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hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. twitter s new owner elon musk has defended his decision to sack about half the workforce without warning. mr musk tweeted that he d had no choice when the social media platform was losing more large sums of money. and he s insisted twitter s commitment to content moderation remains unchanged, despite the loss of key staff. in an interview, elon musk revealed that twitter was losing around four million dollars a day and costs needed to be cut. he promised twitter wouldn t degenerate into what he called a free for all hellscape when content moderation is loosened but advertisers including general motors have withdrawn their business which may lead to a drop in revenues. and now twitter faces lawsuits from the hundreds of employees over the way they were fired. out technology editor zoe kleinman reports. he was a surprise guest at this investor conference in new york. . meanwhile, many twitter staff were ....
as ukraine s forces gear up for battle. and we meet the british teenagers, getting a chance to explore antarctica, thanks to their work in the community. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. thousands of people have been taking part in candlelit vigils in south korea, to remember the 156 people killed in a crush on halloween. the victims, mostly young people, were among around 100,000 people who had flocked to the popular itaewon nightlife district in the capital seoul. 0ur correspondent nick marsh is there and sent this report. it has been organised by one of the groups who are anti government and are affiliated to the opposition party. it is more of a protest than a vigil. the people i have been speaking here want the resignation of the south korean president. they say that he and his government are responsible for the tragic loss of life on saturday night. clearly, we know that there have been police failings were not enough officers we ....
is calling on richer countries to step up to help developing nations reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. good afternoon. police say the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday was motivated by an extreme right wing terrorist ideology. 66 year old andrew leak from buckinghamshire threw up to three devices at the site. he is believed to have later taken his own life. the government has been facing widespread criticism for its handling of overcrowding at an immigration centre nearby. in a separate development, there was a disturbance overnight at an immigration centre in west london. it s understood that a group of detainees armed themselves with weapons during a power cut. the home office says no one was injured. our correspondent emily unia joins me now. there are two different incidents here. let s start in dover and those developments. we here. let s start in dover and those developments- developments. we have had it confirmed developm ....
we start in the uk, where police say the firebombing of an immigration processing centre in kent was motivated by extreme right wing ideology and met the threshold for a terror incident. 66 year old andrew leak carried out the attack at the site in dover last sunday. two members of staff were left with minor injuries. jon donnison reports. an act of terror this is the moment andrew leak threw one of up to three makeshift firebombs in a drive by attack on a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday. today, police said leak was motivated by terrorist ideology. in a statement, tim jacques, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing, said. the suspect, andrew leak, is thought to have taken his own life shortly after the attack which police say was likely motivated by extreme right beliefs. it led to around 700 migrants being transferred from the dover processing centre to this one at manston, which was already overcrowded. the home secretary flew i ....
Antarctica. the ten underprivileged young people will spend the next two weeks here, exploring, experimenting, experiencing. ok, so you have the one for malachi? it is the brainchild of two adventurers who believe people from a wider range of backgrounds deserve the chance to visit the world s wildest places. we want them to know that antarctica is not this place that is a myth, legend, only on tv. it s a real place and has a lot of consequences to us and we need to protect it and we think the best way to get these young people to start looking at nature and the outdoors as a viable career path and something worth looking after is by taking them out into the thick of it. the whole idea and motto is it is not about planting flags, it s about planting seeds and by picking the young people from some of these deprived areas, we have planted the seed that anyone from any area or any background can do this and we want them to plant ....