giant looks to america, but can it take on its us rivals? hello and welcome to bbc news. a new man has been put in charge of investigating alleged russian interference in last year s us election, as well as alleged collusion between mr trump s campaign and moscow. he s former fbi chief robert mueller. it follows a week in which the president fired james comey and sparked an uproar. mr trump continues to strongly deny any suggestion that russia played a role in his victory. from washington here s laura bicker with the latest. do you swear that the testimony you are about to give. this is the man now in charge of investigating whether donald trump s election victory was aided by the russians. robert mueller, director under president bush and obama. he will ease demands for an independent requiring. even republicans seemed to breathe a bit easier. it is a positive development and evidence they are taking this seriously. he isa man they are taking this seriously. he is a man who
one of the most senior figures in the vatican, cardinal george pell, has been charged with multiple counts of historical sexual offences. cardinal pell is the highest ranking member of the catholic church in australia, and is based at the vatican, where he holds the office of treasurer. he is considered to rank third in the hierarchy of the global church. catholic officials in australia say he strenuously denies all allegations of abuse, and will return home from rome to clear his name. it is important to note that none of the allegations that have been made against cardinal pell have obviously been tested in any court yet. cardinal pell, like any other defendants, has a right to due process , defendants, has a right to due process, and so therefore it is important that the process is allowed to run its natural course. preserving the integrity of that process is essential to all of us, and so for victoria police it is important that it is allowed to go through unhindered and
vulnerable girls and young women for sex in newcastle. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. a deadline looms for toshiba to report its annual results. it has until today to get an to sign it off. silicon valley setting an example when it comes to paid maternity leave in america but will the rest of the country good morning, asia, hello, world. it s thursday and glad you could join us for this edition of asia business report, i m rico hizon and we begin with japan s troubled electronics giant toshiba and today is the deadline for the company to report its audited results for the past fiscal year. toshiba has missed the deadline several times and some investors are now questioning its very survival. for the latest let s go over to mariko oi, our business editor, a lot of confusion about these toshiba results, they can t seem to reconcile where they are at. indeed. the delay has been caused because of the disagreement between the auditor and toshiba,
to public health. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. more troubles for the founder and formal boss of uber. a lawsuit for fraud. and how much is too much? we break down what expecting parents should be expecting for their newborns. good morning, asia. hello, world. welcome to another edition of asia business report. it s a friday. thank you forjoining us. i m rico hizon. we start off with uber. the former chief executive has had a tough few months. he was forced out of hisjob in tough few months. he was forced out of his job in june tough few months. he was forced out of hisjob injune after a series of embarrassments for the company. now he is being sued by a venture capitalfirm forfraud. he is being sued by a venture capital firm for fraud. earlier, he is being sued by a venture capitalfirm forfraud. earlier, i spoke to a north american reporter, dave lee, who was at the headquarters in san francisco. basically, one of the biggest investors in
fa ct double 20 years ago, despite the fact wayde van niekerk is not through as one of the fastest qualifiers in a semi final which was won by ramil guliyev. the south african was leading down the home straight but had to settle for silver in the end as ramil guliyev beat him for the second time in as many days to claim turkey s first gold medal of the championships. and there was more of a shop in the 400 metres hurdles as the czech republic haynova was expecting to win, but it was kori carter to claim the first medal of her career. in the triple jump, christian taylor did not get the world record he wanted, although he did retain his world title with i7 he did retain his world title with 17 metres and 68 centimetres. elsewhere, caster semenya through to the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 the semi final in the 1500 metres, 1800 metres, over her short distance which is herfavourite, and she hasn t lost an 800 metres race since the world championship semifinals in be