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Warmer and more humid as we go through this week. All the details later in the programme. Good morning. Its tuesday the 15th of august. The former us President Donald Trump has been served with a fresh set of charges accusing him of trying to overturn the results of the last us president ial election. He and 18 others have been indicted in the State Of Georgia on counts that include racketeering and forgery. Mr trump has previously denied any wrongdoing and said the case was politically motivated. The investigation has centred on claims the former president pressured Georgia State officials into rejecting legitimate votes. Every individual charged in the indictment is charged with one count of violating georgias racketeering and corrupt organisations act through participation in a criminal enterprise to accompli ....
giantjoint microsoft, meta and alphabet delivering a surprisingly strong report card. if the sales and profits surpassed wall street expectations, continuing a trend in big tech that is lifted buckets across the board. amazon has been aggressively cutting costs to help boost profitability. it is already laid off 18,000 people and is currently about to eliminate another 9000 jobs and it would appear that some of those measures are already paying off. as the retail giant posted earnings that beat investor expectations. is on s cloud computing business which did not grow as much is expected did very well in the first three months of this year, as did its advertising business amazon s. even retail, a core part of their business, exceeded expectations. the boom in online shopping during the pandemic has waned and people are going back into stores but amazon was still able to get customers to its website, as recent figures show consumer spending in america remains steady. ....
frailty had led his decision. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading british journalists with foreign correspondents based in the uk who write, blog, podcast and broadcast from the dateline london. ballot papers will be sent out in the coming week to the 160,000 or so people who will, in effect, choose the next british prime minister. the candidate debates have not been without incident the host of one brought it to an abrupt end by fainting. has it sent our panel to sleep? has europe yet woken up to the prospect of energy rationing this winter? and are the democrats slumbering whilst donald trump is back, thundering? here in the studio are jef mcallister, an american lawyer, who was london bureau chief for time magazine. the french author and journalist, agnes poirier and adam raphael, who has been commentating on british politics since the 1970s. thank you very much for being with us. adam, l ....
this is bbc news the headlines. thousands more flee the intense fighting in northern gaza after israel opened another safe passage, but that escape route has now closed. fighting in the ruins close quarters combat continues between israeli forces and hamas militants close to the al quds hospital. there s violence too in the west bank at least ten palestinians are killed in the latest raid by israeli forces. former uk employees of mcdonald s begin legal action against the firm, accusing it of failing to protect them from abuse. union power! union power! and lights, cameras, back in action a tentative deal is reached that could bring the long running hollywood actors strike to a close. sport, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s jane dougal. hello from the bbc sport centre. a big win for new zealand in the cricket world cup which will boost their chances of getting to the semifinals. they beat sri lanka by five wickets in bangalore. ne ....
We report every year on the intense pressure that the nhs comes under as we head into the winter months. we are talking about 5000 new beds ultimately, 900 byjanuary. this will be spread across the different hospital trusts across england, so it might not amount to a huge amount per hospital, it is around about 5% rise. this is the government trying to get out of the game here. rishi sunak saying the planning has earlier than ever before for the winter, and we are notjust talking about new beds, we re also talking about new beds, we re also talking about on the day treatment services so that people can be sent home and not have to be admitted to hospital. we are also talking about what is called virtual beds so that people can be cared for in their own homes. but there are some concerns here. nhs bosses for example saying that these beds need to be up and running much quicker thanjanuary. the royal couege much quicker thanjanuary. the royal ....