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 has bought an outfit that spews 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 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
tonight at ten. the rise in albanians crossing the channel in small boats, lured by higher wages and gangs recruiting them for the drugs trade. the numbers have gone up sharply this year we report from albania on what s behind it. locals in this neighbourhood say 70% of the community has already left, and many of those living here now are thinking ofjoining them. also on the programme tonight. staff at twitter find out if they ve been sacked, as the firm s new owner, elon musk, drastically cuts costs. a series of rail strikes due to start tomorrow has been suspended, but the late notice means services tomorrow will be extremely limited. a major shift in money for the arts. the english national opera will move out of london, as blackpool illuminations wins funding for the first time. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and its survivors. on bbc london, the growing numbers of child trafficking victims disappearing from
senator lindsey graham, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much. senator, you are deep in the political trenches with donald trump, and right now that looks like a pretty unhealthy place to be. does it feel that way to you? no. if you re a republican, it s a good place to be because he s very popular among republicans. emerson college, not exactly, you know, a right wing polling firm, has trump up in pennsylvania and some of the swing states, so this election coming up in 80 days, they want to make it about trump. republicans want to make it about a failed presidency of biden and we will see where it shakes out. but no, the truth of the matter is that president trump and the republican party is seen as successful on issues that matter to the country, to conservatism, the court, the border, strong national security. so he s in good standing with republicans. i m going to stop you if i may. because it seems to me politics isn t just about polling, it s not just about appealing
liverpool a couple of weeks ago. detectives are saying they have arrested two men in the relation of the murder of nine year old olivia. one suspect arrested on suspicion of murder. the men were arrested in the runcorn area in the early hours of the morning to stop a 34 year old man from liverpool arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder, he is in police custody and is being questioned by detectives now. and separate the, a 41 year old man from knowsley on merseyside arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, also in custody. the detective chief superintendent leading the inquiry has said, i continue to urge anyone who s information can help our investigation into the tragic murder to come forward so we can bring those responsible to justice. to come forward so we can bring those responsible tojustice. two arrests and one of them, a suspect on suspicion of the murder of olivia pratt korbel, the nine year old girl who died in liverpool. now on bbc news hardtal