germany party who joins us live now thanks for joining us on to the program now do you expect the european commission delegation to change u.s. lawmakers mind ahead of the voting on the new sanctions. this is my deep wish that european politicians could change it because this is a case scenario for europe's security and energy supply and also for for for the common russian german european economic ties i can only hope the european commission else can do anything against it in washington you know i mean if those sanctions are approved some people that we spoke to said that were sanctions might be approved what can brussels do to retaliate retaliate and defend its business deals with russia in the future if they want to go that way. brussels i single now the time has come for brussels for for all to repin countries . to to become adult i think that's not the key question since nine hundred forty five if their western european and then after eight eighty nine or the all the countries they behaved like like little children who did not dare to express their real wish to their parents. so to speak the unit

this is all about an internal note which was which has been leaked from the european commission which indicates just how unhappy the brussels is over the prospect of new sanctions against russia because of the implications that they have for the u. and what the nie says is that the european commission is prepared to and i quote is hit back at the u.s. within days if this agreement goes through and also if it leaves european energy and other companies vulnerable to u.s. interference and let's look at the range of what the sanctions will affect we're looking at energy which is the big one really but beyond that there's also the financial industry there's also railways the shipping there's metals as mining but the big beef here is all about energy or oil and gas but in particular gas and the way that russia supplies lots of energy gas to central europe and in particular to germany and we've heard before from europeans about they they're not happy about the prospect that these sanctions could go through because they control effectively how europe does business and also with whom as we can

the european commission said there was no silver bullet to solve the situation.mmigration commissioner said this would be all about looking into measures to support italy and calling on member states to show solidarity. today interior ministers will be starting a seven page action plan started in strasburg. in that plan he pledges some 35 million in the immediate funding to help with the crisis. there's also plans for a code of conduct that will be drawn up by italy with some dialogue. the code of conduct that would help coordinate the work of ngos carrying out search and rescue missions in the area. that is giving more support to the libyan coast guard to stop people from taking that dangerous journey and look at a resettlement program resettling people like countries from egypt and bringing them over to europe. he did say in that speech that it was europe's responsibility to welcome those that were fleeing prosecution. he also said there was very little new in the action plan. no reference to the resettlement program that meant to be completed by september 2017

the european commission releases a new action plan to reduce the numbers of migrants crossing the mediterraneand i'm rachel horne with the business news. stuck in reverse gear! general motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss—making brand opel. but is the traditional car industry coming to an end? we'll get a hands—on look at the latest in driverless technology. hello. the us and south korea havejointly warned north korea that war cannot be ruled out followed pyongyang ‘s intergalactic blouson ballistic missile test. tensions are continuing to escalate between the united states and north korea after the american secretary of state confirmed that the weapon fired by pyongyang on tuesday was an intercontinental ballistic missile. it means it may now be able to target the north american mainland, and comes just two days ahead of the g—twenty summit of world leaders in hamburg. with china's president, xijinping already in germany the bbc‘s greg dawson has more. a show of force and are not so su btle a show of force and are not so subtle message to north korea. this is the mome

the european commission has released a new action plan to reduce the numbers of migrants crossing thenean. ninety million dollars is being provided to stem the flow into italy — which has borne the brunt of the crisis. now it's time for world business report. stuck in reverse gear! general motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss—making brand opel. but is the traditional car industry coming to an end? we'll get a hands—on look at the latest in driverless technology. welcome to world business report. i'm rachel horne. today the eu commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to general motors for the $2.5bn sale of its european operations. gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group — that's the french company which owns peugeot and citroen. it's easy to see why general motors wants to sell — their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about $9.1 billion since 2009. if successful, the deal would make psa the continent's second—biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. opel employs 38,00

