Also in the programme the us military publishes the first images of the raid in which the leader of the Islamic State group was killed. Raging wildfires in california as a new blaze in the south of the state threatens the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore and 1am in london. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so affects the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, le
How she was found and the manhunt overnight for her suspected kidnapper. Caught on camera, this terrifying ferrari crash. New details on the professional athlete inside that car. Plus, one writers controversial claim, why she says a little marijuana makes her a better mom. And later the incredible tribute on display all made of rice. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us on this friday. We begin with a flood of new developments surrounding the impeachment investigation as lawmakers prepare to hear from the former ambassador to ukraine. If shes allowed to testify her appearance would follow the arrest of two businessmen linked to the president s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. They are accused of making Illegal Foreign Campaign Contributions to buy political influence. Meanwhile overnight we learned that a top adviser to the secretary of state is resigning in frustration. Abcs Megan Tevrizian is here with the latest. Megan, good morning. Reporter good morning, kenneth and j
Of the Korean Peninsula and the legacy of forced labor and sexual slavery still strains relations between seoul and tokyo today a fight over wartime Labor Compensation turned into a trade dispute earlier this year with japan imposing tighter export controls on tech to south korea triggering a boycott of japanese products and its western neighbor. A boycott thats already hit unique low sales and the ad could make it worse. Theyre looking down on korea theyre making jokes and being sarcastic when they really should be going on what they did wrong we cant let this keep happening we have to stop buying japanese goods and continue to do so with pride until japan reflects on its wrongs it would depend on what you think i do now and why are my dad also inspired a parody that went viral and the 2 days its been up in it a student asks a 90 year old former forced labor about her youth im not denying that or she says its impossible to ever forget that awfully painful memory the Japanese Company a
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Pg e restored power for the final 2500 customers last night. More than 700,000 were impacted by the widespread event. The company has confirmed 50 instances of weatherrelated damage to its system in areas affected by the shut off and shared these photos yesterday of downed lines and vegetation on power lines. Meanwhile, the utility is defending its decision to power. One of the main misconceptions is that we did this to save our own skin. I cannot really fathom how that will work for us. The only thing that people of pg e care about in this event is the safety of others. It is you, and making sure we keep things safe. The triwindy weather that triggered the power shut off included gusts of wind of more than 70 mile per hour in some areas, from wednesday evening into thursday morning. And a Police Source confirms that the body of a tech ceo first lets get down to whether. As far as this is concerned, it will be a nice mild day. We have a cool start compared to yesterday. Taking a life t