from this week, people will be able to get medical advice from amazon's voice assisted technology. they can ask questions such as ‘how do i treat a migrane?‘ and alexa will then automatically search the nhs choices website for answers. but critics have condemned the new service as a ‘data protection disaster waiting to happen.‘ our health correspondent, nick triggle, reports. alexa, what are the symptoms of chickenpox? according to the nhs website, chickenpox starts with red spots. the popularity of voice assistive technology is growing, and now the nhs is looking to harness its benefits. from this week, people using their amazon alexa device to search for health information or ask medical questions will get that information drawn directly from the nhs choices website. but will this be enough to convince people not to go to their gps or pharmacists?” have an alexa, and she rarely hears me right, so i probably wouldn't.” think if it's for something less... life—threatening, likely common code and things like that, i would be happy to to it. the department of health and

well, amazon has put out about this? well, amazon has put out a statement. they have said they have responded to many of the protesters's demands already. last year they raised salaries at many of the amazon workhouse workers to above the minimum wage. let me read you this, they say we provide great employment in point —— opportunities with excellent pay, we go on to encourage anyone to compare our pay, benefits and workplace to other retailers and major employees in the shakopee community and across the country. that being said, while amazon thinks they are meeting what their workers want, there is going on strike today would disagree. let‘s leave it there, thank you for joining us. now a look at the markets. what has caught your eye? the ftse 100 markets. what has caught your eye? the ftse100 doing well off the back of that news of a slowdown in china. the hope is that will spur the governor in beijing to stimulate the economy, good news for a mining company was to i will see you later. this week marks 50 years since the historic moment when the firs

i think going back in particular to amazon and athletic. there was some interesting behind the numbers i would like to walk you through if i could. which is that amazon has had huge success. rapid growth with its cloud business. we started to see that slowing down, on the other hand at google, at alphabet, their business is growing. still small computer amazon but it is growing. advertising business is doing well for them. if you look at amazon, they seem to be the beneficiaries of that. their advertising business going a bit more. on twitter for a second, i am interested into what they have been doing deleting spam accounts and smartening up their representation. how is that been going? across—the—board your how is that been going? across—the—boa rd your seam technology companies coming under increased scrutiny over the handling of privacy issues but also the kind of privacy issues but also the kind of nature of the speech that takes place on these platforms. so twitter has been working at trying to find a balance between addressin

the company lags behind amazon and microsoft in the cloud infrastructure business. france has announced the introduction of a range of green taxes on flights from its airports, to reduce the environmental impact of air travel. the taxes will come into force next year. funds raised — about $200 million — will go to improve alternative french transport, including local trains. shares in a number of european airlines fell on the news. james dyson, the british billionaire and inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has purchased the most expensive apartment in singapore, where his company plans to build an electric car. the three—storey "super penthouse" at the top of singapore's tallest building was reportedly sold for $54.2 million. not bad if you've got the cash! karishma vaswani is looking at this story. you're not in the penthouse, we should be clear! a very different outlook from the bbc bureau! no where near the figures it is thought james dyson paid for the super penthouse. it was called a bungalow in the sky when it was marketed a couple of years ago as l

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the company behind social media app snapchat says it added 13 million daily active users in the last quarter. snap inc beat analysts' estimates as it got a boost from a better version of its android app and the launch of new augmented reality photo lenses. shares of snapjumped 9% in after hours trading. we have many companies reporting their earnings this week and ford is one of them. ford will announce its latest earnings later, after showing a strong first—quarter on growing demand for its pickup trucks and suvs. ahead of that the carmaking giant has revealed details about its plans to develop an all—electric version of america's best selling vehicle — the f150 pickup. bbc business correspondent michelle fleury has more. ten double—decker train cars weighing over1 ten double—decker train cars weighing over 1 million ten double—decker train cars we

they look after amazon's content because they have a base within the uk. we are still in the early days of the streaming world. it will be down the line this will be an issue we face again and again. what has been significant in this case is a lot of controversy is by viewers themselves, people who had read the books. writing to the show to say this was not the thing to do the first place. u nfortu nately, to do the first place. unfortunately, the role of the viewer, flaring up the problems when they see them. but this is the show with a young audience, even though it isa with a young audience, even though it is a graphic show and should be aimed at over 18s. it is not the only show of its kind. hbo has euphoria. it is down to the viewers, is that it? i think it is down to the fact broadcasters have a responsibility to know tv can be brilliant in terms of highlighting issues in society and there are writers who go to great lengths to ensure accuracy and go to charities to ask for advice. to have them as co nsulta nts to ask for advice. to have them as cons