poland's government is facing legal action from the european commission over its plans to give politiciansore power to appoint and sackjudges. at least one person has been killed and several others injured when a ride malfunctioned on the opening day of the ohio state fair in the columbus. the accident happened on a ride known as the "fireball". now it's time for world business report. two billion friends, soaring profits and a big thumbs up from wall street. but how much bigger can facebook grow? plus made in america. president trump hails a $10 billion taiwanese investment as proof he's making a difference. but one critic calls the deal a corporate welfare package. welcome to world business report. i'm ben bland. also coming up: charged up — samsung's on track for record annual profits as it puts the exploding phones scandal behind it. we start in silicon valley where it seems there is no stopping the world's biggest social network. facebook has seen another huge jump in profits as advertising revenues keep on rising — let's show you just how big. in the three months to the end ofjune, f

how has the $2.7 billion fine by the european commission impacted it?ave made their own provisions for it to contradict that and will make an appeal against it. beyond the monastery amount, it is a big one, what is a bigger implications for that is the impact for other regions. —— monetary. the eu has to be able to convince people it was cannibalising other areas. the other regions will take it and there will be litigation from other regions, including apec, which can have wider implications for google. we know that alphabet is the second most valuable us company behind apple. of course, google makes most of its profit, yet it has stiff competition with facebook when it comes to advertising revenue. who will win the contest? google has a better advantage. facebook has a bigger base, but google, in terms of overall platforms, it is stable. facebook, look at the strategy for google and facebook. facebook has a mobile strategy. facebook wins in a few regions. but google has a traditional base and a lot more happening in advertising, at least for now. stayi

he was then the european commission. he was the commissionerfor the then the european commission. ommissioner for the european single market and he clashed with the city of london. he wanted to cap bankers bonuses and they called him the most dangerous man in europe. what has been interesting since he has taken this job that has been very little criticism of him in the uk or amongst eu countries and honestly speaking they are very critical of what happens in brussels. he is seen as a serious negotiator than somebody who wants to find compromise. a bit arrogant and that is something david davis is accused of. they have some kind of chemistry. they worked together before in previous years and they are going to need to use that chemistry to get over lots of big bumps in the road. let's not forget, we arejust in bumps in the road. let's not forget, we are just in phase one of these negotiations which is when they work out the divorce issues like the so—called exit bell where the united kingdom will have to pay its financial liabilities that the leaves, but the uk desperately wants to m

the european commission is launching legal action against poland over plans to give politicians more ion says poland will be stripped of its eu voting rights if it goes ahead with proposals to force all supreme court judges into retirement. officials in warsaw call that blackmail. sarah corker reports. crowd chanting "constitution ! ". the controversial reforms have prompted days of protests in dozens of polish cities, and split the country. in warsaw, crowds gathered outside the supreme court as unease and anger about the government's plans to give the justice minister and mps broad powers to sack and appointjudges. that set poland and the eu on a collision course. in brussels, the eu commission said it would sue poland and strip the country of its voting rights if it goes ahead. the first time such a sanction would be used. we have now finalised a comprehensive legal analysis confirming that the four laws, as adopted by the polish parliament, would have a very significant negative impact on the independence of the polish judiciary and would increase the systemic threat to the rule o

poland's government faces legal action from the european commission over plans that would let politiciansk judges. warsaw complains of "blackmail". it was one of the most shocking serial murders in us history. nearly a century later, new light is shed on the killing of the osage indians. president trump has made a surprise announcement that he's banning transgender people from serving in the us military in any capacity. he says they risk burdening the military with large medical bills and disruption. even though during last year's election campaign he assured lgbtq people "i will fight for you. i have your back." campaigners have called his decision shocking and ignorant. there are thousands of trans people already serving, what happens to them now is not clear. aleem maqbool reports from texas. there are thought to be thousands of members of the us military who identify as transgender. many have spent time in iraq or afghanistan. today, they woke up to a shock from the very president they serve. "after consultation with my generals and military experts," he tweeted, "please be advised th

