Plus fire it up Jet Engine Maker Rolls Royce bets big on the Post Pandemic Future we start with Climate Change because some of the worlds biggest Oil Companies are coming under growing pressure over their role in it. In the us climate activist investors have siezed at least two seats on the board of exxon and shareholders at Rival Chevron have endorsed a call for lower emissions. And in the Netherlands A Court has ruled shell needs to do far more to cut c02, after a lawsuit by Climate Campaigners. Anna holligan reports a violation of human rights. That was how the Climate Campaigners described shall s ongoing investment in Fossil Fuel. Applause. The dutch branch of Friends Of The Earth along with six other groups and more than 17 Thousand dutch citizens brought the case to court arguing that the case to court arguing that the oil Giants Transition to clean Energy Wasnt going far faster. Thejudge agreed clean Energy Wasnt going far faster. The judge agreed the corporation had to be more
Of its Oversight Board. This we start with the future of work as we emerge from the Pandemic, because some of the uks biggest employers have told the bbc they dont plan to bring staff back to the office full time. 43 out of 50 firms told us they would embrace a mix of Home And Office working, with staff encouraged to work from home two to three days a week. Another four said theyre keeping the idea of Hybrid Working under review. What will it all mean forworkers, companies, and cities . Ben thompson reports. Backin back in the office after 1a months at home. I took on my role in march of 2020. It was a baptism by Pandemic. For monica. Baptism by Pandemic. For monica, who baptism by Pandemic. For monica, who started her newjob just as the crisis began, getting back to her desk is a welcome change from the now familiar distractions of home. Homeschooling for a 12 year old with a husband who was an architect and works full time at home also is certainly causing some challenges for us. Now
to boost foreign investments in the country as its own economic engine slows. for clues on what we can expect. mattie bekink of the economist intelligence unit spoke to us. i think one of the reasons that this meeting and the stream of executives and world leaders turning to china in the last few months since the very surprisingly exit from the zero covid and the reopening is because there has been a perception gap that has only widened in the three years that china was close. but i mean by thatis china was close. but i mean by that is the perception of china from outside even those who have businesses here and for whom china is a very important market and the lived reality on the ground. that is true anywhere in the world but i think some of the geopolitical tensions and confusion during the pandemic. particularly contributed to this perception 93p- contributed to this perception gap. so what they will find is, one, but they will discover is a chance to revisit their own tea
welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. we begin in france where more than a hundred police officers have been injured in the latest protests over pension reforms. demonstrators used the traditional may day rallies, to voice their continued anger, against president emmanuel macron s plans. these protests have been widespread. take a look at the figures. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets across the country. that includes 112 thousand in the capital, paris alone. but the country s hard left cgt union, says the figure is actually three times that number. at issue of course is president macron s plans to raise the retirement age from 62, to 64. he signed the legislation last month, and the meaures are due to take effect in september. 0ur europe correspondent, nick beake has the latest. singing. the may day march, a french tradition reaching back decades, but fuelling this year s protests, the vision of a future whe
let s start in the us where some of the worlds leading money managers are warning the collapse of another american bank could lead to a credit crunch and an economic slowdown. constrained lending as a result of stricter banking regulation could stifle credit to the us economy at a critical time. we ll get an expert view on this in a moment but first here s my colleague samira hussain on the collapse of first republic. as of monday, first republic customers turning up at their bank are in fact customers ofjp morgan chase. the signs above will soon change. first republic had been under pressure since the collapse of silicon valley bank and signature bank two months earlier. last week, first republic revealed deposited had removed $100 million in the space of a few months. customers feared their money was not safe. investors became convinced that it too was about to fail. riding to the rescue of america s distressed financial system, the boss of america s biggest bank, jamie dim