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We start with vaping it breathed new life into the Tobacco Industry but its now being choked by global backlash. From today fruit and dessert flavoured pods for e cigarettes are banned in the us. Theyve been blamed for a surge in use by teenagers as concerns grow about the health effects. According to Us Health Officials at the centers for Disease Control 60 people have died and more than 2700 have been hospitalised from respiratory illness linked to vaping. The industry has seen a fortune go up in smoke or rather be vapourized. E cigarette makerjuul was one of the most valuable startups in the us valued at 38 billion in 2018. Thats now been slashed by two thirds to 12 billion. Us tobacco giant altria invested heavily injuul and has to write off billions you can see how that has hit the share price. Its notjust the us where the vaping industry is under pressure argentina, india, brazil are among the countries to announce bans. But the us move is far less stringent than originally planned as zoe thomas reports from san francisco. This is a scaled down version of the all out man that President Trump called for last year. The ban covers plenty of kid friendly flavours like mango and candy cot that makes fairy floss that it does not cover a ll fairy floss that it does not cover all sorts of vaporisers and cigarettes. Vaporises with prefilled pods likejuul are on the list. But juul dropped prefilled pods likejuul are on the list. Butjuul dropped most of its flavours in november last year and Health Officials say the ban is too little too late for young people who have become addicted to nicotine because of vaping. A study found that more than one in four teenagers had used in e cigarette within 30 days of the survey. Even this pared down version is not good new for makers of these cigarettes. Restrictions will make it harder to develop new products and of may, manufacturers will need permission from regulators if they want to sell in the us. That means the days of unregulated growth in the sector have gone proof. Lets go to australia now where British Foreign secretary dominic raab has been holding talks with Australian Foreign minister marise payne. Hell then be off to japan, singapore and malaysia all part of the uks effort to strike new trade deals now it has left the european union. Heres some of what he had to say. I think its also vital as we think about broadening our horizons to embrace the huge opportunities in the rising economies of the future and many of those are found in the Indo Pacific Region which is why this region is so central to our ambitions as a country as we leave the eu. We are seeing that here in australia. We have a trade relationship already with £17 billion but we have a potential to do so much more. That is why we have recommitted today to launching negotiations on an ambitious Free Trade Agreement between oui Free Trade Agreement between our countries as soon as possible. We hope australia will be part of that first wave of high priority deals we are pursuing. The bbcs Shaimaa Khalil joins me now from canberra. You heard his optimism there that australia will be one of the first countries to strike a trade deal. Is that likely . How receptive do you think the Australian Government will be to these talks . It is a very exciting day for the australians. For that Dominic Raabis australians. For that dominic raab is here is significant enough because this is the first major ministerial visit after brexit but the fact that canberra is his first stop sends a strong message to the australians, after Boris Johnson already said that striking a deal with australia is on his top list of priorities. This is a big chance for business here to get back into the uk market which they lost a big chunk of when they lost a big chunk of when the ukjoined they lost a big chunk of when the uk joined the they lost a big chunk of when the ukjoined the eu. You can bet that agriculture is going to be big on the agenda in any agreement between australia and the united kingdom. Meat and beef exporters, dairy exporters are looking at this closely. They have been quite restricted in the amounts that they can export to the uk because of eu constraints and now that this is no longer an issue they can get back into that market and, crucially for them, diversify from asian markets with the Economic Impact of the coronavirus. An exciting time for Australian Business here, that potential of an opening in the uk. And what about reciprocal visa deals . Are they on the agenda as well . It is likely to be on the agenda although were not a lot of detail about what that will is likely to be. But, yes, free trade talks are notjust about imports and exports of goods, it is also about freedom of movement and whether that will mean easier movement for people in both countries, whether people will be able to move and effectively work in both countries, we will have to wait and see. 0ne countries, we will have to wait and see. One more point that came up time and time again in the press conference, it is Climate Change which was very interesting because dominic raab made a very strong point about the uk wanting to play a global role that hosting a big summit later this year about Climate Change. Here in australia this has been a politically contentious issue, especially with the context of the bushfires. So they said we are very interested in talking to australia about the emissions but also talking to them about cooperation in renewable energy. It will be interesting to watch and see where these talks are going to be like, especially given that scott morrison, the Prime Minister here, has made it clear that he did not wish to change is climate policy. We will see how that turns up between the two countries. Will see how that turns up between the two countriesm will be interesting to see what does come out of those talks, particularly in relation to Climate Change, a key topic for many australians at this time. Its the most highly anticipated share sale of 2020 home rental app airbnb could be valued at more than 30 billion when it lists on the stock exchange. Airbnb has had its share of negative publicity accused of forcing up housing costs for locals and failing to stop disturbance to neigbours. So it is trying improve that image promising to run its businesses not just for investors but for all stake holders as the firms co founder explained to michelle fleury. Ata at a b b we are committed to surveying all our stakeholders. We nominated five who are guests, our hosts and