katie silver reporting there., who bought the firm for $4abn at the end of october. the tumult has brought into sharper focus some of the platform�*s failings, but for some of its roughly 300 million monthly users, it has also been a place where they have built businesses, found love, and launched campaigns. our technology editor, zoe kleinman, has spoken to three women who say being on twitter changed their lives for the better: twitter has long been a complicated place to hang out. you hear a lot about its struggles with moderation, with abuse and illegal content. for some of its millions of monthly users, it has been a platform that has brought business opportunities, grown communities, and sparked romance. i spoke to three women who say it changed their lives for the better. catherine cooke used twitter as a sounding board while she was going through divorce, and found an unexpected happy ending. i didn�*t start out looking for romance, but what i did use twitter for was, support, really. it is quite an isolat

i'm joined now by our news correspondent katie silver.t lines for us and can join me now from the newsroom. wait to get you on the programme. i'm intrigued. there has already been such criticism about this visit and yet, it is so significant, coming in as it is after the pandemic. what are the expectations for the visit and why is it so significant? yes, it absolutely has been, its been the subject of a it's been the subject of a great deal of controversy. as you mention, it is the first visit of a g7 leader, the first visit of a g7 leader, the first visit as well other european leader since late 2019 has been a long time between visits. in terms of what olaf scholz would like to achieve through this visit, he says he will not be shying away from tough topics so there are three main things on the agenda. first he says is human rights and that is of course trying to increase and continue this international pressure on china when it comes to the freedom of speech as well as the rights of the uyghur in china. the second of course is that of

katie silver reporting there. island of ischia. initial reports suggested eight people had been killed, but an italian minister has said there are no confirmed deaths. the mud dislodged trees and damaged houses as it swept down a hillside, dragging a number of cars into the sea. rescuers are working to free residents. the american actress, singer and songwriter irene cara has died in florida. she was 63. irene cara rose to stardom in 1980 in the musical "fame", in which she sang the title track. four years later she won an oscar and a grammy for the title song in the movie "flashdance". her publicist described her as a beautifully gifted soul whose legacy would live forever through her music and films. at the world cup in qatar — saudi arabia are in action against poland. the latest score is 1—0 to poland — saudi arabia missed a penalty to equlise. meanwhile, earlier, australia beat tunisia 1—0, it's the socceroos first world cup win in twelve years. they started the day bottom but are now sitting second — with fr

katie silver reporting there.ark fins. environmental groups say tens of millions of sharks are killed every yearfor theirfins — a market estimated to be worth half a billion dollars annually. here's the shark expert and wildlife presenter austin gallagher. this is huge. this is a really big win for sharks on the international level. the international community has spoken and this is, you know, going to ensure a much better future for dozens of shark species. it is a multilateral treaty of around 180 member nations around the world coming together to say, "we're going to put this species that we think are threatened with extinction on this list and essentially we will better regulate their trade," so it sort of holds countries accountable and basically helps us understand whether or not things are sustainable or not, so we can either relax or tighten restrictions, so it should in theory help many species recover down the line. when there is trade in valuable species — sharks are very valuable, you know, their fins

as beijing continues its zero covid policy, despite record daily infections. 0ur correspondent katie silverhe fire broke out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand to authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether against officials and hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about is the fact that china particularly when it has come to the world cup, people have seen that is triggering, they have seen videos of people online out and about in crowds with no masks on. on friday we saw the third day in a row of consecutive daily cases hitting about 35000 and that is small in a population of 1.4 billion, but the restrictions are immense. the us government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment from five chinese companies, expressing concerns about national security. the seven years now ameri

katie silver reports. on the street in shanghai a protester is carried out by police.e several hundred gathered. they chant and cheer each other. the bbc has seen the people being taken away by police. at least one was punched and ramped up against a car. many bring flowers to pay their respects to the ten people that died in a fire in the city almost 4000 kilometres away. the scuffles follow a night of demonstrations. what began as a virtual, turned into a protest with people airing their frustrations with china's zero covid policy. in mandarin, protesters chant, step down, step down. and lockdown. communist party, step down. and it is notjust shanghai but cities across the country. a video posted on social media huge crowds appear together at the university and chant rest in peace, long live the people. the unrest follows a fire in a high—rise apartment in the north—western city which killed several people, sparking widespread public anger. many believe they could have been savedif many believe they could have been saved if not for lockdown restrictions. some protest