well the night said that the european commission was prepared to hit back within days if the u.s. agree to these new sanctions and also if they had an effect on european energy and other companies and they were vulnerable then to influence from the u.s. but what is it that the europeans are so unhappy about well the key point here is all about energy but there are other deals that sanctions could affect as well we're looking at the financial industry we're looking at the railway as shipbuilding and also metals and mining but the key point here is all about energy oil and gas and in particular gas that russia resupplying to central europe and in particular to germany and we've heard before from europeans who are unhappy at the idea that the u.s. could influence european ways of doing business and also with whom journals accept the u.s. to impose sanctions that violate international law and defect european companies involved in the expansion of your energy supply. europe's supply is a matter for europe i'm not the united states of america it's up to us to decide who supplies us with

they are in enough trouble as it is with the european commission. chris: it opens another front.sues with the u.s. government, they have to be careful with what the u.s. does and how they view actions and activities that may have taken place in germany. overseer watching their every move right now, so it is significant that volkswagen have to pay attention. daimler has had its issues in the u.s.. they had a point appointed -- court-appointed overseer. they have got to watch there back in the u.s. both of them are -- matt: is bmw the odd man out here? the report suggests that daimler and volkswagen have kind of turned themselves in to the cartel to try and get a little bit of an advantage, was a blower advantage. meanwhile, bmw is the only one who is basically denied -- has basically denied the allegations. what does this set up look like to you? anis: bmw did come up with interesting statement where they pointed the finger at their arrival, saying "hey, we are clean. we have taken a tougher line with these omissions. we have two separate visions running, not only on the testbed,

of europe it was mostly down to the auto sector, which was under pressure after reports the european commissionssessing the information, not welcome news for those car—makers, picking up the pieces still from emissions ringing. airline stocks are down after comments from ryanair led to concerns about a pricing war in the sector. ryanair says it expects prices to fall in coming months and warned it may have to stop flying certain uk routes if the uk doesn't do a deal with the eu overair uk doesn't do a deal with the eu over air routes. the world's leading oil producing countries are meeting in russia today. ministers from the organisation of petroleum exporting countries, as well as other oil producers, are discussing plans they put in place to deal with the current oversupply of oil. earlier this year they cut production in an effort to stop crude prices from falling. the retail sector on the ftse100 and the ftse 250 moved higher on possible merger news. b and m rose 2%. and asda is considering a £4.4 billion takeover bid. joining us for more analysis is simon derrick, a chief market strategist

well it's not just the european commission that's upset about the bill it was voted by on by the u.s. house of representatives here in germany a spokesperson from the federal government said that european industry should not become a target of u.s. sanctions while the german foreign ministry also put out a statement saying that although they supported the u.s. sanctions regime in general that they could not accept industrial policies of the united states being passed off as sanctions now when you look at those who actually voted for this though when we go back to to the vote in the united states they're very keen to push the sanctions forward because it would mean that countries like germany wouldn't be able to buy russian liquefied gas of russian gas where would they buy it for that from then or one of the main supply is would be the united states built we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. well this won't become law unless president donald trump signs it so the ball ver

reporter: the president of the european commission has already threatened counter sanctions.l: i want to bring in our new york financial correspondent on this. are any u.s. companies likely to be hit by the sanctions move? jens: at least what we are seeing is that there are quite some lobbying efforts underway and a lot of the big companies here in the u.s. warn of potential unintended consequences we could see. some of the banks, some credit card companies, oil and energy corporations, some of the big manufacturers in the industry of corporations. aerospace companes -- yes, there could because sequences even if we can't put a number behind them. there is also some talk about the possible and future of companies like boeing in regards to russian titanium. yes, there is a fear in corporate america that there could be a negative impact. daniel: trump has talked about increasing natural death sales to europe -- natural gas sales to europe. does anyone stand to benefit? jens: certainly. the key is basically liquefied, natural gas. the trump administration is hoping in general to

we start with breaking news this hour the european commission president. has voiced concern over the possible harm the united states. implemented could have on the european energy sector he says that america first cannot mean that europe's interests. commission is. concerns notably because of the draft bills possible impact on energy independence it nevertheless foresees the imposition of sanctions on any company including european which contributes to the development maintenance modernization or repair of energy expert by appliance by the russian federation depending on its implementation this could affect infrastructure transporting energy resources to europe it could also have an impact on projects crucial to the e.u.'s diversification objectives such as the baltic liquefied natural gas project is currently unclear whether the package will get the approval of president trump as it prevents him from lifting earlier sanctions without congressional approval russia's deputy foreign minister has already slammed the move is defying common sense callup open exp

