hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the bye bye blues. the tick is removed, sending social media into meltdown. but what does it mean for the future of twitter. and our trust in it. for many of you the blue bird has flown the nest? well the blue tick anyway. if you are a twitter user, you might have had one of those ticks on your account, to authenticate who you are. but now they come at a cost, and yesterday by virtual tweezer, many of the ticks were being removed. the pope, beyonce, jk rowling, christiano ronaldo among many high profile users who ve been hit. the cost for annual subscription at least through android is £11 a month. but some are getting it free, lebronjames, william shatner the author stephen king. not that stephen king knew about it my twitter account says i ve subscribed to twitter blue. he said. there is, though, a serious side to all this. no longer will you have that certainty that the person you follow is who they
we start with the soaring cost of living because there s a warning home energy bills here in the uk could rise even higher than previously feared this winter. wholesale gas prices have jumped back to near record highs after a further squeeze on europe s gas supplies by russia. our global trade correspondent dharshini david has the details. this is being claimed as the first truly global energy crisis, the result of moscow weaponising fossil fuels in europe has been the key target. this is the wholesale price paid for gas there. 4a8% higher than a year ago because traditionally it got to 40% of its gas from russia. that latest rise reflects a focus on this, this is nord stream one, the pipeline carrying bird of europe s russian gas supply all the way to germany, that flow has now dropped to just a fifth of normal levels, russia blames that on the impact of sanctions on vital equipment, opponents say it s an attempt to blackmail by turning down those taps. those concerns have a
his guilty verdict. a jury is caseated for the federal trial of president biden son hunter. bankrolling election deniers. the companies backing lawmakers who push the big lie is the 11th hour gets underway on thist monday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. we are now 155 days away from the election. americans have had a few days wa to face the reality that one of the two major candidates is now a convicted criminal. 50% of all americans think the verdict in donald trump s trial was correct compared to 27% to think it was wrong. that s according to a new abc news ipsos poll. 49% think he should end his campaign now. when you look at independence, the percent of people who believe the verdict is correct was up to 52%. meanwhile, donald trump, no surprise, continues leading the republican party in a revolt against conviction while attacking the entire justice system. donald trump himself is openly asking the supreme court to intervene by annulling the gu
down. why is that? we have unemployment at 50 year lows, below 4%, and it comes down to inflation. it comes down to the fact that gasoline, $3.55 is the national average, but it goes down to what the perception is. they look across the board when they go to the supermarket, going to gas. the fact these businesses were able to drop prices like that, what does that tell you about why they raised them? they were able to maintain margins they did not have for a long time. groceries and businesses in that sector of the economy run on thin profit margins. ikea, walmart, walgreens, now mcdonald s, burger king they are all cutting prices. we are getting back to a normalize rate of inflation. the biggest problem, it s the overall level of prices. the increase from pre-2019 that
making the big one way. tell me they are not changing it. well, they shouldn t, they should learn from the disaster that was new coke. it was probably the single greatest food disaster in the history of the united states. now mcdonald s wants to change the all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun, that has been the big formula. now they want to tweak the way that the beef tastes. it s very bizarre. a palliative tested this in canada. it is successful in canada. i would just say canada and united states are just a little just say canada and united states arejust a little bit just say canada and united states are just a little bit different in that regard because i m pretty sure it is going to be a mass uprising if mcdonald s tries to change this. there are other brokers available. surely not frying the onions. a white and caramelised onions? i mean, that is sacrilegious. i don t understand why one would do that. no, no. that would be an instant