the european commission has fined google, more than £2 billion the european commission has fined google more than £2 billion for breaking competition laws. it says the company has abused its dominance as a search engine, by giving priority to its own shopping comparison service. google says it's considering an appeal. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports. they're the new masters of the universe. google's products have changed our lives forever but, today, the company was brought down to earth in the brussels headquarters of the european commission. after a seven—year investigation into google's business practices, commissioner margrethe vestager delivered a brutal verdict. google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving illegal advantages to another google product, its shopping comparison service. if you search google for something that you want to buy — say, for instance, my new cricket bat — several ads appear here at the top of the screen. these are clearly marked ‘sponsored' and are part of a service called google shopping. each time i click on one of the

commission may say they need to be done and actually be incorporated in the european union. that would only be enforceable for business that comes from within the eu. if it was doing business with british or american firms it would still be able to carry on. but there is the possibility that some business would have to shift to the eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and somejobs eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and some jobs might eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and somejobs might go eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and some jobs might go with eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and somejobs might go with it. eu, frankfurt, paris, orwherever, and some jobs might go with it. we keep hearing somejobs might go. what is the worst—case scenario? if they said, you can't do euro clearing any more in london, what is the alt clearing? some people suggested if you take into account business related to this that would go with it in the most extreme cases, we could be looking at tens of thousands of jobs. cases, we could be looking at tens of thousands ofjobs. one estimate has 18 or

that was the vice president of the european commission now. let's go live now to the city and our correspondent. john c, help us make sense of this. what does this all mean? the important bit was right at the end there when he said in exceptional circumstances, the european commission could insist that clearing houses moved into the eu. that's important because in the city behind me, they clear something like 70% of all euro transactions around the world every day. that runs into billions of pounds. it's a huge business. but in a couple of years' time, we will no longer be in the european union. now, the rest of european union. now, the rest of europe has had its eyes on that business for quite some time. they tried to get those clearing houses to move to the eurozone two years ago. they were blocked in the european court. once we leave the eu, if they do not like what they see here, if they do not think the regulations are working, they are taking the right upon themselves to force those companies to move to the continent. how likely is that?

a brexit deal, he said, would be negotiated by the european commission alone. but he emphasised once again that the eu is reluctant to see britain go, and in case there's a change of heart... translation: the door is always open. the negotiations of brexit haven't been finalised, but that decision has been made by the people of the uk, to get out of the eu. and whether french or british people, i feel one has to respect that decision. this visit to paris is the prime minister's first trip abroad since the election, and it has been awkward because of her political difficulties at home and because of the confusion here in europe as to what kind of brexit the uk now wants. despite this, though, theresa may and the french president wanted to emphasise bilateral relations between their two countries remain strong. united in grief, the two leaders stood for a minute's silence to remember the victims of the attacks in manchester in london and here in paris, before an england—france football friendly. theresa may and emmanuel macron today announced new joint countert

the european commission said google had abused its market dominance and gave it 90 days to stop the practice. google has abused its market dominance in its search engine by promoting its own shopping comparison service in its search result and demoting its competitors. we'll have the latest, as google says it is considering an appeal. also this lunchtime. theresa may says there was a national investigation needed into the use of cladding, sample from 95 buildings around the country have failed safety tests since the g re nfall tower failed safety tests since the grenfall tower fire. the bank of england warns car finance deals and borrowing on credit cards are rapidly increasing. a sikh couple say a berkshire adoption agency told them they were the wrong culture to adopt a white child. and the changing face of banking. this is what we've come to. less a cash machine than a mini bank. and coming up in the sport on bbc news, johanna konta prepares to carry british hopes at wimbledon as she continues her grass court preparations at eastbourne today. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at

the european commission has fined the company behind google more than two billion pounds for illegally promoting its own shopping services in search results. it's the biggest ever fine handed out by the commission. we'll hear from the commissioner injust a moment. high street banks are being forced to find and extra £11.a billion to act as a buffer in case borrowers fall behind on paying back their loans. it's being ordered by the bank of england, which is worried some lenders have become a bit too relaxed about lending. this month's hot weather has helped boost supermarket revenues by around a% compared to this time last year. that's according to the research firm nielsen. it's the the biggest rise in four years and has been helped along by soaring ice cream sales. let's get some more on that record fine handed out to the company that owns google. the european commission says the company abused its power by unfairly promoting its own shopping services in search results. it ordered the company to stop these practices within 90 days orface anotherfine. here's what the competition commi

