business report with sally. another brazilian president on trial for corruption we tell you what s at stake as michel temer faces removal after less than a year in the job. apple unveils its homepod so will this revolutionise your experience in the home or is this a poor attempt to catch up with its rivals? welcome to world business report. i m sally bundock. in a minute we ll cross over to our asia business hub to hear about toshiba s efforts to sell it s microchip business. but first it doesn t seem like all that long ago we were talking about brazil s meteoric rise to economic stardom as one of the so called brics. but all that has come crashing down thanks to a string of corruption allegations involving top politicians and companies. and it could all come to a head again later today as brazil s top electoral court resumes it s trial against the country s former president dilma roussef and her successor michel temer. this is how the economy has fared over the las
and forget wi fi, forget bluetooth how about sending data with sound? we ll get the inside track on how the technology could revolutionise the way we share information. we ll speak to the man behind it. and staying with tech, apple has launched its new smart speaker, it s called the homepod but it s more expensive than rivals from google and amazon. so is it on your shopping list? just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. get in touch with your views on the homepod or anything else. it doesn t seem like all that long ago we were talking about brazil s meteoric rise to economic stardom as one of the so called brics. but all that has come crashing down thanks to a string of corruption allegations involving top politicians and companies. and it could all come to a head again later today as brazil s top electoral court resumes the case against the country s former president dilma roussef and her successor michel temer. they re accused of illegally funding t
bbc news week. week. this week, swaying votes on facebook. and the stretchy and slimy world of soft robotics. it is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. it is but the nature of terror attacks in the west in the last few years, the increasing use of vehicles, knives and guns to carry out prolonged attacks have forced authorities to think differently about how to deal with a terrorist incident. and, of course, they are not confined to the west. in some parts of the world these atrocities are more common and often have more casualties. it is difficult to predict when and where a terrorist attack will occur but while the authorities cannot predict, they can prepare for the worst. this is a large scale counterterrorism training exercise. it was a combined effort, including london s metropolitan police, fire, ambulance and river services. however, training on this scale is expensive and requires large numbers of personnel and huge amount of planning, so it
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to drop an investigation into links between his election campaign team and russia. now on bbc news, it s time for click. this week, preparing for the worst in vr. a bunch of new apples. and the bouncy, strokey, stretchy, bendy, slimy world of soft robotics. it is hard to believe that the world is safer than it used to be. it is, but the nature of the terror attacks in the west in the last few years the increasing use of vehicles, knives and guns to carry out prolonged attacks, have forced the authorities to think differently about how to deal with a terrorist incident. and of course, they re not confined to the west. in some parts of the world, these atrocities are more common and often have more casualties. it s difficult to predict when and where a terrorist attack will occur. but while the authorities can t predict, they can prepare for the worst. this is a large scale counterterrorism training exercise. it was a combined effort, including london s metropolitan police, f