leaked documents show president emmanuel macron and a former eu competition commissioner held a series of private meetings with uber. at the time, the ride sharing app had been banned in france and sparked protests across europe from taxi drivers who felt their livelihoods were being threatened. as part of an investigation by the international consortium of investigativejournalists, the bbc has discovered how uber used political contacts to get what it wanted. richard bilton reports. when hoover first arrived when hooverfirst arrived in france, it started a taxi well. but while many cabdrivers were on the streets, the leak shows uber had a friend in government. documents show despite uber offering an legal service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic service, emmanuel macron then nestorfor economic and service, emmanuel macron then nestor for economic and digital affairs, agreed to help them change the law. the leak shows uber offe
The israeli army has said it has operational control of their rafah crossing here, this is a fellow because mortars were fired from this area killing four other soldiers. We have not verified this ourselves but we have verified several videos circulating on social media of israeli armoured vehicles including this one, which appeared online this morning. It shows a tank ramming into two palestinian flags at the crossing on the gaza side. There is a long shadow stretching on the ground from west to east suggesting it was early in the morning. We have located it to hear by looking at pictures of Satellite Images of the crossing. Overnight, there was continuous israeli bombardment on the border city. We verified this video which was sent to the bbc by someone in khan younis looking towards rafah. You can see some of the players in the sky. Israel claims 20 hamas fighters have been killed but there are also reports of civilian casualties. Israel says it has warned people of it strikes. One
Losses in the season breached the threshold of £61 million. Season breached the threshold of 61 million pounds, and that decision has been upheld. It means forest remain 17th and three points clear of the Relegation Zone with two games of the season remaining. Our Sports Correspondent Katie Gornall has been following the story. tx sor they were found to have over spent their limit by 44. 5 million. Because Nottingham Forest spent two years in the championship, their limit was reduced accordingly. They could have been handed a six Point Penalty at the time, but the Premier League to give them a less severe punishment because they took into account the early plea and cooperation. Still, forest were not happy and said the spending restrictions undermined the integrity of the league. Today, we found out the penalty stands. Everton have also been subject to points deductions and will probably feel hard done by because these are so controversial and set to be replaced in the 25 26 season. W
They killed us, they literally allowing just 10 of the 11,000 attendees that were killed us. We are shaken from this country. Enough is enough. England stage a stunning comeback originally anticipated. To snatch victory in the first test. Chris woakes and jos buttler were the stars as they defied to odds to beat pakistan at old trafford. And will it be plain sailing for Sir Ben Ainslie as he aims to bring the americas cup to britain . Well hearfrom him. Another largely fine day thanks to higher pressure. Hot and humid in the south. That heatwave with very warm tropical nights as well. Next week it will stay warm and humid with a risk of thunderstorms. See you later. A very good morning. Its sunday august 9. Our top story borisjohnson says getting all pupils in england back to school in september is now a National Priority. The Prime Minister also insists that schools will take priority over pubs, shops and restaurants in any future coronavirus lockdowns. Heres our Political Corresponde