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interview with bbc, elon musk, the owner of twitter, admitted he only went through with the purchase of the company because a judge was about force him to do so, that his takeover of twitter was painful and quite a rollercoaster, but that he would sell the company if the right person came along. musk purchased twitter for a whopping $41; billion, just over £35 billion pounds. just over £35 billion. he inherited a workforce of over 8,000 employee which he has defended cutting down to ...

Johanna konta, one of the favourites for us open, is knocked out in the first round by the unseeded serb, aleksandra krunic. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. North korea has fired a missile over northern japan, in a move japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described as unprecedented threat to his country. The communist state has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently, but this is the first time it has fired what is thought to be a ballistic weapon overjapan the missile lan...

Absolutely, wanted to give a perspective of how much rainfall has fallen in texas, historic rainfall, about over a metre, they could get another 0. 4 of the meter and if that happens it is two and a half to three times what london gets in a year. And that has come in just a few days. The red symbol is the centre of the storm, that is what drives the weather system so dreadful conditions continuing. A bit of blue skies and cloud across the uk, hit and bit of blue skies and cloud across the uk, hi...

That i should be. The full exclusive report in around 15 minutes time. If youve been fitted with an essure device really keen to hear your experiences this morning. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11. 00. Throughout the morning well keep you up today with all the breaking news and developing stories and as always really keen to hear from you. A little later well meet to an eight Year Old Girl injured up in the Manchester Arena bombings whos been reunited with the Police Officer ...

To mark the symbolic handover of the project to the scottish government. Good morning. Its tuesday, 29th august. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Japan and the United States have requested an urgent meeting of the Un Security Council later today after north korea fired a missile that flew overjapan before crashing into the sea. The missile flew over northern japan before it crashed into the sea off the countrys east coast. The launch prompted an alert and people were told to take...

And the light fantastic a multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. North korea has ratcheted up tensions in the Pacific Region once again by firing a missile that blasted over northern japan before crashing into the sea. Japans Prime Minister, shinzo abe, described it as an unprecedented threat to his country. The communist state has conducted a flurry of missile tests recently but this is the first time its...

A multi coloured show for the handover of the Queensferry Crossing, the uks tallest bridge. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A major dam outside houston, texas, has begun overspilling as storm harvey pushes the reservoir past capacity. Engineers have been periodically releasing water from the addicks dam to relieve pressure and try to limit the damage down to nearby homes. But now water levels are over the height of the reservoir edge. Six neighbourhoods nearby are being told to leave the...

Companies to show the gap between the boss and workers pay. Critics say thats not enough. The Eu Commission boss slaps down the governments latest brexit proposals. Running rings around saturn why the last days of the Cassini Mission could yield a wealth of scientific information. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news the west indies are chasing a famous win on the final day of the second test at headingley. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Japans Prime Minister says his country...

Pool in north devon. And its war at Waterloo Station, in london, as signalling problems caused delays for commuters, for commuters, on the very day it fully reopened after a month of engineering works. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. President donald trump has arrived in texas to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. In houston, more than 30,000 thousand people have been forced from their homes due to the Tropical Storm, which has set a...

Waterloo station in london as signalling problems angered commuters on the very day it reopens after weeks of engineering works. President trump has arrived in texas, to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. In houston, more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes. There have been record levels of rainfall, with areas sinking under a metre of water. But the greatest danger may be around the corner, with rising levels of several r...