this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. elon musk defends his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter, but admits revenues will drop. thousands of people gathered in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush — many are demanding the president resign. in britain, there's been disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. vladimir putin publicly approves the evacuation of civilians from russian—occupied kherson, as ukraine's forces gear up for battle.

hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. twitter�*s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm's workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he's insisted twitter�*s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn't degenerate into what he called a "free—for—all hellscape" when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired.

out technology editor, zoe kleinman, reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff were locked out of their work laptops and were later told by an e—mail to their personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some had been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of speculation. a mixed range of emotions. certainly frustration, set in the anger, and in some cases some relief because this was a thing that played out over the course of the majority of there were, understandably, lots of emotional tweets. there were lots of emotional

tweets... elon musk made it clear when he bought twitter last friday that big changes were coming. twitter is influential that has failed to make a profit in years and is failing to attract new users. businesses are spending less on as the financial crisis bites. there have also been calls for brands to boycott twitter. a number of major advertisers have stopped spending on twitter, but 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 to high profile accounts has a badge of authenticity. he is planning to set up a board

to oversee band accounts. he says he expects an extreme work ethic. the platform itself they also start to feel like a new experience. he is the world's richest man. he knows how to do business. he may well be able to turn twitter around but it will be done on his terms. earlier i spoke to james hayton, professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at warwick business school, who said musk�*s actions are necessary. well, it is quite interesting, isn't it? we've gone through this round of scares two years ago over social media and elections and i think the advertisers returned to social media and, if the platform continues to stabilise after this initial shock, i don't think advertisers will stay away if they think it is a viable platform for selling their wares. obviously, concerns over the moderation of hate speech which will be a factor as well, won't it? elon musk is a pretty divisive

figure, clearly, himself. could he in his new role be a lightning rod for that kind of hate speech for attracting the enemies and making the sort of comment is that many don't want to see on twitter as a platform? well, i suppose we will wait and see whether he does or not. i think, is a lightning rod, he also attracts a lot of negative attention because he speaks his mind. he doesn't tend to filter very for various reasons and that turned a lot of people off. i'm not sure, again, with twitter, two years ago, we were concerned with this problem as well. this is not a new problem and i think the concern is whether it has been implemented successfully up until now. this led to him wanting to buy the company in the first place but the owners of the company sold their shares to him. so they decided it was ok to sell

the company and now he's going to try to make it or remake it in a different image and it probably will be a quite different product five years from now. and by sacking the board, he's allowed himself the space, the ability to do things in the way he wants at the rate he wants. absolutely. i mean, it was clear of the past few years the boarded quite ineffective. the company has not grown. it has become, it has remained unprofitable and has not innovated. if you want to move the company quickly and change a company quickly centralising control as a normal thing to do. centralising control is a normal thing to do. and removing executives is a normal thing to do. it may appear unpleasant but you've got to move swiftly in these situations but you've got to move swiftly to make change happens. many uses are very invested in the profiles they have on twitter. many users are very invested in the profiles they have on twitter. do you think that elon musk

was right to rip the band—aid off in the way that he has done rather than to make changes at a slower pace? i personally think he is right to do it quickly. he has already telegraphed his intentions a long way ahead. it was not really a surprise there were lay—offs. he was saying that there would be and now he's going to act to execute the changes quickly. i think there will be a period of experimentation. we don't know what kind of changes will be successful. i think the kitchen sink meant for sending a signal that twitter will be a much bigger app up until now. it will include messaging but will probably go far beyond. thousands of people are taking part in candlelit vigils in south korea, to remember the 156 people killed in a crush on halloween. the victims, mostly young people, were among around 100,000 people who had flocked to the popular itaewon nightlife district in the capital seoul.

the bbc�*s nick marsh is there and has the latest. this is technically a vigil. it has been organised by one of the groups who are anti—government and are affiliated to the opposition party. the people i have been speaking here want the resignation of the south korean president. they say that he and his government are responsible for the tragic loss of life on saturday night. clearly, we know that there have been police failings were not enough officers were deployed on saturday night, there was nowhere near enough planning, huge numbers and little to no thought being put into things like crowd control. whether the

responsibility goes all the way up to government levels and ultimately to government levels and ultimately to the president, will be something that south koreans will have to decide. but one thing is sure, over the course of this week, the initial grief and the shock felt by so many south koreans has turned into anger and has turned into a desire to get answers as to what went wrong. uk immigration minister, robertjenrick, says he will meet council leaders from kent in the coming days to discuss how to deal with the rising number of migrants arriving across the channel. earlier this week, a group of councillors sent a letter to the home secretary, suella braverman, saying the county is at breaking point. simonjones is in dover. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has said the issue of channel crossings, people travelling from france in small boats is serious and unprecedented. he has vowed to do

