all the details from new york. amazon has signed three agreements to support the development of small modular reactors, these are more compact, cheaperand compact, cheaper and potentially easier to compact, cheaperand potentially easier to deploy than traditional nuclear reactors. aws, amazon's subsidiary in cow computer, has a massive and increasing need for green energy as it expands services into generative ai. it's also part of the company's path two net zero carbon emissions. amazon is leading a funding round for a company that develops smrs and fuel. it is also working with utilities in washington state and virginia in particular bessemer process. the announcement is yet another example of the growing ownerships between companies and nuclear energy. google recently signed a deal with karras pawar amazon plans

to restart the new three—man facility. data centre power demand is expected to grow 100 and 60% by 2030 with 90% of the demand coming from al by 2028. airbus has announced its laying off up to two—and—a—half thousand workers from its defence and space division. the firm said the redundancies were part of a restructuring plan, as they try to bring down costs. the head of airbus�* defence and space division michael schoell—horn said a leaner and more competitive approach to business was needed. meanwhile airbus�* rival boeing has been facing a lot of headwinds. the planemaker is looking to raise up to $35 billion while at the same time dealing with industrial action by more than 30,000 workers. the company also plans to layoff around 17,000 workers from next month. despite those efforts to reduce costs, aviation analyst mark martin isn't convinced about boeing will turn things around. these are second or

third—generation workers. it's not just third—generation workers. it's notjust this, but third—generation workers. it's not just this, but they want better work quality standards, they want better safety standards, they want greater accountability with boeing. boeing is not willing to commit. if you're going to get rid of them, where are you going to get those people from? because we know how unions work, the work is going, the word is going to spread like wildfire and nobody is going to join boeing. there are no takers, their deliveries and delayed, they didn't have a value proposition, and it's going to come out and about 2k months from now. so this is, it sends almost that boeing is on the verge of closure, and it's

going to be extremely unfortunate because as much as we talk about this and highlight the risks, we need a revival at boeing because the market can be driven by airbus, we can have a monopoly in air transport. this changes geospatial dynamics. so we're on the cusp of a complete whole new revival and revolution, so i would like to be little about this so i would like to see a stronger boeing but it doesn't seem likely. in other news — workers at a samsung electronics�* factory in the southern indian state of tamil nadu have called off a month—long strike. according to the union leading the protests, samsung management has now decided to engage with workers on all

key demands like higher wages, medical insurance and better facilities. around 1,500 workers in the city had participated in the strike, which was one of the largest the south korean technology giant had seen in recent years. turning to china, where the markets have just kicked off trading. where the markets have just it�*s a big week for the world�*s number two economy with the latest quarterly growth numbers due on friday. as we�*ve been reporting, the government in beijing has been busy rolling out measures they hope will turbo—charge growth in the world�*s second largest economy. for a summary, and to find out if they will work, here�*s our business reporter katie silver. how do you solve a problem like the chinese economy? after decades of rapid expansion, china�*s growth has and its recovery after the damning hasn�*t been what many had hoped. businesses and local comments are riddled with high levels of debt, raising questions about stability. and there is that ongoing real estate crisis defaults on property developments. all this means they have never been more reliant on exports for making money by selling their goods abroad. but in something of a

perfect storm, it comes as china�*s trade war deepens with the us and the european union. as g7 countries push back with anti—dumping duties, that's going — anti—dumping duties, that's going to _ anti—dumping duties, that's going to put downward pressure on the _ going to put downward pressure on the growth numbers in china. this among _ on the growth numbers in china. this among other concerns led the government to hedge their bets earlier this year and said the growth target would be around 5% of the country�*s gdp. that is certainly a good way of getting some wriggle worm. last quarter it minimum 4.7% and an economist predicted this quarter would be the same but in china in the last three weeks there have been changes. the government has announced a raft of measures to boost growth from spending tens of billions of dollars to reducing a few different key interest rates, to issuing almost a third of $1 trillion in government bonds. the moves is about trying to encourage people to get out and spend money but the devil is in the detail and so far investors say the detail is lacking, seeing

