mulan has all the attributes not only to inspire women but also to inspire men, to inspire the boys. and man s emotional best friends how dogs can cry with joy when they see their owners. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. the former head of security at twitter has accused the social media platform of hiding negligent practices, misleading federal regulators about its safety and failing to properly estimate the number of spam accounts in operation. peiter zatko s whistle blowing testimony which has been given to the us authorities could have serious consequences for the company. twitter says mr zatko s allegations are inaccurate and inconsistent. it says he was sacked in january for ineffective leadership and poor performance. our north america tech reporterjames clayton has this assessment. twitter s ceo had a nickname for him, mudge. this is a really senior person and he is alleging all sorts of thi
it is a slightly more conservative society in finland, but sanna marin is just having fun with her friends, she is not doing anything wrong, and she proved that yesterday, not failing a drugs test. it is perhaps a little bit of damage control. that is why she has apologised this time when she has not in the past. this time when she has not in the ast. . . this time when she has not in the past- the past. yeah, and that criticism the past. yeah, and that criticism could the past. yeah, and that criticism could as - the past. yeah, and that criticism could as you . criticism could as you reference, gareth, coming from the opposition parties of course, but at the same time, there s also been huge support of her from there s also been huge support of herfrom women in finland and elsewhere. of her from women in finland and elsewhere. of her from women in finland and elsewhere. hugely. if you look on social and elsewhere. hugely. if you look on social media, - and elsewhere. hugely. i
i think there s more of a central challenge, which is that gallop did a recent poll showing people are increasingly concerned with the idea that you can t just work hard and get ahead in america. that foundational value of the american dream being able to pull yourself up by your bootstraps is really called into question at this point in society. and i think that trend is only going to continue and people are going to be increasingly concerned about that. and so far conservatives and the republican party really don t have any sort of economic plan or policy to address that concern. when you ask conservatives about this, they talk about school vouchers and point out that president obama has been blocking the opportunity scholarships in washington, d.c., which actually allow people out of troubled public school systems and into private schools, which president obama has been pro school choice, not voucher specifically, but he s really gotten a lot of liberal heat for promoting char