We start with Elon Musk and the social Media Platform he controls, x, formerly known as twitter. Its facing the loss of one of its largest markets over a row about Hate Speech and disinformation. Brazils Telecoms Regulator Suspended Access to ex for the countrys 200 plus million people over the weekend after a ruling by a seniorjudge. Today a panel of brazils supreme court will begin hearing on whether to uphold that ruling. Earlier i spoke to the Technologyjournalist Chris Stokel walker and began by asking him how significant the Shut Down was in brazil. Pretty significant because of the scale of the country and therefore the scale of the use. We have third party estimates, between 20 Million and a0 million brazilians are believed to use x every month. Around about one third have it installed on their phones which means that this is a relatively big market and has been not just for x but lots of other Tech Platforms which is why they try to keep them onside. If you are a Tech Executiv
Hamas is ready to release the most vulnerable israeli hostages it holds but one egyptian official says there are still technical issues to resolve. Including agreement on the number of palestinian prisoners the israelis would be prepared to release an exchange. The us is carrying out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid on saturday with more than 30,000 Meals Parachuted by three military planes. Meanwhile, an Israeli Army Spokesman says the military says has completed a review. An Israeli Army Spokesman says the military has completed a preliminary review into the incident last thursday in which dozens of palestinians were killed as an aid convoy arrived in gaza city. Rear admiral Daniel Hagari says the review determined that forces did not strike the convoy, and that most palestinians died in a stampede. The idf says gazan civilians were trampled to death as they charged toward the aid convoy. Mr hagari said the review found that Israeli Soldiers did in his words fire warning shots a
and 48 hours to come up with the next generation of video games. we ll be hearing from the man behind the global gamejam. hello there. we start here in the uk, where the bank of england has raised the cost of borrowing for the tenth time in a row. the half a percent rise puts uk interest rates at 4%, their highest level in more than 1a years. a bonus, of course, for savers, but it piles more pressure on businesses and those with mortgages, loans and credit card debt. the good news is that the bank now thinks the uk s recession will be shorter and less severe than it previously thought, and there s a hint that rates may not have to go any higher. but a recovery could take years as our economics editor faisal islam reports. the squeeze continues. an official interest rate of 4% should not feel huge, but it does, and notjust here in nuneaton, forjoanne, who runs a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage a furniture and gift shop. the mortgage on a furniture and gift shop. th
bill: the house can t do a thing without electing a new speaker. can t swear in a new member or staff committees or serve on a check on the biden administration. dana: 90% of republicans support kevin mccarthy for speaker. opting to support jim jordan or andy biggs. bill: the chamber will be deadlocked for days, maybe weeks. some think they could call dana: the house reconvenes in three hours and they ll try again. what happens after that is anyone s guess. are you going to stay in the race? i m not going anywhere. hakeem jeffries can only be speaker of the house if republicans vote for him. moderate republicans might do that. i will try to find ways to hammer out a resolution so we can go ahead and elect a speaker and get down to the business the american people sent us here to do. dana: aishah hosni is covering this for us live on capitol hill. good morning, aishah. good morning, dana and bill. supporters of kevin mccarthy met last night to talk it o