concept of the mayor's fund for london, teen london. -- team london. >> we gave you the underground tubeand elevator lifts. steal bankers and mash. guy.a hamburger and fries i like the diversity. 10:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. i do not limit myself. >> and gentlemen, thank you very much. bicycle ridersde yesterday. >> [indiscernible] obesity. the most has become obese country in the world. they are trying to do something. that cannot afford it. [laughter] >> thank you very much. >> a wide ranging conversation. that was mike bloomberg. the mayor of london, boris johnson speaking with blue further news with -- with bloomberg news was editor. and mash. i cannot believe that is one thing mike would want to bring over. what i found interesting was the comment about the cultural differences between new york and london. of london, the mayor saying he hopes london whale but, more like the united states. -- saying he hoped london would more like the united states. there is still a cultural resistance to accumulating. that needs to change. >> a tough about it. >> you are against i

we are focused on london.d this.g describe to me how you think london has evolved in recent years. she said in the last two years you can really feel the change. >> britain has become a digital powerhouse. it centers on london. 27% of all job growth out of the last recession came from tech and digital businesses. starts today. there are 200 events across the capital. walk in and have a ticket and see what is happening in technology across the country. >> the growth rate for london, the sheer number of people employed in london in the southeast and technology industries, but how do we define technology? are we truly reflecting a traditional definition? we brought in that definition? >> technology and digital are pervasive across all organizations. britain had a string historically and financial services. it is one of the leading sectors growing. it makes a lot of sense because of the core capability and investment made here. the investment is coming into london. we are leading the world in that . the study that

are done through london. they are going to have minority shareholdings, a nuclear business here in the u.k.. who would have thought the brits the chinese to run it. alibabaning shot of ahead of what could be the largest ipo ever in the united states. revenue slowed. profit margins decline. let's bring in said in hong kong. what's going on? >> it could be seasonal factors. investors are certainly responding. we saw sales at a slower pace. 39% as advertisers paid less. you compare it to a year ago. that is when we had a growth of 70 one percent. it's quite a different. countries are moving to mobile. the numbers show sales growth slowing. -- that'sd respective where we found these numbers. also some perspective on the board. the partners were part of the unique structure. one notable element -- 30% of the board members are women. investors determining whether they will be buying into shares of alibaba in what could be the in thatbiggest ipo market. profit, $3.7 billion. a nice chunk of change. mobile revenues u

chief economic advisor to the mayor of london.e's biggest airliner is playing catch-up when it comes to competing in the low-cost arena. we will be back. ♪ >> this is "on the move." one company we are watching this morning is air france. it is set to review options that may include closing additional bases created just two years ago. the ceo sat down with pimm fox last night. >> we have a strategy. we are operating this season 50 aircrafts. we are based in holland and france and we intend to develop a low-cost carrier everywhere in europe. -- you workable to to earn miles. provide all of our services. you are not left alone in the middle of the desert. you can ring the telephone, we will reroute and send a plane, if needed. >> what about the cost of the pilots? are they operating under a different contract system? >> completely different. we think we are in the market. >> what has been the challenge with the unions? >> the challenge has been to convince them that we are in a crisis mode. , we were targeting. the point is that all

. >> logging on to london as tackle week kicks off. exclusive conversation between boris johnson and michael bloomberg. >> just technology is not enough and tech people see that. of fashion and education. and medicine. you have to have the whole picture to be successful as london does and so does new york. there are other cities that do. london and new york have great time zones and big chunks of the world. ♪ >> good morning. warm welcome to those just waking up. i am guy johnson. >> i am olivia sterns. this is "the pulse." >> we began with the escalating violence in iraq. the military has stepped up its attacks on insurgents. they got a larger territory near baghdad. the insurgents said they have killed nearly 300. graphic images online that shows execution of iraqi soldiers. the countries on the brink of civil war if not already. clear is that the iraqi military is trying to push back or fight back killing up to 300 militants using air power and fighter jets north of baghdad. the insurgents control much of the biggest city in the cou

