Court orders oil giant Shell to cut emissions

A Dutch court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell should reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030. We hear from Harry Brekelmans, the Projects and Technology Director at Royal Dutch Shell. Sara Shaw from environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth, which is one of the organisations that brought the case, discusses the background. MGM has just been bought by the web giant Amazon for just under $8.5 billion. Brad Stone, the author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire, explains why. Also in the programme, online messaging service WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, has launched legal action in India to counter a new law there which gives the government greater power to monitor activity online, including on messaging apps. And - For years the ride sharing company Uber has resisted calls to recognise unions, which had criticised the firm for not granting drivers basic rights such as sick pay or a minimum wage. Now, Uber says it will, for the first time, recognise a union in the UK. Plus, will a craze for a cryptocurrency which was started as a joke, end in tears? PHOTO: Shell/EPA

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