elon musk says his takeover of twitter is sinking in but what will it mean for free speech on social media? a tale of two communities in the west highlands coping with the cost of living one has seen energy bills soar and the other hasn t. and cash is king the royal mint starts making new 50p coins featuring king charles iii. and coming up on the bbc news channel, england s hopes of progressing at the t20 world cup hang in the balance, after their match against australia is abandoned because of rain. good afternoon. in a moment of legal history, the sentencing of a murderer has been televised and broadcast live for the first time 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 . laura foster is at the old bailey. mitchell has become the first murderer and the first woman to be sente
you have shown absolutely no remorse and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england and wales. jemma mitchell is given life for the killing and decapitation of her friend. the world s richest man, elon musk, takes control of the social media platform twitter in a £38 billion deal. and the minting of new coins bearing the image of king charles iii, in circulation from december. and coming up on the bbc world news channel. they are breaking formula i s budget cap and facing a fine of more than £6 million of the reduction in research for next season. good evening. the northern ireland secretary has said that voters 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 par
tonight at ten. questions about twitter s future direction as the world s richest man finally seals the deal. the billionaire elon musk has made a career out of grandiose business ventures. how will he shape his new acquisition? elon likes these profound challenges of humanity, like going to space, or, like, completely changing the carbon emissions systems and transportation and energy, and now he s trying to fix the problems in social media. donald trump says that twitter is now in safe hands, but a new committee will decide whether he will be allowed back onto twitter. we ll be asking whether mr musk s belief in absolute free speech might lead to fewer restrictions on misinformation and abuse. also on the programme. after months of political deadlock at stormont, a snap election is called in northern ireland but no date is given. you have shown absolutely no remorse, and it appears that you are in complete denial. a murder sentence is televised for the first time in england
it s currently more than four miles long, with waiting times of up to nine hours. away from westminster, today s other headlines authorities in ukraine say they re investigating evidence of a mass grave in the city of izyum, which was recently liberated from russian occupation. disruption for thousands of british travellers today, as air traffic controllers in france go on strike. and it s farewell to one of the greatest tennis players of all time, as roger federer announces his retirement. good morning. it s friday september the 16th. you re watching bbc breakfast from westminster, where her majesty the queen has spent a second night lying in state. the queue to enter westminster hall is now stretching back 3.6 miles, as thousands more people wait to pay their respects. here are some of the images here at westminster towards the end of the queue. the queueing time changes hour by hour, but at the moment it is approximately nine hours for those people queueing to pay their