don't think of moschino london?was important to move to london because it is multicultural. it is an incredible town. jeremy scott is wasted los angeles. we love milan. this is the for the future we need to be more international. london is the right place. >> are you going to do women's wear as well? this is not just menswear? it is sacrilegious. >> is joking. you never know. maintain theto on the other side it is a beautiful opportunity for us. is different than womenswear. are willing to experiment a little bit more in the menswear and move around a little bit and shake it up and moved to london. been --ious iuc the two different businesses. >> we are iconic and ironic. us, london is not to do something different. we wanted to be more international. we considered london a fantastic starting point. our opportunity is good. we can grow. >> is the men's business growing faster than the women's? fantasticexperiencing growth and more than double digits. eyes guyfrom a your with some of the looks. we're looking at some

london taxi trouble isn't the only cause a banga on the streets of london at the moment is also a growing resentment over plans to buy britain's first ever water cannon the crowd control method packs a punch but london's mayor has brushed off public concerns and is even offering to be blasted by the water cannon himself you can read more about this at r.t. dot com and also there is a moment the story of how an online chat with fellow a video game is protected a woman in arizona being roped. in. one of your cultural phenomena like these policies i think you know. a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i roll researcher. now all eyes will be on brazil over the next four weeks starting in just a few hours when the world cup kicks off hundreds of thousands of fans will be there millions of us watched the country put on a footballing spectacle but the lead up to the event was marred by need daily protests over the huge cost course read as you narrow on a twenty four hour strike jeopardizing fans trying to get to the cities and stadiums and the spiralling cost have left almost ha

in london in one of the caring hearts of one of the capitals of loving liberal e.u. they've implemented a plan to finally get almost people off the streets at night so that they provide these desperate people with a job so they could at least earn a few pounds and have some human dignity of course not they put down spikes everywhere on the ground so that the hobos have nowhere to sleep yes that is right they are laying down spikes to keep up the homeless just like dragon's teeth keep out tanks now if this happened somewhere in say bangladesh on a bad day i might say well that is their business but all the liberals in the e.u. just constantly cry from their ivory tower to the whole world about how we all need to be tolerant and be taxed to death to help people but as a guy who grew up in a bad neighborhood i can tell you that liberals never want to live near the people they claim to want to help you know henry ford was one of those guys who said that you should never give anybody any handouts so what he did was give the disabled and the poor a decent paying jobs at hi

it is also men's fashion week in london. they call it london collections.m not entirely sure why. we will leave that to one side for the moment. .e have the ceo of austino i hope i am pronouncing that correctly, francine lacqua, if you are watching. his take on how seriously we should take men's fashion. there's a lot of hype around this side of the industry. is it real? was it generate the top line or the bottom line? how do they see the future developing? we will figure that out and we will talk about what is happening in iraq. and we will talk about this transaction. go for alstom?o great view ont a what is happening in london. and we will continue our cheesy asud funds as will -- puns well. >> the always well-dressed guy johnson. never with his head in the clouds. ♪ >> welcome back to "on the move ." team usa scored its winning goal last night from a corner kick. it is something that can make or break a team's defense. we asked a professional player from the new york red bulls or his corner kick secrets. secrets.s corner kick ♪ >> and taking a corner ki

olivia sterns is in london with the details. you have been speaking to the london black cab the representative. what is the plan for later today? >> they are planning to cause chaos. the plan is for several thousand rivals to show up here and at parliament square. by drivinge chaos around in circles and essentially cause gridlock. they are very angry. they say that uber is operating as an illegal service. it is not entirely true. uber drivers are licensed. they areue is that operating as if they had a meter and there is legislation making it difficult and expensive for the black cabs to earn the right to use these meters. they are saying if they were operating as meters, they wouldn't have a grudge. uber came out this morning saying that black taxis will be a new option that you can order from uber. as you said, i was speaking to the head of the london taxi drivers association. here is what he had to say. london, i have been threatened with arrest. 10,000 taxi drivers are being threatened with arrest for driving on their own str

