Thanks for this opportunity to talk about your great new book. Journalist writer for the atlantic. Ive recently learned Detroit Lions fan thanks for thanks writing this bk. Its really a brilliant piece of political and, religious journalism. And i also read it as a kind of heartfelt plea for the evangelical to, you know, quoting from revelation to write to return to their first love. So i think that was the church of ephesus. Its not i know its not easy saying things about the tribe, the community, religious community in which you sort of came of age. And i know that takes courage. So thanks. Well professor. Youre very kind for saying that thank you because i that youve lived through this thing and you know firsthand how difficult it is to be the squeaky wheel and to step out of line with your own tribe and. Ill be honest, you know, i dont feel particular really brave or, courageous in doing this. I wish, frankly, that i would have had the courage to do it a long time ago. This problem
To climate hell with no sign of slowing down and that humanity needed to co operate or perish. Now on bbc news. America, faith on the frontline. This country belongs to god almighty a powerful minority is on the rise with a particular vision of america. You cannot separate god from politics. You cannot take him out of our government. It is one of the oldest and most influential currents in us politics but in a country deeply divided, the Christian Right has found a new voice. We desire to live in a Judaeo Christian nation with Judaeo Christian values. It claims christianity is under attack and that god belongs in government. With pastors preaching its message in churches and its beliefs Guiding Ultraconservative candidates in the mid term elections. Im a christian, i say we should be the movement is 90 minutes Christian Nationalism and the far right is taking it to the extreme. We are the christian taliban. Some warn this is fundamentally undemocratic. It was amplified by donald trump.
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
and around the world. 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 the twitter 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 via an email to the personal their 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 speculation. a mixed range of emotions. certainly upset,