in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show america s commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the world s richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasn t been some sort of party. so, it s been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? after a sharp surge in interest rates, the world s bigggest financial institution says they will come down but don t say when. what does that mean if you are a borrower and a homeowner? i take a look. in sport, a masterclass in manchester as city thrash bayern munich to take a huge step towards the champions league semifinals. another wet and windy day today, the strongest winds will be in the west and south and north east scotland, gales and severe gales at times, which could lead to some dis
Of nagorno karabakh, describing it as an Anti Terrorism action. Time for a look at the Business News now with lukwesa burak. Lets start in the United States, where elon musk has suggested that all users of the x platform, formerly known as twitter, may have to pay to use the service. The billionaire made the remarks at an event in california, where he appeared in conversation with israels prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. Mr musk argued that a Payment System was the only way to counter bots, or automated accounts. Our north America Business correspondent. Erin delmorejoins us. He has not confirmed it is going to happen but what is the feeling in the United States . Happen but what is the feeling in the United States . Thats right, it is unconfirmed, the United States . Thats right, it is unconfirmed, but the United States . Thats right, it is unconfirmed, but it the United States . Thats right, it is unconfirmed, but it is the United States . Thats right, it is unconfirmed, but it is
ground in northern scotland overnight and take us into tomorrow morning. high pressure to the west, low pressure to the east, driving quite a strong northerly wind. that will make it feel cold for many tomorrow. plough to start tomorrow in the south west, wales and northern ireland. maybe the odd shower. and showers running down the coast in what will be a strong wind. look at the temperatures, despite some sunshine, temperatures along the east coast, six or 7 degrees and when we factor in the strength of the win, it will feel closer to freezing in some places. slightly milderfeel further freezing in some places. slightly milder feel further south and west, that will not last. as we moved to friday night and see this area of high pressure tending to build, showers down the east coast but for most, the winds will fall light and we will see clear skies on friday night into saturday will be cold, perhaps the first widespread frost of the season. saturday looks like a beautiful d
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec
mph gusts which will be whipping up some mph gusts which will be whipping up some large waves. for northern lreland, some large waves. for northern ireland, windy inland as well with gusts ireland, windy inland as well with gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph. gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph. so gusts around the north coast up to 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely to 60 mph, so all of the gusts of wind are likely to be disruptive and it s going are likely to be disruptive and it s going to are likely to be disruptive and it s going to be windy this morning across going to be windy this morning across north east scotland with it becoming across north east scotland with it becoming confined to the northern isles becoming confined to the northern isles it becoming confined to the northern isles it is becoming confined to the northern isles. it is sunshine and showers and some isles. it is