Live from london, this is business today. We start with uber, the us Tech Firm that has become a global transport giant. Around The World some 6 Million people work as drivers and couriers through the uber app, and their services are used by 150 Million people at least once a month. Well, the boss of uber, dara khosrowshahi, has been talking to our business editor simonjack, about their plans to make the firm greener and get more of their drivers using Electric Cars. But hes worried that trade tensions with china are getting in the way. The us and europe are hitting chinese Electric Cars with hefty Import Taxes or tariffs to protect their own auto makers, making them more expensive. I think cheap chinese vehicles are a good thing for the environment. And i would tell you that china is transitioning from notjust being cheap but also being high quality and for us, we want to electrify our fleet and make sure it is affordable for our drivers to switch over to evs. The political considerat
50,000 catholics In Singapore. An important moment for singapores catholic community. So we are monitoring the live shotin so we are monitoring the live shot In Singapore as the pope is greeted. You are watching bbc news. Next, the war in ukraine. Americas top diplomat, Antony Blinken, is in Poland Today following his trip to kyiv. These are the latest pictures of Mr Blinken arriving in warsaw. He is due to meet senior polish officials to discuss support for ukraine. The Secretary Of State said yesterday he will take back to washington the discussions he and his british counterpart have had with ukrainian officials about the use of long range western weapons for strikes inside russia. Live to our Eastern Europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, who is in warsaw. This is anthony benton, he is in warsaw without his Uk Counterpart, mr lambie. Just talk us through, of Course Poland very much supported the ukraine, what is the messaging we will hear from him today . I think what he is going t
if ukraine is going to attract the investment, it s going to need the investment it s going to need notjust from governments, notjust from internationalfinancial institutions, but from the private sector. the private sector, it has to build the best possible environment to attract that investment. well some of that extra funding could come from the european union. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, has asked eu member states to provide 55 billion dollars to support ukraine over the next four years. she said that this reserve would allow brussels to calibrate its financial support depending on the situation on the ground. let s bring in amanda and peter. in many ways, this is a positive sign, looking at life after the war. , but perhaps some of it seems premature? i think it is a rather well timed. as you say, it looks beyond the immediate offensive towards the huge task of reconstructing ukraine, hopefully when some kind of peace is reached. i think, hop
off the greek coast. a bbc investigation has found evidence that casts doubt on the greek coastguard s account of its response to the migrant ship, which sank last week with the loss of hundreds of lives. the ship sank about 50 miles off the southern coast of greece and survivors were taken to kalamata. an analysis of the movements of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel wasn t moving for seven hours before it capsized. the greek coastguard claims that during this time, the vessel was on its way to italy and didn t need to be rescued. the greek authorities have not yet responded to the bbc s findings. our europe correspondent nick beake is in kalamata in greece. the greek coastguard has faced heavy criticism for not doing more to help those people on board. its main justification has been that they did not want their help and that, crucially, the boat was moving in a steady direction towards italy. now, what we ve tried to do is piece together a pic
yet i need to have his allies have followed him to the exit. maybe it s not so much a master or an epic strop. that fan all five, boris johnson has defined our times. a man with an enormous ability to create and to destroy. his enemies can never truly be sure he is gone. so what his does his decision to walk me now for the conservatives? and does really matter to the country any? grant shapps is live with us along with labours david lammy who wants boris s old job as foreign secretary. we hear also with nigel barrage who pushed the tories further and further on brexit and ourfirst big interview further and further on brexit and our first big interview with the first minister of scotland after a rocky start in charge. and who make sense of this bout of madness? alan cumming performer and presenter of the new smash hit who swapped broadway for our big desk. michael howard once sacked boris johnson for lying. morning to all of you. you are very welcome to be with us. we were cha