in london.ecommendations will be made public later when the central bank publishes twice yearly financial stability report. joining us now is jefferies international managing your chief european economist, david. thank you for joining us today. what can we realistically expect from mark carney? ?ny measures to slow down alone to income ratio. there is also the possibility moving down the new zealand route restrictions on the very high value to loan ratios. getting a loan more of the value of the house, it would the restricted. that affects the first-time buyer. loan to income ratio is simpler. >> what other measures? banks are having to hold more. is it workable? mmr, the mortgage market review, is getting stricter anyways. >> at the moment, particularly here in london, they will basically have the loan to restricting it to less than 500,000 pounds. obviously they are moving that direction anyway. capital buffers and they could even do it by postcode. moving across to financial stability he high

artsy london and taxi trouble isn't the only cause of anger on the streets of london there's also a growing resentment over plans to buy britain's first ever water cannon the crowd control method packs a punch but london's mayor has brushed off public concerns and is even offering to be blasted by a water cannon himself you can learn more about this story at r.t. dot com also there the story of how an online chat with fellow video game is protected a woman in the amazon from being rolled. right to see. her street. and i think you're. on our reporters. and. all eyes will be on brazil over the next four weeks starting in just a few hours when the world cup kicks off hundreds of thousands of fans will be there and millions of views will watch the country put on a footballing spectacle. the lead up to the event was marred by need daily process that cost with sub white stripes jeopardizing fans trying to get to cities and stadiums the spiraling costs have left the most half of the brazilian skeptical about holding the tournament but as graham phillips fan that the die hard fans the game is all t

as i said, it is not just about london.rhage celebrating -- it is about , gaming in newcastle, artificial intelligence in edinburgh, and robotics in bristol. i mean, that is what is exciting. i think there's a real momentum now in the position of the u.k. as a digital powerhouse in the world. >> what's one thing are you hearing from the startups that they need to just carry on the sort of powerhouse that is developing as you say? >> with anything, i think talent, having a pipeline of talent is essential. which is why one of the roles we is forming senior policy makers in about the challenges and the needs of this entrepreneurship in the u.k. one result of the work we have been doing i actually hearing these challenges is the introduction of the exceptional talent visa. we are working with the home office in endorsing visas for helping later stage high-growth companies attract the talent they need in order to continue to grow. and sometimes you need to look beyond the borders of the eu of brazil and russia and the united sta

we'll be telling you how these small spikes on one london see international outcry on cécile media toinitiate a. welcome once again my name is the harvey and you're watching r.t. international. there has been no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country despite a pledge from the new president petro poroshenko to broker a ceasefire with pro autonomy fighters and entire villages being almost completely razed to the ground and as you can see there's barely a building left in that hasn't been damaged and the streets day lined deserted the villages being pounded by intense artillery fire locals there say the army's multiple rocket launches against them meanwhile the german foreign minister has warned kiev against disproportionate military action that could actually add to separate separatist sentiment and. so far the local self-defense forces very are showing no signs of caving in of these policy reports now from the training camp. where when the anti-government fighters were on the way to a training camp here in the city of new guns they're not tell

fresh off the plane from kenya and members of london's somalia community want to stock up. it sales for around $100 a box. the ban means it's been selling for two and a half times that. the police arrived to remind people come tuesday, even chewing on khat. let alone trading it, will be a criminal offense. evidently many here still find that w bewildering and unfair. the police say they'll try to apply the law gently, at least to begin with. >> it's very softly, softly approach at the moment. everything we are going to do is being proportioned out. that's why i am down here now advising pimas of tomorrow it will be illegal. we won't be arresting we will be warning much as we do with canopies. >> reporter: the criminalization is argued on the mixture of health and social grounds that overuse is bad for you and makes you inert. in banning it the british government went against the advice of medical officers whose opinion is a source. still campaigners against khat say they are delighted. >> with with regards to we don't drink alcohol, we chew khat. i can understand where they