. ♪ caroline: the parent of google says a european commission antitrust fine will cut second-quarterfit by 2.7 billion dollars. alphabet cannot the top the fine from its taxes, so it will charge off the full net income. they were fined last week for using their market dominance and shopping results. facebook could be the next target for european antitrust watchdogs. germany is examining whether facebook takes advantage of its popularity by pushing users into agreeing to terms and conditions that they might not quite understand. joining us for you new york, james, who covers facebook. eileen from passion capital london. alastair, let's pick up things with you. facebook, germany looking into them saying they are more bullying when it comes to certain things. alastair: this takes the google charge from last week to a whole new territory in europe. privacy is a lot more important in europe, especially to regulators. there are a lot more rules and regulations in that region than in the u.s., but this really combines antitrust and privacy in the one charge. basically they are saying if you

the european commission president criticized meps saying they don't take smaller countries seriously. a furious jean-claude juncker slated lawmakers after about 30 members showed up for a speak by malta's prime minister take a listen. >> translator: mr. president, prime minister, members of the european parliament, european parliament is ridiculous very ridiculous. they would like to commend those who took the trouble of being here, but the fact that some 30 mps came to this debate is proof enough that the parliament is not serious. i would like to say it today, if mr. muska it was mrs. merkel or mr. macron -- >> he would have a full house. the parliament is totally ridiculous >> that was jean-claude juncker becoming quite angry. >>> tencent shares start the recovering after falling more than 4% in yesterday's session, this after the chinese tech chint sa giant said it was limiting play times for players of "honor of kings. the move is aimed at cushing addiction among children honor of kings has over 50 million daily active users and is tencent's top grossing game. >>> the micro finan

particularly in economic terms what the note says is that the european commission is prepared to hit back in days if the u.s. does agree to these particular sanctions and also if they have an implication for european energy deals that's the key point here is it the first time because we really heard this kind of rhetoric before is it the first time that politicians have spoken out against solutions we've heard about we've heard from europeans before about how unhappy they are with these particular deals because it's not just saying what you're can do but also who they can do business with as we can here general to accept the u.s. through to impose sanctions that violate international law and afflicted european companies involved in the expansion of europe's energy supply europe so that the supply is a matter for europe and not the united states of america it's not draws to decide who supplies us with energy and how according to rules of openness a market competition that must not happen we generally reject sanctions with extraterritorial fact meaning and impact on third countries so h

earlier today the european commission announced a plan to help italy and libya deal with the influx of migrants the reset to thirty five million euros for migrants related expenses. now the u.k. government is being urged to rethink its relationship with british muslim communities as well as its anti radicalization strategy known as prevent the recommendations come from a report by the charity citizens u.k. it also slammed for media portrayals of muslims and call for new press guidelines on reporting muslim belated stories. so let's discuss the issues raised by their report now with our guest now joined by david van throughout both political commentators welcome to the program thank you both for joining is my if i may start with you do you feel like their relationship is broken like this report suggests. i'm not sure there's a broken relationship i think there's a relationship that small functioning there are some relationships that don't go the distance the problem we have at the minute with muslim integration into the u.k. is that not only have we got incredible amount of media corrup

issued byillion fine the european commission last month helped cause the biggest drop in company earnings in nearly a decade. samewere down 28% on the period last year, 235 $5 billion, but elsewhere, result 3.5 billion dollars. but earnings per share past five dollars, which beat analyst expectations. alphabet's chief financial revenuesaid, "our demonstrate the ongoing momentum in our businesses, with broad-based strength globally." the e.u. issued the fine, the largest in its history, for alphabet unfairly promoting shopping services over competitors. some analysts think alphabet may issue an appeal. the company is reviewing its legal options. but with e.u. investigators pursuing other antitrust cases against its advertising products and android, the company was keen to focus on areas of growth, especially on mobile .evices and youtube after that is also seeking to expand other areas of its business, like the cloud. we are looking to greece next. a bit of a market milestone for the beleaguered greek economy. successfullyce has raised funds on the market for the first time in three years.

