firstly, edward luce of the financial times.t's been going on for quite a while, since long before musk bought twitter. 2017 or 2016, i think virtually every single newspaper in the united states endorsed hillary clinton, and trump won anyway. so we've been aware of the lack of influence of the mainstream media for a very long time, and the declining numbers. i should sort of stress, though, that there are many newspapers, including my own, that have paywalls, that are seeing rising circulation. and if the past is prologue, then trump being elected is going to be good for subscriptions. i mean, last time he was good for business, wasn't he? there were quite a lot of outfits without cnn and msnbc who may have opposed him on air, but he certainly brought the eyeballs, brought the advertisers? he did. i mean, it was like quantitative easing for the legacy media. it was there was a notorious comment by trump's spokesman in 2017 that, um, we have alternative facts, but there was a big rise in demand for non alternative facts for sort

that— report in the financial times that russia has recruited hundreds of yemeni mercenaries -n that. so we've seen _ any information on that. sr we've seen those reports, of them luring foreign nationals, including potentially yemeni nationals with citizenship and university admissions to fight in beirut? i university admissions to fight in _ beirut?- area in central beirut? i can't seak area in central beirut? i can't speak to _ area in central beirut? i can't speak to the _ area in central beirut? i can't speak to the specific - area in central beirut? i can't| speak to the specific straight, i don't know what it was they were targeting, i can tell you were targeting, i can tell you we have been concerned about escalation in central beirut, and when there were near daily attacks on beirut, we made it clear to israel that we had concerns about those. and we saw those a textile back. now there are still legitimate targets that israel has the right to go after, but how they do so matters very much. but i'll tell you just broadly speaking, our concerns about the way this conflic

edward luce from the financial times.ting ends and donald trump emerges, potentially he may speak to reporters, potentially he may get into his convoy and head back to the airport, back to florida. we are also keeping a nigh on what is happening in the senate. we are waiting for the senate. we are waiting for the result because those republicans we saw a little earlier, donald trump met with those republican lawmakers at a hotel in central washington. they are having a secret ballot and that's why the journalists are assembled there. they are electing the next senate majority leader, the person who will take over from mitch mcconnell who has held the post since 2007. he has been minority leader until last tuesday's election but the republicans winning the seat is there to give him a majority in there to give him a majority in the senate so now they elect one of three contenders. rick scott... so everyone watching to find out the result of the election to elect the new majority leader in the senate. let's return to the pic

, trade deficits — and the financial times, trade deficits don't work bilaterally.for this. what happened to the christ when all the ships are backed up? favour screaming these goods were not in factories —— when the ships are back—up. ibig in factories -- when the ships are back-ub— are back-up. big economic crises lead _ are back-up. big economic crises lead leaders, - crises lead leaders, particularly those with authoritarian tendencies to find — authoritarian tendencies to find scapegoats. the reason you have _ find scapegoats. the reason you have people like gates and others _ have people like gates and others running our intelligence and law— others running our intelligence and law enforcement officers, etc, _ and law enforcement officers, etc, cracking down on the media because — etc, cracking down on the media because you can control and find — because you can control and find a — because you can control and find a way— because you can control and find a way to deal with unrest that— find a way to deal with unrest that is— find a way to deal with unrest that

we have now learned, the "financial times" confirmed this with ukraine, that elon musk joined a phoneonald trump speaking with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. we don't know much about the phone call, why elon musk was in on it and what they discussed, that it gives you a sense that elon musk is expected to play some sort of role in this new trump administration. they talked about the possibility of him leading a department of government inefficiency, as they called it, cutting down on government waste. is how they have described it. what exactly that role will be is not yet clear. there are other names like robert lighthizer. he was the u.s. trade representative in the first trump administration and pursue the very aggressive policy towards china. we are now hearing from "the financial times," at he is being asked whether he will return to the role. trump administration postureat a would be towards china. there is also robert f. kennedy jr. he was running for president himself and then dropped out and endorsed donald trump. there has been some speculation that he could lead t

