‘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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

. —— and amazon and getting paid to play video games. we start with amazon as shares have fallen after its earnings disappointed investors. revenues for the three month to the end ofjune came in at 63.1; billion dollars. up about 20% from a year ago, just over 2.6 billion dollars was actually profit but the crux is it was less than expected. the company has been spending heavily, some $800 million alone in the past three months, to make one day delivery the norm but it is facing pressure of its size and power and facing an anti—trust investigation as well as being probed in europe. michelle flurry has more. the wave of record profits has more. the wave of record profits has a crested. by more than 3.5% from a year ago but fell short of wall street expectations, worse still, the ecommerce giant want not to expect much improvement in the next quarter as it ramps up spending. investors have been used to amazon the money making machine. they topped $10 billion for the first time. this was fuelled by the success first time. this was fuelled

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. voting is now under way for more than 160,000 conservative party members who are choosing the next prime minister. whoever wins will have to try to win over the whole country, notjust their own party. our political editor laura kuenssberg is in the north west of england to see what people make of borisjohnson and jeremy hunt. enjoying the spectacle? or wishing the tories would just stop their games? trafford is a conservative seat but the front runner borisjohnson won't persuade gail. mr hunt. why do you say that? don't like borisjohnson. just something about him. did you vote in the european election? i did. i voted for mr farage — sorry. i'm not a fan of boris. and then, yeah, jeremy hunt's fox hunting comment just... i definitely wouldn't be able to vote for him after that. this is remain territory but laura statham, who runs this business, prefers the chief brexiteer. i think boris is a character and i think he's strong willed, and in that respect i think he would be quite good.

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. reminder of our top story. the leader of the hong kong government, carrie lam, has told a news co nfe re nce government, carrie lam, has told a news conference that a controversial d raft law news conference that a controversial draft law that would have allowed extradition to the chinese mainland is dead. she admitted that the government's work on the bill had been a totalfailure. government's work on the bill had been a total failure. that bill of courses sparked huge and at times violent street protests and plunge the former british colony into turmoil. in mid june, carrie lam responded to the protests by suspending the bill that that move failed to mollify critics who continued to demonstrate against the bill and call for her resignation. with just reiterating what she had to say. she said there are still lingering doubts about the government's sincerity or worries about whether the government will restart the process, with the legislative council, so i reiterated there is no such plan, the bill is dead. ve

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. tomorrow we'll be looking at how indigenous people living on protected land are also under pressure. and if you've got any questions for our science editor david shukman right now — you can contact him on twitter for a live question and answer session. join in now by using the hashtag #bbcnewsten. a third of councils in england fear they could run out of money for key services — such as adult social care, protecting children, and preventing homelessness — within the next three years. that's according to a survey by the local government association, which wants central government to help councils cope with a rise in demand for such services. from hampshire, our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. they are famous for their haunting magical songs, which can be heard from over 20 miles away... it is not always obvious, but some children need a little extra support. rosie, olly and riley are all deaf. they get extra help at this specialist unit within their school in hampsh

in terms of amazon's ambition, as you say, this is about them acknowledging their business is changing quite considerably and they have to make sure the humans they employ are able to move with those changes as well. that was dave lee in san francisco. shifting out of the global trade wars because negotiators from india and the us are set to meet in delhi later today. this, as two sides attempt to find common ground on a wide range of differences. america is india's largest trading partner however relations have deteriorated after both sides hit each other with tit—for—tat tariffs. i'm joined now by mariko. what is happening?m feels like we're talking about trade especially between china and the united states but as you mentioned, tensions between india and the us have also been on the rise. that is after the trump administration ended what is known as india's preferential trade treatment last year. that agreement used to allow 5.6 william dollars worth of indian goods to enter the us market duty—free. that when that was removed, india retaliated by raising ta riffs removed, indi

