big changes were coming. twitter is regarded as influential, but it hasn't made a profit in years and has also failed to attract new users. former pakistan prime minister imran khan says he knew about a plot to kill him before he was shot during a protest march. he blames members of pakistan's current government. king charles hosts a reception for delegates ahead of this weekend's climate change conference in egypt. the facial recognition technology that's helping to identify photos of holocaust victims and survivors. this picture, i don't know if you have seen this before, that's me, yeah. this here, you can tell? ., v that's me, yeah. this here, you can tell? . �*, ., , can tell? that's me, for sure, eah.

hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world's richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter�*s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. 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 their 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 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 musk made it clear when he bought twitter 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. twitter 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 decisions about banned accounts. for those staff who remain, twitter and elon musk said he expects an extreme work ethic, will be a very different environment and the platform itself may also start to feel like a new experience. mr musk is the world's richest man and he knows how to do business. he may well be able to turn twitter around, but it will be done on his terms. zoe kleinman, bbc news. nina trentmann is the bureau chief for the wall streetjournal. she joins us now from new york. good to see you again. thanks forjoining us on the programme. laws differ in different countries, obviously, when it comes to redundancy and

unemployment, but there have already been some lawsuits filed, happened there? yeah, there was _ filed, happened there? yeah, there was a — filed, happened there? yeah, there was a lawsuit _ filed, happened there? yeah, there was a lawsuit on - filed, happened there? yeah, l there was a lawsuit on thursday that was filed where five former employees accuse the company of basically violating federal laws as well as california laws that require companies to give people 60 days' notice in cases of mass layoffs and these people are arguing that currently what is happening at twitter is a mass layoff and so people should have received 60 days' notice and would also then receive financial pay through a longer period of time than the amount, the 1— three months we have had so far from the company, this is the circle, those are the so—called worn out disclosures which are pretty important for companies to follow and of course given that there are more companies cutting jobs right now here in america it is a term that comes up more often. �* , ., ~ a term that comes up more often. �*, ., ~ ., .,

often. let's talk about some of the business _ often. let's talk about some of the business aspects _ often. let's talk about some of the business aspects of - often. let's talk about some of the business aspects of this. . the business aspects of this. mr musk says twitter was losing $4 million a day. since his takeover, several companies are boycotted the firm, pulled their advertisements. can they be enticed back by the company's new owner? be enticed back by the coman 's new owner? ~ ., company's new owner? well, from elon musk's _ company's new owner? well, from elon musk's perspective _ company's new owner? well, from elon musk's perspective that - company's new owner? well, from elon musk's perspective that is - elon musk's perspective that is what one would hope, even though, of course, the timing of these advertising clients pausing their advertising is not great for twitter given that it not great for twitter given thatitis not great for twitter given that it is going through this period of trying to cut down on costs and restructures business, before that also it needs revenues to come in and so we've seen general mills, volkswagen, monitor lizards and a few other big, big spenders closing advertising and we also, when you had this in your report earlier, we had others today commenting at this conference today in new york basically blaming advertisers for pausing. it remains to be seen if this isjust for pausing. it remains to be seen if this is just a

temporary thing or if there will be a permanent drop off in terms of advertising and advertisers withdrawing from the platform as there is uncertainty to where the platform is headed, what exactly mr musk will do with it, and also then if this is still going to be a good environment for advertisers to place their product.— place their product. speaking ofthe place their product. speaking of the good _ place their product. speaking of the good environment, - place their product. speaking | of the good environment, this idea of charging $8 for users to get verification status and a privilege pass, if you like, what is that going to do to the platform? what is that going to do to the latform? ., , what is that going to do to the latform? . , , ., platform? the idea behind is to increase revenue _ platform? the idea behind is to increase revenue and _ platform? the idea behind is to increase revenue and to - platform? the idea behind is to increase revenue and to also i increase revenue and to also basically enable the company to have more revenue streams than just basically from advertising, because large, large amounts of the revenue that twitter generates come from advertising, so if you were to have more users paying for the blue tick then that gives you more visibility into future revenue, gives you a bit of predictability to your business, was also then hopefully would reduce your reliance on advertising spending, because with the us

