And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
Question though they really werent we were incredibly disappointing if today they said at eight oclock, its a new t shirt. It today they said at eight oclock, its a new tshirt. Today they said at eight oclock, its a new tshirt. It was expected. The only question its a new tshirt. It was expected. The only question was its a new tshirt. It was expected. The only question was where its a new tshirt. It was expected. The only question was where they. The only question was where they were playing and for how long. There was chat about them doing ten wembley dates, more than the eight taylor swift did. Of course those things have to be booked a very long time in advance. Its ending up they are doing four wembley dates, four in manchester, a couple in cardiff, edinburgh, a couple, and also a couple in dublin. And then thats it, they are not going to europe. So i imagine there will be a lot of people that want to go. I imagine there will be a lot of people that want to go. There will be a lot
Of new medicines. Lets get more on the news 0asis fans have been waiting for. The Gallagher Brothers are getting back together. Liam and Noel Gallagher had teased an announcement through posts on social media, before revealing tour dates for 2025. Lets speak to Stephen Murphy whos on a road in london that some of you might recognise. That is right, there has been so much speculation over the past 48 hours that may be oasis might get back together, now we know it is definitely happening. They are starting their tour injuly of next year, they will start in cardiff and then go on to london, manchester, then go on to london, manchester, then to edinburgh and dublin. I am here in quite an iconic location that quite a lot of oasis fans might recognise. It has been a long wait for fans to see oysers perform live at one of the most recognisable albums is whats the story morning glory. It spent ten weeks at number one and as you see here on the wall, right at the heart of central london, you ca
Lets start in the us where the facebook founder and Chief Executive of meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has criticised the Biden Administration for what he described as censorship during the covid 19 pandemic. In a letter written to a congressional committee, zuckerberg said that meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, was pressured into censoring content about covid, including humour and satire. He said he regretted not speaking about the pressure earlier and that he would not make the same decisions to comply if it happened again. Ritika gupta is in ny for us. Whys Mark Zuckerberg speaking out about this . There speaking out about this . Is a growing debate abou far there is a growing debate about how far a social Media Companies should go in being able to police comments, images and content by their users. Some platforms believe they should be more hats are hands off, were some governments say having an overly laissez faire attitude could lead to crime. Mark zuckerberg has come out and