under the new administration as we will sway to see that reporting just coming to us from the financial timesh that he will have some role in the administration. he is a close ally of donald trump and have remained close while donald trump has been out of power as has been a vocal surrogate of donald trump and what he stands for over the past few months. we see elon musk there is well, actually is, a us media outlet reports that elon musk actually join the call between donald trump and the ukrainian president earlier this week that would be quite interesting if that is indeed what happened as they report. obviously elon musk�*s styling, the star links satellite communications product, has been crucial in the war in ukraine and they have been using that to launch drone attacks against russian targets. so quite a close relationship there, so interesting if that plays out to have happened because of course we heard from donald trump on the campaign trail that he thought he could solve the war in ukraine even before inauguration day, which is the 20th of january inauguration day, which is the 20t

the financial times has been on bluesky for actually quite i a long time, since i the summer of 2023.o the extent that x has gotl quite a lot of misinformation and disinformation, _ it is worth some reliable news organisations staying on board, but it's up to them. _ but isn't there another aspect for the media at least, which is that twitter was about building networks, often creative networks, to help the media make things, and that...do you feel that has been lost or can be replicated elsewhere easily? for me, it's definitely. starting to be replicated on bluesky. so, when i first got- there, it was tumbleweed. you know, it was really crickets out there. - you were just posting and there was nothing coming back. "hello? is there anybody out there?" "anybody out there?" but now it's getting quite lively and it's getting - quite fun again. you know, there's banter, - there's kind of back and forth. there's chat about the news and that's kind of what i'm i there for. it's... i'm there so that i can look. like i'm working when actually i'm just mucking about online. but elon musk might

$19 million to a political action committee supporting donald trump, and we have learned, the financial timess with ukraine, that donald trump hand elon musk had a phone call about ukraine with bilotta ms lenski for we don't know the nature of that phone, why elon musk was on it, but it gives you a sense elon musk is excited to play some sort of role in this neutral administration. they have talked about him needing a department of government efficiency as they have called it, cutting down on government waste, as they describe it, but what role that will be is not clear and then there are some other names like robert lighthizer. he was the us trade representative in the first administration he pursued a very aggressive policy towards china, so we are now hearing from the financial times as well that he is being asked about whether he would return to the role, so that gives a somewhat of an idea of what the trump administration policy posture would be towards china, and then there is also robert f kennedy and then there is also robert f kenneder. he was running for president himself, he then d

the financial times reported -- you had some observation and are aware of that. mr. miller: this is the third time today i got a question i already entered in the briefing. i answered this earlier in the briefing so i will encourage you to check the transcript. >> ok. we have someone in the united states -- there are going to be laws introduced. do you have concerns on that? mr. miller: let me take your question and get back to you. >> they blamed israel for putting someone's life and risk. health care and mental supplies in northern gaza. is real is accused of killing over 170 journalists in gaza. why don't we see others on the list from usa or other countries? it seems the israeli authority is targeting arab journalists, putting their life at risk. why don't we see any condemned -- any condemning? mr. miller: we condemned the death of any journalist. we do not want to see journalists killed in this conflict or any other. we want to see journalists protected. i do not believe there are many at all western journalists inside gaza, so it is quite tragic that it is in m

i also spoke to edward luce, the financial times's us national editor. trepidation many feel in washington fearing retribution. he did campaign very explicitly, the basis of his campaign was to take rhetoric, to say, "i will be your retribution," to personify those in america who feel persecuted for one reason or another, with trump's sense of persecution over the prosecutions from 2020. so the appointment that matters the most in the coming days, we haven't had it yet, and the one thatjd vance said would be the second most important person in the trump administration is who he appoints as attorney general to head the department ofjustice. then we will see and get an indication with that appointmentjust how serious trump is about retribution, or whether this was just rhetoric. you remember he did say he would lock hillary clinton up, and he made no real attempts in that direction. appointment is so important, because ordinarily you'd look at all manner of other appointments — secretary of state, defence secretary — as being above that appointment of atto

the financial times is reporting that the world's biggest chip maker — tsmc — will stop producing itsgence chips for china to ensure it is in line with us restrictions. according to the report tsmc will suspend production from monday. tsmc has said it does not comment on market rumor. frances's agriculture ministry is warning of a 23% drop in this year's wine harvest compared to 2023 due to unfavourable weather. all types of french wine are affected by the expected lower harvest, with top—name regions like burgundy and beaujolais hit especially hard. the ministry is predicting a harvest of 980 million gallons — close to record lows. one of the big winners from donald trump's re—election to the white house has been the crypto world. bitcoin for example, hit record highs this week by passing the $76,000 mark for the first time. another token seeing big gains over the past few days is xrp, which has been developed by the digital payment network ripple. it's currently valued at around 11 billion dollars and is trying to go mainstream by launching its own etf. however, it's currently invol

