yeah, parag agrawal, the chief executive of twitter, fell out with elon musk in april.n musk in private messages said he didn't think parag agrawal got it and was the right leader for the platform. so not totally surprising that parag agrawal is going to be kicked out of twitter, very much expected, but it does show a complete culture shift in twitter. the us right will love it, because they believe parag agrawal and his predecessorjack dorsey were curtailing free speech and trampling over the rights of conservatives, so they will love that. and really, twitter is now elon musk�*s, i doubt he will call himself chief executive, he doesn't like that title, but, in all but name, twitter is now an almost twitter is now run almost completely by elon musk. he said he wants to buy twitter to help humanity, what do you read into that? i think he genuinely believes twitter has a global role. it has a role in breaking news. people talk to each other on twitter. it's a global town hall. that's the way he describes it. it has immense value and can do good in the world. he clearly d

parag agrawal, the chief executive, and previous to that, jack dorsey, the former ceo, are the two peoplet we are now going to see, almost certainly, is more free speech and potentially an invitation to donald trump to invite him back onto the platform. this has massive ramifications for free speech, moderation, alsojust us moderation, also just us politics moderation, alsojust us politics more generally. it certainly does, because the platform is hugely popular with global politicians. and relied on by millions around the world for their news as well. how does all of that change under this company structure, as it becomes a private company? does that alter anything or not? i don't think it's going to alter anything in the short—term, but you will see people who used to be banned invited back onto the platform almost certainly. elon musk has said he is a free speech absolutist, but people who sell adverts don't want the advert next to hate speech and disinformation, so it won't end “p disinformation, so it won't end up being a totally free place where you can say whatever you like. there

he's already ousted 3 top executives, including ceo parag agrawal. now the announced formation of a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints. mosque says no major content decisions or account reinstatement will happen before that council convenes. analysts predict big changes ahead. >> crilly headcount cloud to be on the horizon. and then the journey to creating a we chat like act that we've seen china. that's really i think commission teacher goal from us when it comes to twitter, the twitter status of former president trump is top of mind for many but he plans to stay on truth. social. >> in a post there this morning, trump said i am very happy that twitter is now in saying hands and i love truth. while musk is bound not to allow twitter to become a free for all hellscape. some question how and if that can really happen without guardrails on platform. >> like like twitter or really anywhere on social media, you end up with hate, misogyny, conspiracy and >> that's not positive for anyone. i respect the guy meyer, the guy. i think he

. _ the company's chief executive, parag agrawal, is said to be among a number of senior figures who'veeen fired. america's special envoy on climate change warns the world could still limit global warming to just above pre—industrial levels — but only if countries increase their efforts immediately. president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war. he denied he had any intention of using nuclear weapons in ukraine and accused the west of trying to destroy russia. the number of crimes in england and wales that result in someone being charged is now half of what it was seven years ago. figures released today show that the proportion of crimes reported to police that result in a charge has fallen from just over 15% in march 2015 to just over 5% now. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is here with more details. the good news is that on the best official estimate, the number of crimes in england and wales is still lower than it was before the pandemic. but the bad news is that while we are actually reportin

the company's chief executive, parag agrawal, is reported to be among a number of senior figures who'veted to back out of the purchase. but he announced he would go ahead with the deal shortly before the dispute was due to go to court. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @richpreston. hello. with 18 degrees in edinburgh on thursday, 21 in london, it doesn't feel like the last few days of october out there, it will stay very mild into the weekend, often windy and there will be further rain at times, with low pressure anchored to the west of the uk and around it spinning through towards us these weather fronts to give these spells of rain but also drier, sunnier moments at times, too. all the while, the air coming from a long way south of us, although temperatures take a little bit of a step backwards during friday, they will head back up again during saturday. starting with a lot of rain across western parts on friday morning, some strong winds, too, gales in places, a lot of standing water spraying northern ireland, the heavy rain runs into western scotland, there could be some flooding a

. _ the company's chief executive, parag agrawal, is said to be among a number of senior figures who've the world could still limit global warming to just above pre—industrial levels — but only if countries increase their efforts immediately. president putin warns the coming decade will be the most dangerous and unpredictable since the end of the second world war.

though mr musk is going to sweep aside twitter�*s top executives, including its chief executive parag agrawal be free to enact his vision of free speech. that may well mean that one donald trump, banned from twitter after the capitol hill riots, will be invited back onto the platform. the controversial us president, though, now has its own social media platform, truth social, and says he will not reactivate his account. we'll see. things are never dull with elon musk. expect lots of ideas, lots of changes and lots of uncertainty, at what elon musk describes as the world's virtual town hall. james clayton, bbc news. let's go live now to our technology editor, zoe kleinman, who's in glasgow. what sort of changes to twitter could this takeover mean? he says he wants twitter to become more of a haven for free speech. he says he wants to open it up more. although he says he doesn't want to become a free for all health scape. those were his words. perhaps he realises how chaotic that might be. the other thing i think is really interesting is the idea he has hinted at but never elaborated on, which

