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us where that strike the us where that strike affecting some of america's largest car manufacturers has now entered its fifth day. members of the striking united auto workers who have been picketing in michigan and ohio have urged their leaders to hold firm on their biggest demands for pay hikes and compensation. there have been targeting the factories of the deployed —— to treat three, ford, general motors, and chrysler parent stellantis. but the union is also warning that they could escalate their efforts to strike further. our north america business correspondent has been tracking the latest and reports now from new york. there is a new deadline in detroit. if contract negotiations don't yield significant progress by friday, the united auto workers is threatened to expand its targeted throws. that is what union president shawn fain told them in a video posted late monday. by tuesday, day five of
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this race can be two sides look no closer to an agreement. more than 12,000 union members are on strike and their tactic is historic. the union is striking all three automata —— automakers at once, targeting some of the most profitable plants. by stopping work in only certain plants the unique can effectively bottleneck production without calling all of its members to strike at once. union is seeking better pay and including the ends to a tiered pay system, a shorter work, and better benefits for retirees. and, cheaply, a 40% pay raise for its members over four years. also say that is out of reach and that meeting the union's demands on worker pay wouldn't allow them to compete with foreign carmakers. the union has an advocate in prisonjoe biden who has voiced his support. meanwhile, former president donald trump plans to skip the second republican primary debate and instead speak to striking union members in detroit. that was erin delmore in the us getting us
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the latest. we will be tracking the latest. we will be tracking the impact of the ongoing strike that is entered day five and, of course, the impact on the global auto sector as well. staying with this subject, news coming in from canada, a union representing auto workers there says it has reached a tentative deal with ford motor company. they had been threatening to launch a strike over pay and other compensation demands. the group says that the agreement addresses all of the items that were raised by its members. two more news, the parents of fg x founder sam bankman—fried are being sued for money they allegedly received improperly from the crypto firm ahead of its collapse. managers at the bankrupt firm accused the couple of holding millions of dollars and of turning a blind eye to misconduct at the company. the action was filed on behalf of those owed money after the firm's failure. the fall of the company led to the arrest of mr bankman—fried last year. now two smartphones in
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china, where a bit of a buzz has started in industry circles after chinese tech giant huawei recently unveiled 5g phones with locally made chips. the new phones are surprised analysts, who had earlier speculated that the curbs on imports of mobilephone ships china would slow down production and also the rollout of the new topline smartphones. at an event in shanghai this week the huawei connect 2023 sponsored by the tech giant could give us clues on what could give us clues on what could come next from the company. mark einstein is a technology analyst who covers huawei and he told me that the company's technology still lags compa ny�*s technology still lags far company's technology still lags far behind that of its western rivals. if far behind that of its western rivals. ., ., ~' far behind that of its western rivals. ., ., ~ ., rivals. if we look hard, historically, _ rivals. if we look hard, historically, china - rivals. if we look hard, historically, china has| rivals. if we look hard, i historically, china has not rivals. if we look hard, - historically, china has not had the capability to manufacture his own ships, so them coming out with a domestically produced phone in the seven nanometre range is quite significant, but i would still say if we look at the top of
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the line iphone apple products these are three nanometre, much smaller chips, and china still doesn't have the capacity to make those and it's going to be sometime before i think they be able to manufacture those domestically.— domestically. there was surprised _ domestically. there was surprised that _ domestically. there was surprised that huawei i domestically. there was - surprised that huawei unveiled sg surprised that huawei unveiled 5g phones made with the chinese manufacturer chips we're talking especially of the curbs imposed in 2020. what is the back story if we delve deeper with yellow there are some looming questions. does huawei have the capability to mass—produce these devices? we don't know. where exactly this technology came from we also don't know. i think in the coming week, this is getting a lot of scrutiny in congress in the united states, we are going to know more, but this absolutely was a surprise to the industry. moving away from this a bit, but who are huawei's competitors in the eye and smart phone space with yellow we need to remember that as late as 2020, huawei was the
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number one phone supply in the world in terms of volume. so they have a major presence not only in china, but in africa, latin america, parts of europe, southeast asia. so its main competitors are the other chinese brands such as vivo and show me. what are the big highlands are expecting from the three day event in shanghai? i the three day event in shanghai?— the three day event in shanahai? . , . ., shanghai? i am expecting to hear more — shanghai? i am expecting to hear more about _ shanghai? i am expecting to hear more about what - shanghai? i am expecting to hear more about what is - shanghai? i am expecting to hear more about what is the | hear more about what is the production capability. that's very important. but i think the really burning question is is china going to be able to make chips on par with what is produced in, say, taiwan and the united states and when. that is ultimately what we need to see to understand how competitive the smartphones are going to be in the future. in terms of the smart phone market in asia, we seem fairly low demand, but in a macro perspective what you see happening in the months ahead with yellow what i'm interested in seeing is because the
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chinese government ban apple from china? that would be a shock. in terms of overall demand it has been a slow couple of waters or even years. so if we're going to come away from this covid hangover in the market, that is something we'll be watching very closely. in recent months, very possibly will have been seeing some of the highest temperatures on record. here in asia we recently had a number of extreme weather events. this was the scene in hong kong earlier this month when subito finz saola swept across the region. schools and officers were shot in the financial hub and trading was altered on the stock issues. where reggie bush biases in australia. authorities are forecasting the most intense bushfire season since the black sum of 2019-2020. i since the black sum of 2019—2020. i spoke to chief executive of international sos and he told me how businesses can best prepare for these weather events.— can best prepare for these weather events. ., ,., weather events. the whole point is to net weather events. the whole point is to get prepared. _ weather events. the whole point is to get prepared. so _ weather events. the whole point is to get prepared. so how - weather events. the whole point is to get prepared. so how does| is to get prepared. so how does one get prepared? it is in
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training employees and having plans in place, so you train employees are so you inform them of the risks. you can go through each training, you give them a number of digital tools so that they can access information. we are publishing alerts 24/7 on medical and security situations so that employees know in advance what is going to happen. so access to digital tools, applications, tracking systems, so that an organisation knows at any one time where the employee is. the possibility of checking in through your mobile phone and through your mobile phone and through this check in ajio localised to get the best information and the best instructions on how to respond to a critical situation. so
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it's an entire range of both training tools, which are given, and access to experts. we have a 14,000 experts that people can access continuously over the phone or digitally in order to get advice and reports in complex situations. d0 order to get advice and reports in complex situations.- in complex situations. do you have a business _ in complex situations. do you have a business idea - in complex situations. do you have a business idea that - in complex situations. do you have a business idea that has| have a business idea that has been brewing away for years in your head? we have been speaking to one australian entrepreneur who was to share and inspirational quote. you have 30,000 _ and inspirational quote. you have 30,000 days - and inspirational quote. you have 30,000 days to - and inspirational quote. yfrl. have 30,000 days to live, that is what inspires me to grow my business.
