james clayton has more.p has just dropped and i can tell you it looks an awful lot like twitter and that's because mark zuckerberg absolutely wants this to compete directly with twitter. this is mark zuckerberg against elon musk. what does it look and feel like? there is a maximum character limit of 500, you can share posts with your friends, in a very similar way to twitter, all accounts will start off private and then you can make them public, and in theory this isn't available now but the hope is from meta that this will be interoperable with other platforms like blue sky and mastodon.l i think the crucial thing here and this is why i am excited about this is this is not a random player, this is meta doing this, they have a lot of experience of copying other apps very successfully, reels which is a copy of tiktok, stories which is a copy of snapchat and this app will have access to hundreds and millions of instagram accounts. it is not starting from zero. so this has a very, very good chance of succeeding

james clayton reporting.bank ofjapan is set to unveil its latest monetary decision later today. in one houror in one hour or so. the expectation is that the central bank will keep its ultra—low interest rates but may make tweaks to its yield control policy. that sounds very technical, doesn't it? it is. it's closely watched by traders because the bank of japan leanne is jumping against leanne isjumping against all other major currencies. a lot of exporter shares are down because of that strain on the japanese yen. that's it for this edition of asia business report. thank you so much for watching. have a lovely weekend. bastion a nd mason are both autistic. there is a process of adhd for bastion as well. mason has the development delay. both are still in nappies. for eight years emma has been campaigning for getting more changing places and toilets built because poor facilities has often meant leaving home could be a problem. it shortened our days out so we would go out and if one of the children made a mess w

james clayton reporting. is set to unveil its latest monetary decision later today. the expectation is that the central bank will keep its ultra—low interest rates but may make tweaks to its yield control policy. that sounds very technical, doesn't it? it's closely watched by traders because the bank of japan was the first to introduce culturalist policy and the rumour was enough to send the unitjumping against all major currencies, affecting the nikkei. that's it for this edition of asia business report. thank you so much for watching. they are both autistic. there is a process of adhd as well. mason has the development delay. mason has the development dela . �* ., . mason has the development dela . . , delay. both are still in nappies- _ delay. both are still in nappies. for - delay. both are still in nappies. for eight - delay. both are still in i nappies. for eight years delay. both are still in - nappies. for eight years emma has been campaigning for getting more changing places and toilets built because

james clayton, bbc news., who uses al to actually paint what it sees? that's exactly what the robot ai—da does — so in a first for newsday, here's an interview with an ai and her creator, aidan meller — speaking to my colleague lewis vaughanjones... very excited to present to you this is ai—da the first ultra—realistic group of artists and we are here at the ai for good conference organised by the united nations. what the ai for good conference organised by the united nations.— by the united nations. what can she do? she's a — by the united nations. what can she do? she's a very _ by the united nations. what can she do? she's a very unusual— by the united nations. what can she do? she's a very unusual in - by the united nations. what can she do? she's a very unusual in that - by the united nations. what can she do? she's a very unusual in that she| do? she's a very unusual in that she can paint and draw by sight, she camera in her eyes is able to look at is scene it's an extraordinary thing to watch in person

james clayton, bbc news.with businesses shortly before and now thank you so much for watching the programme and stay with bbc news. hello there. thursday was a better day for play at wimbledon and for the start of the test at headingley. there was quite a lot of cloud generally, but we did see temperatures peaking at 23 degrees. however, into friday, we're tapping into some heat and humidity, and temperatures may well peak as high as 29 celsius, 84 fahrenheit. there was some cloud and rain around, though, and you can see quite clearly where i'm talking about on the satellite picture. this is a frontal system bringing some wet weather, fairly showery first thing friday morning across scotland and northern ireland. slowly brightening up into the afternoon. but with that southerly wind direction dragging in that warm, humid air as we go through the day, producing clear skies across england and wales, temperatures will respond. highs of 29 celsius in one or two areas by the middle of the afternoon. so that means

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. man have been sentenced to 11 years in prison. they had kept tom somerset—how, who has cerebral palsy, in squalid conditions for four years, including leaving him in bed for over a month, giving him little to no food and controlling his contact with the outside world. in what's thought to be the first prosecution of its kind, sarah somerset—how and george webb were convicted of holding a man in slavery. duncan kennedy has this report. tom somerset how was determined to be in court to watch his tormentors being sentenced. they were his own wife, sarah, and his carer, george webb. the pair of them became lovers and, in effect, tom'sjailers. speaking to the bbc, tom, who has cerebral palsy, and is nearly blind, said he can neverforgive them. there is no retribution that will ever equalise what they have done to me. as far as george goes, because he was a carer, he should never, ever have the opportunity to do this to anybody again. tom's ordeal took place in this bungalow in chichester,

