and there were some big name american stars there celine dion and richard branson richard branson the billionaire entrepreneur was equally impressed and indian maharajah's also took note since then the brothers have been providing the cocktails for ever larger parties. these days we do events in india would have the thirty five thousand guests and you can imagine how much preparation is involved everything has to be fresh and it's incredibly hot there too. and the parties don't always take place in hotels sometimes all we do an event with ten or fifteen thousand guests it's a huge open air venue. they make it look like euro disney and. the brothers have been working hand in hand for eleven years. their alcohol free market tales are especially popular. they grew up in a small town not far from antwerp manual studied hotel management and ended up taking a job on the q e two back then in the one nine hundred eighty s. it was one of the world's most luxurious cruise liners she began as a waiter in one of the onboard restaurants. i started scraps of their one day there was a very small par

we got to meet the dyslexic billionaire richard branson. come in. after, this is richard.ll hate me for saying this, don't worry too much about it. what are you good at doing and live? i want to be a comedian when i drop. i think my dyslexia helps me making people laugh. you don't have any set jokes that you tell people?” people laugh. you don't have any set jokes that you tell people? i am not so jokes that you tell people? i am not so good atjokes, i am good at doing pretend boxing. let's see at. applause. thank you. goodbye. quite a happy person. quite jolly. applause. thank you. goodbye. quite a happy person. quitejolly. quite like father christmas. laughter. for some people years. —— for some people years. richard and arthurjoin us now. units and famous people. eddie is art, richard branson. you want to be art, richard branson. you want to be a comedian. he would be good. he is a comedian. he would be good. he is a comedian, i want to be a comedian. do you know what, dyslexia is one thing, but you are very, even in the first 20 seconds, you are such an eloquent young

richard branson in a pickle, is the headline in the metro.ter he moaned about people being late on social media. every patient should be able to skype their gp. the telegraph reports on the health secretary's plans to end a postcode lottery in care. the guardian leads with a warning from gordon brown, who says the world is sleepwalking towards a new financial crisis that could see a repeat of the crash a decade ago. and prices at the fuel pumps rise for a tenth week in a row, this how much can drivers take, asks the daily mail, —— this how much can drivers take, asks the daily mail, as petrol prices hit a four—year—high. tory mps plan april coup against theresa may. white april? —— why. theresa may. white april? —— why. there has been a feeble atmosphere in westminster the past couple of days and a lot of discussion linked to the prime minister's chequer‘s plan, about how the party might depose her and introduced a resolution to the brexit problem. although they actually haven't got one yet. they have a 140 page document which keeps getting p

richard branson in a pickle — is the headline in the metro.cial media to moan about people being late. every patient should be able to skype their gp on a smartphone. the telegraph reports on the health secretary's plans to end a postcode lottery in access to care. it also says britain will not pay its ‘divorce bill‘ in the event of a no—deal brexit. gordon brown says the world is sleepwalking towards a new financial crisis. the guardian features a warning from the former prime minister that a lack of leadership could see a repeat of the financial crash a decade ago. the times features conservative mps attacking the archbishop of canterbury for ‘parroting labour policy‘ after he called the gig economy a ‘reincarnation of ancient evil‘. it also says mothers who post graphic accounts of the birthing process on websites such as mumsnet are contributing to a rise in phobia of childbirth. and prices at the fuel pumps rise for a tenth week in a row, is across the daily mail as it‘s headline reads — how much can drivers take? as petrol prices hit a f

and richard branson tells cnbc the key to success is a 3—day workweek.people can't work less hours and be equally — if not more — effective. i would say they are working i would more hours because they need to be paid for that. as people say we work longer week because we cannot afford not to. and don't forget — let us know what you are spotting online — use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. that's it for the business briefing this hour. but before we go, here are the markets. asian markets are rising because of the news that was mentioned earlier. that is the business briefing. up next — newsbriefing — we'll take you through the stories making headlines in the global news media today including: people found guilty of assaulting emergency services workers are to face tougher sentences. the new law, which will come in to effect from november, will double the amount of time for which offenders can be sent to prison. jenny kumah reports. attacked while on duty. this body camera footage shows a man who was later jailed at taking camera footage shows a man who was

