this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. climate talks are extended, as nations squabble over who should pay for the distruction caused by global warming. some breaking news — theranos founder elizabeth holmes has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for defrauding investors. we're live in los angeles. could criminal charges be filed against donald trump? a former war crimes prosecutor is appointed to decide. blocked from twitter — employees at the social media giant are told they can't return to the office, effective immediately. and qatar bans the sale of alcohol from its world cup stadiums in a last—minute u—turn,

just two days from kick—off. welcome to the programme. talks at the un climate summit in egypt hang in the balance, after delegates were given an extra day to negotiate on funds for poorer countries being ravaged by the climate crisis. maldives — among those most affected by global warming — said the meeting was very close to a deal. however, a european union plan for a special fund for the most vulnerable nations hasn't got the backing of china and the us, who would be expected to contribute. our climate wditorjustin rowlatt is in sharm el—sheik.

tropical storms in the caribbean. drought in kenya. floods in pakistan. the science says these weather events are being made more severe by climate change. so, who should pay for the loss and damage they cause? that is the question here in egypt. vulnerability should not become a death sentence and that is what it is slowly becoming for countries that are in the frontline of climate impacts that we did very little to create. we did not create global warming. no media, sir, please. in these talks, developing countries have insisted on a dedicated fund for this loss and damage. developed countries said no, then late last night, the eu said it would agree, but there were conditions. we need to reduce the amount of damage by reducing emissions and putting that into the deal. we need a broader base of funding. we need other countries.

saving the planet from disastrous consequences... the eu says it shouldn't only be wealthy countries that pay and it's got a point. take a look at how the emissions of the world's biggest polluters has changed over the last four decades. china has overtaken the us to become the world's top polluter and, look at this, india is now in third position. but china and india have always said they are developing countries with huge populations and shouldn't have to contribute, so now there is a whole new set of issues under discussion. there is still a lot to be figured out. you've got over 200 countries trying to address multiple items at the same time and it's a difficultjob, as you can imagine. it's not easy. these talks were supposed to have ended this afternoon. it now looks like they will continue long into the night.

justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el—sheik, egypt. i'm joined now by rachel kyte, who is dean of the fletcher school, at tufts university. she is also a senior climate change adviser to the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, and was recently at cop27. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. what are you feeling in terms of the likelihood of some form of agreement coming out of tomorrow, this extension in time that they've had? ~ ~ , , had? well, i think this is the 27th co and had? well, i think this is the 27th cap and only _ had? well, i think this is the 27th cap and only six _ had? well, i think this is the 27th cop and only six of— had? well, i think this is the 27th cop and only six of them - cop and only six of them have finished on time. so unfortunately it's sort of predictable that they run over. but they've run over after quite a chaotic two weeks, and they are really sort of blocked really on fundamental issues, as your video showed. so this question of who pays, and what mechanism, and who

benefits from financing loss and damage is really at the nub of what's going on as we speak now. you sa it's what's going on as we speak now. you say it's been — what's going on as we speak now. you say it's been chaotic, why? it's - what's going on as we speak now. you say it's been chaotic, why? it's a - say it's been chaotic, why? it's a difficult year _ say it's been chaotic, why? it's a difficult year to _ say it's been chaotic, why? it's a difficult year to get _ say it's been chaotic, why? it's a difficult year to get everybody i say it's been chaotic, why? it�*s —. difficult year to get everybody pots attention on climate change, even though we are in middle of a crisis. we've got geopolitical tensions, us and china haven't really been talking much of the year. i think egypt took a particular approach to the organisation and the treatment of civil society and the press, etc, which added to complications. and then of course the war in ukraine exacerbated spikes in fuel. so the general erosion of trust between developing and developed countries has laid bare when we are trying to how we show solidarity with the most vulnerable. if how we show solidarity with the most vulnerable. . ., ., ~ vulnerable. if we could take an hinu vulnerable. if we could take anything from _ vulnerable. if we could take anything from this, - vulnerable. if we could take anything from this, what. vulnerable. if we could take | anything from this, what has vulnerable. if we could take - anything from this, what has been achieved at this cop? so