everything he can to stop the dangerous crossings. to give you a sense of how seriously the government is taking this, the immigration minister, robert jenrick, has visited kent three times over the past week on sunday, he was at an immigration detention centre —— detention centre at manston for they have been big issues there with overcrowding on disease spreading on thursday, he was at the port of dover and yesterday, he met local residents to hear their concerns. also concerned are politicians in kent. the leaders of all the councils in kent have written to the home secretary, saying the system is underrun production unprecedented pressure and they are struggling to cope. when migrants are brought ashore, they are initially taken here to dover and then they are taken for processing and manston. there is also a military barracks here used to house thousands of asylum seekers

will hotels are being used to accommodate people and kent has also accepted the largest number of ukrainian refugees anywhere in the uk. and they say the system is close to being overwhelmed. in terms of what we are hearing from the government, they say they are giving local authorities support. the latest on channel crossings is it is very clear today, you can see all the way over to france, but it is quite choppy out at sea and these crossings are very much dependent on the weather. we have seen a helicopter in the sky, one of the border force scatters out in the channel, also drones, they are preparing for the possibility of crossings. but it will depend very much on the wind dropping. we are getting very close now to 40,000 people having made thejourney getting very close now to 40,000 people having made the journey so far this year. the votes getting bigger and are being packed with more and more people. and a real concern about the issue and what can be done to address it. talk now of

potentially a new deal between britain and france, which will ultimately involve britain giving much more money to france to increase patrols on beaches over in northern france on the coastline. this is a big issue, global issue and the government is really struggling how best to deal with it. police have been called in to deal with a disturbance at an immigration centre in west london. it's understood that a group of detainees armed themselves with weapons at harmondsworth. no one was injured during the incident which happened during a power cut at the premises in the early hours of saturday. passengers are being warned to expect "significant disruption" on the railways, despite strike action being called off late yesterday. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled — as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators continue. our business correspondent, marc ashdown reports.

today's strike action may have been called off but widespread disruption will continue. network rail welcomed the decision but said that services which had been cancelled can't be reinstated at such late notice. a reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which do will start much later and finish by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union at 14 rail companies, and network rail, are involved in the long—running dispute about pay, jobs and terms and conditions. we are at a late venue tonight and then we are coming back tomorrow morning, so it will affect us. we are at definitely affected by that, i am going to london now and i have to take taxi back which costs us £200. the problem i findl is the information's not conveyed very well, so i know there's somel trains running but i don't- from what stations or what times,

at the moment. the union said that previous strikes had made the rail companies see sense, and it looks forward to intensive negotiations to try and reach a settlement. the rail delivery group said it's glad the union stepped back from the brink, and it too is committed to negotiating, but it warned passengers will see disruption on monday as well, as it's too late to change strike rosters. the advice is to only travel if absolutely necessary. mark ashdown, bbc news. with me now is transport writer, christian womar. christian, good to have you with us. what do you think is behind this decision, this late decision, to call later strikes planned for today and next week? i call later strikes planned for today and next week?— and next week? i think there is a bit of strike _ and next week? i think there is a bit of strike fatigue _ and next week? i think there is a bit of strike fatigue amongst - and next week? i think there is a bit of strike fatigue amongst the | bit of strike fatigue amongst the workers. this has gone on for about six months christmas is coming. this costs them wages in the short—term and then i think on the other hand, we have a completely new ministerial

team and with some people who are knowledgeable about the rail industry, so i somewhat suspect there has been discussions behind—the—scenes to say, can we get ideal? what is interesting is that the unions have said, we are making progress with network rail and the train operators, but they have not mentioned government and actually, it is any hands of the government to actually resolve this issue because they hold the purse strings. you say there is a new _ they hold the purse strings. you say there is a new team _ they hold the purse strings. you say there is a new team at _ they hold the purse strings. you say there is a new team at the - there is a new team at the department for transport, but exactly that, the talks are happening between the rmt, the union, and network rail, but not the government directly. why do you think the government is sticking to that position and why not have direct talks between ministers and the union? , ., ,, ., ., the union? grant shapps, who was the transort