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

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. that was david's second special report from the amazon. uk police are trying to identify the body of a man who fell from a plane and landed in a garden in south—west london. officers believe the victim fell from the landing gear compartment of the kenya airways plane as it came in to land at heathrow on sunday. a neighbour said the body landed just feet away from a resident who'd been sunbathing. here's the bbc‘s lucy manning. coming in to land at heathrow on sunday, but minutes earlier, from beneath this kenyan airways plane, a body had fallen to the ground. the man fell thousands of feet into a garden in clapham. a small crater visible. it is a desperate act, to stow away on a plane, and he didn't survive. the body, described as an ice block, just missed a man who was sunbathing in the garden. neighbours are reported to have said they heard an almighty bang, and that a man had fallen from the sky. the man, who was sunbathing in the garden, has been left badly shaken by what he saw, and the narrown miss that could have killed him as w

his company, so many geoff of amazon on with his company, so many are now geoff of amazon on with his company, so many are now working with nasa. it will be interesting to see how that develops over the next 50 yea rs. that develops over the next 50 years. we will keep in touch with you over the next few hours, up until the moment of the moon landing. police in hong kong say they have found explosives and other weapons in a raid on a warehouse. they dispayed two kilos of explosives, ten petrol—bombs, and literature opposing the plans to allow extradition to mainland china. a senior bomb disposal officer said it was the largest seizure of the explosive tri—acetone tri—peroxide, or tatp, police had come across in hong kong. this is an extremely sensitive and extremely powerful explosive. it will cause exceptional amounts of damage when used. it is also very unstable and it will react to heat, friction and impact. it puts at risk everybody within this building, it puts at risk bystanders outside. staying in hong kong, and tens of thousands of people have joined a protest in support

this is happening all over the amazon to create more farmland. and the result is that the great forest has never been under such pressure. it's hard to believe but an area the size of a football pitch is being cleared every single minute. what that means is that forests that could cover more than 2000 pitches is just vanishing every day. and all the signs are that this rate of devastation will accelerate. after david's reports, so many of you got in touch with us, using #bbcnews to ask questions. so we've taken a few and put them to experts to get you some answers. firstly, someone asked, "as a young adult who lives in the uk, what changes can i make to my everyday life to help conserve and protect the rainforest further?" something we put to clare shakya. we all have power to take action in our everyday lives. first of all as consumers, behind products, making sure those products are coming from land where there is no forest destruction. secondly, as political actors, so ask our mps what they are doing to ensure that the uk puts pressure on braz

and finally, the sun has a published an investigation where it found evidence amazon employees in bucharest romania monitor thousands of alexa recordings, hearing private family conversations, arguments and even couples having sex. so let's begin. with me is independent analyst dr stephanie hare. good to talk to you, stephanie. the ft first of all, because this is the big story for us today, the pound is the weakening and it's been doing that for a while now. the mood music has been there among investors and their not happy about basically the unknown of what will happen in october, particularly all this talk ofa october, particularly all this talk of a no—deal brexit. october, particularly all this talk of a no-deal brexit. why do investors hate it so much? i think it's the vote of no—confidence to be honest and the whole idea we will potentially be leaving without a deal. we've had so much political uncertainty in this country with parliament rejecting the withdrawal agreement bill to times, a change in leadership, now we have a prime minister who doesn't have the support of a general

amazon sales jump as it invests heavily in one—day delivery. but the spending spree weighs on profits. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. over $30 million is up for grabs at the @fortnitegame world cup. 15 yr old benjy fish is one of a handful of british gamers to make it to the finals. today we want to know: are parents right to be telling kids they're wasting their time online? get in touch — #bbcthebriefing. we are going to start with brexit. top europen union officials have given a cool response to borisjohnson‘s remark to parliament that he is committed to "getting rid" of the irish backstop — designed to prevent customs checks on the irish border after brexit. in a phone call with the new british prime minister, the commission president, jean—claude juncker, stressed the deal couldn't be changed. john mcmanus has more. statement, the prime minister. do the cheers of his conservative party mps, boris johnson rose the cheers of his conservative party mps, bori

