this is bbc news, i'm victoria valentine with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. "the bird is freed" — elon musk�*s reaction after completing a $41; billion takeover of twitter. his first move is to fire the senior mangement. america's special envoy on climate change tells the bbc the world could still limit global warming to internationally agreed targets, but only if countries increase their efforts immediately. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the emissions, to more rapidly transition, it is plausible. fresh elections to the northern ireland assembly

could be called later, after a legal deadline for the resumption of power—sharing passed at midnight. prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a "raw and unflinchingly honest" account of his life. and proof that bumblebees really do get a buzz out of playing with balls. elon musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. the company's chief executive is reported to be among

a number of seniorfigures who've been fired, sources told us media they were escorted from the firm's headquarters. he has just tweeted, "the bird is freed". earlier this year, mr musk, the world's richest person, attempted to back out of the purchase. we'll talk later to our tech correspondent james clayton. the united nations says there's no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds

agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been "woefully inadequate" in their actions to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27, the global climate conference taking place this year in egypt, the new british prime minister rishi sunak has decided not to attend. downing street says he has "other pressing domestic commitments". the us climate envoy john kerry told the bbc in order to achieve the climate goals, all countries had to work together urgently. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the emissions, to more rapidly transition, it is plausible that we can hold it, very close to that 1.5 or close to it. it's been noticeably warmer here in the uk over the last few days, but it's nowhere near as hot as spain and france,

where autumn temperatures have reached 3a degrees celsius in some places. meteorologists say this could turn out to be the hottest october ever. wendy urquhart reports. after nearly two years or scrimping and saving to the covid pandemic, cities across spain are sizzling in the autumn heatwave, and business owners are optimistic the extended season will help them balance the books at last. but while hundreds stretch out on the beach for a day in the sunshine, those who have to work are not so happy about the hot weather. translation: i hot weather. translation: �* , . translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot- — translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this— translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year- translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year it - translation: i didn't expect it to be so hot. this year it is - to be so hot. this year it is too hot to work in the sun, that's why i'm wearing a cap. we usually have a southerly wind — we usually have a southerly wind and _ we usually have a southerly wind and a nice temperature, but this— wind and a nice temperature, but this year it's excessively hot — but this year it's excessively hot. �* , ,., ~ but this year it's excessively hot. �*, ,., ~ ., ., hot. it's baking hot in front too, hot. it's baking hot in front too. with — hot. it's baking hot in front

too, with temperatures - hot. it's baking hot in front - too, with temperatures climbing too, with temperatures climbing to around 2a degrees nationwide, but some fear this balmy weather is down to climate change. translation: , ., ., , translation: each year, dozens of record high _ translation: each year, dozens of record high temperatures - translation: each year, dozens of record high temperatures are l of record high temperatures are beaten, and there were no longer record lows, so it's a characteristic sign of climate change. once again, this year is completely exceptional in that regard.— is completely exceptional in that regard. spain's national weather centre _ that regard. spain's national weather centre says - that regard. spain's national. weather centre says mainland temperatures are 10 degrees higher than usual during the day, and hovering around 25 degrees overnight, 1a degrees higher than normal. let's go back to melbourne now, where we can speak to david holmes. he's the director of the monash climate change communication research hub and is heading to cop27 in sharm el sheikh. thank you so much forjoining me, david. wendy was talking

about extreme temperatures, things we don't normally see, the hottest october in europe, we think. what is going on? is it climate change or is something else going on? it’s something else going on? it's aood to something else going on? it's good to be — something else going on? it�*s good to be with you. i think what's happening is we are seeing the effects of climate change overwhelming the normal variability that you see around the world. it's particularly being felt in europe at the moment. you havejust come off the hottest ever summer on record, which beat the record only set last year. as your clip showed earlier, heading towards the hottest october as well. so this is something we are seeing is a general trend, particularly in the northern hemisphere. you've got the fact that european heat average is

