let's go live to san francisco now and talk to our north america tech correspondent james clayton.his correspondent james clayton. has taken a while bu has this has taken a while but he has finally done it.— has finally done it. that's what's being _ has finally done it. that's what's being reported. i has finally done it. that's what's being reported. ll has finally done it. that's - what's being reported. i have approached twitter and they haven't confirmed it yet, but multiple sources are saying the deal is now complete, twitter investors are saying the deal is now complete. so we can be pretty confident elon musk is now the owner of twitter. a remarkable deal that was on and off again, then it was on again. we didn't know what was going on. right up to the last second, people were still thinking, look, elon musk is erratic and capricious, could he back out again? it does now appear that is not the case, and that elon musk owns twitter lock, stock and barrel, and that could have huge ramifications for the company. among these rumours and reports, stories about several executives

we'll talk later to our tech correspondent james clayton.nited nations says there's no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been "woefully inadequate" in their actions to keep the increase below 1.5 degrees celsius. as leaders prepare to gather for cop27, the global climate conference taking place this year in egypt, the new british prime minister rishi sunak has decided not to attend. downing street says he has "other pressing domestic commitments". the us climate envoy john kerry told the bbc in order to achieve the climate goals, all countries had to work together urgently. if we get more countries directly engaged in changing their plans to more rapidly kill the emissions, to more rapidly transition, it is plausible that we can hold it, very close to that 1.5 or close to it. it's been noticeably warmer here in the uk over the last few days, but it's nowhere near as hot as spain and france, where autum

thank you very much, james clayton _ to become the case.layton reporting. - the northern ireland secretary has said voters in northern ireland will be going to the polls for the second time in 12 months to vote yet again for members of the stormont assembly. after a midnight deadline to break months of gridlock passed, chris heaton—harris said an election must be held within 12 weeks, although he did not give a date. in may, the nationalist party sinn fein for the first time won the biggest number of seats in the devolved parliament. but the largest unionist party, the dup, refused tojoin the power—sharing executive which means the government cannot function. the dup believes northern ireland's place in the uk is being undermined by the post—brexit trade deal signed by borisjohnson. that deal known as the protocol sets out the trading arrangements between great britain and northern ireland. goods being transported to northern ireland from the mainland are subject to checks. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. political paralysis,

james clayton - many thanks. james clayton reporting.adcast live in england and wales. an old baileyjudge gave jemma mitchell life in prison, with a minimum term of 3a years, for killing her friend from church, and then dumping her decapitated body in devon. thejudge described her as "extremely devious". helena wilkinson reports. this isjemma mitchell on her way to mee keun chong's house. hours later, she murders her and put her body in the big blue suitcase. miss chong, also known as deborah, was friends with the former osteopath. both devout christians, they met through church, but fell out over money. today, history was made at the old bailey. mitchell became the first murderer and the first woman to be sentenced on television in england and wales. you have shown absolutely no remorse, and it appears that you are in complete denial as to what you did. notwithstanding what, in myjudgment, amounted to overwhelming evidence against you. the enormity of your crime is profoundly shocking. mitchell kept miss chong's body for two weeks. she

james clayton, bbc news. that was our north america technology reporter james clayton reporting.ness correspondent theo leggett. we'll talk about the social media site in a moment but let's talk about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so it about money because elon musk says it is not about making money, his acquisition of twitter, so it is about? it acquisition of twitter, so it is about? , , ., , ., about? it seems to be about influence — about? it seems to be about influence and _ about? it seems to be about influence and to _ about? it seems to be about influence and to a _ about? it seems to be about influence and to a certain . about? it seems to be about - influence and to