musk fired the twitter ceo parag agrawal and others for cause.y didn't get millions in golden parachutes. for cause means they did something wrong. it's unclear what that means in musk's mind and he delete add tweet that questioned the attack on paul pelosi, the husband of speaker nancy pelosi. the article musk linked to is from a fake news site spreading a conspiracy theory. musk has hinted in the past he would allow just about anything to be posted on twitter but then later seemed to change his mind saying he didn't want twitter to descend into a, quote, free-for-all hell-scape but then he, himself, posted this conspiracy theory. a lot of what he was saying about let's not make this a hell-scape he is worried about advertising. remember he paid way too much for twitter then twitter loses money every year so he will pay in more every year. he has to keep the advertisers there but it's got to be some place that's not offensive for places like nike or adidas, all the people who might pull their ads. >> and that's money. >> thanks, scott. >> you be

complete this evening bloomberg news reports several top executives are out tonight, including ceo parag agrawal investor investors will not be trading shares of twitter tomorrow. it's frozen on wall street the new york stock exchange has suspended the trading because of tomorrow's deadline for musk's 44 billion dollar deal to buy the san francisco company shares of twitter stock closed up about half a percent today. how can we build a better bay area and help fight climate change technology on display locally may be the answer. i'm meteorologist sandia patel start looking for the rain gear. we have wet windy weather in the forecast. forecast. i'll be back don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but aren't you linked to dangerous flu complications, like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations?” i just say, “but, i'm just the flu.” it's him! who? i'm just the flu! fight the flu with sanofi flu vaccines. they not only help prevent flu in older adults, they've even been shown to provide better protection from flu-related complications compared to sta

though mr musk is going to sweep aside twitter�*s top executives including its chief executive parag agrawalree to enact his vision of free speech. that may well mean that one donald trump, banned from twitter after the capitol hill riots, will be invited back onto the platform. the controversial us president, though, now has his own social media platform truth social and says he will not reactivate his account, we will see. things are never dull with elon musk. expect lots of ideas, lots of changes and lots of uncertainty, at what elon musk describes as the world's virtual town hall. that was our north america technology reporterjames clayton reporting. the eu official overseeing internet regulation has warned new twitter boss elon musk the social media giant must play by the rules in europe. in a tweet he said "in europe, the bird will fly by our rules." i'm nowjoined by naomi ruchim, cbs reporter in new york. good to talk to you. how is this all playing out in good to talk to you. how is this all playing out in the good to talk to you. how is this all playing out in the us? good to talk t

though mr musk is going to sweep aside twitter�*s top executives, including its chief executive parag agrawaluld be free to enact his vision of free speech. that may well mean that one donald trump, banned from twitter after the capitol hill riots, will be invited back onto the platform. the controversial us president, though, now has its own social media platform, truth social, and says he will not reactivate his account. we'll see. things are never dull with elon musk. expect lots of ideas, lots of changes and lots of uncertainty, at what elon musk describes as the world's virtual town hall. james clayton, bbc news. with me is our business correspondent, theo leggett. what changes could we see? there are two sides to — what changes could we see? there are two sides to this, _ what changes could we see? there are two sides to this, how _ what changes could we see? there are two sides to this, how it _ what changes could we see? there are two sides to this, how it earns - two sides to this, how it earns money, we could expect changes because at the moment, twitter does not earn very much mone

appears as though elon musk is going to sweep aside the top executives including the chief executive parag agrawalg him free to enact his vision of free speech. that may way mean that one donald trump, banned from twitter after the capitol hill riots, will be invited back onto the platform. the controversial us president now has its own social media platform truth social and says he will not reactivate his account, we will see. things are never dull with elon musk, expect lots of ideas, lots of changes and lots of uncertainty. at what elon musk described as the world's town hall. fresh elections to the northern ireland assembly are set to be called today after the deadline for the resumption of power—sharing passed at midnight. the delay means major decisions on public services remain on hold. let's remind ourselves of how this deadlock came about. back in may the nationalist party sinn fein won the most seats in the stormont assembly for the first time. it called on the dup to support the election of a speaker so that a governing executive can be formed. but the dup, the biggest unionist party, h

taken charge in a rather dramatic fashion number of the top executives, including ned segel and parag agrawal. essentially fired and told to get their stuff and get out. >> why was he fired for cause? >> well, there is legal action still ongoing. >> ned segel >> it will continue to be ongoing with mr. musk's belief that the executive team and board were aware of -- of -- of things going on at the company that were not disclosed and should have been with regard to the number of bots on the platform and what the whistleblower knew and when the whistleblower knew it. all of this will end up in court at some point. we will see. one of the reasons why at least, heard they were not willing to take or accept what they say was an offer of lower offer to complete the deal because the ceos in question wanted their golden parachutes and indemnity against future lawsuits. we will see where this goes. >> you weren't surprised that segel was fired for cause? >> no. it follows along the legal strategy at this point that musk and his team are going to have now, is it worth asking that question you will be pu