michelle fleury is in new york for us.e are expecting to hear from tell us more about what we are expecting to hearfrom president biden. expecting to hear from president biden. �* u, , expecting to hear from president biden. ~ u, , , , biden. the american steel industry is obviously — biden. the american steel industry is obviously vitally _ biden. the american steel industry is obviously vitally important - biden. the american steel industry is obviously vitally important when | is obviously vitally important when it comes to making lots of things, whether we are talking about cars, bridges, roads and so now we are seeing joe biden preparing to ratchet up the pressure on chinese steel because what we understand its steel because what we understand its steel and aluminium imports currently from china face about a 7.5% tariffs, which were introduced under donald trump under something called section 301 of the trade act. apparently biden is directing his trade representative to consider raising them, tripling them to 25%. bu

let's go straight to new york city and join my colleague michelle fleury who has been monitoring developmentsage or injuries in that initial quake. well, since we last spoke a few moments ago, my phone lit up with an emergency alert and it was expressing exactly that, basically warning that there was the potential for aftershocks, warning that there was the potential foraftershocks, but warning that there was the potential for aftershocks, but also saying that new yorkers should go about their normal activities and then providing a link to find out additional information. there were a couple of things that stood out to me, one of the things was governor kathy hochul saying officials were springing into action, doing what needed to be done. she said they are masters of disasters come in other words prepared for everything. this is a state that is kind of used to having things thrown its way, even if they may not be used to seismic activity of this kind. the if they may not be used to seismic activity of this kind.— activity of this kind. the other thing that _ activity of this kind. the other

let's bring back in michelle fleury, our north america business correspondence. tlight on boeing at the beginning ofjanuary when that incident with the alaska airlines flight happened, of course, the 737 max incidents dating back to two fatal plane crash is five years ago. the bad headlinesjust keep on coming for boeing here. how damaging is this new line of them?— is this new line of them? look, i mean, i is this new line of them? look, i mean. lthink— is this new line of them? look, i mean, i think this _ is this new line of them? look, i mean, i think this is _ is this new line of them? look, i mean, i think this is incredibly . mean, i think this is incredibly damaging. the top senator on this panel at the start of the hearing said this was about broken promises when it came to safety and he praised the whistle—blowers who have come forward today, sam salehpour you just mentioned, he actually spoke a short while ago and what we were seeing their in that clip was a doctor who is a professor of integrated systems engineering at ohio state university, in some way

michelle fleury reports from new york. the cars of the future is bumpier than we thought. one stop on thatjourney is hands—free driving. i think this is my ride. hello. are you cody? michelle. nice to meet you. i got to see gm's super cruise in action out on the roads of new york city. so we're turning on super cruise. we have a green indication on the wheel and we can take our hands off the wheel. tech that literally takes the driving out of your hands. it's especially nice on long road trips, you know. so that was fun seeing the system in action. but there are so many words out there at the moment, like driverless, autopilot, hands—free. and it's sowing a lot of confusion in the minds of the public. these are not self driving vehicles. these are partial driving automation systems that are intended to assist you and make some of the driving a little more convenient. new testing by the insurance institute for highway safety found that many of these hands—free systems aren't doing enough to monitor drivers�* behaviour. the

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york. at&t has been leaked online. the company said information including addresses, social security numbers and passcodes published on the dark web. the telecom giant's wireless 36 network covers 290 million people across the us. more news for you on asia business report tomorrow. bye for now. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm jane dougall. liverpool are top of the table after a tense day in the battle to win the premier league. arsenal lift the league trophy after a late goal against chelsea — stopping them from winning the quadruple. and he can't stop winning, jannick sinner takes the title in miami. hello and welcome to the programme, where we'll start in the english premier league as liverpool have moved to the top of the table after their 2—1 victory over brighton. the visitors took the lead through danny welbeck afterjust two minutes, but goals from luis diaz and then a winner from mohamed salah gave manager jurgen klopp's side all three points. in games against brighton, we were

