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Dutch court mandates Shell emissions reduction

A Dutch court ruled that Royal Dutch Shell should reduce carbon emissions by 45% by 2030.

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.

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. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Arunoday Mukharji explains the dispute.

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? The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Ed Butler delves into the world of Dogecoin, and asks why people are investing and what the consequences might be.

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