what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this repor
the social media company twitter has begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. it s thought its new owner elon musk, who s the world s richest man, might reduce the platform s workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an e mail to the personal accounts that it was the last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. in some cases, some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. f
workforce of 8,000 might be reduced by as much as half. many twitter staff have been finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was the last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certainly frustrating, certainly some angen frustrating, certainly some anger. also in some cases some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. for others it was simply by. elon musk ma
hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certa
his mission for puerto rico as the island faces a long recovery from another deadly hurricane. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it s a threat that shadowed a generation of americans during the cold war a nuclear standoff with russia and now president biden giving voice to growing new fears and a dangerous new era once more framed by the threat of nuclear conflict. president biden saying, we face the prospect of armageddon comparing it to the cuban missile crisis his dark comments referring to threats by russia s vladimir putin to introduce tactical nuclear weapons or chemical and biological weapons on the battlefield in russia s war with ukraine. president biden saying he takes putin s threats seriously saying, putin is not joking while there s no indication thus far that russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons, the president s blunt comments are sending a chill from washington to the streets of moscow where our keir simmons