the first thing is about 10 years ago richard branson got very excited about the concept of human space flight and as a result of that we created virgin galactic and we created beautiful flying machines. that airplane takes the spaceship up to about 50,000 feet, drops it and the engine burns for about a minute and it goes up between 80 and hundred kilometers to provide about four minutes of microgravity for people who want to become astronauts and for global researchers. we are super excited about this product -- project, we will have a launch coming up shortly and we do hope to be in commercial operation early next year. so this is a beautiful picture of the spaceship at altitude it has a camera so it is looking down at the earth and giving you an approximate view of what passengers will see when they fly to space. the second product we want to talk about, once we got into the launch business, we realized that it was great to be in a business focused on people which is what richard branson is really good at, but we also saw a tremendous opportunity with the tremendous growth of a small

he then launched his own airline earning the nickname india's richard branson. but rising oil prices ended up sinking his dream plunging into debt. once worth one point six billion dollars b.j. malley is indian property including villas planes and cars was supposed to be auctioned off to pay his criticism. but they're still waiting for their money they jay fled the country more than one point three billion dollars to india's banks. he ended up in london denying he was flaying his debts he calls his decision to move to the u.k. a forced exile. home for the billionaire izzy's beef to a million dollar mansion in hartford chip north of london our request for an interview went unanswered. but we finally caught sight of him last march when the formula one season kicked off. and. he shows up with his new car in front of cameras from all over the world. when questioned about his financial dealings v.j. says he has done nothing wrong by the north to one new rule personally to any bank. kingfisher airlines limited unfortunately closed down the business and to try to avoid

he then launched his own on earning the nickname india's richard branson. the rising oil prices ended up. sinking his dreams plunging into debt. once worth one point six billion dollars b.j. malley is indian property including villas planes and cards was supposed to be auctioned off to pay his criticism. but they're still waiting for their money they jay fled the country owing more than one point three billion dollars to india's banks. he ended up in london denying he was playing his debts he calls his decision to move to the u.k. a forced exon. home for the billionaire izzy's if they million dollar mansion in hartford share north of london our request for an interview went unanswered. but we finally caught sight of him last march when the formula one season kicked off. and. he shows up with his new car in front of cameras from all over the world. when questioned about his financial dealings v.j. says he has done nothing wrong i do not or one you will personally do with any bank. kingfisher airlines limited unfortunately closed down the business and they tr

he was there to promote some champagne, a guest of richard branson and champagne, a guest of richard, rather than the champagne. hurricane and a typhoon the same thing, they just happen hurricane and a typhoon the same thing, theyjust happen in different areas of the world. so they spin the same way! you learn a thing. hurricane equals typhoon. lets learn more things next week! good evening, all ice on the atla ntic good evening, all ice on the atlantic with a busy spell of weather in terms of hurricanes and tropical storms and the main troublemaker over the next 24 hours is hurricane florence. it is still a category two hurricane and it will bring flash flooding with a storm surge, very heavy rainfall and winds in excess of 100 mph around the coast of the carolinas, so a very close side being kept on hurricane florence on the other side of the atlantic. closer to home, and mixed story. this was so, in devon earlier in the day. not the same everywhere, we will continue to see more cloud over the next few days across the northern half of the country with showery rain. drier and bright

and the company planning to do this is virgin galactic the firm owned by billionaire richard branson has been building space ships in the u.s. for over a decade recently they conducted their third test flight and at almost the same time virgin galactic signed a contract making grow tahlia its european space port its base for future flights into space. until now good tallia has lived from traditional handicrafts mainly pottery and the job on friday is a fifth generation pottery maker he's skeptical about the plant's space tourists he'd settle for a few more ordinary once. for all the that. they were talking is one thing taking action is another. we'll see it's not going to happen right away. we know about it but no one knows what really will happen well i certainly thought . there are a few places less forward looking than pro tahlia the entire town is an urgent need of an overhaul. for sale signs hang on buildings and flats throughout the old town. the mayor is glad when a new bar opens up and stops by in person beforehand so what does he think about his town becoming a gateway to ou