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. tens of thousands of tourists flocked to cities and towns across northern chile to stake out spots in one of the world's best locations to witness a total eclipse of the sun. vast areas of the southern pacific and parts of south america were plunged into darkness as ramzan karmali reports. the moment hundreds of thousands have been waiting for. a total eclipse of the sun. it only occurs when the moon passes between the earth and the sun, pledging the planet into darkness. beginning in the pacific, the 6000 mile long band of darkness carved its way across areas of chile and argentina. thousands of sky watchers gathered to view the rare event. something that had not been seen in the region for over 400 years. many of them came here to this observeratory high in the atacama desert. enthusiast paid $2000 each for the privilege of watching the eclipse next to a seasoned astronomer. i don't think there is a better place in the world to watch and eclipse than here because it is so dry that y

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. european union leaders have chosen a woman for the first time to be the next head of the european commission. the job looks set to go to the german defence minister, ursula von der leyen. the european parliament has met for the first time since elections in may. the new brexit party meps staged a protest by turning their backs during the eu's ode tojoy anthem, while lib dem meps wore yellow "stop brexit" t—shirts. our europe reporter adam fleming reports from strasbourg. day one of the new european parliament. the brexit party meps don't want to be here, and they didn't want to hear this. music: ode to joy. it's unlikely they'll get into trouble, and it sounds like there's more to come. our anger is not really against these people. i mean, monsieur barnier has done a brilliantjob. our anger is really about westminster not delivering on the referendum. defiance from the lib dems, too. their t shirts said "stop brexit" on the front. something much ruder on the back. the real message w

rising tensions as the brazilian amazon is opened up for more development. an indigenous leader is reportedly murdered by gold miners. and the tour de france has its youngest winner in more than 100 years, as the 22—year—old colombian egan bernal triumphs. hello and welcome to world news today. several people have been injured in pitched battles in hong kong after a third day of violent clashes between pro—democracy campaigners and riot police. some protestors had defied orders to disperse after an anti—government rally, setting up barricades and blocking streets, before rounds of tear gas were fired. this is the eighth week of demonstrations, sparked by a proposed new bill which would have allowed extradition to mainland china. although the plans were eventually shelved, mass protests continue, amid fears of a gradual erosion of freedoms at the hands of the authorities in beijing. our correspondent, nick beake, has sent us this report from hong kong. gunshots they say it's one of the safest cities you can find, a peaceful place. not today. not this

amazon prime day has kicked off in the last few hours — it's a 48—hour promotion for amazon. warehouse staff in germany and the us are marking it by striking over pay and conditions and claiming they‘ re being denied a living wage. here's the experience of one employee, speaking to michelle. we are going on strike on prime day, mainly demanding safe, reliable jobs from amazon. the speeds that we have to work are very physically and me ntally to work are very physically and mentally exhausting. in some cases leading to injuries. and for people not seeing the 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 like machines. for most consumers, you click a button, your package arrives a couple of days later, good prices, a convenience. what is the other side here?|j later, good prices, a convenience. what is the other side here? i am an order picker, so all the merchandise is on these

amazon turns 25 today. we look at how it changed the world, and why not everyone is happy about it. also coming up: it is budget day in india. we will be finding out what the new finance minister will do to shake up its vast but slowing economy. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. as the uk betting firm william hill plans 700 store closures, putting 4,500 jobs at risk, that is almost a third of its stores and workforce. will it help cut problem gambling, or will it drive people elsewhere? tell us what you think. just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. relatives of people killed when a boeing 737 max plane crashed in ethiopia have told the bbc they want to know why the plane model was not grounded after an earlier crash in indonesia last november. all boeing 737 max aircraft around the world are currently grounded, but only after the second deadly crash. investigations suggest the same flight control system was at fault when an ethiopian airlines jet crashed four months later. speaking exclusively to the bbc, some fa

david shukman, bbc news, in the amazon. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: we hear why china's reaction to the protests in hong kong is irking taiwan. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong with a series of spectacular celebrations. a huge firework display was held in the former colony. the chinese president, jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for hong kong. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell of another sheep. for the first time in 20 years, russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. challenger powered past the bishop rock lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering a record that had stood for 34 years. and there was no hiding the sheer elation of richard branson and his crew. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: as

