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didi chuxing is the world's largest ride—hail company by number of trips. action from the taxi giant to ensure passenger safety. britain's biggest payday lender, wonga, has said it is considering all options after reports suggested it was on the brink of collapse. it follows a surge in compensation claims against the firm, amid a government clampdown on payday lenders. wonga has faced criticism for its high cost, short term loans, which some said targeted the vulnerable. sellafield is one of the most contaminated industrial sites in europe. crumbling buildings are home to decades—worth of accumulated radioactive waste, a toxic legacy from the early years of the nuclear age. now its operators are in a race against time to make the most dangerous areas safe. we have been given exclusive access to one of the most hazardous parts of the site, where ingenious technology is used in the clean—up. technology used in sellafield in cumbria in the north of england. let's look at the market again, strong gains across—the—board in asia. lots of that is down to one perso
didi chuxing is the world's largest ride—hail company by number of trips. action from the taxi giant to ensure passenger safety. britain's biggest payday lender, wonga, has said it is considering all options after reports suggested it was on the brink of collapse. it follows a surge in compensation claims against the firm, amid a government clampdown on payday lenders. wonga has faced criticism for its high cost, short term loans, which some said targeted the vulnerable. sellafield is one of...
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steve: didi chuxing is taking fire from many fronts. s, regulators and state media in china, after a female passenger was allegedly murdered while using the didi carpooling service hitch, despite a complaint about the driver froma earlier passenger. this is the second death in three months, after a flight attendant was allegedly murdered in may. thousands of outraged users say they will delete the app, including a popular actors who posted on social media in china to her 9 million followers that she deleted the didi app. the host received 285,000 likes, and more than 40,000 comments. the push in china to get rid of didi is reminiscent of the "delete uber" campaign last year in the united states amid a series of scandals and missteps at the american ride-hailing company. the uproar comes at a critical time for didi chuxing, as china's most valuable start of faces rising competition and as it reportedly considers an ipo and a bigger presence globally. it is still overwhelmingly number one in the china market, with more than 30 million acti
steve: didi chuxing is taking fire from many fronts. s, regulators and state media in china, after a female passenger was allegedly murdered while using the didi carpooling service hitch, despite a complaint about the driver froma earlier passenger. this is the second death in three months, after a flight attendant was allegedly murdered in may. thousands of outraged users say they will delete the app, including a popular actors who posted on social media in china to her 9 million followers...
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china's biggest ride—hailing firm, didi chuxing, has issued a public apology for safety lapses, after in three months. didi has suspended its carpool service and says it will stop using growth to measure the firm's success and prioritise safety instead. katie silver is in singapore with more. this is just the latest in the awful events that have transpired as a result of using this app. they have now issued an apology? they have. face it is a matter of ignorance and bright. they have suspended their ride sharing service after this second killing. we know that it was a 27—year—old driver who confessed to the rape and murder of his 20—year—old passenger. they have had a previous complaint against them. today in the statement they said that their vanity overtook their original belief. they describe it as a tragic loss of life. name—macro has had huge growth since they first launched. —— didi. they even had expansion ambitions. now they are going to reinvigorate their business model entirely. it has been called for by the chinese transport ministry. they say they need better driver vettin
china's biggest ride—hailing firm, didi chuxing, has issued a public apology for safety lapses, after in three months. didi has suspended its carpool service and says it will stop using growth to measure the firm's success and prioritise safety instead. katie silver is in singapore with more. this is just the latest in the awful events that have transpired as a result of using this app. they have now issued an apology? they have. face it is a matter of ignorance and bright. they have...
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now, china's ride—hailing giant didi chuxing has suspended its carpool service after police said a driveroperating until a full re—evaluation is completed. sri lankan forensic experts are trying to identify dozens of skeletons found in a mass grave in the north—west of the country. it's not clear who the victims were or what happened to them. this latest mass grave was discovered by workers digging the foundations for a new building in the town of mannar. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan visited the town earlier this month and sent this report. sri lankan forensic experts have been carefully digging out the skeletons and other bones from this pit here in the town of mannar, in north—western sri lanka. they found the first skeleton in this grave a few months ago, and then a detailed inquiry was ordered, and the experts from different parts of the country are now trying to find out what is lying behind this pit here. and so far, they say they have found the skeletons of more than 70 people. the entire area, you can divide it into two. in one segment, you have a proper cemetary there. but here
now, china's ride—hailing giant didi chuxing has suspended its carpool service after police said a driveroperating until a full re—evaluation is completed. sri lankan forensic experts are trying to identify dozens of skeletons found in a mass grave in the north—west of the country. it's not clear who the victims were or what happened to them. this latest mass grave was discovered by workers digging the foundations for a new building in the town of mannar. the bbc‘s anbarasan ethirajan...