looking to do commercial space travel is a company run by amazon founderjeff bezos, and also richard bransonthis is a man with a rather cavalier attitude towards his own deadlines. but he might get there one day. an 85—year—old great grandfather who tackled would—be robbers has become an internet sensation. this is the moment denis o'connor fought off the men after they raided a bookies in glanmire, county cork. the men were armed with a sawn—off shotgun and hammers. now — is this the transport of the future? billed as the world's first trains to be powered by hydrogen, two have entered service in northern germany. they offer an alternative to diesel energy, often criticised for its pollution levels. caroline rigby reports. the arrival of a new blue train, signalling the greener future for rail travel in germany. two have entered the service in the north of the country. believed to be the world's first hydrogen—powered passenger trains, they offer a more eco—friendly alternative to polluting diesel engines on non—electrified railway lines. a positive move for the environment, but how about c

the first thing richard branson got excited about the concept of human space flight and we created virgin galactic and built beautiful flying machine, carrier aircraft we call white knight, the spaceship is called spaceship and that airplane takes the spaceship up to about 50,000 feet, drops it and then the engine burns for about a minute and it goes up between 80 and 100 kilometers to provide about four minutes of micro gravity for people who want to become astronauts and for researchers, global researchers. so we're super excited about this project. we're going to have a launch coming up again our fourth launch with this vehicle coming up shortly. we do hope to be in commercial operations early next year. it's a beautiful picture of the spaceship at altitude. that's actually taking its own selfie. it's got a camera on its tail boom so it's looking down at the earth and giving you ap approximate view of what passenger wills see when they fly to space. second product i want to talk about, once we got into the launch business we realized it was great to be in the business focused on people

, a couple of yea rs up by a richard branson, a couple of years ago. “— up by a richard bransons ago. —— virgin. it is digital only, it gets about half a million listeners. 0bviously, they are hoping that getting chris evans for not an unsubsta ntial amount hoping that getting chris evans for not an unsubstantial amount of money will be a big boost to that particular brand against the white do we know how much it will be paid, there has been transparency at the bbc. i would there has been transparency at the bbc. iwould be there has been transparency at the bbc. i would be very surprised and shockedif bbc. i would be very surprised and shocked if chris evans and virgin volunteered his salary. we have had that bbc transparency revealing that last time around, he was paid around £1.6 million, the second—highest paid presenter on that list, after gary lineker. i would assume he is getting probably more, possibly a lot more than he was getting at the bbc. you spoke with him earlier, let's see what he had to say to you. how tough a decision was it for you? did you not hear the show?

and the company planning to do this is virgin galactic the firm owned by billionaire richard branson has been building spaceships in the u.s. for over a decade recently they conducted their third test flight and at almost the same time virgin galactic signed a contract making grow tahlia its european space port its base for future flights into space. until now go tallia has lived from traditional handicrafts mainly pottery and the job on friday is a fifth generation pottery maker he's skeptical about the plants space tourists he'd settle for a few more ordinary once. for all of the day. there were talking is one thing taking action is another. we'll see it's not going to happen right away. we know about it but no one knows what really will happen well i certainly thought . there are a few places less forward looking than promote. the entire town is an urgent need of an overhaul. for sale signs hang on buildings and flats throughout the old town. the mayor is glad when a new bar opens up and stops by in person beforehand so what does he think about his town becoming a gateway to outer

second, getting into the launch business it is great to focus on people which richard branson is really good at but also a tremendous opportunity with a tremendous growth of smaller satellite industries so we said we would like to do a small lunch vehicle we talked about white night but it's just not big enough so we looked around the world and saw 740 sevens in the market they are really cheap right now you should go buy one because everybody is getting rid of them because there is a new generation of aircraft coming up so we picked up a 747 from the sister company virgin atlantic in california they have now attached to the wing to allow the release of the rocket which is about 8 feet long and 60000 pounds fully loaded. this is a small lunch vehicle. that is our agent - - engine and firing it's like baby pictures everybody was to show a picture of the engine firing. [laughter] here is the full rocket itself with 500 kilograms. with a standard kitchen refrigerator and to provide that aircraft that means you are not tied to a single launch site we could launch from canada just as easily