anything from this, what has been achieved at this cop?— anything from this, what has been achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's — achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's still _ achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's still not _ achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's still not lost. - achieved at this cop? so in terms of the text, it's still not lost. they - the text, it's still not lost. they will work tomorrow — and i think it's important that the eu and the uk have facilitated they've moved, there's now a realisation that loss and damage has to be paid for. there have been pledges of funding to come into different mechanisms, and an offer on the table. i think the us has been criticised at saying what it doesn't want and not being very good at saying what it does want. covid has its way through the us delegation and nowjohn kerry is sick, so whether he can be on the floor for these delegations is up in the air. i floor for these delegations is up in the air. ., .., , , ., the air. i wonder ifi can push on this because _ the air. i wonder ifi can push on this because everybody - the air. i wonder ifi can push on this because everybody is - the air. i wonder if i can push on | this because everybody is lauding the fact that loss and damage is on the fact that loss and damage is on the agenda, this is a huge advantage — but do you think that's where. 7 and it won't be until the next cop, or a couple down the line where loss and damage starts to deliver? is it

just getting in the text? it and damage starts to deliver? is it just getting in the text?— just getting in the text? it should be much more — just getting in the text? it should be much more than _ just getting in the text? it should be much more than getting - just getting in the text? it should be much more than getting it - just getting in the text? it should be much more than getting it in l just getting in the text? it should i be much more than getting it in the text, but the first fight two weeks ago was to get on the agenda. we got on the agenda, now the discussion is, is there an agreement on a facility now or next year, orjust an agreement on some vague set of processes that will be followed? officially there has to be a transfer of funds, and how that happens and what that's called is what they are arguing over right now. but there's been substantial progress on other forms of finance outside of loss and damage, and i think away from the negotiations, there's been lots of deals being done which i think is positive. i know adaptation and mitigation is part of that. rachel, thank you very much stop. lets bring some breaking news in the last hour — and the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes, has been sentenced

to over 11 years in prison for fraud by a federal court in san jose, california. she was found guilty on four counts of conspiracy to defraud investors earlier in the year. holmes had claimed that her company had found a revolutionary way to use blood test data, but many of those claims were found to be false. let's cross live to our correspondent david willis, who has been following this case. so just take us through what happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes _ happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is _ happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is a - happened today, david. well, elizabeth holmes is a startup| elizabeth holmes is a startup superstar, orat elizabeth holmes is a startup superstar, or at least she was. her company theranos was once valued at more than $9 billion — but it came unstuck pretty quickly following a series of investigative articles by the wall streetjournal newspaper. the wall street journal newspaper. now the wall streetjournal newspaper. now back injanuary of this year, elizabeth holmes was convicted on four separate accounts, three of

investor fraud and one of conspiracy. and she hasjust been sentenced to more than 11 years in jail — that is less than prosecutors in this case had called for, they wanted to see her go to jail for 15 years or more. but it is considerably more than her defence team had asked for, they asked for 18 months of home confinement. no elizabeth holmes gave evidence to the sentencing hearing today, saying she was sorry for what had happened, that theranos was her life's work, or had been, and she said she was devastated by her failure, or had been, and she said she was devastated by herfailure, and or had been, and she said she was devastated by her failure, and she said, "i tried to realise my dream too quickly." it's an indication i think of how this case has grabbed the popular imagination, that the court in san francisco was full for this hearing, as indeed it was throughout the three month trial of

elizabeth holmes.— throughout the three month trial of elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank — elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank you _ elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank you so _ elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank you so much _ elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank you so much for- elizabeth holmes. fascinating case. david, thank you so much for that. l the white house has urged twitter to explain how it's ensuring the safety of users data after mass resignations at the firm. employees have been told by email that they can't get into offices, and have had their badge access disabled until monday. twitter�*s new owner, elon musk, has told staff they must agree to work long hours at high intensity, or leave. james clayton reports from san francisco 30 seconds left. 35 seconds. these employees are counting down the seconds before they leave twitter�*s offices for good. i've been here nine years and nine months now. when elon musk bought twitter three weeks ago for £37 billion, he walked into the office holding a sink. "let that sink in," he quipped. since then, twitter has gone from crisis to crisis. more than 50% of twitter staff have already been sacked. for them, it's no laughing matter. he gave an ultimatum this week

to remaining employees. either accept "extremely hardcore" working hours and conditions, or leave. many have had enough. one employee who quit told me... twitter is a hugely influential communications platform, used by global politicians and opinion—formers, with more than 200 million daily active users. staff working at twitter hq behind me have talked of chaos, that entire teams have been disbanded. the officers have now been closed until next week. and with so few people now left at twitter, there are concerns that if the platform runs into problems, there is no—one left to fix them. one twitter investor, though, says it's too early to write off mr musk. this whole assumption that somehow everything is going to be worse is completely ridiculous, when twitter has been so mismanaged