entering or likely entering a period of slow economic growth, advertising is, of course, amongst the things the companies would pull back on. in terms of other financial and debt challenges, what are some of the issues facing twitter? well, the company took on about 13 in debt as part of the deal and analysts are forecasting that it will spend abouti billion a year tojust that it will spend abouti billion a year to just a service that debt to pay interest on the debt, which comes at a time, of course, as the company is reviewing its business model, it is increasing its net debt ratio, which is a debt ratio quite significantly as part of the deal and so that's also going to be a challenge for the company going forward, notjust to figure out what its future business should be, but also how was going to manage its finances, specifically interest payments. finances, specifically interest payments-— finances, specifically interest -a ments. ~ , payments. we believe it there. nina trentmann _ payments. we believe it there. nina trentmann from - payments. we believe it there. nina trentmann from the - payments. we believe it there. nina trentmann from the walll nina trentmann from the wall streetjournal. thank you very much. street journal. thank you very much. ., ~ street journal. thank you very

much. . ~ we go to south asia now. the former prime minister of pakistan, imran khan, has accused members of the current government of being involved in a plot to assassinate him. he made the comments from a hospital in lahore, where he spoke for the first time since being shot in the leg during a protest march. since being ousted from office in april, mr khan has been demanding fresh elections. samira hussein reports from lahore chanting people took to the streets in pakistan, a day after the former prime minister, imran khan, was shot at a protest rally. outside the hospital where he is recovering, supporters left flowers as security forces kept a watchful eye. members of his political party say the attack was an assassination attempt. and at a press conference, mr khan pointed the finger directly at members of the current government. you maintain that, in fact, it is members of the government that are responsible. what evidence you have of that and is this just a political ploy to gain favour?

there can be no investigation, if the prime minister, the interior minister, and this isi guy, major general faisal — if these three are involved there can be no independent investigation. well, what evidence do you have that the government and the head of the — director of the isi is involved? i think they tried to disqualify me, that failed. they've tried to, you know, put terrorism cases on me, and some other case, by the election commission. and i think they are petrified of the long march. because they saw the crowds joining us. and they are scared that, you know, by the time we reached islamabad, which i know — whenever we restart the march — there will be a sea

people in islamabad. so that's when they planned this. and i have inside information. all i want is a proper investigation into this. the government has already said that it is not going to hold fresh elections. what now is the goal of this long march? look, it is — you know, a political party, if it does not accept if a government says it's not going to hold an election and says thank you very much, you can go home. political parties mobilise the public. and that's how you are democratic. and so the democratic thing to do is to mobilise the public and protest. and protest they did. 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. let us look at some of the day's other stories now.

financial analysts ofjuande financial analysts of juande germany is financial analysts ofjuande germany is heading for a session as new figures show a slump in orders for its exports as the country also suffers from high energy costs. the while chas 0laf scholz was in china, a key economic partner and a huge market for german goods. and a group of tourists being held captive on an amazon cruise boat in peru for 24 hours has been released. indigenous people stopped the boat as part of a protest about the community being damaged as part of an oil leak from a biplane in september. they were trying to force government officials to properly assess the impact. —— pipeline. here in the uk, king charles has been hosting a reception at buckingham palace ahead of next week's un climate change summit in egypt. the king has long campaigned on environmental issues but won't be attending cop27. the prime minister rishi sunak, who previously said he wouldn't be attending, has now said he'll be there. 0ur environment editor justin rowlatt reports from the palace. the king won't be attending

the climate conference in egypt, so he has done the next best thing and brought the climate discussion to buckingham palace. the prime minister addressed the meeting. if we do not act today, we will risk leaving an ever more desperate inheritance for our children tomorrow. there were decision—makers, environmental experts and more than 100 business leaders at the reception. the king believes it is essential the private sector is engaged in the climate challenge. buckingham palace insists the king is not disappointed that he won't be going to the conference in egypt. it says the decision was made after discussions with the then—prime minister liz truss and was, it says, unanimous. but a downing street spokesperson hinted yesterday maybe the king would have been jetting off for egypt had rishi sunak been in post at the time. the situation might have been different, she told the bbc. hearing no objections, it is so decided.