how worried are you about what the european commission is saying? we have known these proposals have been coming for some time. there are a variety of options on the table. they are proposals at this stage, there are three options on the table, one is forced relocation, and what with the impact of that beyond markets? attention lee and increase on cost, a reduction in efficiency,. why would it be an increase in costs ? you are taking away the euro dem nominated businesses, away from the other currencies here in london. there are lots of efficiencies in doing everything in the same place. as soon as you start dismantling that efficiency, you end up with multiple markets. the more markets there are the less efficient things are. is there an argued that is of britain leaves the european union, it makes more sense for at least some of this financial activity to move to within what will then be the eu borders? the way our members feel is that markets operate best when they themselves are able to determine where to locate their business. we need to keep c

google is hit with a record fine by the european commission — more than £2 billion — for breaking competition laws. the parents who wanted to take their terminally—ill son to america for experimental treatment have lost their final legal battle. frozen computers and ransom demands — a large—scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. and what is it about england, germany and penalties? england's under—21s crash out of the european championship. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: a record—breaking score of 377 sets england up for a crushing victory over pakistan at leicester, in the women's world cup. good evening. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has scrapped plans for a second referendum on independence by the spring of 2019. she said she had reconsidered the issue after the snp lost almost a third of its seats at westminster in the general election. she now says any decision on another vote will be delayed until after the uk has left the european union. our scotland editor, sarah smith, is at holyrood. sophie, this i

the european commission says it is breaking competition rules. early days, but it would seem a new cyber attack is under way. the target was ukraine, but the problem is now spreading across europe and into russia. airports, banks and power systems are being affected. and the chinese artist ai weiwei sits down with the bbc to talk about his latest work in washington — a sprawling tribute to those who fight for freedom. i am katty kay in washington — christian fraser is in london. the pentagon says the intelligence is compelling — it has identified planes and also the hangar in which it says the syrian government may be preparing another chemical attack. the white house said to president assad he will pay "a heavy price" if the weapons are used. in april, a sarin gas attack on the rebel held town of khan sheikhun killed at least 87 people, many of them were children. the attack was launched from this same base. today the syrian president bashar al—assad denied any new preparations were under way. and perhaps in defiance of that us threat, h

however — speaking this morning — european commission president jean—claude juncker has said britain's preliminary offer on the status of eu citizens in the uk after brexit is not sufficient. the prime minister says that her plans will see no families split because of the brexit process. eu citizens with five years residence would have ‘settled status', meaning lifetime access to health, education and benefits and there would be a grace period for newer arrivals from the eu to the uk. we're expecting to hear from eu leaders and the prime minister in the next few hours. on her way into the summit this morning theresa may spoke to reporters. i want to reassure all those eu citizens who are in the uk, who've made their lives and homes in the uk that no one will have to leave. we won't be seeing families split apart. this is a fair and serious offer and i want to give those eu citizens in the uk certainty about the future of their lives, but i also want to see that certainty given to uk citizens who are living in the european union. of course there will be details of this arrangement whi

but today the european commission ruled that this prime real estate gives google an unfair advantage. killed who is one of the companies that prove the case. it says google needs to be reined in. i said right i'm gonna take over this marketplace i'm gunna demote you'll then put one seventh of the listings. anti competitive they can't do that when they have a ninety percent share. in general such a use that power and that's wrong. products are online in a format that show shoppers you've got exactly what they're looking. google said it respectfully disagreed with the decision i would take the ninety days granted by the commission to find a solution. one former google insider says the company is being punished for its success. reality is google is all about creating a great user experience there is what people come back and we use that. problem with any basis is because. it enables us to find what we're looking for as quickly as possible as a frictionless experience. and they need to stakes they competitive. for years now european officials have been itching to subject tech giants a fre

the european commission says it is breaking competition rules. early days, but it would seem a new cyber attack is under way. the target was ukraine, but the problem is now spreading across europe and into russia. airports, banks and power systems are being affected.