leaks founder julian assange is marking his second yet confined to inside beckon dorian embassy in london and still the whistleblower refuses to back down even promising to reveal a fresh batch of documents to the world our chief political reports from london. step out of one of the world's most famous department stores and there's always a policeman nearby they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence of one man inside that building it's two years since julian the son sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower after n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for

london and more news for you on r.t. dot com including catalyst plans to protect web users from cyber buoying as privacy advocates raising the alarm. and police would be allowed full remote access to any computer or cell phone to intercept information without having to get a warrant also. the weapons might be virtual but the effect is very real find out owner took on how and online game how to an arizona woman stop a robbery. finding a balance between transparency and national security of ours the stated aim of the cia's first ever a public conference garnish to count reports now on how the agencies trying to rebuild trust. cia director john brennan was upset with the media was how as he said distorted the narrative is with regard to the work that the cia is doing all these reports about drone strikes edward snowden's revelations about the u.s. government time playing on civil liberties all of this is not to john brennan's liking his mission is to restore the public's trust and not only of the very complex but also of th

london. tempo's off flying high and cross talk with pizza live well that's next on our international but if you're in the u.k. going underground with the times. well go to the. show thirty four countries spend over fifteen billion euros until she says should reach one hundred fifty million degrees become talk to mike newell to cells from st petersburg to france the trouble he said to the song. knowledge on stage we've got the future covered. country history of yugoslavia formation as a prosperous and peaceful country was consider that so be a success story of market socialism and in many regards it was the most developed. whom was his teacher of democracy and market economy if any republic in yugoslavia wanted for the us a it would have to break away from yugoslavia and declared its independence ok it's not a conspiracy theory it's not my speculation it's not my analysis it's a public. and punish it harshly for every slightly less some unlearnt the serbs started this war the serbs really orig

we wrap up our coverage of london tech week with a look at its many application with one of london'st active investors. stay with "on the move." ♪ >> we use to lose a lot of money on phones. now we are getting there. we will beappens, in the phone business for a long time. it is the first gateway of encryption, the gateway of security. was the blackberry chief executive with a confident outlook on the future of his company. shares surged the most in six months after the company posted a narrower loss than estimated. let's get to caroline. you very much, indeed. i am joined by rory sterling, talking all things tech. we have been talking about the technology week. wee me a sense of whether have overdosed on data. whether these companies we have seen start up have managed to take data f healtho carer? >> want to talk about big data, you have to find out what it actually is. data is all around us. the volume of data we have access to is growing every day. it is driven by technology. everyone carries a mobile phone. ist mobile has sensors that collecting data about our environment and beh

inis filming "tarzan" london.s true he gets golf time written into his contract. >> not when i want, just twice a week. >> does that really get written in? >> it is part of my perk up action -- perk package. it doesn't cost them anything. they generally have to pay migraines fees or whatever, but i theoretically get to play twice -- they generally have to fees, but is theoretically get to play twice a week. >> you asked for a purple light saber in star wars? >> yes, i did. and we were doing episode 2 i read the script, i realized there was a huge fight scene in an arena. there were a lot of jedi and a lot of different things, fighting, droids, all of these things. in am i going to find myself the middle of all that? i thought, maybe if i had a uniquely colored light saber, i could do that. i asked if i could have a purple light saber. george said no, there are only blue and red. i said, don't you think i am powerfulu, the second -- second most powerful jedi next to yoda. when we came back, we were doing research -

and by extension, in london. point outside, if i may, you can look at this cap is a cap on lending but you can also look at it as an encouragement on lending at lower rates. for everyone loan above 4.5 times, the lender has to extend than 4.5 timesss to keep the ratios in line. but for the dynamics of the london property market, there is room, but there is not infinite room because there is risk with extending very high loan to income ratios to a very broad set of borrowers. the market will have to adjust to that. last point if i may, on cash purchasers. the most recent data has moved a bit. the volume transactions on cash purchasers is about 3%, the value was about 8% in london. it is important. postal codes should be kept in perspective. >> governor, there has been some concern recently and you addressed it at your treasury hearing about miscommunication or misinterpretation of what the bank's message is on interest rates. are you concerned that with the message you are giving today on financial stability, that