an early boost to the stock market retreat after the golden week holiday. irate market retreat after the golden week holiday.— market retreat after the golden week holiday. we don't know how bi this week holiday. we don't know how big this new _ week holiday. we don't know how big this new support _ week holiday. we don't know how big this new support is, _ week holiday. we don't know how big this new support is, we - big this new support is, we don't — big this new support is, we don't know how it will be lamented or how, and for a lot of investors, it really did leave _ of investors, it really did leave them wanting more. there are fears that _ leave them wanting more. there are fears that even _ leave them wanting more. there are fears that even with - leave them wanting more. there are fears that even with the - are fears that even with the latest stimulus china could miss the 5% target how the government tracking? stay tuned, we will find it authority. 2024 appears to be the year of business travel — with spending set to $1.5 trillion. that�*s higher than pre—pandemic levels according to a new report by the world travel and tourism council. but according to the cheif executive of accor, one of the largest hospitality companies in the world, chinese tourists are still not spending big. it is very strong in the middle east, strong in indonesia and very strong in south—east asia.

still very robust in south america. decelerating in western europe. coming back in america, so it actually is very diverse in terms of geography. 0verall diverse in terms of geography. overall it is a plus 5% demand market. supply is probably less than 2%. that�*s good to be the case for the next 20 years, this is one of the things about travel and tourism, it is two factors, democracy, which is rising, and emerging castle, which is also rising. if those two are in your favour you will have pretty rosy days for the next 20 years. to have pretty rosy days for the next 20 years.— have pretty rosy days for the next 20 years. to spend a bit more time — next 20 years. to spend a bit more time in _ next 20 years. to spend a bit more time in china, - next 20 years. to spend a bit more time in china, we - next 20 years. to spend a bit more time in china, we knowj next 20 years. to spend a bit - more time in china, we know the economy has been struggling. we see that reflected? it is see that reflected? it is reflecting _ see that reflected? it is reflecting on _ see that reflected? it is reflecting on domestic. see that reflected? it 3 reflecting on domestic travel in china. 0r domestic tourism which is kind of negative for the last six months. probably will remain negative for the next three months. we expected it. one thing which is striking is that we have a greater demand from chinese going outside, setting rates in china

has never been so high. people do have money to spend that they are spending outside china. ~ ., ., , they are spending outside china. . . , . ~' china. we had a guest talking about bowing _ china. we had a guest talking about bowing earlier, - china. we had a guest talking about bowing earlier, wanted | china. we had a guest talking i about bowing earlier, wanted to get your take on how the aviation industry is impacting hospitality, if in fact those sentiments have been felt. so far we sentiments have been felt. sr far we haven't sentiments have been felt. 5r far we haven't seen anything on far we haven�*t seen anything on the boeing issue. that being said, we are depending quite a bit on flight capacity, and the airline running, i�*m a great believer that boeing will be back on its feet. we have two great companies, they know what they have to do and they are going to make. so that is going to be ok. then you have the new airline in india. we to be ok. then you have the new airline in india.— airline in india. we know that, we have been _ airline in india. we know that, we have been talking - airline in india. we know that, we have been talking about i airline in india. we know that, | we have been talking about the numbers that have improved and recovered from the pandemic, something we don�*t want to be thinking about going forward, butjust thinking about going forward, but just lessons thinking about going forward, butjust lessons learned from that about how the hospitality industry has evolved since then? 3 industry has evolved since then? �* ., . , industry has evolved since then? ., , .,

then? a lot has been learned. first, then? a lot has been learned. first. human _ then? a lot has been learned. first, human capital, - then? a lot has been learned. first, human capital, protectl first, human capital, protect your people, they have been going through the pandemic, people should not forget about it. retain your talent, search for new talent, we all depend on human capital interaction. people discover the world because they meet something different. control the controllable. if you are going through a storm you have to hand —— we have to hand it —— we have to have you had on the wheel. then probably navigator a different confidence. 0ne a different confidence. one thing we have learned over the last three years is, you have some hiccups in ukraine, russia, israel, russia, you need to navigate and avoid the storm and go to other continents. so navigate and avoid the headwind. in other news — uber has reportedly expolored a possible bid for travel booking website, expedia. according to the financial times, uber has been in discussions in recent months over a potential acquisition and how it could be structured.