earlier, i spoke with our north america tech correspondent james clayton about the deal.witter haven't confirmed it yet, but multiple it yet, but multiple sources are saying the deal is now complete, twitter investors are saying the deal is now complete. so we can be pretty confident elon musk is now the owner of twitter. a remarkable deal that was on and off again, then it was on again. we didn't know what was going on. right up to the last second, people were still thinking, look, elon musk is erratic and capricious, could he back out again? it does now appear that is not the case, and that elon musk owns twitter lock, stock and barrel, and that could have huge ramifications for the company. among these rumours and reports, stories about several executives being fired — what do we know about that? yeah, parag agrawal, the chief executive of twitter, fell out with elon musk in april. elon 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 t

and that passenger for us was james clayton.t happened when he climbed into the back seat. wow! i think there is actually no—one in there. wow, this is incredible. oh my god. 0n san francisco's street, something straight out of a sci—fi film is happening. people are able to hail cabs with no driver, fully autonomous robo—taxis. some love it. i cannot believe this is happening. screaming. but others believe it is too soon for fully driverless cars to be on our streets. the public as a whole has not been provided with valid documentation that these vehicles are going to be safe. there is only one way to find out. get into one of these cars ourselves. the bbc was one of the first media organisations in the world to try it. is this it? oh, wow! 0k. uh... car: take a seat in the back and close the doors. - buckle up and get ready to ride. our plan for the evening is to go to some of san francisco's landmarks. the painted ladies, mrs doubtfire's house and ashbury. no—one is telling us where to go, we can go wherever we want. it is rea

james clayton, bbc news.siness 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 money. it has a loose advertising model and you can expect elon musk to tighten that up. he has made reference to making adverts more relevant to users. he says adverts that are not wanted are just spam and adverts that are wanted our content. and then you have the content itself, whether it remains a site where you basically have 280 characters and that is it, or whether he blends in other services and built it up into a super app, services and built it up into a superapp, like services and built it up into a super app, like those

from san francisco — here's our technology correspondent james clayton. to buy a twitter accepted in april, he could barely conceal his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. tech stocks were plummeting and many wondered whether he'd paid too much for twitter. mr musk also claimed that twitter was filled with fake accounts. in court filings he said the platform hadn't been honest to investors about how many real users it had. what do you think it is? if it is not 5%, what is it? i think it is probably at least four or- five times that number. mr musk tried to pull out of the deal. twitter, though, wasn't having any of it. the two sides were due to face a judge, who would decide if elon musk had to legally buy the company, but then another reversal — suddenly, elon musk did want to buy twitter. officially said he was buying the company to create the everything app that he called x, details of which are still sketchy but, it is also likely that mr musk believed he would have lost a court case and wished to avoid facing a potentially dam

its expensive cars, as a global economic slump looms. 0ur tech correspondent in san francisco, james claytonhink tesla will be kind of happy with them, to some extent, they are in line for record profitability, they have sold more cars this year than they did last year. however, there are headwinds, that is there are headwinds, that is the phrase that tesla are using. 0n the horizon that are making investors restless. for one, there is inflationary pressure that is driving down profitability, there is also clearly supply chain issues doing the same thing. however, one thing that really caught my eye are the numbers of cars delivered. tesla is making many more cars than it is actually delivering. and that is totally at odds with what elon musk has said this year. he has always said this year. he has always said that demand outstrips supply when it comes to tesla's, that does not seem to be the case. investors have seen that and they have reacted. as the shares have fallen and i believe it is because of that. to put this into some kind of context, tesla has lost about half of its value since j

james clayton has been following the story.ts his way but in this case it appears his hands have been tied. four months he said he did not want to buy twitter even accusing the company of fraud than a bombshell revelation, he would now honour the original agreement. in a series of treaties he wanted to use the platform to create an app use the platform to create an app for everything. he said purchasing the company would speed up the process by 3— five years. but twitter has had its fingers but before. elon musk has been an erratic negotiator. in a statement as it was there intention to push through the deal in an agreed price celebration. this could be a delay intact big. however, it would be reputational in damaging if elon musk does so again. twitter could be run by the eccentric billionaire and that means less moderation and perhaps more fake news and hate speech on the platform and if you believe elon musk�*s height, eventually an app that does a lot more than just tweets. let's get more on the story and speak to gerrit de