applause last year's un climate conference in glasgow delivered a host of pledges on emissions cuts, finance, net zero, forest protection and more. egypt says their conference will be about ensuring countries actually deliver on those pledges. stella mccartney was one of the business leaders at the palace. your majesty, i don't know what to do any more. the industry that i work in, fashion, is the second most harmful in the world to the planet, and so being part of this conversation and representing the industry is critical. but, you know, i think i am so hugely passionate about trying to provide a positive solution here. stella mccartney won't be at cop27, but the prime minister has of course changed his mind and will be going. playing his part in the search for positive solutions. he will bejoining more than 100 other world leaders in egypt next week. justin rowlatt, bbc news, buckingham palace.

you're watching bbc news. the headlines this hour: the american billionaire elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. mr musk has said the cuts are essential for the future of the platform. the former pakistan prime minister imran khan says he knew about a plot to kill him before he was shot during a protest march. he has blamed members of pakistan's current government. the former us president donald trump has strongly hinted that he may run for the white house again in 2024. at a rally in iowa, mr trump said he would "very, very, very probably do it again". it comes as americans are set to head to the polls next week to vote in the country's midterm elections. and a key group which could make an impact is the new christian right — with a growing number of pastors and politicians urging voters to take back the country for god. barbara plett usher has more.

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bad shape. they are reframing american _ bad shape. they are reframing american conservative - bad shape. they are reframing american conservative politics| american conservative politics of spiritual warfare against a radical left. chris and bobby fully have travelled here from north carolina.— fully have travelled here from north carolina. they took away the bible, _ north carolina. they took away the bible, took _ north carolina. they took away the bible, took away _ north carolina. they took away the bible, took away jesus - north carolina. they took away the bible, took away jesus and | the bible, took awayjesus and everything so now we are being run by devils, we are being run by satan because it is a spiritual war.— by satan because it is a spiritual war. some call this rise of the _ spiritual war. some call this rise of the religious - spiritual war. some call this rise of the religious right. rise of the religious right nationalism, the belief that american was formed as a christian nation should remain one. breaking cover during the storming of the capital were christian symbols and prayers that were on display. wedlock was one of many pastors at the capital that day. he has millions of followers online and preachers to hundreds every week. ., ., ., , ., week. you have not seen an insurrection _ week. you have not seen an insurrection yet. _ week. you have not seen an insurrection yet. his - week. you have not seen an insurrection yet. his image | week. you have not seen an l insurrection yet. his image to weave his _ insurrection yet. his image to weave his political— insurrection yet. his image to weave his political views - weave his political views into an apocalyptic worldview with conspiracy theories. you an apocalyptic worldview with conspiracy theories.— conspiracy theories. you god hatinu conspiracy theories. you god hating communist _ conspiracy theories. you god | hating communist americans, conspiracy theories. you god - hating communist americans, you will find out what insurrection

is. ., ., will find out what insurrection is. you call fellow americans evil and putting _ is. you call fellow americans evil and putting it _ is. you call fellow americans evil and putting it in - is. you call fellow americans evil and putting it in the - evil and putting it in the context of an apocalyptic rattle between good and evil. there is an apocalyptic battle. and that is the kind of language that could be used to incite violence. that is not my responsibility. you don't see thatis responsibility. you don't see that is your responsibility to stay away from possibly inciting violence? i preached the bible. many christians are fighting back against this interpretation of the bible. pastor kevin riggs is a community activist who believes scripture teaches that god cares most about social justice. cares most about social justice-— cares most about social 'ustice. y . justice. my concern with the reli . ious justice. my concern with the religious right _ justice. my concern with the religious right has _ justice. my concern with the religious right has been - justice. my concern with the j religious right has been that they are damaging the reputation of the church. i have had friends were pastors of churches and because they spoke out against the religious right or against president trump then they were asked to leave the church.— leave the church. next week's election will _ leave the church. next week's election will be _ leave the church. next week's election will be the _ leave the church. next week's election will be the first - leave the church. next week's election will be the first test l election will be the first test of this vocal minority at the polls. if the republicans win

