joined by nathan holman, one of the architects of the paris accord and the obama administration, you watched that, what did you make of it? trump made a case about fairness and in that sense i thought it was relative to the facts of what the paris agreement actually is. i thought it was borderline delusional and apocalyptic. those are strong words, back them up. he sketched a vision of what the paris accord is asa kind vision of what the paris accord is as a kind of international imposition of the united states put it was negotiated as something the united states could argue we wanted to do on our own terms. the president fundamentally does not agree with those negotiation terms? one thing interesting about his vision and he is conflating two important things about paris, one of the structure of the international agreement and wonders will we propose to country. for him they are one and the same and he is certainly not happy with the targets put forth, those targets are negot
and from cows to coding. we meet the woman with a remarkable career that began on a farm in rural illinois and has taken her all the way to the shining lights of silicon valley. and with polls now open in the uk general election, we promise a politics free programme. so let us know what you make of the stories we re covering today. get in touch in the usual way. use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. when we say politics free, we do refer to the uk election and not the politicking going on at the moment in the middle east. we start in the gulf state of qatar, where concerns are growing about the economic fallout after neighbouring arab states cut off diplomatic and trade ties over its alleged support of terrorist groups, something doha denies. late wednesday, top credit rating agency standard and poors cut qatar s credit rating, with a warning it could be cut further still. its stock market is down almost 10% in the last three days, and its currency
gives them a chance to express themselves and to really show not about what they can t do, but about what they can do. google sacks an employee for saying there were fewer women at the company due to biological differences. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the organisers of the athletics world championships in london are working with public health england to try to contain an outbreak of gastroenteritis, which has affected 30 athletes and support staff. botswa na s isaac makwala, who was one of the favourites for today s 400 metres final, was forced to withdraw from the 200 metres heat yesterday. our sports correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was supposed to be the start of his bid for world domination. ranked number one in the world for the 200 metres this year, he would aim being to double up in the 400 metre final tonight. but yesterday, botswa nan isaac makwala vomited before his 200 metre heat. a victim of the bug sweeping around the tower hotel. despite feeli
the sacking of alan pardew. and in half an hour i will be looking back at a momentous year in science, one that saw tim mcpeak returned to earth after a six month visit to space. that is review 2016, the year in the science. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. israel has condemned a vote by the un security council calling for an end tojewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. the us abstained rather than vetoing the resolution as it usually does. donald trump has tweeted things will be different when he takes over. here s our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. theseis these is really homes on land that the palestinians want for the promised future state. there are now some 600,000 israelis live the occupied west bank in eastjerusalem and numbers are growing. in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed its judgment on the jewish settlements. translation: 14 votes jewish settlements. translation: 1a votes in favour. describing them as a flagrant
tributes are paid to one of britain s most respected actors, sirjohn hurt, who has died at the age of 77. also in the next hour: serena williams beats sister venus at the australian open to secure a record 23rd grand slam title. and later, talking business asks what can be done to generate more jobs in some of the world s fastest growing economies. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us president donald trump is facing a growing backlash both at home and abroad over an executive order to halt immigration from seven muslim majority countries, including iran, iraq and libya. the entire refugee admissions programme has been halted forfour months, with refugees fleeing syria banned from entering the us indefinitely. the order, which mr trump says is designed to protect america from radical islamist terrorists , has caused confusion and panic among travellers with some people being turned back from us bound flights. even green card holders are not exempt. there have been pr