earning the nickname india's richard branson. but rising oil prices ended up. sinking his dream plunging into debt. once worth one point six billion dollars b.j. malley is indian property including villas planes and cards was supposed to be auctioned off to pay his criticisms. but they're still waiting for their money they jay fled the country owing more than one point three billion dollars to india's banks. he ended up in london denying he was flaying his debts he calls his decision to move to the u.k. a forced exile. home for the billionaire izzy's beef to a million dollar mansion in hartford chip north of london our request for an interview went unanswered. but we finally caught sight of him last march when the formula one season kicked off. and. he shows up with his new car in front of cameras from all over the world. when questioned about his financial dealings v.j. says he has done nothing wrong i do not. one you will personally do any bank. kingfisher airlines limited unfortunately closed down the business and they tried to avoid me personally responsibl

we have people like elon musk of tesla motors, jeff bezos of amazon, richard branson of virgin atlanticlionaires that are taking it away from nasa and they want to go back into outer space. the thrill is coming back. >> the tourism space flight itself that go around the moon they won't land around the moon but orbit around the moon, the japanese billionaire is taking himself and six of his artist friends, people who have been to the moon have had deep religious experiences having been there. tell me about this flight. >> yes, first of all, it's a new rocket and the media i think missed a big story. the bfr is really a mars rocket. elon musk already has the falcon heavy. the falcon heavy is a moon rocket capable of orbiting the moon but he wants to go even beyond the falcon heavy. the bfr is a prototype of a mars mission, because elon musk has a dream and that dream and vision is to become a multi-planet species so he's way beyond simply bidding the russians in the 1960s and way beyond simply going back to the moon. >> doctor, president trump is planning to create a u.s. space force as a

but you've got richard branson who manages to make it through life without doing stuff like this and still, you know, really works outside of the normal lines. this is crazy. elon musk is just -- >> you can have revolutionary outside the box thinkers, ceos and then of course amidst all of this drama he appeared on a podcast smoking weed. >> yep, interesting character. >>> coming up next, president trump is blasting attorney general jeff sessions again. this time he goes so far as to say quote, i don't have an attorney general. >> but the united states does, sir. it is now time for the favorite part of the show, monumental americans. today just 48 days from the midterm elections we are honoring alice paul who fought to get women the right to vote. paul was born in my home state of new jersey in 1885 in a quaker household. she studied in london where she joined a british suffrage group and learned tactics of civil disobedience. she organized the 1913 women suffrage procession in washington which drew 80,000 marchers and energized the national movement. she led other peaceful protests f

also praised by thought leaders including barack obama, bill gates, mark zuckerberg, and sir richard branson century he focuses the ent a pressing issues facing humanity. you all know harare. congratulations on the book. so much is focused technology and a.i. and the big question is will a.i. help us as a race, will it help us as a society, or will a.i. help in our downfall. >> that depend as what you do with it. you u can build the very same societies with the same technologies just as you can use trains, electricity, and radio to fill come is in tick dictatorships or fascists. in the 21st century you can use a.i. tech joy to build a paradise or hell. it's up to us. >> what about jobs though? one of the stories leading up to this interview was about the need to retrain workers and the feared loss of jobs due to automation. what can we expect in decades to come when it comes to jobs? >> well, we can expect two things. the job market will completely change. much of the struggles that people will have will be against irrelevance and not exploitation. >> yeah. you said there's a real risk we co

that target even with amazon, and let's talk about his space exploits and those of elon musk and richard bransonial space travel only one of those three will be successful i ask that by saying whoever gets there first, will they then just get huge investment behind them such that in years to come, you know, one of them will be successful and the other two won't, and who do you think might win that race? >> okay. i'm not a betting man but in that regard in terms of industry somebody gets there first and the person who gets there first doesn't have the most inventive version of it and other people come in behind them. they get to start where the first winners began and then take it to other new levels. there's more than one computer company and more than one television manufacturer and more than one brand of car so i'm not thinking there's going to be more than one person that takes the money and right. if somebody exploits this asteroid i'm going to exploit that asteroid if your prices are too high i think that space has had a built-in price-checking mechanism on who might try to run away with a

