today s vast social media empires are managed by a handful of big names meta, snap, tiktok, discord and x. their bosses faced angry lawmakers in washington for a tense grilling about why children continue to be exposed to harm on their platforms. as a mother, this is personal and i share the sense of urgency. words cannot begin to express the profound sorrow i feel that a service we designed to bring people happiness and joy has been abused to cause harm. it may have been heartfelt, but the senators weren t buying it. mr zuckerberg, you and the companies before us, i know you don t mean it to be so, but you have blood on your hands. mark zuckerberg from meta, which owns facebook and instagram, came under the heaviest fire. these results may contain images of child sexual abuse, and then you gave users two choices get resources, or see results anyway. mr zuckerberg, what the hell were you thinking? all right, senator, the basic science behind that is that when people are s
to get under way shortly. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal against the pre trial detention of the us journalist, appeal against the pre trial detention of the usjournalist, evan gershkovich,. even though the decision was widely expected, it will still hit hard for the 35 year old american and his supporters. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he strongly denies. the court appearance was his first. he was arrested nearly three weeks ago. the authorities say evan gershkovich try to obtain classified information but have offered no information to support their claims. he is the first usjournalist to support their claims. he is the first us journalist to face espionage charges in russia since soviet times. after his appearance, the us ambassador to russia had just a short statement. i the us ambassador to russia had ust a short statement. a short statement. i was able to meet kevin a short statement. i was able to meet kevin yesterday a sho
borisjohnson urges energy companies to act in the national interest and do more to cut rising bills as he meets energy bosses at downing street. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of burglaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. the crisis of local swimming pools the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past 3 years. hello and welcome to bbc news at 5:00pm. an amber heat warning for large parts of england and wales has come into force, as temperatures look likely to peak at 37 degrees celsius over the next four days. the met office has also warned there s an exceptional risk of fires spreading in many places and water companies believe a drought could be declared soon. celestina 0lulode has this report. this is what emergency services want to prevent. tinderbox dry conditions helped cause these fires last month. london fire brigade said it needs the public s help to prevent grass fires.
to justify the search of donald trump s home in florida. coming up in this week s film review, idris elba fights a lion in beast. what does anna smith think of this adventure thriller? she ll tell us and review the rest of the week s film releases. millions of households in england, scotland and wales are likely to see their energy bills soar by more than 80% after the regulator ofgem raised its price cap. that s the maximum amount consumers on a standard variable tariff can be charged per unit. at the moment, the average household is paying an annual bill of £1971. in october, that willjump to £3549 a year, and almost £60 more if you re on a prepayment meter. and the price cap could go higher still. some analysts predict it will be more than £5300 a year injanuary, and then more than £6600 in april. today s price cap announcement adds to the burden of the current cost of living crisis, with prices for food and petrol already rising rapidly, and taxes and interest rates
and notjust a simulation for much longer. the go ahead for lift off of artemis and a return to the moon is expected from nasa. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in singapore and six in the afternoon in florida, where former president donald trump has asked a federal court to temporarily block the fbi from reviewing the materials it seized from his mar a lago home two weeks ago. in a filing to the court, mr trump s legal team is requesting the appointment of a watchdog to oversee the fbi review. this is the first formal legal action since federal agents seized highly sensitive documents. let s get more on this from our north america correspondent chi chi izundu. great to get you on the show. i know that this information is coming fast and furious, very little we know at this point in time, but perhaps you can talk us through what is in this filing, all 27 pages of it. yes. can talk us through what is in this f