but amazon is facing growing pressure over its sheer size and power. it's facing antitrust investigations in the us, along with the other tech giants, and earlier this month, the european commission also began an investigation into whether amazon is abusing its role as a marketplace provider. victoria. with us now is hussein kanji, a partner at venture capital firm hoxton ventures. thanks very much for coming in. i wonder whether you think amazon is really abusing its market dominance? it isa really abusing its market dominance? it is a hard one. it definitely has a lot of market power, and like most big companies it will exert that power, but in the end consumers benefit from lower prices, so the traditional behaviour sees customers suffering when prices go up, and thatis suffering when prices go up, and that is what we complain about with infrastructure, but in this case eve ryo ne infrastructure, but in this case everyone kind of wins, but amazon really wins in a big way. well, that is eight, it is not a traditional monopoly, so traditional monopoli

also in the programme... delivering a blow to amazon on one of its biggest days of deals — workers in the us target prime day with a strike over pay and conditions. markets in europe have started on a positive note as we begin a busy week for corporate earnings. and the internet may make it easier than ever for firms to go global, but how do they stand out from the crowd. is it all about getting a boost in the search engine rankings? we'll speak to the founder of one firm hoping to offer small business a helping hand. after a thrilling weekend of sport with the winners taking home millions — we want to know what can be done to invest in tomorrow's champions? are elite sports off—limits for young talent if they don't have wealthy backers? let us know, we'll discuss a little later — use the #bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. let's catch our breath after that crazy day of sport and sunday and talk through what is happening in china. it grew at its slowest pace in almost three decades in the three months to the end ofjune as it continues to feel the impact of the trade

i like amazon. without amazon i wouldn't exist. the thing with amazon, sometimes it is hard not to use them. it is difficult, isn't it? if you decide you're going to give up amazon, like going on a diet, it's impossible because they own so many other companies. so much of the stuff that's online is a hard place to go to. andy mulcahy is strategy and insight director at imrg, the uk's industry association for online retail. andy, on its success, you can't deny this. we have to appreciate it. why was it so successful? they got there before anybody else. started seeing books and cds, which fit through the letterbox, which is useful. if you compare the range of stuff they carry and thinking about that against a shop which may have 200 products, something like that, it is so vast and it is backed up by an amazingly convenient way to buy things. everything about it is very convenient. we've all done it, you know how easy it is and there's a very fast delivery service. they sort out customer service problems quickly, and customer value. t

when you make such a big company like amazon such a key pa rt big company like amazon such a key part of digital infrastructure of the nhs, it has to be had with extreme care and notjust by an organisation, but with patients. thank you very much. the us women's football team has returned home triumphant after winning the world cup in france. america defended their title and claimed a record fourth women's world cup with a 2—0 win over netherlands in the final. the team got back to the us on monday, and a victory parade is about to take place in new york. our north america reporter nada tawfikjoins me now. how is it going? it is an absolute party here in new york. there were thousands of people gathered here in new york financial district, it was closed off when the women's soccer team came down broadway, the canyon of heroes, as it is known. people cheered when they saw megan rapinoe, alex morgan and the other stars. they had their signature swagger, dancing, sipping champagne. now they have made their way to city hall, where they are being given the symbolic keys to the city. the o

of course, it's notjust amazon. there is a creative boom going on in britain, driven by svod, or subscription video on demand. crosstalk. for christ sake! take the photo! over the past ten years, there's been an exponential growth in the value of the film and tv industry in the uk and its growth has significantly outpaced that of the uk economy. tv today is marrying the best of the old with the best of the new. shepperton studios, owned by pinewood, is where countless legendary movies were shot and netflix is moving in. they believe that by investing in local studio space and hiring local staff, they can neutralise concerns about american dominance of the industry. the new netflix production hub will include 14 sound stages in a total of 435,000 square feet. no one in the history of film or television has caused so much disruption so quickly as netflix, and the truth is, they're just getting started. the company is pivoting from an american distributor to a global production powerhouse, deeply embedded in local econ

both of these firms have reported results overnight and amazon sank sales are up overnight and amazon sank sales are up by overnight and amazon sank sales are up by 20% and profits of $2.5 billion, alphabet, the parent company of google and youtube, sales up company of google and youtube, sales up 20% and profits tripled to nearly $10 billion that gives you a sense of the scale of these things and why perhaps australia says we need to keep an eye on it. some of the world's best video game players are set to battle it out in a tournament that could see the winner take home more money than the wimbledon champion. that is a bit bizarre. it is a lot of money. the popular game fortnite is holding its first ever world cup in new york this weekend, with a top prize of almost e2.5million—pounds. joe tidy has this report. in two years, fortnite's unique brand of dancing, shooting and looting has brought gamers together online. now it's time for the cream of the crop to meet in person for the first ever world cup. the prize pool is a record $30 million, or e2a million, and the winner takes ho

