but for peru's minister for foreign trade, ursula leon, it is not a cause for concern.ents with china enhance our- competitiveness without compromising other markets. peru must navigate a delicate balancing act. for now, the port stands at both the beacon of opportunity and a source of uncertainty in a world bracing for heightened trade tensions. the bbc has found that some workers at chinese fashion retailer shein�*s suppliers in guangzhou are working nearly 75 hours a week. that clearly exceeds china's labour laws which is set at a maximum of 44 hours a week. in response, shein has said it requires all supply chain partners to adhere to its code of conduct. it added that it works with auditors to ensure compliance. you can find the full story written by my colleague laura bicker on our website bbc.com and mobile app. and that's it for this edition of business today. thanks for watching. hello there. i'm 0lly foster. here's what's coming up for you on sportsday. manchester united hit the spot in the fa cup, knocking out arsenal on penalties. ten—man barcelona hit five

but for peru's minister for foreign trade, ursula leon, it is not a cause for concern.entsj enhance with china enhance our competitiveness without compromising other markets. peru must navigate a delicate balancing act. for now, the port stands at both the beacon of opportunity and a source of uncertainty in a world bracing for heightened trade tensions. apple's board of directors have recommended that investors vote against a shareholder push to abolish its diversity programmes. it comes after a conservative think tank proposed that the company drop dei as it increases the risk of possible litigation. apple has since called the move "unneccessary" in a regulatory filing. the tech giant's stance is in stark contrast to meta and amazon, which have recently rolled back on their dei efforts. and that's it for this edition of business today. thanks for watching. knocking out arsenal on penalties. ten—man barcelona hit five past real madrid in the spanish super cup. and a desert rose: justin rose's great britain and ireland team win the team cup in abu dhabi. hello there. we

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one young woman, ursula are, had to evacuate.ome, but she says her uncle lost everything. take a listen. >> they're devastated. it's so terrible. it was uncalled for. so out of nowhere. you don't really prepare for until it actually happens, but, yeah, i mean, i don't know. they're looking for resources, and i'm trying to send them as many as i can. >> reporter: so one of the challenges with this, this is completely volunteer-based here. they're trying to to get organized with goods, right? because you don't know -- this is not through fema or any official organization, so they want to make sure the people getting help actually need it. so we've been talking to folks, and the challenge now is because there are still so many red flag warnings in effect, people have not been able to get back to their homes. some are wondering whether or not their home still stands, others like ursula's uncle who knows it's completely gone. while the fire still rages, people have rehaving to think about -- are having the think about what happens tom

huge tariffs on all merchandise coming through the port, but for peru's minister forforeign trade, ursulaion: our agreements with china enhance our- competitiveness without compromising other markets. could peru's partnership with china undermine its existing relationship with the us? tanslation: no, not at all. our relationships with both china and the us are strong and mutually beneficial. peru must navigate a delicate balancing act. for now, the chancay port stands as both a beacon of opportunity and a source of uncertainty in a world bracing for heightened trade tensions. one of the world's largest religious festivals starts today in india. the kumbh mela only happens every 12 years and more than 400 million hindus are expected to take part. our south asia correspondent samira hussain has more. singing. early morning, no sun on the horizon. the air is crisp. their faith keeping them warm. vinud singh and his wife sushila walking to the river bank of the ganges. the stars have finally aligned. twelve years of waiting for this sacred dip. translation: we come here because it gives us a

country and see to address the letter to european commission president and defacto european queen ursula bonder line, you know, last ditch effort to try getting her to pull out of the economic dest spiral into which she finds the vacuums, and europeans more generally unilateral suspension of the gas transit via ukraine to slovakia, will cost european citizens businesses and infrastructure tens of billions of yours each year, and ukraine almost $800000000.00 euros. the losses for russia will amount to only about 2000000000 euros. that's just 3 percent of all the loss is cost to the use $27.00 member states. russia will easily place that small amount of gas on other markets. so the amount of loss is for russia may be close to 0. the same. yeah, it has taken a page from washington's play book and figures that if they can turn off the tap on the ease energy, then it means potentially a wonderful new customer for them. it's kind of a problem where all the resources are on territory held by russia or close to the front lines. so yeah, good luck with that. feet. so has reacted to you. train cut