and so poorly run for so long. i think it's a little premature to justjudge elon is a failure when he's been there for three weeks. mr musk though, seems confident. he tweeted. .. he clearly thinks twitter needs radical change. but the world's richest person is showing both his risk—taking and his ruthlessness. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. kara swisher is a columnist for the new york times, and an expert on tech and social media — and joins us now. thank you forjoining us. we've been reporting on the e—mail that issued the ultimatum, agreeing to work hard or leave. but as i understand, the new york times has been reporting about a commemoration of e—mails sent by elon musk, there have been

several, haven't there was been several, haven't there was been several, haven't there was been several, haven't there7 tickets to that. several, haven't there? tickets to that. �* , , ., ., �* , several, haven't there? tickets to that. �*, , ., ., �*, , that. there's been a lot, he's been tweetin: that. there's been a lot, he's been tweeting at — that. there's been a lot, he's been tweeting at the _ that. there's been a lot, he's been tweeting at the employees - that. there's been a lot, he's been tweeting at the employees and - that. there's been a lot, he's been i tweeting at the employees and users, and advertisers, both of which are hostile. he's been saying crazy things, tweeting political things, attacking the media — attacking everybody pretty much, but mostly his employees. i don't know the person you had on before, but twitter people worked very hard before, so to make an overall assumption like that is ridiculous. he's just trying to protect his investment, which is going to zero at some point soon. i think what's happening is he's gotten quite manic, i don't know how else to say it. but he's releasing these orders, then taking them back, releasing some product, then taking them back. so his tenure so far has been a disaster. it may change, of course, anything can happen. what disaster. it may change, of course, anything can happen.— anything can happen. what can you tell us about _ anything can happen. what can you tell us about these _ anything can happen. what can you tell us about these e-mails - anything can happen. what can you tell us about these e-mails that. tell us about these e—mails that have been asking... tell us about these e-mails that have been asking. . ._

have been asking... hard-core. askin: have been asking... hard-core. asking the _ have been asking... hard-core. asking the employees - have been asking... hard-core. asking the employees still - have been asking... hard-core. asking the employees still in i have been asking... hard-core. l asking the employees still in the office asking them to come up to the tenth floor7 it’s office asking them to come up to the tenth floor?— tenth floor? it's very strange, it feels like apocalypse _ tenth floor? it's very strange, it feels like apocalypse now in i tenth floor? it's very strange, it | feels like apocalypse now in and colonel kurtz, i don't think he knows how the modern workplace works post pandemic. i think he wants to see everybody7 post pandemic. i think he wants to see everybody? i don't obviously no, he's bought it and breaking it, maybe he wants to remake it, maybe he thinks they could deal with a lot less people. a lot of people have thought most tech companies were bloated for a while.— bloated for a while. should people be worried about _ bloated for a while. should people be worried about their _ bloated for a while. should people be worried about their data? i be worried about their data? absolutely, there's not enough people to deal with it. there's credit cards, there is your birthday, all kinds of things that could be subject to hacking. twitter already had these issues, and i think with fewer people in key spots, there's lots of points of breakage, and that's the problem. i

think you should worry about your data all over the internet, but here's a company shutting out critical employees to keeping the system going. that should be a worry for everybody. i'm not sure what you could do about it at this point, but it's problematic. so could do about it at this point, but it's problematic.— it's problematic. so he's been askin: it's problematic. so he's been asking twitter _ it's problematic. so he's been asking twitter employees, i it's problematic. so he's been. asking twitter employees, that it's problematic. so he's been i asking twitter employees, that he wants to learn about twitter�*s tech stack, but he's fired so many people— has he gone too far? i stack, but he's fired so many people- has he gone too far? i don't think he knows _ people- has he gone too far? i don't think he knows who _ people- has he gone too far? i don't think he knows who he's _ people- has he gone too far? i don't think he knows who he's fired, i think he knows who he's fired, that's the problem. it's never clear who is good, and he's been rehiring people back, saying, "you are good," then he's threatening managers if they keep someone who's not good, he'll fire the manager that day. its management by fear and capriciousness. so i don't know, nobody knows what's happening. so for him sitting in san francisco, barking orders at change by the hour. 50 barking orders at change by the hour, barking orders at change by the hour. .,, , ., , ., ,

