james clayton reports from x's home in san fransisco.ng a sink. let that sink in, he quipped, before firing huge swathes of its staff. 30 seconds left. 35 seconds. everybody here? we're all about to get fired. it was emblematic of his erratic leadership. he slept in the office, changed twitter�*s name to x, talked about fighting mark zuckerberg, who launched a rival to twitter, called threads, over the summer. i got a taste of that unpredictability when i messaged him to ask him for an interview six months ago. a few hours later, he was telling me he'd appointed his dog to run twitter. i'm not the ceo of twitter. my dog is the ceo of twitter. 0k. but although some have left the platform, it has been remarkably resilient. a year on, x, formerly known as twitter, still exists. threads, mark zuckerberg's rival, has not been the twitter killer that some have touted it to be, but it still has major problems. despite what elon musk says, independent analysts say that twitter�*s user numbers are falling. x has put out different numbers, saying

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. scottish firth has been dubbed "britain's loneliest sheep". jill turner said she first came across the ewe while kayaking along the moray firth's east highland coast. she believes she has seen the same sheep again, with a very overgrown fleece, on a recent trip this year. the ewe bleated at the group of kayakers. ms turner told bbc scotland she has tried contacting a number of organisations about helping the animal back up the cliffs. now it's time for a look at the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello. good afternoon. some very autumnal scenes earlier on this morning, particularly across northern and eastern areas of england, with some patches of mist and fog, such as here in sheffield. it's now largely lifted and cleared. it won't be quite so much of a problem overnight tonight or, indeed, for the next few days, because the winds are set to pick up. there'll also be some more heavy downpours of rain, generally staying very unsettled. and if we take a look at the rainfall accumulat

james clayton, bbc news, nevada.ause the former boss of global consumer goods giant unilever has criticized british prime minister rishi sunak for rowing back on green commitments. mr sunak has signed off on a major new oil and gas project and pushed back targets on banning petrol cars. paul polman, who is now an advocate for sustainable business, says this will cost the uk more in the long run. i have to say he is wrong, and many people in his own party have called out that he is wrong. many people in the business community, including the car industry, for example, ford just to name one, have clearly called out is wrong. not surprisingly, the opposition says he is wrong. but i also believe that increasingly the population of citizens at large are wrong. so we cannot run the future of humanity based on short—term election cycles, and yes, we've always been very clear and transparent. but it is the task of a politician to explain why that is the right thing to do, but also to explain that actually if we don't make the

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. airline group — which also includes iberia, vueling and aer lingus — said it boosted capacity by almost 18% with the delivery of 20 new aircraft. iag says its forward bookings are looking good, but that it's mindful that economic and geopolitical uncertainties could affect the rest of this year. the failed crypto—tycoon sam bankman—fried — better known to many by his initials, sbf — has taken the stand in his fraud trial. the former chief of the collapsed crypto exchange ftx faces several charges, including defrauding his customers by as much as $10 billion, charges that he has denied. he told a judge in new york that he was acting on legal advice in good faith. the judge has not yet decided whether sbf's testimony will be heard by the jury. earnings season is the main driver today, a flurry of companies reporting we have heard from amazon. the ftse 100 up by reporting we have heard from amazon. the ftse100 up by a fifth of 1%. in paris, down byjust over half of 1%, and that is the ch

james clayton, bbc news, san francisco. some very good news now.rld, and it cuts deaths from malaria among children by 13%. given that malaria kills 460,000 children a year, mostly in africa, that is tens of thousands of lives saved. live now to sir brian greenwood — professor of clinical tropical medicine from the london school of tropical hygiene and medicine — and lead contributor to the development and implementation of the vaccine. this truly is something to celebrate, congratulations, how does it feel? ., ~ celebrate, congratulations, how does it feel? ., ,, celebrate, congratulations, how does it feel? ., ~' ~ celebrate, congratulations, how does it feel? ., ,, ~ ., , it feel? thank you. we have been waitin: it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for— it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for this _ it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for this for _ it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for this for a _ it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for this for a long - it feel? thank you. we have been waiting for this for a long tim