the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. apple and tesla investors the big question is how are they doing in china? elon musk�*s car companyjust got good news on that front. tesla cleared a major hurdle for its full self driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment for the electric car maker. it faces fierce domestic

hello, i'm michelle fleury. been set for an israeli invasion of rafah, ga are�*s last refuge for displaced palestinians. he did not reveal the date. the un watchdog sticks out after drones hit a nuclear power plant in ukraine. and a total solar eclipse sweeps across parts of north america, plunging millions into brief darkness. plunging millions into brief darknes— plunging millions into brief darkness. , ., , darkness. there it is! that is spectacular! _ hello, i'm michelle fleury. israel premised a benjamin netanyahu says a date has been set for an israeli invasion of rafah, gaza's last refuge for displaced palestinians but did not reveal the date. miss netanyahu said invading the area is critical to reach his country at�*s goals are releasing all hostages and destroying hamas. but as many asi million people are believed to be sheltering in rafah, more than half of them children. mr dutton yahoo face international pressure including from the us to not invade the city without a specific plan as to how to keep c

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york.has defended plans to buy america's second biggest steel producer. the deal to buy us steel was agreed in december, but the white house says the company should stay in american hands. the japanese firm is calling for its roots in the united states to be recognised. here's our business reporter, david waddell. here he is, the new president of nippon steel, tadashi imai. he takes up post today and on the top of his in—tray a tricky assignment. the $14 billion purchase of us steel. a deal has been agreed, but it's united these two president biden and his predecessor, president trump. donald trump has said he'll block the deal if he's re—elected later this year. and president biden last month noted it's been an iconic american steel company for more than a century. and he said it's vital for it to remain an american steel company that is domestically owned and operated in common the white house sees steel as critical to national security. there are concerns, too, aboutjobs in a company whi

thank you, michelle fleury in new york.n the games industry — the bafta gaming awards take place tonight in london. gaming is big business here in the uk — sales topped more than £4] billion last year — more than double that of the music industry. this marks the 20th year of the gaming baftas, and 2023 was widely considered to be one of the best years ever in the industry. joining me now is conor clark from the gaming company boneloaf. good to have you with us. so much to talk about. when you look at the nominations for best game, what stands out for you? so nominations for best game, what stands out for you?— nominations for best game, what stands out for you? so many, as you mentioned. — stands out for you? so many, as you mentioned, 2023 _ stands out for you? so many, as you mentioned, 2023 was _ stands out for you? so many, as you mentioned, 2023 was an _ stands out for you? so many, as you mentioned, 2023 was an all-time i stands out for you? so many, as you i mentioned, 2023 was an all-time with mentioned, 2023 was an

i am joined by my colleague, michelle fleury who is a correspondent in new york. t, i should point out, which is how to respond if there are at the shocks. the idea about crouching down, getting underneath a table or something like that is not a message that residents in the north—east of the us are used to hearing. that is what is happening. all of this taking place while officials are still trying to assess the damage. you are hearing the line—up of the different agencies talking about it. we had from the buildings commissioner in new york, saying they are trying to assess whether or not there are any unstable buildings. there are unconfirmed reports there are some houses affected a newjersey. right now we are seeing things like the main train service that connects cities like boston, new york and washington, dc that goes to newark and newjersey, it is saying it is checking the tracks. that means there are speed restrictions in place, so people should expect delays. meanwhile, we understand the president has also spoken to the new jersey governor, phil murphy. he

michelle fleury, reports from new york.y is hands—free driving. i think this is my ride. hello. are you cody? michelle. nice to meet you. i got to see gm's super cruise in action out on the roads of new york city. so we're turning on super cruise. we have a green indication on the wheel and we can take our hands off the wheel. tech that literally takes the driving out of your hands. it's especially nice on long road trips, you know. so that was fun seeing the system in action. but there are so many words out there at the moment, like driverless, autopilot, hands—free. and it's sowing a lot of confusion in the minds of the public. these are not self driving vehicles. these are partial driving automation systems that are intended to assist you and make some of the driving a little more convenient. new testing by the insurance institute for highway safety found that many of these hands—free systems aren't doing enough to monitor drivers�* behaviour. the findings were a little disappointing. out of the 1a systems we tested, 11

