h. and m. has hit back at claims it is still paying its supply chain what is a low living wages the international campaign for clean clothes don't all claims that in factories in vogue area turkey cambodia and india is paying workers just a fraction of a living wage five years ago the company had pledged that by twenty eighteen all workers in its supply chain would be paid a fair wage. and business with. our own. the floor of our. car culture. car a hair. superman. superfood stylish doglike on. lifestyle during. the moment. we make up oh but we watch as over half of them under the age of five we are the seven seven percent. want to shape the continent's future to. be part of enjoying african youngsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges. to seventy seven percent a. platform for africa charge. like i. just with debbie. any time any place. is a new music video. they have at the back of the. zones to sing along to come down to just a combo from super. to be a. very close rac

h. and m. has hit back at accusations its still paying its supply chain workers living wages international campaign group clean clothes dot org says that in factories in bulgaria as well as turkey cambodia and india is paying workers just a fraction of a living wage five years ago the company had pledged that by twenty eighteen zero workers in its supply chain would be paid a fair wage. dima c.e.o. david satcher is leaving his post next year he'll go on to head up the company's supervisory board is the budget comes at a time of turmoil in the car industry in germany as it struggles to respond to the emissions scandal the prospect of these old bands and the threat of tariffs from the united states has been a dyna for decades and has been at the helm for the last twelve years will be replaced by the first known german to be in charge of the maker of misty's benz cars. is originally from sweden has been with tyler since one thousand nine hundred ninety three and christiane stock is a professor for str

h. and m. has hit back at claims it is still paying its supply chain workers below living wages the international campaign group claim close dot org claims that in factories in bulgaria turkey combo dia and india h. and m. is paying workers just a fraction of a living wage five years ago the company had pledged that by twenty eighteen all workers in its supply chain would be paid a fair wage. the united states has more to news from starting a trade war than china does from retaliating that is the outcome of a study by the european central bank economists used computer models to predict what would happen if the u.s. imposed a ten percent tariff on all imports and other countries responded accordingly the results suggest that the united states would bear the brunt of a drop in trade and investor confidence by contrast china would gain by exporting more to other countries where u.s. goods a subject to tariffs. and nike c.e.o. says an at featuring football star and civil rights activist call in kaepern

there in britain we allow the rich to escape charges admits tax them her majesty's revenue and customs h m r c has admitted for the first time that it allows the most powerful members of society to escape prosecution for financial crimes at an economic crime conference in cambridge last week a senior government official admitted that tax authorities accommodated celebrities concerns and settled debts privately to avoid the embarrassment of a public trial this is from the times and they actually even go on to admit even though you know rupert murdock's like friends of these guys h m r c however continues to prosecute smugglers small businesses and benefits cheats the admission came from richard last the deputy director of each of marcy lesser sixty thousand small to medium sized enterprises in the united kingdom to do business of the royal bank of scotland had their businesses trashed by the royal bank of scotland and pieces were sold off for cash as a corrupt insider scandal with the government's cooperation the b.b.c.'s cooperation to decimate hundreds of thousands of britons and had their assets

boost,ly, currency did and they got 9% reported sales increase. julie: one of the big issues for h&m haseen inventory. it has had a big back up and inventory. if you take a look at the bloomberg, we have a chart of h&m's inventory days versus another. you see a big boost here. have we seen any turnaround in that, any decrease in the inventory is carrying? charles: well, they have not reported the numbers yet on that level of detail. but obviously, strong sales, particularly a lot of discounting, may imply there was some inventory reduction. i think investors would take that as a more positive than any margin reduction. they can afford to is some profit but cannot afford to see the inventory beyond the 133 days it has reached. vonnie: right. along with that, it is still opening stores. margins are really suffering. is this optimistically action warranted? charles: well, it could be. once you get the inventory under control, you can get really big jumps in gross margin and gross profit. you can see two or three or even four percentage points leap in gross profit once you have cleared all t