james clayton reports. elon musk.e world. he is certainly the richest. he made his money with paypal and is now the boss of the electric car firm tesla. he also owns spacex and his starlink satellite network provides internet access round the world, and now he adds to his portfolio twitter, the small but mighty social network. "let that sink in," he said, walking into twitter hq carrying, yes, a sink. elon musk is a prolific tweeter, with more than 110 million followers. he is now calling himself chief twit. "the bird is freed", he tweeted, followed later by "let the good times roll." but what does the tech billionaire want to do with it? he has previously said he wanted to see twitter become more open to free speech. if he starts to see a certain type of free speech environment, eg, one where anything goes, might become a hellscape, as he said, and that might see people leave, in which case advertisers who are paying to be on the site might get concerned, because there will be fewer eyeballs looking at their ads. he

james clayton, bbc news. 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 is this everything up, this thing called x. we don't have anything like that in the west but in china they do. it is called wee chat. it is a one—stop shop for everything. it's where you do your shopping, your social media, order your pizza. are we likely to have something like that here? could twitter be that? twitter has not done a lot and all the years it has been here. it has been pretty stagnant, it is kept with the same amount as cheap users. something needs to happen. maybe what he does next you shake it up will finally s

autonomous taxis on urban streets is premature and dangerous. 0ur silicon valley correspondent james claytonthere. this is incredible. on san francisco's _ there. this is incredible. 0n san francisco's street, something straight out of a sci—fi film is happening. people are able to hail a cab no driver, fully autonomous rubber taxis. no driver, fully autonomous rubbertaxis. some no driver, fully autonomous rubber taxis. some love it. i rubbertaxis. some love it. i cannot believe this is happening. cannot believe this is happening-— cannot believe this is happening. cannot believe this is haueninu. �* , happening. but is the text read ? happening. but is the text ready? there _ happening. but is the text ready? there is _ happening. but is the text ready? there is only - happening. but is the text ready? there is only one i happening. but is the text i ready? there is only one way to find out. get into one of these cars ourselves. the bbc was one of the first media organisations in the world to try it. it's really, really weird. it isn't at like a racetrack or a testing facility, we are fully

would generally feel a bit| weird white and that passenger for us was james clayton.he climbed into the back seat. wow! i think there is actually no—onein wow! i think there is actually no—one in there. while, this is incredible. 0n san francisco's street, something straight out of a sci—fi film is happening. people are able to hail cabs with no driver, fully autonomous rowboat taxis. love it. i autonomous rowboat taxis. love it. ., , , , it. i cannot believe this is happening- _ it. i cannot believe this is happening. screaming.| it. i cannot believe this is| happening. screaming. . it. i cannot believe this is - happening. screaming. . some believe it is _ happening. screaming. . some believe it is too _ happening. screaming. . some believe it is too soon _ happening. screaming. . some believe it is too soon for - believe it is too soon for fully driverless cars to be on our streets.— our streets. the public as a whole has _ our streets. the public as a whole has not _ our streets. the public as a whole has not been - our streets. the public as a l whole has not bee

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. a couple of weather fronts a i cross much of the country will bring a cloudy wet day and that will be followed by a wet evening and night for much of the north and west. some heavy bursts of rain, persistent at times with the south—east tending to stay drier and it will be a mild one for most but certainly across england and wales, you have the mid teens there, ten or 11 for scotland. but a wet start, northern around the west. that rain starts to push eastwards, reaching the south—east and east angela, it will clear by the end of the day and then a bright afternoon for most. some heavy showers in scotland but it will feel cooler in the north and west and it stays windy with gales round the coasts. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: after the row over tax cuts for higher earners, now the prime minister is under pressure to increase benefit payments in line with inflation, and rather than cutting them in real terms. we haven't made a decision yet on that specific issue

