the world on these moves a threat to google and amazon in any way well what we've seen recently i mean for example yesterday facebook were fined $5000000000.00 in the us of a previously concerns nevertheless in the next breath they announce some stunning financial figures google has been fined 9000000000 by the e.u. over the past 2 years that's 3 separate fines that add up to 9000000000 and still it posts healthy results so it seems like they've proven that are able to absorb these problems that said it seems like not a week goes by where some country doesn't say we're going to crack down on tech giants the most recent as you mentioned is today australia saying they're going to look particularly at google and facebook and that dominant positions in the advertising markets but we've heard from the just it's departments in the united states they're going to look at big internet firms we expect both amazon and alphabets to be involved in that for their parts from alphabet to said we understand there is going to be more scrutiny and we will engage constructively oh right you know what's re

business news now and amazon is trying to speed up its deliveries and for that it needs and for most of us is thought unusual to move to a different city to take up a new job but in the so-called gig economy moving house to be gay or job can become necessary on a weekly basis while it is in the us the campaign vans in trade as close to the warehouses of amazon and other online giants and they have no fixed address and many actually appreciate the feeling of freedom this lifestyle gives them as did obvious all of a sudden it reports. the recreational vehicle the r.v. a symbol of freedom. home is wherever you take it and were ever work may take you. to. a campground you're on the warehouse and cheaper on kentucky is home to a round it doesn't work camp purse it's 2 pm time to get up for robert barker he works the night shift. good morning good morning robert all you do and good how is your shift it was great oh great yeah easy money man so basically robert you have your whole life inside that yeah i've been living in my van for 6 years now. working seasonal work for amazon and i've don

efforts to speed up their delivery times they want to be able to deliver to every amazon prime member within a day of them placing their order online they are managing to increase that but it's costing them a lot of money to improve their infrastructure to be able to do that ok now there's a lot of concerns about google's the tension monopoly position in the search engine market i mean we have to be straight up about that and there are. regulatory pushes underway in the united states not only for google other top silicon valley companies as well now today announced the same kind of regulatory efforts you know all these type of moves a threat to google amazon the big tech giants well it's costing the money we know that much i mean the e.u. were perhaps the 1st to really get on top of google in terms of these things and over the past 2 years they find them 3 times to the tune of $9000000000.00 in total as you mentioned we've heard today from australia they're looking at google who have a 31 percent share of the market in digital advertising they're also looking at facebook to get a look

numbers google pound alphabet crush say expectations and triples its profits in the 2nd quarter and amazon has delivered growth to. also show germany's wrecked horses germany records rather its hottest day after up and farmers are bracing for a poor harvest. i'm sure when in rome recycle as the romans do the city is testing a new ecology oh.

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and digital technology giants such as google facebook and amazon are expected to be the main targets of a broad anti trust investigation by the u.s. justice department while no specific companies were mentioned the probe is said to be examining whether major online platforms have been abusing their market dominance and hindering competition. so united states now in a contentious day on capitol hill former special counsel robert muller has been testifying in congress over his probe into russian interference in the 2016 election and whether the trump campaign colluded with moscow he told lawmakers that the investigation found in adequate evidence to prove such a conspiracy but said once again his investigation did not clear trump of obstructing the probe many are viewing mother's testimony today as a last chance for democrats to build a case for impeaching president trump. robert mueller who spent 2 years leading an investigation determining if president trump had colluded with russia did not look like he wanted to be there but for democrats and republicans in congress this was an oppo

let's get you some other news now digital technology giants like google facebook and amazon are expected to be the main targets of a broad anti-trust investigation by the u.s. justice department while no specific companies have been mentioned the probe is said to be examining whether major online platforms have been abusing their market dominance and hindering competition. russian opposition leader alexei of all he says he's been arrested video on his instagram account to get to corruption campaigner said he was detained as he left his home in moscow to go jogging with all these arrests comes after he called for another mass protest most authoritative left there on opposition counter that's running in moscow's parliamentary election . russia and china have conducted their 1st joint air patrol over disputed islands between japan and south korea responds japan scrambled its jet fighters south korea did the same both countries accuse the chinese and russian planes of violating their airspace beijing in moscow insists they flew over neutral or else. well here in berlin the new defense minist

this is the order longer forest a pristine paradise in the amazon basin. we want to find out where bows of each and f.o.c. certified company harvest timber for its wood floors are and this local manager says the f.s.e. has imposed strict guidelines on harvesting. in an area the size of a football field only one tree may be removed in 20 years. this process is called selective cutting. this is the tree they're going to cut down today. there are 3 out of the tree over there back there the one in the middle the white one. which is about. 20 meters high. maybe even if you make the border looming it's about 60 years old and has been producing seeds for 50 years off to trunk is particularly straightforward and so we get a lot of what you have. selective cutting is considered a sustainable procedure the f.s.e. has given its seal of approval to the bows of each company for several years now. i thank. those of each believes it's taking a responsible approach and the german government claims that the f. a c. is helping to preserve the rain forest fire. but is that r

