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150 million people now use the transport app most famous for ride hailing on a regular basis. after a drop in custom during the pandemic, uber reported a bounceback in demand for transport last year as people got out more and employers began to require their staff spend more time in the office. last year was the first year that the app, which has become synonymous with ride hailing in many markets, became profitable. let s talk about this more now with our north america business correspondent, erin delmore. is this a simple case of more people getting out there and calling ubers? or is there more to it than that? that s a big part of it, but there s more to it. not only are customers hailing the right, but we also saw food delivery go up. has become a big and important part of the s business. the holiday season was good to the company, but also marked the third consecutive quarter of operating profits. it s a great story for tube as it talks about 2023. the ceo said about ....
so here we are in milan, the fashion and industrial powerhouse of italy. i ve only been to milan a few times and always in passing. i ve never stayed here long enough to really get a sense of it. the first thing that strikes you about milan is its dynamism. no wonder espresso was invented here. i think i might need a few of these just to keep up with the rhythm of the city, but do the hard-working milanese bring as much to the italian table as they do to the country s economy? i m stanley tucci. i m italian on both sides and i m travelling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country s 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. that s delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza. oh my god, that s so beautiful. perfecto . this is the land of rice and polenta. -polenta in the ancient time, it was like the bread. -people from south of italy call us polentoni . [tucci] there i ....
conservative mps are split over whether to approve a report condemning borisjohnson for misleading parliament over rule breaking in the pandemic. a committee recommended stripping the former prime minister of his parliamentary pass. it s been suggested that many tories may not turn up for the vote on monday. authorities in greece are under increasing pressure to explain how a migrant boat sank off the country s southern coast on tuesday. it s claimed the boat capsized when coastguards attached a rope. nearly 80 people have died and it s reported that up to 750 were on board. the home office has told the government s spending watchdog that plans for the asylum system are in doubt, unless there s urgent action. the national audit office said hundreds more cases needed to be decided every week to clear the backlog by the end of the year. the government says it s working non stop to deal with cases. the ceo of tesco says there are encouraging signs that inflation is startin ....
is it wise to seek to live forever? stephen cave, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it is a great pleasure. you believe our human awareness of our own mortality is absolutely central to the human story. why? well, all creatures strive to live on, to keep going. they would not be around as if they did not. the mountain did not care about surviving would not pass on genes. we come for from a long line of creatures that determined to keep going but we have these big brands that is part of our survival mechanism allow us to see the future, to generalise and we are conscious of ourselves as individuals and that means we are conscious of our own death and out of all the billions of creatures on earth, very few creatures have to live with that terrible awareness that all of their efforts will come to nothing safe we look back to human history, we see humanity struggling to make sense of this. some of the earliest archaeological evidence we find of human development ....
the bbc uncovers fake images posted of top indian female wrestlers who were detained, after taking part in sexual harassment protests. and ahead of the fa cup final, we hear from manchester city s star erling haaland on how his life has changed forever since arriving at the club. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. jose mourinho has been charged with insulting and abusive language against a match official following his club roma s loss to sevilla in the europa league final on wednesday. english referee anthony taylor officiated the match and was also a accosted with his family at budapest airport by roma fans as they travelled back to the uk. a premier league spokesperson says the abuse is inexcusable . paul fields from the referee association says he worries about keeping referees safe. the tide is turning with england. grassroots clubs are facing points deductions and we have cameras being tested in england ....