locals at the so-called anti homeless spikes designed to deter rough sleepers from the streets of london. thanks once again for joining us my name's neil harvey and you're watching international calls by ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko to stop the military offensive in the country's restive east appear to have rung hollow that says heavy artillery fire has already left one village in ruins. this is the footage showing the devastation in sim your in africa vocal say there's not a building left intact after the army reportedly pounded the village from multiple rocket launchers for days but as the pro-government forces step up their assault the local self-defense forces are saying that they will stand still be and so if you fall asleep in a report from one of the training camps. we are with the anti-government fighters we're on the way to a training camp here in the city of no guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons badman how much time would it take us to get there. it's. it's a question that we all know when we get there bettma

in london. stay with the channel. on the next hour, an exclusive interview with the biggest electronic retailer. and later on bloomberg row coming, an exclusive interview with a special guest on "the pulse." he talks about the connected home. the fed reserve trimmed its bond buying program as expected by $10 billion. the fifth straight cut in a row. walk usanny is here to through the minutes. janet yellen had a very important news conference as well. manus, the market seem to like what they heard. neuheisel reached on various markets -- new highs reached on various markets. >> it could have been worse. let's have a look. the treasury bond is the biggest again. why? it is a commitment to the zero buying world of don't worry. the dollar is a little bit lower. a job market is improving. we know that. they are adding jobs. the economy is rebounding at a moderate taste -- pace. how much access amounts? it remained significant. it is a noisy old thing. it is moving back to target. hawkishs of a more o

it is 6:00 you're in london on this friday morning. bloomberg reporters standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive your day. manus cranny is gauging the appetite for ipos, plus big data or big mess? caroline hyde has the story. immelt is making his case to french leaders. he sweetened the deal. will france be satisfied? caroline, tell us about ge is improved offer. improved offer. >> they decided to react to the offer by mitsubishi by making his offer more complex. before, it was a simple takeover of alstom's energy assets. now ge is offering to create some joint ventures with alstom in power grids, in renewables, as well as on reliance in nuclear technology. in addition, ge is offering to 's rail signaling business to oust him. alstom is saying that this new goodbye ge could also reduce the cash component by 25-30%. ge is hoping that this revised term will be enough to convince the french government and the french president, francois hollande, that this date is better for alstom. they will be meeting la

twenty point you are seen in london a quick look at some other news now a suicide bombing in libya's second largest city has injured several people it happen in a military checkpoint in benghazi when an explosive device hidden in a car just detonated three soldiers and two civilians are among the wounded it's thought that the troops were targeted for declaring support for former general who'd unleashed a military campaign against islam is in may. an israeli airstrike in northern gaza has killed one person in the sea where this wounded the i.d.f. says the dead man was a mass police officer with ties to jihadist groups the kings of carrying out attacks against israel yes strike followed a rocket assault on israel seven territories no casualties in the polls. troops from the democratic republic of congo have clashed on their shared border congolese officials accused rwandan soldiers of crossing the border and kidnapping a congolese army corporal who was then killed when the insist congo's troops attacked first triggering the exchange of fire now all eyes will be on brazil over the next

london's famed black taxis fares.to pick up let's go to benedict in london. what exactly was the effect of these strikes in london today? ask in one word, chaos. central london became a giant carpark yesterday afternoon as traffic ground to a halt after 12,000 taxidrivers staged a protest against this new smart phone app used by uber. there was absolute chaos. although it again in trafalgar square, it was near parliament, it had a huge effect for several hours. the protested elf was only allowed to be one hour -- protest its self was only allowed to be one hour. they were worried about the implication. these taxidrivers were intent on taking direct action, and they did just that. that is because they want to focus attention on industrial action causing this disruption to bring this to the attention of consumers and politicians. >> you touched on the industrial action. taxidrivers to upset? >> they are very upset because they considered this new app is .hreatening their livelihoods i should also specify apart from protesters in paris, milan, and elsewhere, the