big it could become a powerful force pushing the party further to the right. lauren wright is a political scientist at princeton university — she joins us now from princeton in newjersey. thank you very much for being with us it is good to see you. let's talk about the midterms and some of the people in the running. there has been concern raised that among the candidates are those who have falsely claimed that the last election was stolen. how worried about this are you? there are quite a few of them but i think it is more telling that they are moving away from that they are moving away from that message and focusing on the economy and consistently the economy and consistently the toppling issues for americans. there is 30— 40% of americans. there is 30— 40% of american voters who think the 2020 election was stolen but if you ask them to rank issues that affect their lives the most and what they are voting based on that is not anywhere near the top. so even these trump fringe candidates have

moved towards this position where they think they can court moderates and win in a general election. $5 moderates and win in a general election. �* , ., election. as we mentioned earlier the _ election. as we mentioned earlier the former - election. as we mentioned l earlier the former president, donald trump, has said he may very, very likely run again. what will he be looking to get out of these midterms? i am not sure what _ out of these midterms? i am not sure what he _ out of these midterms? i am not sure what he is _ out of these midterms? i am not sure what he is looking - out of these midterms? i am not sure what he is looking for - sure what he is looking for because if we know one thing about the former president it is that he will do what he wants and he will frame the debate in terms that he thinks will benefit him. and so if republicans do very well i am sure he will claim some kind of credit for that, continue to attackjoe biden which is a popular message and if democrats do better—than—expected which, honestly, these poles are very close, they don't know about some of the senate races, then he might claim fraud or he will use that to try and build more enthusiasm for his cause. so

probably in his mind there is not a certain scenario that will make you behave any differently.— differently. issues do differ from state _ differently. issues do differ from state to _ differently. issues do differ from state to state - differently. issues do differ from state to state but - from state to state but broadbrush, what will many americans think about when they go to the polls? it is a great question. they do differ slightly but in most polls, consistently for the last few weeks it has been the economy, particularly inflation and that is what all groups of voters, republicans, democrats independents and crime is a big issue. so i think why you see polls tightening and republican surging is because, historically, republicans are seen as more credible on those issues than democrats are. some polls, immigration is also really important, education but the top two issues really are issues that the gop is stronger in. all seem to be. which states should we focus on? which states should get our attention in the midterms? there are many important

states. i wrote a book in 2020 about celebrities running for office so i am very interested in georgia where we have a football star, herschel walker, running. there is a famous author in ohio running. there is a famous author in 0hiojd vance running and of course doctor 0z author in 0hiojd vance running and of course doctor oz in pennsylvania who also has trumps endorsement. he became famous on the oprah winfrey famous ontbe qprab winfrey and famous ontbegprab winfrey and became famous as an show and became famous as an entertainer. so while i am particularly fascinated with the proliferation of these kinds of candidates, it is just very telling that republicans seem to have a number of them and they have made it this far despite having any relevant political experience and that is a phenomenon that we do not really see too often in other parts of the world. we really see too often in other parts of the world.— parts of the world. we will leave it there. _ parts of the world. we will leave it there. lauren, - parts of the world. we will i leave it there. lauren, thank you very much for making time for us. the nazi holocaust claimed the lives of six millionjewish people, ripping apart families and communities.