poland's government is facing legal action from the european commission over its plans to give politiciansore power to appoint and sackjudges. the commission is threatening to strip poland of its eu voting rights. officials in warsaw complain of blackmail. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. draw up a list of the biggest bands in the history of rock and roll and a remarkable number of them will be british. there are the beatles, the rolling stones, and also pink floyd. i speak to roger waters, who was a prominent figure in the band until he quit in 1985. he still remains one of the most controversial of rock stars. roger waters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it has been more than 30 years since you wrote the wall. you are still touring it. it was born out of pain and anger. do you still feel that pain and anger? the feelings involved, i mean feelings come up as they do, but my feelings are different over the years. does that make it difficult to put the show together with the same feeling? no. there was a very long hiatus between the shows that happened in1979, 1980, and 198

georg: the european commission reaches for the nuclear option here. it includes a number of prior steps that have been taken. the polish government has been warned in's early 2016. but my impression today of the message is that the commission now says enough is enough. at the end of the process, it takes 27 you member states -- 27 e.u. member states to decide whether article seven needs to be triggered or not. brent: how effective do you think these measures would be? georg: if 27 member states have to decide, there is always room that one state could say, i would like to veto that. in this case, it is political ally hungary that has already indicated -- the prime minister of hungary has indicated that in such a case he would like to veto such a decision. it is mainly about political pressure. the e.u. has really brought the big guns to the table. another of those guns we just saw in the report is an infringement procedure. that includes huge economic fines at the end of a really lengthy process. in case of hungary, that has worked. brent: this is sho

the two point seven billion dollar fine issued by the european commission last month help cool was the biggest drop in the company's earnings in nearly a decade. they were down twenty eight percent on the same period last year to three and a half billion dollars but elsewhere results were good. revenue was up by more than twenty percent to twenty six billion dollars. and earnings per share past five dollars which beat analysts' expectations. alfa as chief financial officer ruth poor at said our revenues demonstrate the ongoing momentum in all businesses with broad based strength globally. the eu race you define the largest in its history for alphabet unfairly promoting shopping services over competitors. some analysts think alphabets may issue an appeal. poorer said that the company was reviewing its legal options. but with a u. investigators pursuing other antitrust cases against its advertising products an android the company was keen to focus on areas of growth. especially on mobile devices and you cheer. alphabet is also seeking to expand other areas of its business like the cloud.

hitting the bottom line was a $2.7bn fine by the european commission, which ruled the firm abused itsn service in it's search results. google says it may appeal. nevertheless, alphabet‘s shareprice fell 3% in after hours trading. but take a look at this — over the past nine years the firm's share price has rocketed as it has dominated the internet advertising market. from $140 a share — to just under $1,000 a share. it's now worth more than two—thirds of a trillion dollars. a key area of growth is mobile advertising — where google is battling its rival facebook. in the three months to march paid clicks grew by 44%. but does that mean they are too reliant on one revenue stream? we will be finding out in 20 minutes time. the art world — you may be surprised to hear — is getting excited about digital currencies. in a first for the tradition—bound art world, one gallery is now allowing its clients to pay using bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency underpinned by blockchain technology. we'll investigate further in world business report, coming up in 20 minutes. don't forget you can get in to