the union? grant shapps, who was the transport secretary _ the union? grant shapps, who was the transport secretary but _ the union? grant shapps, who was the transport secretary but one, _ transport secretary but one, absolutely refused to talk to the unions. i think the person who was in for a few weeks, anne—marie trevelyan, was showing a more emollient attitude. we have not yet heard from the new transport secretary, mark harper, at the moment, but i suspect that behind—the—scenes, there is a team of ministers who realise that this cannot be done through the companies and network rail because they don't have the power to agree to extra wages. it is down to the government and the government actually must realise that. do and the government actually must realise that-— realise that. do you think the government _ realise that. do you think the government are _ realise that. do you think the government are actually - realise that. do you think the | government are actually going realise that. do you think the - government are actually going to give something on this? remember, the authorfor the union, give something on this? remember, the author for the union, the give something on this? remember, the authorfor the union, the rmt union, was an 8% pay rise over the next two years, which had been rejected as too low, the union is looking for a pay rise of at least matching the rate of inflation. ida.

matching the rate of inflation. no, the are matching the rate of inflation. no, they are not _ matching the rate of inflation. iifr, they are not actually. i have talked to union people who accept the rate of inflation is 10% and they are not expecting a 10% rise. the 8% was not really a percent, it had all sorts of conditions and only applied to certain people. i think they want a deal that makes up some of the loss. most of these people have not had any pay rise for the last two years. they tell me that they have lost ten or 15% of their real wages. thea;r or 1596 of their real wages. they have mooted — or 1596 of their real wages. they have mooted the _ or 1596 of their real wages. they have mooted the rate _ or 1596 of their real wages. they have mooted the rate of - or 15% of their real wages. they have mooted the rate of inflation perhaps and hope they will get something in between, higher than 8% but maybe not 10.1%. something in between, higher than 896 but maybe not 10.196.— but maybe not 10.196. higher than eiuht but maybe not 10.196. higher than eight points _ but maybe not 10.196. higher than eight points and _ but maybe not 10.196. higher than eight points and over _ but maybe not 10.196. higher than eight points and over two - but maybe not 10.196. higher than eight points and over two years, | eight points and over two years, thatis eight points and over two years, that is very different. there is room for compromise. there is some wriggle room. i think they are taking a more buoyant attitude. it takes full—size disorders out and hopefully i can see light at the end

of the tunnel at last, which i have been talking about this dispute for the last six months on the tv and radio and this is the first time where one sees a chink of light. horse where one sees a chink of light. how im ortant where one sees a chink of light. how important do — where one sees a chink of light. how important do you _ where one sees a chink of light. how important do you think it is for the prime minister, the new prime minister, to show that his government, his incarnation of the government, his incarnation of the government, is getting stuff done, getting stuff sorted? i government, is getting stuff done, getting stuff sorted?— getting stuff sorted? i think that comes into _ getting stuff sorted? i think that comes into play _ getting stuff sorted? i think that comes into play but _ getting stuff sorted? i think that comes into play but remember, | getting stuff sorted? i think that - comes into play but remember, they cannot offer too much because if they did, the nurses, the doctors, they did, the nurses, the doctors, the royal mail people, all these people would say, hang on a minute, the rail union has got this much because they have industrial muscle, we need the same. it is a very delicate situation but as long as both sides see that this cannot go on forever, it is wrecking the railways, the railways have become

basically... nobody seems to care about what is happening on the railways. the performances appalling. you cannot even book trains in advance. this has got to be sorted out. trains in advance. this has got to be sorted out-— trains in advance. this has got to be sorted out. thank you very much for our be sorted out. thank you very much for your thoughts _ be sorted out. thank you very much for your thoughts on _ be sorted out. thank you very much for your thoughts on that _ be sorted out. thank you very much for your thoughts on that story - for your thoughts on that story today. sinn fein's vice—president, michelle o'neill, is to accuse the democratic unionist party of holding back power—sharing in northern ireland at her party's conference in dublin later. sinn fein became the largest party in the stormont assembly at the last election, but michelle 0'neill has not been able to take up the role of northern ireland's first minister, while the dup refuses to go back into an executive. 0ur correspondent, emma vardy, is live in dublin for us this morning. time for changes the theme of the conference this year, what is michelle 0'neill going to say about changing that stalemate at stormont? she is going to refer to that pivotal moment that came earlier this year in may when sinn fein for the first time became the largest