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. at tv news. hello there. at times. satellite picture shows the thickest cloud to the north—west of the uk, and these weather fronts will be bringing some heavy outbreaks of rain. the low pressure associated with that rain starts to spin westwards as we go through into friday, and that allows southerly winds to drag up some much hotter airfrom france. and so temperatures in the hottest areas by tomorrow will surge upwards, reaching highs of 29 degrees in the hottest parts. now, this afternoon, it's fairly quiet weather—wise. temperatures near average, some sunny spells for most of england, wales, eastern scotland, showers few and far between. but we've got heavier rain in northern ireland and for western counties of northern ireland. could see some localised surface water flooding building in with some heavier bursts here and that heavier rain will edge into western scotland late afternoon or early evening time. now, that heavy burst of rain will then push its way northwards across scotland. the rain then beco

james clayton with more. it was one of the most deadly earthquakes in modern times.ping in their beds. 50,000 people were killed. however, there was an earthquake warning system run by google in turkey, and the company claims millions of people got a warning before this earthquake. it works on any android phone, that's about 80% of all of the phones in turkey. and this is google �*s explainer on how it works. these phones have these tiny accelerometers built into them that consents earthquakes. people will be able to have their phones be part of this network of seismometers, the angel earthquake alert system. so you'll hear it go, it looks like — so you'll hear it go, it looks like this, _ so you'll hear it go, it looks like this, it says drop, cover, and hold~ _ like this, it says drop, cover, and hold-— like this, it says drop, cover, and hold. the further you are from the _ and hold. the further you are from the earthquake - and hold. the further you are from the earthquake the - and hold. the further you are | from the earthquake the more notice the system can gi

anna a n na foster anna foster and james clayton reporting.our country". in the event those charges did not materialise today, with some observers now predicting they could come tomorrow. to give us an update on this, we're joined now by adam klasfeld, senior legal correspondent of the messenger. thank you very much forjoining us. some viewers know that mr trump faces all kinds of different cases and legaljeopardy is so could you remind us what the charges were that we were expecting today? right remind us what the charges were that we were expecting today?— we were expecting today? right now, former president _ we were expecting today? right now, former president trump _ we were expecting today? right now, former president trump is _ we were expecting today? right now, former president trump is facing - former president trump is facing potential charges related to the events of january the 6th and the lead up to that in the wake of the 2020 election and his attempts to overturn it, and according to his own truth social account he says he rece

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.amin mendy has been cleared of rape, following a three week trial at chester crown court. the footballer benjamin mendy has been cleared of rape, following a three week trial at chester crown court. the former manchester city player had been accused of raping one young woman and the attempted rape of another. he was found not guilty on both counts, as laura trant reports. benjamin mendy left court today after breaking down in tears as the not guilty verdicts were read out. this is the second time that mr mendy has been tried and found not guilty by the jury. he is delighted that both juries reached the correct verdict. the french international footballer and world cup winner would have faced a lengthyjail sentence if convicted, but after a three—week trial at chester crown courts, the jury took three hours and 15 minutes before reaching their conclusion. the 28—year—old was accused of attacking a 24—year—old woman at his £4 million home in mottram st andrew in cheshire in october 2020.

the first four hours, and twitter owner elon musk. 0ur north america technology correspondent james clayton i can tell you it looks an awful lot like twitter and that is because mark zuckerberg absolutely wants this to compete directly with twitter. this is mark zuckerberg against elon musk. what does it look and feel like? there is a maximum character limit of 500, you can share post with your friends, in a very similar way to twitter, all accounts will start off private and you can make them public. in theory, isn't available now, but the hope is from matter that this will be interoperable with other platforms like blue sky and mustered on. i think the crucial thing here, though, and this is why i am excited about this, and otherjournalists, is that this is notjust a random player, it is matter doing this. they have a lot of experience of copying other apps successfully and stories, which is a copy of snapchat, and this app will have access to hundreds and millions of instagram accounts. that is not starting from zero. so this has a very, very good chance of succeeding. some people are ca

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco.eekend after climate change protestors interrupted two matches at wimbledon yesterday. it happened as the home secretary suella braverman was meeting police and sports chiefs to try to prevent further disruptions at sporting events. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. the storm clouds might have cleared overhead yesterday in sw19, but there was trouble brewing on the courts. instead of rain halting play, it was two environmental protesters raining down confetti and jigsaw—puzzle pieces, disrupting grigor dimitrov and sho shimabukuro's match on court 18. lightning might not strike twice, but a few hours later, just stop oil did. court 18 was once again doused by a third protester, disrupting british number one katie boulter�*s first—round match against australian daria saville. all three protesters were arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass and criminal damage. tim henman — now on the board of the all—england tennis club — expressed his annoyance. prepare as best you can, obv

our north america technology correspondent james clayton reports.to twitter. very similar. only looks like there's one feed here. in terms of optics, though...identical. ok, what's this? can you re... can you retwee... oh, repost, not retweet. i'm going to... this is an article by a friend of mine, so i'm going to repost this. add to story. so this is different — so you can directly add a story... he chuckles. ..to your instagram. yeah, this is just so clearly directed as a direct competitor on twitter. i mean, it doesn't take a genius to work that out. however, although this is essentially a copy of twitter, experts say it's a pretty good copy — and one that could be a problem for elon musk. i think he should be worried. i think he should be very concerned because this is a real challenge to his platform now. and there hasn't been a real challenge of platform until today. and it's only going to get better, i think, so i think that he will be concerned about how many people are talking about it and how many people are starting to use it. mark zucker