because of the rise of renewables. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore and 4pm in san francisco, where the bbc s technology correspondent sat down in an unexpected interview with elon musk. the billionaire telsa car boss and new owner of twitter said running the social media site has been painful and a roller coaster . it s one of his first interviews since he bought twitter. james clayton has this exclusive report. it s not every day you find yourself invited by one it s not every day you get invited by one a sit down interview, and a few minutes before it was due to take place, the inevitable curveball. we re about to go live, very surprisingly, we onlyjust found this out, on twitter. but that is elon musk. we didn t know about that. but you never know with elon musk. when he sat down, he was in the mood to chat. so, how do you think it s gone? well, it s not been boring. it s been quite a roller coaster. the pain
in a critical contest. it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. this tuesday, you must vote . republican in a giant red wave. tickets for next year s glastonbury festival have sold out. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the un s annual climate change summit has opened in egypt at the red sea resort of sharm el sheikh. over the next 12 days, more than 100 world leaders and thousands of delegates will attend the cop27 conference, billed as the world s watershed moment on climate action. in his opening speech, the conference president, sameh shoukry, announced that financing for climate change induced damages in poor countries will be included in the official agenda. we begin with this report from our climate editor, justin rowlatt. it has been a year of record breaking temperatures and climate related disasters around the world. but africa has been hit particularly hard. huge floods displaced more than a millio
elon musk urging him to ensure that human rights remain central to the management of the platform following the recent staff sackings. in about twenty minutes time we ll be hearing from the liberal democrat leader sir ed davey, but for now, bbc news click investigates the latest developments being made in the so called metaverse immersive, connected virtual worlds, where people can live, work and play. this week, metaverse marc tells real marc how it is. you had help from the likes of me the trimmer, younger looking virtual version of you that has helped with all of these stories on the telly. it s true. seven decades on, facial recognition reunites one holocaust survivor with a photo from her past. yeah, that is me, for sure. and spencer meets the robot doing improvised comedy. but unlike you humans, i can learn from my mistakes. ha ha ha. don t laugh this is serious stuff. whether we know it or not, whether we feel it or not, we are all connected. we re all made f
in the push to win crucial votes. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. nurses are likely to take their first ever national strike action according to their union. the royal college of nursing is still counting ballot papers returned by its 300,000 members but says those counted so far suggest support for strike action, possibly before christmas. the rcn wants a 5% pay increase above the rate of inflation. nurses working in accident & emergency and critical care would be exempted from striking to maintain services. the government said nurses should carefully consider the impact on patients. and as our health editor hugh pym reports, other health workers could also soon be staging industrial action. possible strike action is already looming in parts of the nhs in scotland. members of two unions, including ambulance staff at the gmb, have voted for walk outs. though they have called for talks with members. gmb members have voted to reject that pay offer, so we are currently