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now it s time for world business report. hit by the eu profits fall at google‘s parent company alphabet, after a huge fine levvied by the european union. and bitcoin what s it for? well, now you can use the cryptocurrency to pay for art. all will be explained. welcome to world business report. i m rachel horne. in a minute sharanjit will tell us how sk hynix increased its profits by more than 500%. three of the world s most valuable internet firms release their latest numbers this week. the biggest by far is google‘s alphabet, which has just reported a 21%jump in revenues. that was better than expected but there was less cheer on the when it came to earnings. net profit fell 27.7% to $3.5 billion. hitting the bottom line was a $2.7 billion fine issued by the european commission injune. it ruled the firm abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service in it s search results. google says it may appeal. but, alphabet‘s shareprice fell 3% in afte ....
other end of the uk we ve had some proper wintry christmassy weather with snow over some highland villages. as you are probably aware, it s storm barbara we are most concerned about over the next 24 36 hours. it is looming in the western atlantic. it s intensifying all the while. it s underneath a strong jet strea m while. it s underneath a strong jet stream which will direct storm barbara up towards the north west of the uk come tomorrow evening. i had of that we have the wintry showers across scotland. snow down to quite low levels. a strong wind. it feels cold. further south are bright and breezy afternoon. the fog has cleared. in the more southern parts of the uk into the night, maybe a touch of frost, hopefully the fog won t be as widespread as it was this morning. the reina rides across western northern ireland and the far west of scotland, the wind intensifying the rain arrives. barbara arrives on our doorstep. it will head towards the far north west of the uk ....
good morning. it is a frosty start for some of us this morning with patchy fog as well. for most, dry with hazy sunshine, except in the north and west, where we have more clout and spots of rain. further details in 50 minutes cloud. good morning. first, our main story. the children s commissioner for england says the vast majority of young carers receive no support from local authority social services. anne longfield says four out of five are going under the radar . the local government association said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he s ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he s not at school, he helps around the house, but he constantly worries about his mum when he isn t there. i started becoming more responsible and i started doing the cleaning. started doing cooking better. i ....
as they warn of a significant cost to the economy. non league sutton united face arsenal in the fifth round of the fa cup. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. dozens of local authorities in england are planning council tax rises of almost 5%, according to their umbrella body, the local government association. the money is needed to pay for the rising costs of social care, but the lga says that many councils will still be forced to make cuts to services as the extra money will not be enough. here s our social affairs correspondent alison holt. this is social care in action. after several falls, maureen edwards is getting support in social care is immediate now. the funding for local government needs to be resolved immediately. the government says extra money is being put into social care and authorities will soon be able to keep all the money they raise from council tax and business rates. alison holt, bbc news. we just heard a report from izzy secombe, chairman ....
round up of the day s news at first, in iraqi kurdistan, killing a woman to protect the family s honour is seen by some as acceptable but campaigners are working to change the beliefs that lead to such violent. 0ur the beliefs that lead to such violent. our world has been to northern iraq to tell the story of one woman whose father is on the run used of killing her. a team of kurdish police are about to make an arrest in irbil, the capital of iraqi kurdistan. the crime is adultery, an activity that in most western countries has long ceased to be illegal. but some take the law into their own hands. unable to live with the shame adultery or any sex outside marriage threatens to bring on their family. the law says it is murder. but so called honour killings are still common in kurdistan. forgotten victims in a place where killing for honour is still widely seen as acceptable. but as images of murdered women are shown around the world, has kurdistan been shamed into action? ....