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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 are many mistakes made along the way, of course? live now to san francisco and our technology correspondent james clayton. this was ....
including some top secret material. the documents first appeared on online platforms such as twitter, lichan and telegram, as well on the messaging platform discord. the leak reveals information about the deployment and state of ukrainian and russian forces ahead of a ukrainian spring offensive and appear to outline us training and equipment being provided to ukraine ahead of that offensive. there are also suggestions that ukraine s air force may not be able to withstand more russian attacks. other leaked material included intelligence on other countries such as china, israel, and south korea. officials say they do not currently know the source of the leaks. the bbc s barbara plett usher has more. the pentagon says the us is still very much in the finding out phase. we are told that this is a serious risk to us national security and that it is a matter of top priority. a number of government agencies are working together to try to find out how this happened and what the ....
us. further lockdown easing as more children return to school in scotland and hairdressers reopen in wales. a new £3 billion plan to improve bus services in england, but there are concerns the money won t be ready quickly enough. at the grammys, beyonce breaks the record for the most awards ever won by a woman. as an artist, i believe it is myjob and all of ourjobs to reflect the times and it has been such a difficult time. and coming up at 10:30am, we ll talk live to katie price as her petition to make it more difficult for online trolls to be anonymous passes 100,000 signatures. good morning. the prime minister will chair a meeting today of the government s crime and justice taskforce after saying he is deeply concerned about the way police handled a vigil in memory of sarah everard. borisjohnson said every part of the criminaljustice system needed to work to protect and defend women and girls. among those attending today s summit will be the metropolitan polic ....
Also on the program, aarons here of course talking about the companies that has wall street salivating. Its the burger joint taking america by storm. And what started as one hot dog cart in new york city 14 years ago is now a global chain, valued at 745 million. So, yeah well take a look at the shake shack shares as they start trading today on the new york stock exchange. Hello. Its 12 00 noon in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington 2 00 p. M. In south africa where the notorious apartheid era death squad leader eugene de kock has been granted parole. Hes been in prison for 20 years. The government says that its decision will help the process of national reconciliation. Well have more on that in just a moment. First, Mike Wooldridge reports. Reporter the Police Officer was highly decorated by the Apartheid Regime he served ....