far could brexit derail eurostar, the train operator which runs a0 services a day through the channel tunnelwe'll get the inside track with its ceo, who joins us live. today we want to know — putting the trust back into trustpilot. the business review site says it's overhauling its system following a bbc investigation. so how much faith do you place in online reviews? let us know — just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. hello and welcome to business live. the uk prime minister theresa may heads to brussels today — in an effort to renegotiate the terms of britain's departure from the eu. regardless of the outcome, money has already moved and the impact on the uk financial sector is already being felt. while the number of jobs being relocated is still small — capital flows are much bigger. according to the consultants ey, banks have shifted at least $1 trillion worth of assets out of the country since the referendum in 2016. they're setting up new offices in the eu so they can continue to serve clients there. and european regulators are demanding that assets be moved too. the winners are dublin, lux

to new club cardiff last month when the light aircraft disappeared from radar over the english channel tunnel to david it's and is still missing. american skiing great lindsey vonn has hung up her skis after nearly twenty years of unparalleled success finishing her career in familiar style with a metal van produced a fast clean run to claim bronze and downhill at the world championships in are a sweden she bows out with a record twenty world cup title surname and even reached another milestone in her last race becoming the oldest female medalist at a world championships the thirty four year old is retiring due to ongoing injury problems but she says she did her best iris at all today as always i was so nervous all day just serious anxiety you know i think i wanted more than anything to. finish strong that's the best i could have done today you know honestly. there's not another gear. and you know i can say that i'm very very happy and thankful for bronze. all right it's time for some movie news in the highlights of day four of the berlin berlin international film festival also known as the be

the channel tunnel operator eurotunnel says the contracts were decided in a secretive and flawed procurementt says it acted transparently and competitively. south africa is facing some its biggest power cuts in years. the heavily indebted state firm eskom has slashed thousands of megawatts from the national grid — after several generators unexpectedly went offline. fixing the struggling firm presents a big challenge for president cyril ramaphosa — who faces elections in may. all taxi and private hire drivers here in the uk could face additional criminal record checks under new government proposals. a consultation has been launched on new licensing guidelines to better protect vulnerable passengers. last year a government report found that current laws regulating drivers were not fit for the modern world. girls as young as five years old are learning about cybersecurity with help from the girl scouts of america. scouts can earn badges and patches by participating in various activities. the bbc‘s cody godwin joined some of the girl scouts of northern california as they earned their first cyber

the channel tunnel group and for smosh the companies would run the tunnel t that runs underneath the english channel said the government had not consulted them before boaoarding ferry contracts t to three firms. one of which was embarrassingly cancel this weekend. department transport confirmed on saturdrday that seaborn freight did not in fact owned any ships. and it pulled the plug on its sixteen billion euro deal. delegations frorom the us ad chinaa becomee the preliminy stage of a third round of trade talks. the official high level negotiations begin in beijing on thursday a ninety day truce is due to expire at the end of the month higher tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods. could then go to go into effect if no deal is reache. intellectual property right suntech transfers -- among the ststickingng poin. a ticket on the day's trading action now investors in europe if you're fairly optimistic that those talks could result in some kind of a breakthrough. at the major european indices climbed on monday begat counts and frankfurt dax up about 1% each italian bank

eurotunnel, the operator of the channel tunnel, now ina operator of the channel tunnel, now in a legalwas this an a cce pta ble government over this. was this an acceptable lapse of judgment government over this. was this an acceptable lapse ofjudgment by chris grayling, and as he now need to consider his position? not at all. the department for transport has been planning for this for quite a while. he's quite right that we should prepare for all outcomes, including no deal. chris grayling does a fantasticjob. the department for transport is at the forefront of brexit because as we know 95% of everything that we consume comes in and out of our ports, and he is doing a fantasticjob in difficult circumstances, trying to prepare for brexit. were there any errors with the procurement process, could it have been handled in a different way, the handing out of those co ntra cts ? way, the handing out of those contracts? chris grayling gave a robust statement to the house yesterday. he answered questions from across the house on this issue and made it clear that all of the due diligence has t

