another day of strikes more than 1,000 ambulance staff in wales walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. meanwhile in england, nurses continue their strike action for a second day in a row. new zealand s prime minister jacinda ardern makes a surprise announcement saying she ll stand down in less than three weeks time. a day of national strikes begins in france over plans to increase the retirement age from 62 to 64. king charles asks for millions of pounds in profits from the crown estate to be used for the wider public good rather than for the royal family. the government has released details of projects which will benefit from its levelling up fund, which is intended to spread economic growth more widely across the uk. in all, £2.1 billion will be spent on regeneration projects. they span more than a hundred areas across the country. some of the biggest winners include a new eden project at morecambe bay which gets £50 million. there s 50 million pounds for
train operating companies make their best and final offer to the rmt union in a bid to break the deadlocked dispute over pay, jobs and working conditions. another ambulance strike this time, in wales as nurses in england also stage more industrial action. and it s 4am in melbourne and andy murray is still playing tennis there. he s into a fit set beside her at the australian open. fifth set decider. hello. the actor alec baldwin will be prosecuted over the 2021 rust movie shooting, which resulted in the death of cinematographer halyna hutchins. baldwin and the film s armourer hannah gutierrez reed will be charged with involuntary manslaughter. in a statement, district attorney mary carmack altwies said. his attorney because it a terrible miscarriage ofjustice and says he and his team will fight the charges. our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, gave us more details about the charges, which were released in a statement by the new mexico district attorney s off
Chinese government which it is why it has so many facilities on the chinese mainland and what we know about what it is being investigated for . There were few details in the article, but we know its something to do with taxes, land use and potentially breaking laws and regulations. Any indication of why this is happening now . Any indication of why this is happening now . There is no details on happening now . There is no details on what happening now . There is no details on what prompted i happening now . There is no | details on what prompted the investigation but its a sensitive time for taiwan. We are two and a half months away from a president ial election and taiwan is a self governing territory but china claims as its own. The other interesting thing is that foxconn s Billionaire Founder is running in the president ial election and that might be a coincidence its happening at the same time. It is largely seen as being pro china and pro business, something he has pushed back on
Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im arunoday mukharji. Electronics giant foxconn is under investigation in china. Authorities are carrying out on Site Investigations in multiple locations the Company Operates in, according to Chinese State media. Business reporter Suranjana Tewari is here with the details. Give us a sense of what we know moment. Chinese state at the moment. Chinese state media say that foxconn is under investigation within china at some of its subsidiaries. Its some of its subsidiaries. Its not clear some of its subsidiaries. Its not clear as some of its subsidiaries. Its not clear as the some of its subsidiaries. It s not clear as the global times did not specify what it is under investigation for but it did allude to something related to taxes, to land use and the breaking of some sort of law and regulation. Foxconn is an Electronics Giant and makes apple iphones for the global market. It is a Taiwanese Company but has had good relations with the Chinese Go