the inquiry into the manchester arena bombing finds mi5 missed a significant opportunity to take action that might have stopped the attack. we ll look ahead to china s national people s congress the first since xi jinping extended his grip on power. and how the great pyramid of giza continues to reveal extraordinary secrets: scientists discover a mysterious hidden corridor. voice-over: live from | our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello, and welcome to the programme. in the us, thejury in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well known and wealthy family, carried out the killings in an effort to distract from the fact he had been stealing from the family firm. here s the moment the verdicts were read out in court. guilty verdict. signed by the fall lady, 3 2 23. we guilty verdict. signed by the fall lady, 3-2- 23. fall lady, 3-2- 23. we will “ust fall l
bombing. 22 people died in the 2017 attacked the inquiry finds mi5 didn t miss a significant chance to take action that might ve prevented it. as the number of dead from greases train wreck rises to 57 public anger mounts over decades of underinvestment and lack of safety standards. we began in india where the 620 meeting has taken place and where the us and russian foreign ministers met in public for the first time since the invasion of ukraine. their exchange has been tense. it s normal for a joint statement to be made at the 620 come at this time no statement was made. the disagreements between western countries and russia made that impossible. earlierwe countries and russia made that impossible. earlier we heard from the us secretary antony blinken. i told the foreign minister what i and so many others said last week at the united nations and what so many 620 foreign minister said today, and this war of aggression. engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce injust an
workforce of 8,000 might be reduced by as much as half. many twitter staff have been finding out via email that they no longer have a job. 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 the 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, certainly frustrating, certainly some angen frustrating, certainly some anger. also in some cases some relief, right? because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of this year. there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. another said. for others it was simply by. elon musk ma
famous theatres in london lose grants in favour of bodies outside the capital, in a major change to arts funding in england. and exactly 100 years since its discovery we hear about the continuing fascination with tutankhamun s 3,000 year old tomb. coming up on the bbc news channel, england know they have to beat sri lanka tomorrow to reach the t20 world cup semifinal, after australia edged a close win over afghanistan. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. in a week that s been dominated by news about the immigration system, the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using migrant camps in northern france as a recruitment ground offering to pay the passage of people who are prepared to work in the uk s illegal drugs trade. albanians account for at least one third of the 38,000 people who ve crossed the channel to england this year, according to the latest to the latest government figures. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson has this report. for each boat, eac
time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. but so much in the west because we have this cloud spilling in. it is wrapped around that big area of low pressure, and the low itself will not reach us just yet but i had a bit, pushing well ahead of it, all of this cloud and that is beginning to arrive across parts of northern ireland, limiting the sunshine. further east, it has been a beautiful day, this was the picture at whitby in north yorkshire. we have seen one or two light show is running in off the irish sea into parts of north west england and one or two bumping into the far west and fat north of scotland but generally it is dry with a lot more sunshine to come over the next couple of hours with temperatures holding at around 12 13 celsius and it ll get cold this evening for eastern areas with those clearer skies. to the west, some more showers running in off the irish sea, heavy showers in scotland moving up towards the northern isles, then that now that we saw i