james clayton has been to nevada in the us to investigate how the extraction of this element has created some environmentalists. this is people who are escaping the us cavalry attacks from this area, past the sentinel rock here, and the us cavalry chased the people into this area right here where the mine is being dug up at the and they were massacred, so it's a tragedy. it should be a historical site. that should stop the mining altogether. unfortunately, the corporations did not hear that. nevada has only been a state for a 160 years. it has been inhabited by the relatives of these people long before. they travel here every year to remember their ancestors that they say they were murdered at this spot. this year, the tone is even more sombre. in the distance, the rumble of heavy machinery. beneath the sagebrush here could be one of the biggest lithium deposits in the world. this is thacker pass and in march, work began to get it out of the ground. this mine is different. many of its supporters claim to be environmentalists and say, the mine could play at least some role in tackling cli

james clayton, bbc news, nevada.mental health boost as a course of antidepressants. researchers in the netherlands gave patients with depressive and anxiety disorders the choice of a group running therapy programme taking a course of antidepressants. nearly half the people in each group showed an improvement in their mental health. stay with us here on bbc news. that's all from us here in washington. we leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. there's the predawn hours there. i'm carl nasman. thanks for watching bbc news. hello. this weekend is going to bring us some huge weather contrasts. for many parts of the uk, it is going to be an exceptionally warm weekend for october — that warm air pushing up from the south around this area of high pressure — but colder air digging down from the north and along the battleground between those two air masses, an active and slow—moving weather front which is going to bring heavy and persistent rain of parts of scotland. we have this m

but as our tech reporter james clayton reports, from nevada, that's pitting miners against environmentaliststhis area right here where the mine is being dug up at the moment, and they were massacred. so it's a tragedy, it should be deemed a historical site. that should stop the mining. unfortunately the corporations did not hear that. , . , the corporations did not hear that. , ., , , , that. these localtribe members have protested _ that. these localtribe members have protested for _ that. these localtribe members have protested for years - that. these localtribe members have protested for years trying i have protested for years trying to stop the mind that they say is on the site where their ancestors were murdered. in march, they lost as the diggers moved in. —— mane. beneath the sagebrush here could be one of the biggest lithium deposits in the biggest lithium deposits in the world. this is stack a pass, and in march work began getting it out of the ground. but this mine is different mainly because many of its supporters claim to be environmentalists, and say that the mine could play at

our north america technology reporter, james clayton, has the latest. sink in, he quipped, before firing huge swathes of its staff. 30 seconds left. 35 seconds. everybody here? we're all about to get fired. it was emblematic of his erratic leadership. he slept in the office, changed twitter�*s name to x, talked about fighting mark zuckerberg, who launched a rival to twitter, called threads, over the summer. i got a taste of that unpredictability when i messaged him to ask him for an interview six months ago. a few hours later, he was telling me he'd appointed his dog to run twitter. i'm not the ceo of twitter. my dog is the ceo of twitter. 0k. but although some have left the platform, it has been remarkably resilient. a year on, x, formerly known as twitter, still exists. threads, mark zuckerberg's rival, has not been the twitter killer that some have touted it to be, but it still has major problems. despite what elon musk says, independent analysts say that twitter�*s user numbers are falling. x has put out different numbers, saying that things are goi

in the united states, as bbc technology reporter james clayton found, some environmentalists are beingaltogether. unfortunately, the corporations didn't hear that. nevada has only been a state for 160 years. it's been inhabited by the relatives of these people long before. they travel here every year to remember their ancestors, who they say were murdered at this spot. this year though the tone is even more sombre. in the distance, the rumble of heavy machinery. beneath the sage brush here could be one of the biggest lithium deposits in the world. this is thacker pass and in march work began on getting it out of the ground. but this mine is different, mainly because many of its supporters claim to be environmentalists and say that the mine could play at least some role in tackling climate change. global leaders across the world have committed to electric vehicles. now that's why today i'm signing an executive order setting out a target of 50% of all passenger vehicles sold by 2030 will be electric. we are working hard to make the uk a world leader... and yet if both countries want to m