employees, shareholders and the communities in which we operate and to further formalise that we have find specific principles in metrics by which we are going to serve our stakeholders so we can hold ourselves accountable over time. Someone listening right now, forgive them for a degree of scepticism, they will just say ok, this is a lot of nice words and a lot of lofty goals. How do they measure that . This is where it is important to be explicit and in numerate exactly what it is and what the impacts that we care about and where we will measure them. One example is with our host community, hosts are making significant income on the platform and we want to make sure that they are succeeding ever more each year. One metric is what percentage of our hosts are earning more on the air b b platform each year than the year before . The most problematic area just looking for your stakeholders is when it comes to community. The area reading through your manifesto so far, you talk about community and sustainability but there is a real issue when people look at air b bs Business Model they say the causes will problems with Housing Affordability and that does not seem to be addressed so fardidnt our does not seem to be addressed so far didnt our commitment is to make sure that airbnb has a positive impact on the community. And there are many ways in which we can do that. What we have accomplished already is that in over 500 different municipalities we have reached agreements on home sharing, specific laws and that includes tax collection whereas by date we have elected over 2 billion in tax tied to short term rental as well as enforcement activities. You plan to go public, you hope to go public this year. I do not worry that some investors will look at this and say hang on, i do not want to share equal billing with the other stakeholders. To be clear, i dont think it is zero sum between the interest of the stakeholders. There are some short term trade offs but in the long term we will create the long term we will create the most value by creating a business that aligns everybodys interests. Now lets brief you on some other business stories. China says it will halve ta riffs china says it will halve tariffs on hundreds of goods imported from the United States from february 14. That announcement comes three weeks after both countryside phase one trade deal in washington including chinas promise to boost purchase of us goods and services in exchange for the us rolling back some tariffs imposed against chinese goods. Ride hailing firm uber has been issued a permit by the department of Motor Vehicles in california to test self driving cars on public roads. It comes nearly two years after one of ubers self driving cars was involved in a fatal crash in arizona. Uber scaled back its Autonomous Car operations following the incident. Ina in a moment we will have news briefing and i will take you through some of the stories making headlines in the global news media. In turkey, three people have died after a passenger plane skidded off the runway at one of istanbuls airports, breaking into three pieces. The plane belonged to the turkish low cost airline pegasus, and was carrying 177 passengers and six crew. Bill hayton reports. This is the moment a Pegasus Airlines boeing 737 arriving at speed and in wet weather lost control, skidded and overran the runway of Istanbuls Sabiha gokcen airport. High wind and heavy rain may have been a factor. The plane then fell down a bank. The impact of the crash split the planes fuselage into at least three sections. Translation unfortunately, the Pegasus Airlines plane could not hold onto the runway due to poor weather conditions and skidded for around 50 60 metres. It fell from about 30 a0 metres high. The jet thejet had made the jet had made a short flight from a western city and on board were 183 passengers and crew. Three people are known to have been killed by the crash and over 150 others injured. Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into what happened but as they comb through the wreckage it is clear that as bad as it was, the consequences could have been much, much worse. Coming up at 6 00am Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt will have all the days news, business and sport. Plus, the top story on breakfast new rules to end the automatic release of convicted terrorists are to be rushed through parliament before the next prisoner is freed in three weeks. Sunderland shopkeeper Mohammed Zahir kahn is due to be freed at the end of this month, after serving half his sentence for encouraging terrorism. This is the briefing from bbc news. The latest headlines the white house has called the acquittal of President Trump in his impeachment trial a full vindication and exoneration. However, the democrat leader in the senate called it without value as the republicans had refused to call witnesses. The chinese Authorities Say 563 people have now died from the new coronavirus, most of them in the province of hubei. The total number of people infected has reached 28,000. For the first time in germany, a state premier has been elected with support from the far right afd party. The left wing leader of the eastern state of thuringia lost out to a candidate from the free democrats. Now its time to look at some of the stories that are making the headlines in the news media across the world. We start with the guardian and the acquittal of donald trump. He was cleared of both articles of impeachment by the us senate, ending any threat of him being removed from office before novembers president ial election. Next, we head to australia, where uk foreign secretary. Dominic raab, is making his first foreign trip since brexit. The Port Macquarie news says britain is looking for a free trade deal following its departure from the european union. The Financial Times reports on a potential breakthrough in the fight against cancer. Scientists say they can now map the development of the disease which could lead to personalised treatment and a potential drop in mortality rates. Germanys frankfurter allgemeine leads on the political upheaval in the eastern state of thuringia fter the far right afd party helped removed the local state premier. There have been calls for fresh elections in the region. Finally, the Daily Telegraph says social media bosses may be held personally responsible for harm online. The paper reports that ministers will propose a new duty of care law, requiring tech giants like facebook and google to protect children

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