the channel tunnel operator eurotunnel says the contracts were decided in a secretive and flawed procurementtransport says it acted transparently and competitively. amazon says it has signed an agreement to buy eero, a startup company that makes home routers. it's amazon's latest push into the smart home, following the acquisition of video doorbell maker ring last yearfor $1 billion. amazon hasn't revealed how much it's paid for the firm. softbank‘s vision fund has invested $940 million in the robotics company nuro as part of a broader move towards tech investing. nuro, which has launched a self—driving delivery service to run errands, said it plans to use the money to upgrade its service and technology. japan opened for the first time this week, up 2.61% overall. the dollar has had a bit of a rally of late. the best run it has seen since january 2016 so exporters doing well injapan. nissan january 2016 so exporters doing well in japan. nissan shares january 2016 so exporters doing well injapan. nissan shares will be reacting to their results tomorrow. the nissan results released after the t

the company, which runs the channel tunnel, is angry that it wasn't considered when the government handedanies to ease any bottlenecks if we leave the eu with no deal. lucy manning is here. what's this all about, lucy? simply come in the government but my own words, it thinks it is highly likely it will get sued by eurotunnel. seabourn freight didn't have any ferries but they got one of these contracts ferries but they got one of these co ntra cts if ferries but they got one of these contracts if there is no deal. eurotunnel angry that they didn't get these contracts that went to this company and other ferry companies. they think the government could have been acting illegally and the bbc discovered today on quite a ha rd to the bbc discovered today on quite a hard to navigate website that the government has set aside this money, a big amount of money for legal fees and said it could have to pay out significant damages if eurotunnel are significant damages if eurotunnel a re successful. significant damages if eurotunnel are successful. interestingly, those words have been removed from the

announced that if there's no brexit deal, it will allow lorries to drive straight off ferries and channel tunnelins without full customs checks for at least three months. the uk has formally recognised venezuela's opposition leader, juan guaido, as the country's interim president. mr guaido has appealed to the army to help deliver aid supplies, which he says could save thousands of lives. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator, and helen brand, chief executive of the association of certified chartered accountants. welcome to both of you again. we will be with you in just a moment. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. nissan was offered an £80 million brexit sweeter after insisting there would be no cheque—book in the deal. and the actor liam neeson told the independent about regretful contemplating a racist revenge attack. the guardian reports greg clark had to admit the existence of a secret package to nissan which could be worth £80 million if the company went ahead with

channel tunnel operator eurotunnel said the contracts, revealed after christmas, were decided in a secretivemove comes days after seaborne, one of the firms chosen, had its contract axed after its funding fell through. we can now speak to our business presenter dominic 0'connell. this subject of a no deal scenario, ferry contracts, it is embroiled in controversy. tell us about the legal action because my killer eurotunnel was in the high court saying the first they heard about the ferry contract was when they were announced on the bbc. the government has awarded a contract to brittany ferries, wanted the fts and want to seaborne, the famous ferry company that had no ships. eurotunnel said there is a secretive and flawed process which might amount to unfair state subsidy. we did not get a decision yesterday, that has been put off to a four—day hearing in march, it should be out of the way before brexit is decided. it is another embarrassment for transport secretary chris grayling and the department's attempts to cater for what might happen, disorderly brexit, what could happen to the short se

announced that if there's no brexit deal, it will allow lorries to drive straight off ferries and channel tunnelhat the withdrawal agreement — which includes the controversial irish backstop — "cannot be reopened". time now to go to the house of commons. the business secretary craig clark is making a decision. the principal concern of the company at the time. it was clear that if sunderland lost it, the medium and long—term prospects for a plant using skill would be bleak. determined not to see that 30 year success of this plant come to an end, we set out over the coming months, a strong case for backing sunderland. this centred on four areas, all of which were about highlighting the success of, and our strategy for the british motoring industry. the first was to continue the successful and long—standing support for the competitiveness of the automotive sector which has been available to all firms for skills and training at the local workforce and training at the local workforce and for innovation. the regional growth fund has supported over 30,000 companies since 2010 with £2.6 billion of publi

announced that if there's no brexit deal, it will allow lorries to drive straight off ferries and channel tunneluan guaido, as the country's interim president. he has appealed to the army to help deliver aid supplies which he says could save thousands of lives. and still to come — why after staging a three—month walk—out in 2017, birmingham's bin workers will be taking further strike action in the coming weeks. the parents of a 21—year—old student, who went missing in hull last week, have appealed for help infinding her. libby squire hasn't been seen since late on thursday night, when she was spotted sitting on a bench near her home. her mother said she just wanted to know her daughter was safe and her disappearance was "breaking her heart". our correspondent, danny savage has this update from hull. libby was seen here in the early hours of friday morning at about ten past midnight. she was sitting on a bench just behind outside for haworth street for about 20 minutes or so, police believe. and a motorist stopped to talk to her because they were so concerned about the state she was in. but she t

