this is bbc news, i'm lucy grey. our top stories: climate talks are extended as nations argue over who should pay for the destruction caused by global warming. theranos boss elizabeth holmes is sentenced to more than 11 years for medical diagnosis fraud. qatar bans the sale of alcohol in world cup stadiums just two days from kickoff. twitter closes its offices to staff until monday — the white house expresses concerns about user data. and, "gross sabotage": the verdict of the swedish prosecutors investigating the series of blasts that damaged the nord stream pipelines in september.

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, which is 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 editorjustin rowlatt is in sharm el—sheikh. 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 front line of climate impacts that we did very little to create. we did not create global warming. 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—sheikh, egypt. we can speak now to dr robert charnock, the director of the rsk metis institute for climate strategy, an environmental business and independent research institute. thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the rouramme. ., ~ i. ., ., programme. thank you for having me. the maldives _ programme. thank you for having me. the maldives is _ programme. thank you for having me. the maldives is optimistic i me. the maldives is optimistic about the possibility _ me. the maldives is optimistic about the possibility of - me. the maldives is optimistic about the possibility of a - about the possibility of a deal. do you share that

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me the bigger question is how will china react? has china been surprised by this announcement, and does china need some time to go away and see whether they can commit to this type of fund? it is interesting _ this type of fund? it is interesting that - this type of fund? it is interesting that the i this type of fund? it is l interesting that the deal this type of fund? it is - interesting that the deal as this type of fund? it is interesting that the deal as we are also hearing their includes this proviso that people also cut their emissions as part of that deal. cut their emissions as part of that deal-— that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing — that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing this _ that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing this to _ that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing this to the - that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing this to the table i that deal. yes, the deal is, bringing this to the table isj that deal. yes, the deal is, i bringing this to the table is a way of making sure there is progress made on other key negotiating points at the talks. this is the phasing down of all fossil fuels for example, it is making sure the commitments to cut emissions, notjust in developed nations but developing nations, can really make a huge amount of progress. but without a fund that says yes, developing nations, sorry, developed nations, sorry, developed nations because most of the issues we are developing —— seeing today, and there is a lack of justice at seeing today, and there is a lack ofjustice at the heart of the agreement. so there has to be a compromise from both sides. the developed nations

have to accept they have a role to play in helping the most vulnerable communities adapt to climate change, and in turn developing nations will have to find a good lower carbon form of growth that we have seen in the past. of growth that we have seen in the ast. ., ., ~' the past. looking further ahead, the past. looking further ahead. if— the past. looking further ahead, if there _ the past. looking further ahead, if there were - the past. looking further ahead, if there were a i ahead, if there were a commitment made, whoever that would make sure these countries stuck to their commitments? because that is the issue, isn't it. it because that is the issue, isn't it. , ., . isn't it. it is a critical issue- _ isn't it. it is a critical issue. the _ isn't it. it is a critical issue. the un - isn't it. it is a critical issue. the un plays| isn't it. it is a critical| issue. the un plays a isn't it. it is a critical - issue. the un plays a key role in establishing the mechanisms for checking what commitments have been in place and what progress has been made. in the past, underthe progress has been made. in the past, under the kyoto protocol there was a much stronger emphasis on international law, for example, what we saw with the paris agreement was much stronger emphasis on diplomacy between nations, bilateral and multinational —— multilateral agreements between nations so that nations hold one another accountable on their progress to climate change. so i think what seeing now is still there is a role for international law to play in this, but really international diplomacy, multilateral and bilateral agreements are the key

accountability —— accountability —— accountability mechanisms for holding people to their commitments.- holding people to their commitments. ., ., commitments. good of you to 'oin us, commitments. good of you to join us. thank _ commitments. good of you to join us, thank you _ commitments. good of you to join us, thank you very - commitments. good of you to join us, thank you very much. | the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes has been sentenced to over 11 years in prison forfraud by a court in 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. talk us through it, david. elizabeth holmes was a start—up superstar after dropping out of stanford university at the age of 19 to found theranos. she became a darling of the media, in fact at one point she even took to wearing the trademark black turtleneck sweaters of her hero steve jobs. but the product that she created, that

