madhur. and for bonfire celebrations, it looks like it will be quite cloudy. and clearer and drier weather for scotland and one or two showers for western scotland and perhaps western counties of northern ireland but for most it is a reasonable night. temperatures holding on double figures, colder into scotland. tomorrow, the zone of heavy rain working across england. i suspect the vinyl be more extensive and it will be persistent and heavy. by and it will be persistent and heavy. by that feature, there will be breaks in the cloud and some sunshine between the showers. some of them, though, are likely to be heavy showers with a rumble or two of thunder and it will turn quite windy with the threat of gales across the north west later in the day. mad again, though. 12 14. into next week low pressure stays firmly in charge. rain moving through on monday into monday night. followed by showers from tuesday onwards so it is an unsettled looking weather picture, often quite windy bu
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. twitter s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the firm s workforce without warning. mr musk said the social media platform was losing large sums of money every day. he s insisted twitter s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff and anxiety among advertisers. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around $4 million a day, meaning costs had to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn t degenerate into what he called a free for all hellscape when content moderation is loosened. but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business, which is likely to lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. out technology editor, zoe kleinman, reports. elon musk did not speak to any of the twitter employees laid off today. he was a surprise guest
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cry, is it? famously, general winter is russia s great ally. and although when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine back in february, he clearly thought it would all be finished in a couple of weeks or so, he s now hoping to recruit general winter to help him win, more than eight months later. people in kyiv and many other towns and cities in ukraine are suffering from the loss of power and heating, even though on the battlefield itself, ukraine continues to do well. is the balance of the war changing, therefore? i spoke to frank gardner, the bbc s security correspondent. i think ukraine is still largely doing better because of the quality of its army, and its command structure and its use of combined arms. but russia is slowly reinforcing its front lines with all of these conscripts and reservists, some of them very poorly trained and poorly equipped. and it s very clear that what russia is trying to do is to make up for its military failures by punishing the civi
wind, lighterthan areas of scotland. a north westerly wind, lighter than yesterday, just driving showers across northern ireland, western wales and across central southern england. there are also some sunny spells. temperatures generally between 9 14. around about the seasonal average. through this evening and overnight, that rain clears away from scotland, the winds are lighter, there will be some mist and fog developing in northern ireland. look out towards the south west, that rain approaching from the deep area of low pressure. it will feel chilly, temperatures rising with that milder air coming to the south west. here is the low. a tight squeeze and the isobars. they winds will not be as strong as with storm ciaran, but still some deals across the channel islands, gust of around 40 50 mph, along with heavy, persistent rain across much of the south west. moving further northwards, a rash of heavy thundery showers following behind. for southern england and south wales. tow