the european commission. could leave the e.u. with a deficit of ten. prime minister faces a number of challenges to push. through parliament. from the world this is our. welcome to the program our top story this hour the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman has sharply criticized washington's allegation but the syrian government is planning a chemical attack. stating that such claims could be a sign of an upcoming u.s. intervention. it is even we knew about statements from washington we also knew that the u.s. officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts the situation looks like a massive probation both military and information it is likely that where we are seen as the moment is the threshold of a new intervention the gist of what russia is saying is that we are witnessing the united states laid the groundwork for a full on intervention in syria an anti i said it eventually and this chemical craze is part of it they're trying to justify intervening in syria as they've done on almost every occasion where chemical weapons have come up in two t

for more than a decade, the european commission has been taking on technology giants and today it makes clear that its battle against what it sees as an fair competition will continue. our top story this evening — scotland's first minister nicola sturgeon has backtracked on her plans to push for a second independence referendum as early as next year. and the flight of a lifetime for one of germany's most decorated second world war pilots. coming up in sportsday on bbc news, plenty of tries but the british and ireland lions blow a 14—point lead to draw the final midweek match of their tour to new zealand. the bullying of pupils for being gay, lesbian or transgender in secondary schools in britain needs to be urgently addressed, according to campaigners. they say although the number of incidents has fallen there's still a big problem. a study by the university of cambridge — which was commissioned by the gay rights charity, stonewall — says almost half of gay pupils who were questioned said they were bullied. more than 60% had self harmed and about one in five had tried to take th

the european commission is looking into for google. they're investigating whether its android mobile operating system is anti-competitive and breaches eu antitrust rules and broader search practices this is not a story that will go away for google any time soon. >> definitely. in the same vain what we saw happening with intel and microsoft when they were slapped with the huge finds, it didn't make a difference to their success, their size. they're huge companies, because of their size they will be scrutinized by the eu regulator. do you get a sense that the eu competition authority is too aggressive because we don't have a microsoft or google here in europe that's the argument usually. >> it's very hard. because we don't have a co competitor to google, so there is no competition available here that's very much a result of the european likes so we've been unable to create giants of the industry that's changing. but google has just dominated the search industry. we've seen yahoo! microsoft coming nowhere close to what google has done. no

chinese premier li keqiang will meet european council president donald tusk and european commission head jean—claude juncker. they are hoping to come up with an answer to donald trump's "america first" challenge. trade in goods between the eu and china is worth well over 1.5 billion euros a day. the eu is china's biggest trading partner, while china is the eu's second largest trading partner — after the united states. but the eu is worried about industrial overcapacity in china — most notably, in the steel sector. for example, in april this year the european commission increased anti—dumping duties on imports of hot—rolled flat steel products from china by up to 36% — much to beijing's anger. china invested four times as much in european businesses as european businesses did in china. with me is dr yujie, head of china foresight, lse ideas. there is likely to be some common ground as far as climate change and state m e nts ground as far as climate change and statements of intent regarding the paris agreement are concerned. but still some areas where there could be some fricti

the president of the european commission brought it up a couple years ago and said they are getting off the ground. ofy expected to be a minimum $4.5 billion as of 2020. >> the british prime minister theresa may is there. talk about these long-term projects. the u.k. will only be in the eu for just under two years. what is the mood light given the brexit negotiations aren't going on at this time? >> it remains to be seen whether or not the u.k. will leave the european union. can the u.k. still turn it around? will they turn it around? they think it will be a great idea. as for as he sees it, they have to validate that change of opinion. were they trigger the talks with the eu. they show they are actually ready to move forward even if they regret the decision overall. we heard them say many times that they want to see a very positive relationship in the future. saying that it will be not a hard brexit, leaving that single market. it won't be discussed until the end of dinner. presentl be allowed to the generous offer. the only thing they will accept is that it offers full and continued r

a brexit deal, he said, would be negotiated by the european commission alone. but he emphasised once again that the eu is reluctant to see britain go, and in case there's a change of heart... translation: the door is always open. the negotiations of brexit haven't been finalised, but that decision has been made by the people of the uk, to get out of the eu. and whether french or british people, i feel one has to respect that decision. this visit to paris is the prime minister's first trip abroad since the election, and it has been awkward because of her political difficulties at home and because of the confusion here in europe as to what kind of brexit the uk now wants. despite this, though, theresa may and the french president wanted to emphasise bilateral relations between their two countries remain strong. united in grief, the two leaders stood for a minute's silence to remember the victims of the attacks in manchester in london and here in paris, before an england—france football friendly. for a brief moment this evening, the prime minister immersed herse

