campaigning was halted for a couple of hours after the attack to pay respect, but we have since started seeing a lot of the politicians tweeting about it as well. of course, they all paid tribute to mr abe but many of them also said that violence isn t the answer to disagreements in politics. you know, let s go and vote so that people s opinions are heard in a proper, democratic way . the bbc s mariko oi in tokyo for us, where it hasjust gone midday on saturday and as she said, we are expecting the body of shinzo abe back at his residence and we will bring you that story when it happens. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary stand off over his more than $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the world s richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he s not received the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform, but twitter s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. shares of twitter fell 6% in extended trading
welcome to bbc news. i m rich preston. our top stories: a stand off between the world s richest man and twitter as elon musk says he wants to pull out of his $40 billion deal to buy the company. president biden signs an executive order he says to help safeguard american women s access to abortion. what we re witnessing wasn t a constitutionaljudgement, it was an exercise in raw political power. tributes are paid to the former japanese prime minister shinzo abe after his assassination. the tech war in ukraine: we follow ukrainian forces trying to hold back russian troops with drones. just hearing some sound of aircraft. they have told us,
very expensive lawyers to try and thrash this out. people have been sceptical because the price that he offered for twitter was much more than many thought twitter was worth. the share market the share price for twitter has gone down significantly since then, as it has done for many other tech shares. was it a good deal? tesla s share price tesla also owned by elon musk hasn t gone well. many shareholders are very, very upset with elon musk for doing this. his vast wealth is tied up in tesla. so, if tesla is doing badly, it really hurts elon musk. so, many people are speculating that he was looking for a way to pull out of this deal. it isn t really about bots or spam accounts, but about elon musk trying to get out of something that he agreed to. the problem is he s already put pen to paper, so it might be more difficult than he might anticipate to actually get out of this deal. he says he loves twitter, he s a very prominent
here today will be a major blow to the swiss authorities who must now decide whether to appeal. dan roan, bbc news, in bellinzona. tennis now, and novak djokovic is heading for his eighth wimbledon final. he beat the british number one cameron norrie on centre court. 0ur sports presenter chethan pathak has been watching all the action. time and time again, when you think this could be the day that novak djokovic is beaten, he finds a way to power through. for the first set taken by britain s cameron norrie, 6 2, the fans behind me and the british fans on centre court really believed an upset was on the cards. cam norrie s development has been extraordinary, playing just for the first time in his career in the second week of a grand slam. he showed us that brilliant leftie serve, the topspin forehand, that dead backhand that he s got that is flat and perfect for this service. it was causing djokovic all kinds of problems he couldn t deal with. but the defending champion, as he so often
told the ukrainian soldiers to cover under the trees. russians are flying over the positions trying to spot where they are. and novak djokovic reaches another wimbledon final beating britain s cameron norrie. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. twitter and elon musk are in an extraordinary standoff over his more than $40 billion deal to buy the social media company. the world s richest man wants to pull out of the deal, claiming he s not recieved the data he asked for about the number of fake or spam accounts on the platform. but twitter s board says it will sue mr musk to enforce the deal. shares of twitter fell 6% in extended trading over the news. here s our north america technology reporterjames