michelle fleury, bbc news, new york.march expanded for the first time in six months. the index rose to 50.8 from 49 point nine in the previous month. it separates growth from contraction. that's it for this edition of asia business report. see you in the next hour. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm jane dougall. liverpool are top of the table after a tense day in the battle to win the premier league. arsenal lift the league trophy after a late goal against chelsea — stopping them from winning the quadruple. and he can't stop winning — jannik sinner takes the title in miami. hello and welcome to the program, where we'll start in the english premier league as liverpool have moved to the top of the table after their 2—1 victory over brighton. the visitors took the lead through danny welbeck afterjust two minutes, but goals from luis diaz and a winnerfrom mohamed salah gave manager jurgen klopp's side all three points. in games against brighton, we were never close.

that was michelle fleury.ill see a boost to take—home pay from tomorrow after a uk tax called national insurance is cut for employed and self—employed workers. the measures were announced in the uk chancellor's spring budget. live now to dan kemp, chief research and investment 0fficer, morningstar. hello to you. the global world viewers, who don't quite understand national insurance, give us a succinct definition. hello. i will try! give us a succinct definition. hello. iwill try! it give us a succinct definition. hello. i will try! it is challenging. national insurance is a tax that people pay on their earnings while they are working. it is another form of tax. viewers in the us will be familiar with federal tax and state taxes, it's one of the ways people pay tax on their income. when thinking about the impact of this change in national insurance from this weekend, the key thing to remember is there are two things going on here. the first is the big macroeconomic story about what's happening following covid

the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york.truth social platform has told financial regulators that it plans to issue another 21.5 million new shares linked to warrants. these are contracts that give investors the right to buy or sell a stock at a specific price within a certain time frame. but the sale can also devalue a stock if there isn't enough demand to absorb the increase in available shares, which appears to be what happened today. trump media is also looking for approval to potentially resell up to 146 million shares held by current investors, including the former president, who's the majority shareholder. the move paves the way for them to be able to cash in sooner. currently, these insiders are barred from any share sale until september, once the securities and exchange commission signs off on this filing, insiders, including mrtrump, can seek board approval to start selling their stock. it's worth noting so—called lock—ups such as this are fairly common, and filing this kind of paperwork doesn't necessarily mean sha

the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury has more.h interest rates in many richer countries now at their highest levels in years, the head of the imf, kristalina georgieva, urged caution when it comes to cutting interest rates. where necessary, policymakers must resist calls for premature interest rate cuts. her comments come a day after us data showed a surprise increase in consumer inflation. but she also warned that waiting too long could chill economic activity, saying debt is up and the global economy faced a decade of weak growth, which she labelled the tepid �*20s. we are indeed heading for the tepid �*20s. a sluggish and disappointing decade. mr georgieva's comments come as the international monetary fund and its fellow lending agency, the world bank, prepares to host their spring meeting next week in washington, where finance ministers, central bankers and policymakers from around the world will discuss the global economy's most pressing issues. the annual gathering takes place as several conflicts threaten global financial s

the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york. apple and haslar investors the big question is how are they doing in china? elon musk�*s car companyjust got musk�*s car company just got good musk�*s car companyjust got good news on that front. haslar cleared a major hurdle for its full self driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment for the electric car maker. it faces for is domestic competition in china along with softer demand. remember, tesla is notjust a car company. is an autonomous driving and robo taxi company with massive amounts of data needed to treatments algorithms and fine tune the system. meanwhile, apple has seen iphone sales fall in china and that will be in focus when it reports quarterly results after the us market closed on thursday, as will any announcement it makes on artificial intelligence. another stock that has the power to move markets this week is amazon which turns in its report card later today. the tech giant is under pressure to pay shareholders a dividend. it is not the