for incomplete or inaccurate order fulfillment amazon will also have to wait 30 days before blocking or closing seller accounts in exchange germany's federal cartel office says it will drop its investigation into amazon. let's get a round up now of some other stories making news around the world in sudan protesters and ruling generals have signed a political document part of a power sharing deal paving the way for a civilian government this has been one of the key demands of demonstrators since president omar al bashir was ousted in april a 2nd constitutional document is likely to be signed within days. we construction and rescue operations are underway across south asia after heavy monsoon rains caused massive flooding and landslides millions are affected and officials estimate that at least 180 people have died floods india nepal and bangladesh where refugee camps have experienced extensive damage. and a court in moscow has extended to pretrial detention for the 1st to 6 of $24.00 ukrainian sailors arrested by russia off the coast of crimea last year a decision on the remaining sai

tacks and says it's time for attack it's the 1st country to hit the likes of google apple facebook and amazon with a higher taxes but the u.s. is threatening to hit back. an international warnings against facebook's cryptocurrency project are mounting flippy over before it starts. chinese tourists are discovered the high seas and the twisting around for ever bigger through ships. this is d.w. business i'm joined now the milan in berlin welcome in a world 1st france has passed a law taxing the world's tech giants and in so doing provoked an angry response from the you.

. >> big technology companies like google, amazon, and facebook operating in france will soon be paying more tax. france's senate has approved a 3% tax on tech companies doing business there. the aim is to plug a taxation gap that allowed some internet heavyweights to avoid tax in countries where they make their profits and to book their income in low tax countries like ireland. it's estimated the levy could net france 400 million euros this y year and 650 million nex year. before the vote, french finance ministster spoke out against th growing power of big tech. >> we can all see the emergence of economic giants with monopolistic attributes who not only want to control a maximum amount of data and make money with this data, but also to go further than that by, in the absence of rules, avoiding taxes and putting into place instruments that could tomorrow become a sovereign currency. >> but even before the legislation was through, u.s. president donald trump had ordered an investigation. the u.s. warned that if the law passed, it would activate section 3011 of the u.s. trade act. that au

mess within 11 days and if they have access to enough nutrients up due to the deforestation of the amazon jungle huge amounts of nutrient rich soil washed away into the oceans you bill. several luxury resorts spend hundreds of thousands of euros each year cleaning that beaches once the algae reaches land it decomposes creating a punch and. stephen in it that every year it's different but there seems to be more as the years go by when cleaning it puts a huge strain on local authorities and it's only going to be honest this stuff affects all activity on the beach you're expecting to find a clean sandy beach. but instead find it covered in and. what's worse is the effect on marine life sea turtles for example cannot make it to the beach through the thick i'll be meaning they can no longer lay their eggs there a serious threat to an already endangered species. well tonight there are reports that a chinese anti-corruption activists who campaigned to force public officials to disclose their wealth has been arrested and charged with promoting terrorism. arrest last week in beijing came as china

their mass within 11 days if they have access to enough nutrients up due to the deforestation of the amazon jungle huge amounts of nutrient rich soil washed away into the oceans . several luxury resorts spend hundreds of thousands of euros each year cleaning the beaches once the algae reaches land it decomposes creating a punch and. then every year it's different but there seems to be more as the years go by when i. put a huge strain on local authorities and it's only going to be honest this stuff affects all activity on the beach you're expecting to find a clean sandy beach. but instead find it covered in elderly. what's worse is the effect on marine life sea turtles for example cannot make it to the beach through the thick i'll be meaning they can no longer lay their eggs that a serious threat to an already endangered species. or allow it to a happier story from the world of nature and to this you tube sensation his name is a snowball he's a sulfur crested cockatoo and he's also making scientific history researchers say videos of this birds swoop steps and head movements show for the very

that the president of brazil is planning to accelerate the cutting down of more of the rain forest the amazon rain forest so my question to you and society is do you think that there is political will to plant a trillion trees. yeah us about problems 1st like underline the problem of deforestation which is of course like we talk here about restoration bias a bit of time in the fight against climate change but of course if we continue to differ as a side of it it's all for nothing so that's the 1st thing and then yeah it's i think that we have more like a common agreement between scientists about the source of climate change since more than 30 years now and since one to 30 years now you have international reporters try to push but it takes to take some decision and we still lack of those decisions so of course i'm not completely up to me but we need to continue to fight and here what we hope is that's like oh a paper basically we provide in our paper so we provide a tool and this tool can be used by anyone it can be used by citizen it can be used by n.g.o.s it can be used by one agencies so an