uber has yet to confirm the news, but if true this deal could be the largest—ever for the ride—hailing giant. and that�*s it for this edition of business today. thanks for watching.

hey, i�*m ben and this is the catch up. tonight — driving test delays, peanut bans on planes and pandas. but first, england has a new manager. thomas tuchel says he�*s very excited and honoured to be the new head coach. ijust had the chance to read a quote from pele in the building at wembley, who said that wembley is the heart, the capital and the cathedral

of football, and i think he was absolutely right. some other stories now. have you had to wait months or drive hundreds of miles to take your driving test? well, that�*s what mps have been talking about this week. they�*re trying to resolve the issue. the dvsa, who do the tests, say they�*re trying to buy back leave from examiners and recruit more of them to get it sorted. new research suggests that nut bans do little to help allergic passengers on planes. experts say that passengers shouldn�*t be worried about food being transmitted in the air, but that cleaning their seat with a wet wipe could be the best way to prevent an allergic reaction mid—flight. and the victoria�*s secret show has returned five years after it was cancelled because of low ratings and criticism that it was sexist and lacked diversity. this year�*s show promised to celebrate all women, with 25 different countries represented, as well as plus—sized and transgender models. and time now for

ten seconds of pandas. bao li and qing bao have arrived from china at the smithsonian national zoo in washington, dc, where they will live for the next ten years as part of the two countries�* panda diplomacy. adorable. right, you�*re all caught up. have a good night. hello and welcome to sportsday. i�*m will perry. here�*s what�*s coming up. new england head coach thomas tuchel faces the media at wembley and vows to win over his critics. pakistan�*s spinners rip through england�*s middle order to turn the second test on its head in multan. and great britain cut new zealand�*s lead in the america�*s cup after winning both of wednesday�*s races.

welcome along. so, he says he�*s excited, proud, honoured and sorry for having a german passport. thomas tuchel didn�*t duck any questions at wembley on wednesday, talking about his love of england, even the national anthem that he hasn�*t decided whether to sing or not. he�*ll take over as head coach injanuary on an 18—month contract that will see him through to the world cup, if, of course, england qualify. tuchel�*s coaching career took off 17 years ago via augsburg and mainz, before he went on to win the german cup with borussia dortmund. he then moved to france and psg, winning two league titles, including a domestic treble in 2020 — that caught the attention of chelsea. he managed them from january 2021, winning the champions league, the club world cup and uefa super cup before being sacked in 2022.

tuchel then returned to germany, winning the bundesliga with bayern munich, but left after a trophyless season that followed. he�*d been out of work for five months until the fa came calling with an offer that he says he couldn�*t turn down. i understood very quickly that it�*s a big job. i think it�*s always the job you are in is the biggestjob that you don�*t get. and and it does not make a lot of sense to compare, but it feels big and it feels, like i said, like a privilege. i�*m sorry, ijust have a german passport, but i can just tell them and maybe everyone, all of these supporters also felt my passion for the english premier league, my passion for the country, how i love to live here and how i love to work here. so my memories are on the highest level of that. that played a huge role. and hopefully i can convince them and show them and prove them that i�*m proud to be the english manager. i will do everything to show

respect to this role and to this country. i think, first of all, they are there, we are there. the players proved, the group of players proved that they are there. the consistency of quarterfinals, semi—finals and finals is impressive. we will need luck, we will need the momentum. we will need to be lucky to not have injuries and so on. and little decisions within the games, that is a given. even if we speak out now very openly what the target is about the second star, we have to prove ourselves all the time, and then we need to show it in qualification and build an atmosphere with the supporters and the country that extra special things can happen. well, we revealed on tuesday the five players on the shortlist for the bbc women�*s footballer of the year award. it�*s a public vote and you can pick your winner right now on the bbc sport website or app. first in the spotlight is 0rlando pride and zambia striker barbara banda.