party at stormont, that was historic because it was the first time that a nationalist party had been the largest party in northern ireland since the formation of northern ireland 100 years ago and it meant that michelle 0'neill, the vice president, is entitled to take up the first minister role at stormont. he could not do that because since many dup have stayed out of power—sharing in a protest over the brexiteer arrangements but what michelle 0'neill brexiteer arrangements but what michelle o'neill is going to tell the party conference today is the dup is punishing people, leaving them in limbo and there is a cost of living crisis and she is going to say the real reason she believes the dup will not going into power—sharing as they cannot swallow serving in an executive alongside a sinn fein first minister, along nine —— alongside a nationalist first minister. that is dup has denied. it says of because it would go back into power—sharing, it will respect the mandate that was brought back from the voters at the ballot box in may but it says it cannot do that at the moment because it is so deeply

opposed to the new irish sea border created by brexit, something they see as severing northern ireland from the uk, its place in the uk as a whole. there will be some really strong words today from michelle 0'neill about the dup, the position at stormont and the critical deadlock leaving people without a government. don't forget, this is not the first time people in northern ireland have been left without a government. back in 2017, there was no government then and thenit there was no government then and then it was sinn fein who collapsed then it was sinn fein who collapsed the assembly by walking out over a whole other different row indeed. both sides in this debate have used their power of veto at different times. but sinn fein are feeling pretty optimistic. it was a great success for them, and historic moment in may when they became the largest party in northern ireland and think back, what a journey it has been for this party, once known as the voice of the ira, the paramilitary group during the time

of the trouble is, now potentially taking the top seat in government in future in northern ireland. 0ne technical point, it is called the first minister role in northern ireland and the dup would be entitled to the deputy first minister role, but technically, those roles are politically equal, but as you know in politics, sometimes it is all about perception. sometimes it is all about perception-— sometimes it is all about perception. sometimes it is all about --ercetion. ., ., ,, perception. how are sinn fein ollin: perception. how are sinn fein polling in _ perception. how are sinn fein polling in the _ perception. how are sinn fein polling in the republic- perception. how are sinn fein polling in the republic of - perception. how are sinn fein - polling in the republic of ireland, because that could have a bearing on the conversations, couldn't it, around a bored apollo, a poll on whether they should be a united ireland or not? something that came up ireland or not? something that came up in conversation a lot earlier in the year when sinn fein won the biggest number of seats in the northern ireland assembly. absolutely. sinn fein is a all ireland party, in the republic of ireland, they have been bowling very strongly. the polls indicate at the moment they are ahead of the other two main parties and the indications

are they could be on course to become the largest party in the republic of ireland at the next election. and if that were the case, it means there is a lot of momentum about their ultimate aim of holding about their ultimate aim of holding a referendum on whether northern ireland should leave the united kingdom and become a united ireland, thatis kingdom and become a united ireland, that is something that a while ago would have looked like a morimoto possibility but it is being taken more seriously now. brexit is another thing that has to do that. northern ireland voted... a majority of people voted to remain in the european union and those people would feel frustrated that northern ireland is being taken out by what they see as being led by english voters. that is another factor that might have led some people who were moderate nationalists, maybe would have favoured the status quo, may be leaning towards supporting a united ireland. but we are always some way

off that yet, for that to happen, the secretary of state has to call a poll and they will only do that if they think there is a majority in favour of it. we could be a way away from that yet but the demographics in northern ireland are changing and thatis in northern ireland are changing and that is another key thing that has happened this year, the census results, they came out recently, showing that for the first time catholics now outnumber protestants in northern ireland and that matters in northern ireland and that matters in this overall picture of whether we will ever have a bored apollo because the general trend is catholics would be thought to lean more towards identifying as irish, supporting a united ireland, not always the case, there are people in the middle, but that is the general trend of the democrats —— demographics. if in future we see this picture where sinn fein are the largest party in northern ireland and could become the largest party in the republic of ireland, becoming the strongest party across both

parts of the island, that gives them more momentum towards their ultimate aim of a border poll and they feel pretty confident here today. thank ou ve pretty confident here today. thank you very much- — pretty confident here today. thank you very much. let _ pretty confident here today. thank you very much. let me _ pretty confident here today. thank you very much. let me just - pretty confident here today. thank you very much. let me just bring l pretty confident here today. thank you very much. let me just bring you some breaking news. we are hearing from the counterterrorism policing south—east group that evidence has been recovered indicating that the firebombing of an immigration centre in dover was motivated by a terrorist ideology. this is referring to the firebombs, we think three devices thrown at the dover immigration centre last sunday, police had initially said they thought this was motivated by some form of hate filled grievance, but now counterterrorism policing south—east saying that evidence has been recovered indicating that the firebombing of the dover immigration centre in dover was motivated by a