now up to nearly 2 degrees hotter than preindustrial levels. that's much hotter than, say, the global average, which is 1.2 degrees above preindustrial levels. part of thatis preindustrial levels. part of that is due to the fact the northern hemisphere to sell is 40% land and 60% water, as opposed to where we are in australia, where we have 20% land and 80% water. water tends to abs all that excess heat in terms of how the climate energy imbalance works. —— to absorb that excess heat. so you are feeling it more in europe, making the records. the new british prime _ making the records. the new british prime minister- making the records. the new british prime minister rishi l british prime minister rishi sunak is not going to attend this event. does that matter, and if so, why, and it what

ways? —— in what ways? it and if so, why, and it what ways? -- in what ways? it is uuite a ways? -- in what ways? it is quite a setback— ways? -- in what ways? it is quite a setback in _ ways? -- in what ways? it is quite a setback in terms - ways? -- in what ways? it is quite a setback in terms of. quite a setback in terms of trying to build on the work from glasgow. rishi sunak and yourformer prime from glasgow. rishi sunak and your former prime minister borisjohnson attended glasgow. there were a whole lot of measures there that still have not been included, and there is scope to do that at sharm el—sheikh in egypt injust over a week. what's clear is the ambition needs be increased at sharm el—sheikh. basically, glasgow was productive in that it got the world down from three degrees to 2.5 degrees as a target, but we need to go a lot harder and further to get below 2 degrees, and ideally 1.5 degrees. unfortunately, a

lot of the countries that pledged more ambitious targets in glasgow are not carrying that on and bringing it to the table. to have the leadership of the host country for glasgow attending at sharm el—sheikh is actually quite important. david, thank you for your time. i hope the summit goes well. let's go live to san francisco now and talk to our north america tech correspondent james clayton. the bird is freed, says elon musk. we think musk has fired the head of legal policy, trust and safety. the man who made the decision to permanently suspend donald trump. what does all of this mean? how is a musk

takeover going to shake up the platform? it takeover going to shake up the latform? . ., ., platform? if confirmed, that would be — platform? if confirmed, that would be huge, _ platform? if confirmed, that would be huge, he - platform? if confirmed, that would be huge, he has - platform? if confirmed, that| would be huge, he has swept away the entire top team of twitter, and the chief executive parag agrawal, it's a real statement that said, i am the boss of twitter and i don't like the direction twitter has been directed in. parag agrawal, the chief executive, and previous to that, jack dorsey, the former ceo, are the two people elon musk really believes mismanaged twitter. what we are now going to see, almost certainly, is more free speech and potentially an invitation to donald trump to invite him back onto the platform. this has massive ramifications for free speech, moderation, alsojust us moderation, also just us politics moderation, alsojust us politics more generally. it certainly does, because the platform is hugely popular with global politicians. and relied on by millions around the world

for their news as well. how does all of that change under this company structure, as it becomes a private company? does that alter anything or not? i don't think it's going to alter anything in the short—term, but you will see people who used to be banned invited back onto the platform almost certainly. elon musk has said he is a free speech absolutist, but people who sell adverts don't want the advert next to hate speech and disinformation, so it won't end “p disinformation, so it won't end up being a totally free place where you can say whatever you like. there will be some moderation there, itjust appears there will be a lot less moderation. i think that will end up meaning there will be a lot more disinformation on the platform, things like qanon theories, and leaders saying elections were won when they weren't. that is the price for free speech, and that is what

musk believes. he believes passionately in twitter. he also believes twitter is going to expand a lot, he wants it to be called project x. we don't know what the title will be, but he describes it as the app for everything, very mysterious, he is an enigmatic figure but also successful. interesting to see what he does. his first step, it appears he has cleaned out the top executives at twitter. thanks, james in san francisco. let's go to melbourne now, and speak tojosh taylor. he's a tech reporter at the guardian australia. i hope you were listening to james there. do you think the likes of donald trump will be back now that musk is the self proclaimed g twit? that back now that musk is the self proclaimed g twit?— back now that musk is the self

