protests spread across the world following the death in custody of a young woman in iran. # starry, starry night. # paint your palate blue and grey. and painting with words. why the hand written lyrics of this famous song could sell for more than $1 million. hello and welcome. the war in ukraine has dominated the united nations general assembly in new york. in his speech, president zelensky said russia must face just punishment for its aggression against his country. he called for a special war tribunal to hold russia accountable and for a compensation fund to make it pay for the war. the new british prime minister, liz truss, promised to sustain military support for ukraine for as long as it took. she said the international alliance remained strong and threats by the russian leader, vladimir putin, would not work. our un correspondent barbara plett usher has the latest. on the second day of the general assembly, there were some strong calls for nations to stand firm in bac
tonight at ten: dire warnings for the future of the planet, as the cop 27 climate conference begins in egypt. delegates are told the last 8 years have been the hottest on record accelerating the effects of climate change we must answer the planet s distress signal with action ambitious, credible climate action. the prime minister rishi sunak arrived in egypt this evening after reversing his initial decision not to attend. and tonight mr sunak made his first public comments about the expletive ridden text messages sent by sir gavin williamson whom he appointed to government. downing street says rishi sunak thinks offensive messages sent by government minister sir gavin williamson are unacceptable . the devastated ukrainian city of mariupol, where an estimated 1,500 new graves have been found we have a special report. and, in the us, campaigning reaches fever pitch as the democrats and the republicans pull out their big names for the mid term elections. good evening. th
the prime minister believes abusive text messages sent by the cabinet minister gavin williamson were unacceptable and pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan, criticises the police for allegedly not investigating the gun attack against him on thursday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and one in the morning in egypt, where more than 100 world leaders are gathering for the annual un climate change summit co p27. and it has begun with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organisation. our climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. it s easy to see
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
hello, welcome to the programme. 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. but president biden has said the tycoon had bought an outfit that spewed lies across the world. many big firms have paused their advertising on twitter while uncertainty about its content controls remains. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of 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 their personal accounts that it was their