terrorist ideology. that breaking line just coming into us from counterterrorism policing south—east. we will have more on that story for you. right now, we're saying good to our viewers on bbc world. the us climate envoy, john kerry, is calling on richer countries to "step up" and provide money to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. speaking to the bbc on the eve of the cop27 climate conference in egypt, mr kerry praised the development of renewable sources of energy, but said the war in ukraine and the cost of living crisis had slowed progress. the un has accepted that there is no credible pathway towards keeping the rise in global temperatures to one point five degrees celsius above pre industrial levels. russia's president, vladimir putin, has publicly approved the evacuation of civilians from parts of russian—occupied kherson in southern ukraine. kyiv�*s forces have been steadily advancing on the strategic port city. mr putin says people living in dangerous areas should leave

as "the civilian population should not suffer". 0ur correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has the latest. it is really difficult for us to get information from journalists. it is under russian control but really, these comments, the statement from president vladimir putin may be gives us an insight on what could be happening. he has spoken publicly for the first time, supporting civilian evacuations from this strategic we understand, up until now, since the middle of last month, about 70,000 people have been removed from certain parts of the western bank of the region towards the eastern bank of the region. now, ukraine has spoken out against these movements of people, calling them forcible deportations and saying they go

against international law but why this is important is that once again it puts the focused on this important city. it was the only major city under russian control. these forces are trying to hold onto it. as you mentioned there, the ukrainian forces have been taking parts of the city and this really points to an incoming battle for this port city. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris. hello again. this weekend, we will all see spells of rain. today we have seen a wettest weather so far across western areas but the rain is continuing to extend eastwards. turning lighter and patchy as it moves into eastern england. you will see some sunshine for a time this afternoon for northern ireland,

scotland and parts of wales. temperatures quite mild. it'll stay quite breezy. for the firework celebrations overnight, it looks like it will be quite damp across central and eastern eglin but a fair amount of dry weather and not too cold. a bit colder into parts of scotland. tomorrow, more rain on the way. this rain is likely to be much more extensive and will extend into the midlands. behind that feature, sunshine and heavy showers. some thunderstorms mixed in. turning increasingly windy across the north west.

good morning. rail passengers are being warned that services are "extremely limited" today, despite strike action being called off. tens of thousands of rail workers had been due to walk out in the long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. strikes planned for monday and wednesday have also been cancelled — as negotiations between the rmt union and train operators are stepped up. our business correspondent, marc ashdown has the latest. no strike, no picket line

and no trains either. today's walk—out today was called off so late in the day that rail operators say it was too late to run trains they had already cancelled. it has left passengers frustrated and confused. we were hoping the strike was not going to affect the trains. we heard it was called off. and now we are hoping for the best. we wanted to go to barnsley but no trains at all. we are going to manchester today for the manchester city v fulham game. we have had it booked for ages and we ended up booking way back through two different stops to get home when the direct trains could have happened. it feels like there is still a strike. the reduced strike timetable means just 20% of services will run across england, scotland and wales. those which are running started much later and will finish by the early evening. thousands of members of the rmt union at 14 rail companies and network rail are involved in this long—running dispute about pay, jobs and terms and conditions. the union said the previous strikes have made the railway company see sense and secured what it

called intensive negotiations. it also expects a pay offer from the companies for the first time. network rail's previous offer of an 8% pay rise over two years remains on the table. the operators also welcomed fresh talks. the strikes on monday and wednesday are also off but rosters are drawn up a week in advance so there will be more disruption. the new transport secretary mark harper said the strike been called off has given negotiations a better chance of success even if misery for passengers look set to continue. mark is here. do we know the state of negotiations? this is the first time the rmt has called off a strike and the day before a walk—out is pretty unprecedented. so what is behind this? strikes have been going on sincejune and christmas is around the corner which could be a factor.

