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
james anderson and stuart broad take three wickets each on the first day of the second test at old trafford. space as you ve never seen it we ll speak to the man who s remastered these amazing images of the apollo missions. good morning. some mist and fog to watch out for this morning, some quite dense across the southeast. some starting with sunshine but generally we will see cloud build and some splashes of rain in parts of the west. i will have all the details later on the programme. it s friday august 26th. millions of households in england, scotland and wales will find out at 7am what they could be paying for gas and electricity in october, as the energy regulator ofgem announces a new price cap. this is the maximum amount companies can charge consumers for each unit of energy. it s expected to mean that the average household bill will rise to more than £3,500 a year. jo black reports. the waterfront at ipswich. but behind the attractive facade and expensive boats, so
Headunes lets bring you the latest headlines this hour. And i have some breaking for news you thats coming into us all the time. Detail we have at the time. The detail we have at the moment seven people have moment is that seven people have lost following lost their lives following a double in the double shooting in the netherlands. It netherlands. We understand it took in the dutch port took place in the dutch port city rotterdam. Also i can city of rotterdam. Also i can tell you that a 32 year old man has been arrested near a medical centre. Many reports online centre. Many reports online indicating its the Erasmus Medical Centre where one of the shootings took place. The first attack as we pieced together these events that are coming to us from the netherlands , the us from the netherlands, the first attack took place at a nearby flat. Its unclear whether the two events are unked whether the two events are linked yet, but they are being reported together for whatever meaning that ha
Who took on the government over brexit, tops the list of this years most influential black britons. And, hes one of the most significant and influential painters of his time. A collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news, 2015 snooker World Champion Stuart Bingham will miss the uk championship and the masters after being suspended for breaching betting rules. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. A quarter of a Million People are to get compensation from the retailer brighthouse, after financial regulators found the company wasnt acting as a responsible lender. The firm sells Household Goods like washing machines and televisions, on Hire Purchase agreements, paid for in weekly instalments. But some of those deals were given to people who couldnt afford them, and now the firm must pay out nearly £15 million. The Financial Conduct Authority says its ruling is a warning to other firms in th
Against the Islamic State group has been killed in northern syria. Also in the next hour. More than two hours are wasted per day in nhs operating theatres, because of inefficiencies. A new study finds hundred of thousands more non Emergency Operations could be carried out every year in england, if operating schedules were better organised. Xijinping consolidates his control of china as the communist party enshrines his name and ideology into its constitution. And a collection of portraits by the french master paul cezanne go on display this week in london. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The European Council president donald tusk has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together, or, as he put it, face defeat. Brexit, he said is the eus toughest stress test, and the eu must not be divided at any cost. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. Our europe correspond