money of course fleming and from the streaming services netflix and amazon, that is having an effect as well. now it's time for a look at the weather. if you like warmth and sunshine the weather may have won some awards to date! 27 degrees on the london area. but not so in the west of scotland. you can see on the satellite picture some patchy cloud around which did produce some showers through the day. behind meet more continuous cloud cover promising some rain heading through the next 2a hours. still some sunshine to be had this evening. any daytime showers should fade away and then we keep those clear skies. good news if you're hoping to see the partial lunar eclipse. a 65% eclipse them for this evening peaking at around 10:30pm. look towards the south east. you may see a bit more clout across northern ireland and western scotland as the weather system makes more progress and bring some outbreaks of rain by the end of the night. into tomorrow at low pressure starts to take charge of the weather. the frontal system a re charge of the weather. the frontal system are starting to pushi

is a company like google or amazon or facebook... they have done a fair number of acquisitions which have stilted competition. there is something called the kill zone which venture capitalists talk about. i will not finance any company which operates in this space because this is a space which is too close to the big guys, they will eat it up, and eat it up for pennies rather than pounds. so the point is, there may be cleverer ways to ensure that competition, what we want is competition, that competition in these industries prevails, innovation prevails, and that might mean being much cleverer. it's not just about saying, i will stop you from growing to more than 40% of the industry, but it maybe, i won't let you take over these ones. are you suggesting, if you are saying this is a message that people are sending to world leaders, are you suggesting that actually that populism is a good because it's sending a message? i think populism raises the right questions, i don't think it has the right answers, by and large. and is anybody lis

prime. 0ver slightly lesser than the basic amazon prime. over the next 12 months we will see so many other big players entering that streaming market, people like disney, with spin offs from star wars and marvel universe, and other products. we will see mohammed abil their own streaming service with huge figures like stephen spielberg, jj abrams, 0prah like stephen spielberg, jj abrams, oprah winfrey involved in making content oprah winfrey involved in making co nte nt for oprah winfrey involved in making content for that. it will be a huge challenge over the next few years for all the services to carve out their bit of the market because suddenly we are being flooded with so many different streaming services on individual subscriptions. as well as the bbc licence fee. this is going to be a tricky time. we haven't seen so far from britbox is an indication of their huge hitters, the crown jewels of television, great programmes like gavin and stacey and broadchurch were announced today, but the ones that define them like doctor who, sherlock,

take paying passengers into orbit, like virgin galactic and blue origin, the company founded by the amazon entrepreneurjeff bezos. the only reason that we can do the things that we can do today is because we are in fact standing on the shoulders of giants. got the flag up now. and yet, five decades on, much remains unknown. beautiful, just beautiful. and no one can be sure where the next half century of exploration will take us. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. with all the sport now, here's jane dougal at the bbc sport centre. an emotional shane lowry has spoken of his family's support, after winning the open at royal portrush. the irishman beat his nearest challenger, tommy fleetwood, by six shots to lift the claretjug for the first time. our correspondent andy swiss reports. it was the stuff of sporting dreams. portrush perfection, as shane lowry gave the home fans our hero. from the republic of ireland, shane lowry! he began his round to deafening expectation. but his opening swing suggested the nerves were jangling. then his four—shot lead was down to three. not for long, though

over at amazon, soaring demand for its cloud business, the tech infrastructure thatis business, the tech infrastructure that is used by many businesses, it continues to contribute to the bottom line. the well‘s biggest online retailer is expected to post strong revenue for the second quarter. and healthy travel demand should help airlines mitigate some of the impact of a prolonged grounding of boeing 737 max jets. they are the two us airlines with the largest 737 max fleets. that is michelle, of course and itjust underlies how busy it is. joining us is richard hunter, head of markets at interactive investor. lots of earnings and we have mentioned at the european central bank, your thoughts on the ecb today? we have just been hearing from victoria about the german manufacturing data and of course, thatis manufacturing data and of course, that is very much the power within the european union so they are clearly in trouble, but at least we are not speaking like a couple of yea rs are not speaking like a couple of years ago about debt anymore, it is just that growth hasn't materialised soi

digital tax' on big tech firms escalating a transatlantic clash over treatment of apple, facebook and amazon. house of horrors is headlined across the metro — which reports on rampant bullying of parliamentary staff by mps. the guardian leads with dozens more whistleblowers and staff members to submit evidence to the equality watchdog's examination of labour antisemitism amid warnings the party has failed to grasp the seriousness of the investigation. britain's most notorious female paedophile is to be released from prison after showing remorse for abusing up to 30 infants in her care is on the front of the daily mail as the paper asks how can this bejustice? let's begin with the independent and the royal navy on high alert. iran threat to british ships. it is great when your guests help you, i picked up when your guests help you, i picked up the wrong paper. i will return it to you after i read a few bits. i do know what the story as i just had the wrong copy. first, a uk royal —— oil tanker at risk. things got close with the royal navy having to intervene again. you now have british