also looking to do commercial space travel is a company run by amazon chiefjeff bezos, and also richard bransonst. temperature is not far off what we had yesterday, actually. possibly 2a25 degrees through the midlands and parts of eastern england. those showers they could be a little heavy out of the west. moving their way further east words. clear spells also. towards the end of the night, we will see the end of the night, we will see the cloud thickening, rain arriving in northern ireland and wind is really starting to pick up, evidence that we still have this warm air. temperatures on the high side of 11 to 1a degrees. tomorrow sees the first named storm of the season. this deepening area of pressure, thatis this deepening area of pressure, that is storm ali, picking up the winds in northern ireland, sweeping into scotland before it starts to ease off in the afternoon. the peak of the wind gusts inland. there is likely to be some damage and travel disruption. it will be pretty windy. elsewhere across the uk, gusty south to south westerly winds. and together with those winds, heavy rain acros

looking to do commercial space travel is a company run by amazon founderjeff bezos, and also richard bransonfirst, though this is a man with a rather cavalier attitude to his own deadlines. but he might get there, one day. dave lee, bbc news. the british cave diver who helped with the rescue of 12 thai teenagers from a flooded cave injuly is suing the spacex founder and tesla chief executive elon musk for defamation. vernon unsworth was accused of being a child abuser by musk on several occasions. the lawsuit seeks around £57,000 in compensation and an injuction to prevent further allegations. it was a glorious night for british screen stars at the emmys, as claire foy, thandie newton and charlie brooker all walked off with gongs in la. foy won the best actress in a drama series, for playing the queen in the netflix royal epic the crown. and newton won a best supporting actress prize, for her role in westworld. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9.30. thank you very much. at around 10:30am we will bring together one of the wrestlers who was due to tour the uk with the extreme

ainsley: didn't richard branson if you paid $150,000 you could maybe go to space?ts? steve: low or bit lost in space, outer space, inner space. 22 minutes before the top of the hour. janice as florence the effects of it are being felt in the new york city area today you have some of the rain totals, 3 feet in elizabethtown, north carolina. janice: incredible. yes, finally getting the tallies on the system. close to 3 feet of rainfall in north carolina and south carolina and you may have heard florence is the wettest storm to ever hit north carolina and south carolina so historic still dealing with the potential of flooding. flooding major to historic at this point with some of these rivers and streams. some of them will press today. others later on this week. so it's a slow moving disaster and a lo in a lot of these places where the rivers are over their banks and they have never experienced water like this before. the flooding concerns go up towards the mid-atlantic and northeast. flood flashes and warnings posted all the way up towards maine because this system i

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. >> richard branson has to figure that out. >> we figured it out for him, for space.int astronauts have been queuing squeeze bottles, those kind of things to get water, coffee, orange juice, et cetera. there's footage from the '70s where they worked it out, an astronaut with a cat in a bowl -- like a cat in a bowl. because of surface tension, we can't get this out of the vessel. we reengineered and redesigned fluid mechanics in space. we put the four things together and created the world's first beer for space. >> what's it cost in space and how does it taste on earth? dagen: we don't care about space right now. we want -- >> i'm desperate to go up there and drink beer up there. we're putting all that together at the moment. and i suppose the taste is slightly different when you drink the space beer on earth. it's not the perfect beer for earth. but nor is earth the perfect beer for space. maria: i love it. that is great stuff. we'll be watching, with space travel gaining speed, this is great. >> fantastic. maria: thanks for joining us. thank you, jack brewer for join

and the company planning to do this is virgin galactic the firm owned by billionaire richard branson has been building spaceships in the u.s. for over a decade recently they conducted their third test flight and at almost the same time virgin galactic signed a contract making grow tahlia its european space port its base for future flights into space. until now go talia has lived from traditional handicrafts mainly pottery and the job on friday is a fifth generation pottery maker he's skeptical about the plants space tourists he'd settle for a few more ordinary once. for all the they. were talking is one thing taking action is.