Doha oh, youre watching al jazeera, our headlines today form a u. K. Chancellor ritchie sooner because officially announced he will run to become the next Prime Minister. Hes expected to face off against former leader bores johnson who has yet to announced his candidacy. Stephanie decker has more on this is back to being the center of attention, which is something that mr. Johnson does like. But of course, this is the country in crisis with a very severe economic crisis that needs to be dealt with immediately. This is something that rushes to not mentioned in his Statement Last couple of hours when he officially announced his candidacy. We always knew that he was the one that already had a 100 nominations in the last 36 hours or so. You mentioned penny moore did their question mark still, whether she will have enough numbers to make it as an official candidate. The police in somalia say 5 people have been killed following an attack at a hotel in the southern port city of cas mayo. A car laden with explosives, reportedly rammed into the gate of the building yard group. L shabani has claimed responsibility. At least 220 people have been killed in 2 days of violence between ethnic groups in sudan. The latest fighting in the blue nile region reportedly broke out because of a land dispute. Chinese president shooting pain, secured an unprecedented 3rd term and the head of the communist party. Now fixed other members of the party, Senior Leadership that group dominated my team boiler ukraines president bullet. Amir zelinski has urged people to save electricity in the face of russian attacks on power facilities. More than 1000000 ukrainian households are experiencing blackouts after a wave of strikes in the last 2 weeks. 2 pilots had been killed after a russian fighter. Jed crashed into a 2 Story Building in the city of your could skin southern siberia. The jet was on a test flight over the city. The Regional Governor says no residents words. A prominent member of the Palestinian Armed group. The lions den has been killed. The funeral for 33 year old commer kalani has been held in nobliss. The group has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on illegal settlements and military checkpoints in the occupied west bank in the past few weeks. It has blamed is really forces burns killing. Those euro headlines on al jazeera up next, the listening post. Stay with us for that. Examining the impact of todays headlines humanities in sent a memo by nature, and that man was down flat pakistan, city agenda for tomorrows discussions. If you tell a big enough why voters will think thats too big to be alive, it must be true. International whom makers and world class journalists bring programs to improve and inspire you. You can take it as a possibility to its not on al jazeera. What is ellen musk playing and the worlds richest man seems to think hes a geopolitical influence. Rupert murdoch and the art of succession. What comes next for the elderly media baron and his family . And lest we forget the lettuce head that outlasted the you case latest Prime Minister ah, hello, im richard. Disparate in europe, the listening post where we dont cover the news, we cover the way the news is covered. The worlds richest man is turning into one of its loudest voices, not content with manufacturing cars generating energy, getting into space, travel e long mosque is in the midst of a 44000000000. 00 takeover of twitter and now considers himself a geopolitical player. Mosque has business interests in russia. He has proposed a way out of the war in ukraine that is in line with what moscow wants that did not go down well in keith. Then musk threatened to cut ukrainians off from his Satellite Network star link, denying them and their armed forces critically important access to the internet. He has also injected himself into the dispute between china, where his company is heavily invested, and taiwan. Does the world really need an erotic billionaire with a sizable ego and 0 geopolitical expertise messing with conflicts in which they personal financial stake . Our starting point this week is the long. Oh, in some ways you must is a unique billionaire. I know of no other billionaires with mastered public attention, mastered the ability to have people talk about it. Clearly hes motivated by this deep desire to map, he wants to get involved in all of these areas where he has no expertise. And its very dangerous. And whether its twitter lock in a pool or use on humans with the credit, those are the features stalling. It all seems like living in the lower mosques will, and i think thats how he likes it. Why would you want to talk dude, life, but his pension for simply staring up controversy is not helping if he does really want to help the world and how Vulnerable People like those and he long musk is the richest person on the planet. Most of his social capital comes from his more than 100000000 followers hanging on his every twin for ukrainians. Mosques, persistent post about his on again off again plan to buy twitter or trolling. His critics or a side show in a far more serious story because they rely on musk satellite Internet Provider darling to stay connected. Informed journalists depend on it to get the story from the war zone out to the world, and for ukraines military forces. Starling is a weapon that gives them a decided advantage on the battle. Traditionally, you will get access to the internet through cable was that connect countries under our oceans, stalling cuz Something Different and it satellite Internet Connection. Also, these satellites are in low earth orbit. Something like 550 kilometers above all ruth surface. It allows