mr chairman, on this vote, there are nine ayes, zero noes. the british chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, cut shorts his visit to washington as pressure mounts on the government to reverse the unfunded tax cuts announced in his mini budget. jamaican musicians argue art merely reflects life as the regulator bans records that glorify violence, drug use and weapons. when i look at this, it reminds me of me it is exactly the same as my glasses. and what s in an emoji? we ll tell you about a campaign to stop people who wear glasses being seen as nerds. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. a jury has sentenced a 24 year old man to life behind bars for carrying out one of the worst school mass shootings in the country s history. nikolas cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 others in parkland, florida in 2018. families of the victims have reacted angrily as jurors rejected the death penalty. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. what punishme
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this is bbc world news the latest headlines: families of the victims have criticised a us jury for recommending that the gunman who murdered 17 people in the parkland school shooting in florida in 2018 should be spared the death penalty. the us congressional committee investigating the storming of the capitol in 2021 votes to subpoena donald trump. now to jamaica where the broadcasting authority has banned music and tv content that glorifies illegal activity, such as drug and gun use, it says to cut down on crime. somejamaican artists have criticised the ban, saying music is a reflection of life, and this move will do little to stop crime, especially as young people listen to music on streaming platforms like spotify and youtube. richard lue is the director of business development at jamaica based record company vp records. hejoins us now
because commercial broadcasting platforms, as far as young people are concerned, is non existent. they run to digital distribution and how are you ever going to control that? i think it s focusing on the wrong, don t shoot the messenger. you would have to work on your messaging and how you are going to reach the market lace and get them to listen to or demand a different kind of content. irate listen to or demand a different kind of content. kind of content. we will leave it there. richard kind of content. we will leave it there. richard lue, - kind of content. we will leave | it there. richard lue, director of development at vp records, thank you. are you much of an emoji user in text messages or on social media? millions of them are sent every day emoji is considered the fastest growing form of language in history based on how quickly it s been adopted and the speed of its evolution. but most emojis representing people don t wear glasses and now one teenage girl