poland's government is facing legal action from the european commission over its plans to give politiciansore power to appoint and sackjudges. the commission is threatening to strip poland of its eu voting rights. officials in warsaw complain of blackmail. now on bbc news, click. this week... strange doorways... ..light warriors... ..and a robo hatchling. there are sharks all around me! virtual reality. it's action—packed. it's immersive. argh! there's a mouse! it's terrifying. argh! it's collaborative. laughter it's a knock—out! ok, you hit me. it's... oh, god. it's frozen. it's... ..frozen. it's fun, but it's not going to change the world. it's not going to change the world. it wouldn't fit in as much as, say, my phone would. it wouldn't fit in. it's just such a shame. it's so annoying! it's annoying. not really what you want to hear when you are talking about vr, especially since the technology has actually been around since the ‘60s. this helmet is from the mid ‘90s but it wouldn't be the first bit of amazing—looking tech to simply fade into novelty. one of the problems is the media go

the european commission has released a new action plan, promising $92 million to tackle the problem,ll go to helping the libyan coast guard stemming the flow at source, also talking about another half of it, less than half of it, going to the italians. to help to feed and how is the migrants, and process them and putting experts on stand—by to help the migrants get relocated if it comes to that. are these pledges? is it real money? laughter these are pledges, previous pledges have not even been met, so whether they will get new money at this stage is highly doubtful. we will see the money tear realises. the number of people making the journey to europe has risen this year and many to europe has risen this year and ma ny efforts to europe has risen this year and many efforts are made to create reasons for people to stay in the country where they live. we will look at the example now of ethiopia, the united nations refugee agency has opened a new project to train refugees and stop them from taking the risk of travelling to libya and beyond. we have been there, to find out more. lucky t

lamar's comments come after the head of the european commission john claude younker said the e.u. would respond the united states imposed punitive tariffs on steel. the group of twenty leaders finished their meetings over the weekend the assessments of u.s. president donald trump's performance has received some mixed reviews including detractors from his own republican party but there are those who say he made some important moves here to look at that as former u.s. attorney commissioner bart chilton barred us looking at the sunny side of life here when it comes to what the president might be able to do you thought the president warsaw speech was remarkable going into it thought it was well done you wrote an op ed about that last week you expressed some concerns on this program that maybe not much substance would be accomplished how it all work out to you. well you know disappointed that i was right i guess and that i don't think there was a whole lot of substance that came out of the other then the ceasefire in syria agreed to by president putin and president trough that has cert

hitting the bottom line was a $2.7 billion fine by the european commission which ruled the firm abusedy promoting its own shopping comparison service in its search results. google says it may appeal. nevertheless, alphabet‘s share price fell 3% in after—hours trading. but take a look at this — over the past nine years, the firm's share price has rocketed as it has dominated the internet advertising market. from $140 a share, tojust under $1,000 a share. it's now worth more than two—thirds of a trillion dollars. amit pau is managing director at ariadne capital. thank you very much forjoining us this morning. what is your reaction to the figures? should google be pleased or is more going on underneath the surface? at a business level, the results are stunning. generating 21 billion, to grow 21%, it is phenomenal. they make it look so simple, it is impressive. the key concerns are operationally, the cost of driving traffic to google sites has increased far greater than the revenue. that is one. the second is, 90% of google's revenue still comes from digital search. where will future reven

but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commissionculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never, i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the mission is under the control of the parliament but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spoke this morning. but the corridors here do feel emptier for this final session before the summer break. 0ne mep told me many of his colleagues were already on holiday. others say that the real work it is done in lower profile committees and plenty of meps will turn up to vote later on. still, the parliamentary authorities will not be happy that the head of one eu institution has taken such a big swipe at another. adam fleming, bbc news. the bbc‘s panorama programme has uncovered evidence of repeated cover—ups of historical sex abuse in britain's cadet forces. victims have spoken for the first time of senior cadet leaders covering up com

european commission proposed a similar one but it protected insured deposit others who have had under a certain amount in the bank this one does not protect insured deposits no matter how much they're holding and more importantly some other states like germany have policies like this already in place so those companies that already have this type of rule support an e.u. wide rule because they are anyhow then for what you know it's work for them but also when you consider the debt crises in italy and greece and portugal you know they say that it's more important now than it's ever been to have this sort of rule in the e.u. considering the crisis that are really slowly imploding all that i'm thinking of right now is the images back in greece where the long lines out for an a.t.m. where they were limited in how much they could withdraw bad news for people if it comes to that but some analysts say could be good news for bitcoin why is that so the cryptocurrency community is probably the only group that's excited about the news of this because you know the idea is simple if people feel tha