people who dont have that traditional Internet Connection to still connect to the internet because this is a lifeline for people in order to communicate some of the horrors that are going on in ukraine. Right. Now, starting his ups and absolutely central visitors, lod communication thats been secure amongst the grant ships. Unlike the Russian Troops that have used open Radio Communication at times, either shes open enough to attacks. You crash may well he is marked acknowledges and martyr communication which is other execute very complex missions behind lines. Simply the russians are simply not able to do at this point. Theres no missing words. Starling has been a Heroic Service for many ukrainians, but the larger point is we dont have enough transparency and to starlings finances into a what their arrangements are with the u. S. Or any other government or into exactly who as elan mosque is speaking with, given that hes at the helm of this company, that is all the sudden providing essential services to a vulnerable population. And thats really at risk just how vulnerable ukrainians are became clear earlier this month. When musk tweeted out of proposed solution to the conflict. One suspiciously along the lines of the kremlin. A ukrainian diplomat responded to moscow on twitter using the most and diplomatic language imaginable. Must event tweeted that making star link available to ukrainians for free was costing his company 20000000. 00 a month. Implying that unless others, including the pentagon, stepped up with the money ukrainians and their armed forces could be cut off. Since then both the u. S. And the e u of signaled they may provide the funding, ukrainians remain connected through starling. For now. The speak to a larger problem with how we depend on private infrastructure for crucial public services. It might Say Something about my own character, but in the long term, i think we have much bigger issues to concern ourselves about when it comes to providing Internet Service in these crucial areas. Why was he trying to shake the craniums for the Central Service . If you look the history, you know, must corporations, if historically soc handouts from the u. S. And other corporations have made lots of money in this war. Theyve been receiving Us Government contracts. And ether is just that his corporation would also be compensated, speculating as nuff motivations is a losing battle. I think we need to focus on why any billionaire seems to be making Foreign Policy for the u. S. Or any other government . Why we as a society are letting one private, rather opaque Company Become such an essential partner of this vulnerable population in ukraine. There are more satellite Internet Providers out there than star link, not to mention all the other Innovative Technologies that can get people connected. Please welcome a lot for years now. Elan mosque has been speaking out on multiple topics such as his contention that social media platforms require less intervention and more freedom of speech. His for res into the complex world of g o policy usually by way of his twitter feed or a more recent development. Just a week after, reportedly speaking with Vladimir Putin than echoing moscow as idea of what a Peace Agreement in ukraine should consist of. He weighed in on another dispute that pitts east versus west china and taiwan. He told the financial times, the taiwan, which declared independence in 1949, should be turned into a special administrate zone of china and come under beijings control. The Chinese Ambassador to the u. S. Took to twitter, to thank must not that his tweet got a lot of likes in china. The platform is banned there, but must, has a lot riding in the country. He is increasingly reliant on its Manufacturing Sector and has his eyes on the worlds biggest consumer market. Elan must clearly considers himself a geopolitical player, entering a world in which he has little experience to offer just interests to protect. Really, china and taiwan is the big game for him because he has big interests in tesla, in china or in china is a massive market. And therefore he wants to keep the Chinese Communist party on his side. Thats what is motivating him in making these public outbursts. Its ultimately bottom line business for him. I dont think hes being particularly greedy or ambitious when he dances with vladimir pu or claims to dance with Vladimir Putin. Hes just feeding his own ego and its deeply worrisome because its not done out of any profound insight or knowledge. Its done purely on a when he runs this Major Company space acts, which has engineers and scientists. And yet he, as the boss is an unstable person who doesnt actually know whats going on. Thats a very dangerous situation. Ah, whenever he long musk wants to get the word out. Twitter remains his platform of choice. 6 months ago when he announced his 44000000000. 00 bid to buy the company, he indicated that he would loosen its content, moderation and platforming policies. 