And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
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Lovely day for most, some showers in scotla nd lovely day for most, some showers in scotland mostly in the northern half, sunny and warm in Northern England and eastern england. These areas will see the cloud fading away this evening. At any end to the day. Earlier in the night, some clearer skies before it clouds over and some rain by midnight in Northern Ireland and western wales and the south West Of England. With this advancing cloud the chances of seeing the Meteor Showers reduced but not as cold as last night. Some rain in the north and west which will push further into scotland and there will be heavy rain over the hills. Showery rain in Northern Ireland and bits and pieces in wales and the West Of England but further east, it could be drier and quite warm in the south east with up to hoodie 5 degrees. Wet weather will push back up degrees. Wet weather will push back up overnight as we head into choose date 25 degrees. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. One person has been