Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
Surrounded by his family. Dikembe mutombo was 58 7 00 am in Lebanon War israeli troops are now conducting a limited Ground Operation. The Israeli Military says its Conducting Targeted Raids in Southern Lebanon. The idf says they are targeting villages close to the border that pose a immediate threats to communities in northern israel. Israeli officials say there will be quote, no longTerm Occupation of Southern Lebanon. The israeli army released this video that it says shows preparations for the Ground Operation. The u. S. Says, israel informed him of a number of operations, including the Ground Incursion and on monday night, a White House national Security Council Spokesperson told cnn that they support israels right to defend itself while warning that Mission Creep is a real risk. And cnns Paula Hancocks is live in Abu Dhabi. She joins us now. So paula, what is the latest on israels limited third Ground Operation into Southern Lebanon rosemary, we have a team along the border norther
According to hungarys prime minister viktor orban, suggest that hes not going to give any more money towards ukraine. Its really him potentially that decides kievs fake moving forwards. And so a very fraught Week Volodymyr Z zelensky in the u. S. Now he really needs to see us Assistance And Progress fast to bring results in by november. Yeah, huge stakes for zelenskyy and all of ukraine and in the u. S. Election, nick paton walsh, thank you very much. Brand new hour of cnn, new central starts right now all right new this morning, the close Selection Weve ever seen, at least for now, new polling from three key Battleground States shows just how tight the race is at least 100 people have been killed by israeli strikes in lebanon as the idf says, it is launching what it calls extensive for precise strikes against hezbollah. And after more than 100 jordan, 80 days in space and 3,000 orbits of earth. A us astronaut heading back home, it is not. Kate baldwin know she is out today. Im John Be
Using sabotaged pagers and Walkie Talkies a campaign widely believed to have been carried about by israels spy agency, mossad. 12 people were killed and nearly 3,000 injured On Tuesday. Yesterday, 25 people were killed and 600 people injured in a second wave of blasts. Hezbollah, which is backed by iran and is proscribed as a terrorist group, by the us and uk and western governments, has promised to retaliate. Fears of an all out warare mounting, israel announced yesterday that they have moved to a new phase in the war, the stakes could not be much higher. 0n todays programme, well hear exactly how the Hezbollah Leader responds. 0ur Teams in the Bbc Newsroom are monitoring that. 0ur Specialist correspondents will provide context and analysis. Frank gardner, our Security Correspondent, is with me. So is our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. Daniel de simone is our correspondent injerusalem. Bronwen maddox from Chatham House is with us. Shes just back from israels northern border.
Thanks for joining us. The news continues now here on cnn and the fed makes a Jumbo Rate Cuts what it means for you and the global economy are now just 47 days away from the us president ial election. You polling is giving us greater insight into which way voters or leaning in three critical battleground states, according to a set of postdebate Quinnipiac University polls democratic president ial nominee Kamala Harris is leading her republican rival, Donald Trump, among likely voters in Pennsylvania And Michigan her Onepoint Lead in wisconsin is within the margin of error on wednesday, both nominees sort to get their messages out. Harris was In Washington where she slammed trumps Immigration Proposals or trump criticized his democratic rival at a Campaign Rally in New York its time to stop the lives, stopped the hoaxes, stop the smears, stopped the lawfare, the fake lawsuits against me, add stopped claiming your opponents will turn america into a dictatorship. Give me a break. Because