ok, google have been naughty according to the european commission. that's the front page of the frying chill times as well, giles. brussels £2.1i billion —— your row fine. they are such a massive company, between now and wednesday they would make that money. it is unprecedented. it also underlines that they are a monopoly. going forward they are going to face intense scrutiny. it also opens the door to, what else will they face in terms of more legislation? they say they are reviewing it, but this is quite worrying for googol. —— google. we are going to go on to the daily telegraph. a rise in easy credit. the bank of england issued a warning suggesting that a lot of banks, it is as if 2008 didn't happen. interest rates are low, lending is rising sharply, the car market has been booming thanks to personal finance. this is different to after the brexit road, when probably leave papers were excited about economic prospects, saying the economy were doing much better. here we have some of the problems. this is the challenge for the bank of englan

google‘s been fined more than £2.1 billion by the european commission for favouring its own shopping services. theresa may says there should be a major national investigation into what went wrong with cladding on high rise buildings. google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving illegal advantages to other google products, its shopping comparison service. a major siebary tack has taken place in ukraine. government ministries, power companies and banks are experiencing major problems. also in the next hour, an amber warning on the state of the uk economy. the bank of england says it's worried about a sharp rise in consumer borrowing through credit cards, personal loans and car finance deals. the world's first atm turns 50, but is cash still king? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish government has put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. in the past our, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that she wants to reset her plans on a second vote and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of next year or the spr

denmark wanted to limit the use of nitrites the european commission was against it and in two thousand and three in court the danes won in the name of the protection of public health. i am very happy about european court decisions than european court. probably is but i want to do it that d.g. santana and the commissioner to sponsor a problem is in better conditions and yet since this court ruling e.u. regulations are just as lax as ever. from my point of view we must be more and not just asking to change the. need for. to keep. on board popular counts just not profit absolutely but it's but it's of course it's. time perfect that's just what the food industry wants and what it is built its strategy on for years. because when it comes to nitrite industrialists have been waiting out the clock for forty eight. years of scientific manipulation blackmail and intense lobbying so the meat business can carry on bringing home the bacon. and it all began on the other side of the atlantic. if you think we're exaggerating listen to this. in the late one nine hundred seventy s. nitrite was almost ba

staying online, google has been hit by huge fine by the european commission. it has been ordered to pay almost 2.5 billion euros for breaching competition rules. they accuse google of giving its own online shopping services advantage over rivals and depriving consumers of a real choice. this decision follows a seven-year investigation with other google services also underscore. -- under scrutiny. reporter: it is something online retailers are all too familiar with. if you don't appear at the top of a google search, you have little chance for success. they service right at the top. competitors are on the back foot right from the stop. >> what google has done is illegal under eu antitrust rules. it has denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate, and most importantly, it has denied european consumers the benefits of competition, choice, and innovation. reporter: since 2010 the competition watchdog has watched over five terabytes of results. the top google searches has since been labeled as paid advertisements but that is not enough

denmark wanted to limit the use of nitrites the european commission was against it and in two thousand and three in court the danes won in the name of the protection of public health. i am very happy about europe. than european. public but i want to do it to me that sound and the commissioner to sponsor a problem is in better conditions and yet since this court ruling the new regulations are just as lax as ever. from my point of view we must be in law and not just asking you to change the. need for. us to keep. on board popular coutts but i'm just not profit absolutely but it's but it's of course it's. time perfect that's just what the food industry wants and what it is built its strategy on for years. because when it comes to nitrite industrialists have been waiting out the clock for forty. years of scientific manipulation blackmail and intense lobbying so the meat business can carry on bringing home the bacon. and it all began on the other side of the atlantic. if you think we're exaggerating listen to this. in the late one nine hundred seventy s. nitrite was almost banned in the uni

staying online, google has been hit by huge fine by the european commission. it has b been ordered to pay almost 2.5 billion euros for breaching competition rules. they accuse google of giving its own online shopping services advantage over rivals and depriving consumers of a real choice. this decision follows a seven-year investigation with other google services also underscore. -- under scrutiny. reporter: it is something online retailers are all too familiar with. if you don't appear at the top of a google search, you have little chance for success. they service right at the top. competitors are on the back foot right from the stop. >> what google has done is illegal under eu antitrust rules. it has denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate, and most importantly, it has denied european consumers the benefits of competition, choice, and innovation. reporter: since 2010 the competition watchdog has watched over five terabytes of results. the top google searches has since been labeled as s paid advertisements but that is not en