branson‘s company is racing against blue origin, the space business of amazon founder jeff bezos, to bring tourists into space. transport and logistics group eddie stobart has warned its first half results for the year will be towards the lower end of expectations, despite posting stronger results. revenues were up 25% compared to the same period last year after growing the business and winning a number of new contracts. nintendo is planning to shift some of the production of its switch gaming console to vietnam from china. the shift is aimed at diversifying risks, it says, to avoid tariffs with the us. china and the us have been embroiled in a trade war over the past year, placing tariffs on billions of dollars worth of one another‘s goods. moving the production could mean the avoid to the tariffs but the firm denies it. that‘s all the business news. (pres)the national farmers union is demanding clearer long—term the national farmers union is demanding clearer long—term commitments from the government on how they will support food producers after brexit. it comes after a rep

i turn to amazon. alexa, what is amazon? it's a multinational american technology that focuses on e—commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence. is known for its disruption of well—established industries through technological innovation. its dominance is problematic with its growth getting rid of retailjobs and it has faced criticism over worker conditions at its warehouses. it's not a good look for amazon or any of these companies where efficiency is so prized that the human component is challenged. one decision it may come to regret, its failure to replace a second headquarters in new york —— place. the acrimonious split with the biggest city in america may have a situation where governments are less friendly to amazon. alexa, is amazon good or evil? i like amazon. without amazon, i wouldn't exist. good or evil? i like amazon. without amazon, iwouldn't exist. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. in other business news, malaysian anticorruption in other business news, malaysian anticorru

amazon is set to fire the starting gun laterfor amazon is set to fire the starting gun later for prime amazon is set to fire the starting gun laterfor prime day, its 48—hour shopping bonanza, but warehouse workers in minnesota have targeted this particular event to strike over working conditions. last year the online retail giant committed to paying employees at least $15 an hour but concerns persist over the way workers are treated. the bbc‘s michelle fleury has more from minnesota. this is amazon's massive warehouse in minnesota. a handful of workers here are planning to mark amazon's prime shopping day, and annual sales event with a strike. earlier i spoke to one of the workers to ask what they are protesting. we're on strike on prime day mainly demanding safe and reliable jobs from amazon. the speeds we have to work are physically and mentally exhausting. some cases lead to injuries and people not seeing the job they can do long—term, plus with amazon's reliance on temporary workers, not having the same job security, basically we want them to treat us with respect as human be

david shuckman, bbc news, in the amazon. the german and british foreign ministers have called on iran violation of the 2015 nuclear deal, as gareth barlow reports. european countries climates are called today runs who adhere to its commitments. the landmark 2015 nuclear deal violated, an uncertain future ahead. the secretary general is very much aware of the reports that the islamic republic of iran are may have surpassed itsjcpoa limits ona are may have surpassed itsjcpoa limits on a you reached —— enriched uranium. the plan was left in jeopardy after the united states walked away last year, donald trump, having branded it a horrible, laughable, outrageous deal. he said iran was playing with fire. they know what they are doing, they know what they are playing with and i think they are playing with fire. so no message to iran whatsoever. ever since there was pulled out of the agreement, iran, with its economy crumbling under american sanctions has look to europe to keep the deal alive. that message repeated once more. ca

for me, it‘s really important because the amazon cannot speak up, the trees cannot speak up. they cannot say that they are worth it and they have a value, they are really important. so i made this my life. erica has studied the same batch of trees for ten years now, measuring exactly how they‘re growing and how they affect the climate. they‘re helping us, forfree, to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it in the forest and lock it up in here. this matters to the whole world because of the sheer size of this forest. we‘ve used graphics to show how the billions of leaves are breathing in carbon dioxide, a gas which is heating up the planet. as human activity keeps adding more and more carbon dioxide into the air, magnificent trees like this pull a lot of it in. but chop it down and burn it and all the carbon that‘s been stored inside over the many years is suddenly released back to the atmosphere, which of course increases the speed of global warming. in the last few months, the rate of deforestation here has suddenly increased. the new government of brazil wants

of course, it's notjust amazon. there is a creative boom going on in britain, driven by svod, or subscription video on demand. crosstalk. for christ sake! take the photo! over the past ten years, there's been an exponential growth in the value of the film and tv industry in the uk and its growth has significantly outpaced that of the uk economy. tv today is marrying the best of the old with the best of the new. shepperton studios, owned by pinewood, is where countless legendary movies were shot and netflix is moving in. they believe that by investing in local studio space and hiring local staff, they can neutralise concerns about american dominance of the industry. the new netflix production hub will include 14 sound stages and a total of 435,000 square feet. no one in the history of film or television has caused so much disruption so quickly as netflix, and the truth is, they're just getting started. the company is pivoting from an american distributor to a global production powerhouse, deeply embedded in local eco