months as beijing continues to grapple with a steep rise in covid infections. 0ur correspondent katie silvere out on the 15th floor of this apartment building on thursday night. we understand it took authorities about three hours to put it out and according to state media, ten people died from it and nine were injured. this deadly blaze has then attracted attention on social media, making many complain and question this ongoing commitment to zero covid. some residents telling the bbc that they question whether or not these people were able to leave the building, and many for example relying on chats from the government to give themselves security that they were able to leave. now we have seen videos emerge on tiktok as well as weibo, which is china�*s equivalent of twitter, showing people coming up against officials in hazmat suits, screaming out, lift the lockdown, as well as hitting drums. all of this comes about as the fact that china was the first into this pandemic and it seems like it is going to be the last out. it has now been almost three years that people have faced lockdown pressu

katie silver has the latest from our asia business hub. at when you look at the detail that is being uncovered? it look at the detail that is being uncovered? it really is. often these _ being uncovered? it really is. often these bankruptcy - often these bankruptcy procedures can be quite boring. this makes for colourful reading as you mentioned, described as a personal fiefdom. another quote from the attorney there that only now do we realise the emperor had no clothes and was described as one of the most abrupt and difficult collapses in the history of corporate america. now, the corporate delacorte has heard this firm once valued at $32 billion lacked basic monetary controls and the team of senior executives spent in the order of about $300 million on holiday homes. it was quite extraordinary because these were funds deposited by customers, put into their personal accounts on the ftx platform. many of them assumed this money would be as safe as if they had in a bag. as i said, the new chief executive says he has never seen anything like

a steep rise in covid infections, despite its so—called �*zero covid policy'our correspondent katie silvernews (tx 00v)the democratic republic of congo has announced that it will hold its next presidential election in december next year. the announcement comes as rebel groups continue to cause instability in the east of the country, displacing tens of thousands of people from their homes. taiwan's president has resigned as leader of the governing party, saying she takes full responsibility for her party's poor showing in the local elections. tsai ing—wen's attempt to frame the elections on her government's defiance of china's increased military threats failed to sway voters. the vatican has accused china of breaking a landmark agreement signed four years ago over the administration of chinese catholics. the vatican expressed �*surprise and regret�* after beijing appointed a bishop without its approval. nasa�*s orion spacecraft has broken the record for the furthest distance travelled from earth by a vehicle that is habitable by humans. this test flight, which does not have any crew onboard

katie silver has the details from our business hub in singapore. tell us more. yes, sally.illion, that _ tell us more. yes, sally. that $3 billion, that is _ tell us more. yes, sally. that $3 billion, that is just - tell us more. yes, sally. that $3 billion, that is just the - $3 billion, that isjust the top 50 creditors. about half of that to the top ten creditors. we understand about $16 billion is owed all up but so far many of these creditors, people who could stand to lose this money, have been unnamed. we did hear from the investment fund here in singapore last week, saying they had about 275 million, not far off a third of $1 billion invested in this. it is unclear as to whether any of these creditors will be getting their money back. many experts we have been speaking with say they could just get a small fraction of it back. it is the world's second—largest crypto before it filed for bankruptcy last week, and the fear now is of the domino effect. we are seeing for example a buckling down across the entire sector, tears of contention and fallout, many lenders for ins

katie silver reports.i spoke with thomas hale, financial times correspondent in shaghai, who was at the scene. about 50 metres from what remains of the protest. i would not call it a protest. it was a mass gathering of people and essentially, they've cordoned off and blockaded the road on which it was happening. but there are still very large crowds gathered close to the original site to the protest as they can get. but what is your view of the significance of these protests? how political are they? i would say they are extremely significant and i would also say that the politics of china's covid policies, not sure if you can hear, next to me is a lot of disruption going on in the streets, sorry about that. i would say that the covid policies have become a kind of lightning node for wider frustrations, political frustrations in china including over a slowing economy which has been a very significant issue for much of the past year. i would also add that on the front line of these gatherings, which haven't

