elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as extremely devious . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be sente
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales. jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the world s richest man, elon musk, takes control of the social media platform twitter in a £38 billion deal. and the minting of new coins bearing the image of king charles iii, in circulation from december. and coming up on the bbc world news channel. they are breaking formula i s budget cap and facing a fine of more than £6 million of the reduction in research for next season. good evening. the northern ireland secretary has said that voters will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months, to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed, chris heaton harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks, although he did not give a date. in may, the nationalist par
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. rail passengers face severe disruption after transpennine express axes more than 50 of its services in a single day. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. elon musk, the world s richest man, has finally taken control of the social media platform twitter, in a deal worth £38 billion. he tweeted that the bird is freed , and is reported to have fired a number of the firm s top executives. it brings to an end an on/off takeover saga that has gone on for months. mr musk, the boss of tesla and spacex, says he believes in absolute free speech and there s speculation that some people who ve been banned from twitter, including former president donald trump, may now be invited back. here s our north america technology reporter, james clayton. when elon musk made a surprise entrance into twitter this week,
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. there s been a new wave of deadly clashes in iran today , with security forces firing on protestors. there have been a number of confirmed injuries, it s not known how many have been killed. activists say dozens of people were fired upon after emerging from friday prayers in the southern city of zahedan, the capital of the sistan baluchistan province, bordering pakistan. automatic gunfire is clearly audible in footage seen and verified by the bbc. there d been a build up of security forces earlier in the day. today s protests in zahedan follow a similar crackdown in the same city nearly a month ago, during protests against the death of mahsa amini. i m joined now by shayan from bbc monitoring, who has been following the footage from iran for us. tell us what has been happening in iran today. figs tell us what has been happening in iran toda . , ,, tell us what has been happening in iranto
tonight at ten. questions about twitter s future direction as the world s richest man finally seals the deal. the billionaire elon musk has made a career out of grandiose business ventures. how will he shape his new acquisition? elon likes these profound challenges of humanity, like going to space, or, like, completely changing the carbon emissions systems and transportation and energy, and now he s trying to fix the problems in social media. donald trump says that twitter is now in safe hands, but a new committee will decide whether he will be allowed back onto twitter. we ll be asking whether mr musk s belief in absolute free speech might lead to fewer restrictions on misinformation and abuse. also on the programme. after months of political deadlock at stormont, a snap election is called in northern ireland but no date is given. you have shown absolutely no remorse, and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england