welcome back. the justice secretary and deputy prime minister has gone, but he has not gone willingly. in an unrepentant resignation letter today, mr raab said he wanted to keep his word that he would stand down if the report found against him but he claims the process was flawed and that it sets a dangerous precedent. we will dicuss that further tonight, with our panel the global trade expert rebecca harding and from california, republican, lanhee chen who was policy director for mitt romney s presidential campaign. and we could hardly have a better panel, for our deep dive tonight, into the profound changes we are seeing in world trade. there is new global map that has emerged since february last year, on which countries are dividing into two distinctive trading blocks. what does that mean for you and me. also tonight we are keeping our eye on the us supreme court, a ruling expected in the coming hours on the abortion drug mifepristone, after a court in texas suspende
hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
feel cool tomorrow, temperatures below average for the time of year, but the sunshine should mitigate it a bit, sunshine in april has a little strength. then milder air pushing in from the south, so the weather will improve, lots of sunshine on saturday, just a few showers for eastern areas, turning a bit cloudierfor showers for eastern areas, turning a bit cloudier for northern ireland later in the day, but look at the temperatures. highs up to 15 cell c and it should get even warmer to that into next week, with dry and sunny weather on the this is carly s allotment, she uses it to grow food for people struggling to make ends meet. with new figures out today showing the escalating diabetes crisis, and recent analysis of life expectancy over seven decades showing the uk doing worse than all g7 countries except the usa, we ll ask are we sleep walking into a growing health crisis and what can be done about it? also tonight. elon musk announces this evening that blue tick user
account is among those to lose verified status. the publishers there is a will not pay for the privilege. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start today with russia it says a pro kremlin military blogger has been killed in a blast at a cafe in st petersburg, which is the second largest city after the capital, moscow. police say several others have been injured in the incident. vladlen tatarsky was one of a handful of reporters writing blogs on the telegram platform from the frontline he was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. these are pictures before the explosion. tatarsky was a guest speaker at an event hosted by the cafe in st petersburg when the bomb went off. earlier, sergei goryashko from bbc russian gave me this update on the story. so, for now we know that the explosion was around 6pm local time in st petersburg at a cafe where dozens of people gathered to meet vladen tatarsky and to