The exodus adds to the rapid change and chaos that have marked Musk's first three weeks as Twitter's owner, during which the company's headcount had already been more than halved by layoffs and other departures to around 3,700. The emails came a day after hundreds of Twitter employees were estimated to have decided to leave the beleaguered social media company following a Thursday deadline from Musk that staffers sign up for "long hours at high intensity." He said the engineers should report at 2 p.m. The billionaire said in a follow-up email: "If possible, I would appreciate it if you could fly to SF to be present in person," adding he would be at the company's headquarters until midnight and would return Saturday morning. Nov 18 (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Friday asked any remaining Twitter employees who write software code to report to the 10th floor of the office in San Francisco by early afternoon, according to an email reviewed by Reuters. He said the security service had identified at least 10 such potential threats since January, including “ambitions” to kidnap or even kill.(Adds Musk's poll about reinstating Donald Trump) Meanwhile, the director general of MI5 Ken McCallum has revealed that Iranian intelligence agents have been targeting individuals in the UK who they regard as enemies of the regime. The encounter comes at a time of heightened tensions with the regime.Įarlier this week, the UK imposed a fresh round of sanctions on Iranian officials linked to the brutal crackdown of the protests which erupted following the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, after she was detained for allegedly failing to follow the country’s Islamic dress code. “Britain is determined to work alongside our friends to counter the Iranian threat, interdict the smuggling of conventional arms and prevent the regime from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.”įollowing his attendance at the conference, Mr Cleverly will travel to Qatar where he will attend England’s opening World Cup match against Iran. MI5 director general Ken McCallum said Iranian agents are targeting individuals in the UK (Yui Mok/PA)
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