theranos product which claimed to be able to conduct thousands of tests from a symbol dashmac�*s single sample of blood, proved to be not capable of doing what it claimed to be able to do, and she was convicted injanuary on four convicted in january on four related counts. today she was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison, that was less than the prosecution wanted to see, they called 15 years behind bars, it was more however than her defence team had asked for. they had asked for a sentence of about 18 months in home confinement. we heard from elizabeth holmes during the trial injanuary, and she attempted to pass off many of the shortcomings of her company to others, blame them on people other than herself. well, today, she gave evidence that was much more contrite, she said she was sorry, she said she was devastated by her failure, and she said "i tried to realise my dream too

quickly". to realise my dream too quickly'-_ to realise my dream too quickly". to realise my dream too cuickl ". ,, , , . ., quickly". she is expected to a- eal quickly". she is expected to appeal though. _ quickly". she is expected to appeal though, isn't - quickly". she is expected to appeal though, isn't she? i quickly". she is expected to i appealthough, isn't she? she is expected — appealthough, isn't she? she is expected to _ appealthough, isn't she? sis: is expected to appeal, appealthough, isn't she? sia: is expected to appeal, indeed she had been seeking another trial for quite she had been seeking another trialfor quite some time she had been seeking another trial for quite some time now. and he is expected to appeal the sentence, but if that is unsuccessful, lucy, she will be sent to presumably a minimal security prison somewhere near her home, but that won't be until april of next year. because elizabeth holmes is of course pregnant and expecting her second child.— her second child. thank you very much _ her second child. thank you very much david _ her second child. thank you very much david willis. - let's show you some live pictures from malaysia where votes are being cast in parliamentary polls. the election was called ahead of schedule by the prime minister, ismail sabri yaakob. his party, unmo, is hoping to consolidate its hold on power, despite the jailing of its ex—leader, najib razak. he was convicted for his part in the multibillion—dollar 1mdb corruption scandal. an opposition coalition led by anwar ibrahim

is expected to pose a strong challenge. let's get some of the day's other news. the us attorney general has appointed a former war crimes prosecutor as special counsel 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 6 capitol riots. it comes days after mr trump announced he planned to run for the white house again. mourners have poured onto the streets of the gaza strip for the funeral of 21 people killed in a fire in an apartment block. at least eight of those who died were children. most of the dead were members of the same family. it's not yet clear what caused the blaze on the top floor of a residential building. manchester united say they are taking "appropriate steps" after cristiano ronaldo gave an interview in which he said he was "betrayed" by the club. the portuguese forward said he had "no respect" for manager

erik ten hag, and claimed he was being forced out of old trafford. ronaldo is now in qatar, as portugal's captain in the world cup. talking of the world cup, because with just two days to go before the tournament starts 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 12 years ago. budweiser, which had signed a multimillion—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. despite alcohol sales being tightly controlled in this muslim country, fans had been told beer would be available within stadia, butjust two days before ina 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 weight, but they could take legal action and this evening fans already here were unimpressed. i fans already here were unimpressed.— fans already here were unimpressed. fans already here were unimressed. ., �* ~ unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily _ unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily bode _ unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily bode well - unimpressed. i don't think it necessarily bode well given l unimpressed. i don't think it j necessarily bode well given i have had 12 men —— 12 years to think about this kind of thing in our chanting at last minute. i think people will be more upset _ i think people will be more upset at _ i think people will be more upset at the uterine and being not able — upset at the uterine and being not able to drink. just upset at the uterine and being not able to drink.— not able to drink. just 12 hours ago _ not able to drink. just 12 hours ago at _ not able to drink. just 12 hours ago at a _ not able to drink. just 12 hours ago at a legacy . not able to drink. just 12 i hours ago at a legacy event not able to drink. just 12 - hours ago at a legacy event in diehard the man responsible for delivering the world cup told me everything was on track. we are read me everything was on track. - are ready commit the operational team is ready, we have always talked about football beyond the stadiums. the players are here, the fans are here, we are always talking about 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 change and so on. this is what it is all about.— it is all about. but today's u-turn is _ it is all about. but today's u-turn is the _ it is all about. but today's u-turn is the latest - u—turn is the latest controversy to hit an event that was meant to be the perfect advert for this eventually reach golf state. suspicion barring the buildup ever since fifa voted for it 12 years ago, despite extreme summer heat and no football history. host denying allegations of corruption. but no matter how implausible it may seem to so many, the first world cup in the middle east has arrived. just as diehard has arrived. just as diehard has risen from the desert over the last 30 years, no less dramatic has been the way host of new stadium and huge amounts of new stadium and huge amounts of infrastructure have been built for this groundbreaking world cup. —— doha. 0ne built for this groundbreaking world cup. —— doha. one that the host hope will elevate the status of their country. but it is the human cop cost of such a 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 that if you were due to working on