the amazon is the largest rain forest in the world. the huge trees store carbon dioxide, making it vital in the fight against global warming. preliminary satellite data by brazil's national space research institute found it more than 700 km2 of rain forest was lost in may this year. that's the equivalent of two football pitches every minute. and in the first two weeks ofjuly, 68% more rain forest was destroyed then in the whole ofjuly last year. but despite the science, president bolsonaro doesn't accept of the findings. translation: i'm convinced that the data are lies, and we will call the president of inpe here to about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies. his policies favour development over conservation. so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. mr bolsonaro's government is lenient towards environmental crimes like illegal logging, and penalties have dropped under his leadership. the national space and research institute is standing by the data, sayin

the justice department didn't name any companies, but facebook, google, amazon and apple are likely to be scrutinised in the wide—ranging probe. it marks the latest scrutiny of the tech giants' power over the american economy. the international monetary fund has cut its growth forecasts for the global economy for this year and next. it predicts growth of 3.2% in 2019, and 3.5 % in 2020. the organisation said growth "remains subdued" and there is an urgent need to reduce trade and technology tensions. reports say that nissan plans to expand job cuts to over 10,000 to help turn around its business. that would include the 4,800 job cuts it announced in may. let's go to our asia business hub where shara njit leyl is following the story. lovely to see you. so what is nissan likely to be doing? what are the report saying? well, that's right, sally, you say these 10,000 jobs potentially cut, all based off media reports citing unnamed sources. nissan's spokesman has told the bbc the company does not comment on such speculation but we know that these potential cuts come after the car—maker

they have never touched live sport whereas amazon. they never touched mainstream entertainment. most of what next for dexter scripted drama. i don't think they will but they have to consider whether they will look at other entertainment genres and that as a way to bolster their subscriber base. presumably, especially as on the horizon disney its own screening, streaming service and apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customers. apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customersm apple, they are going to have to work hard to retain customers. it is the first time that they are subscriber base has gone down in america. not since they split their subscriber dvd rental service have they seen a drop in customers. always on the record saying words to the effect that netflix want to make your favourite tv show. i am not sure that is right because disney is loved, apple will be investing a lot of money. the advantage they have is they were the first to market and they were the first to market and they already have this big subscriber base. disney of course a

own country's national space institute, saying it's misrepresenting the scale of deforestation in the amazon. according to new data, deforestation has surged to record highs since mr bolsonaro took office. tiffany wer—thurma reports. in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of ra i nforest in the first two weeks ofjuly 68% of rainforest was destroyed than in the whole ofjuly last year. despite the whole ofjuly last year. despite the science, the president does not accept the findings. translation: i am convinced that the data is lies and we will call the president of the agency here to talk about it. the right—wing leader is known for attacking environmental agencies. his policies favour development over conservation, so rainforests are being cleared at a faster rate to make space for cattle pastures. his government is lenient towards environmental crimes like illegal logging and penalties have dropped under his leadership. the national space research institute is standing by the data, saying it is 95% accurate. in the same news conference jaya boulton arrow said this. translation: to say peopl

people like amazon getting it into a big way, why do sports not strike you as a huge opportunity? it's not that it's not a huge opportunity, it's is it the next best opportunity? i think about this as the way that when sports, if sports, i look at it as when it is the next best way to invest $10 billion. because i think that is a cost of doing it right and doing it in a way that consumers care about it, and to look at that and say, have we maxed out what we can do in the world of television and film and documentary and stand up comedy and all those things? when we get to that number, you would say, well maybe the next best use is to do a big league deal. but until then, i don't think we are anywhere near that yet. notoriously, netflix doesn't release viewing figures for its shows. what is the reason behind that? is it because you have not wanted to give an indication to competitors as to what's popular? 0r because you genuinely don't know that viewing figures are particularly useful? i don't think they are particularly useful in the way that they are reported today, meaning the dr

in a letter to me, amazon said that they believed that legislators should make the laws about what should make the laws about what should be available for consumers. does the prime minister agreement with me that businesses have a duty to think very hard about what is for sale on their platforms. festival, i am sure we would all want to send our deepest sympathies to the family and friend of kirsty. we want to make sure that the uk is the safest place to be online, and this does involve tackling content that encourages suicide and self—harm. this issue of working with the tech companies, to get them to take responsibility for the type of material put on line, is and especially those that are vulnerable. i know the minister of suicide prevention is aware of this particular aspect of the eschew of content online, she is deeply concerned about it, and she will be writing to amazon about it. prime minister, a promise was made to the pensioners at the last general election, that... that promise has now been broken. and it is pensioners like my dad who will pay the price. my dad is turning 90

