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[00:00:09] MUSIC
[00:00:12] Live from Singapore. This is BBC
[00:00:17] BBC News. The US and China dismissed dismissed calls for tighter controls
[00:00:21] controls on the development of artificial artificial intelligence, with President President Trump calling the warnings
[00:00:24] warnings a hoax. One of the co-founders co-founders of Anthropic tells the
[00:00:28] the BBC that AI companies may be be required to have
[00:00:35] May be required to have a compulsory kill switch to prevent prevent the technology from getting getting out of control. This technology
[00:00:39] technology is incredibly powerful. powerful. It is getting more powerful powerful by the day and the window
[00:00:42] window to act. When you have a small small number of companies that can can build it because it's still very
[00:00:46] very expensive, is so narrow. It
[00:00:47] It is a few years. We are in this
[00:00:51] this window now. Trump administration administration scraps rules aimed aimed at limiting pollution from
[00:00:54] from coal and gas power plants, and
[00:00:57] and marking a huge shift in US environmental
[00:00:59] environmental policy. And the TV's TV's biggest stars are gathering
[00:01:02] gathering for the 78th Primetime Primetime Emmy Awards. We'll get
[00:01:04] get you the latest from Hollywood.
[00:01:18] Hello and welcome to Newsday.
[00:01:20] US President Donald Trump has intensified
[00:01:22] intensified his attacks on technology technology leaders calling for more
[00:01:25] more regulation and a slowdown of of artificial intelligence development
[00:01:28] development in a barrage of posts posts on social media. President President Trump called the warnings
[00:01:32] warnings a hoax, saying the safety safety depends on a strong and smart
[00:01:36] smart president. Meanwhile, BBC spoke spoke with one of the co-founders
[00:01:39] co-founders of Anthropic who warned warned that AI firms must have a
[00:01:43] a compulsory kill switch to prevent prevent the technology spiralling
[00:01:45] spiralling out of control. Our economics economics editor, Faisal Islam has
[00:01:49] has our first report. The value of
[00:01:52] of tech companies fell around the the world today amid warnings about
[00:01:55] about the dangers of uncontrolled uncontrolled artificial intelligence.
[00:01:57] intelligence. We think it's the best best model we've made for complex.
[00:02:00] complex. AI giant Anthropic called
[00:02:02] called to slow down the AI race. race. A whistleblower and safety
[00:02:07] safety experts at the company said said there was a 1 in 10 chance or
[00:02:10] or higher that the technology could could kill all humans. Their boss
[00:02:14] boss is this man Jack Clark, a Brit Brit and founder of the company.
[00:02:17] company. Speaking exclusively to to the BBC from Silicon Valley. How
[00:02:20] How have you and your industry let let this happen? What's happened
[00:02:24] happened is the technology has got got substantially more powerful.
[00:02:26] powerful. And those risks which were were once academic or theorised,
[00:02:30] theorised, we can now see the early early signs of them. What do you
[00:02:33] you specifically think? Here is the
[00:02:35] the risk. It sort of swarms of AI
[00:02:39] AI taking over the internet, closing closing down power stations or wiping
[00:02:42] wiping out financial institutions. institutions. I think it's time to to sort of spell out what it practically
[00:02:46] practically means. The basic risk risk is how well do you fancy your
[00:02:50] your chances at being able to deal deal with the risks of a system that
[00:02:54] that is 100 times smarter than the the smartest person on the planet?
[00:02:57] planet? I think that your chance chance of dealing with that and getting
[00:03:00] getting out in a safe way is pretty
[00:03:02] pretty low. So high level you need
[00:03:05] need to control AI as a technology technology because you're making making things that might be smarter
[00:03:09] smarter than people, things that that are smarter than people could
[00:03:11] could be really, really, really dangerous. It raises the question question of some sort of kill switch.
[00:03:15] switch. I mean, have you guys got
[00:03:17] got one? Can you pull the plug? I
[00:03:20] I think most most labs have different different ways of being able to pull pull the plug. And yes, of course
[00:03:24] course we have systems in place for for this, but this is the kind of
[00:03:27] of thing that you want to feed into into the larger policy conversation.
[00:03:31] conversation. Should you mandate mandate that companies definitely definitely have a kill switch? And
[00:03:34] And is that kill switch verifiable verifiable by a third party? I think think that's the kind of thing that
[00:03:37] that society is going to want to to know and might want to eventually
[00:03:40] eventually pass rules around. But But it may already be too late. It's
[00:03:44] It's not too late and I don't believe
[00:03:47] believe that we're yet at this maximal
[00:03:49] maximal kind of danger zone. But But we are close enough that we need
[00:03:52] need to be taking this seriously seriously and having national level
[00:03:56] level public conversations about about it. The bosses of the rest
[00:03:59] rest of the industry have joined joined Anthropic from Elon Musk and
[00:04:02] and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, agreeing
[00:04:04] agreeing on some sort of slowdown. slowdown. President Trump, on the
[00:04:07] the other hand, did not, criticising criticising the company, saying fears
[00:04:11] fears were a hoax and that the only only control needed was him. We're
[00:04:15] We're seeing increasing calls for
[00:04:18] for nations to get together and establish establish some base rules around
[00:04:21] around this, and this has happened happened in the past with technologies
[00:04:24] technologies which we call dual use use that can be used for good and
[00:04:27] and ill. And let's not forget AI AI is going to deliver extraordinary
[00:04:31] extraordinary benefits to us, but but we need to be very alert to the
[00:04:34] the harms to. Right now, AI investment investment seems to be boosting the
[00:04:38] the UK economy and there are some some promises of AI cures for cancer.
