and that much profit, as well as so many customers, tends to attract the attention of government officials. and now the us department ofjustice, along with 16 different states, has filed a lawsuit against apple. apple charges as much as nearly $1600 for an iphone. but as our complaint alleges, apple has maintained monopoly power in the smartphone market not simply by staying ahead of the competition on the merits, but by violating federal anti trust law. it accuses the company of blocking rival tech firms from accessing hardware and software features on the iphone, thus gaining an unfair dominance of the smartphone market. apple denies the accusations, saying in a statement. leaving apple and the us government heading for a lengthy argument in court over whether the tech giant is protecting its customers or making it difficult for them to leave. even very popular companies that make stuff that we care about have to compete for that loyalty that we have, and apple isn t doing
still can t balance the books, in contrast to the incredibly well run nottinghamshire county council. another labour run something they run it into the ground. in birmingham they have effectively bankrupted the largest local bankru pted the largest local authority bankrupted the largest local authority in europe. they have saddled their constituents with a 21% council tax rise. 21% council 2i% council tax rise. 21% council tax rise! what a ticket for that, hundreds ofjob losses, services slashed, street lights being turned or switched off, making the streets less safe, and they are not even going to collect rubbish as much as they used to and they are going to charge you to take the rats away. that is what you get. in spite of all of that, they still appointed and equality and diversity inclusions are on a 6 figure salary. itjust goes to show labour because my priorities are not the priorities of the british people, my friends. applause.. we - applause. . we have - applause..
virginia is gaining national attention. the state s largest school district says it will defy governor youngkin guidance on bathrooms and pronouns for transgender students. school district did a legal review and determined fairfax county public school policy are consistent with anti-discrimination law as defined by new model policy. governor youngkin is firing back saying the school district is pushing false notion it knows what is better than a child than the parent and the school board should follow the law. not the only state rights are under attack. in new jersey, we are awaiting a ruling where the office sued school district to neatotify parents if a child as young as five want to gender raymond, i want to play the liberal ideology for which all policies spring. watch it, they tell you what they want to do. i m not going to let parents come into school and take books out and make their own decision. vetoed it. you vetoed it. stop the bill, parents shouldn t tel
hello. i m azadeh moshiri. you re watching bbc news. final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food with medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be un
final preparations are under way to send the first shipment of aid by sea to gaza. humanitarian organisations are co ordinating a delivery of about 200 tonnes of food and medical supplies, which will go via a maritime corridor with israel s agreement. but it s unclear how or where the boat will actually dock, and even if the aid does arrive, some groups are warning of problems in distributing the aid across gaza. wyre davies reports from jerusalem. in the cypriot port of larnaca, they have been working around the clock. the spanish ship, open arms, is preparing to tow a barge with 200 tonnes of food and medical aid all the way to gaza. it s a precarious, untested plan with obvious risks. translation: yes, we will tow this platform to gaza, where the last mile will be the most complicated operation. the disembarkation will be done on a pier that is being built right now by the world central kitchen. how the aid will be unloaded into gaza, where there is no port orfunctioni