we have no right as members of parliament to criticise other companies, the likes of amazon, sports direct, do not treat their staff properly, we are guilty of the same. do you understand people felt a loyalty to the party, damaging to the party, loyalty to the end he? i understand that but you are defending unacceptable behaviour —— loyalty to the end he. people have to accept certain things are no longer acceptable in the workplace. the so-called independent complaints and grievance scheme by consensus complaints and grievance scheme by consensus is useless. so, as daimler cox suggested, which was the report in november last year —— dame laura cox. there has to be something independent. nothing has still happened. there has to be a vote today saying, we will do this? do you trust the current leader of the house to instigate it? one recommendation was put in place immediately, getting rid of the old system. the second was historic complaints, the independent complaints, the independent complaints and grievous scheme only allowed people to pursue complaints from the 2017 election o

range of other stories, from the european parliament, to a huge report on the deforestation of the amazon. so we really gave a sense of some of the other significant news around that day. people still feel that is ten minutes of ability and you could have given to what they feel would have been more important news, and if you'd done those ten minutes at the end of the 6:00pm, maybe if you wanted to build up atmosphere, but why should people turn on the 6:00pm news and have to wait ten minutes to get reports on the actual events of the day? we would say that that was the most significant national event that day. which hadn't happened yet. but it was about to happen, and there was a huge build—up to it. and it was something where, you know, you can really feel like the nation came together. people were watching it in droves, in record numbers, and all the evidence from our online statistics show that people really interested. and we also covered the other news of the day. so we give due prominence to the football, we felt. obviously it will be — was something that was discussed at great

with the introduction of netflix, amazon, youtube. they are keeping costs pretty tight at the commercial arm of the bbc has raised more money. they are talking about navigating, steering a course in a very difficult set of choppy waters which is what modern tv is. as he went to kate, i suspect the headlines will be dominated by that juxtaposition of some people getting paid a lot and others losing this benefit. —— as you mentioned. paid a lot and others losing this benefit. -- as you mentioned. thank you. china has condemned pro—democracy demonstrators who stormed hong kong's parliament building yesterday, smashing computers and daubing slogans on the walls. earlier, china condemned the pro—democracy demonstrators who stormed hong kong's parliament building yesterday, smashing computers and daubing slogans on the walls. it said violent offenders were trampling on the rule of law and undermining hong kong's social order. riot police used tear gas to regain control of the building — which remains closed while they assess the d

‘s fulfilment centres think that amazon ‘s fulfilment ce ntres ca n think that amazon ‘s fulfilment centres can keep pace with a lot of this because productivity appears a little off? amazon has been a lead in the commerce market, that's why it has been so successful, drones of the next day delivery, we have regular issues there so we don't know which countries will allow drones first the uk is one of the markets that is trying to open up drones regulation. but i expect suddenly amazon has warehouses that have some of the most advanced robots in the same way that a british company does, amazon is improving all aspects of delivery and also moving into new markets like healthcare, luxury goods, et cetera. google, and amazon, i should say the parent company, they both have their specific set of challenges in both reporting accelerating growth, due think anti—trust probes are going to play anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future?” anti—trust probes are going to play a big role in the future? i do. the biggest issue for regulation right 110w biggest issue for

alexa, is amazon good or evil? i like amazon. without amazon, i wouldn't exist. michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. electronics giant samsung estimates that its profits slumped 56% in the three months to the end ofjune, to $5.6 billion. but that was not as bad as expected. let's go to our asia business hub, where rico hizon is following the story. good to see you, hi there. tell us more about these numbers. well, despite the poor numbers, samsung's performance improved from the first quarter, when the company reported its lowest earnings in more than two yea rs, its lowest earnings in more than two years, and the weak earnings guidance from april to june years, and the weak earnings guidance from april tojune is basically due to the semiconductor industry recovery being delayed by the slowing global economy. you also have the us— china trade war and the export controls on huawei. the us campaign against acro to swelled the glut of memory chips in the global market, with the chinese company being one of the korean tech sector's biggest customers. as for korean

amazon continues to be a u.s.—based amazon? amazon continues to be a us. —based company and amazon? amazon continues to be a u.s.—based company and a lot of their revenues still originate from their revenues still originate from the us. they are getting more global but they just pulled the us. they are getting more global but theyjust pulled back the us. they are getting more global but they just pulled back from china, the second—biggest market in the world. not as important as the us but ethnically growing. bao vu on amazon's prime day performance. 50 yea rs performance. 50 years ago, the apollo 11 moon landing marked a defining moment in human history and since then businesses have been looking for ways to make money from our only permanent natural satellite, and that includes mining. earlier the chief executive of japan's ispace told me about his plans. we are looking to be on the moon by 2021. we have a lunar lander and a lunar rover to explore the surface. how do you plan to make money? well, we are aiming to do business by transportation business to the lunar surface at t