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. 0ur north america technology reporterjames 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 siblings were murdered, but thanks to her aunt rose, blanche survived. today, she has few photos from her childhood. many pictures from the 1930s and 40s do survive though, and hundreds are on display here in the museum of jewish heritage in new york.

butjust like many other museums devoted tojewish heritage, a lot of the people in the photos here are unnamed. 0ften whole families were killed. no—one was left to identify people. the pictures only have numbers. software engineer daniel patt has been working to help solve this problem, using artificial intelligence and facial recognition tech. he calls the project from numbers to names. let's say, for example, you're looking for a photo of your family member and we scan through hundreds of thousands of photos, millions of faces in seconds. using the program, daniel believes he's found a picture of blanche that she's never seen before. the algorithm only gives probabilities of matches, so today, dan is going to meet blanche to see if whether the picture he found, taken in france, is really her. hi, nice to meet you. so, here we go, this is a picture that i found of you. this picture, i don't know if you've seen this before. does this look...

that's me, yeah. the one here? yes. you can tell? yeah, that's me, yeah, for sure. i'll zoom in so you can get a closer look. oh, wow. 0h, some of these guys i remember. one was my boyfriend! and in the picture, her aunt rose — the aunt that saved her. wow, so i think to the best of my knowledge there's only three people in this group that have been identified so far. we do know who these children are, but in hundreds of thousands of other photos people murdered by the nazis remain nameless. the hope is this tech could help. scott miller is not part of the from numbers to names project, but says trying to identify victims — even 80 years later — is vital. even just to name somebody, to give somebody a name, you're restoring some semblance of dignity to them. for blanche, the pictures bring back memories —

a song that she learnt in her brief time in france. # quand j�*etais mademoiselle, mademoiselle, mademoiselle. # quand j'etais, mademoiselle, mademoiselle j�*etais.# thatisit that is it from us for now. you can reach me on twitter. from all of us on the team here in london, we will see you next time. hello there. a ridge of high pressure on friday brought a cold and frosty start, but a beautiful day right across the country, hardly a cloud in the sky for many. and temperatures did recover to highs ofjust under 14 degrees in swanage in dorset. there's the clear skies. but it is all change

as we move into the weekend, the satellite picture showing this area of low pressure, the isobars tightly squeezed around it, and it is going to throw yet more cloud, wind and rain in our direction. ahead of it we will see those temperatures falling away, but as the night progresses, cloud will continue to build and the rain arrives so here not quite as cold. but it does mean sheltered, rural parts of eastern scotland once again could see a touch of frost and low single figures across eastern areas. that is where the best of the morning sunshine is likely to be on saturday. but the cloud, wind and rain will continue to push in from the west, and that is going to gradually spread its way steadily eastward. by the middle part of afternoon, it will be sitting across scotland, down through the spine of the country and it will weaken a little bit, but it's certainly going to be cloudy with outbreaks of rain around. blustery winds as that rain pushes through. the best of the brighter weather through northern ireland, northern england and the bulk of scotland. in terms of the feel of the weather, similar temperatures to the last couple of days, about where they should be for the time of year, 10—14 degrees. but it does mean if you have plans for bonfire night,

if we draw a line really from, let's say south—east england through the wash, down to the isle of wight, anywhere south and east of that could be rather cloudy with outbreaks of light, patchy rain. and we could see that the rain pep up through the south—east into the early hours of sunday morning and lingerfor a time. but whatever happens on sunday, low pressure not too far away, and it will throw in bands of rain or showers which may well merge together for longer spells of rain for a time on sunday. so be prepared for a little bit of everything for the second half of the weekend. there will be some drier, brighter interludes and those temperatures similar values, 11—14 celsius. now as we move out of sunday into monday and tuesday, it stays blustery with plenty of showers around. but the winds turning more southerly so it will be just a degree or so milder. that's it — whatever you're doing, have a lovely weekend.

minister imran khan has accused this is bbc news. the headlines: the american billionaire elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter. mr musk says the cuts are essential for the financial stability of the social media platform. advertisers have expressed concerns about what the lay—offs might mean for regulating hate speech.

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