let's speak to the financial times climate correspondent attracta mooney who's in baku.ou forjoining us on bbc news. talk us through how this $300 billion figure was reached, and also why it falls short of the $1.3 trillion that developing countries were looking for.— looking for. the deal was reached _ looking for. the deal was reached after _ looking for. the deal was reached after about - looking for. the deal was reached after about two i looking for. the deal was - reached after about two weeks of intensive negotiations. it was a pretty hard fight. developed countries had argued that they simply don't have the cash, their budgets are stretched by the pandemic and by inflation, and also that the political climate is particularly difficult to try and pitch providing more money to the developing world when their own economies are struggling. at the same time, economists have said that the developed world needs that 1.3 trillion in climate financing to help them transition their economies and adapt to a warming temperature and a warming temperature and a warming world.

from what we hear, and this is all according to report from the financial times who have seen some secret, the idea is that it would seem, the idea is that it would exempt super—rich individuals from paying tax on their crypto gains. i think the eu would have a thing or two to say about this because it is only very recently that the eu took hong kong off its watchlist for, the naughty boy list, a watchlist for possible tax havens. and it was lumped in with a lot of tiny little islands that are tax havens and was taken off the list this year. but i wonder what they will make of this because it does pose a few questions about whether they are trying a little too hard in hong kong to be tax competitive. iliiuiith little too hard in hong kong to be tax competitive. with crypto generally. _ be tax competitive. with crypto generally. you _ be tax competitive. with crypto generally, you don't _ be tax competitive. with crypto generally, you don't know- generally, you don't know whether it will be income tax or capital tax. you don't know whether assets will disappear overnight. how much are thes

the "financial times" writes, media executive told the "financial times" at some brands were preparingadvertise on x. once again. as its billionaire owner was likely to gain an influential role with a second trump white house. is it for bit into advertise on x now? >> apparently it's forget it -- for bit into post. the u.k. guardian and other people aren't even going to post on x or advertise. i've seen some leftist on x complain that this is pay for play, they should be illegal. i would just like to say if you think that is pay for play, what about "the 5" hundred thousand dollars that the kamala harris campaign donated to msnbc nonprofit weeks before she was interviewed. if you are going to, shoe, other foot, check it out. >> trace: have a look down at your feet. meantime threats to democracy, karine jean-pierre was holding strong. here it is. >> was there an apology from president biden for the words he used? >> an apology from the president, president biden? >> for some of the words used on the campaign trail. >> the president is going to always feel obligated to be honest with the

the financial times is reporting that china has put its defence minister under investigation. reports that admiral dong jun is being investigated as part of a larger probe into graft in the chinese army. it would make him the third serving or former defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption. the egyptian armed forces recovered three bodies from a [000:24:33;00] [000:24:33;00]

going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf. >>> let's get to ed luce, his latest piece in the financial timese u.s. state, and you write, in part, it is time to study caligula, the most notorious of roman emperors killed what was left of the republic and centralized authority in himself. donald trump does not need to make his senator, it will be enough to continue -- rome was not destroyed by outsiders, it was demolition work -- it was the work of barbarians from within. p hegseth, trump's nominee to run america's sprawling military bureaucracy, was considered too much of a security risk in 2021 to protect capitol hill from protesters. matt gaetz, trump's pick for u.s. attorney general, reportedly won the mar-a-lago beauty contest by declaring, yeah, i will go over there and start cutting laughing had. given tulsi gabbard's close affinity to vladimir putin's russia, she would be unlikely to get a low-level security clearance in regular times. now she will be custodian to america's most classified secrets. rome was not built in a day, as the study goes, but it squandered its spirit with remark

