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This is worklife from bbc news, with ben bland and Lewis Vaughan jones. Taxing the tech titans Large Technology Companies Often have small tax bills. We look at the latest efforts to get them to pay more. Live from london, thats our top story on monday 17th february. As Mark Zuckerberg heads to a top level eu meeting saying facebook is willing to pay more tax, we look at how that might happen. Also in the programme, as japan seeks to hold back the spread of the coronavirus, the countrys economy ...

Against the coronavirus, and has introduced further restrictions to try to curb its spread. Hes forbidden people from leaving home, except for essential reasons, from midday on tuesday, orface punishment. The us treasury secretary, steve mnuchin, is seeking a large stimulus package to prop up the American Economy after the dowjones suffered its biggest ever one day points drop. Economists now no longer doubt that the Global Economy is heading into recession. In britain, Prime Minister Boris John...

In uk 56 would harm the intelligence relationship between london and washington. The i newspaper leads with a study from Oxford University which says the uks news sugar tax has revolutionised the industry cutting the amount of sugar in soft drinks byjust over a quarter. Charities are subsequently calling for the levy to be extended to other products. And finally in forbes, a report on a very ambitious billionaire from japan. Ambitious for a few reasons one, he wants to go to the moon in a spacex...

Now on bbc news, adam fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and fergus walsh discuss the latest on the coronavirus crisis. Were going to start tonight with an e mail you got tonight, laura, from mo, whos been part of the brock park as family for years. Listens to us all the time. Part of the podcast family for yea rs. She got in touch with us to tell us about her mum eileen who died a couple of days ago of covid 19 in the care home, and mo has given us permission to read some of the e mails. She has. It sta...

A warm welcome to bbc news. Our top stories the world remembers the victims of the holocaust, 75 years after the liberation of the nazi death camp at auschwitz. In china, a rise in the number of coronavirus outbreaks. So of coronavirus outbreaks. Far more than 100 have t american prosecutors say Prince Andrew has provided zero cooperation to thejeffrey epstein sex trafficking enquiry. The tide in congress is turning against President Trump with more republicans saying they will vote with democra...

Youre watching bbc news. The headlines the who is warning that the spread of covid 19 is still accelerating despite progress being made in some countries. The head of the agency says the pandemic is not even close to being over adding that the worst may still be yet to come. The Us Supreme Court is overturned a controversial anti abortion law into louisiana. The court found the law would have restricted the number of abortion providers in the state. It upholds a precedent set by the court for ye...

Welcome to bbc news, im Lewis Vaughan jones. Our top stories allowed out to exercise for the first time in seven weeks, but spaniards get strict time slots for an hour outdoors. The first time that i ride with my bike this morning, it was incredible, really incredible. More us states start lifting their lockdowns but theres no let up in new cases of coronavirus. Human Rights Groups call for an investigation after more than a0 people die in a prison riot in venezuela. A trial begins to see if blo...

This is bbc news. The headlines. At the World Economic forum in davos, President Trump hits out at climate campaigners, calling them prophets of doom. We must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. You say, just leave this to us, we will fix this, we promise we wont let you down, dont be so pessimistic. And then. Nothing. Silence. Donald trump became only the third president in history to face an impeachment trial. The misconduct set out in the articles as...

Debut. Will he, wont he . Could woods join golfs new disru ptor competition with a prize fund of 240 million . Hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. The shanghai grand prix is the latest sporting event to be postponed in china due to the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus. The formula 1 racejoins among others, the Chinese Super league, the world athletics indoor championships, and a world cup Alpine Skiing event to be cancelled or postponed. Organisers of the race, scheduled for the 1...

The headlines amid protests in hong kong against the new security laws imposed by china, its been announced that up to three million residents could be granted rights to live and work in the uk. Nearly 400 people were arrested, most for public order offences, some face potentially, a life sentence for calling for independence. Early official results suggest that voters apparently will overwhelmingly approve Vladimir Putins move to change the russian constitution and allow him to stay in power un...