great economic report today. gdp report. things are looking good. going to come out to you today. they can t take me down because i m a bad man. i can tell you that right now. talking circles and doing all of that. listen, you can get all you want. yours is not going to out match mine. reporter: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it s friday, october 28th. 9 a.m. in london. 4 a.m. in new york and 1 a.m. in san francisco. the city where twitter is based. elon musk now owns the influential platform according to a source familiar with the deal. according to two sources one of his first decisions was to fire three top executives including the ceo. musk has suggested twitter could be in for a major shakeup now that he s in charge including possibly allowing former u.s. president donald trump back onto the platform. one expert told us earlier content moderation is a challenge for other social media companies as well. when we re talking about issue
this is bbc news. we ll have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour as newsday continues, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from geneva. i m stephen sackur. this place is home to the world trade organization, the institution whose purpose is to maximise free and fair international trade on the assumption that globalisation is good. so what happens when many governments and people around the world question that premise? well, my guest today is the director general of the wto, ngozi okonjo iweala. will rising geopolitical tensions lead to the weaponisation of trade? ngozi okonjo iweala, welcome to hardtalk. now, you are one of the world s key advocates of ever ngozi okonjo iweala, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. now, you are one of the world s key advocates of ever freer trade, more globalisation. what s it like to be doing your job when the political tide across the world is running against you? the wto s purpose, the wor
that the christmas truce called by president putin has been ignored. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week we ll look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. we ll muster up a mass of moss that is mopping up the mess in the air. that s easy for you to say! we will find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting. and check out our latest merch. if you don t like the band, don t worry, the logo comes back. once again, the leaders of the world have been coming together in an effort to fight climate change. as cop27 comes to a close, campaigners are warning that key commitments aimed at securing the future of the planet are at risk. in the year since cop26 happened here in glasgow, there has been a lot of criticism that the event was all talk and not much action. change is not going to come from inside there, that is not leadership. this is leadership. these un climate summits bring together thousands of d
normal, to a large degree, because of the little girl. they didn t want her to be traumatised. as the delegates gather for the latest international conference on how to deal with the reality of an overheating world, is it already too late to save our planet? anything we do is better than nothing, which i know is not a great rallying 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 qual
iran is facing international condemnation for hanging two more people said to have been involved in nationwide protests. the uk called their executions abhorrent. you are watching bbc news. now it s time for click. as cop27 winds up in egypt, this week we ll look at some of the latest tech that is trying to clean up our planet. we ll muster up a mass of moss that s mopping up the mess in the air. that s easy for you to say! we will find out if hydrogen can do the heavy lifting. and check out our latest merch. if you don t like the band, don t worry, the logo comes back off. once again, the leaders of the world have been coming together in an effort to fight climate change. as cop27 comes to a close, campaigners are warning that key commitments aimed at securing the future of the planet are at risk. in the year since cop26 happened here in glasgow, there has been a lot of criticism that the event was all talk and not much action. change is not going to come from inside there,