stadiums, officials —— many critics say the reforms do not go far enough. 0ne critic today told me how he felt about being here. , , ., _ here. there is this queasy feelinu here. there is this queasy feeling around _ here. there is this queasy feeling around it. - here. there is this queasy feeling around it. there . here. there is this queasy i feeling around it. there are significant issues around this world cup obviously, with human rights issues, what has happened with the building of the stadiums and workers rights, and homophobia. ithink 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. sadly, some of ourfan groups, three lions pride, most of the members have decided not to come. that's 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 that you need? right from the top of the country, yes.

qatar wanted this world cup to help cement its growing global influence in the west, and it's been stung by some of the criticism. others, however, fear football's showpiece is about to be used. rarely has the build—up to this event felt quite so divisive. the white house has urged twitter to explain how it's ensuring the safety of user 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. 0ne 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 offices 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. 0ne 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 as 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. we can now speak to meghan bobrowsky, who's a wall streetjournal reporter covering twitter and social media. hello to you. thanks for coming on. how deep is this crisis, do you think? is it an existential threat, what is going on at the

moment? , , threat, what is going on at the moment?— moment? this is certainly a crisis on _ moment? this is certainly a crisis on a _ moment? this is certainly a crisis on a scale _ moment? this is certainly a crisis on a scale that - moment? this is certainly a crisis on a scale that we - moment? this is certainly a l crisis on a scale that we have not seen before for the company, and so if you were on twitter last, you saw a lot of people saying the of twitter, this is it, goodbye everyone, follow me on these other social platforms, and so there certainly is this concern about what is going to happen to twitter. it is really unclear. what do you think? do you think that you will be gone by monday as some people are claiming? it is hard to know. i think there is hard to know. i think there is still a lot of details emerging. certainly, there are concerns about what is going to happen this weekend with the world cup starting on sunday, and traffic on twitter is expected to increase because of that, and so there might be some potential problems that arise there, but i think there

is still a lot of details that are coming out about what is going on, and so, we will likely no more as the weekend starts. . , ., likely no more as the weekend starts. ., , ., , ., ., , starts. can you explain a bit more about _ starts. can you explain a bit more about what _ starts. can you explain a bit more about what the - starts. can you explain a bit more about what the white | starts. can you explain a bit - more about what the white house concerns about user data are? the white house concerns about... the white house concerns about- - -— the white house concerns about... ~ ., , .,, about... the white house has raised concerns _ about... the white house has raised concerns about - about... the white house has raised concerns about user. raised concerns about user data, if there are not enough people actually working, what the impact could be on user data of that?— data of that? yes, and certainly _ data of that? yes, and certainly there - data of that? yes, and certainly there are - data of that? yes, and i certainly there are some data of that? yes, and - certainly there are some things going on there. i mean, there are rules and laws that they need to be following, and so if twitter does not have people they are able to make sure the company is following those rules that could potentially recite a problem for the company. what elon musk has made a lot about how much it was losing beforehand in terms of money. it was losing so much on a daily basis, as he said, how did it manage to survive for so long? it

how did it manage to survive for so long?— for so long? it was a public traded company _ for so long? it was a public traded company and - for so long? it was a public traded company and they i for so long? it was a public- traded company and they were investors and people putting money into it. it was making some money. i mean, certainly probably not as much as investors and shareholders would have wanted but it was not on the verge of going bankrupt before. we not on the verge of going bankrupt before.- not on the verge of going bankrupt before. we will see what happens. _ bankrupt before. we will see what happens, won't - bankrupt before. we will see what happens, won't we? i bankrupt before. we will see i what happens, won't we? thank you so much for talking to us, megan dabrowski there. they're built to bring gas from russia to western europe, and now investigators say a series of blasts on two underwater gas pipelines earlier this year were the result of serious sabotage. it comes at a time of tension between europe and russia over the war in ukraine, and during an energy crisis. russia denies any involvement. 0ur europe editor katya adler has more. this is a new front line in russia's conflict against ukraine and the west. vladimir putin has warned energy infrastructure how oil and gas travel from source

