even an absurdity in the global postal rate setting system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you policies make it more expensive to mail get this items from the us to china than the other way around late last month the administration sent a memo seeking to alter the policy but the u.p.c. has not demure and has deferred a decision to the next u.p.c. meeting with doesn't take place until twenty twenty which seems to place the u.p.c. in the trump of ministration on a collision course. as we told you yesterday european union to floridians have opened an investigation into amazon related to how they have.

even an absurdity in the global postal rate setting system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you policies make it more expensive to mail get this items from the us to china than the other way around late last month the administration sent a memo seeking to alter the policy but the u.p.c. has not demure and has deferred a decision to the next u.p.c. meet with doesn't take place until twenty twenty which seems to place the u.p.c. in the trump of ministration on a collision course. as we told you yesterday european union to floridians have opened an investigation into amazon related to how they have treated merchants selling on the amazon platform while the investigation is in its early stages we thought it deserved more attention and we do that now i'm pleased to be joined by our friend an antitrust attorney andre barlow and by r.t. correspondent peter oliver who joins us from the e.u. in berlin gentlemen welcome thanks for being here i'd like peter you to sort of step the stage and get out some of t

even an absurdity in the global postal rate settings system which is overseen by the universal postal union or the u.p.a. you an agency of the united nations the issue is that you policies make it more expensive to mail get this items from the us to china than the other way around late last month the administration sent a memo seeking to alter the policy but the u.p.c. has not demure and has deferred a decision to the next u.p.c. meeting with doesn't take place until twenty twenty which seems to place the u.p.c. in the trump of ministration on a collision course. as we told you yesterday european union authorities have opened an investigation into amazon related to how they have treated merchants selling on the amazon platform while the investigation is in its early stages we thought it deserved more attention and we do that now and please be joined by our friend and i trust attorney andre barlow and by r.t. correspondent peter oliver who joins us from the e.u. in berlin gentlemen welcome thanks for being here i'd like peter you to sort of step the stage and get out some of the issues that

shareholders keeping that extra cash, unions want them to share the benefits by giving their staff more time off. when new sorting machines were introduced by royal mail, the postal to 35 hours. if we ignored it then that would be us ignoring our conscience and leaving it to another generation or somebody else. it's got to start somewhere, all these things have to start somewhere, and that dispute for us was the line in the sand. it's clear that technology will play a bigger role in every industry in the years ahead. companies' attitudes will dictate if that will be a threat or a treat for the workforce. colletta smith, bbc news. vanellope wilkins was born with her heart outside her body and with no breastbone. after spending the first nine months of her life in hospital, the little girl from nottingham, has been allowed home for the first time. she is the only child with this rare condition to have survived in the uk. this report from our medical correspondent fergus walsh contains some graphic images. this is the moment vanellope's parents dreamed of, taking her home from hospital. it is just it isjust for one it is just for one night foray trial visit but they

postal system. but a sizable percentage is certainly snuck across our border along with other illegal drawings from mexico -- drugs from mexico. according to the san diego union tribune, customs and border patrol seized 355 killly grams of fentanyl at san diego ports of entry alone in 2017. a kilogram, by the way, is 202 pounds. but it 355 killly grams just at the san diego port alone. there are fentanyl routes that run through mexico strongholdhos through the united states. they funnel an estimated 80% of the drug across the border. all this is to say that we here in the united states are not alone. because the mexican government has its hands full as well. fentanyl seizures inside mexico have risen sharply with just under a kilogram in 2013 to more than 100 kilograms seized inside of mexico last year. in the first six months of this year, 2018, mexican authorities seized 114,000 kilograms. of course it's not just problems with fentanyl that we share. our heroin problem in the united states is also tied directly to mexico. u.s. officials estimate that 90% of the heroin used in the united states is produced and trafficked from mexico. from all the news regard