and zero tolerance for rough sleepers london's so-called defensive it's triggering. coming up and we'll be telling you how. one london. international outcry media. all of us are of. very well welcome to you. live from moscow and there is no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country and despite a pledge from the new president. to broker a cease fire with. in the meantime an entire village has been almost completely razed to the ground let's bring up some footage for you here on the program barely a building left. in the streets remain deserted the village has been pounded by. locals say the army used multiple rocket launchers against them but as kiev steps up its operation self-defense forces. now reports from one of. the government on the way to a training camp here in the east. city of new gun square not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons bettman how much time going to take us to get there. if. it's a question but we all know when we get there bettman was a former officer with the ukrainian elite

home 1200 people from 150 nations are attending the summit in london. haige have been end -- been working to end rape. >>> millions of school children in venezuela have been given a new history book to read. critics including teachers and parents say the textbook is nothing more than propaganda to glorify late president hugo chaff shchavez. >> reporter: there aren't many differences in what's taught at private and public schools in venezuela, and now one textbook series looks set to bring them even closer. in 2011, the government distributed the collection. 42 million textbooks celebrating 200 years of independence. late president hugo chavez and his policies feature in most subjects like math, social science and history. they promote the benefits. government's social programs, rather than private sector industries. >> translator: in some cases the government has used the books as prop began apropaganda. for example in a math problem there are references to the government's feeding programs which are part of his political plans. >> reporter: opposition

rough sleepers in the streets of london. welcoming thanks once again for joining us my name is neil harvey and you're watching international. now calls by ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko to stop the military offensive in the country's restive east appear to rung hollow but says heavy artillery fire has already left one village in ruins and here is the footage showing the devastation in sydney all of the local say that there's not a building left intact after the army reportedly pounded the village from multiple rocket launchers for days despite this local government forces are saying that they will stand until the end result is paul asli reports one of the training camps. we are with the anti-government fighters were on the way to a training camp here in the city of new guns they not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons bagman how much time going to take us to get there. it's. it's a question that we all know when we get there bettman was a former officer with the ukrainian eli

reporting for us from london and the n.c. home of the spiders are also dividing opinions on twitter some have called them inhumanely. just simply exercising their rights full details the reaction is well get involved if you like it. still to come on the program here on r.t. international too big to fail too big to sell a chinese. american that went bankrupt despite receiving tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers' rescue money. react to situations i haven't read the reports so i'm like. no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your part of the month to secure a car is on the job here no. thank you no more weasel words. when you question the prepared for a change when you when you should be ready for. freedom of speech and down to to freedom. there's a famous line in jaws where the fishermen on the boat one of them says we're going to need a bigger boat i mean this is what the european central bank has told the market that the fraud is so enormous at this point that in order to accommodate another ten to fi

one london three international outcry on cécile media two and a field day.news live from moscow welcome to the program on r.t. international. there is no letup in the ukrainian government's military offensive in the east of the country despite a player from the new president petro poroshenko to put a broker so i should say a ceasefire with pro autonomy fighters and entire village in the meantime has been almost completely razed to the ground as we can show you up on the sign here and there's barely a building left in. that has not been damaged the streets like deserted the village has been absolutely pounded by intense artillery fire locals say the army used multiple rocket launchers against them but as kiev stepped up its operation self-defense forces are vowing to stand firm as are now reports from one of their training camp. with the anti-government phrases we're on the way to a training camp here in the city of no guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons bagman how much time going to take us to get there. it's. i

locals at the so-called anti homeless spice designed to deter rough sleepers from the streets of london. welcome to our day international we're live from moscow you with me tom let's say it's good to have your company with us this evening. calls by ukraine's newly elected president petro poroshenko to stop the military offensive in the country's restive ease appeared to have rung hollow as heavy a jewelry fire has already left one village in ruins this is a first as showing the devastation in that someone of. a building left intact after the army reportedly called a village for multiple rocket launchers for days despite this local government forces they will stand till the end and that is one of their report from one of the training camps. we are with the anti-government fighters we're on the way to a training camp here in the city of no guns they're not telling us exactly where this camp is because of security reasons badman how much time going to take us to get their. cigarettes it's a question but we'll know when we get there bettman was a former officer with the ukrainian elite poli

