also meeting with british prime minister rishi sunak. the bbc has been speaking to twitter s owner, elon musk. the last minute, unexpected interview came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. do you have any regrets about buying twitter? i think it was something that needed to be done. it s been quite difficult. i would say, the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. this hasn t been some sort of party, so, it s been really quite a stressful situation in the last several months, not an easy one. so it s been quite painful, but i think at the end of the day, it should have been done and were there many mistakes made along the way? of course. and james clayton explained how the in
junior doctors in england are on strike until the weekend in an ongoing row over pay that set to cause major disruption to services. welcome back to bbc news we will be back with lucy in belfast. sport first. here s will perry. hello from the bbc sport centre. huge night in the champions league at the etihad. pep guardiola has defended his record in the competition with manchester city, as his side take on bayern munich in the quarter final first leg. guardiola comes up against the man who denied him in chelsea s 2021 final victory in porto, thomas tuchel, and the spaniard has failed to win the trophy since his 2011 triumph with barcelona 12 years ago. the champions league has long been city s goal since the takeover of the club in 2008, yet guardiola says success is far from guaranteed. how many masters have played in his career? in 30 or a0 years as a golfer? 30 years, four majors, like it is a champions league in comparison, how many? 130. 18 out of 130. he loses more than
liz truss is expected to start appointing her new cabinet later today. one of the most pressing issues she will face is how to deal with soaring energy bills. details are beginning to emerge of a plan that could see energy bills frozen at their current levels for 18 months. we ll hear from voters about what they want from the new prime minister. i feel like there needs to be somebody who is a little bit more honest, a bit more transparent, and has a goal which is going to be to make the world a better place for this generation, because as a mother, i m really worried, with the cost of income with everything. and coming up on the bbc news channel. rafa nadal is out of the us open after losing to american frances tiafoe in the spaniards first grand slam defeat this year. good afternoon from downing street. in the last half hour, liz truss has met the queen at balmoral and been formally appointed as the country s new prime minister. this afternoon she will address the nation fro
her predecessor, borisjohnson, left downing street for the last time. in his farewell speech, he urged the conservative party to unite behind his successor. let me say i am now like one of those booster rockets that has fullfilled its function, and i will be gently reentering the atmosphere and splashing down invisibly in some remote and obsecure corner of the pacific. we will have the latest on the change in prime minister and the challenges that liz truss faces. especially the cost of fuel and the cost of living crisis, with a new plan expected this week costing tens of billions of pounds to help households and businesses. for some, to help cannot come soon enough and we will hearfrom to help cannot come soon enough and we will hear from those already feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living. feeling the pressure over the rising cost of living- cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook cost of living. because of the gas, i don t cook so cost of living