hour. so as it stands, where does twitter sit — hour. so as it stands, where does twitter sit in _ hour. so as it stands, where does twitter sit in terms _ hour. so as it stands, where does twitter sit in terms of _ hour. so as it stands, where does twitter sit in terms of social i twitter sit in terms of social media offerings7 will it last? flit twitter sit in terms of social media offerings? will it last?— offerings? will it last? of course, it won't go _ offerings? will it last? of course, it won't go away. _ offerings? will it last? of course, it won't go away, there's - offerings? will it last? of course, it won't go away, there's many, l offerings? will it last? of course, i it won't go away, there's many, many people who use it. it's a much smaller company than people realise and a much smaller imprint, compared to facebook at the tiny mouse. but people in the media and politics like to use it, people in hollywood use of a lot less than they use to. so it has a bigger image than it is an actual business, and it's a terrible business, and he's now made it worse by scaring off all the advertisers which was its principal business. ., ., �* business. you wonder whether he'd seen the books _ business. you wonder whether he'd seen the books before _ business. you wonder whether he'd seen the books before he _ business. you wonder whether he'd seen the books before he bought i business. you wonder whether he'd| seen the books before he bought it. we live it for now, thank you very much. . ~ we live it for now, thank you very much. ., ~ i. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: just two days before the start of the world cup, fifa announces alcohol will not be sold to fans at the stadiums in qatar.

benazir bhutto has claimed victory in pakistan's general election and she's asked pakistan's president to name her as prime minister. jackson's been released on bail of $3 million after turning himself in to police in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far of the first growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it's opening - the country's remaining whites—only beaches to people of all races. i this will lead to a black majority government in this country and the destruction of the white civilisation. part of the centuries—old windsor castle, one of the queen's residences, has been consumed by fire for much of a day. 150 firemen have been battling the blaze, which has caused millions of pounds worth of damage.

this is bbc news, the latest headlines... un climate talks are extended by another day, with leaders at deadlock over compensation for countries ravaged by climate change. the us attorney general has appointed a former war crimes prosecutor as special council to handle investigations into donald trump. jack smith will rule on whether criminal charges should be filed against the former president, relating to the removal of top—secret documents to his florida residence and to the january 6th capitol riots. it comes days after mr trump announced he planned to run for the white house again. here's our north america correspondent nomia iqbal on the timing of the announcement. merrick garland is the country's top law enforcement officer. so basically, if donald trump

is going to be prosecuted for these alleged crimes, these investigations that are going on in to him, it's merrick garland that makes that call. however, he's decided that he won't be that guy. so he held a short press conference today, and in that conference, he explained the reason why, that the challenges he's facing — donald trump has announced he's running for the white house, he made that announcement three days ago. but notjust that, the man who oversees the department ofjustice, the man who hand—picked merrick garland for his job is the current president, joe biden, who is also likely to return to the campaign trail. so you can see where that conflict of interest is — already donald trump and his supporters accused the department ofjustice of a political witchhunt. and if suddenly, merrick garland decides, "ok, we're going to prosecute donald trump," you can see how mr trump will use that narrative certainly at the rallies and so forth. so he's decided that the best answer is to bring in a special council,

an independent lawyer to make that decision, if mr trump should be prosecuted for any of those investigations, you know, following those investigations. but here's the thing — the truth is that donald trump and his supporters won't consider anyone as being fair or independent, and indeed, donald trump released a statement through his spokesperson earlier, saying — i'm just going to quit you exactly what he said — "this is a totally expected political stunt by a feckless, politcised, and weaponize to biden department ofjustice." jack smith himself has said he wants this investigation, or investigations to move forward expeditiously — how likely is that? well, you've got the current january 6th investigation going on, and that's going on alongside the congressional committee's investigation, so we'll have to see what happens with that because now that the republicans have taken over the house, they could end that investigation. so it'll be up to the department ofjustice to decide if donald trump is culpable and responsible for inciting that

mob on january 6th. so we don't know how long that will take. in terms of the other investigation — the raid on his house by the fbi in these accusations that he removed top—secret or classified documents from the white house and brought them to his residency — we don't know how long that will go on for either. with just two days to go before the men's football world cup gets under way in qatar, football's governing body fifa has banned the sale of alcohol to fans inside the stadiums. it's a last minute u—turn on a deal signed with qatar in 2010. budweiser — which had signed a multi—million dollar deal for rights to sell its beer at the matches — says there's nothing it can do about it. from qatar, here's our sports editor dan roan. the qatar world cup had already been shifted to winter. today, at the 11th hour, another unprecedented shift of the goalposts. having told fans that beers would be available at stadia in a country where alcohol sales are tightly controlled, local pressure led to a late u—turn.

