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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 m ....
bell chimes. and big ben s bongs will fall silent next week, for nearly four years for urgent repair work. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the red cross says 312 people have been killed in the sierra leone capital after a mudslide, with that number expected to rise as more victims are found. a hillside, close to the capital freetown, collapsed early this morning following heavy rain, engulfing dozens of homes. emergency services are now thought to be engaged in a recovery exercise rather than a rescue mission. a nearby hospital says it has been overwhelmed by those affected. 0ur correspondent umaru fofana is near the scene of the mudslide. i m right on the ground, the road itself is almost impossible, massive rocks. this area called mount sugarloaf caved in in the early hours of this morning, and is covered literally in dozens of houses and hundreds of people are feared dead under the rubble. there are some ambulances parked here, but it is a recovery mission in ....
asia depressed, not a huge amount of movement. and we ll be getting the inside track on how crowd funding is changing the way that solar energy projects are funded in developing countries. it is ten years on from the launch of the iphone, we want to know what you think will be the next game changer? let us know just use the hashtag #bbcbizlive. welcome to the programme. over the next few days, the world s car makers will be taking the wraps off their latest products at the detroit motor show. the car seems more popular than ever an estimated 75 million were sold last year, but 2017 is already beginning to look like a big year of change for the industry. not least because more of them are looking to invest in the united states. in the last few hours fiat chrysler has said it will put $1 billion into two us factories, which will create 2000 newjobs. the incoming president donald trump has been piling pressure on carmakers to make the vehicles they sell in the us in th ....
she has been described as the uk s most influential black person and is chair of the country s biggest media agency. but how tough was it for karen blackett to get to the top? she lljoin us shortly. check this out! and as barack obama s been spotted kite surfing in the caribbean, we want to know what would you do to unwind after eight years in a toughjob? just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. is hanging out with richard branson on your bucket list? thank you for your thoughts. some of which we can t mention on the programme! we start with president trump s travel ban which has faced its toughest test yet. lawyers for the us justice department have been slogging it out with those for states of washington and minnesota who want the ban repealed. the appeals courtjudges court in san francisco are expected to give their decision later in this week. let s recap. president trump has been trying to temporarily ban people entering the us from seven countries. he says this is about ....
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. record numbers of patients spent more than four hours in accident and emergency units in england in december and the bbc has seen leaked data that suggests january was even worse. the figures show record numbers of people waited longer than 12 hours for a hospital bed, after they had been seen in a&e. the government insists the vast majority of patients were seen and treated quickly. the prime minister theresa may has been speaking about the nhs this afternoon. she said record numbers of admissions had put pressure on the health service. i recognise that it is under pressure. that s why we will be putting the £10 billion extra into the national health service. but if you look at what s been happening in a and e, in decemberwe you look at what s been happening in a and e, in december we had a record number of the busiest day in accident and emergency that took place, that has taken place in the national health service. we are no ....