new sites taking years to build up infrastructure and to get ready for drilling and financial times, they might be come stranded assets, something that was invested in that became obsolete for some countries 30 to 40 percent of intox, fiscal budget could be at risk as the foundation of folds for an old prices full that is gonna have a massive impact on the economies. these countries increased on livingston to today's, in these countries. and that impact to also have individual citizens directly. many pension funds around the world are invested in oil and gas. these companies fail spectacularly. millions of people could be plunged into financial insecurity in their old age. so based with the end of oil, it seems like investing and renewables at the smart financial decisions. they're cheaper and there's less risk of new projects becoming stranded and unprofitable in the future. to all of that is not a good time for us to move away from why as much there's not going to be overnight because according to all predictions, we're going to continue to meet fossil fuels for a while. they're us

new sites taking years to build up infrastructure and to get ready for drilling and financial times, they might be come stranded assets, something that was invested in that became obsolete for some countries 30 to 40 percent of intox, fiscal budget could be at risk as the foundation of folds for an old prices full that's gonna have a massive impact on the economies. these countries increased on livingston to today's, in these countries. and that impact could also have individual citizens directly. many pension funds around the world are invested in oil and gas. these companies fail spectacularly. millions of people could be plunged into financial insecurity in their old age. so based with the end of oil, it seems like investing and renewables at the smart financial decisions. they're cheaper and there's less risk of new projects becoming stranded and unprofitable in the future. to all of that is a $100000.00 or more as much. there's not going to be overnight because according to all predictions, we're going to continue to meet fossil fuels for a while. they're used as a backup power

i saw on the front of the financial times at the foot c $100.00 attention, whole time hi to isolate how can that be the best so much going on there at the top and such a bad situation at the bottom? how can that be? no, i mean, this is because uh, in the last few decades of a new liberalism, we have built this economy that does not have anything to it. uh, the lives of ordinary people anymore. and not the 1st time, you know, during the pandemic and there in the us, in the britain, in many countries, still markets that kept breaking the record when there are literally millions of people dying and shops clause people losing jobs going hungry. i'm at dice, deal made because of that i said the main street and the. busy street has nothing to do with each other anymore. yeah. yeah. so thought i basically read about now live in this finance or lies economy where the, where is the an income just that the guest siphoned up word. yeah. it's the sort of the opposite of what was expected. they used to talk about trickle down, but actually a little tricky was, uh it's, i freaking out. yeah. but i, i

the financial times is reporting that china has put its defence minister under investigation.liar with the situation, the paper reports that admiral dong jun is being investigated as part of a larger probe into graft in the chinese army. it would make him the third serving or former defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption. let's get more now on our top story — the ceasefire between israel and hezbollah. that came into place just over an hour ago. i spoke to hussein ibish — senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute in washington, and asked if he thinks as ceasefire will hold. i think so, both parties here are exhausted, i think they are overstretched, they have accomplished whatever it is they hope to accomplish. i think hezbollah did not want this larger war with israel but, they were not able to stop the daily rocket attacks, to show solidarity with hamas and gaza. that gave israel the opportunity to really take the war to them. i thank the israelis have accomplished everything they are going to be able to accomplish in lebanon and it's time

that says most schools advance, which is it looks the same point since 2022 with the financial times predicting the conflict goals which are critical phase. and just a few months of time for a more in depth look at this situation on other story shipping our world par t dot com. so you cover the 2 decades on bray ventura. gators are finally facing accountability for the sexual abuse and torture inflicted on their rocky detaining us defense contractors. c a c. i hired the employees who were now under investigation to work out the tories detention center. an american jury has ordered the multinational to not pay $42000000.00 to free former prisoners. our t correspondent, marina cost river, can tell us a better late than never. i guess it's look 16 years for these 3 of rocky men who went through the horrors of the, the torres hubble gray prison, to get justice. the case was 1st filed back in 2008, but it was only this year that on the american jury got to hear what these men went for. my body was like a machine responding to all external orders. the only part i owned was my brain, which c