proclaimed g twit? that is the ultimate question, _ proclaimed g twit? that is the ultimate question, we - proclaimed g twit? that is the ultimate question, we will - proclaimed g twit? that is the | ultimate question, we will have to wait and see. it's whether donald trump would want to come back as well. donald trump is very erratic and unpredictable, similar to elon musk. you might not even want to come back. i predict if he is offered the opportunity, he probably will, because he did use it back in the trunk presidency, his daily tweets were something everyone had to follow, for good or bad. he probably misses the audience. —— the trump presidency. we are going to see some widespread trends... elon musk is talking about how this is going to be great for the freedom of speech, more openness on there, but if it comes at the cost of people are becoming much more abused on the platform, i think people will move away from it. free speech, minorities are often

targeted by the worst actors on the internet, their own speech will be compromised if there is any sort of loosening on the moderation part of it. really interesting. _ moderation part of it. really interesting. he _ moderation part of it. really interesting. he took - moderation part of it. really interesting. he took over- moderation part of it. really. interesting. he took over with characteristic bombast, shall we say, visiting the san francisco office earlier this week, on wednesday, with a sink, i can see you shaking your head! a pretty heavy—handed metaphorfor your head! a pretty heavy—handed metaphor for the kitchen—sinking, the idea of a corporate clean—out, if you don't know what that means. how don't know what that means. how do people view him within your world, the tech space, is he a good thing or not? he isjust one of those unpredictable figures. one of those unpredictable fiaures. ., figures. you can never tell where he _ figures. you can never tell where he is _ figures. you can never tell where he is going - figures. you can never tell where he is going to - figures. you can never tell where he is going to go. i figures. you can never tell. where he is going to go. he promises the world, some of it comes to fruition, some of it does not. the tesla announcement, sometimes it does get there, sometimes it doesn't. spacex, starling has

been quite good... he has been inserting himself into the geopolitics of public debates, the ukraine debate. trans—gender issues. he is wildly erratic and it's really hard to report on him a lot of the time, because he is so unpredictable. some of the stuff, it's pretty obvious from the way he uses twitter, he loves using it, that's why he bought it, but he likes being able to basically play to a crowd and get a lot of decent response. you see him posting some of the weirdest memes i've seen online. itjust makes him really unpredictable. i didn't predict he would take over twitter until today when it finally went through, because they were so many twists and turns and it was never obvious he would get there in the end. thanks so much, josh. we will

look more on the business side of this, the financing, what all of it might mean, and who is going to benefit, who is better off as a result of elon musk in charge of twitter. the deadline for restoring a devolved government in northern ireland has passed without the establishment of a power—sharing executive. the democratic unionist party continues to block the move because of its opposition to post—brexit trading arrangements. a december election now looks likely. one person has died in a mass stabbing in the northern italian city of milan. several others were injured, including a football player for arsenal and monza, pablo mari. he's recovering in hospital. police have arrested a man who they say has psychiatric problems. officials have ruled out terrorism. the south korean military says that north korea has fired a ballistic missile off its east coast. in recent weeks, pyongyang has launched several sets of missiles in response to joint military exercises

between the south and the united states. stay with us on bbc news, still to come. prince harry announces the title and publication date for his much—anticipated memoir. indira gandhi, ruler of the world's largest democracy, died today. only yesterday, she had spoken of dying in the service of her country and said, i would be proud of it, every drop of my blood will contribute to the growth of this nation. after 46 years of unhappiness, these two countries have concluded a chapter of history. no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty. of what each day might bring. booster ignition, and lift—off of discovery with the crew of six astronaut heroes and one american legend. well, enjoying the show

is right — this is beautiful. a milestone in human history. born today, this girl in india is the seven billionth person on the planet. this is bbc news, the main story this hour. elon musk has completed his $41! billion takeover of twitter. shortly after buying the company he fired the senior management, and tweeted "the bird is freed." a long—awaited memoir by prince harry is due to be published in the new year. his publisher penguin random house says the book will be titled spare, and will give