won't that be a green light for the european commission to say they will play really tough because thesethey have made their position very clear and it is a united position and it is very difficult to move it because you are talking about 27 governments. i thought the exchange today was very good and actually damian green and emily thornbury were both very sharp and very wet and better than their principles, i have to say, but it did expose the fundamental issue of what happens if we get a bad deal or no deal and the british public should be given the choice to go back to where we were, for membership, through another referendum, but keeping the option open. the government, i think, referendum, but keeping the option open. the government, ithink, is referendum, but keeping the option open. the government, i think, is in some difficulty over the issue but i would go back to emily thornbury, who was very sharp today with very good questioning, what would you do if there was no deal? jeremy corbyn is very committed to taking us out of the european union. is the lead changing at westminster?

poland's government is facing legal action from the european commission over its plans to give politicianspower to appoint and sackjudges. there were several days of protests across poland, against the proposals. now it is time for our news review. in the times world section, us president trump has made a surprise announcement that he's banning transgender people from serving in the us military "in any ca pacity". he says they risk burdening the military with "large medical bills and disruption". the japan times leads with north korea and a report by us intelligence officials who believe that pyongyang may have a reliable intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon the as early as next year. the picture on front of the telegraph shows some of the thousands of people in the south of france who have been forced from their homes and campsites to escape rapidly spreading wildfires. over 6,000 firefighters are battling the flames which have been raging for three days. the telegraph looks at the use of antibiotics citing a new report which has called for an end to the advice th

european commission president jean—claude juncker is reprimanded after attacking meps for their poorendance. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. and at wimbledon, kyle edmund beats fellow brit alex ward to make it through to the second round. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. north korea says it has successfully tested a long—range intercontinental ballistic missile, which if true, could potentially have the range to reach the us mainland. an announcement on north korean state television said the missile had flown nearly 600 miles, before hitting a target in the sea. the claims have not been verified — but come just before the 620 heads of state are due to discuss north korea's weapons programme. 0ur correspondent stephen evans reports from the south korean capital seoul. could this missile hit the united states? north korean state television showed its launch today, under the gaze of the country's leader, kim jong—un. normal programmes were interrupted for the special annou

hitting the bottom line was a $2.7 billion fine issued by the european commission injune.firm abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service in it's search results. google says it may appeal. but, alphabet‘s shareprice fell 3% in after hours trading. but take a look at this — over the past nine years the firm's share price has rocketed as it has dominated the internet advertising market. from $140 a share — to just under $1,000 a share. it's now worth more than two—thirds of a trillion dollars. a key area for google is mobile advertising, where it's battling its rival, facebook. but does that mean they are too reliant on one revenue stream? with me is gary reid, managing director forward3d. thank you forjoining me. do you think alphabet is too reliant on one revenue stream 7 think alphabet is too reliant on one revenue stream? google have proved they can work on different apps which consumers buying into. i think they are but it is also going to be voice searching mobile and that is where google can take a leap forward. this record billion-dollar fine, i

the european commission and the german cartel office have not yet launched an official probe, but aref true, this would open upa the allegations. if true, this would open up a whole new chapter in the diesel emissions scandal. that is because engine exhaust technology is also allegedly involved in the cartel. vw and other german brands are only now starting to recover from the emissions row. so another scandal would be a blow to the industry's reputation. damian maginnis, bbc news, berlin. in other news, britain is hitting the breaks on new petrol and diesel vehicles. the government plans to ban new cars and vans powered by fossil fuels by 2040. government officials are expected to unveil a $332 million fund to help cut down on pollution to improve the air quality. the money could go towards retrofitting buses and other transport. the reported move follows a similar announcement earlier this month by the french government. president trump says apple's chief executive, tim cook, is committed to building three plants in the us. such an investment would help the administration follow thr