denmark wanted to limit the use of nitrites the european commission was against it and in two thousand and three in court the danes won in the name of the protection of public health. and i am very happy about european court decisions than european court. probably is but i want to do it to me that santa and the commissioner to sponsor a problem is in better conditions and yet since this court ruling e.u. regulations are just as lax as ever. from my point of view we must be more and not just asking to change the. need for follow ups to keep. on board popular coutts but i'm just not put off it absolutely but it's but it's of course it's. time perfect that's just what the food industry wants and what it is built its strategy on for years. because when it comes to nitrite industrialists have been waiting out the clock for forty eight. years of scientific manipulation blackmail and intense lobbying so the meat business can carry on bringing home the bacon. and it all began on the other side of the atlantic. if you think we're exaggerating listen to this. in the late one nine hundred seventy

the presidents of the european commission and the european council have both said the offer does not go far enough. 0ur europe reporter adam fleming is in brussels. adam, this was supposed to be one of the easier issues in the negotiations, but it's already proving a little bit tricky. that's true. what theresa may did last night was make a brief proposal to her fellow eu leaders about how the uk intended to tackle this issue of what rights eu nationals living in the uk would have after brexit and in return, what rights you the nationals living abroad would have after brexit. she called the offer is fairand after brexit. she called the offer is fair and serious, but it's fair to say her fellow leaders have responded in a fairly lukewarm way to what they have hired. officials are waiting for more details to be published in parliament on monday, and then negotiators here at brussels will go through it line by line, work out the things they like and the things they don't like, we got today from the man who chairs these summits is the president of these summits is the president of the eu

however it was met with criticism by some european politicians european commission chief called it insufficient and president of the european council double task said it was below expectations jerde but then again believes britain should exit the e.u. on its own terms there's no hard brakes and there's no softer exit there's only exit leaving the european union and they're going about it completely the wrong way if our government really wanted to leave and our parliament wanted to leave they do i'm suggesting in this document which is to repeal the one nine hundred seventy two communities act as a first step so that legally we are no longer members under our law and we would we would be on a very very strong position then because we are a very big trading partner with the our economy is as big as the twenty smallest countries of the put together so we're in a very good position to say to the world we've left this is how it's going to work we want trade friendship and cooperation and we're going to tell you how that's going to work and i would be very foolish to cut off their noses to spite thei

the european commission. deficit of ten billion euro. faces a number of challenges. through parliament. international news channel in moscow this is our. company our top story the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman sharply criticized washington's allegation that the syrian government is planning a chemical attack such. an upcoming u.s. intervention. it is even we knew about statements from washington we also knew that the u.s. officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts the situation looks like a massive provocation both military and informational it is likely that where we are seen as the moment is the threshold of a new intervention the gist of what russia is saying is that we are witnessing the united states lay the groundwork for a full on intervention in syria an anti i said it eventually and this chemical craze is part of it they're trying to justify intervening in syria as they've done on almost every occasion where chemical weapons have come up in two thousand and thirteen as a horrendous attack hundreds injured and killed then they try to launch

that might be in every and which the european commission wants ecj involved. we've read some information about what happens with european citizens in britain. theresa may said those that have been you for five years would be able to get similar rights to british citizens. that's something the european commission weren't happy with. they said it hasn't gone far enough. labour says it should be all european citizens, notjust those that have been every five yea rs. those that have been every five years. the disparity between what british citizens would have the right to and what european citizens would have the right. european citizens, david davis said, would not be able to vote, but they would have access to the nhs. he did say clearly that they would not be seen as second—class citizens. explicitly, it will not be any earlier than the triggering of article 50. we think that's fair. we could have said june 23 last year, when the referendum decision was taken. but there was a lot of people who didn't think we'd carry through with it. so we take the article 50

