Because of what it feels are confusing messages. The taurus from the german government over on berlin. Welcome to the program. Global Tax Justice has a number, at least according to political leaders. That number being 15 percent. Thats what the o. E C D countries agreed on a week ago and now g 20 finance ministers in venice want to push ahead with the global tax and for the goal is more Tax Justice. And in addition to the minimum Tax Rate of 15 percent, it also includes ensuring that international corporations no longer just pay taxes at the headquarters, but also where they generate their sales, global Tax Reform. Its mainly about tech companies which often make money all around, but are able to pay taxes only where the rates are low. What would countries collect in additional taxes of only the 5 largest tech companies . Google, the parent company, alphabet amazon, apple. Facebook and microsoft were text even lee. Well, the Development Agent Organization actually has done the calcula
Perhaps a light shower for northern scotland. 50, perhaps a light shower for northern scotland. So, yes, this dry weather is going to continue as well. It does mean, of course, we get quite a range in temperature through the day. But the High Pressure keeping things dry is just slipping a little bit further north over the weekend, allowing more isobars into Southern Parts of the uk. What does that mean . It means a chilly winter. We are noticing that in the south west at the moment, we will continue to limit the temperature is here to m or 15. Limit the temperature is here to m or15. But limit the temperature is here to m or 15. But for limit the temperature is here to 1a or 15. But for many, it is light winds, high levels of pollen, fairly strong sunshine and we could see the highest temperature of the week so far across the manchester region, perhaps north east wales, 19 or 20 degrees today. Then we will peak and start to dip a little this weekend. Overnight, again, a patchy frost is
With highest temperatures in the south east, possibly the mid 20s. Late in the week, if we put the rain back on, you can see the ragged band of rain that will work across all parts of the country. And it opens the door to more unsettled weather by the end of the week. The jet strea m by the end of the week. The jet stream changes position, it gets stronger, directly west to east, picking up areas of rain, mainly for the north. Once again, theres not much rainfall south east. Not much rainfall south east. Not much rainfall south east. Not much rain for the south east. Hello. This is bbc news with rebecca jones. Well be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. First, the headlines leading pro brexit conservative mps insist they are not planning to oust theresa may, despite meeting to discuss alternatives to the Prime Ministers chequers proposals, including plans to avoid a hard border on the island of ireland. Russian president Vladimir Putin describes the two men accused o
temporarily blocked a lowe court ruling that would have restricted the availability of mifepristone, one of two drugs used to induce a medicatio abortion, which is the mos common method of abortion in the united states. that means at least for th time being, mifepristone wil remain legal, and will be made available, according to curren fda regulations, where abortio is still legal it could be sent and receive through the mail, prescribed t patients by medica professionals over telehealt consultations, and can be used up to the tenth week o pregnancy. this is the first time that th supreme court has weighed in o the issue of abortion since th conservative majority decide to overturn roe v. wade less than a year ago. as is typical when the supreme court makes a ruling on an emergency appeal, the majority did not provide an opinion t explain that ruling. not to be know exactly how eac justice voted, except fo justices samuel alito an clarence thomas, spoke of whom noted in the o
more than 100 cases have been reported across 11 countries outside africa, where it s most common. first identified in monkeys, the disease typically spreads through close contact. now on bbc news our world eurovision: ukraine s victory. music plays. this is kalush orchestra, winners of this year s eurovision song contest. but they are no ordinary band. they are from ukraine, a country in the midst of a bloody wall. war. in the lead up to the contest, all the band members faced a difficult decision. now, their winning song has become a powerful statement of defiance. and they hope their global starter will help ukraine s plate. p plate. iam i am viktoriia zhuhan, i woke is a journalist for bbc ukraine. they don t normally cover eurovision, especially when war is in my country, but kalush orchestra isn t atypical eurovision contestant. but after following the kalush orchestra for ten days, i ve learned that for them this is much more than a singing competition. it s a