Evening briefing Thursday 12th November

0:28Hello, I'm Jane. This is Times Radio's evening briefing on Thursday 12th November. Shares in one of the world's largest companies have plummeted again following the resignation of its CEO. Jensen Wang's departure follows allegations of two affairs, including one involving a suspected Chinese spy. The firm's finance chief will take over temporarily. The company's shares have plunged amid concerns about its future. Times Radio's business correspondent, Dominic O 'Connell, says the stakes are enormous. Before all this happened, about a month ago, it was valued at$5.5 trillion, by far the world's most valuable company in the stock market valuation.

1:08That value has now fallen by about a third. I think one of the things we're about to find out is that, as one analyst put it yesterday, with Jensen Wang, NVIDIA is a$5 trillion company. Without it, is it a$5 trillion company or is it a$2 trillion company or a$1 trillion company? Six adults and two children have been killed after a three-story building collapsed in New York, with 18 others injured, including four firefighters. The city's mayor has called for a full investigation into what caused the collapse, which also claimed the lives of two construction workers. Police say the suspected gunman behind a shooting in Washington, D.C.

1:41has died. One person was killed and four others injured in the attack, which happened a mile from the White House. One of the survivors is in a critical condition. An 18-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to murdering another teenager in a fight over a boy in Leeds. Kayla Smith stabbed 16-year-old Chloe Watson Dransfield in the street in March after her boyfriend took the teenager to Smith's home. Smith had previously denied murder but changed her plea on the second day of her trial. Russell Brand's team has accused Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta of censorship after his accounts were deleted following his conviction for rape and sexual assault.

2:17Metta says the move is in line with its policy banning known sex offenders from its platforms. Brand is serving a ten-and-a-half-year prison sentence. His account on X remains active. Young people are set to be moved off sickness and disability payments, according to the former minister, who's written a review into youth unemployment. Alan Milburn has spoken to The Times ahead of his review being published next week. He says fewer people would likely be entitled to payments for disability, but some would still get a youth allowance if needed. Government Minister Matthew Pennycook was asked on Times Radio whether they will take on his recommendations.

2:51I think it's important that they're taken in the round. It will be a package. It's got to be judged as a package. When it comes to upfront support, we're already, it's worth saying, putting in£3.5 billion into employment support. So we recognise that we've got to put in that upfront investment to ensure that we give people hope that we're investing in the success of young people. Michael Carrick's been sacked by Manchester United after the club's worst ever start to a Premier League season former Spurs and Chelsea boss Maurizio Pochettino is being lined up to succeed him as head coach at Old Trafford there's more on these stories throughout the day on Times Radio

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