the _ that much more difficult. james clayton there.y of sunshine. police confirmed that student nurse peiter zatko —— owami has been found alive. an energy company boss warren 's household could face poverty this winter because of rocketing energy prices. fish and chip shop owners say they're struggling with the rising cost of ingredients with sunflower oil coming from ukraine and fish from russia. some are now reducing their opening hours to help keep energy costs down. robin markwell reports. fish and chips on the beach is really very hard to beat, but how long is the traditional british chippy going to be with us? because the industry is now warning that everything that makes up this classic british dish is going up massively in price. over the last 12 months, the price of cod has on the stubble, the conflict in ukraine has seen the cost of sunflower oil sora by half and more, and gas and electricity bills are now five to six times what they were. at this chip shop, they're onlyjust breaking even, and this is meant to be there busie

the hope here is that it's not too little too late. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.mpeii, offering more insights into greco—roman life. about two—thirds of the city has now been uncovered, and it remains one of italy's most popular tourist attractions. tom brada reports. an ancient city frozen in time by a monstrous eruption almost 2,000 years ago. still—vibrant ceramics, a wooden dish cabinet, fragments of an extremely tired bed — just some of the treasures unearthed by archaeologist at pompeii, offering a glimpse of what life was like for ordinary roman citizens before the town was pummelled by mount vesuvius in 79 ad. these items were all found in four newly—excavated rooms, first discovered at a property in 2018. in one room, there's a cupboard that had stayed open for the best part of two millennia. translation: here, you can see the cabinet with the wooden i parts of the doors. inside the cabinet, there were shelves — and what we see is the shelf that collapsed when the volcano exploded. inside, we found glass objects like these bottles, but also ceramics like

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.now turning to the risk of wildfires across the uk. fire chiefs have warned that cities need to be better prepared, as our environment correspondent claire marshall reports. the searing heat coupled with the lack of rain has made the countryside bone—dry. wildfires normally seen on moors or grasslands have come closer than ever to houses. in early summer, this blaze began on a country parkjust south of birmingham. it came within a few metres of local homes. we went to look at what was left behind. the wind direction changed and it's pushed it this way, north. so the houses, where are the houses? the houses are sort of down here, through the trees, yeah. so when that happened, the decision was made to start evacuating some of them houses. not one house was damaged. david swallow�*s team managed to contain the blaze, helped by his expertise as the uk's leading wildfire tactical advisor. he had been monitoring temperatures and the wind for weeks. you know, 40—degree heat in the uk with hu

james clayton, bbc news.rage beginning in under 20 that in the business coverage beginning in under20 minutes time. polls have closed in the states of florida, new york state, and oklahoma, where voters have been deciding who will represent their party in the upcoming mid—term elections in november. 0ur north america correspondent, antony zurcher has been following the vote in florida and sent this report from miami. in his victory speech in florida, ron desantis told supporters it was time to put on the armour of law. if the republicans are getting warmed up republicans are getting warmed up and that was a message her time and time again on stage in front of republicans, that the battle is just getting started. they know that he is pivotal to efforts to take back the house of representatives, the us senate and set the stage for a presidential contest in 2024. ron desantis let the name of his opponent tonight in the gubernatorial contest in california, charlie crist, the veteran democratic politician since th

our north america tech reporter, james clayton, has this assessment.d a nickname for him, "mudge". this is a really senior person, and he is alleging all sorts of things going on at twitter. the key one for me is bots. he is saying that twitter deliberately undercounts how many bots it has. now, elon musk is trying to buy the company, or at least he was. he then pulled out, saying that twitter had done just that, undercounted the bots. now you have someone inside, the former head of security, saying exactly that. there is a court case in october, where twitter are going to try and force elon musk to try and buy the company. this is brilliant news for elon musk. he has literallyjust tweeted an emoji of a cartoon person whistling. a clear this is devastating for twitter. they want to force elon musk to buy the company. these revelations will make that much, much more difficult. twitter has denied the allegations, and has accused mr zatko, known as "mudge", of opportunism. vivian schiller is twitter�*s former global chair of news. she gave me her reaction