the story of his life, including the death of his mother in 1997 and his decision to give up royal duties and move to the us. joining me now is royal commentator and lawyer edward wang. what do you make of this book? we finally have a date, the book had been in the wings for quite some time and was rather delayed after the very sad death of her late majesty queen elizabeth last month. the timing of it is still not the greatest, given we are in a transition period. his majesty the king is riding a wave of goodwill and trying to consolidate the beginning of his reign while he prepares for the coronation. and now we have the coronation. and now we have the potential for a the coronation. and now we have the potentialfor a major the potential for a major disruption just the potentialfor a major disruptionjust a the potentialfor a major disruption just a few months leading up to his coronation next may. leading up to his coronation next may-—

leading up to his coronation next may. leading up to his coronation next ma . ., ., i. ~ , next may. how do you think this is auoin next may. how do you think this is going to _ next may. how do you think this is going to be — next may. how do you think this is going to be received? - next may. how do you think this is going to be received? at - is going to be received? at least is going to be received? git least from the palace's perspective, there will be some concerns. as you know, the next season of the tv series the crown will be airing later this month and already portrays the king and queen camilla in a negative manner with their relationship with diana the princess of wales, so this is a double whammy as we are unsure of the contents of the book. but given the recent negative attention towards the sussexes, for example in the recent book released by valentine lola, i think they are going to retake the narrative in order to portray themselves in a rather positive and sympathetic manner. in order to do that, they have to cast the negativity on another side, and unfortunately i believe that side will be his majesty the king, and to a lesser extent,

queen camilla, and even his royal highness the prince of wales. ~ ., ., , wales. worth saying at this state wales. worth saying at this stage that _ wales. worth saying at this stage that we _ wales. worth saying at this stage that we don't - wales. worth saying at this stage that we don't know. wales. worth saying at this i stage that we don't know what the contents of the book are and what tone it will take, but we do know the title, we've seen the cover. what do you make of that, the phrase, heir and a spare, which is what it is referring to, not very well known around the world, known in the uk but not elsewhere. do you think it was the right thing to do, to go with that line, and have a very candid, close up shot of prince harry? as i said before, the sussexes are really trying to take the narrative and portray themselves in a positive manner. that word, spare, is really to turn up emotions and support for prince harry, and i think that's the avenue they are trying to take. in the commonwealth countries, we do

understand it is the heir who inherits the titles, the position and the money. so we do have some sympathy for the sprayer. in that respect, the prince is trying to capitalise on that. —— for despair. the sussexes have 24/7 security in america, it's not cheap, and they have two generate revenue to support that expenditure. —— for the spare. now it's time for all the sports news — here's mark. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. we are going to start with the t20 cricket world cup down under. two big matches on friday. hosts australia take on england with both teams under pressure to win or risk an early exit. ireland and afghanistan go head—to—head in the day's other match. meanwhile, there was a thriller on thursday as zimbabwe put pakistan away in perth — needing three to win,

from the last two balls, pakistan's mohammed nawaz holed out in dramatic circumstances, as shahid afridi was run out off the last ball. zimbabwe winning by one run, with their first ever victory outside of the first round of the men's t20 world cup. elsewhere, rilee roussouw hit the first century of the tournament, as south africa beat bangladesh in sydney. roussouw smashed 109 from 56 balls, as the proteas made 205—5 from their 20 overs and, in reply, bangladesh were bowled out forjust 101 with anrich nortje taking four wickets as south africa won by 104 runs. india made it two wins out of two, thrashing the netherlands. they batted first, virat kohli top scoring with 62, as they made 179—2. the dutch reply never really got going. they limped to 123—9, losing by 56 runs. the result leaves india a point clear at the top of the group. cristiano ronaldo marked his return to the manchester united