to our homes is at risk. this is why the west believes him. three explosions were detonated on major gas lines between russia and europe earlier this autumn. moscow denies responsibility. hello, good morning. we set off in search of answers, with exclusive access and the help of underwater drone experts. look how the concrete casing around the pipe was ripped apart. that, say intelligence sources, would need the force of a huge car bomb. an explosion or something reallyjust bending this metal, and you can really... it's been shot up out the sea bed? yeah. we learned the damage was far more extensive than widely believed. but we may never know for sure what happened here. as we filmed, a danish surveillance plane circled nearby, and also...

we can see a swedish warship, danish warship and also russian offshore boat. is that usual, this kind of activity? no, it's not usual at all. not usual at all. the backdrop to this sabotage is russia's war. the countries investigating here are keeping intelligence close to their chest. so that was ripped off the pipeline itself? yes, at some point. but one thing has become clear from the pipeline debris. this explosion here in the baltic sea has heightened all of our awareness of the importance of undersea infrastructure, but also the huge difficulty in protecting them. 0ur energy supplies rely on a spider web of subsea pipelines. also underwater are thousands of miles of internet cables, keeping us connected, and enabling trillions of pounds worth of financial transactions a day. you can see how vulnerable the system is.

nato member norway is the main gas supplier now for the uk and eu. fears of sabotage and espionage means it has stepped up surveillance dramatically in the north sea. any further disruption of energy is obviously directly affecting european security. we see it as vital to protect it, and to provide a prolonged and steady presence. it is the first time the navy here has taken media on this patrol. wejoined officers investigating a growing number of drone sightings near the rigs. there's been a spate of arrests in norway of people suspected of spying for russia. political pressure is mounting. millions of families across europe fear the coming to germany want to know they really can rely on norway's energy supply.

nato allies, including the uk, are scrambling to improve marine capabilities. if oil and gas infrastructure is attacked, and as you say, it is so crucial. could it be considered an act of war? an attack on allied critical infrastructure could trigger our collective defence clause. an attack on one ally can or will trigger the response from the whole alliance. strong words nato would rather not act on, preferring to avoid military conflict with russia. but closer to our homes, moscow is waging non—conventional warfare, threatening our gas supply, hoping to destabilise europe and reduce support for kyiv. katya adler, bbc news, norway. fans of japanese anime fans ofjapanese anime are in new york for a convention of

hand anime characters. 0ver hand anime characters. over 55,000 are expected to attend the three—day event with screenings, exhibitions and back to meet up so people can show off their prizes. there are awards for craftsmanship, showmanship and the rights. —— bragging rights. the world's most—loved bear, paddington, has been enjoying life at royal residences. the pictures on the royal family's instagram account show toy bears that were left outside buckingham palace and windsor castle by members of the public after queen elizabeth died in september. 1,000 of these bears will be donated to charity, after they attend a teddy bear�*s picnic with camilla the queen consort. and reminder of our top story: talks of the climate summit in egypt are continuing to try to reach a consensus on how to compensate countries feeling the effects of global warming.

differences between developed in less—developed countries remain. the eu has raised the idea of a fund to help countries but it wants china to contribute as well. that is all from me. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucy e grey. 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 overall? 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 north—west 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 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.

this is bbc news, the headlines: cop27 talks have been extended as countries argue over compensation for poorer countries who have suffered loss and damage from global warming. a new proposal from the united states and the eu has been circulated as discussions continue. a coalition has issued a new proposal for a coalition has issued a new proposalforfunding a coalition has issued a new proposal for funding as part of the negotiations. the founder of theranos, elizabeth holmes, has been sentenced to more than eleven years in prison for defrauding investors. her company claimed to have produced a medical device which could diagnose a wide range of conditions from a blood sample. qatar's world cup organisers

have announced no alcoholic