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30,000 days is the average lifespan on this planet. when you see it like that in a day format it gives you a job and energises you. that thought is what has motivated me to be an entrepreneur. so, why was working in a stable job in marketing. they loved the job. job in marketing. they loved thejob. why job in marketing. they loved the job. why was working on some amazing global client —— clients. a business models and what motivated them but i wasn't very motivated. so farmers of looking for inspiration. they read a quote, you only have 30,000 days to live. eye already through my first 10,000 days when i've read it. ithought first 10,000 days when i've read it. i thought ionita do something, only to keep moving. even though i know the path of success with this main road, getting the car, keep going down this path, eye needed to divert, eye needed to turn left
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and buy my above. whether that took me to longer to find who i wanted to be, maybe. but it felt like i was moving and i was excited by those choices. that quote was all this strategy eye needed. and that's all for nova _ strategy eye needed. and that's all for now. thanks _ strategy eye needed. and that's all for now. thanks very - strategy eye needed. and that's all for now. thanks very much i all for now. thanks very much watching. to stay with bbc news. —— do stay with us. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. this heavy machinery is working to protect the wildlife that lives and relies on this internationally—important nature reserve, famous for its freshwater habitats. but now, it's a race against time to stop it being flooded by the sea. it's one of the first points that birds actually come across on their migration. it's the first bit of land they see, so they want to come here, they want to get a rest, feed, drink. storms moved the shingle bank and blocked it — so now, along this line, they plan to build a new drain
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further inland. if we move the new cut in the 100—150 yards or so that we're doing, then we should be able to protect the freshwater habitat here from saline surges for, hopefully, up to the next 100 years. what we've got was here is little curlews, little sandpipers, green sandpipers. bernard bishop was the warden here for more than 40 years. well, i suppose you could say i'm excited by it. never thought i'd see this being done. the wildlife and habitat would have been lost without the funding from the environment agency and donations. as we have this freshwater, brackish and saline marsh here, we want to keep that because it's the most diverse habitat that we could have along this stretch of coastline. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website.
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this is the catch up. tonight, double dog is straight. h&m to charge for returns. and a snake somewhere should be. the bbc says it will be reviewing complaints against russell brand. the committee, a former bbc radio presenter, has been accused of rape, sexual assault, and abuse. he denies the claims. anything featuring russell brand has been removed from bci player and sounds. youtube has also stopped his channels from making money. some other stories now. junior doctors and consultants in england stating the joint strike in the history of the nhs. strike for consultants has been the last two days, the junior doctors one is scheduled for three. junior doctors one is scheduled forthree. emergency junior doctors one is scheduled for three. emergency care will be covered throughout. managers bosses see patients are still in danger. fashion giant hm man is to charge shoppers who return items bought online.
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customers must now pay 1.99 to return puzzles either in—store or online, with the costs taken from a refund. —— parcels. teens who may be at risk of falling into drugs or crime are being offered free gym memberships in swindon, funded by money taken by criminal gangs. it is run by the council and is one of the first trials outside of london. time now to leave you with ten seconds of snake. imagine spotting a snake in your home. a man in hampshire found this path and in his conservatory. we grabbed a hold of his arm but he suffered only minor injuries. you are all caught up. goodbye for now.
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hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. here is what is coming up on our shows. the defending champions pick up where they left off. it's 3 points in the bag for manchester city. the world champions report for duty but the majority of spain's women say they are still on strike. still the main attraction, ronaldo causes a stir in tehran
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in the asian champions league. hello, and thanks for joining us on sportsday. the champions league is back — europe's premier football competition kicking off properly. it's matchday1 of the group stages, 16 teams in action on tuesday and lots of stars in the spotlight but it's business as usual for the defending champions manchester city. they kicked off their campaign with a 3—1win at home to 1991 european cup winners, red star belgrade. the serbian side were leading 1—0 at the break but argentina's julian alvarez with 2 goals before a fantastic finish from spain international rodri to secure all 3 points. pep guardiola's side picking up where they left off last season. meanwhile, over in the so—called group of death,
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