fold with his 701st career goal, to see out a comfortable 3—0 europa league win over sheriff tiraspol to set up a group decider with real sociedad in spain next week. the headlines were always going to be about cristiano ronaldo, whether he scored or not, and he did, to help united cruise to a 3—0 victory. manager erik ten hag eased the tensions between himself and ronaldo after his strop against spurs, by starting him, and he delivered with a goal near the end, his header was saved, he swept in the rebound and stared into the stretford end with his hands clasped across his chest. a goal in each half from dalot and substitute rashford put the game beyond sheriff, who offered very little. harry maguire and donny van de beek also got some minutes as they came back from injury. scientists in the uk have discovered that bumble bees enjoy playing with balls just as much as humans and dogs do. researchers at queen mary university of london say the research, published in thejournal, animal

behaviour, provides a strong indication that insect minds are far more sophisticated than we might imagine. aruna iyengar has this report. an extraordinary sight, a bee playing with a ball. it's more than just cute, researchers say it shows with the first time insects interacting with inanimate objects as a form of play. that suggests their minds are more complex than we previously thought. bees are known to work cooperatively in hives, they give us honey and wax, and our ecosystem relied on them through pollination. but despite their tiny size and range, they are far from just nature's workhorses. a team at the queen mary university and london designed experiments where bees roll wooden balls, and they found they showed a playful side without any extra

inducement like a sugary treat. they went back to the toys again and again. hello. with 18 degrees in edinburgh on thursday, 21 in london, it doesn't feel like the last few days of october out there, it will stay very mild into the weekend, often windy and there will be further rain at times, with low pressure anchored to the west of the uk and around it spinning through towards us these weather fronts to give these spells of rain but also drier, sunnier moments at times, too. all the while, the air coming from a long way south of us, although temperatures take a little bit of a step backwards during friday, they will head back up again during saturday. starting with a lot of rain across western parts on friday morning, some strong winds, too, gales in places, a lot of standing water spraying northern ireland, the heavy rain runs into western scotland, there could be some flooding and disruption. we'll all see a spell of rain in the morning,

not much across east anglia and the south—east, compared with elsewhere. look how far away from the far north of scotland and northern isles, just about gone into the afternoon to allow much drier, brighter picture with just a few showers around. these will bring gusts north wales northwards, 50mph or so, in fact, into the far north of scotland for a time in the afternoon, 60mph gusts and temperatures widely in the mid to upper teens. there will still be a few spots in the east and the south—east of england, and it will get to around 20 celsius. largely fine on friday evening, though we are waiting for the next weather system to move on up from the south as we go into saturday morning. so some outbreaks of rain pushing into parts of england and wales at this stage, a little bit cooler, as we start off on saturday, with some spots towards north—east england and eastern scotland down into single figures. so, cloud and outbreaks of rain pushing steadily further north during saturday, so into northern ireland, reaching into southern scotland, northern scotland staying largely dry, still some sunny spells. largely fine and bright and sunny across east anglia and south—east england, and temperatures getting back into the low 20s. so what will be a blustery day and a windy part two

of the weekend on sunday, with further weather fronts coming our way. looks to be more showery on sunday, most of the showers will push in across northern and western areas, some of them could well be heavy and thundery, the spells of sunshine in between tend to move through quite quickly on the strong wind, and again, temperatures well above where we might expect them to be at this time of year. now, next week, low pressure stays close by. wet and windy at times, you will notice a gradual decrease in temperature.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. tesla tycoon — space entrepreneur — and now, chief twit. the world's richest man elon musk buys twitter — raising big questions about the future of the social media giant. expect lots of controversy, lots of changes at twitter, but, knowing elon musk, it won't be dull. also coming up... delivering a bombshell! investors dump amazon as it warns of a tough holiday season, wiping $140 billion off its stock market value. dodging the turmoil though is apple. strong iphone sales keep wall street happy — in what's been a catastrophic week for big tech.