so sounds like he's tired of keeping up appearances and watch queen ursula and the you do you start kennedy note spicy high fives to zalinski little backside can. yes, i'm not sure, but i'm not here to hold has was present savanski and i'll admit, i'm sick of him. sometimes he's going around to europe just begging and like met and all the people asking for money this has got to stop. squadron single also said that the doesn't seem to grasp the quote for portion of slovaks, citizens were beginning to have a negative attitude towards the you. so what he's saying there is that the lack of energy and the rising price from this tax shut off will lease lack in icy cold in more ways than $1.00. and the hungry has also raised the issue of the use insistence on digging holes for itself to then just fall into a medically under vital stuff for the upcoming presidential administration, which suffered a heavy defeat in the us presidential election has recently implemented a new package of sanctions on the energy sector. this package of sanctions has once again been imposed on central europe. here in cen

queen ursula vander line in a last ditch effort to try getting her to pull out of the economic dest spiral. into which she's playing slovak ins and european some more generally. we see these days, the gas transit through ukraine is being stopped. this will have drastic impacts on all of us in the european union, but not on russia. the same 6. yeah. of has taken a page from washington display book and figures that if they can turn off the tab on the ease energy, then it means potentially a wonderful new customer for them. it's kind of a problem where all the resources are on territory held by russia or close to the front lines. so yeah, good luck with that feed. so has reacted to you. train cutting off so that he has pipeline gas with some hardball of his own as well as suggesting that he's not just some kind of lackey who has to just fall in line and gives lewinski whatever he wants to the detriment of. so that can interest, guys keep the keeper, do not send me the ukrainian presidents zalinski announced at the summit in brussels that ukraine will not transport any gas to slovakia after 1s

january 1st and see to address the letter to european commission president and defacto european queen ursula bonder line in a last ditch effort to try getting her to pull out of the economic dest spiral into which she finds the back ends and europeans more generally, and he figured that he'd do that by tried to explain to her that depriving russia of pipeline gas revenues isn't quite the wind that she thinks it is if it results in taking the european economy, unilateral suspension of the gas transit via ukraine to slovakia will cost europe and citizens, businesses and infrastructure tens of billions of bureaus each year, and ukraine almost 800000000 euros. the losses for russia will amount to only about 2000000000 euros. that's just 3 percent of all the losses cost to the use. 27 member states in russia will easily place that small amount of gas on other markets . so the amount of loss is for russia may be close to 0. the tacit acceptance of the unilateral decision by the ukranian president is absolutely irrational and wrong. it will lead to tensions and reciprocal measures. for this reason,

at number one, ursula van der leien. third year in a row at the number one spot.ant for monetary policy. at number four is someone making her debut to the list. claudia steinbaum, mexico's president. she won by a large margin in june, and we'll be watching her in the new year as the trump administration enacts tariffs. >> absolutely. >> we have a lot of women also alongside her who are newcomers to the list, who are the first in their position. we have rachel reeves. uk's chancellor of the british equivalent of the treasury secretary. she is the first woman in 800 years to hold that role. she's 39 on the list. at 55, we have bonnie chan, ceo of the hong kong exchanges and clearing, which operates the hong kong stock exchange. it's the ninth largest in the world. significant financial power. if i can get one more in. we have breaking news at "forbes." we are announcing our first eve taking the role in january, first in 107 years. >> that's amazing congratulations to sherry. huma, a number of women in politics and policy also made the list. many who rode a populist

