what happened here wasn tjust a defeat for president putin, it was a complete humiliation. twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. australia announces plans to halt its extinction crisis and save more than one hundred endangered species. # when i was born a coalminer s daughter. and, musicians and fans pay tribute to the american country music star, loretta lynn who s died at the age of ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it is one of the most severe humanitarian crises anywhere in the world right now. somalia is in the grip of the worst drought since the 1980 s. hundreds of thousands of people, many trapped by conflict, are facing extreme hunger and death. a full blown famine, where households have no food children suffer acute malnutrition and people die every day from starvation is likely within a matter of weeks. 0ur africa correspondent andrew harding reported on soma
died at the age of 90. now on bbc news, the travel show. coming up on this week s show, we re day tripping across the uk. and through here, and this way. oh, good boy! so, let s go. with autumn coming into full swing here in the uk, summer seems like a distant memory with its record high temperatures and a bounceback in tourism, after two years of stop start travel restrictions. well, earlier this year, we dropped in on some of the uk s top attractions and destinations, meeting the people getting as excited about travel again and hearing how they ve had to adapt to survive. if you were watching last week, you will have seen how inverness in the far north of scotland is sprucing up their castle and how local businesses adapted to meet changing demands. but this week, we re looking back at what the story was in england, wales and northern ireland, starting with that great northern powerhouse and football and cultural hub, manchester. so, this is no ordinary taxi ride. hello! so
to buy the company. protecting the planet from plastic pollution scientists discover saliva from the lowly wax worm can degrade the additives that make it hard to break down. # diamond art forever, forever. and proving that nobody does it better 60 years after the world premiere of the first james bond film, a special concert honouring the super spy s film music. a very warm welcome to the programme and we start in the uk. the british prime minister will attempt to get her party back on side, when she makes her keynote speech at the conservative party conference later today. liz truss is also expected to insist that her economic plans are worth the disruption they ve caused. so far, the event has been dominated by dramatic u turns, policy changes and threatened rebellions. 0ur political correspondent ione wells has the details. how is it going? very well. the chancellor how is it going? very well. the chancellor loves how is it going? very well. the chancellor loves
welcome to the programme, packed with dairy delights. but we first must talk about twitter. will he won t he? the question of whether elon musk would buy the social media network twitter. it has been a six month roller coaster since mr musk first made his offer in the middle of april. having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the worlds having struck a deal soon after, in earlyjuly the world s richest man revealed he d changed his mind and intended to pull out of the deal. that sparked a legal battle over whether mr musk should be compelled to uphold his promise. now he says he will go ahead after all. a few hours ago he tweeted: it s understood this app would mirror china s wechat app, which combines social media, instant messaging and payment facilities. mr musk went on to say the twitter acquisition would probably accelerate the x app by three to five years. here s samira hussain in new york. it was only six months ago when elon musk agreed to buy twitter for $41; bi
we re right outside the gates of buckingham palace. just up there, they ve already been swung open. the crowd s been pushed back a little bit. as clarissa was saying, we re waiting for the hearse here, the coffin of elizabeth ii to come through. i ve been here for six or seven hours and the crowd was already here. they ve been waiting here patiently in the pouring rain out of respect for the queen, but also out of a sense of historical moments as well. people are very conscious that this is a moment in history that they are able to witness so they re out here standing up very patiently filming, trying to capture that moment. now when the casket, when the hearse goes through these gates for the last time, in fact, in the duration of buckingham palace, it will be met by king charles iii, by his queen, queen camila, queen consort. it will be taken. we saw 50 or 60 palace guards marching in there as well. they ll obviously be playing a role in welcoming the casket to buckingham p