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Twitter Results Beat Expectations

Twitter revealed higher than expected profits in its latest set of results.

Profits at the social network Twitter were up 29% in the last quarter compared to last year. Connie Guglielmo is editor in chief of CNet News in Los Altos, California, and tells us why the latest results have been so well received. Also in the programme, Apple chief executive Tim Cook has called for a tough new law on data protection in the United States. We find out more from our technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones. More than nine million customers of the airline Cathay Pacific have had their personal information stolen by hackers. Computer security expert Graham Cluley describes what we know about how the hack happened. Plus in the run-up to the Diwali religious festival, we have a report from India on concerns there about the over-commercialisation of such events.

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