The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
Within the business community, there is a growing chorus of voices who are realizing that theyre operating on a very unfair playing field. President biden is also reportedly considering hiring an Antitrust Tsar to look into monopolies in tech. Other senior democrats have even called for Companies Like google and facebook to be split up. Big tech has had a bumper year, but Withjoe Biden as president , theyre likely to face more and more scrutiny. Should so much power and wealth be concentrated in the hands ofjust a few companies on the west coast of america . James clayton, bbc news. A reminder of our main story this evening the news that captain sir tom moore has died at the age of 100. Hed been treated for pneumonia and had tested positive for coronavirus. Sir tom raised tens of millions of pounds for Nhs Charities by walking in his garden before his 100th birthday. In a moment, well have the news where you are, but well leave you tonight with some memories of a remarkable man. When y
Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
Is why he is a great politician. That was a great non answer. Is why he is a great politician. That was a great nonanswer. We will be live at downing street and Buckingham Palace. Also on the programme, House Democrats havejust released their impeachment report. Republicans have already released one of their own, concluding the president did nothing wrong. What does that mean for the rest of the field that one of the candidates has dropped out of the president ial race for the democrats . Hello and welcome. Donald trump can point to very few successes when it comes to Foreign Policy. He calls himself the deal maker, but on china, north korea, afghanistan, he is yet to close any deals. With nato, there has been some success. The past three years, his european allies have committed an extra 100 billion towards defence spending. By 2024, 18 will have met the target of spending 2 of gdp on defence. Today, we were treated to the most unexpected role reversal. The president was now standing
The other main stories at 9. On diplomacy duty in london, but facing impeachment back at home. The Panel Investigating President Trump say evidence against him is overwhelming. London bridge attacker usman khan attended two Counter Terrorism programmes that hadnt been fully tested to see if they were effective, the bbc has discovered dozens of people are evacuated from a five story hotel in west london after a major fire broke out during the night. Manchester city are back to winning ways. They beat burnley 4 1 in the premier league last night to close the gap on leaders liverpool to eight points. Good morning and welcome from hertfordshire, where nato s 29 leaders are meeting today at this luxury hotel, in the countryside outside watford, well away from any protestors. This year, it s the 70th birthday of the alliance but there ve been more arguments than celebrations. President macron of france has described nato as in response to that, President Trump said yesterday that such remark