Hello. A warm welcome to the Programme Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. Also in the programme the British Council says brexit is causing poorer children to fall behind in learning foreign languages. So wed like to hear from you on this. How important is it to learn another language . Are brits lazier because we can get by . Tell us what you think just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Members of the European Parliament are due to select a president for the Assembly Later today. Theyll also consider whether to approve the appointment of the German Defence minister, ursula von der leyen, as president of the blocs powerful executive arm. Eu heads of government selected her to succeed jean claude juncker, ignoring the parliaments own candidate. Adam fleming reports from strasbourg. The Brexit Party Meps dont want to be here, and they didnt want to hear this. Music ode to joy. Its unlikely theyll get into trouble, and it sounds like theres more to come
hello and a very warm welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of employees laid off today. instead he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told by an email to the personal accounts that it was their last working day at the firm. some have been told they will be paid until february next year, getting some sort of certainty after months of uncertainty. a mixed range of emotions, certainly upset, certa
hello, welcome to the programme. elon musk has defended his decision to sack thousands of staff at twitter without warning. the world s richest man bought the social media platform last week. he tweeted that he was forced to make cuts because twitter was losing nearly $4 million a day. mr musk also attempted to allay concerns about the spread of hate speech, saying twitter s commitment to content moderation remained unchanged. but president biden has said the tycoon had bought an outfit that spewed lies across the world. many big firms have paused their advertising on twitter while uncertainty about its content controls remains. here s our technology editor zoe kleinman. elon musk did not speak to any of the thousands of twitter employees laid off today. instead, he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. meanwhile, many twitter staff woke up locked out of their work laptops. they were later told via an email to their personal accounts that it was their
a u turn from russia freeing up grain export is rejoined three days after pulling out. a move which risked worsening global hunger. a move which risked worsening global hunger. and the us central bank announces its fourth straight three quarters of a point rate hike. today raise the policy in dress rate by .75 points and we continue to anticipate on growing dues ongoing raises will be appropriate. huge breakthrough in ethiopia. the government and tigrayan rebels have agreed to a truce to end two years of civil war. the conflict has left millions of people in desperate need of aid. peace talks facilitated by the african union have been taking place in south africa. this is the mediator. the two parties in the ethiopian conflict have formally agreed to the cessation of hostilities. ina in a statement posted online ethiopians prime minister said. this is what the representative of the to grand said. we this is what the representative of the to grand said. the to grand s