alexa, is amazon good or evil? i like amazon. without amazon, i wouldn't exist. michelle fleury, bbc news, in new york. when amazon first started, it was great for the internet age but now it isa great for the internet age but now it is a monster with too much power. sarah says, good and bad, more needs to be done if they keep growing. peter makes a good point and says it's terrible for the environment with thousands upon thousands delivering single parcels to houses day in, day out. there should be a minimum order of five parcels before you get delivery to cut the mileage, fuel and c02. surprised people are not protesting. michael says, excellent for the consumer, next—day delivery but not so good for bricks and mortar retailers and shopping areas. let's bring injeremy retailers and shopping areas. let's bring in jeremy thomson retailers and shopping areas. let's bring injeremy thomson cook. 25 yea rs, started bring injeremy thomson cook. 25 years, started from a small business selling books but now look at it. yes, you can buy anything on amazon now and get i

if you work in part of the corporate amazon, and if you want to retrain as an engineer, amazon will make that happen for you. even more interestingly, if you work in one of the fulfilment centres, so this is one of the basic entry—leveljobs at amazon, and you want to train as a nurse or as an airline mechanic, jobs that do not exist at amazon, they will pay 95% of the tuition fees and costs associated with getting those certificates or degrees. there is a few reasons for that. firstly, it really highlights their future ambitions, their future goals. we have heard that amazon wa nts to goals. we have heard that amazon wants to get into the plane business. they haven't got there yet but they want to do that. we know that amazon is interested in the pharmaceutical industry. they have already made some business gains in that avenue. so what they are doing is pretty impressive. they are already training a workforce that will be dedicated to amazon. now let's brief you on some other business stories. that's it for the business briefing this hour, but before we go, here are the markets. up ne

this is an amazon's massive warehouse here in minnesota. a handful of workers here are planning to mark amazon's prime shopping day, and annual sales event, with a strike. earlier, ispoke and annual sales event, with a strike. earlier, i spoke to one of the workers to ask him what they are protesting. we are going on strike on prime dave mainly to demand safe and securejobs on prime dave mainly to demand safe and secure jobs from amazon. the speed at which we are required to work are exhausting, sometimes leading to injuries, and people not seeing a job as a thing they can do long—term, plus with amazon's reliance on temporary workers, not having the same job security. basically we just want them to treat us basically we just want them to treat us with respect, as human beings, and not treat us as machines. for most consumers, you click a button, your package arrives a couple of days later, good prices and convenience, what is the issue here? iama convenience, what is the issue here? i am a picker, i convenience, what is the issue here? i

with the tax you could hold of the huge amounts of money that the likes of facebook and google and amazon and the like are making out of non—american companies. it is all coming together. it has been a long—standing problem for these digital web—based companies and they haven't got much infrastructure in oui’ haven't got much infrastructure in our country. they generally have headquarters in places that are somewhere like dublin with local fresh and tax rates and we don't see much if any of the tax revenues. for cbr earning hundreds of millions so it's a bit of a scandal. the only problem with what is going on here is that it will look like a direct attack on american large companies like google, like those amazon and so like google, like those amazon and so forth, you do worry that this is going to start some kind of trade war because it does seem quite apparent that president trump isn't averse to putting up tariffs if he feels in any way a tax like that.” think that made the point of, do that and it will be tariff. there will be a price to pay. the other point being made by t

david shuckman, bbc news, in the amazon. the wimbledon tennis tournament is under way and 15—year—old cori gauf has caused a major shock by beating former champion venus williams. the american teenager beat her 39—year—old opponent in straight sets. she's the youngest player ever to qualify for the main draw. a reminder of the top story: a tan scum has descended on hong kong hours after police fired tear gas. ——a hours after police fired tear gas. —— a tense calm. you're watching bbc news. hello again, we are in the middle of quite a quiet spell of weather, really. looking at the week ahead it will be dry. there would be a few subtle changes, mind you. the satellite picture is quite interesting where cooler atlantic air is meeting the extreme heatwave. we have these massive thunderstorms that have developed. there is a risk of damaging winds, flash flooding, even large hail, but we also have some thicker cloud working into scotland and northern ireland at the moment and that will continue to provide the focus