olivia sterns in london.reaction, i'm joined by the regional general manager for uber, who oversees uber's operations in paris and other parts of europe. rre, what are the demonstrations like there? in the past they have cracked windshields, traffic chaos -- what is going on there? is pretty're seeing simple across europe. taxis are trying to bring cities at a standstill, while uber is working around-the-clock to continue to bring safer, more reliable ways for people to move around. >> overnight you guys launched uber taxi in london. what is the state of uber taxi and the rest of europe? don't offer at the moment our technology to taxi drivers outside london in europe. this is something we do in markets across the world. the focus should be on how the technology can make the assets of the city better, utilizing interests of consumers. >> consumer seemed to have made it clear that they want uber. sign-up shot up 850% overnight. >> we have of service similar trends across europe. barcelona, sign-ups were multip

massive gridlock in central london. >> thank you very much.caroline hyde pointed out to me uber taxicab drivers have to be licensed. there is confusion around that. shares are taking a beating today. they will be lower. significantly lower than forecasted. in italy,actories germany, and hungary. the closures will result in 300 job losses. l'oreal executive will be there. reported a drop in process -- profits. staying with drinks, the national blues is on a verge of a tequila-like explosion. product the finished with one of the top producers. twice a week. it is raining and not raining. i was born here and i make the best in brazil. >> it is made from sugarcane. >> it energizes the body with sugar. it is happiness for all of the people. >> it is very good. it has a honey-like quality. it does not taste alcoholic. >> it runs in my blood. i drink all the drinks in the world and i love drinking. >> is the main ingredient in the national cocktail. last year, 9 million liters were exported. mexico exports 20 times as much tequila. the producers hope

reporting for us from london. are also starring debate on twitter with many expressing that many of those supporting it can look on the walkie talkie to follow the reaction that continues to stream along. just on a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital with just two days to go before the launch of the world cup in brazil the celebrations are being overshadowed by massive street protests in the country's largest city of san paolo the city was brought to a standstill over the past few days this transport workers striking. crowds also took to the streets and police for them back there we are back with more news here on aussie international after a very short break. so we leave the. motions. your party is that. no one is asking with a big they deserve answers from. ok so five are killed in slovyansk by kiev on the shelling residential areas of the besieged. the city center one hundred days to decide scottish referendum players campaigns for unity dependents. water wars the un warns humanity faces a possibl

the issue well the london mayor's office points to the fact that they've already invested thirty four million pounds instead . it's like no second night out designed to try to ensure the rough sleepers never spend more than one evening on the story the reality though from what we're told by homeless charities and from what the biggest thing to indicate is that homelessness and rusty thing is an old going and growing problem and this latest controversial anti home this fight for the kids to have the sad indication of just how far person still has to go in tackling this issue served reporting for us a from london still to come for you this hour sold off chinese firm nobs an american electric car maker the went bankrupt despite receiving millions of dollars of taxpayers' rescue money more on the story after the. belmont told him a language of what i will react to situations i have read the reports from i'm like . no i will leave the state department to comment on your matter. to secure your comments on the dog you know gonna. make you know more weasel words. when you made a direct questi

advocates meet in london to tackle the problem. is there moral authority the world can muster to overturn a culture of violence against women? >> now let's be clear. violence and oppression, impunity and killing claims men and women as victims. but so many of these ongoing crimes simply take a higher toll or aim particularly at women. what social conditions prevail that allows people insist that they treasure women and girls and then subject them to horror and cruelty? an international meeting as we heard is underway in london shining a spotlight on the use of rape as a weapon of war. we'll look at that and other aspects of this problem this time during inside story. joining us amber khan of women for women international. from london, bridget ender from the office of the prosecutor of international court. and rito sharma founder and president of women thrive worldwide. the title of your organization, women thrive worldwide. it's like a hope, an it's aspiration. >> that is the goal. that's what we want. i think the summit in london