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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Breakfast 20240702



scandal later today. between 1999 and 2015 hundreds of sub postmasters were wrongly prosecuted due to faulty software. it s the first time she ll publicly speak about her role in the scandal for nearly a decade. our business correspondent emma simpson has the details. it s 2012, and paula vennells is in herfirst year as the new boss of the post office. she s already spent half a decade with the business. and here she s on a visit to the shop floor. retail is detail. i don t know whoever it was that said that, but it is that. and you come to places like this and you find out the little things that make the operation much more efficient. back then, the post office was haemorrhaging money. the pressure is on to turn things around. but did she put profits before people? there s a sack full of questions waiting for her now. lee bought the bridlington branch in 2003. the losses soon began. here he is after the post office made him bankrupt with huge legal costs as they pursue ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Asia 20240702



mehta or earned headwinds in the us and eu that it said could significantly impact its business. still, with investors mostly focused on the health of the digital add market, mehta shares rose on the news. staying with my news coming out of the us, but the trial of sam bingaman freed still in the us where the trial of sam bankman fried will resume in new york on thursday, where mr bankman friend himself will take the stand. the ftx crypto exchange founder faces seven criminal counts, including fraud and money laundering charges, and has pleaded not guilty. our north american business correspondent erin delmore filed this report. we are at the halfway point in the trial. we ve heard from the prosecution and now it s the defence team s turned to make their case. i spoke to actor and crypto author ben mckenzie and asked him why mr bankman fried would want to testify on his own behalf. sam is a gambler, you know? sam has always had a high risk tolerance. so, if there were ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS BBC 20240702



among some of the girls. thejudge described him as cruel and sadistic, and she had an option to sentence him to a fixed term prison or a life sentence, and she chose the life sentence route. so, essentially, he will belong to the state for life. when calculating the minimum term, she said that if he had not pleaded guilty, and she had gone for a fixed term, she would have sentenced him to 27 years in prison, but taking into account the guilty plea and that he would have only served two thirds of a fixed prison sentence, she decided the minimum time he will spend in prison will be 12 years, so it will be 12 years before he is considered for parole. there are many, many offences for which he has been sentenced, but all the sentences will run concurrently. but to give you an idea, many of the other offences for which he was sentenced, he would have gone to jail for nine years and four months. so he has got an absolute stack of concurrent sentences, but ultimately, it is a ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS Asia 20240702



parental consent. here s a tennessee attorney general. kids are particularly vulnerable, and this is an unbelievably sophisticated company using every technique they could identify to make their they could identify to make their platform addictive. meta said it was their platform addictive. meta said it was disappointed - their platform addictive. irr said it was disappointed and that it was working to create a safer environment for teenagers using a taps, including 30 tools to support them and their families. a company spokesman said it was important to recognise that many teens find support and community on social media when they re struggling. this is an issue facing many social media companies, with legislators warning that today s action was just the start. today s action was ust the start. . . today s action was ust the start. , , ., , ., start. this is not singling out meta. social start. this is not singling out meta. social media - start. this is not sin ....

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Transcripts For BBCNEWS World 20240702



mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up 5%- mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up 596. that mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up 596. that was mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up 596. that was how - mean? revenue, the overall money it made was up 596. that was how much | mean? revenue, the overall money it i made was up 596. that was how much it made was up 5%. that was how much it was able to bring in. in terms of cost of the strike, which everyone was curious about how it would impact, so for the costs have racked up impact, so for the costs have racked up to $800 million and the company s chief financial officer said in a call that each week that passed without a new contract negotiated cost $200 million in lost production. given the size of its balance sheet, it is weathering it well. it acknowledged it would have to face higher labour costs going forward, but obviously ....

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