hello there. we start with the row over taxing big tech. britain along with france, austria, italy and spain have agreed to roll back their multibillion dollar digital services tax on the likes of facebook and amazon. it s part of a transition to a global minimum tax on all big companies due to come in from 2023. in return, the us is removing the threat of punishing tariffs that could have seen 25% import taxes slapped on european goods, from anything from clothing to shoes to cosmetics. from new york, michelle fleury has more. it s spelt out easily enough, how do you the digital world, but it turned into an ugly fight. the good forget the sparring between emmanuel macron and donald trump over this very issue? europeans want attacks for silicon valley giants like amazon and facebook and argued it was a matter of fairness and equity. the americans for their part suspected the goal was to hurt its businesses and so threatened retaliatory measures. by agreeing to drop the th
import duties on electric vehicles. the likes of tesla. this will bring it down to 50% and allow ev makers to make 8000 cars per head, the value over $35,000. as pointed out, this is conditional on them investing roughly $500 million in india over three years, essentially to spruce up ev infrastructure and manufacturing in the country, so we will have to wait and see if the likes of elon musk announced investment for the country. announced investment for the count . v announced investment for the count . . , ., country. it s clear they want to remove country. it s clear they want to remove barriers - country. it s clear they want to remove barriers to - country. it s clear they want to remove barriers to entry| country. it s clear they want i to remove barriers to entry for these ev makers to come into india. what has been the local reaction from car makers? india. what has been the local reaction from car-makers? well, of course. reaction from car-makers? well, of cou
as the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg reports, mr putin also mentioned his late critic, alexei navalny, by name. for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened, happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a
for vladimir putin, six more years in the kremlin. russia s president is sounding more confident than ever. translation: whoever might want to intimidate us, - whoever might want to suppress us, ourwilland our conscience, they have never been able to do it, and never will. then, mr putin s first public comments on the death ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny. translation: you may be surprised, but a few days i before mr navalny died, some colleagues of mine told me there was an idea to exchange him for certain people in prison in the west. you can believe it or not. i said, i agree, even before he had finished talking. but what happened, happened. election results on russian tv, not a hold your breath moment. the winner, by a mile and a half, vladimir putin. what an incredible level of support and unity around the figure of putin, he says. and a powerful signal to the west. but in this race, vladimir putin was, from the start, unbeatable. there were other candi