the french car giant has been reshuffling its top management, ousting ceo thierry bollore last week asworld are also struggling with a broad—based slump in auto sales. and now, what‘s trending in the business news this morning? on business insider — martin luther king‘s daughter slams mark zuckerberg for invoking the civil rights movement. zuckerberg gave a speech arguing facebook is a vital tool for freedom of expression. bernice king says disinformation created the atmosphere that led to mlk‘s 1968 assassination. bloomberg tells how the world‘s longest flight aims to beat the curse ofjet lag. qantas will ditch the traditional in—flight service routine for this weekend‘s marathon non—stop trip from new york to sydney. apparently lights will be bright and food will be zesty. and the wall streetjournal has more on aramco. saudi crown prince mohammed thinks his oilfirm aramco is worth $2 trillion, but investors have other ideas. and don‘t forget, let us know what you are spotting online. use the #bbcthebriefing. up next: news briefing. we‘ll take you through ther stories making headlines

the french car giant has been reshuffling its bosses, ousting ceo thierry bollore last week as it triesdal surrounding former boss carlos ghosn. facebook‘s founder mark zuckerberg says companies should not be able to censor politicians or the news in a democracy. he was giving a speech in washington dc following weeks of criticism over the firm's decision not to ban political adverts that contain falsehoods. china's growth dropped to its lowest level in nearly three decades as the trade war with the us continues to take its toll. the economy grew byjust 6% injuly to september. karishma vaswani is in singapore. so, the big question, why is china's economy slowing? well, ben, one of the main reasons has been the impact of the us—china trade war. that has affected business sentiment in china and it has also meant that factories are not able to produce the things that they have in the past and sell as much to their us customers, because they are being hit by these tariffs. a lot of companies are also moving out of china to other places to try and escape the effect of those tariffs. but ther

thierry bollore talked about this attempt to replace him as a coupe. they say the board has voted in favor of replacing him he came this role after the carl carl carl carlos saga last year. >> picking up from our colleague bill neely what is president erdogan trying to achieve >> doe domestically, there is a last of advantage. a lot there will look fairly favorable. supporting the pkk, the kurdish group. they see the political presence as a threat to turkey security >> where is bash aall of this? the kurdish groups in the northern part of the country what does turkish incursion mean >> it weakens defensives in saria. assad still intends to assert control overall of syria this means there is potential to move on kurdish positions. we have no indications of this as of yet. >> you think it emboldens presidehim? >> it could. we haven't seen anything yet >> president trump tweeted about the options for the u.s. and how this situation unfolds from here he remarks, he hopes they can mediate a deal between turkey and the kurds. is that realistic? >> it is, yes