As israels capital. A potential deadly chemical ban for most uses in europe. Its still a common chemical used in paint thinners in the u. S. Plus we have a list of the safest cars for 2018. Do you have one . Find out why only 15 vehicles received the highest rating. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This fires such a monster, firefighters telling people it may be a matter of life and death. Southern california threatened by historic wildfires. Flames lighting up the sky, not a break in sight. Fierce winds ramping back up. That means very, very high fire danger. I never expected to see anything like this. I was expecting to see snow on that mountain and now the things on fire. Calling for senator al franken to resign. This morning he plains to make an announcement about his future. We need to draw a line in the sand and say none of its okay. Its time to officially around the world, leaders reaction to the president s move is intense. We are prof
Are debating the bill that will transfer eu law into uk law ahead of brexit. Also in the next hour, more than three hundred thousand Muslim Rohingyas have now fled myanmar as the un says the systematic attacks on them amount to ethnic cleansing. The parents of a six year old child threaten to sue their sons school after boys were allowed to come to class wearing dresses. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The us state of florida has been battered by Hurricane Irma causing widespread damage. President trump has described it as a storm of catastrophic severity and added he was marshalling the full resources of the federal government to deal with its aftermath. At least four people have been killed, and more than half of all homes and businesses in the state are without power. Parts of miami are under water. The hurricane has swept up from the caribbean where it killed dozens of people and wreaked terrible damage. Over the weekend it hit cu bas northern coast, then moved north batter
Territory. We will have a look at the markets later. And piggy backing a mobile network. Well be looking at the growing trend of Virtual Network operators and ask whos winning the consumer or the company . And as facebook earnings surge 71 and its number of friends swell to over 2 billion, today we want to know are you a facebook Friend Or Foe and why . Let us know. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. I have just sent to a Friend Request, i hope it will be accept it hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in Silicon Valley where it seems there is no stopping the worlds biggest social network. Facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as Advertising Revenues keep on rising lets show you just how big. In the three months to the end ofjune, facebook made a net profit of 3. 89 billion. Thats a jump of 71 on the same period last year and better than wall street was expecting. Injune, the number of active monthly users crossed the two billion mark. That means more than one in every fo
Asia depressed, not a huge amount of movement. And well be getting the inside track on how Crowd Funding is changing the way that Solar Energy Projects are funded in developing countries. It is ten years on from the launch of the iphone, we want to know what you think will be the next game changer . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. Over the next few days, the worlds car makers will be taking the wraps off their latest products at the Detroit Motor Show. The car seems more popular than ever an estimated 75 million were sold last year, but 2017 is already beginning to look like a big year of change for the industry. Not least because more of them are looking to invest in the United States. In the last few hours Fiat Chrysler has said it will put 1 billion into two us factories, which will create 2000 newjobs. The incoming President Donald Trump has been Piling Pressure on carmakers to make the vehicles they sell in the us in the us. Meanwhile the tra
She has been described as the uks most influential black person and is chair of the countrys biggest media agency. But how tough was it for Karen Blackett to get to the top . Shelljoin us shortly. Check this out and as Barack Obamas been spotted kite surfing in the caribbean, we want to know what would you do to unwind after eight years in a toughjob . Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Is hanging out with Richard Branson on your bucket list . Thank you for your thoughts. Some of which we cant mention on the programme we start with President Trumps travel ban which has faced its toughest test yet. Lawyers for the Us Justice Department have been slogging it out with those for states of washington and minnesota who want the ban repealed. The appeals Courtjudges Court in San Francisco are expected to give their decision later in this week. Lets recap. President trump has been trying to temporarily ban people entering the us from seven countries. He says this is about terror and keeping our