In talking books, Rebecca Jones speaks to one of indias most successful writers preeti shinoy. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Team gb is celebrating its most successful day in winter olympic history. Lizzy yarnold won gold in the womens skeleton becoming the first briton ever to defend a winter olympic title. There was a bronze too in the event for her team mate laura dees, and a bronze in the ski slopestyle for izzy atkin. But there was disappointment for the medal favourite Elise Christie who crashed in the semifinal of the 1500 metre speed skating and was taken to hospital. David ornstein reports from pyeongchang. Guiding Great Britain to unprecedented glory, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. Commentator Lizzy Yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again . Yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track
And how and why do things go viral online . We meet one of the firms that says it can do it all for you for a price. Well get the inside track on the world of online marketing. Today, we want to know do social media ads reel you in or switch you off . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. Packed as usual so lets get started. Does europe need to do more to protect itself from foreign takeovers . From german manufacuring to greek ports and uk data centres, theres growing concern about how to make sure investment doesnt cost know how. And eu trade ministers are discussing this at their meeting in bulgaria today. Foreign direct invesment into the eu thats when Companies Invest their money in Foreign Countries came in at 370 billion last year. Not all of it is considered uncontroversial. The president of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker said in september, europe must always defend its Strategic Interests such as technology, defence and
From foreign takeovers . Across the European Union its an issue of growing concern with eu trade ministers meeting today to discuss the latest developments. Foreign direct invesment into the eu thats when Companies Invest their money in Foreign Countries came in at 370 billion last year. Not all of it is considered uncontroversial. President of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker said in September Europe must always defend its Strategic Interests such as technology, defence and infrastructure. One of the biggest deals to spark concerns was the 2016 purchase of kuka germanys largest maker of Industrial Robotics by chinas midea for 5. 5 billion dollars. And there is particular concern about companies linked to foreign governments. As china looks increasingly overseas at technology and manufacturing interests, its investors spent a record 43 billion on eu purchases in 2016. Thats almost double the previous year. Just yesterday germanys financial regulator said it would look into t
President trump has arrived to assess the damage left in the wake of tropical storm, harvey. Before we bring you the latest from the president s visit, lets first touch on the latest concern for authorities. Just outside the city of houston, are the addicks and barker dams. Their reservoirs have now been pushed to capacity by the unrelenting rainfall, causing the dams to overspill. While that wont cause the dams to fail it will add to flooding in the areas close to the main river into houston. This is the barker dam, officials had been trying to release water from the reservoirs to try and prevent those overspills. A p pa re ntly apparently unprecedented height. About 30,000 people have been driven into emergency shelters and now the mayor of houston has made a plea for federal aid to shelter further 10,000 with existing shelters bursting with far too many people. As i mentioned earlier, President Trump and the first lady are in texas. They touched down in Corpus Christi near where the
Threat to the public. Back from the dead this tortoise thought to be extinct for a hundred and fifty years, creeps back out of its shell. Eight residents of a florida nursing home have died after Hurricane Irma knocked out its power and air conditioning, when it hit the state on sunday. 115 other residents of the home were evacuated, a number of them were in critical condition. Police are now conducting a criminal investigation into the deaths. Sarah corker reports. A state of emergency at a nursing home in florida. Without air conditioning since Hurricane Irma hit, four days ago, police say the deaths at the home in hollywood hills, north of miami, may be related to high temperatures inside the building. A tragedy described by one florida senator as inexcusable. 115 elderly and vulnerable residents, some in significant distress, were taken to safety on wednesday. At this time we have other patients in critical care. Right now the building has been sealed off and we are conducting a cr