>> the problem is for the regulation, and the european commission had to admit that the regulation doesn't work. so let's apply something else. the problem is i think on the other side that we are going to a system which is much stronger, where banks are much better capitalized where finally the senior bonds are in their right hands which is not saving small retail saving accounts, but they must be in stuinstitutional han. in the future it will work for the moment, as we were mentioning, it probably worked in the way of case of popular, but only in that case. all other cases of brrd have been not working >> i was more confused by these rules. now the risk for italian banks has been removed that's a drag on the italian banking sector for more than two years. the mps solution is imminent what does that mean for confidence in the italian banking sector overall snch the ov overall issue of npls is not going away, but the problem has been isolated. >> it's not going away, but in the matter of a couple of weeks we will remove almost 20 billion of npls, which say is less than 10% of the stock fro

the european commission says thatis for. the european commission says that is not fair. if people were looking for black tables, they weren‘t necessarily looking for google tables. before you start worrying whether google can off—road —— afford this, they made $20 billion profit last year. —— last month. it is all those black tables! a new law in germany which can make things worse for google, but not just for google? other sites are available as well. this basically means that if there is abusive, threatening her violent videos on social media websites, new german law says they have 24—hour is to ta ke law says they have 24—hour is to take it down, otherwise they face fines of up to 50 million euros. the real issue is you need a lot of manpower to monitor that. you‘d show —— youtube uploaded 400 hours of material every single minute. you would need a lot of software are human eyeballs to watch whether it is violent, abusive or a terrorist in nature. that is a big challenge. let‘s turn to russ mould who is in our bbc newsroom. good afternoon. let

stephen: this is a bold step by the european commission. what is the significance? >> she is taking on the world's biggest search engine. it is used daily by 2 million people worldwide -- by 2 billion people worldwide and it could change 100s of millions of consumers see when they switch on their phone and computers. important precedent for other companies like facebook, amazon and apple. factors like used so from, e-commerce and electronics. i have seen this in brussels, and welcome the decision of game changes. .t is an important precedent however, this decision could end up in a never-ending legal dispute. and of course, the whole commission will not go down well with the u.s. president donald trump but the point that she made in the press conference was that this is not about the origin of a company, not about discriminating against a non-european company. she says it relates to self-promotion and market dominance by google in the online shopping area since 2008 and she argued there were many attempts to find a solution but they all failed. and they said that sh

however it was met with criticism by some european politicians european commission chief young claude young called it insufficient and president of the european council said it was below expectations batten again believes britain should exit the e.u. on its own terms. there's no hard brakes and there's no soft there's only exit leaving the european union and they're going about it completely the wrong way if our government really wanted to leave and our parliament wanted to leave they do i'm suggesting in this document which is to repeal the one nine hundred seventy two communities act as a first step so that legally we are no longer members under our law and we would we would be on a very very strong position then because we are a very big trading partner with the our economy is as big as the twenty smallest countries of the put together so we're in a very good position to say to the world we've left this is how it's going to work we want trade friendship and cooperation and we're going to tell you how that's going to work and i would be very foolish to cut off their noses to spite t

commission president jose barroso. seemed wrong on one old rule just all. the old yet to shape our just because the ticket and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. our own. school and the people. below welcome to me sophie shevardnadze like much of the world the e.u. is going through turbulent times massive immigration. security threats rocking the very foundation of the union well the when the common challenges. are closer together or. were here and do you raise him media forum or not to discuss this and much more with the former president. bush on the rise of euro skepticism european politicians into promises of reform don't turn in relations with the west is making brussels think about a tighter union in europe but with so many different voices inside the bloc. will forward it how will the powerhouse of the union bring the newer member states in line and will the powerful stronger integration lead the huge new horizon.

commission on you and pay large amounts of money to the european treasury. why do you want to risk that now? for more than a decade, the european commission has been taking on the american technology giants and today it made clear that its battle against what it sees as unfair competition will continue. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. 50 years ago, the world's first cash machine was installed, outside a branch of barclays in enfield in london. now we rely on 70,000 in the uk, and three million across the world to get hold of money. and as simon gompertz reports, the machines are now so sophisticated, they're proving yet another threat to the traditional bank branch. 1967, a revolution. the first money from a hole in the wall. you put in a voucher and a code and you got ten £1 notes. reg varney, a tv celebrity of the time, had a go and the cash machine was born. and this is what we've come to. less a cash machine than a mini bank. on these ones, you can even open a bank account. signing your name, it will take my photo as welljust to prove that it's me. you c

but today, the european commission ruled that this prime real estate gives google an unfair advantage. kelkoo is one of the companies that brought the case. it says google needs to be reined in. it said, right, i'm going to take over this marketplace and i'm going to demote you all and put myself at the top of the listings. anti—competitive. they can't do that when they have a 90% share in general search. they use that power, and that's wrong. google said it respectfully disagreed with the decision and would take the 90 days granted by the commission to find a solution. 0ne former google insider says the company is being punished for its success. the reality is, google is all about creating a great user experience. the reason why people come back and we use it probably on a daily basis is because it enables us to find what we are looking for as quickly as possible, it's a frictionless experience. and they need to stay competitive. for years now, european officials have been itching to subject tech giants to fresh regulations. but over in silicon valley, many leading innovators belie