she�*s been one of the top goal—scorers in the nwsl since her move to the us, and is the highest—scoring african player, male orfemale, in olympic history. i want to be the greatest footballer in the world. everyone can read about me and say, ok, we had barbara banda. yeah. for me to be inspired in football, it came from my father, because my father used to play social football. so he�*s the one that i was looking up to when i was growing up. african parents were against women to play soccer, so it was very difficult for my mum to accept that. but she would always encourage me to go to school instead of doing soccer. it�*s just now that it has changed in africa. so it was a challenge, but the moment she accepted that, it�*s when i was called

for the national team. she�*s now my number one fan! every time we have a game, she�*s the first person to be in the stadium. putting on my zambian shirt, it�*s very important for me. we qualified to the olympics and i managed to score another hat trick. it was a great moment for me. we were hoping to do better, but it�*s unfortunate that we didn�*t go further. it was a great experience to me and i think i�*m still learning more from that. banda swerves, shoots, tallies! ifelt like i needed something to challenge myself. it�*s very different here. the league is more competitive. you have to up your game to get better. for me, all what i think of when i have the ball is to look off my team—mates. if i see i�*m in a good position, then ijust have to take on the defender, because i know every defender is scared to be taken, so it�*s my advantage.

i feel i�*ve changed my game and i�*ve improved in so many ways for this season with pride. banda delivers this one to the back post. it comes in the middle. banda scores! honestly, even my growing up, i�*ve been looking up to marta. she�*s a very good person. the way we interact, the way she took me as a younger sister. because she has been my idol for a long time, i feel so great to be with her. it�*s very good for me. it has been a greatjourney for me in the past 12 months. football is what i love doing, so it�*sjust in my dna. don�*t forget to get your votes in via the bbc sport website or app. now, sticking with women�*s football, there were 21 goals in the four champions league games on wednesday. nine of them came for the holders, barcelona, against swedish side hammarby. manchester city came from behind to win at sankt polten in austria. alessia russo was on the scoresheet for arsenal in a 4—1victory over

valerenga in their first game since jonas eidevall resigned. and bayern munich, you can see there, made it two wins out of two for the season�*s competition with three points atjuventus. england had a tough day in the second test against pakistan. they bowled them out for 366 in their first innings, but then collapsed in theirs, despite a century from ben duckett. he was one of four wickets for sajid khan as they slid from 211—2 to 225—6 at the close on day two. alex hartley was there for test match special and spoke to my colleague 0lly foster about khan�*s brilliant spell. i�*ve actually got his figures written on my hand, or the passage of play that he did. he got 4—11; in 18 balls. i was writing that down furiously, when he was just tearing through england�*s middle order. look, he was fantastic today. he�*s not played test cricket since 2021, so i guess he�*ll have a point to prove when it comes to that. but pakistan, outstanding today. there was a lot of questions on if they pick the right team,

what�*s this pitch going to play like? they only had one seam bowler and england got the ball to reverse seam early on on day one. but i mean, pakistan, absolutely fantastic today. sajid in particular. we weren�*t sure if this pitch was going to break up and it was going to turn. but it obviously has done and it�*s what pakistan wanted. it�*s unprecedented times, using the same pitch twice in a row. and i think it�*s brilliant to see from a pakistan point of view, it gives them the best opportunity of winning this test match, and they�*ll be hoping that they can tear through england tomorrow and with a lead of 70, 80, and then, you know, it�*s their test match to win. with how the pitch was turning, i guess ben duckett�*s century looks all the better for it, doesn�*t it, really? i mean, he plays spin so, so well. he looks like a completely different player to when he first played test cricket against bangladesh. he couldn�*t really play the spin. he�*s worked on it so much, and he was sweeping the ball, reverse sweeping the ball, and he was in total control. he was absolutely outstanding today. and yeah, as you say, itjust makes it look even better. yeah, alex hartley

there in multan. so, england resume 127 runs behind. it could have been a lot worse, couldn�*t it, without that 114 runs from ben duckett? first session tomorrow. i think it's going to be huge for us. you know, if we can bat for as much as we can and try and get as close to their total, you know, i think we'll actually be favourites. we'll certainly believe that. i think they've shown, this game, you know, with the bat and the ball that they're going to fight every single ball right till the end of the game, and try and make it as hard as they can for us. so, you know, we'll always keep believing. ithink, you know, they've had a good day today. but yeah, as i say, that first morning session is going to be huge. great britain won theirfirst gold medal on day one of the track cycling world championships. sophie capewell, katie marchant and emma finucane matched their victory in this summer�*s 0lympics with another gold in the women�*s team sprint on wednesday. the trio defeated the netherlands to become the first british women�*s squad to be crowned sprint world champion since 2008. gb have also qualified