time one. well, was driving more and more of the economy. some people thought it would mean a global financial crisis and others, a full on apocalypse. there was talk of high prices for food and fuel, supposed to impact agriculture and electricity. but none of this ever happened. the supply problems that everyone freaked out about never came. so it did happen. and so to be worried about running out of oil. first looking at this question now is completely different from the decades ago because there been huge changes in our lives in the early 2, thousands, 2 weren't really thinking about life that fossil fuels, electric vehicles, for nearly unheard of, to an end of our oil supplies seems like it's like the central crisis for the planning, the growing awareness of climate change, renewables of taken off, and the amount of them in the mix is gross. usually, it's not cheaper to generate electricity from solar and wind. then from the faucet . there's also way more attention on electric vehicles, 14 percent of new vehicles sold globally in 2022 or electric compared to just 5 percent and 2020. even t

this comes as moscow's advance reaches its highest rates in 2022 with the financial times predicting the complex rates are critical phase in mere month. for more in depth look at the situation and other stories shaping the world go to our website, r t dot com. there are reports of more violence in europe where police have reportedly detained over $200.00 protesters during a pro palestinian march in central amsterdam. the skirmishes with law enforcement erupt and leading to the arrest of protesters and people were rallying in defiance of a ban on demonstrations, imposed by local authorities after violence occurred last week is really football fans had been attacked during an event in the netherlands capital, leaving at least 10 people injured is really prime minister called the incident a demonstration of anti semitism. the appliances have also flared during a pro palestinian demonstration in paris. the raleigh occurred on the eve of a french israel football match. and as a pro israel gala planned to raise money for the jewish states, and thousands of law officers were deployed in the

but all there uh, sticking to the lease, there was a report in the financial times, the russia has recruited hundreds of you. many mustn't hurries. i was wondering if you had anything on that. so we have seen those reports of them. lorraine for nationals, including potentially you many nationals with promises of jobs, citizenship, university admissions, to fight in the oregon to crane. there's nothing that i really we are missing there to the real estate department as folks and matthew miller taking the questions about a prospect services 5 deal between high school not and this route after it was only a reported today that the deal is close following israel's foreign minister netanyahu was reportedly approving the deal in principle matthew miller saying that the us is hopeful that he can get an agreement on 11 on, on has will not, and at israel ceasefire, but that both parties need to get to. i guess he said that uh these questions, and of course this optimism has to be a very cautious one, but that the us is pushing, pushing as hard as it can to get a resolution to get the 10s of thousands

financial times climate correspondent attracta mooney has been following developments from baku.fter two weeks of intense negotiations. it was a pretty hard fight. developing —— developed nations said they could not meet the demands because of strapped cash. also the political climate is difficult to try and pitch modern money to the developing world when their own economies are struggling. at the same time, economists have said that the world needs $1.3 trillion in climate financing but adaptation to warmer temperatures and a warming world. the gap between what has been agreed is that rich nations will lead the way in providing at least $300 billion per year by 2035 and that they will build a bridging mechanism by building that gap between $1.3 trillion. that is needed. is there an expectation that the 300 billion figure will actually be delivered to developing countries because money pledged already has not been paid so far. that money pledged already has not been paid so far.— been paid so far. that is the big concern _ been paid so far. that is the big concern of— been paid s

tender offer in december that will sell existing shares at $135 each according to a report in financial timeshere they cited sources. bruce, the basics. a tender is where early investors sell shares. there is no new capital raise. the main point is a valuation $250 billion or more quite i watering -- eye watering. bruce: typically spacex does these toys here. -- twice a year. the previous valuation was $210 billion. 250 is a big jump. it's not a record for a startup. the record is $268 billion per bytedance, the chinese parent of tiktok. one year ago, the valuation was $180 billion. caroline: feels for some the valuation goes higher, maybe it gets a trump-musk bump. considerable ease with which he will get better regulatory approvals when he's associated with the next administration, the president of spacex is talking about that very thing this morning. bruce: elon musk does have the ear of trump. this is more than a politics story. starlink has 6000 satellites in operation. the company has launched 7000 satellites. this puts starlink ahead of any competitor. they are the dominant player for

with the financial times predicting the conflict will reach a critical phase in their mind. for a more in depth look at the situation and other story shaping the world. go to our website, r t dot com and there are reports of more violence in europe where police have reportedly detained over 200 protesters during a pro palestinian march in central amsterdam. the skirmishes with law enforcement or up the leading to the rest of protesters. the people were rallying in defiance of a ban on demonstrations, imposed by local authorities after violence occurred last week is relative football fans had been attacked during an event and in other lives capitol, leaving at least 10 people injured is really prime minister called the incident. and demonstration of anti semitism. 6 flashes and also flared during a pro palestinian demonstration in paris. the rally occurred on the eve of france. israel football match and with a pro israel gala planned to raise money for the jewish states. thousands of law officers were deployed in the capital and right place and least here guys, separate prote