the european commission will rule later. jihadi jack, rule later. jihadijack, the son of rule later. jihadi jack, the son of an oxfordshire farmer and former islamic state fighter is now in a kurdish prison and wants to return to the uk. hello. good afternoon from downing street. arlene foster and nigel dodds of the dup are still here at downing street. those talks we believe continuing with theresa may all in an effort to try to allow theresa may to have a working government, a formal working government, a formal working government after she fell short in last week's general election. they could emerge at any time. we think arlene foster is going to say something to the manyjournalist gathered here, we will bring you that statement as soon as it happens. while we wait for them to emerge from number 10 it's worth listening to some comments in the last hour from listening to some comments in the last hourfrom sirjohn major, the former conservative prime minister. he, of course, a key architect of the good friday agreement and he has been speaking on

google is fined more than £2.1 billion by the european commission for favouring its own shopping services. theresa may says there should be a "major national investigation" into what went wrong with cladding on high rise buildings. and in the next hour... an amber warning on the state of the uk economy. the bank of england says it's worried about a sharp rise in consumer borrowing through credit cards, personal loans and car finance deals. and one of germany's most decorated war—time pilots takes to the skies above england, in a spitfire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the scottish government has put plans for a second independence referendum on hold. this afternoon, scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, has said that she wants to "reset" her plans on a second vote and ask the scottish electorate instead in the autumn of next year or the spring of 2019, once the brexit negotiations are over. ms sturgeon has also told msps that she would now "redouble" her efforts to keep the country in the european single market. our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is in edinburgh w

but today, the european commission ruled that this prime real estate gives google an unfair advantage. kelkoo is one of the companies that brought the case. it says google needs to be reined in. it said, right, i'm going to take over this marketplace and i'm going to demote you all and put myself at the top of the listings. anti—competitive. they can't do that when they have a 90% share in general search. they use that power, and that's wrong. google said it respectfully disagreed with the decision and would take the 90 days granted by the commission to find a solution. 0ne former google insider says the company is being punished for its success. the reality is, google is all about creating a great user experience. the reason why people come back and we use it probably on a daily basis is because it enables us to find what we are looking for as quickly as possible, it's a frictionless experience. and they need to stay competitive. for years now, european officials have been itching to subject tech giants to fresh regulations. but over in silicon valley, many leading innovators belie

commission president just. in case you're new to the game this is how. the economy is built around quote. from washington to washington to meet. the. voters elected to run this country business. but it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done. ballo well that. will be and you'll. have a lot of. our own so no. more salt. or very little. girl is the dog or the one school the people you're living your. welcome to sophie and komi sophie shevardnadze and like much of the world the e.u. is going through turbulent times massive immigration. security threats rocking the very foundation of the union while the link with the common challenges bring the e.u. closer together or ultimately tear it apart. and we're here add to your reign him media for us to not to discuss this and much more with the former commission president. bush and the rise of euro skepticism scaring european politicians into promises of reform while the job. it's our new relations with the west is making brussels think about a tig

google receiving the largest fine in european commission history. that's 2.7 billion, yes, with a b dollars. in a antitrust case brought by european regulators. google abused its market dominance in order to give an advantage to its own comparison shopping service, according to the ec, google search dominance is the market leader in all 31eu countries with the share of 90% allowed to promote retailers that sometimes paid promotion. what was illegal? well, being dominant isn't illegal in the eu but using that power to hinder competition on its merits is against the antitrust rules. google has defended itself saying they hope users find products immediately when you shop online, you want to find the products you're looking for quickly, they say, and easily, and advertisers want to promote those same products. i'm quoting here. that's why google shows shopping ads connecting our users with thousands of advertisers. we believe the european commission's online shopping decision underestimates the value of those kinds of facts and easy connections. what n