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. the final footage of eight international mountaineers who were killed by an avalanche while climbing india's second highest mountain has been released by the indian authorities. four climbers from the same expedition survived after turning back due to bad weather, but the remaining team members died during their ascent of nunduh davey. gareth barlow has more details. these are some of the last recorded moments from the ill—fated expedition. the eight mountaineers roped together for safety, walking slowly as they attempt to scale the peak. shortly after this, the footage ends. an avalanche, a common thread on snow—covered mountains, swept the climbers to their deaths. as members of the team who were sent to retrieve the victims loop was bodies we re retrieve the victims loop was bodies were recognised for their efforts, the leader of the rescue operation called for more climbers to carry cameras. i think it should be mandatory for all high—risk mountain climbers, all members shou

this is happening all over the amazon, to create new farmland. the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. the us vows to keep up maximum pressure on iran, after it exceeded the agreed limit on its stockpile of enriched uranium. we start in hong kong, where protesters yesterday broke into the legislative council building. the chief executive of hong kong, carrie lam, used a news conference in the early hours of the morning to condemn the protesters. my colleague karishma vaswani has been following developments in hong kong. in the early hours of this morning we heard from the chief executive, carrie lam, who held a news conference to condemn the violence. she said the protesters disregarded the rule of law which is so cherished here in hong kong. those protests coincided with the 22nd anniversary of the handover of power from the uk of hong kong to men than china and against a backdrop of continued unrest over an unpopular d raft continued unrest over an unpopular draft bill, the extradition bill, which if it had passe

it's not amazon or apple — but microsoft. and it has just proved again why it is the world's most valuable publicly traded company. injust three months, this giant brought in almost $34 billion in revenue. about the same amount as the value of cyprus‘s entire economy. and unlike a number of the tech giants, this company is actually making money. lots of it. in fact, $13 billion of profits. how? office software and cloud computing are proving to be the big money—spinners for microsoft. the likes of microsoft 365 and the azure business in particular. what's powering all of this? an unexpected rise in the number of new desktops and notebooks being sold around the world. they're up by almost 5%. why? companies are trying to replace old machines still running on windows 7 before support for the software expires next year. there's also the fear that this could be a much more costly investment in the future if trade tariffs rise. all of this has helped the company cement its place at the top of the wall street tree. you can how

if you work in part of the corporate amazon and if you want to retrain as an engineer, amazon will make that happen for you. and even more interestingly, if you worked in one of the fulfillment centres, this is one of the basic entry level jobs at centres, this is one of the basic entry leveljobs at amazon, and you wa nt to entry leveljobs at amazon, and you want to train as a nurse or airline mechanic, jobs that do not exist at amazon, they will pay 95% of the tuition and fees and costs associated with getting those certificates or degrees. associated with getting those certificates or degreeslj understand certificates or degrees.” understand the first bed because people develop within the company but why the second was the rationale? the rationale for getting them to train as nurses and mechanics, love, few reasons. one, it really highlights their future ambitions, and goals. we heard amazon wants to get into the plane the business they haven't got there yet but they want to. we know they are yet but they want to. we know they a re interested yet but they want to. we know they are i

do you get your music streaming through amazon if you are a member of amazon prime? you can extend your services into that. as with all of these companies, they are trying to broaden their offering to keep you within one particular sphere and not transposing you into some of the other technology giants. it's such a massive market, there is room for everyone. indeed. the whole music industry has changed immeasurably. we offer certain age where we would have bought our music in different ways. what is on your amazon or spotify or apple music?- the moment i've been listening to british group bastille. in our house, my boys are crazy about queen. they saw bohemian rhapsody. is the next generation coming through! my little girl wants listened to notorious big. will say no more. that's it from business live today. good morning. quite an messy picture, a lot of cloud around. the focus this afternoon on thundery showers especially in eastern scotland. low pressure moving into scotland, it's quite messy at the moment. lots of cloud with outbreaks of rain. a lot of the rain cl

david shuckman, bbc news, in the amazon. let's return now to our top story,o ur reporter nick beake —— our, was on the scene at hong kong's parliament when police entered the building. hundreds of protesters ransacked the building overnight. here's some of his reporting after he made it inside. this is the place where thousands of protesters today took siege, putting up barricades. you can see the graffiti on the wall. they were here, trying to break into different entrances. let's see if we can take you just inside. let's go through here, danny. this is one of the government buildings, normally it would be a highly secure area. it's been completely trashed. for instance, there, the whole place has been ripped apart. if we go into one of these other entrances, this is where the place where politicians, the people who make the decisions in this city would be coming to work every day. and if we just take you inside, this is where some of the protesters went through. there is an eerie silence and there isa there is an eerie

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. the world economic forum has named 21 of the world's best scientists under a0. out of the researchers chosen, 10 are from asia and more than half are women. christine cheung is one of them. she's an assistant professor at nanyang technological university, where she specialises in molecular and vascular medicine. she told me what this recognition means to her. it's really invigorating and a huge honour. an eye—opening experience in to come to the world economic forum and i think having to see leaders across industry to gather together and tackling global issues is very inspirational for us. as the role of young scientists, we hope to influence evidence—based decision—making in these leaders. you've always said that scientists like yourself should not only be working in the lab but should step out and mingle with businesses in a wider audience. why so? i'm starting to learn about social responsibility for scientists. traditionally, we love and are passionate about deep science but