and with inflation if that starts to come down in the year it is difficult for negotiators to push for higher wage demands when the cost of living in theory is getting cheaper. across the table the mood music is also changing. the rail companies say that they feel they're making progress and the new minister said he could not rule anything out could the government find a bit more money to try to resolve this. there are no strikes on monday to wednesday but do expect widespread disruption. there is still a strike on the london underground which is still on as far as we know. check with your operator before you travel. and a lot of useful information on the bbc website. a group of detainees armed understood to be armed with weapons at a west london immigration centre caused a "disturbance" during a power cut on friday night. police and extra staff from the prison service arrived at harmondsworth detention centre near heathrow airport this morning. the home office said

nobody had been injured and that the welfare of the people there was the top priority. candlelight vigils are taking place in south korea to rememer victims of last week's deadly crush. investigations are continuing after 156 people lost their lives during halloween celebrations in a popular nightlife district of the capital, seoul. the police chief has acknowledged that there was insufficient safety planning for a crowd that large. 0ur south east asia correspondent, jonathan head has been speaking to some of those who witnessed those terrible events. as the crowds built up in this short, narrow alley last saturday, they found they had nowhere to go. some of them fell, then others tumbled after them in a lethal pileup. 0ne 81—year—old man witnessed the tragedy from his small fashion boutique in the alley.

he is still haunted by those scenes. he agreed to talk to us only in the seclusion of a far—away restaurant. translation: about 9:50pm two young women came - into my shop without shoes. they had fallen in the crowd. i helped wipe the dirt off them and help them to calm down. i could hear people screaming, "help me." i thought people were fighting. i went outside and saw people were piling up on top of each other. a week later his shop is still trapped behind the police line. his street is now a crime scene. there's a couple of police officers here. i can count five bunches of flowers. and then all the food wrappings and drinks bottles you would expect to see after any party. so hard to believe that that

many people died here. you can see how confined the space is. huge post covid crowds had come out here to celebrate and of course people are asking why the authorities were not better prepared. president yoon has promised a thorough investigation. but south koreans have heard such promises before. they were also made after the sinking of a ferry in 2014 which killed more than 300 people, most of them teenage children from the same school. families of the victims say they never got the full truth about what went wrong. this man's daughter was one of the survivors. my greatest worry, and i feel like i'm going to cry over this, is that nothing has been properly revealed over the past eight years since we lost our children. and our anxiety now is that the truth will once again be concealed after this disaster. it's bringing back our trauma.

so as koreans grieve over the inexplicable loss of so many young lives, they are also asking themselves and their political leaders, will it be different this time? jonathan head, bbc news. with all the sport now, here's mike bushell at the bbc sport centre. good morning. england's women, have booked their place in the rugby union world cup final, but it wasn't the comfortable ride many expected. they eventually beat canada 26—19, but say they will need to up their game, if they're to beat the hosts new zealand in next saturday's final. jo currie was watching. excited and expectant, england supporters turning out in auckland hoping for a straightforward route to the final. with an amateur canada side standing in their way confidence was high. # rugby�*s coming home.#

england are the number one side in the world. they haven't lost a match now in over three years. victory is something their fans have become accustomed to. something all of their opponents have become accustomed to is england's line—outs and driving maul. and once again, it proved unstoppable as marlie packer powered her way over the line. after england scored again, canada could have been forgiven for letting their heads drop. instead, they showed their grit and pace. commentator: and how about that? as england's dominance weakened, canada's confidence grew, finding a gap to pull themselves right back into the game before the break. the favourites were rattled. but after the restart, a moment of magic. from behind their own try line claudia macdonald made a break and found abby dow. from there it was pure box office. the winger turning on the afterburners to power away. commentator: that's a screamer! dow showing exactly why her team—mates call her abby wow.

canada dotted down once more but the game belonged to england. the relief evident at the final whistle as their place in the world cup final was confirmed, with abby dow playing a starring role. i was definitely aware of them obviously all closing in. i remember ellie shouting at me, and i was like, i know you'rejogging but i'm really sprinting right now. so yeah, i think it's one of those ones where as a winger you just go i need to run as hard as i can here and cling, and luckily we did. england will need to step up their performance if they are to win next weekend as they take on the defending champions new zealand in the backyard. they came through against france winning by a single point and on the evidence so far it is possible to call. jo currie, bbc news, auckland. at the rugby league world cup, england face their most physical test yet against papua new guinea. the match today is part of a double header in wigan,

following england women's group stage match with canada. adam wild is there for us. hi, adam. papua new guinea renowned for their huge physical force. for the england man no second chances this afternoon. they breezed through the earlier stages and now we are at the knockout stage and a real step up in quality of opposition. papua new guinea are a big and physical side and are very proud rugby league nation with a great heritage. they mislaid the only country in the world to boast rugby league is the national sport. like england they will be desperate to make it through to the final four of this competition. before that the england women continue their rugby league world cup and they have been warming up behind me to take on canada in around 20 minutes' time. and like the men step up in the

quality of opposition from that thumping win over brazil early in the week. we hoping for a big crowd today for both the men and women and amongst them the princess of wales watching herfirst amongst them the princess of wales watching her first game of this rugby league world cup. all live on the bbc. at the t20 world cup, england's cricketers are into the semi finals — but they made hard work of it against sri lanka in their final group match. england had to win to progress — and restricted sri lanka to 141 — pathum nissanka top scored with 67 — before he was caught. england looked comfortable in their run chase — alex hales hitting eight boundaries. but wickets soon tumbled — and england scraped over the line — chris woakes with the winning runs with just two balls to spare. a quick bit of football before i go. wolves have appointed julen lopetegui as their new manager. and the fa cup first round continues after this bulletin, with south shields against forest green rovers, live here on bbc one.

