president trump s temporary ban on refugees and travellers from six mainly muslim countries has now come into effect. the us supreme court has allowed parts of it after a 5 month battle in the courts. the trump administration says the ban is necessary to stop terrorists from entering the country. many have argued that it s unconstitutional as it singles out muslims. these were the scenes at airports across the country when the original travel ban was imposed without warning in january. it was called unconstitutional, a ban on muslims. and, despite months of legal challenges, president trump once again has his travel ban at least parts of it in place after a victory at the supreme court. this has been one of the president s top issues. he has talked consistently about how he believes the united states needs to do more to enhance our screening procedures, and to take a better look at people who will be coming into the united states, because the safety and security of americ
as cabin crew prepare to strike, just weeks after an it crash that stranded thousands. are cost cuts taking their toll on the airline s image? plus, from the sick man of asia to one of the region s fastest growing economies. we report from the philippines, 20 years on from the asian financial crisis. welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. we start with more problems for british airways. thousands of passengers are learning that their flights have been cancelled because of an unprecedented 16 day strike by some cabin crew, which begins tomorrow, july 1st. on thursday, ba said most flights will operate as normal but it has cancelled a number of long haul departures to and from heathrow. short haul and flights from other uk airports are unaffected. so what s it all about? the unite union says cabin crew who have taken industrial action over pay in the past have been blacklisted losing benefits like staff travel, concessions and bonuses. ba estimates around 8% of i
territory. we will have a look at the markets later. and piggy backing a mobile network. we ll be looking at the growing trend of virtual network operators and ask who s winning the consumer or the company? and as facebook earnings surge 71% and its number of friends swell to over 2 billion, today we want to know are you a facebook friend or foe and why? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. i have just sent to a friend request, i hope it will be accept it! hello and welcome to business live. we start in silicon valley where it seems there is no stopping the world s biggest social network. facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as advertising revenues keep on rising let s show you just how big. in the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of $3.89 billion. that s a jump of 71% on the same period last year and better than wall street was expecting. injune, the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. that means m
track on the mining industry. the founder and chairman of one of the world s largest mining companies vedanta resources willjoin us. we ll get his thoughts on the trump presidency, and likely drivers for commodity prices this year. and we also want to know your thoughts are you optimistic or pessimistic about the new leader of the free world s economic plans? will it be a trumpjump or a bump? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. or 0rdump! or dump! welcome to the programme. lots going on, we ve got that friday feeling. later today donald trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the united states. let s be frank. the billionaire businessman has gone from long shot candidate to the leader of world s biggest economy in just a year and a half. his supporters will now be hoping that he can shake up the us economy in the same way the he shook up the presidential race. let s ta ke let s take a look at some of the details that we know. he has promised to create 25 million jo
and world business report. va va voom the press are at the geneva motor show taking in the latest models but despite record sales profitability remains low in europe we find out why. and economic gloom for brazil as its set to reveal another year of recession. politicians promise it will end but it s already led to misery for millions of brazilians. welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. also in the programme shop shut we tell you why one of south korea s leading retailers is forced to close several stores. details in a moment. but first, european carmakers are gathered in geneva for the annual motor show and they are celebrating record breaking sales figures. more than 15 million cars were sold in europe last year that s the best result since the financial crisis. but a sneaky peak under the bonnet of the continent s automakers reveals a different story. yesterday, general motors sold its european businesses to the psa group that s the company which o