3 months later he threatened to pull his offer off the table, only to commit to it once again. A few weeks ago, ah, why the interest in the 1st place, ellen must, has got the followers 100000000 flush. How would taking ownership of twitter benefit a billionaire who already seems to have it all . Its something that he. Busy rises as his persona, you know, from other businessmen been able to dominate the news waves in allows you to, to really have a lot of capital now on, on the cap, is it social capital . Through that social capital, youre able to build an image to build your own persona, which other is then then a fi with. He wants to control the public sphere in which we communicate in which we converse. He has significant concerns about the site and the way that its run. Hewitt decides to platform and who it doesnt. I think that means why he is so keen to take it over is he likes power and he knows the power of twitter because he has more than 100000000 people who hang alternately on his every word must. Twitter battle is a race to the bottom. Everyone is losing on the way down again, you know, as bangs the questions about who is in control of these essential communication platforms. Why are these singular billionaires making policy and advancing agenda rather than bribery, civil societies, strong institution, and folks who believe in Public Infrastructure unfortunately, right, the freedom of expression and robust public tours, thats really getting the short end of the worlds most famous media mobile. Rupert murdoch seems to be on the verge of a Major Business move. This one is not just about the bottom line. Its more about the line of succession mean oxy robbie has the details. Richard. Those in the know say that Rupert Murdoch is about to combine the 2 halves of his media empire, fox corp paid in company of the writing american outlet. Fox news, news corp, which owns publications like the times in the sun in the u. K. And the New York Post and the wall street journal in the u. S. Being the companies under one roof, we create a mega Media Corporation that can better compete for Online Advertising and subscriptions with tech giants like google, amazon, and netflix. This isnt a done deal yet. Fox corp makes money, but its business brand is toxic and Many News Corp shareholders may not want it in their portfolio. At 91 succession planning is something Rupert Murdoch has already been doing for decades. And this plan would clear the way for his eldest son, Laughlin Murdock, to eventually take over the entire media empire. He already had fox corp and co chair at news corp, ideologically Laughlin Murdock is known to be like the typically fox news viewer writing more than a little conspiracy. And triggered by so called political walking. Under his watch, fox news has sometimes provided a mainstream platform for some extremist views from the fringes of the american right. As it tonight, tens of millions of american suspect. This election was stolen from the if this deal does go through an Laughlin Murdock, the influence grows across the news corp. Prepared to see some editorial changes, not to be confused with improvements at outlets like the wall street journal. For me to the United Kingdom is in a state of political disarray with the Ruling Conservative Party melting down. Prime minister list trust resigning after just 44 days in office and the Wider Population dealing with a cost of living crunch, a rare wave of work stoppages as portrayed unions and the medias treatment of them into the spotlight. As successive rail strikes have taken place, influential right wing newspapers, including those owned by Rupert Murdoch, have cited with the government, blaming the union for travel disruptions that set the stage for a string of bruising broadcast interviews with the unions leader, nick lynch. But lynch has flipped the script, putting journalists on the defensive, over their habitual anti union approach. Combat of exchanges have since gone viral, shifting public opinion, the unions way exposing the kind of hostility on the media part that has long undermined the you case work in classes. The listening posts, daniel tory now on the coverage of labor issues in the british meeting more than a 100000 roll. Male postal workers have gone, striking a dispute over pay when an unprecedented moment in british politics. For the 1st time in 40 years, were having a significant burst the inflation workers at the countrys largest contain a shipping port finished. I have joined the list of those on strike from a price. The rise of Something Like 101012, and 13 percent a year. Viruses have been taking action over a month, escalating now with all out action, and with being for 15 years old, repeated squeezes on peoples wages. Its the biggest train strike in over 3 decades. In this moment, trade unions and we have this huge central significance at the full front of the strike, sweeping across britain is the rail maritime in transport, union, the warranty. In june, its members walked out for the 6th time this year of the pay and plant job cuts for 3. 00 days. Much of the countrys metro and rail network was at a standstill. And in the News Coverage, the r m t was feeling the heat for a lot about you is due on the face of the stress, the disruption that they gotta face. But when the unions leader make lynch hit, the t. V. Studios. The tables began to tot lynch is someone who is prepared to take, own the media in a way that we dont often see how ever much latent journalists try to attack it. He can stand up to his, are you or are you not a marxist . Because if you are a marxist, then your into revolution and into bringing down capitalism, richard, you to come out were the most remarkable twaddle, jumped on his technique, is very much to question the question of the minor shrug. Boy, you know, a lot of that, but i am just the carriage i often i real, its very rare for a trade union leader and to be able to stand up till media pressure the way a t been t use ago. We have a trade in leader is a trading leader will turn up in the studio and would be to be bullied by a tv present. If you see the marginalized road of trade unions in many areas of life, you are a dinosaur. Oh, and in the die ah, there was a raffle on while you watch mc leach, directv interview, a tv printer might have one or 2 facts. A mic lynch know