Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
For chinese shares. A good day for china investors today. Not a huge surprise given a number of factors impacting on the china markets today, the largest of course being stimulus and hopes of more stimulus. Just before the golden week holiday we heard of a number of measures designed to boost china s economy, including a cut in rates as well as extra liquidity to boost the bank lending and about $350 billion to support china s stock market as well. The recent stimulus measures, have are chemical in generating and changing what are often some structural problems that come about in the chinese economy? come about in the chinese economy? come about in the chinese econom ?. ,. , economy? there have been a view. Is economy? there have been a view is when economy? there have been a view. Is when it economy? there have been a view. Is when it comes economy? there have been a view. Is when it comes to view. Is when it comes to turning around china s fortunate this part of the cycle, but i
Peters in colorado because that story is just bonkers and its not on Everybodys Radar but it is worth watching because as bonkers as it is in Arizona And Michigan in pennsylvania and georgia, there are still people with plans like this and they are still paddling, as the judge in that case says, the same Snake Oil so it is useful to know about that. I think it is important the judge is aware of it and thinking about the future, not just the past. Thats exactly right. Have a good evening, my friend. Is 32 days until Election Day and this is the good news that fox and friends viewers woke up to. The September Jobs report was just released and it shows the u. S. At a 254,000 jobs last month. That is significantly higher than economists expected in the Unemployment Rate fell slightly, now at 4. 1 , and this comes with the election 32 days away and the Rick Economy remains the top issue. They look so sad. It never gets old, guys. Its okay to smile. More of your fellow americans are working
Three centuries until they were swallowed up by the roman empire. Now all that s left are the enigmatic remains of their great desert cities of petra and hegra, in modern day jordan and saudi arabia. And this is where i have come to explore, to find out how they survived and thrived here, who they were, and even what they looked like. I want to search for clues about their world. I ll investigate their ancient sites, delving deep into their secret tombs and sanctuaries. Oh, my goodness! indiana jones, eat your heart out. Wait till you see this. I m tracking down the leading experts doing new research who will help me build up a picture of the nabataeans. They did not use slave. It s a respectful job. The secret nabataeans possessed is the knowledge of the great deserts around them. And i m going to meet the people who are living here now to try and understand what life was like then in this remarkable landscape. This is what enabled the nabataeans to trade and they re beautiful. Join
In a moment well speak to our Correspondents Nick Beake in Northern Israel and Will Grant in washington. And Anna Foster as well. But lets start with the comments from the us president. Lets head to Will Grant, the president very open about the potential targets and what they could be in the coming days. That is right, these were comments made on the South Lawn of the White House as he boarded Marine One on route to his journey to florida to overlook the devastation from hurricane hitting there, so the comments were straightforward. He was asked if he would support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, support his roads striking Irans Oilfacilities, he support his roads striking Irans Oil facilities, he said theres a discussions on that, and he was also asked if you would let israel retaliate, what are the plans to allow israel to strike back against iran . He said we dont allow israel, we advise, there is nothing going to happen today. Interesting diplomatic suggestions there. Firs