hemisphere ripped through madagascar twice and now heads to mozambique for a second time. it to mozambique for a second time. , ., , ., ~ time. it may have broken the record as time. it may have broken the record as the time. it may have broken the record as the longest - time. it may have broken the record as the longest lasting| record as the longest lasting cyclone in history on record. it has been named tropical cyclone now for 33 days. a named tropical cyclone. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us, where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups in what s the largest banking failure in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. our north america tech correspondent james clayton has been explaining how it happened. well, this is one of those days that will go down in silicon valley history and it s certainly one of the most stressful days for silicon valley founders in modern times. we ve spok
quickly than anywhere else. president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. and prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life as a senior member of the royal family. in the past hour, elon musk has completed his $41; billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. earlier this year, mr musk attempted to back out of the purchase. but he announced it would go ahead shortly before the dispute was due to go to court. the tesla boss has said he wanted to acquire twitter to help humanity, rather than make money. let s go live to san francisco now and talk to our north america tech correspondent james clayton. this correspondent james clayton. has taken a while bu has this has taken a while but he has finally done it. has finally done it. that s what s being has finally done it. that s what s being reported.
could be called later, after a legal deadline for the resumption of power sharing passed at midnight. prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life. and proof that bumblebees really do get a buzz out of playing with balls. elon musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. the company s chief executive is reported to be among a number of seniorfigures who ve been fired, sources told us media they were escorted from the firm s headquarters. he has just tweeted, the bird is freed . earlier this year, mr musk, the world s richest person, attempted to back out of the purchase. we ll talk later to our tech correspondent james clayton. the united nations says there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been woeful
hemisphere ripped through madagascar twice and now heads to mozambique for a second time. it to mozambique for a second time. , ., , ., ~ time. it may have broken the record as time. it may have broken the record as the time. it may have broken the record as the longest - time. it may have broken the record as the longest lasting| record as the longest lasting cyclone in history on record. it has been named tropical cyclone now for 33 days. a named tropical cyclone. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us, where regulators have shut down silicon valley bank one of the major lenders to tech companies and start ups in what s the largest banking failure in the us since the 2008 financial crisis. our north america tech correspondent james clayton has been explaining how it happened. well, this is one of those days that will go down in silicon valley history and it s certainly one of the most stressful days
twitter to help humanity, rather than make money. let s go live to san francisco now and talk to our north america tech correspondent james clayton. this correspondent james clayton. has taken a while bu has this has taken a while but he has finally done it. has finally done it. that s what s being has finally done it. that s what s being reported. i has finally done it. that s what s being reported. ll has finally done it. that s - what s being reported. i have approached twitter and they haven t confirmed it yet, but multiple sources are saying the deal is now complete, twitter investors are saying the deal is now complete. so we can be pretty confident elon musk is now the owner of twitter. a remarkable deal that was on and off again, then it was on again. we didn t know what was going on. right up to the last second, people were still thinking, look, elon musk is erratic and capricious, could he back out again? it does now appear that is not the case, and that elon musk owns twi