But that is not putting advertisers off. It continues to make vast amounts of money. Facebook made revenues of more than 17. 5 billion betweenjuly and september, up 28 on the same period last year. 6 billion dollars of that was profit. The company says more than 2. 8 billion people use at least one of its services, facebook, instagram, whatsapp, or messenger, every month. Well over 2 billion use one every day. But its costs are going up. It pledged to spend more than 3. 7 billion on safety and security in 2019. It already employs 30,000 people working in this area. Last quarter, facebook announced a 5 billion settlement with the federal trade commission over lapses in Data Security and privacy practices. And this week, instagram promised to remove images showing methods of self harm or suicide aft