is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england s progress at the men s t20 world cup match looks precarious as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company s san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early investor in
This is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. elon musk finally completes his $44 billion that s £38 billion takeover of twitter and has apparently sacked the chief executive and other seniorfigures. what we are now going to see, almost certainly, is more free speech and potentially an invitation to donald trump to invite him back. new elections loom in northern ireland after politicians at stormont miss the deadline for restoring power sharing. the uk government defends pm rishi sunak s decision not to attend next month s cop 27 climate summit amid growing criticism. ministers like me, i ll be attending, recognising this
Fein, the nationalist party, merging of the largest party here, and the dup is the second party. the dup say no matter the results of the selection they will not be returning to stormont until the northern ireland protocol and the post brexit trading arrangements are scrapped or significantly altered, so we could be in exactly the same position in a few months where the building by me, which should be full of politicians making big decisions about health care budgets, education, public transport, is still empty. civil servants are taking over from politicians at the moment, but they don t have the powers to make those big decisions, and in the meantime, people in northern ireland are left with the in limbo. people that are worried about paying their mortgage, their rent, their heating bills, and their rent, their heating bills, and the spiralling cost of living, the selection will cost around £6.5 million to put on and you have to ask, what is it going to achieve?
But the dup remains the largest unionist group, so it still has a veto. power sharing here has always been fragile. devolution has only been fully operating for little more than two out of the last six years. one of the biggest consequences has been a delay to health service reforms. northern ireland has the longest hospital waiting times in the uk. stephen s daughter abigail has spent most of her life on various waiting lists. it s a lot of stress that the family don t need, because looking after abigail is stressful enough. but you have the added pressure then of chasing consultants, chasing waiting lists, trying to fight to get her onto a waiting list. it s just been living hell. and business leaders say repeated problems at stormont are putting off potential investors. we understand there are difficult political issues there, but for businesses,
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