elon musk tweets let the good times roll after he buys social media giant twitter for more than a0 billion dollars, and clears out top executives. # .balls of fire!# and jerry lee lewis, a leading figure of rock and roll whose life was marred by scandal and violence has died at the age of 87. the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks although he did not give a date. back in may, for the first time the nationalist party sinn fein won the largest number of seats in the stormont assembly. but the biggest unionist party the dup has refused to restore power sharing, because it says northern ireland s place in the uk has been undermined by the post brexit trade deal signed by boris johnson. that dea
tonight at ten. questions about twitter s future direction as the world s richest man finally seals the deal. the billionaire elon musk has made a career out of grandiose business ventures. how will he shape his new acquisition? elon likes these profound challenges of humanity, like going to space, or, like, completely changing the carbon emissions systems and transportation and energy, and now he s trying to fix the problems in social media. donald trump says that twitter is now in safe hands, but a new committee will decide whether he will be allowed back onto twitter. we ll be asking whether mr musk s belief in absolute free speech might lead to fewer restrictions on misinformation and abuse. also on the programme. after months of political deadlock at stormont, a snap election is called in northern ireland but no date is given. you have shown absolutely no remorse, and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england
it appears you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the british government will call a snap election in northern ireland after politicians in the devolved government failed to restore power sharing at stormont. #.great balls of fire!# and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged eighty seven. hello and welcome. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is the scene of violent confrontation again. and the tactics continue to be unbe
Donald trump is also in the state and will be speaking a little later in the day to his crowds. So, its big moment ahead of the midterms, just three days away. Youre watching bbc news. Its been a pretty soggy day today across the uk thanks to a slow moving Weather Front which brought patchy rain and drizzle. That rain will become confined to the southeast corner of the country for part two of the weekend. Elsewhere, its looking brighter with sunshine, scattered showers and it will be windy for pretty much all areas. So this area of low pressure is responsible for bringing the unsettled weather this weekend. That set todays Weather Front becoming confined to the southeast. All those showers out west ready to push in through tonight and tomorrow so it stays cloudy, damp across southern and eastern areas. The rain starts to pep up here. It becomes heavy and maybe some rumbles of thunder. Elsewhere, after a dry starts, the blustery showers will get going. Some of these could be quite heavy