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wealth who are reimagining the scottish landscape in our day. allan little, bbc news, in the highlands. that s it. newsnight is about to start over on bbc two with a special programme on the migrant crisis. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello. a fresh and sunny day awaits for most on thursday after a widely cold start, a frost in places. there will be some lingering cloud, patchy drizzle from the overnight across parts of southeast and the channel islands, wintry showers continue in northern scotland. snow falling to lower levels, giving a slight covering in places. elsewhere, the odd wintry shower possible around the coast, hail, maybe a bit of sleet over any higher ground. more showers in the far north of scotland, developing a bit more widely in northern ireland throughout the day, but for most, they stay dry and sunny, and it s cold, 5 9 celsius, down on what we d normally expected at this stage in november. but temperature ....
more than a third of the world s population are active users of facebook and its other social media products. no company in the world has such power and yet such little transparency. but things are changing. since friday, a consortium of news organizations in the united states has begun publishing a series of stories called the facebook papers the evidence comes from hundreds of internal company documents which have been sent to the securities and exchange commission and provided to congress, by facebook whistleblower frances haugen and her legal counsel. the evidence points directly at mark zuckerberg. time and again in these papers, company insiders say the facebook ceo chose profit over safety, compromising his own rules, with disastrous outcomes. today, ms haugen was here in the uk to give evidence to a parliamentary committee. she told them her former employer is unquestionably making hate worse . the algorithms take people who have very mainstream interests i ....
the united states is rolling out another $800 million aid package to ukraine, the second in two weeks, according to the department of defense, this latest package is tailored to meet the needs of ukrainian forces after russian troops began a new offensive in the eastern part of the country. it includes 72 howitzers and 144,000 rounds of artillery, dozens of tactical vehicles and drones, and field equipment and spare parts and others that will remain secret, according to the department of defense, the u.s. we move weapons and equipment to ukraine at record speed. we ve sent thousands of anti-armor and anti-missile helicopter, drone, grenades, radar system, we won t be able to advertise everything that our partners are doing to support ukraine and the fight for freedom but to modernize teddy roosevelt s famous advice, sometimes it pays to speak softly and carry a large javelin. according to the department of defense, the u.s. has committed more than $4 billion in se ....
all of his time saving his own skin. is the sorry from the pm enough for you now? how are you left feeling after sue gray s initial findings into pa rtygate? do let me know it s @vicderbyshire on twitter and instagram. meanwhile, borisjohnson makes his way to ukraine this morning to hold talks with the country s president as tension grows over whether russian forces on the border will invade. good morning, i m ben boulos. our other stories this morning. myanmar marks the first anniversary of the military coup with a silent strike. the un says the country is now in a state of civil war. and five letters sell for seven figures. the new york times purchases the popular daily puzzle, wordle. hello, we are live in downing street and in numberten hello, we are live in downing street and in number ten borisjohnson is meeting his top team, the members of his cabinet, who went into the building a little earlier this morning. when they emerge we will try and grab a word with ....
follow-up. that is consistent with the reports from donald trump and others that he got the target letter and the indictment is looming. we re getting potential details or clarity on what the charges could entail. several outlets reporting russ smith is eyeing and then possibly a third charge. details on that according to the new york times are that the third statute might be a civil rights law that s previously been used in voter fraud cases, conspiracy against rights. the two or more persons conspire to intimidate, injure, or a person in a constitutional right. that was enacted during the civil war. when feds were trying to go after white supremacists, including the kkk, trying to stifle black voting. in the modern era it s been used in cases, including those that involve voter fraud conspiracies. to show that jack smith is serious about potentially issuing a potential second indictment of donald trump. and as we have been doing as this story heated up, we begin ....