And washington wins baseballs world series. Twitter has announced a global ban on all political advertising on its site. The social Media Company says it wants to prevent potential problems with unchecked information and fake news. The policy comes in on 22 november, so itll affect the uk general election and next years us election. Our media editor amol rajan has this assessment of how the fight for voters attention is increasingly being waged online. Recognise any of these . In the coming weeks, brace yourself for a further onslaught of adverts in your social media feed. Elections used to be all about the ground war and air war, leaflets through the letterbox or Party Political broadcasts. Today there is a third front, the cyber war, and this digital blitzkrieg is the most complex and controversial of the lot. Data from the Electoral Commission shows the proportion of Campaign Money going to Digital Advertising is growing fast. The issue isnt just Political Parties. Its anyone with a
Hello, and welcome to bbc news. The Us Democratic president ial contender, joe biden, has accused donald trump of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. President trump has not denied the reports, claming it doesnt matter what i discuss. This is what mr biden had to say about the affair a litte earlier. I know trump deserves to be investigated. He is violating every basic norm of a president. You should be asking him the question, why is he on the phone with a foreign leader, trying to intimidate a foreign leader, if thats what happened. But appears to be what happened. But appears to be what happened. You should be looking at trump. Trump is doing this because he knows i will beat him like a drum, and he is using his abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. That was a pretty fired up joe biden a couple of hours ago. David willis i
Katie gornall reports from tokyo. Tokyois tokyo is a sprawling, enchanting city. Busy yet serene, its a place where the modern nestles alongside the traditional. Its a new frontier for a sport hoping to make a good impression. Excitement is building. 15,000 people turned upjust impression. Excitement is building. 15,000 people turned up just to watch wales train in southern japan in the country plasma commission of a sport believes this tournament could leave a lasting legacy. Transmack this, the first time a world cup is coming to a country which has no tradition in rugby. Transmack. It was a challenge for us to make this happen. Brightness japan, we were really excited to have this tournament so im hoping the right knee becomes part of our culture. Thanks for us. But that to happen, more people will expect children need to pick up a rugby ball. These High School Boys are in the minority and hope the world cup will change that. Since we japanese dont know much about rug, im hoping tha
Of an overwhelming abuse of power. It follows reports he tried to pressure ukraine into opening a corruption investigation against mr biden and his son. Leading democrats say if true, it could be grounds for impeachment. President trump says its another witch hunt. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. Leaders talk to other leaders all the time of course, but one particular phone conversation injuly is proving particularly contentious. The lord is a lenski, a former comedian, had just won ukraines president ial election. His country relies on the us are millions of dollars in aid, but reports suggest mrtrump had dollars in aid, but reports suggest mr trump had other matters on his mind that they are Volodymyr Zelensky. The wall streetjournal has claimed mr trump repeatedly urged mr zelensky to investigate the son ofjoe biden, hunter biden. He worked for a gas company in the ukraine Whilejoe Biden was serving as us vice president. Joe biden threatened to withhold aid unl
Contact with her. Hello and welcome to world news today. Millions of people, including many children, have been taking part in demonstrations around the world, demanding tougher action on Climate Change. This was the scene in new york, which is the latest city to see another climate strike by pupils skipping school to join the protests. The teenage activist Greta Thunberg, who protested alone outside the Swedish Parliament last year to draw attention to Climate Change, is leading the demonstration. Similar protests have been seen in cities in more than 150 countries. With the story of one of the biggest co ordinated global protests on record, lets hear from our correspondents around the world. There have been more than 100 events gcioss there have been more than 100 events across austria as this country sta rts across austria as this country starts to kick start a global day of action. Thousands of people have gathered here in sydney to campaign for what they are calling Climate Justic