joining me now is katy silver. the hang seng has absolutely soared — what's going on there?n china and germany today? between china and germany toda ? ., v between china and germany toda ? . �*, _, ., today? that's right, victoria foster blast _ today? that's right, victoria foster blast i _ today? that's right, victoria foster blast i have - today? that's right, victoria foster blast i have seen - today? that's right, victoria foster blast i have seen it i today? that's right, victoriaj foster blast i have seen it is currently up about 7%, and part of that may be due to this meeting but it is also due to these rumours that have been circulating on social media of potentially opening up in the coming months. we will have to wait and see on that. all eyes as well on this meeting. we have heard from the chinese leader xijinping saying have heard from the chinese leader xi jinping saying that germany and china want to work togetherfor germany and china want to work together for world germany and china want to work togetherfor world peace in what he called, "times of change and

here's katie silver again. it emerged workers were fleeing.this may have on iphone production, particularly in the lead—up to christmas. but foxconn says the manufacturing will not be impacted, as much of it will be moved to their xinjiang plant. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @karinbbc. back with outside source in a couple of minutes. good evening. well, some real autumnal weather across the country today with heavy rain and high winds. and actually, if we take a look at the satellite picture from earlier combined with the radar, we can see this great big swirl of cloud and rain and area of low pressure. that's been tracking its way eastwards across the country during wednesday, and as it cleared, actually brightening up through northern ireland, but those blustery winds still with us, as indeed they will be through the course of tonight. overnight, the rain's still lingering across parts of the southeast — that's probably still with us for a good part of thursday. further north across scotland, another curl of rain, and that will be with

katie: many people were making the case without announcement was made. tom: is very silverhe space since beginning. he bought his first bitcoin and 2012. tom: so he's profitable now at 16,000? katie: he bought it around seven dollars per point. so now at 16,000 per coin, as pretty good. tom: is it a currency? katie: by that classification, it is. according to the bloomberg terminal it is. but whether i could go out to an atm and buy a pizza with it. that won't be as easy with a. tom: my mother through my coin collection out. i am smarter with your attendance on crypto. an extraordinary day, stay with us on radio, television. ♪ folks, it looks like we're gonna have to land this big old bird earlier than expected because it's the xfinity black friday sale. get the fastest mobile service with xfinity mobile. yeah, we'll be cruising in to get the best price for 2 lines of unlimited for just $30 each per month. oh my! plus, for a limited time, get 500 dollars off an eligible 5g phone. even you in 22c. flight attendants, prepare for big savings. drop everything and get to the xfi

silver lining here though. kari lake is going to beat katie hobbs in arizona when all the votes are counted. >> steve: she is currentlyehind. >> ainsley: maybe. >> pete: all the dumps coming out are same day ballots not counseled. huge same day surge for her. she likely wins. >> if you care about election integrity. i go at that. if you care about the border, she is going to go at that declaring an invasion on day one. so there are still some good signs to include the house where enough seats are still leaning republican that it likely. ainsley: if you are okay with the way the elections are going don't change anything. if you nor the okay with finding out a week later and questioning integrity of elections because it's gone on for so long thearnd finding more and more votes as we go along. and that's happening in various states, arizona and nevada, if you are okay with it, then keep it the way it is. i have heard a lot of republican holes say they want the paper ballots like they do in other countries like they do in france. >> steve: ultimately comes down to state's rights. the states get to decide how each state wa

silver. >> the race for arizona governor remains neck and neck. trump backed republican kari lake currently trailing democrat katie hobbs by less than two points. learned that maricopa county, home to phoenix, is going to release a batch of results, about 90,000 ballots, in the 8 pm hour. that is a pm eastern. lake is a proud election denier and today she called arizona's election process a laughing stock. the outcome of this governor's race, largely seen as a final test of trump-ism. specifically, if trump's endorsement will be alberta's moving forward. nbc's vaughn hillyard is an arizona with more. >> we are expecting this ballot counting process in maricopa county to plan for days ahead. they're still hundreds of thousands of ballots left uncounted. and while mark kelly has been the projected winner of the u.s. senate seat here in arizona, for challenger republican blake masters, keeping the senate seat here in democratic hands, there are other races still outstanding. there's the attorney general's race, but more more noteworthy is the governor's race. with really the chief election denier, perhaps trump's favorite candidate of 2022. being