million. hello and welcome a long, this is world business report, i m ben thompson. starting in the us where one of the most closely watched media trials in decades has been delayed. ajudge in delaware announced late on sunday that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday instead. that has now been confirmed. the lawsuit alleges that the broadcast of the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. let s cross live to wilmington where michelle fleury is in delaware where the trial was due to start. we say was due to start, lots of people keeping a very close eye on this but they will have to wait possibly a bit longer. this is very high stakes media trial, people are calling this one of the biggest media trials in decades. judge erick davis just convened the court right now to explain the delay. he sai
the sector? it kind of impact is the app having on the sector? the sector? it is having a very severe impact the sector? it is having a very severe impact on the sector? it is having a very severe impact on the - the sector? it is having a very severe impact on the sector, | the sector? it is having a very i severe impact on the sector, we the sector? it is having a very - severe impact on the sector, we are seeing around 15% of our workforce, down from the height of one in five a couple of weeks ago but still 15% of the workforce pinged by the app and unable to work. we re also seeing around a quarter of a venue saying that they had to close at least one day during the last month and a further one in five having to receive early one in five having to severely restrict their trading hours. this is being particularly felt in our tourism hotspots, devon, cornwall, the lake district, yorkshire. they are part of the country that are just starting to open up and recover and desperat
speeds and making sure they are at the front of that year. the front of that year. i am looking at the dates the front of that year. i am looking at the dates and the front of that year. i am looking at the dates and project at the dates and project commencement dates and i m seeing a lot of 2023, particularly in yorkshire, had people not waited long enough? we yorkshire, had people not waited long enough? yorkshire, had people not waited long enough? we are doing this as ruickl as long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we can. long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we can. it long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we can. it is long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we can. it is the - long enough? we are doing this as quickly as we can. it is the fastest| quickly as we can. it is the fastest two upgrade in europe. the delay primarily is how fast can we take up the road? how fast can we get the peo
but we will already be preparing for that but we have the european championships in six weeks, so the horses championships in six weeks, so the horses will championships in six weeks, so the horses will be rested and we will start horses will be rested and we will start training again and aiming hopefully to bring more medals home. well, i hopefully to bring more medals home. well, i hope so, why not? just keep on going! thank you so much for your time this morning and i am so happy that the horses are home also. enjoy your celebrations and i hope your mother s health continues to improve. more than two million rural homes and businesses are to get a broadband upgrade. yorkshire, staffordshire and kent are among the places identified for the scheme. the prime minister has promised all homes and businesses in the uk will have gigabit broadband speeds by 2025. i m nowjoined by matt warman mp, minister for digital infrastructure.