what is the european commission's message here? >> it's a huge fine. although, to put it into perspective, it's a little over 2% of google's actual newly revenue. so for them, it's small. but in the scheme of things, the eu is really trying to hold companies -- they're trying to regulate them better to understand the digital atmosphere and also to put it into perspective, google actually holds 90% of the online search market, so this is huge. and the eu is saying this is a huge antitrust problem. they are not acting properly, they're taking advantage of their position as basically a about a heem it in this search industry, and they're blocking their right to see all different kinds of vendors and in this specific case, shopping, and this case has been investigated for seven years. google saying who agree with the result. who agree with the fine, and they will likely appeal it. but in the meantime, they need to change their behavior, according to the order that the eu has released. liz: i'm not sure european officials are only targeting american tech co

the european commission. could leave with a deficit of ten billion euro prime minister faces a number of challenges to push a program through parliament. i run the clock across the world this is our international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program our top story this hour the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman sharply criticized washington's allegation that the syrian government is planning a chemical attack. stating such claims could be a sign of an upcoming u.s. intervention. one is yes nimbly it is even we knew about statements from washington we also knew that the us officials refused to confirm the claims with any facts the situation looks like a massive probation both military and informational it is likely that where we are seen as the moment is the threshold of a new intervention the gist of what russia is saying is that we are witnessing the united states laid the groundwork for a full on intervention in syria an anti acid intervention this chemical craze is part of it the

chinese premier li keqiang will meet eu president donald tusk and european commission head jean—claude juncker with hopes of coming up with an answer to donald trump's "america first" challenge. trade in goods between the eu and china is worth well over 1.5 billion euros a day. the eu is china's biggest trading partner, while china is the eu's second largest trading partner — after the united states. but the eu is worried about industrial overcapacity in china — most notably in the steel sector. for example, in april this year the european commission increased anti—dumping duties on imports of hot—rolled flat steel products from china by up to 36% — much to beijing's anger. china invested four times as much in the eu last year as european companies did in china. president donald trump is reportedly close to announcing that the us is to pull out of the 2015 paris climate deal. but it's thought that china's premier and the heads of the european union's main institutions are to deliver a strong statement in support of the deal. brazil may be about to announce the end of the coun

but today, the european commission ruled that this prime real estate gives google an unfair advantage. kelkoo is one of the companies that brought the case. it says google needs to be reined in. it said, right, i'm going to take over this marketplace and i'm going to demote you all and put myself at the top of the listings. anti—competitive. they can't do that when they have a 90% share in general search. they use that power, and that's wrong. google said it respectfully disagreed with the decision and would take the 90 days granted by the commission to find a solution. 0ne former google insider says the company is being punished for its success. the reality is, google is all about creating a great user experience. the reason why people come back and we use it probably on a daily basis is because it enables us to find what we're looking for as quickly as possible, it's a frictionless experience. and they need to stay competitive. for years now, european officials have been itching to subject tech giants to fresh regulations. but over in silicon valley, many leading innovators believ

, notjust to the european commission, but the european commission, but the european people as well. it would be very wrong if the european commission in trying to defend the european union as a political project end up damaging jobs and destroying jobs in germany and france and italy. the message needs to be heard by 2t france and italy. the message needs to be heard by 2 t people of europe, as well as by the european commission. this is a conversation we'd be having had there been a tory majority in the election last week, there wasn't. there are still some hurdles before the talks are even going to get under way. you are going to get under way. you are going to get under way. you are going to that meeting with theresa may today, what are you expecting to hear or to say to her? i think i'm expecting to hear the prime minister acknowledge that the campaign did not go as expected or as it should, so not go as expected or as it should, so i'm certainly expecting to see some acknowledgement of that. she's already apologised last friday to the colleague who is, cludd no fault of their o

the european commission has been investigating whether google abused its market dominance by skewing search results on its shopping portal. according to the ft, we could be looking at a $1 billion fine. that would be the biggest fine since intel was fined a similar amount in 2009 that will only strain the relationship between the u.s. and the eu further, isn't it >> yeah, absolutely. this is a conversation that's been rumbling for about six years now. it looks like it's coming to a close. google does have some time to come back to the commission and say, look, if you're this concerned about it, this is what we'll do so there is a potential for them to avoid such a hefty fine really everyone is coming to the conclusion that this is politicized. it's the eu coming after u.s. tech companies let's look at what happened over the past few months. they fined facebook earlier this year, 1$122 million, they had a spat with apple last year, asking ireland to claw back 13 built onyou' billion euros from apple as well on the surface the eu is going after the tech giants. the eu will argue we're