russia's defense ministry says it has identified the methyl which brought down the malaysia airlines flight m h seventeen in two thousand and fourteen english town of breakdown the findings so what the russian defense ministry has done is evade the serial number of the missing published earlier by the official investigation and the joint investigative team say that they took that serial number from a piece of the debris from the actual crash site so they blamed that very message directly for the downing of the mh seventeen passenger jet so the russian defense ministry they took that serial number and matched them try to find mentions over it in its own archive documents and what they found was actually the passport of that very missiles that which tracks the whole life cycle of that missile back from the moment when it was produced manufactured in u.s.s.r. to the point also showing which exact army unit was armed with that missile and here's what the russian defense ministry found out that those work of the manufacture date of the missile is the twenty fourth of december one thousand eight hundred six he was transported by

this is a sales update from h&m and it shows the company is doing unexpectedly well, at least in terms of overall sales. 55 billion kroner, up 9%. this hasup nearly 10% this morning, a warm bath of relief. their shares are suddenly back in fashion because of the past couple of years this company has had a rough ride. it's perceived as not having reacted quickly enough to the threat from online shopping. it is not seen as having had the right outfits in its retailers, not keeping up with the trends. these figures today suggest that at least sales are picking up. read the rest of the business is in good health we won't know for a couple of weeks because we don't have profit figures. profits and sales are two different things and. absolutely. if we did deeper... when it comes to the high street in the uk, i know h&m is beyond uk, but using to have one or the other. those that are doing really well and those that are having a disaster of a time. absolutely and the ones that are doing well tend to be the ones who have their online offerings spot on. it's quite the transition at the moment between high street retailers and online retailers. th

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official investigation and they can vary the authenticity of those documents all by themselves so definitely a new twist in the investigation over the downing of m h seventeen. well has been a response coming in from the j.i.t. as well after that press conference saying they will look into the evidence presented by the russian ministry of defense in accordance with the request for those documents confirming that they will take that into account of course to remind viewers might receive an average of seventeen boeing crashed in the desk reason just as the ukraine conflict was escalating everybody on board was killed that number occluded eight hundred children we spoke to experts they said this new evidence is important for the investigation process. while on the facts that this is very important new evidence has been presented by the russian defense ministry it's only just been released we're going to have to look at it in great detail and of course that's going to be the position that the joint investigation team will i'm sure take they will be came to look at it and also be keen to be seen to be looking at this evidence very closely it's a very it's a fairly obvious

well, shares in h&m are topping the charts local currency sales rose and beat expectations by 9% increase they warned that the implementation of a new logistics system has its sales including the u.s., france, italy and belgium. while some of the u.k.'s best known retailers have faced their fair share of challenges, been a busy week at london fashion week they've contributed more than $32 billion pounds to u.k. gdp that was a 5.4% increase on 2016 numbers. we have interviews from the british fashion shows. >> as you've just said, they've had a big increase to the point of 890,000 within the industry so such an important part. i think a lot of people look at it as being oh, it's fashion, but actually as we've just heard, how important it is to the u.k.'s gdp now i was out and about and i met up with lucy yeomans just to ask her about why london fashion week is still exciting and if people are still on the map? >> what's exciting is maybe a decade ago we were known for the new, avant-garde and now that spirit of newness is married with a much more sophisticated around the business elements of fashion and i think it's that fusion of miss and fantastic crea

and mashed into a paste. i personally i don't you believe this is my cellar has been cut is a main meal for my children even though this was an m h n s n drowsiness why what can we do. now. we cook tree leaves we have no nutrition we will die here we have no one but god this is the nearest medical center to the village where they had to resort to eating leaves my nutrition could end up being the biggest killer in this conflict anyone trying to bring peace to yemen may not need reminding of what's at stake nevertheless those without a voice of influence a crying out for help now more than ever before andrew simmons al-jazeera djibouti well mama chicago is a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university he says a tougher approach to diplomacy is needed going forward. what so far three years of heavy confrontations have not given us a winner decisive when they're in favor of the only one in favor of the coalition so sometimes when realism political realism over that it's the use of powers use of force and then there is this. no win win situation for anybody the question becomes who can sit down and find a formula where