james clayton, bbc news.bout. 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, has so far refused because it believes northern ireland's place in the uk is being undermined by the post—brexit deal know as the protocol signed by borisjohnson. an election is likely to be held in decemberjust seven months after voters last gave their verdicts. here's our ireland correspondent chris page. time has run out for stormont. the home of the northern ireland assembly is no longer a place of government. devolved ministers have left office and the ballot box is beckoning. i am ashamed, ashamed to be part of this circus yet again. we know that elections in northern ireland do not solve problems. they deepen the crisis. the political system in northern ireland is different to almost everywhere else. it's based on the good fr

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. $570,000. and this first edition hardback book of harry potter and the philosopher's stone is expected to go between $110,000. this is a really special first edition, very rare, they only made about 500. the key identifier for a first edition is the serial number on the front, as you can see, it starts with a one. interestingly, the author is also referred to asjoanne rowling, rather than jk rowling. and on the back, we have a little spelling error of philosopher. following a successful auction in los angeles injune, the london selection has over 1500 items, with a total sale due to reach roughly $12 million. but if you think fears of a global recession will put people off, think again. it's very interesting, we've seen this a similarly in 2007 and 2008, when we had the financial crash, that actually where there is volatility in the markets, people look for fixed assets and items like these to investor money into. from james bond's number plates to darth vader's gloves, there really i

bye. james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol.blustery day, windier across england and wales than it has been, and with our first band of rain sinking southwards, the second one tending to stall across parts of scotland and northern ireland and to the north of that we are looking at some brighter skies and scattered showers. the rain not getting into the south—east, where we have got highs of up to 20 degrees. but wherever you are you will notice the wind, it will be blustery today. this evening and overnight, if anything, the weather fronts start to go back northwards, we have got this developing low pressure also pushing northwards, producing some heavy rain, and some more rain coming into the west. it will be windy again, especially across england and also wales and it will be another mild night. tomorrow, the low pressure pushes into the north sea but you can see two weather fronts moving towards the south—east, one of them fairly weak. in graphic form, there goes the rain, there go the weather fronts, and behind them, we see

, they're talented, they're dedicated, our rulemaking agenda is approximately the same size as james claytont that we at the s.e.c. be a cop on the beat have a robust oversight and move forward to find places where we can make our capital markets work better for regular folks watching this show. >> they go on to say, though, what happened under jay clayton most of those rules were focused on investors protections, others say -- >> we have a three -part missio, protection, the markets, efficiency orderly and fair markets in the middle, whether it's around equity market structure, treasury market structure or private funds, across the market this rule that andrew talked about clawbacks, eight of our parts of our regulatory agenda are still long ago mandated by congress, 12 years ago in that dodd-frank act, we had nine or ten of our agenda, congress mandating, but our agenda is about investor protection and the other parts of our mission >> okay, gary, before i let you go, you read william cohen -- >> occasionally. he has a fascinating piece, a speculative piece. >> i don't know. i don't read h

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. iam not i am not sure he was entirely sure about that.st of the accidents have been minor. let us know what you think, whether you would hail an automated taxi in the uk. time to get the news where you are. hello, good morning, this is bbc london, i'm frankie mccamley. many applicants to the windrush compensation scheme are still waiting for payments four years after the government wrongly classified them as illegal immigrants. one of those is auckland elwaldo romeo who's lived in the uk since he was four years old. he says trying to get the compensation he's owed has been devastating. they in the home office turned round and said, you've got no right of abode. it was rather puzzling and it was devastating for me. living in this country, being educated in this country. it needs to be resolved so at least you can breathe, and carry on a life without this big distraction. the home office says its continuing to work with those affected to pay as much as possible as soon as it can. london air ambulance is launching an urgent fundraising appea

