Midnight in london, and 2 00am in riyadh, where for the first time women will be allowed to drive. Saudi Arabias King Salman issued an order allowing women to be given driving licences. The announcement ends the conservative islamic kingdoms status as the only country where it is forbidden. Here is how the announcement was made at the United Nations. You may be interested to know that, a few minutes ago, a royal decree has been issued in saudi arabia even in women the right to drive. Applause this is a historic day for saudi society, for men and women, and we can now say at last. And here is how the Us State Department reacted to the news. I heard that. I dont want to get ahead. I believe it is the Saudi Foreign minister who is going to be making an announcement later today, so making an announcement later today, soi making an announcement later today, so i dont want to get ahead of that. Savvy president has announced, a royal decree has been announced. They have announced it . Ok, it
One in the morning in london and 2am in riyadh where for the first time women will be allowed to drive. Saudi Arabias King Salman issued an order allowing women to be given driving licences. The announcement ends the conservative islamic kingdoms status as the only country where its forbidden. Sarah corker reports. For a 25 years, women have campaigned for the right to dry in saudi arabia. Some have been imprisoned for daring to get behind the wheel. This decision ends the conservative islamic kingdoms status as the only country in the world where it is for bid and. The shock announcement was made at the un in new york on tuesday. A royal decree has been issued in saudi arabia, giving women the right to dry. Driver. This is a historic day for saudi society, for men and women. Saudi arabia has some of the worlds tightest restrictions on women and is now fritz gender segregation rules. This decree, which risks riling religious conservatives, is part saudi arabias reform dry, aimed at imp
Its 7am in singapore, pm in london, and 3pm its 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4pm in california, where bosses at apple, the worlds most profitable company, are watching a new tax controversy unravel. Leaked documents show the tech giant actively sought out tax havens after an irish low tax loophole it used was closed. The company then moved massive amounts of cash offshore to the island ofjersey in a move that wouldve saved it billions of dollars. Although the company has done nothing illegal, it is again under fire from the eu and us over its tax arrangements. It came to light after millions of financial documents, the Paradise Papers, were obtained by the german newspaper, suddeutsche zeitung, and shared with journalists around the world, including a team at the bbc. Simonjack reports. A rapturous reception for the latest iphone. Its the most popular and profitable Consumer Product of all time. Its generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduce
Its 9am in singapore. 1am in london and five in the afternoon in california where bosses at apple the worlds most Profitable Company are watching a new tax controversy unravel. Leaked documents show the tech giant actively sought out tax havens after an irish low tax loophole it used was closed. The company then moved massive amounts of cash offshore to the island ofjersey in a move that wouldve saved it billions of dollars. Although the company has done nothing illegal, it is again under fire from the eu and us over its tax arrangements. It came to light after millions of financial documents the Paradise Papers were obtained by the german newspaper, sud Deutsche Zeitung and shared with journalists around the world including a team at the bbc. Simonjack reports. A rapturous reception for the latest iphone. Its the most popular and profitable Consumer Product of all time. Its generated hundreds of billions in profits for apple since it was introduced ten years ago. What these papers sho
Mental work. That is it for the papers. Coming up next week a sports day. Hello, im olly foster, these are our sportsday headlines tonight liverpool slip up at sunderland as they cut the gap to chelsea byjust a point. Manchester united are on the march 6 in a row for them but they are still 6th. And mighty Mike Van Gerwen is World Champion once again. Good evening. The Premier League has been almost non stop for the past week or so. Six more matches today. Second placed liverpool could have closed the gap on chelsea to 3 points, with a win at sunderland, but they could only draw. They twice took the lead through Daniel Sturridge and then sadio mane at the Stadium Of Light but twice Jermain Defoe equalised from the penalty spot. They are still in the Relegation Zone butjust one point off saftey they are still in the Relegation Zone butjust one point off safety liverpool are still second but if chelsea beat spurs on wednesday they could stretch their lead to 8 points. You need a little b