here is michelle fleury.ear relationship in which essentially this franchisee has built up mcdonald's reputation and the business in israel. and now they are parting ways. we have heard from the ceo in the past who have said those boycotts in response to the decision to give free meals out certainly in many muslim countries, ranging from malaysia tojordan and other parts of the world, that has had an impact on the bottom line and the ceo said he thought that would continue, essentially, untilthe war is over. that was our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury. alison stuart allen is a branding expert and ceo of international marketing partners. ispoke expert and ceo of international marketing partners. i spoke to her and she tell me what she thought was behind the move by mcdonald's. it is absolutely business over politics. mcdonald's is a business first and foremost. they will be very concerned about the loss of sales in israel and in other parts of the world, because of the move which was don

predatory use of artificial intelligence in the industry. 0ur north america business correspondent michelle fleury to billie eilish, ai is the new bad guy. to katy perry, it is time to rise. a growing number of musicians are worried companies are training ai models to replace human artists. more than 200 of them have joined with the artist rights alliance, a nonprofit to demand protection against ai. in an open letter, they acknowledge the creative potential of ai, but called on tech companies and developers to stop using it to infringe upon, and devalue, the right of human artists. a year ago, a supposed collaboration between drake and the weeknd went viral. it was actually an ai song made by someone called ghostwriter. last month, tennessee became the first state to pass a law to protect artists from using al to copy an artist's voice without permission. country music star luke bryant was at the bill's signing. stuff comes in of my voice, on my phone, and i can't tell it's not me. securing protections from al was a priority for striking actors last year. now it is musicians who are raising their

from new york, michelle fleury reports. this was damaging testimony for the plane maker.g engineer turned whistle—blower, sam salehpour, claimed boeing used short cuts to reduce bottlenecks during the assembly of its 787 dreamliner planes. he said he faced retaliation for raising safety issues. and after the threats and after this, you know, it's like, you know, it really scares me, believe me. but i am at peace. you know, if something happens to me, i am at peace because i feel like by coming forward, i will be saving a lot of lives, and i'm at peace. another boeing engineer, ed pierson, accused the plane—maker of a criminal cover up after a door blew out of a 737 max plane shortly after take—off. and a preliminary investigation revealed the door was missing four bolts. the ntsb chair reiterated to congress last week that boeing has said there are no records documenting the removal of the alaska airlines door. i'm not going to sugar—coat this. this is a criminal cover up. records do, in fact, exist. i know this because i've personally passed them to the fbi. boeing, whic

for the latest, here's the bbc�*s north america business reporter michelle fleury in new york.edia company may never be profitable, but its shares are valued at billions of dollars and those involved are fighting over who gets a piece of it. in february, the co—founders of former president donald trump's media company filed a lawsuit in delaware claiming that mr trump and other leaders had schemed to deprive them of a stake in the company that potentially could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. now, as part of that case, mr trump will be deposed by lawyers for andy lashinsky and wes moss, two former contestants on donald trump's reality tv show, the apprentice. the date, well, it coincides with the start of the former president's first criminal trial here in new york. however, depositions often get rescheduled. this week, trump media filed its own lawsuit in florida against these two co—founders, arguing mismanagement and saying that they should be stripped of their shares. this is the latest legal twist just days after trump media went public, enjoying a remarkable deb

here is michelle fleury from new york with more. higherfor longer. that is the message from america's top banker, jerome powell on us interest rates. the chair of the federal reserve said policymakers hadn't seen enough progress on inflation since its rapid decline last year. and with inflation likely to take longer to return to the fed's desired target of 2%, a cut in rates, he said, didn't seem justified. we've said at the fomc that we'll need greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2% before it would be appropriate to ease policy. you know, we took that cautious approach and, sought that greater confidence so as not to overreact to the string of low inflation readings that we had in the second half of last year. the recent data have clearly not given us greater confidence and instead indicate that it's likely to take longer than expected to achieve that confidence. today's remarks highlight the different paths being taken by central banks around the world, with the european central bank's christine lagarde reaffirming that t

