tonight he is across the border in the republic of ireland, where he ll spend the next two days retracing his irish roots. also on the programme: prince harry will attend his father s coronation next month, but meghan won t be travelling from california. billionaire twitter boss elon musk sits down with the bbc. he defends sacking thousands of staff, and says his time well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller coaster. find well, it s not been boring! it has been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for been a roller-coaster. and is the world on course for the first - world on course for the first ever fall in fossil fuels producing electricity? because of renewables? on bbc london: and coming up on the bbc news channel. the uk and the republic of ireland submit theirjoint bid to host euro 2028, but two of the proposed stadiums aren t even built yet. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from stormont on the day that president biden was in nort
more, and the uk and us in particular have been building their economies for decades and decades off fossilfuels and economies for decades and decades off fossil fuels and historically have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. but have contributed a lot more plugged the us is responsible. . . the us is responsible. but china is intensifying the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal the us is responsible. but china is intensifying its coal production. i is intensifying its coal production. but we have to ask what is that energy for, what is it making. i m sure anyone at home, if you look in your home, you will see many of your products will have made in china written on a lot of that production is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. 50 is servicing unnecessary consumption in countries like the uk. in countries like the uk. so are you su: caestin in countries li
because of the rise of renewables. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore and 4pm in san francisco, where the bbc s technology correspondent sat down in an unexpected interview with elon musk. the billionaire telsa car boss and new owner of twitter said running the social media site has been painful and a roller coaster . it s one of his first interviews since he bought twitter. james clayton has this exclusive report. it s not every day you find yourself invited by one it s not every day you get invited by one a sit down interview, and a few minutes before it was due to take place, the inevitable curveball. we re about to go live, very surprisingly, we onlyjust found this out, on twitter. but that is elon musk. we didn t know about that. but you never know with elon musk. when he sat down, he was in the mood to chat. so, how do you think it s gone? well, it s not been boring. it s been quite a roller coaster. the pain
Government can step the framework and Step Government can step the framework and step back when necessary. It can make and step back when necessary. It can make big and step back when necessary. It can make big decisions. What ive concluded is those decisions, which can change concluded is those decisions, which can change our country, can be so lacking can change our country, can be so lacking in can change our country, can be so lacking in debates and scrutiny that we stumbled into a consensus about the future we stumbled into a consensus about the future of our country that no one seems the future of our country that no one seems to be happy with. This is because one seems to be happy with. This is because too one seems to be happy with. This is because too often, motivated by short term thinking, politicians have short term thinking, politicians have taken the easy way out. Telling people have taken the easy way out. Telling pe0pte the have taken the easy way out. Telling people th
from lighting to heating, cooling and transport, electricity has become the world s most important energy source. but the benefits of global electrification have come at a cost to the planet. making power is the single biggest contributor to global warming, responsible for over a third of energy related carbon emissions in 2021. even with the cost of living crisis, demand for electricity is growing rapidly all over the world. most of that growth to date has been met by burning fossilfuels. but cleaner sources, including wind, solar and nuclear and hydro, are rapidly catching up, producing almost 40% in 2022. and this year will likely see the first fall in emissions from the use of coal, oil and gas to make electricity outside of pandemic or global recession. we re doing all the right things. we just need to be doing them quicker. so we know that our route to decarbonising notjust the power sector but the whole of the energy economy is through clean power.