the mess within 11 days if they have access to enough nutrients up due to the deforestation of the amazon jungle huge amounts of nutrient rich soil washed away into the oceans you bill. several luxury resorts spend hundreds of thousands of euros each year cleaning their beaches once the algae reaches land it decomposes creating a pungent odor. even in that every year it's different but this seems to be more alkie as the years go by when i'm cleaning it puts a huge strain on local authorities and it's only going to be honest this stuff affects all activity on the beach you're expecting to find a clean sandy beach. but instead find it covered in and. what's worse is the effect on marine life sea turtles for example cannot make it to the beach through the thick algae meaning they can no longer lay the eggs there a serious threat to an already endangered species. well here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you 1st off on the lion has it sold to win backing for her nomination to the european union commission presidency she met opposition lawmakers in brussels today and she said

and finally before we go it was meant to spock a global shopping spree not transatlantic protests amazon's annual prime day event 2 days of online discounts stuff instead of taken to the streets here in germany demanding higher wages and warehouse workers have also walked out in the united states they want better working conditions and more job security hours on says it is improving conditions point to a recent pay hike it also says that it is fair unions say the retail giant's discounts to customers come at the expense of its own employees salaries. by certain business with it. the quiet melody resounds michael light of the mood. ready and did some repeat resonate within its soul. ready the mind and the music. beethoven 1st bond 2019 from september 6th to september 29th. earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas that protect the climate boost green energy solutions and reforestation. using interactive content to inspire people to take action on the ideas the series of global 3000 on t.

the next in business tech profits surging alphabet the parent company of google and e-commerce giant amazon they've just released their 2nd quarter results and guess who's got the numbers for your i think. she'll be here right after the break stick around for that. my 1st boss was the sewing machine. icon for all women are balanced by this notion and then something as simple as learning how to write a buy side of those isn't. since i was in there doing good i wanted to have a bicycle off my home and it took me as the inside there.

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

mass within 11 days and if they have access to enough nutrients up due to the deforestation of the amazon jungle huge amounts of nutrient rich soil washed away into the oceans. several luxury resorts spend hundreds of thousands of euros each year cleaning their beaches once the algae reaches land it decomposes creating a pungent odor. stephen and in every year it's different but there seems to be more as the years go by so when i was cleaning it out puts a huge strain on local authorities and it's only going to be honest this stuff affects all activity on the beach you're expecting to find a clean sandy beach. but instead find it covered in and. what's worse is the effect on marine life sea turtles for example cannot make it to the beach through the thick calgary meaning they can no longer lay their eggs they're a serious threat to an already endangered species. but his reminder our top story at this hour an iraqi asylum seeker has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the right and blood of a 14 year old it just makes me cases feel the key to public debate about migration and violent c

the white house says they unfairly target american companies facebook apple google and amazon are amongst the 30 companies affected french finance minister bruno the masses 3 percent tax could write off a 1000000000 euros a year president trump has ordered an investigation. yes look at this closer with business reporter tilton welcome so which companies what sorts of companies are likely to be affected by these digital services tax well i mean we're talking about the most major tech companies that have business and actually earn their profits within friends i mean according to legislation is companies that earn a sizeable out of the profits within the country friends and also have a combined revenues of both just over 25000000 of course this is an only going to be hitting large american tech companies but that really is who this legislation is focusing on i mean the laws even being referred to as the google apple facebook amazon laws so it's quite clear who they're planning to get in their tax crosshairs and just just just to be clear these are going to be already paying tax well i mean t

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

saying that the attacks unfairly targets american tech companies big technology companies like google amazon and facebook operating in france will soon be paying more tax france's senate has approved a 3 percent tax on tech companies doing business there the aim is to plug a taxation gap that's allowed some internet heavyweights to avoid tax in countries where they make their profits and to book their income in low tax countries like ireland it's estimated the levy could net france 400000000 euros this year and 650000000 next year before the vote french finance minister spoke out against the growing power of big check. start. before we can all see the emergence of economic giants with monopolistic attributes who not only want to control a maximum amount of data and make money with this data but also to go further than that by in the absence of rules avoiding taxes and putting into place instruments that could tomorrow become a sovereign currency. cloyd dumont home were formed when it's won. but even before the legislation was through us president donald trump had ordered an investigation the

of the stories making news around the wasn't digital technology giants such as google facebook and amazon i expected to be the main targets of a broad anti-trust investigation by the u.s. justice department while no specific companies were mentioned the probe is said to be examining where the major online platforms have been abusing their market dominance and hindering competition russian opposition leader alexei navalny says he's been arrested in a video on his instagram account the anticorruption campaign a said he was detained as he left his home in moscow to go for a jog the rest comes after he called for another mass protest unless authorities lifted their ban on opposition candidates running in moscow's elections. russia and china have conducted their 1st joint effort through a disputed islands between japan and south korea in response japan's promises fighter jets and south korean aircraft fired hundreds of warning shots both countries accuse the chinese and the russian planes of violating the s. and moscow insists 5th flew over neutral waters. germany's defense minister on a good

digital technology giants such as google facebook and amazon are expected to be the main targets of a broad anti-trust investigation by the u.s. justice department while no specific companies were mentioned the probe is said to be examining whether major online platforms have been abusing their market dominance and him during competition. the polish city of bialystok saw its 1st ever gay pride parade over the weekend but it ended in violence when marchers came under attack from anti-gay thugs now a right wing news magazine is offering its readers and for use own sticker and to gay sentiment appears to be growing in poland with some blaming the conservative and the strongly catholic government. these are painful memories for warsaw based artist. he was in the obvious joke over the weekend simply to speak up for his rights as a gay man. but a vote of knowledge was very depressing it is usually a festival of tolerance for that and then we were suddenly confronted with this aggression and 100. years which. it was called the equality parade for be obvious joke participants wanted to send a

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