For breach of contract after it streamed her film Black Widow at the same time as its cinema release. Hello and welcome. We start with amazon, which has been fined almost 900 Million for breaking the European Unions Data Protection laws. Its the biggest fine ever imposed under the Eus Privacy regulations. The online Retail Giant has been criticised in recent years for the information it gathers from its customers shopping histories. Amazon is almost certain to contest the ruling. Heres our Business Correspondent Samira Hussain in new york. It is certainly a much bigger amount that was predicted, and also it shows that luxembourg, which is where amazon is headquartered in the eu, is willing to really show its might and to enforce these rules. In the past, it has been a lot more favourable to these us multinationals that are coming and establishing itself there. Look, this is a big way for the eu to really send a message that you need to abide by these rules. What the eu is saying is tha
Pregnant women are being urged to get the Covid Jab as soon as possible, as the number of mothers in hospital with the virus rises. And a packed audience and no more social distancing at the royal Albert Hall for the First Night Of The Proms. And coming up in sport on the Bbc News channel, Team Gb wins six more medals at the olympics, including Duncan Scotts third of the Games Silver in the 200 metres individual medley. Good evening. The number of deaths linked to Drug Misuse in scotland has risen to a Record Level for the seventh consecutive year. More than 1,300 people died of Drug Misuse in scotland last year alone. Almost two thirds of all Drug Related Deaths were of people aged between 35 and 5a. Scotlands Drug Death Rate is more than three and a half times that for the uk as a whole. And, as this graph shows, scotland has by far the highest Drug Death Rate recorded by any country in europe. 0ur Scotland Correspondent Lorna Gordon reports. It would have been angela mclauchlan s bi
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Captain sir tom moore was a hero in the truest sense of the word. In the dark days of the Second World War fought for freedom and in the face of this countrys deepest post war crisis, he united us all. Well be paying tribute to sir tom who died in hospital after Testing Positive for coronavirus. Also tonight following concerns about delaying the second dose new analysis of the astrazeneca vaccine shows the first jab is effective for up to 12 weeks. Pupils in scotland are told theyll start heading back to the classroom from the end of this month. Jeff bezos, one of the worlds richest men, who created amazon, is to step down from the leading role as Chief Executive. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. A huge win for Sheffield United in the battle of the bottom two. Well bring you the latest from the premier league. Commentator absolutely priceless for Sheffield United good evening. Her majesty the queen and the Prime Minister borisjohnson have led the many tributes to captain sir tom mo
it is time to catch up with all the business news in world business report. stories. how does a country survive without big banknotes? we ll find out when the indian government releases economic growth figures later today. and it s almost like a game of hide and seek. passengers involved in the disruptions of ba flights over the weekend desperately seeking their luggage, luggage. hello and welcome to world business report. i m susannah streeter. in a minute we ll take a snapshot of the chinese economy, but first, in a few hours time, the latest official statistics are expected to show that india has retained its crown as the fastest growing major economy in the world. economists are predicting that india expanded at an annual rate of 7.1% in the first three months of the year. now, this compares with growth of 6.9% for china. the resilience of the indian economy will come as welcome news to prime minister narendra modi, following the country s landmark demonetisation pr