james clayton has been following the story. the world's richest man usually gets his way.k would be hugely reputationally damaging to the tesla ceo. it does now appear likely, if not inevitable, that twitter will be run by the eccentric billionaire. that means less moderation and perhaps more fake news and hate speech on the platform. and, if you believe elon musk�*s hype, eventually, an app that does a lot more than just tweets. the work was carried out by the same goes with university and found the same conditions amongst footballers and prompted calls to reduce risk to players in contact sports. playing contact sport like rugby always comes with an element of risk. but, in recent years, there have been growing concerns over what effect repeated head impacts might have on the brain. now, a new study throws fresh light on the risks to the brain health of top—level rugby players. researchers looked at the medical records of more than 400 scottish rugby players who had represented their country. they compared them to 1200 matched members of the public. they found that rugby

that was james clayton reporting.reduction when we fill up at the pumps? the rac says no. ben can tell us more. good morning. we saw petrol prices and diesel prices shoot up and it cost at one point an average of £100 to fill the family car, a 55 litre tank. a couple of reasons. the russian invasion of ukraine and a surge in demand after the pandemic when things opened up again and people were moving around. global wholesale fuel prices have since come down gradually, but the rac said it is not entirely passed onto drivers at the pump. the average petrol price dropped by 7p in september tojust under 160 3p a litre which is lower thanit under 160 3p a litre which is lower than it was in the summer. injuly, averaging 100 and 90p per litre. the rac said drivers should have seen a further 10p off a litre in september which would take the average to about 152 p. it is to do with profit margins. normally, retailers would make around 7p in profit on every litre sold. the rac said in september profit margins went up to 17p fo

our north america technology reporter james clayton has the latest. surprise entrance into twitter this week, he was carrying a bathroom sink. "i am in twitter hq, let that sink in," he said. it's been a long road to get here, an unbelievably topsy—turvy deal. it's worth reflecting on it. when elon musk had an offer accepted to buy twitter in april, he could barely contain his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. mr musk tried to pull out of the deal, twitter though wasn't having any of it. the two sides were due to face a judge who would decide if elon musk had to legally buy the company. but then, another reversal, suddenly elon musk did want to buy twitter. officially he said he was buying the company to create the everything app called x, the details of which are still sketchy. but it's also likely that mr musk believed that he would have lost the court case and wished to avoid facing a potentially damaging deposition. so what does this deal mean for the future of twitter? well, it appears as though mr musk is going to sweep

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. will reach the south—east and clear late in the day but a bright afternoon for many with sunshine and blustery showers some of them are heavy and thundery. wins will be a feature with gales in excess of a0 miles per —— wins will be a feature. there could be some minor disruption and it will feel cooler with the fresh air so the low to mid teens, despite more sunshine around through the second half of the day. do wednesday night it stays blustery, meaning longer spells of rain, and clearer spells further south. it won't be anywhere near as mild as tonight, with loads of 6—10. through thursday and friday we hold onto low pressure in the north and south and lots of isobars and it will stay blustery, especially in the north of the uk with the weather fronts bringing spells of rain followed by blustery showers again. thursday, the best chance of a dry and bright day, in southern and eastern england, but further north, greater chance of rain with heavy showers, and it will stay quite windy

clayton thomas i going into the season. james wiseman is back , we've got the ring ceremony and the lakers are in town, tonight. we did speak to one family who is in the bay area this week but, unfortunately, they say the tickets are just too pricey an i think a lot of people can relate. >> reporter: she is a big warriors fan and an even bigger warriors jordon poole fan. maddie participated in the basketball camp. they came all the way from indiana. >> we were both on fall break and i thought, why not, let's just do it. >> reporter: although they are in town in time for the season opener, they can relate to many fans. >> we would like to go but it i very expensive. >> i am just grateful we got t come here. >> reporter: the cheapest tickets on stub hub are around $240 and that is without the fees in addition to that. for many diehard fans, these prices are just out of reach. still, these two are ready to show their support in other ways. >> we hope to see the warriors play . she really hopes to see jordon poole and she would like