for thursday�*s men�*s team pursuit final, where they�*ll face the hosts, denmark. for me personally, it felt harder than winning the olympic gold medal because of the high that we�*d had from the games, you know, to get back into training and to get back prepared and get in the headspace after what�*s been an absolutely exhausting year, to be able to come to a world championships and produce three really, really solid rides to win a gold medal, it�*s really, really tough. like, really, really tough. and yeah, i�*m so proud that we were able to do that today. so, well done, girls. elsewhere, great britain cut new zealand�*s lead in the america�*s cup to 11—2 by winning both races on wednesday. ben ainslie�*s ineos britannia team went 4—0 behind on monday in the best of 13 series in barcelona. new zealand have won the past two america�*s cups, while britain have never won the competition in its 173—year history. races seven and eight take place on friday. a reminder of our top story... thomas tuchel unveiled as england�*s new head coach and he says he can�*t wait to make all the dreams come

true at the world cup in 2026. don�*t forget, you can get all the latest news from the bbc sport website and our app as well — bbcsport.com. but for me and the rest of the team, its goodbye for now. have a good one. hello. wednesday brought some very heavy falls of rain across parts of wales and western areas of england too, caused some localised flooding, for example, here in shropshire. and shropshire was one of the wettest areas, along with southern wales, parts of south—west england. we had up to 73mm of rain around the brecon beacons, 60mm into parts of shropshire, whereas further eastwards on wednesday, some very warm weather for mid—0ctober. we had temperatures peaking at 22.5 celsius in central london. the average at this time of the year is 15. now, over the next few hours, we�*ve got this zone of

heavy rain pushing eastwards and northwards, so heavy rain for northern england, some heavy bursts in eastern scotland and some heavy rain for a time across the south—east of england. but all that lot will tend to clear out of the way. the hill fog patches will tend to lift. it�*ll be a mild start to the day on thursday with temperatures 11 to 15 degrees, and overall it�*s a better kind of day. we do start off with rain, though, across the far north of scotland. that will be slow to pull out of the way. sunshine follows for most of the uk, so it should be a lovely morning thursday morning. a bit of high cloud in the sky for east anglia and south—east england. and come the afternoon, we do have a trough running into northern ireland, western scotland, the northwest of both england and wales, so here through thursday afternoon, there is a risk of a few passing showers, but some of you will dodge them altogether. now, looking at friday�*s weather charts, another area of low pressure is on the way, this one with fairly tightly packed isobars on the cold front. so it�*s on and ahead of this main band of rain that we�*ll get some pretty strong gusts of wind, gusts of around 50 or 60 miles an hour working into western scotland. eastern scotland, central

and eastern england, probably staying dry all day. temperatures still on the mild side, quite widely between 1a and 17 celsius. we do have that rain friday night and into saturday that will be affecting central and eastern parts of england, eastern scotland. slow to clear saturday morning. eventually, though, it will get out of the way and we�*ll see sunshine and some blustery showers working into western areas. 0ur temperatures continue to run a few degrees above average for this stage of october, but then second half of the weekend, we�*ve got another area of low pressure on the way, bringing wet and windy weather conditions, but the winds will be of some concern to the northwest of scotland, where we could get gusts of 70 or 80 mph, making it the strongest area of low pressure we�*ve seen so far this autumn — a risk of some disruption.

live from singapore, this is bbc news. liam payne, the former 0ne direction singer, has died outside a hotel in buenos aires, argentina. we�*ll bring you the latest updates and reaction on this developing story. in other news, trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter gaza, as israeli strikes intensify in the north. and at the united nations the us turns up the pressure. a quote—unquote "policy of starvation" in northern gaza would be horrific and unacceptable and would have implications under

international law and