for more on this, here's the bbc�*s north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, in new yorked the start of this year a nightmare for tesla as he cut 475 to 425,000 the forecast, the first sales reports and years, the first sales reports and years, the first time that happened was during the pandemic of 2020, what is going on? you will double our company has been beset by setbacks, and halted production, higher interest rates taking a toll and an ageing line—up of vehicles but it is the chinese market that investors are most worried about. it is blamed, ev competition and price war driving prices in that market. stock is down 30% roughly since the start of this yearfor 30% roughly since the start of this year for tesla, 30% roughly since the start of this yearfor tesla, still one 30% roughly since the start of this year for tesla, still one bright spot, poised to retake the title of largest ev maker in the world from chinese maker set which sold on monday it had sold around 300,000 ev playback during the quarter. —— evs. tech news now, and the united states and britain have a

michelle fleury was watching the hearings. this was damaging testimony for the plane maker boeing.turned whistle—blower sam salehpour claimed boeing used short cuts to reduce bottlenecks during the assembly of its 787 dreamliner planes. he said he faced retaliation for raising safety issues. and after the threats, and after this, you know, it's like, you know, it really scares me, believe me. but i am at peace. you know, if something happens to me, i am at peace because i feel like, by coming forward, i will be saving a lot of lives and i'm at peace. another boeing engineer, ed pierson, accused the plane—maker of a criminal cover—up after a door blew out of a 737 max plane shortly after take—off and a preliminary investigation revealed the door was missing four bolts. the ntsb chair reiterated to congress last week that boeing has said there are no records documenting the removal of the alaska airlines door. i'm not going to sugar—coat this. this is a criminal cover—up. records do, in fact, exist. i know this because i've personally passed them to the fbi. boeing, which is one of t

for more on this, here's our bbc north america business correspondent michelle fleury in new york. one analyst called the start of this year a nightmare for tesla as he cut his delivery forecast from 475,000 to 425,000. wall street is bracing for tesla to report its first sales decline in years. the last time that happened was during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020. so what is going on? elon musk�*s car company has suffered multiple setbacks. a fire at its gigafactory in berlin halted production. higher interest rates, which put up borrowing costs, are also taking a toll and it has an ageing line up of vehicles. but it is the chinese market that investors are most worried about. dan ives from wedbush securities blamed rising ev competition and a lingering price war for the challenges that the company faces in that market. the gloomy outlook, well, it's driven tesla's stock down roughly 30% since the start of this year. still one bright spot — it looks poised to retake the title of largest ev maker in the world from chinese rival byd, which on monday said it had sold around 300,000 e

hello i'm michelle fleury.n set for an israeli invasion of rafah, gaza's last refuge for displaced palestinians. he did not reveal when that date is but it comes as a new round of ceasefire talks take place in cairo. mr netanyahu said invading the area is critical in order to reach his country's goals of releasing all of the hostages and destroying hamas. however, as many asi million people are believed to sheltering in rafah — more than half of them children. this mr netanyahu is facing international pressure — including from the us — to not invade the city, without a specific plan as to how to keep civilians there safe. north of rafah, displaced palestinians returned to khan younis. it came as the israeli troops withdrew temporarily on sunday. a middle eastern correspondent lucy williamson reports. for months, khan younis was a city of targets, its apartment blocks and hospitals seen by israel as hiding places for hamas. residents returned today searching for their city homes

i'm michelle fleury. diplomats, uk foreign secretary lord cameron and us secretary of state antony blinken discussed support to ukraine, as well as the humanitarian situation in gaza. the visit comes as the uk takes part in the biggest airdrop of aid into gaza since the israel—hamas war began. lord cameron confirmed that uk arms sales to israel will not be suspended. while mr blinken said the us has not been given a date by israel for its threatened ground offensive into the city of rafah. the bbc asked the diplomats about last week's air strike that killed seven aid workers and whether there'd be meaningful accountability over how israeli forces have conducted the war. we are looking very carefully at the conclusions of the investigation that israel conduct did. we are asking questions about it stop we are engaged with the israelis, we are engaged with managerial organisations, and we want to make sure that,