that will give the uk and france time to renegotiate the canterbury treaty under which the channel tunnelcreasing risk that the uk may leave the eu on the 30th of march without a deal, the european commission has the proposal to help mitigate the significant impact that such a scenario would have on rail transport and activity between the eu and the uk. so, we will have more on that a little later. a nurse whose cervical cancer was repeatedly missed by her local hospital made a final plea before she died — for others not to go through the same ordeal. julie o‘connor died last week aged a9. she‘d been given the all—clear by southmead hospital in bristol several times — and right up until the end of her life, she was campaigning for an inquiry into how the nhs failed her. julie o‘connor worked as a nurse in the nhs for 13 years and never missed a cervical screening test, but was let down after her local hospital failed to spot cancer cells. right up to the end, julie was keen to tell her story. here she is speaking to her family in st peter‘s hospice just three days before she died. it was

the companies that run the channel tunnel accused the government of the secretive and fraud process.overnment minister has been called to resign. global news 24 hours a day on air and @tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am kailey leinz. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you so much. nissan motor reported its first set of earnings since it's former chairman was arrested. and took $83 million charge forecasted earnings to fall to the lowest level in six years. joining us outside of nissan headquarters is stephen engle's. how bad are the results? stephen: they were pretty bad. missre expecting them to the consensus estimate from analysts, and they certainly did . they ratcheted down their fiscal year forecast to the lowest level in six years. this is on the aftermath of the carlos ghosn sag net -- sag us. --aga.a s they are seeing slowing sales in china and the united states. unit sales in the united states in january fell 19%. he might need a lot more patience from top executives and investors as they go through a bit of

an ordeal brexit the government priority is to ensure a smooth operation between dover and the channel tunnel add on other companies should they be required. this was to guarantee the smooth flow of some key goods into the uk. it is what remained in the house that in the event of an ordeal this capacity would be sold on to hauliers carrying capacity or priority goods. the department for transport entered into contact with seaborne freight to provide ferry services between ramsgate and 0stend. at the time of the award we knew the about a start—up business. however the shorter distance between the two ports meant that the rich could provide us with shortjourney times at lower cost of making it a potentially attractive part of the package. see point part of this was backed by ireland's biggest shipping company. for commercial reasons i am not able to mention involvement to the support for the proposition from the support for the proposition from the outset pervaded confidence in the outset pervaded confidence in the availability of this deal. the company told me the intended delay or confirm tha

he also said he does not support the twin tunnels project, which would channel water under the sacramento river delta, favoring a less expensive single tunnel plan instead. >>> republican leaders are urging president trump to sign a bipartisan agreement to fund the government through september. the deal would provide $1.4 billion for 55 miles of border fencing and avert another shutdown. the president said he's not thrilled with a compromise, but said he does not think that there will be a shutdown. >>> for more on all of this, our political analyst brian sobel joyce is now . let's start with gavin student the sum, his first date of the state, how did he do? >> i think this speech was an interesting want to listen to. he combined something he wants to do in california, along with criticism of washington, d.c., and a particular president trump. he also talked about high-speed rail, what kind of caught some people off guard. he says he wants to scale it back from merced to bakersfield, which is already under construction. he said some will say this is a train to nowhere, and then he said pe

in the english channel last month as he headed for his new club cardiff city, is taking place in his native argentina. deep beneath the valleys of south wales, the rhondda railway tunneln 70 years. it closed in 1968, but now campaigners are hoping to turn it into one of the world's longest underground cycle routes. tomos morgan has been to take a look inside. hidden away under the mist and green hills is a highway. an old rail track that once connected the coal towns of the valleys and the ports of south wales. and after 60 years of laying dormant, the rhondda tunnel could get a new lease of life as a cycle path. but at the moment, this is the only way down. it is a 60 foot abseil down into the heart of the tunnel. hello? hello. i'm hugh. steve mackey has grown up with this lying on his doorstep. i started coming in here when i was ten and i would sit there marvelling at the work and the workmanship and the craftsmanship of the tunnel. opened in 1890, for almost 80 years, trains ferried coal and also passengers through the hills to the port of swansea. after a temporary closure in the late ‘60s on safety grounds, it never reopened. its rebirth as a cycling footpath ha