and, finally, inc magazine is looking at amazon's 25th anniversary. it takes us back in time to 1994 when, it reminds us, less than half of i% of the world's population had access to the internet and the first spam e—mails had only been sent one month before. perhaps alleged to that website on an old—fashioned modem, maybe that's why it wasn't loading. so let's begin with the greek election, taking place on sunday. with me is fiona cincotta, who's a senior market analyst at the spread—betting firm, city index. iimagine the i imagine the economy will be very much in voters minds when they go to the polls. both candidates haven't really focusing on the economy, on tax cuts, on how they are intending to drive creation. the economy, it isa to drive creation. the economy, it is a huge issue for greece, if you think back in 2015, the promise of an m2 austerity, which actually didn't happen. then we have the tough bailout conditions, greeks really have suffered a lot as poverty is concerned, with job issues, jobs really is a high priority. but still, i

is a company like google or amazon or facebook. .. they have done a or amazon or facebook. .. they have doneafair or amazon or facebook. .. they have done a fair number of acquisitions which have stifled 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 speech —— space which is too close to the big guys and they will eat it up for pennies rather than pounds so the point is, there may be clever 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. you from growing to more than 40% of the industry but maybe i won't let you ta ke industry but maybe i won't let you take over these things. are you suggesting, if you are saying this isa suggesting, if you are saying this is a message that people are sending to world leaders, that populism is a good young because it's sending a message? populism raises the right questi

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

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. 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 this year it

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

on the amazon prime day deals, that is yesterday and today when amazon pushes online deals for a much cheaper rate, we have asked you, have you succumb to this? we had from kerry, who says, my most embarrassing thing i've had to buy a line is under way because walmart stopped selling the kind are used. kerry, what kind? why is that embarrassing? fatima geraldine who says what if you could shop online or doing good, imagine supporting business of local markets, local independentjobs online, that's for the geraldine but we want those embarrassing stories. i will see you ina embarrassing stories. i will see you in a moment. hello there. it's going to be a bright start to the day for many of us. a day of sunny spells developing, but also some scattered showers. now, at the moment, we've got a weather front, this line of cloud, working into western areas. it's bumping into high pressure all the time, so it's a weak front that we'll have, but it's that that is providing the rather cloudy skies. the cloud, though, quite thin, quite high up, so it'll be a bright start to the day. watch out, t

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

have we seen that impact that can be directly attributed to the deforestation in the amazon? yes and no. essentially, deforestation isa and no. essentially, deforestation is a large contributor to climate change, about 10% of c02 is a large contributor to climate change, about 10% of co2 emissions. and so it is a combined effect of all of the causes. but deforestation isa all of the causes. but deforestation is a big one. more and more evidence appearing all the time. when did we first know the link between cutting down trees and the ongoing consequences in a wider sense? we've known this for quite a while. it‘s just in the past decade or so that we can make these links between what‘s happening in one part of the world and another part. the theory was it was having an impact, but the evidence was not there? exactly. how do you see things progressing from now? i think forests have taken centre stage on global talks about sustainability. we see them in key international agreements like the paris agreement. i think there‘s a real opportunity to combat climate change by red

you can now ask alexa, following a tie up between amazon and the nhs. and the double act now known as "murena". andy murray and serena williams back in action at wimbledon this afternoon. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news... a terrible start for india as they chase 240 against new zealand in their cricket world cup semi—final at old trafford. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. britain's ambassador to washington has resigned, following the leak of his confidential emails in which he described the trump administration as inept and dysfunctional. president trump had denounced sir kim as "stupid," "wacky" and a "pompous fool" and said the white house would not deal with him. the ambassador now says it's impossible for him to carry on. theresa may told the commons it's a matter of great regret that he's resigning. our world affairs correspondent naomi grimley reports. sir kim darroch, just last month, during donald trump's state visit. he was one of the key aides to facilitate the presidential stay in london. but a se