that's it for the moment. the next news on bbc one is at 5:10pm. bye for now. now on bbc news — it's time for click.

in the last few years, we have heard lots about the metaverse and how it's going to change our lives online. i've made several stories about it and the effect it's going to have... yeah, but you had help! i beg your pardon? you had help from the likes of me — the trimmer, younger—looking virtual version of you that's helped with all of these stories on the telly. well, if you know so much about it, perhaps you'd like to explain what the metaverse actually is, then? my pleasure! if we think of the current internet as something that we look at, the metaverse is the next version of the net that we are inside, experiencing as a 3d avatar like this one. that's the broad idea — it doesn't truly exist yet. but games like fortnite

and roblox offer us a glimpse of what the metaverse could be — virtual realms that play host to pop concerts, fashion shows, and sports. ah! as well as allowing us to play games. and mashing up different activities across genres and industries. but why would we want to experience our online lives in this way? what advantages does it offer over the internet as we know it today? to get the answer to that question, we are back in the real world, with craig donato — he's chief business officer at online platform roblox. craig, are we really going to conduct our lives online in this way? 0ur position is that for younger users, people that grew up with interactive online gaming, the metaverse is already here. it's fascinating to look at it through their eyes. they actually view reality differently from people

like you and i, marc. we see there is the physical world and the digital world. and for us, the digital world is actually less than the physical world, but for them, it is a totally different thing. but humanity won't be alone in these online virtual worlds. greg cross is co—founder and ceo of a company specialising in al called soul machines. he thinks we will be sharing these spaces with digital people. if we are going to have — - spend more and more of our time, even on the internet, you know, transacting - and interacting digitally, - you know, how do we provide that human connection? and we do that by providing . a digital workforce for a whole wide range of industries. what should we start with? one of the most interesting things we have learned - about deploying digital people in healthcare and education i is people often prefer- to interact with digital people because it removes the fear of humanjudgement. - soul machines is already building digital celebrities such as jack nicklaus,

de—aged from 82 to 35. ai—powered avatars designed to interact with fans online. so, these are some of the things we imagine j in the future. but perhaps it's not digital people that we have to worry about but the behaviour of real ones. i think it's about writing a whole new rulebook, basically, to this way of interacting. this is not something we are used to. so, i guess it is up to the stakeholders involved. like, you have the tech companies, you have governments, and just even us as a society and how we treat each other in these spaces. the jury's still out when it comes to determining if the metaverse is ever going to be realised in the way mark zuckerberg thinks it will. meta has sunk $15 billion into its reality labs since the start of 2021. whichever way you cut it, that is a hell of a big bet. so, i think that leaves us with plenty to think about and discuss. horns blare.

back to you now in the real world. now it's time for a look at this week's tech news. there has been a lot of speculation this week about what twitter look like under its new owner, elon musk. for one, he has suggested it will cost verified accounts $8 a month to keep their blue tick. what will he think of next? no idea! for the latest on this moving story, check out the bbc news website. some of the world's biggest venues are using weapon scanners that can't detect some knives. the company making them says they can spot all weapons, but the bbc has seen documents showing that they may fail to spot some blades and parts of bombs. evolv says it told venues of, quote, "all capabilities "and limitations". there needs to be more public information and evaluation of these systems before

they are rolled out. production of the iphone 14 may be impacted by a fresh covid lockdown in china's henan province. the measures will last seven days in the industrial area that houses apple's largest assembly line. don't forget — china still has very strict covid measures. and this is india's first 24/7 solar—powered village. more than 1000 panels are keeping the lights on in madera, in the west of the country, at a cost of nearly $10 million to install. the project has been hailed by the un for giving locals electricity at next to no cost and helping to tackle climate change and poverty. 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. she put me in a bed and the germans came and they looked every little

place, they looked in every corner — they even tapped on the bed. so, i felt them tapping on the bed, 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, who hid her, blanche incredibly, miraculously, survived the holocaust. 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 ofjewish heritage in new york city. butjust like many other museums devoted tojewish heritage, a lot of the people in the photos here are unnamed. here, three men are being deported to a concentration camp. perhaps they don't know where they are going. we don't know. the museum says they don't know who they are or what happened to them. it's a common story.

