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so we start in the us, where, as you ve been hearing, the world s biggest entertainment company, walt disney, is axing 7000 jobs as part of a cost cutting drive. it comes as the company revealed the first fall in subscribers to its streaming service, disney+, since it was launched more than three years ago. veteran ceo bob iger has returned to run the company again after its shares lost almost half their value last year, as michelle fleury reports from new york. this is ceo bob iger s first set of results since returning to the company in november, attempting to revive the storied brand and cement his legacy, he said disney was embarking on a significant transformation, putting creativity at the heart of everything it does, while announcing the elimination of 7000 jobs as it seeks to trim costs by $5.5 billion. his comments point to the future, but results showed the mouse house performed better across a number of areas in the last months, compared to the dismal showing ....
also in the programme. president zelensky addresses the european parliament saying ukraine is fighting to protect europe s way of life president zelensky pleas for. we start with the devastation following monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria, where mass graves are being dug, as the death toll climbs rapidly. nearly 20,000 are known to have lost their lives. rescuers are continuing desperate attempts to find and free survivors, four days after the quakes hit. the world health organization has warned there could be a secondary disaster with survivors living on the streets with very little food and water and in freezing temperatures. our middle east correspondent anna foster is in gaziantep the epicentre of the biggest earthquake to hit the region on monday. this heavy machinery is starting to arrive mainly in the big cities like this one, it has to be said, when you think about the rural villages, towns that are as badly affected, it is so much harder to get the ....
we speak to the swedish company aiming to make freight more electric and looking to the uk market. the sacked boss of the cbi has told the bbc that he has been made the fall guy for the crisis engulfing the business lobbying group. tony danker apologised to anyone at the organisation that he had upset or made uncomfortable, but said his reputation has been destroyed as the public have wrongly connected allegations against him of sexual harassment with separate charges of serious misconduct that occurred before he joined the cbi. he has been talking to our business editor simonjack. first, simon, iwant first, simon, i want to apologise to anyone at the cbi and i made upset or uncomfortable. that is on me. that is on me. but i ve had a week of coverage saying that tony danker sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and it was all before my time. so, the first thing that ....
In poland more than thirty years ago, following a bitter and divisive campaign. Donald tusk said polands bad days were over. Translation yesterday people approached me and asked, will you be able to do it . It wasnt possible for so many years. This is the end of this bad time. Of the rule of law and justice. Donald tusk, who did work in brussels as the European Council chief, has pledged to reposition warsaw on a firm pro european path which could unlock billions of euros in eu funding withheld by the European Commission in a spat with the current government over judicial reforms. To talk us through whats at stake im joined by bert colijn senior Eurozone Economist at ing bank. A warm welcome to the programme. Do you think brussels is Breathing A Sigh of ....
Into boeing after the company came forward and said some employees had committed misconduct by claiming certain tests had been completed when, in fact, they hadnt. Now, the faa is investigating whether boeing completed inspections to confirm adequate bonding and grounding, where the wings join the main body of the plane, on certain 787 dreamliner aircraft. Bonding and grounding is vital on a plane because it prevents static build up. Think of it as electrical safeguards. Boeing credited a South Carolina worker who saw something they felt was wrong on the Production Line and came forward and reported it. Cutting corners at work is something that many of us may have been guilty of at various times in our lives. But given the frequency with which Quality Control issues keep coming up at boeing, the airline has a long way ....