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on well—established platforms such as facebook and instagram in the face of challenging economic conditions. those concerns have led meta and other tech giants to embark on a cost—cutting campaign that has so far resulted in 150,000 lay—offs across the sector. for more on metas results and what they say about the state of big tech lets bring in ray wang, founder of tech advisory firm, constellation research. yeah, they showed that the digital add is fine, yeah, they showed that t...

of mariupol has been condemned by ukraine. an aide to president zelensky called the russian president, a criminal returning to the crime scene. it was the first time mr putin had been to a newly—occupied ukrainian territory. now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. in a world fixated with the unstoppable march of the digital revolution, its kind of refreshing to look at whats happening in the old school business of selling books. ink on paper has not been...

room for compromise yet on an issue that impacts the global economy. us treasury secretary janet yellen says the us could run out of cash byjune 1st, prompting president biden to call a meeting with the top leaders in congress next week. in a letter to the leaders today, yellen warned: speaker mccarthy responded to yellen in a statement, saying: the republican—controlled house passed a debt ceiling bill last week that includes steep spending cuts. senate democratic majority leader ch...

but when you think of d.c., you mostly think of dead white guys, am i right? like washington, jefferson, lincoln. well, guess what. latinos have been here every step of the way. [upbeat latin-tinged music] in fact, latinx heroes have fought in every war for the united states for centuries. this goes all the way back to the revolutionary war. american forces got major financial contributions from cuba, and they also got help from the spanish forces led by a young venezuelan commander na...

of defense and their briefing expected to start any minute now. plus, texas governor greg abbotts plan to handle the impending crisis, promising to keep bussing migrants to democratic cities. were following the latest developments here. lets bring in julia ainsley who is following this story closely now with the white house confirming the biden administration will be sending active duty troops to the southern border. what do we know from the administration? >> well, lindsey, we kno...

hello and a warm welcome to the programme — im sally bundock. thousands of military personnel have been taking part in the biggest rehearsal so far for king charles coronation this saturday. the rehearsal was held overnight in central london on the route between buckingham palace and westminster abbey. just hours before it got underway a man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. heres our reporter vincent mcaviney. with the coronation just...

for centuries, potters in staffordshire have been making ceramics for royal events — and with just a month to go until the kings coronation, they are getting ready to mark the event in style. they certainly are. from tankards and trinket boxes, to commemorative mugs and even gifts fit for a king, the region has been producing some of the most magnificent souvenirs. it appears roger has quite a few of them! our reporter liz copper has more. the company was started by my father, we hav...

degrees. in the middle part of the week, another area of low pressure is with us, some strong winds with this as well. any overnight rain clears away and again we look at sunshine and showers. those showers will be heavy with some hail and thunder and be driven in by winds gusting at about 40—50 mph. mild again for england and wales, 13 or 14, again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closerto again for england and wales, 13 or 1a, closer to average for scotland and northern ireland but...

andi get home, and to keep going. um... and i dont know how much have left in me. more bad weather at the masters means it could be an epic final day. torrential rain means the third round is yet to be completed, with americas brooks koepka still leading the way at augusta. a panto at easter. oh, yes it is! sir ian mckellen and john bishop tell us how they ended up sharing the stage. and i said, i want him to be tall and handsome and younger than me. with good teeth. the teeth of the d...

20 years ago tonight, baghdad was under attack, as the american—led invasion got under way. well be looking at the tragic legacy. iraq sank into a nightmare. no—one knows exactly how many iraqis were killed, its in the hundreds of thousands. and workers have agreed a deal with network rail, but pay disputes with the train companies are still not resolved. and coming up on the bbc news channel... fulhams aleksandar mitrovic is charged with violent and improper conduct following his ...