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factor was the h&m story about managing inventory and reducing the discounting taking place in its stores on high street let's come back to the big story. the italian deputy prime minister has shot down reports of a delay in his government's budget presentation and also denying he wants to get rid of the economy minister, but a report says the cabinet could delay the budget meeting today and also the economy minister may be considering stepping down this is how italian bonds are performing there's been a slight march higher in the short end. up about 0.2 plus on the two-year the ten-year up 0.14 there's a key test of the market today with an action of bonds in the fives and tens before that budget proposal hits the italian banks, don't forget this cleanup process of the nonperforming loans, bank of bbm down selling across the board in bank stocks in italy. our colleagues spoke with the italian prime minister, and he says italy has a potential to grow >> translator: >> i had a positive meeting with blackrock. i'm interested in showing we're serious what we're doing we're making structural reforms. italy needs structural reforms we need to intervene to invest in infrastructur

today h ande to help me break it down host of in principle amy holmes and rolling stones contributor joe levy.ni good m to you both. we begin with a story close to home today. nbc chairman andy lack hasund the harvey weinste story bei reported by ronan farrow last year. published bythe new yorker," with several women on record, who were not a part of the draft farrow presented to nbc news,

and it's off brands. they cannot escape the threat from primark. primark is forging into the u.s. . it has cheap prices. differently not that as all the retailers, h&m in the firing line. inditex cannot compete. i'm not sure i agree that primark is a big threat to zahra. they target different types of consumer. is a fast fashion operator. the have shortly times. over the course of the season they will change. primark, which is also a great business, has a very stable and much less fashion -- fast fashion element. i'm not sure primark is the threat to inditex. the issue in the text -- inditex has had, it has the most shares of any company at a time when sales are shifting online. to thatany did adapt radically and closed about a fifth of its store base in order to move those sales online. while it has been navigating that well given the scenario, the fact is it is still a business that started with 7000 stores at a time when sales were moving online. manus: hold those thoughts. hermes,her mays -- record profits. zoomare seeing a real higher in terms of china. it really is a powerful story. >> that's right. another class act. , is it going to continue

and mashed into a paste. i personally i don't you believe this is my cellar has been cut is a main meal for my children even though this cause an m h n is in drowsiness well what can we do. now. we cook tree leaves we have no nutrition we will die here we have no one but god this is the nearest medical center to the village where they had to resort to eating leaves my nutrition could end up being the biggest killer in this conflict anyone trying to bring peace to yemen may not need reminding of what's at stake nevertheless those without a voice of influence a crying out for help now more than ever before. the u.n. special envoy martin griffiths has spent the day holding talks with hootie leaders in sana'a andrew symonds again with this update. margaret is has a major job on his hands trying to convince the warring sides that now is the time to actually start talking about dialogue when there's been more than a week of really heavy fighting in the wake of those talks in geneva that never got off the ground the fighting obviously is most intense in her data the red sea ports in which is trying to defend they say the huth is that they

h departure marks a dramatic downfall for one of the industry's most powerful men. >> nawaz: the 68-year-old moonves has been at cbs since 1995, and chairman and c.e.o. sinc2003. the accusations against him mer a 20-year span-- fe 1980's to the 2000's. moonves reportedly began negotiating the terms of his departure weeks ago, after a "new yorker" report earlr this summer featuring accusations made against him by six separate women. the "new yorker" published a second report this weekend with six new allegations of misconduct or assault by moonves. within hours of the story's publication, the company announced his departure. the reporter behind both of ose reports, ronan farro joins me now. welcome back to the newshour, ronan. i want to begin by asking you about thoses dozen women across both reports. give me a sense of what stood out to you by their stories and consistencies you saw across what they told you. >> well, often in a body of reporting like this there is a hich you realize there are too many stories with too many similarities in the factsfo patter it to be coincidental. these are not women that were in touch with each oter, there was no coordination, and yet they were producing

see this in new york city, where h&m is a stone's throw from zara, it ise and merchandising, but it is merchandising against amazon. revenue trajectory so great that it has we have owned amazon the past and some of our global value funds. we did think three or four years ago that the market -- every time they did not hit a number, the stock would actually be quite weak. so one has to minute -- one has to measure what they believe they can get in free cash then compare it to the price you are paying. right now, it looks a bit rich. all of the good news is baked into it, despite the fact we are starting to see, in certain instances -- i think retailers are getting a little smarter. and you have to be careful not tolift the surrender flag amazon to a they cannot afford to lose control of the connection they had to the consumer. amazon is a very viable entity. but all good things come to an end. forces succeed, the fighting against them will learn how to fight against amazon. we have been seeing some success. i have been looking at tj maxx and even, to some degree, and itex and h&m have done well at defending their turf. tom: what part of the international l

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