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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 m ....
And a group of tourists being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 2h hours has been released. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about their community being damaged by an oil leak from a pipeline in september. the nazi holocaust claimed the lives of six million jewish people. photographs have helped to identify some of those killed, but many people in pictures from the time remain unidentified. now facial recognition technology is being used to try to bring names to faces. our technology reporter james clayton reports. as soon as my aunt heard the boots, she knew that she has to hide me. blanche fixler was a child in poland when the nazis came looking for her. germans came and they looked every little place, they looked in every corner, and i said, you d better not breathe or sneeze or anything, or you ll be dead. blanche s mother and her ....
Lots of emotional tweets. another said. for others it was simply by. elon musk made it clear last friday big changes were coming. twitter is regarded as influential but hasn t made a profit in years and it has also failed to attract new users. it makes its money from adverts and businesses are spending less on that the financial crisis bites. there have been calls for brands to boycott twitter in protest. something he addressed to today. a number of major advertisers have stopped spending. this doesn t seem right because we ve made no change in our operations at all. elon musk is planning to charge a monthly fee for verification, currently given out for free as a badge of authenticity. he is also looking up at setting up a moderation board to oversee situations ....
Political parties mobilise the public. and that is how you are democratic. and so the democratic thing to do is to mobilise the public and protest. mobilise the public and protest- mobilise the public and rotest. , , protest. and protest they did. some throwing protest. and protest they did. some throwing rocks - protest. and protest they did. some throwing rocks and - protest. and protest they did. i some throwing rocks and police throwing tear gas in return. the former prime minister has made it clear he will not back down. samira hussain, bbc news, lahore. for more on this we can speak to samina yasmeen, she s the director of the centre for muslim states and societies at the university of western australia. professor, thank you very much forjoining us. good afternoon to you in melbourne. these accusations mr khan is making, no evidence to back them up, as you have heard. what is he trying to achieve here? i think he isim trying to achieve here? i think he isjust raising trying ....