It looks as though britain in the us ona it looks as though britain in the us on a collision course over the chancellors plans to impose a tax on Big Tech Companies such as facebook and apple which make profits in this country. The tech taxes due to come into force in april. We report from the World Economic forum at davos in switzerland where the argument came toa switzerland where the argument came to a head. Are there is a sales tax on the likes of google, facebook and amazon. The virtual business giants of the tech world have a very physical presence on the streets of davos at the World Economic forum, where they need to keep the worlds powerbrokers on side. Taxing them has been tricky and is now a global diplomatic incident, with britain committed, in april, to a 2 tax on the uk sales of the likes of facebook, google and amazon. As we leave. Here, the chancellor under pressure internationally, in particularfrom president trumps treasury secretary. Can they get a trade deal with yo
Throughout the day. The winds will remain light, and will continue with overnight frost for the next few days. Here it is, this area of High Pressure which has been building in, pushing that low pressure northwards and taking the showers and the breeze with it. The temperatures and the clear skies, light winds will all plummet tonight with widespread, pretty hard frost, particularly out of town. Northerly wind could just bring one or two showers to eastern parts of norfolk and to eastern kent, but High Pressure dominates the scene for part two of the weekend, so another largely dry one, with light winds. You will notice more isobars and weather fronts in the north west of the uk. This will bring more cloud to the north west of scotland, perhaps some spots of rain for the northern isles, and it will be windier too. So, temperatures nine or 10 celsius for stornoway, but elsewhere, after a cold start, it is going to be a cold afternoon. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines contenders in
States where its hit the hardest this. Action will give them maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability. And freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our National Stockpile to locations with the greatest need in order to assist in those areas, i approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration, something which Governor Cuomo has been asking for, and which i agree. And we had it done in very rapid fashion. We approved this on friday evening. And we are working very, very hard to get all of these things not only signed up, but completed and finished and win. The request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved just a little while ago. Went through the process, and we moved it very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received. And w
Topping 14,000. We have Fox Team Coverage tracking all angles of this worsening epidemic. We want to begin with steve harrigan. Steve . Jon, the u. S. Numbers have been rising all day. Right now they are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the u. S. The death toll in the u. S. Has now topped 400. Weve seen a number of state governors order all nonessential workers to remain at home. This morning there were five states on that list. Now its up to eight, with ohio and louisiana joining the list of people now ordered to go out only for food or medicine. The cdc former head was on Fox News Sunday this morning. He was critical of the administration saying it had basically side lined the cdc during this crisis. Fighting this without cdc central to the response has never been done with an Infectious Disease threat in the u. S. Before and it is Like Fighting with one hand tied behind your back. Some potential positive news on the horizon, the fda has approved an on site testing for the
Maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our National Stockpile to locations with the greatest need. In order to assist in those areas, i approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration, something which Governor Cuomo has been asking for and which i agree, and we had it done in very rapid fashion. We approved this on friday evening and we are working very, very hard to get all of these things not only signed up, but completed and finished and win. The request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved just a little while ago. Went through the process, and we moved it very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received, and we will have it approved very quickly. Well be working. I told t