Facebook is putting out tips on how to spot it, but could the British Election be the next to feel its impact . I am katty kay in new york, Christian Fraser is in paris. It is an extraordinary achievement. Not since the days of napoleon has a frenchman risen to power so young and with such speed. Not since world war ii has a leader taken power without a party and a parliamentary base. There were very few in the established Political Class who endorsed Emmanuel Macron or believed in his bid to become president , but president he will become this sunday when he assumes power from francois hollande. He has already resigned his leadership of the movement he began a year ago. It will now be re named La Republique en marche. Politicians from right and left will be allowed to campaign under its banner in next month crucial parliamentary elections, so long as they quit the parties to which they belong. The President Elect says he wants a coalition of the willing. Starting our coverage, our eur
Is terminally ill his parents lose their final legal battle to give him experimental maxing out our credit cards a warning from the Bank Of England about forgetting the lessons of the past. Google faces a record fine from the eu competition watchdog, over £2 billion, for being unfair to other companies. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, englands women post a record breaking total of 377 in their world cup match against pakistan. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Scotlands First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has had to backtrack on her plans to push for a second Independence Referendum as early as next year. Todays decision follows the general election in which her snp lost 21 seats. Ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said ms sturgeon was as she put it Leaking Credibility and confidence. Heres our scotland editor sarah smith. Nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. But she cannot now march ahead with her plans for an Independence Refere
The trillion dollar Tech Industry gathers in las vegas In Search Of The gadgets that will get it growing again. Plus polarising opinion we find out whats behind the scramble for lithium and whether the boom is heading for bust. Welcome to World Business report. Im Sally Bundock also in the Programme Alibaba cracks down on counterfeiters. Details in a moment. But first. We start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets we will, they hope, soon be buying. Its a huge business and also an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association which organises the las vegas show we will buy Gadgets Worth close to a trillion dollars this year. The problem is the industry as a whole is not growing. If its accurate that figure would be down around 2 on 2016. And it would be the the f
Day, we are talking you through the winners and losers is that rory with make up on . Cutting out the middle man. Well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to Revolution Ise well talk to the boss of a tech company hoping to revolutionise the way we transfer money abroad. And keeping with all things tech we want to hear from you. What are the gadgets that you cant live without and have changed your life . Let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Iam i am predicting that for many of you you will be saying it is your smartphone but for me, it is my kettle, i cannot live without it we start in las vegas where thousands of Technology Executives are gathering for the annual Consumer Electronics show which opens today. Its the most important event of the year for the Tech Industry a chance for companies to show off the gadgets they hope we will soon be buying. Its a huge business and an increasingly tough one. According to the Consumer Technology association whic
that report by chris page. the headlines on bbc news. the government orders an inquiry into the failures that allowed a serving police officer to kill sarah everard. also, at the conservative party conference, the prime minister says he s not worried about rising prices and problems in the supply chain. the staggering scale of child sexual abuse by the french roman catholic church an inquiry says more than 200,000 children were victims over a 70 year period. the boss of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has apologised after the company s services, including whatsapp and instagram, went down for about six hours yesterday. the firm s platforms are used by three and a half billion people, and the outage caused disruption across the world. facebook blamed technical problems, as rory cellanjones reports. maybe you re a part of a neighbourhood whatsapp group or one which you use with colleagues to organise the working day. perhaps you use instagram as the shop window for your small business.