james clayton reporting on that story for us.legations and has accused mr zatko — known as mudge — of opportunism. vivian schiller is twitter�*s former global chair of news. she gave me her reaction. first of all, i am kind of surprised they're going after mudge, who was widely considered for many decades one of the best and most ethical and most centred security experts in the world. his credentials are unimpeachable, both personally and professionally, so i am not sure that's the best way for them to go about it. i do not know what would be in it for him to make these allegations if they were not true. you mention the number of false accounts or bots. that's really only one of the allegations. frankly, i'm not even sure it's the most disturbing, but certainly it is relevant in light of the legal procedures that are going on between twitter and elon musk. his complaint about trying to get out of the deal is he feels that he has been misled by twitter management about the number of bots on the platform, and certainly today's reve

called "ineffective leadership and poor performance". 0ur north america technology reporter — james clayton to chris pierson, who's the ceo of blackcloak, a company which provides cybersecurity solutions to high—profile clients. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc world news. this is potentially quite a blow for twitter, is it not? it potentially quite a blow for twitter, is it not?- twitter, is it not? it is. i think there _ twitter, is it not? it is. i think there are - twitter, is it not? it is. i think there are really . twitter, is it not? it is. i i think there are really three different issues twitter has in front of it. number one isjust its own internal security and the protections around all the user data. that is probably the biggest issue. the second is the information has been passed on to others, such as the ftc, the sec, regarding legal promises from past breaches, whether the information is practical or not. and third of course, we have twitter and elon musk engaged in litigation over the potential purchase of twitter, and one of the main issues there, misleading data a

our north america technology reporter — james clayton — has this assessment.or him, "mudge". this is a really senior person, and he is alleging all sorts of things going on at twitter. the key one for me is bots. he is saying that twitter deliberately undercounts how many bots it has. now, elon musk is trying to buy the company, or at least he was. he then pulled out, saying that twitter had done just that, undercounted the bots. now you have someone inside, the former head of security, saying exactly that. there is a court case in october, where twitter are going to try and force elon musk to buy the company. this is brilliant news for elon musk. he has literallyjust tweeted an emoji of a cartoon person whistling. a clear indication of how elon musk thinks about this. this is clearly devastating for twitter. they want to force elon musk to buy the company. these revelations will make that much, much more difficult. we can now speak to the washington post'sjoseph menn, who was one of the reporters who broke the story about twitter�*s former security chief accu

given to the us authorities, could have serious consequences as our silicon valley correspondent, james claytonutive of twitter, parag agarwal, used to call him mudge. but things soured between the two. and now you have this kind of extraordinary situation where the former head of security is alleging all sorts of things about twitter. now he's saying things about security that, for example, many twitter employees hold personal information about users that they shouldn't have. but the really damaging accusations here are about bots, because what he alleges is that twitter has far more fake accounts and spam accounts than it acknowledges. and he also says that bonuses are paid handsomely to undercount those fake accounts. why does that matter? because that is exactly what elon musk alleges he is trying what elon musk alleges. he is trying to pull out of buying twitter, $41; billion worth of the company, and he alleges that bots are much higher than twitter has publicly stated. now you have the former head of security saying exactly the same thing. that is hugely damaging for twitter. twitter, ho

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.wed. translation: this year, obviously, the situation here is similar to what's happening in france as a whole. we're experiencing a period of drought that is quite exceptional. it's not just france. italy is experiencing its driest year since records began more than 200 years ago. in romania, the river danube is nearing its lowest ever level, with exposed sand dunes making navigation difficult. "i can tell you, the danube had a low level before, "but the elders say it's never been like this," said this man. "we hope maybe a divine force can help us with some rain." with the heat likely to rise and no sign of rain in the coming days, even in the uk, they have experienced the driestjuly since 1935, water restrictions are being imposed on the south—eastern parts of wales. find imposed on the south-eastern parts of wales. �* ., ~ , of wales. and with the heat likely to rise and _ of wales. and with the heat likely to rise and no _ of wales. and with the heat likely to rise and no sign _ of