we don't have the names for everybody — that is part of the problem — and i can't stress enough how important these photos are of individuals. we all know the figure — you know, 6 million, 6 millionjews were killed — but it is really one person 6 million times. every person has a name, every person has a face. but as members of that community have died, so too has the ability to directly identify others in archival photos. software engineer daniel patt has been working to help solve this problem, using artificial intelligence. he calls the project from numbers to names. the way it works is, let's say, for example, you're looking for a photo of yourfamily member. you have a picture of them from before. and you upload it, and we scan through hundreds of thousands of photos, millions of faces in seconds, to find the photos that have the most likely chance of being of your own family member. his algorithm has scanned

hundreds of thousands of pictures. using facial recognition technology, his program links faces. a single picture of one person whose name we know can help identify that same person in another photo where we don't. so, what we're looking at here on the left, this is a photo of a bronja bruner, whose name now is blanche fixler. so, i uploaded this photo on the left and it actually identifies all the faces in the photo but blanche is the one who is in the bottom left here. so, looking through all the search results, this is the original, and here is this photo. and if i click on it, it will actually zoom into where blanche might be. this is not a photo that, to the best of our knowledge, blanche has ever seen before and, to the best of our knowledge, the museum is not aware that blanche is actually in this bottom row. but the algorithm only gives probabilities of matches so today, dan is going to meet blanche to see 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! chuckles. and in the picture, her aunt rose — the aunt that saved her. here is my aunt, rose. oh, wow! wow, so i think to the best of my knowledge there's only three people in this group that have been identified so far. there are hundreds of thousands of people murdered by the nazis for which there are pictures but no names. scott miller is not part of the numbers to names project, but says at least trying to identify victims, even 80 years later, is vital.

it's so important to identify these photos because by focusing in on photos, and even just to name somebody, to give somebody a name, you are restoring some semblance of dignity to them, some comfort to their family, and it's a form of memorial for the entirejewish community. 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, mademoisellej�*etais. # et comme ci, et comme ca, et comme ci, et comme ca. # et comme ci, et comme ca! et comme ci, et comme ca. this is the short version of click. the full length is waiting for you right now on iplayer. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. bye— bye.

we will all see a spell of rain at some point today. it has been a fine and bright start to the day across northern and eastern scotland. some lovely sunrise pictures earlier on this morning but the cloud is gathering. this is rain bearing clouds and the the rain stretches out into the atlantic. it would be more heavy rain to eastern england for tomorrow as well so it is going to stay pretty unsettled. this radar picture showers you where the rain has been over recent hours. moving across ireland, rain easing here but

we've got wet weather heading across it will tend to turn light and patchy in nature so no huge amounts of rain across central and eastern areas and across the north—west of the country will brighten up to the afternoon with some sunny spells. all the while, south—westerly winds were being mild air. and for bonfire celebrations, it looks like it will be quite cloudy. and clearer and drier weather for scotland and one or two showers for western scotland and perhaps western counties of northern ireland but for most it is a reasonable night. temperatures holding on double figures, colder into scotland. tomorrow, the zone of

heavy rain working across england. i suspect the rains will be more extensive and it will be persistent and heavy. by that feature, there will be breaks in the cloud and some sunshine between the showers. some of them, though, are likely to be heavy showers with a rumble or two of thunder and it will turn quite windy with the threat of gales across the north west later in the day. mild again, though. 12-14. into next week low pressure stays firmly in charge. rain moving through on monday into monday night. followed by showers from tuesday onwards so it is an unsettled looking weather picture, often quite windy but those westerly winds will bring very mild and 17 degrees later next week which is about four above average.

this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. thousands of people gathered in seoul to remember the victims of last week's halloween crush. many are demanding the president resign. they are anti—government and they are affiliated with the main opposition party. really it is more of a protest than a vigil. a "disturbance" at a london immigration removalfacility during a power outage, with reports suggesting it was caused by the detainees. elon musk defends his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter, but admits revenues will drop. in britain, there's been disruption on the railways, despite a series of strikes being called off by the unions. vladimir putin publicly approves

the evacuation of civilians from russian—occupied kherson, as ukraine's forces gear up for battle.