hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certa
hundreds of thousands of people in somalia are facing extreme hunger after the worst drought in a0 years. 300,000 people are living in famine conditions with another 2 million on the brink of famine. it s hard to imagine the situation more desperate, more urgent, more compelling. twitter confirms that the world s richest man, elon musk, is going through with his bid to buy the company. reaching for the sky. the man who spent 16 years building his own spit fire from scratch and finally taking off. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in ukraine where the country s forces have retaken more territory from the russians in the south. the focus is near the city of kherson in one of the regions unlawfully annexed by russia last week. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances against russian forces. in his nightly video address, he asserted that in the
paid their last respects to mikhail gorbachev, the man who brought the cold war to an end. the death of mikhail gorbachev really does mark the end of an extraordinary era in history. a rare period when russia was opening up to the world. mississippi police charge a man with making terrorist threats after a warning that he d crash a twin engine aeroplane into a us discount store. hello and welcome to bbc news. very good to have you with a s. us. nasa tried and failed again on saturday to get its space launch system vehicle to lift off from florida s kennedy space center. the countdown had to be halted three hours before launch, because of a fuel leak. it s the second postponement in a week. the artemis programme aims to once again send humans to the moon in 2025, but the nasa team has suggested there may now be a significant delay to the project. our science editor, rebecca morelle, sent this update latest from kennedy space center in florida. there s a real sense of di
offices of think there is a feeling. the offices of the think there is a feeling. the offices of the 1922 think there is a feeling. the offices of the 1922 are filing in so graham brady is opening a magic envelope. 357 votes cast, out of a possible 358. i will need the name of the candidate and number of votes cast in alphabetical order. kemi badenoch, 58. penny mordaunt, 82. rishi sunak, 115. liz truss, 71. tom tugendhat, 31. so tom tugendhat is eliminated from the election. the other candidates are able to go forward to a fourth ballot which will take tomorrow between one and three pn, will take tomorrow between one and three pm, with the result announced at apm. studio: short, sweet and to the point. it s a hot all day and it s a hot committee room. kemi badenoch, she had 58 votes, up nine on five days ago on the last round. penny mordaunt on 82, down one by my estimation. rishi sunak with 115, up 14 estimation. rishi sunak with 115, up 1a on five days ago. and liz t
hello and welcome. the uk is today taking delivery of liquefied natural gas, or lng, shipped all the way from australia. it s part of europe s preparations for the winter at a time when gas supplies from russia are under threat because of the war in ukraine. the uk is home to three of the largest lng terminals in europe, and this delivery could be consumed across europe. australia doesn t usually sell gas this far afield, and it s signalled that it might have to limit its exports because of its own supply problems. joining me now is james huckstepp, head of emea gas analytics, s&p global commodity insights. thanks very much for being with us today, james. how much of a problem solver is this shipment? problem solver is this shiment? , , , shipment? the shipment is really part shipment? the shipment is really part of shipment? the shipment is really part of what - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we have | rea