in a statement, fifa said... budweiser, which paid £63 million to sponsor the world cup, tried to make light of the situation in a now deleted tweet, but they could take legal action. and this evening, fans already here were unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily bodes well given they've had 12 years to think about these kinds of things and they are changing it so last—minute. i think people will be more upset at the u—turn than not being able to actually drink. 2a hours ago at a legacy event in doha, the man responsible for delivering the world cup told me that all was on track. we're ready, the team's ready, the operational team is ready, everything else is going on. we've always talked about football beyond the stadiums. the players are here, everybody�*s here, the excitement

for the world cup is coming along. we've always talked about the world cup being a platform to bring people together, a platform to push forward progress for change and so on. this is what it is all about. but the u—turn today is just the latest controversy to hit an event that was meant to be the perfect advert for this immensely rich gulf state. suspicion marring the build—up ever since it was voted for 12 years ago by fifa, despite extreme summer heat and no footballing history. the hosts denying allegations of corruption. no matter how implausible it may seem to so many, the first world cup in the middle east has arrived. just as doha has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way that a host of new stadia and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this ground—breaking world cup, one that the hosts hope will elevate the status of their country. but it is the human cost of such colossal investment that has brought with it unprecedented levels of scrutiny. thousands of migrant workers have

died in qatar since 2010 and, while organisers insist very few are due to working on stadium construction, campaigners say official data is not reliable and recent reforms don't go far enough. today, a vocal critic of the tournament told me how he felt about being here. there is this kind of queasy feeling around it at the moment. there are significant issues around this world cup, obviously, with human rights issues, what's happened with the building well, i think it is tainted. and because of that and other human rights issues. but current players have had their say, too, with england and wales among a number of teams who will wear armbands as part of a non—discrimination campaign in a country where being gay is illegal. i think any gay fans coming here would be safe, but sadly some of our fan groups, three lions pride, most of the members have decided not to come.

that is their personal decision, but we have repeatedly asked for assurances that gay fans would be safe here, and we understand they will be. you have had the reassurances you need? right from the top of the country, yes. qatar wanted this world cup to cement its growing financial and diplomatic links with the west and it has been stung by some of the criticism. others, however, feel that football's showpiece is about to be used. rarely has the build—up to this event felt so divisive. i'm just going to take you to italy. it's known as a murmuration of starlings — when thousands -- it —— it was filmed by our rome correspondent mark loewen. you see this in the autumn period just before they start their migration from northern europe to africa. some people think it's a case of safety

in numbers, but it is absolutely beautiful, isn't it? don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter — i'm @lukwesaburak. hello. well, the rain clouds are starting to clear, and the weather is improving across scotland after what has been a very wet couple of days. and of course, notjust scotland, but northern england, too. here's the radar from the last 12 hours or so — and in aberdeenshire, in char, we had about 160 millimetres of rain injust the last two days or so. but that rain is getting lighter. it's not going to be a completely dry day, though, on saturday. how about the weekend overall7 well, it will be a mixed bag for most of us, certainly some sunshine in the forecast, but blustery showers are expected too. here's the satellite picture — and this weather front fast approaching will be sweeping over us, but not until saturday night. so actually, during the course of saturday, we'll be

in between weather systems — here's that weather front fast approaching ireland — but out towards the east, we have the remnants of a weather front, it's starting to rain itself out. and then look at this central part of the uk — lots of fine weather right from the morning onwards. now the morning will be chilly, three celsius in belfast at 8am in the morning, six celsius there in the midlands, and certainly earlier than that, that will have been a frost in the countryside. now, the forecast through the afternoon shows plenty of bright, if not sunny weather in central parts of britain. in the east, that rain fizzles away from that thicker cloud. but out towards the west, that's where the next weather front is sweeping in from — and belfast will have a wet saturday evening. and then, overnight, that weather front�*ll basically sweep across the country, so most of us will get at least some rain. here it is early on sunday morning, early hours, it sweeps out into the north sea. and then, behind it, quite a few isobars there, so quite blustery winds and also frequent showers. now, some of the showers will be heavy, possibly even thundery

in some western areas, particularly in the northwest here, but many of us will have a fine day. now it will be quite cool air, rushing in off the atlantic, temperatures typically into single figures across most of the uk, maybe in the south, touching around 11—12 celsius for a moment or two in the afternoon on sunday. how about the outlook into next week? it is looking unsettled, monday will be a wet and windy day for some of us. and those temperatures holding around single figures in the north, closer to double in the south. bye— bye.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the daily mirror columnist, susie boniface, and the home affairs editor at the evening standard, martin bentham. tomorrow's front pages, starting with "they think it's all sober!" — the front page of the mirror, like many of the papers tomorrow, leads with qatar's last minute stadium booze ban.

the mail reports on fan fury at the ban.