Mehta or earned headwinds in the us and eu that it said could significantly impact its business. Still, with investors mostly focused on the health of the digital add market, mehta shares rose on the news. Staying with my news coming out of the us, but the trial of sam bingaman freed still in the us where the trial of Sam Bankman Fried will resume in new york on thursday, where mr bankman friend himself will take the stand. The ftx Crypto Exchange founder faces seven criminal counts, including fraud and Money Laundering charges, and has pleaded not guilty. Our north American Business correspondent erin delmore filed this report. We are at the Halfway Point in the trial. Weve heard from the prosecution and now its the defence teams turned to make their case. I spoke to actor and crypto author ben mckenzie and asked him why mr bankman fried would want to testify on his own behalf. Sam is a gambler, you know . Sam has always had a high risk tolerance. So, if there were a defendant to take
Lets turn to south africa were Rescue Workers have been trying to save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Save people trapped under the rubble ofa building. Nearly save people trapped under the rubble of a building. Nearly a0 of the 75 workers who are on site remain unaccounted for. The structure collapsed in the south african city of georgia on monday. The authorities in the western cape sees seven people are confirmed to have died. The cause of the collapse which happened while the building was under construction is being investigated. The Rescue Effort includes two people with Sniffer Dogsin includes two people with sniffer dogs in heavy lifting equipment. The president is called for an investigation into the collapse and assumptions condolences and we can show you the live shot the scene in george where those Rescue Efforts are continuing in the hope still that people can be found alive under the rubble. We can hearfrom the west cape of south africa. You the rubble. We
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
In dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. Britains Geraint Thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro diitalia. It ended in a Sprint Finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman Benjamin Tomma claiming the First Grand Tour stage win of his career. It was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. Thomas finished in the main group alongside overall leader taday pog archer and remains 46 seconds behind the slovenian. Rafa nadal insists hes excited to be playing in a tournament that hes won 10 times before, even if hes going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world, hes Playing Zizou Bergs in the first round in rome later in another stop of whats expected to be his final year on tour before retiring. My my feelings are better, in terms of tennis, why not . I am here to try my best and tomorrow it is going to start and all the matche
Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.