in sport: still in the title race. tottenham beat crystal palace and keep the heat on leaders chelsea. a boom for books as the publishing industry has a surge in sales and a record year. and carol has the weather. a chilly start in southern areas, with a touch of frost. but here we ve got early sunshine. most of the uk will be cloudy, with showers and a few sunny spells in between. more in about 15 minutes. thank you amcu bend. see you then. tensions are rising in north korea, as the u 5 call for more pressure to force the country to give up its nuclear weapons programmes. last night, president trump briefed all 100 members of the senate, revealing a strategy of economic sanctions and diplomacy. but washington also said they were prepared to defend themselves and their allies, as our correspondent laura bicker reports. the us is piling on the pressure. this is a military exercise just north of the north korean border. a message that the us is ready if diplomatic efforts fa
highs. yesterday the ftse100 hit record highs. this is how shares are trading across europe right now. we ll talk you through the winners and the losers. how to avoid dodgy digs and rogue landlords. we will get the inside track on a site that lists 8,000 beds in 400 cities and they re all for students. has the laptop ban on planes affected you 7 for students. has the laptop ban on planes affected you? has it changed where and how you fly? we will talk about it on the programme today. so let us know your thoughts. just use the hashtag, bbc business live the hello and welcome to business live. today eu and us officials are meeting to discuss a potential extension of the laptop ban on aircraft. in march, the trump administration imposed new restrictions which prevent us bound travellers from carrying electronic devices larger than a mobile phone into the cabin. the original set of restrictions affected flights from eight mostly countries including turkey, egypt, the united arab
territory. we will have a look at the markets later. and piggy backing a mobile network. we ll be looking at the growing trend of virtual network operators and ask who s winning the consumer or the company? and as facebook earnings surge 71% and its number of friends swell to over 2 billion, today we want to know are you a facebook friend or foe and why? let us know. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. i have just sent to a friend request, i hope it will be accept it! hello and welcome to business live. we start in silicon valley where it seems there is no stopping the world s biggest social network. facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as advertising revenues keep on rising let s show you just how big. in the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of $3.89 billion. that s a jump of 71% on the same period last year and better than wall street was expecting. injune, the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. that means m
and the nominations for this year s mercury prize are announced stormzy, ed sheeran and kate tempest are among the nominees. good morning. it s thursday 27th july, i m ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the government has asked independent experts to produce a report assessing the costs and benefits of eu migrants, as part of plans to develop a new immigration system after brexit. the immigration minister, brandon lewis, said it was a simple matter of fact that free movement rules would no longer apply after britain leaves the eu that means new rules to manage migration would be in place by spring 2019. the home secretary has written in the financial times today laying out her views of a post brexit immigration system. she said we need the most accurate picture possible of the extent to which the uk economy uses eu labour. she also sought to reassure businesses there would be no cliff edge once we leave. she concluded by saying, put simply, the uk must remain
muted start. and chlorinated chickens, the electric mini and tech titans we ll be looking at what s been a busy week in today we want to know does great wealth bring great responsibility? yesterday amazon founder jeff bezos was, briefly, the richest person in the world what would you do if it was you? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. we start with retail giant amazon it has seen its shares fall sharply after its latest figures disappointed wall street. the good news it is raking in huge sums of money as its sales keep expanding. the bad news it s spending a fortune on developing its business and that is making investors nervous. let s show you the details. total sales in the three months tojune jumped almost a quarter compared to last year to just under $38 billion. unfortunately they spent almost all of it! operating expenses surged to well over $37 billion. that means there wasn t much actual profit a comparatively measl