the bbc�*s north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, reports from ny. than we thought. one stop on thatjourney is hands—free driving. i think this is my ride. hello. are you cody? michelle, nice to meet you. i got to see gm's super cruise in action. we are turning on super cruise, green indication on the wheel allowed when driving hands—free. we want to gain their trust, we don't want to outpace them to where they don't trust the technology. the technology is meant to support the driver and prevent car crashes and injuries, an ambition that won't be realised if the humans behind the wheel become distracted. live now to the tourism and aviation expert anita mendiratta. we were discussing hidden baggage fees, are they kidding? good morning and thank you for having me. they are not hidden and many airlines as we know, the low—cost carriers in particular are using what is called a la carte pricing. when you buy the airline ticket, you can pay for if you want seat selection, if you want can pay for if you want seat s meal>n, if you want “ can pay for if you

i'm michelle fleury.r benjamin netanyahu is making a mistake with his handling of the war against hamas. he was with spanish language network univison, which aired on tuesday, but was recorded last wednesday. the president is also calling for a unilateral ceasefire between israel and hamas. his comments are his most critical yet of mr netanyahu and a considerable shift in tone. here in washington, the wars in the middle east and ukraine took centre stage on tuesday at a high—level meeting here in washington between america and britain's top diplomats. uk foreign secretary lord cameron and us secretary of state antony blinken discussed support to ukraine, as well as the humanitarian situation in gaza. lord cameron's visit comes as the uk takes part in the biggest airdrop of aid into gaza since the israel—hamas war began. in all, nine nations, including the us, delivered critical supplies to the territory. lord cameron confirmed that uk arms sales to israel will not be suspended but that he still has concer

michelle fleury, our north america business correspondent, joins me now from new york.pecting out of this meeting? janet yellen is the us treasury secretary, making her second trip to china in recent months, and she has a ready indicated that one of the issues she plans to raise is about overcapacity, that china�*s factories are producing too much, specifically in certain areas, things like solar panels, electric cars, electric batteries for cars, and other clean energy focused technology, and they�*ll worried that is going to be essentially dumped on the rest of the world, that is going to depress prices and potentially put pressures on producers in other countries. she has a ready given some preview, saying it is notjust america that is worried about this, mexico, europe and japan have also been mentioned. when she was speaking to reporters at a stop in alaska en route to china yesterday,, she said the us had not ruled out a range of actions potentially including tariffs or other sort of trade measures. 0k, we have to leave it there. thank you forjoining us. the veter

. —— weaker activity. 0ur correspondent michelle fleury is following this from new york.and interest rates made last year one that most of us want to forget. what did the imf have to say about how we are weathering that storm? the imf notes a lot of progress has been made from that very painful period, certainly for wealthier countries, in 2022, and slightly later in developing countries, and the words that keep cropping up our resilience but also divergence, resilience but also divergence, resilience if you look in the case of the us, the progress that has been made on inflation, the imf said was very impressive, and that despite recent bumps along the way, they still thought it was warranted for interest rates to take, interest rates cuts, i should say, to take place later this year in the us, but they also urged caution and not to proceed too hastily when it comes to cutting interest rates across the board. that goes to the idea of divergence that other countries still have more of a way to go in the battle to tame prices. so that is why you are hearing this acknowledg

let's get more now from michelle fleury who's covering this from new york.ke us through the background to this. at a bit of a battle. take us through the background to this.— the background to this. at its heart, this — the background to this. at its heart, this is _ the background to this. at its heart, this is the _ the background to this. at its heart, this is the biggest - the background to this. git its heart, this is the biggest challenge we have seen any long time for the mouse house the coming out swinging to fight it. at its core this is about how much the share price is for disney, in other words it is not high enough in the view of some of these activist shareholders who are trying to challenge the board at disney and bring in their own slate of directors. there are two reasons for this, succession and streaming. succession because bob iger, the current ceo, returned to the company after a disastrous term by his successor. since his return, his contract has been extended again and there is still no plan for succession going forward. the second thi

