fergal keane, bbc news. major implications for the future of the technology giant, apple. the case is being brought by epic games, which makes the hugely popular fortnite franchise. it accuses apple of stifling competition, by charging developers unfairfees for being on its app store. apple insists the rates are standard for the industry. the trial in california is hearing testimony from both firm's chief executives. our north america technology correspondent, james clayton, reports on the background to the case. apple's app store and google's google play are the dominant global app stores outside of china. if you want to make games for smartphones, you pretty much have to play by apple and google's rules. epic calls that a duopoly and that if there was more competition, those fees might be lower. their argument is a pretty simple antitrust one, that no one company should have so much market dominance in one sector. apple's argument is pretty simple, it invented the app store, so it should get to charge what

fergal keane, bbc news.fleet with a surface film that mimics sharkskin to try and reduce its carbon emission certificates as the durable material reduces drag by over 1%. lufthansa want to start the process early next year once it has secured regulatory approval. it calculates that over the course of 12 months the measure will save the equivalent of 48 individual flights from individualflights from shanghai to individual flights from shanghai to frankfurt. a landmark trial has begun in the united states that could have major implications for the future of the technology giant, apple. the case is being brought by epic games, which makes the hugely popular fortnite franchise. it accuses apple of stifling competition, by charging developers unfairfees for being on its app store. apple insists the rates are standard for the industry. here's our north america technology correspondent james clayton. apple's app store and google's google play are the dominant global app stores outside of china. if you want to make

fergal keane, bbc news.h high coronavirus infection rates and deaths. it's one of the hardest hit countries with more than 400,000 people who've died. the government there is now trying to speed up its vaccination programme, following criticism it is too slow. our correspondent mark lowen has been looking at the vaccination roll out in one of the most remote areas of the country, the islands of bailique, in the amazon. as day breaks over the amazon, it's a race to protect its people. we are on a journey to one a brazil's most remote corners, the archipelago of bailique, following health care workers as they deliver covid vaccines to the isolated communities overcoming every obstacle. here, close to the equator, dominique oliveira says temperature gauges keep the astrazeneca jabs inside at minus eight degrees. once opened they must be used within 48 was. be used within 48 hours. if you thought rolling out vaccines in cities was tough, this is brazil's logistical challenge. the government is way behind where i

fergal keane, bbc news. the leadership of the democratic unionist party. the leader of the party's mps at westminster faces competition from stormont�*s agriculture minister, edwin poots. the current dup leader arlene foster resigned last week and stands down at the end of may. she'll continue as northern ireland's first minister until the end ofjune. the queen has credited the people of northern ireland with maintaining peace, in a message to mark 100 years since a parliament was set up in belfast, dividing the island of ireland. she recalled her visits with prince philip to ireland, saying the centenary served as a reminder of the country's "complex history", but was an opportunity to reflect on "togetherness" and "diversity". her majesty said it's clear in the light of recent events that reconciliation and mutual understanding cannot be taken for granted. police in manchester have condemned the protests that led to the postponement of manchester united's premier league match against liverpool yesterday, c

fergal keane, bbc news.could have major implications for the future of the technology giant, apple. the case is being brought by epic games, which makes the hugely popular fortnite franchise. it accuses apple of stifling competition by charging developers unfairfees for being on its app store. apple insists the rates are standard for the industry. the trial in california is hearing testimony from both firm's chief executives. our north america technology correspondent james clayton reports on the background to the case. apple's app store and google's google play are the dominant global app stores outside of china. if you want to make games for smartphones, you pretty much have to play by apple and google's rules. epic calls that a duopoly and that if there was more competition, those fees might be lower. their argument is a pretty simple antitrust one, that no one company should have so much market dominance in one sector. apple's argument is pretty simple, it invented the app store, so it should get to char

fergal keane, bbc news. rises up to the middle wine on any menu.st wine. the cheapest wine is a good wine, the second cheapest is actually cheaper than a third cheapest, fourth a cheaper stand for cheapest. so in other words, you really do get what you pay for? you so in other words, you really do get what you pay for?— so in other words, you really do get what you pay for? you know, you pay more when — what you pay for? you know, you pay more when you're _ what you pay for? you know, you pay more when you're ordering _ what you pay for? you know, you pay more when you're ordering the - what you pay for? you know, you pay more when you're ordering the way i more when you're ordering the way thatis more when you're ordering the way that is in the middle of the menu,. if you buy very expensive wine, typically the mark—up is less than on the mid—range wine. the on the mid-range wine. the interesting _ on the mid-range wine. the interesting thing _ on the mid—range wine. the interesting thing then, looking overall at your research, is the idea that res

fergal keane, bbc news.e. the case is being brought by epic games, which makes the hugely popular fortnite franchise. it accuses apple of stifling competition by charging developers unfairfees for being on its app store. apple insists the rates are standard for the industry. from san francisco, james clayton has the background to the case. in august last year, epic games did something totally against apple�*s app store rules. it decided that its hit game, fortnite, should have a new payment option to try and get around apple�*s 30% charge. apple properly kicked fortnite off the app store, but epic games was ready for them. it slapped apple with a lawsuit and had even prepared a high production video, a spoof of apple�*s iconic 1984 advert for the apple mac. apple has reportedly made hundreds of millions of dollars from the fortnite game alone just in charges. and epic�*s argument is, if they don�*t want to pay than where else can they go? apple�*s app store and google�*s google play are the dominant global a

fergal keane, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there.

fergal keane, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. rain is continuing to spill eastwards across more of the country, setting in late afternoon into the early evening across east anglia and the south east, by which time turning more showery for northern ireland, some other western areas, too. but the winds are continuing to strengthen, especially across wales and southern england, with some very strong winds around the coast. temperatures are going to be depressed because of the cloud, wind and rain. it's unusually chilly for this time of the year. the centre of the low pressure drives eastwards during this evening and overnight, the main rain band sweeps through. but we keep the showers. and longer spells of rain going as perhaps over the hills in scotland. it's not going to be as cold as it was last night in scotland and northern england. and it should generally be frost free because of the winds continuing to blow overnight. windy start to tuesday, particularly around those north sea coast. the winds do gradually ease. we've got sho

the bbc�*s special correspondent fergal keane has been meeting victims of the attacks. train - was approaching camden road station, the tall, young white man who was sat next to me started making a noise, trying to get phlegm up from his throat. and when the train stopped at the station, he spat at me. i was on my way home and this kid shouted "coronavirus" at me. i there was no one else in the street and it was directed at me, - and this happened at the start of the pandemic. _ anti—asian racism didn't begin with the pandemic, but victims say it has escalated dramatically. this has exploded since the beginning of the virus. this really affects both the emotions and mental health and the whole atmosphere in the community. dr pong wang was jogging near his home in southampton when racist comments were shouted from a car. they punched me on my face and my nose was badly hit. the physical injury can be healed very easily, but most importantly, it is the inner side. how do you restore yourfaith in humans? ..not just your nose but your mouth, your eyes, your hair, your voice