elon musk tweets let the good times roll after he buys social media giant twitter for more than a0 billion dollars, and clears out top executives. # .balls of fire!# and jerry lee lewis, a leading figure of rock and roll whose life was marred by scandal and violence has died at the age of 87. the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks although he did not give a date. back in may, for the first time the nationalist party sinn fein won the largest number of seats in the stormont assembly. but the biggest unionist party the dup has refused to restore power sharing, because it says northern ireland s place in the uk has been undermined by the post brexit trade deal signed by boris johnson. that dea
tonight at ten. questions about twitter s future direction as the world s richest man finally seals the deal. the billionaire elon musk has made a career out of grandiose business ventures. how will he shape his new acquisition? elon likes these profound challenges of humanity, like going to space, or, like, completely changing the carbon emissions systems and transportation and energy, and now he s trying to fix the problems in social media. donald trump says that twitter is now in safe hands, but a new committee will decide whether he will be allowed back onto twitter. we ll be asking whether mr musk s belief in absolute free speech might lead to fewer restrictions on misinformation and abuse. also on the programme. after months of political deadlock at stormont, a snap election is called in northern ireland but no date is given. you have shown absolutely no remorse, and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england
it appears you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the british government will call a snap election in northern ireland after politicians in the devolved government failed to restore power sharing at stormont. #.great balls of fire!# and the music industry pays tribute tojerry lee lewis one of rock and roll s all time greats, who s died aged eighty seven. hello and welcome. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran. activitsts say security forces fired on dozens of people as they left friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan. it follows a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests over the death of mahsa amini. robin brant reports. six weeks in and these protests show no sign of abating. the opposite in fact. this is the scene of violent confrontation again. and the tactics continue to be unbe
more than £8 billion the second largest result in its history. and australia s national football team criticises qatar s human rights record less than a month before the emirate hosts the world cup. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has accused russian commanders of craziness in their efforts to capture a town in the east of the country. bakhmut which sits in the donetsk region has been the centre of russian attacks for months. meanwhile, in the south, ukrainian forces advancing on the city of kherson have been hampered by heavy rain. russian forces are building fortifications and bringing in extra reinforcements. the area has been at the centre of the fiercest clashes in recent weeks. our correspondent hugo bachega is in kyiv and hejoins me now. let s start off with the comments from president zelensky about the tactics of russian commanders. what does he mean by craziness? he said the most sev