Lets start in the us where the facebook founder and Chief Executive of meta, Mark Zuckerberg, has criticised the Biden Administration for what he described as censorship during the covid 19 pandemic. In a letter written to a congressional committee, zuckerberg said that meta, which also owns instagram and whatsapp, was pressured into censoring content about covid, including humour and satire. He said he regretted not speaking about the pressure earlier and that he would not make the same decisions to comply if it happened again. Ritika gupta is in ny for us. Whys Mark Zuckerberg speaking out about this . There speaking out about this . Is a growing debate abou far there is a growing debate about how far a social Media Companies should go in being able to police comments, images and content by their users. Some platforms believe they should be more hats are hands off, were some governments say having an overly laissez faire attitude could lead to crime. Mark zuckerberg has come out and
More in the way of cloud. Northern ireland is turning cloudy because of this approaching Weather Front which will change things. It means this dose of Summer Weather may not last that long for all of us. Even ahead of this cloud, there are some cloudy areas, parts of central and Southern Scotland and northern england, this cloud could produce the odd spot of light rain. Further south there will be the odd shower but most places will be dry and in the best of the Sunshine Temperature is 25, maybe 28 celsius. Quite a humid field to the weather as well. I mentioned the weather as well. I mentioned the Weather Front out towards the west. Through this evening its expected to bring heavy and possibly thundery rain eastwards across northern ireland. There could be localised travel disruption, may be some flooding. That rain will then push north east across scotland. It is going to be quite a warm and muggy night, minimum temperature is 15, 16, 17 night, minimum temperature is 15, 16,17 degree
A warm welcome. Pakistans former Prime Minister and the one Time International cricketer imran khan has been arrested after a Court Sentenced him to three years in prison on corruption charges. He was found guilty of failing to declare money hed earned from selling gifts he received while in office. Mr khans previous arrest in may triggered violent protests and the army was deployed. Our pakistan correspondent, Caroline Davies has the latest. Sirens blaring, police struck after police truck, resting former Prime Minister imran khan. Thejudgment came from here, police are filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. This is after months of waiting. Now finally an announcement, imran khan has been found guilty and has been sentenced to three years in prison. Outside court, shouts of, your show is over minutes later we heard he had been arrested. This was what happened the last time mr khan was arrested. P
Thank you. And thats bbc news at ten. Theres more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight, with kirsty wark, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. The news continues here on bbc one, as now its time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the almost a year since the start of the Women Life Freedom Protests in iran, we have a Special Report with defiant voices inside the country as the Morality Police double down on the repression of women. So how should the uk calibrate relations with iran . Well be joined by a Iranian American Human Rights researcher whose father was a political prisoner who died under house arrest and the former uk ambassador to iran. Also tonight, to raise or not to raise should the Bank Of England hike the Interest Rate tomorrow, or can the economy do its own work now . Two senior economists argue it out. The upcoming ruthergen and Hamilton West by election expected to be a major Snp Labour Battle could be a bellwether for the general
sending controversial cluster munitions to ukraine. what that could mean for the war. also today, extreme weather. millions are at risk of record-breaking temperatures and severe storms as well. and then in washington, new fallout from the discovery of a bag of cocaine at the west wing of the white house. what congress is now demanding. and a medical breakthrough, the fda gives full approval for a new alzheimer s drug, but it comes with a serious warning about potentially deadly side effects. we begin this hour, everybody, with another sign, the economy may in fact be cooling. the government reported that employers added just 209,000 jobs last month. below the 240,000 the economists had expected. and the unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.6%. when you break it down by race, black unemployment rose by .4%. and hispanic unemployment rose by .3%. the president reacting to the news in a statement saying in part this, we are seeing stable and steady growth. that s bidenomics,