the social media company twitter has begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. it s thought its new owner elon musk, who s the world s richest man, might reduce the platform s workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are finding out via email that they no longer have a job. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of 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 by an e mail to the personal accounts that it was the 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 uncertainty. in some cases, some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. f
the suburbs around tehran are being drained of people. locals in this neighbourhood have said 70% of the community has orally left and many of those living here now are thinking of joining them. here now are thinking ofjoining them. twitter staff are bracing themselves, after the company said it will tell them today whether they will be laid off, following the takeover by elon musk. and wakanda forever the long awaited sequel to the oscar winning film black panther has had its european premiere in london. hello and welcome to the programme. the german chancellor, olaf scholz, is in beijing, on a trip that s sparked controversy in germany and elsewhere in europe. he s the first western leader to have gone to china in over three years, and his visit comes as relations between beijing and the west have started to sour. tom brada has the latest. receiving the red carpet treatment in beijing, chancellor olaf scholz is in china for a whistle stop tour. travelling with several
he blames members of pakistan s current government. britain s king charles hosts a reception for delegates to this weekend s climate change conference in egypt but how much progress is it likely to make? the rise in albanians coming to england in small boats lured by higher wages orforced by gangs, into the drugs trade. locals say 70% of the community has already lathered and many of those living here now i thinking ofjoining them. of those living here now i thinking ofjoining them. and from the pulpit to the polling booth how the rise of the christian right is changing elections in america. and the facial recognition technology that s helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and survivors.
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