your panellists this evening, sunday times columnist matthew syed and podcaster and financial times journalist, miranda green. tonight, the ongoing row over the chagos islands. shortly, we'll hearfrom a british—chaggossian campaigner, and reform uk leader nigel farage, who has told newsnight the incoming trump government is "horrified" by prospects of the deal the uk government has struck and mr farage has briefed the trump team about it. nick, bring us up to speed with this story. well, that deal to transfer sovereignty over the chagos islands to mauritius appears to be in trouble. there are two reasons, first we have a new prime minister in mauritius and he has voiced doubts about the deal and keir starmer needs his signature for this to come into force. and the trump administration don't seem to like this and think the deal could provide an opening for china in an important area of the indian ocean. what is it about. let's look at this map. in the right hand corner, no, in the middle, we can see the chagos area and 1,300 miles away is mauritius. the uk say they have to do it because of a ru

the financial times is reporting that china has put its defence minister under investigation.h the situation, the paper reports that admiral dong jun is being investigated as part of a larger probe into graft in the chinese army. it would make him the third serving or former defence minister to be investigated for alleged corruption. protesters demanding the release of pakistan's jailed former prime minister, imran khan, entered the capital, islamabad on tuesday, despite an official lockdown. some main roads were barricaded, to stop their progress. at one point, they had moved close to the city centre. security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets. some protesters threw sticks and thrown stones. there are reports of casualties on both sides. 0ur pakistan correspondent, caroline davies is in islamabad and sent this update. google says it is assisting the authorities in northern india with an investigation into the deaths of three �*s brothers who drove off an incomplete bridge while following a route on its google maps app. the us tech giant has offered its condolences to t

the financial times reporting this, senior advisor to the second government if you can follow that revealingcause quote concerns of how the interview would be perceived within the democratic party backlash with progressive staff the didn't want her to be on federal and they will be backlash if she did it. who is in charge of that campaign? rogan previously mentioned kelly to the harris campaign seem chaotic that they had a lot of demands for the interview. that's it night. what is the time to vote? to "fox & friends" tomorrow sunday. a great show wind up. nine to noon, everybody else is doing it. doctor marty makary. michael goodwin and so many m more. i for fox news saturday night with jimmy failed. i will see if i can go outside the door and watch from there. ♪

this comes as moscow's advance reaches his highest rate since 2022, with the financial times predicting the complex for reach a critical phase in the near months for a more in depth look at the situation and other story shaping the world on our website. r t dot com, the abu ghraib interrogators are finally facing accountability for the sexual abuse and heretic torture, reflected on iraqi detainees. after almost 2 decades. us defense contractor c, i. c, i hired the employees under investigation at the notorious detention center. and americans are, it has now ordered the contractor to pay $42000000.00 to $3.00 former prisoners for abuse. they suffered r t correspondence and ran a customer that brings us this report, a better life than never. i guess it's like 16 years for these 3 of rocky men who went through the horrors of the, the floor is double gray prison. so get justice. the case was 1st filed back in 2008, but it was only this year that an american jury got to hear what these men went through. my body was like a machine responding to all external orders. the only part i owned was m

financial student aid or fafsa. a formal set deadline will ensure that students, parents and schools have adequate time to apply for, process and evaluate their financial aid packages. in 2023, instead of releasing the fafsa on the traditional existing deadline of october 1, the department of education waited until the last possible moment and then published a faulty application that was three months late. the next several months were spent fixing numerous technical issues and this debacle led to a 12% reduction in the fafsa form completion. at least the department of education is consistent in their failures, however, as once again this year they missed the october deadline from 45 days ago. before the incompetent and woke-obsessed biden-harris administration, congress could depend on the department of education to do its job on time. but the biden-harris focus has been on the illegal student loan transfer scheme, rather than implementing the required programs. we need accountability to end this perpetual cycle of incompetence. i offered an amendment that is now included in the bill, that requires the department of