peter singer, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. it s good to be with you again. it s great to be here and have you here with me, and partly the reason is because you ve written an updated, rewritten version of that book you almost five decades ago, animal liberation. it s called animal liberation now. is the publication of this update recognition that your call, your demand for a new relationship between humanity and all the other creatures on this planet, that that call failed? well, it failed to achieve what i had hoped it would achieve and what i believe ethically it needs to achieve, that s true. it didn t totally fail because there is now an animal rights movement which is a powerfulforce in many of the countries in the world and many people kindly credit my book as having triggered or inspired that movement. and that movement has had some achievements in some countries, i wouldn t deny that, but if we look at it globally, there are more animals in factory farms t
the social media company twitter has begun sudden and sweeping job cuts to save money. it s thought its new owner elon musk, who s the world s richest man, might reduce the platform s workforce of 8 thousand by as much as half. many twitter staff are 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 e mail 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. 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. f
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
for national statistics show about 1.9 million people tested positive for coronavirus in the week ending the 24th of october. discounts on energy bills will be offered to households that use less power during peak times under plans from the national grid to avoid blackouts. the scheme is going to be tested in england, scotland and wales on 12 days between now and march, though only properties with a smart meter will be able to take part. national grid estimates it could save eligible households up to £100. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. it s the time of day when many of us get home, put on the lights, and all the appliances as well. but millions of us could now earn money off our bills by using less electricity when demand is at its peak. julie, in saffron walden, is up for it. so what i ve done is i ve ditched the kettle and i bought this water dispenser. the reason i ve done that is because i was finding that i was boiling the same piece of water time and
a move that critics say is challenging america s commitment to the separation of church and state. barbara plett usher reports. in this divided nation, the christian right has found a new voice. this country belongs to god almighty. this is not a church service, hundreds of people are being baptised after a rally in pennsylvania, some overwhelmed by their experience of god. thousands have turned out because they believe their christian values are under attack, and that god belongs in government. you cannot separate god from politics, you cannot take him out of our government! these events tap into people s anger about covid the man himself dialled in while his son was on stage. we love you all and we are going to bring this country back because our country has never been in such bad shape. they are reframing the american conservative politics as spiritual warfare against a radical left. these people have travelled here from north carolina. they took awayjesus and everything s