and a little bit of defiance. once they step back and the state of texas, they will be arrested and brought to the texas capital will be conducting business. mike: the political panel weighs in her law and order. another deadly weekend in america has president biden pitched his plan to curb rising gun violence. should local communities be allowed to use covid-19 relief money to help fight crime? our panel has something to say about it. dollars and cents. america s tipping habits have not improved during the pandemic despite the struggle for survival among many restaurants. which generation is ranked the worst tippers. stick around and find out. we begin with the democratic lawmakers in texas skipping town in a bid to prevent voting on a bill that republicans say provides greater election security. chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher taking a closer look. of the 67 democrats the texas house, at least 51 fled the lone star state by hopping on private jets an
we start with tax and how to make the global tech giants the likes of facebook, google and amazon pay their fair share. finance ministers from the 620 group of top economies are in venice today and tomorrow. they ll be trying to clinch a final deal to stop tax dodging by multinationals. 131 countries have already signed up to the plan to introduce a global minimum tax rate of at least 15% and stop companies challenging their profits to tax havens. but some countries are holding out, including ireland, where facebook, google and apple have their european bases. the eu needs unanimous agreement if it s to implement the deal. alex cobham is chief executive of the tax justice network. thank you forjoining us. explain thank you forjoining us. explain firstly how this deal will work in practice?- will work in practice? well, there are will work in practice? well, there are two will work in practice? well, there are two parts. - will work in practice? well, there are two par
and we are live from coventry cathedral, the uk city of culture. street performers and artists are moving through the city to avoid mass crowds due to covid restrictions. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has announced what he called a historic agreement to reform the global tax system. the agreement by the g7 group of finance ministers is set to include a global minimum rate of corporation tax. the base rate of at least 15% is seen as a starting point, but is lower than the minimum rate of 21% that had been proposed by president biden. the plans are also set to stop major multinational companies, include apple and microsoft, from paying little or no tax in countries where they make money. the uk chancellor, rishi sunak, said businesses should pay the right amount of tax in the right place. our business correspondent katy austin reports. how much tax should multinational companies, particularly tech giants, pay, and where should they pay it? th
shepherds. and aisha? matt could be another example of hollywood unhinged people type out one celebrity suggestion on how to stop police involved shootings in america. that is right but first tensions are running high in cities across the country on the eve of closing arguments in the murder trial of derek chauvin the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george like congresswoman maxine waters was at a protest last night in minneapolis at a democratic lawmaker was not doing much to lower the temperature. [background noises] has to be a guilty verdict of nothing doesn t happen we will know. [inaudible] we ve got to fight for justice. you scott to be more confrontational. got to make sure they know that we mean business. politicians are not alone and there position to fan the flames they re getting help for the mainstream media. take a look at what chris cuomo set up stopping gun violence in america? gun laws, access to weapons? your kids start getting
navalny is missing. we re live in moscow to get more details. good to have you with us. we begin with new reports of clashing between israeli police and palestinians in inside the alexa mosque compound. the palestinians have reportedly been injured in the violence. the israeli police are temporarily halting by yous to the temple mound and security is tight ahead of the an use jerusalem day march later today. the u.n. security council is set to meet privately in the coming hours to discuss the latest unrest. the journalist is in jer lusale. he joins us live. what is the latest on the violent clashes and rising tensions? reporter: the tensions are running high but what they celebrate as jerusalem day, the reu reunification of jerusalem is another flash point. we know there were clashes between police and protesters on the temple. and you can see from the footage hand grenades going off into the al aqsa mosque. they said palestinians paying heavy handed police tactics and