ursula von der leyen. >> the reading clerk will now call the names of the representatives elect who did not answer the first call of the roll first one i have, i have of arizona biggs of arizona. >> johnson and carson carson. >> cnn news central. jeffries. >> jeffries cloud. johnson. clyde clyde. gosar gosar. harris of maryland johnson. lloyd. roy choi. johnson. johnson. waltz. johnson. johnson. >> if there are any representatives elect who did not answer the call of the roll, they may come to the well and vote at this time. no. >> just stand right there. >> just say clyde. >> say, clyde just clyde clyde. >> johnson. >> rosita missoni. go! scott. johnson should i say johnson gosar. >> johnson okay we then count. we didn't count, clyde. because we didn't hear him. the first time. >> the clerk heard us. clerk heard it. said president trump wants johnson. he said president trump wants johnson. okay. i recorded this, johnson. >> clyde johnson i'm sorry. i'm sorry. >> this. is. >> did we just announce clyde johnson? yeah. okay. >> and as we wait for the gavel to come down on this vote, we di

ursula lynch greeted you as you entered. she, judy roth, and our student guests ob in the aisle to pick up questions you have for the candidates. so, please raise your hand, even as the debate goes on, so you can have a cause. and then fill in out and they will pick it up again to give it to our vetters. the panelists are joe shaw, executive editor of the press newsgroup a which publishes the southhampton press, the east hampton press, and 27.com. and going and burke, sitting next to joe, copresident of the leak. they will be asked -- the league . they will be asked questions from the press group and from you, the audience, and the students. i remind the questioners that we like the questions to be identified as having come from the audience were students when that is the case. and, students, please let us know what issues are important to you by submitting questions and noting on the card that the question came from the student. we also have chair of the government committee of the league, estelle gelman, and copresident ju

have said he is pushing on an open door because the europeans are ready to buy and that is something ursulaer leyen said out of the gate after his election win. lisa: let's see what that does to pricing and if that increases prices in the u.s. given the international divide between the u.s. and europe in pricing of natural gas has increased. jonathan: we will get the latest from the bloomberg team in the next hour. dan ives of wedbush writing "we expect tech stocks to be up 25% in 2020 five cents as the street further digests the less regulatory spiderweb under trump with the ftc days in the rearview mirror. drunker ai initiatives on the white and goldilocks foundation for big tech and tesla looking into 2025 and beyond." dan ives joins us for more. happy new year. we can talk about the big gains through 2024, palantir of 340%, tesla up 62%. this trip up 250 -- vistra up 258%. that is a utility company. what does that tell you about ai? dan: it is about second and third derivatives of ai. it is $2 trillion of ai cutbacks next year. that is numbers that will be in stone. there is a multiplie

she got ahead of that and is able to stay away from the inauguration and show ursula von der leyen andussels that she could be a conduit with this incoming administration. jonathan: we had u.s. presidents talking for a long time talking about europe. now with europe you call giorgia meloni. lisa: how do you think germany feels about that? the face of stability is the italian prime minister at a time when it is unclear who will be the ruling party. who will be the face of germany? annmarie: what does the future look like in france? what is going on in the united kingdom? one thing is for sure, giorgia meloni is sticking around. it was talked about at the g7 meeting, she was the standout. jonathan: joe biden is still the president, just to reiterate that. his latest decision has gotten some controversy. president biden blocked knipe on steals takeover of u.s. steel. they intend to challenge the order. this coming from richard haass over the weekend. it is bad economics in foreign policy. it encourages protections elsewhere and undermines what has been a defining alliance approach to the

at number one, we have ursula von der leyen, the president of the european commission, just reelectedrd year in a row at the number one spot. christine lagarde, hugely important for monetary policy at number four, claudia sheinbaum, she is mexico's president, the first woman in the 200-year history to hold the role. she won by a large margin in june, and we'll be watching her in the new year as the trump administration enacts tariffs. we have a lot of women alongside her, we have rachel reeds, the uk's chancellor of the british equivalent of the treasury secretary. the first woman in 800 years to hold that role, number 39 on the list. at 55, we have bonnie chan, the ceo of the hong kong exchanges and clearing which operates the hong kong stock exchange. the 9th largest in the world. significant financial power, and if i can get one more in, we have breaking news at forbes, we are today announcing our first ever female ceo, sherry phillips has been announced as the next ceo taking the role in january. first in 107 years. >> there you go. that's amazing news, and congratulations to sher

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