the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york.e the big question is how doing in china, the company just got some good news on that front and tesla cleared a major hurdle fruits of driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment for the electric car maker facing fierce domestic competition along with slighter demand. this is notjust a car company, it is not time the striving of rubble taxi company with massive amounts of data to train its algorithms and fine—tune the systems. meanwhile, apple has got an iphone sales for china and i'll be in focus and albion focused new reports on quarterly results after the us market close on thursday and after that, intelligence. another stocked as the power to move markets is amazon which its reports later on today, the tech giant is under pressure and offers a dividend, it is now the only big tech firm that doesn't offer this is out of the bed did it last. traders are also keeping a watchful eye on rome powell, the inflation picture as some asking if cuts are cancelled o

and profits before complying with u—s laws as the bbc�*s north america business correspondent michelle fleury ordered to spend four months in prison for a failure but allowed cyber criminals and terrorist groups to trade on the roads largest cryptocurrency exchange. he pleaded guilty to one count of violating the bank secrecy act and resulting in a multiyear investigation by the us government into the worlds largest cryptocurrency exchange binance. as part of the agreement, he stepped out of the ceo and founder apologised to the court in seattle singles company had now put in place anti—money laundering controls and is watched by his mother and is watched by his mother and sister who were in court as he learned his fate. the sentence was considerably shorter than the three years prosecutors are demanding less than 12 to 18 months recommended underfederal recommended under federal guidelines. once recommended underfederal guidelines. once considered the most powerful person in the crypto industry is the second major crypto boss to be sentenced to prison. in march, he received 25 years behind b

let's cross over to new york now and speak to our north america business correspondent michelle fleuryy is mcdonald's doing this? i think you have to go back to the start of this conflict, october seven, after that alonya which owns the mcdonald's franchise in israel, said they would give free meals to many israeli soldiers. that sparked a boycott on the company. whether thatis a boycott on the company. whether that is related to this decision it is impossible to know. but they are ending a 30 year relationship in which essentially this franchisee has built up mcdonald's' reputation and the business in israel and now they are potting ways. if i could just read you a bit of the statement, mcdonald said we thank alonya group limited for building mcdonald's' business and brand and it goes on to say mcdonald's remains committed to the israeli market and maintaining a positive relationship with its customers in the market. that's crucial because it has lots of stores and 5000 employees. they have been told they will be kept on, that they will be taken over by mcdonald's. we have heard from

predatory use of artificial intelligence in the industry. 0ur north america business correspondent — michelle fleuryie eilish, ai is the new bad guy, for katy perry it is time for rice. a growing number of musicians wearing companies are training ai models to replace human artists. more than 200 ofjoined with the artists rights alliance, a nonprofit to demand protection against ai. in an open letter they acknowledge the creative potential of a ipa called on tech companies and developers to stop using it to infringe on and devalued the right of human artists. —— potential of ai. a year ago it is specific cooperation between trick and the weekend went viral, actually eight ai song made someone called ghost writer. last month tennessee became the first state to pass a law to protect artists from using ai protect artists from using al to copy an artist's was with my permission. country music star luke bryan was at the signing of the bill. luke bryan was at the signing of the bill-— of the bill. stuff comes in on my voice _ of the bill. stuff comes in on my voice on _ of the bill. stuff comes in on my vo

hello, i'm michelle fleury.s a date has been set for an israeli invasion of rafah, gaza's last refuge for displaced palestinians, but did not reveal the date. mr netanyahu said invading the area is critical to reach his country's goals and releasing all hostages and destroying hamas. but as many as 1 million people are believed to be sheltering in rafah, more than half of them children. mr netanyahu faces international pressure including from the us to not invade the city without a specific plan as to how to keep civilians safe. here is us state department spokesman matthew millar responded to the prime minister. we have made clear to israel that we think a full—scale military invasion of rafah would have an enormously harmful effect on those civilians and would ultimately hurt israel's security so it is notjust a question of israel presenting a plan to us, we've made clear to them that we think there is a better

the bbc�*s michelle fleury has more from new york.tesla cleared a major hurdle fruits of driving technology in china after years of trying. this is a key moment for the electric car maker