[00:04:42] cancer. Jack Clark team, though,
[00:04:43] though, said unchecked the economic economic impact could be unprecedented.
[00:04:47] unprecedented. White collar unemployment. unemployment. When you put it all
[00:04:51] all together, is it really worth worth it? Does it cause you sleepless
[00:04:53] sleepless nights? What might happen?
[00:04:56] happen? I mean, of course we have have to get this right. I think if
[00:05:00] if we get this technology right,
[00:05:02] right, we are going to change the the world in so many positive ways.
[00:05:06] ways. We are going to genuinely change change the face of science, change
[00:05:10] change the face of healthcare. We're We're going to expand the frontiers
[00:05:13] frontiers of what you or I or any any of our children could ever do.
[00:05:16] do. And if we get it wrong, we are
[00:05:19] are going to massively disrupt the the economy immiserated people and
[00:05:23] and potentially cause harm. The message message that the world still has
[00:05:26] has choices over the pace of artificial artificial intelligence. But time
[00:05:29] time is running out. Faisal Islam,
[00:05:32] Islam, BBC News. China has also rejected rejected calls for tighter controls,
[00:05:36] controls, calling them, quote, fear fear mongering. President Trump and
[00:05:39] and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are are expected to discuss AI when they
[00:05:42] they meet later this month. Well, Well, for more, we can speak with with Scott Singer, co-director of
[00:05:46] of the China AI Initiative at Carnegie Carnegie Endowment for International
[00:05:49] International Peace. Scott, what what do you see as the stakes when when it comes to the AI race between
[00:05:53] between the US and China? This is
[00:05:57] is potentially one of the most consequential consequential technologies that has
[00:06:00] has ever been developed. There are
[00:06:03] are particular use cases at the frontier frontier of the technology. You know,
[00:06:07] know, we look to for example, in
[00:06:09] in April, the development of exceptionally exceptionally good cyber capabilities
[00:06:12] capabilities with Anthropic Claude Claude Mythos model and similar models
[00:06:16] models from OpenAI. And so having having those capabilities and being
[00:06:19] being able to integrate them into
[00:06:22] into your economy, into your military military and defence infrastructure,
[00:06:25] infrastructure, I think those are are some of the stakes that we talk
[00:06:28] talk about when we talk about the the race specifically to the frontier
[00:06:32] frontier of AI capabilities. And And what should we make then of the the likes of Jack Clark as we heard
[00:06:36] heard him there giving such stark stark warnings? It almost seems like
[00:06:39] like he wants someone else to take take control when he is. Is he not
[00:06:42] not in the best place to have these
[00:06:45] these sort of concerns? Sort of met
[00:06:47] met himself. Look, I mean, industry
[00:06:51] industry has a unique perspective perspective given that they're so so close to the technology, but ultimately
[00:06:55] ultimately it's the job of governments, governments, to my mind, to act in
[00:06:58] in the public interest. And so I
[00:07:01] I think really being like that public public interest in mind is just going
[00:07:05] going to be really critical to developing developing sound policies. We'll
[00:07:09] We'll Xi Jinping and President Trump
[00:07:12] Trump will be meeting later this this month in Washington. AI governance
[00:07:15] governance is set to be on the agenda. agenda. Is it realistically to expect
[00:07:18] expect some form of co-ordination co-ordination on this between the
[00:07:21] the two countries? Look, there are
[00:07:23] are some people that are calling calling for an international agreement
[00:07:26] agreement or a grand bargain. I don't
[00:07:28] don't think that's really in scope scope for, you know, the September
[00:07:32] September talks. What I think is
[00:07:34] is much more tractable is finding
[00:07:36] finding areas where the US and China
[00:07:39] China their own self-interest at
[00:07:41] at stake. And there are narrow areas
[00:07:44] areas where they could agree on. on. So I mean, we already exist in
[00:07:48] in a world where, you know, OpenAI
[00:07:51] OpenAI agents are able to, you know, know, break out of their sandboxes
[00:07:55] sandboxes and enter into the infrastructure infrastructure of a US company. What's
[00:07:58] What's going to happen when you know,
[00:08:01] know, a US agent enters into the the infrastructure of a Chinese company
[00:08:04] company or vice versa? And so I think think those are really the stakes.
[00:08:07] stakes. And when you have these potential potential cross-border crises, you're
[00:08:11] you're going to want to have, for for example, a channel to communicate
[00:08:14] communicate about that. And so even
[00:08:15] even just building that foundational foundational infrastructure now,
[00:08:18] now, I think is going to be really really important for both leaders leaders in the long-term. All right,
[00:08:22] right, Scott, we'll leave it there. there. But thanks so much for your your thoughts today. Scott Singer, Singer, co-director of the China
[00:08:26] China AI Initiative at Carnegie Endowment Endowment for International Peace.
[00:08:29] Peace. The US is scrapping rules rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions
[00:08:32] emissions from power plants, fuelled fuelled by coal and gas, marking
[00:08:35] marking a major shift in America's America's environmental policy. The
[00:08:38] The move is expected to face immediate immediate legal challenges, with
[00:08:41] with environmental groups warning warning it would come at a huge cost
[00:08:45] cost to the planet. Our White House House correspondent Bernd Debusmann
[00:08:48] Debusmann has the details. Well, Well, this is very much not a surprise. surprise. And it was first the administration
[00:08:52] administration first signalled it it would do it last year. But what what they've essentially done is
[00:08:56] is repeal Biden era rules governing governing greenhouse gas emissions
[00:08:59] emissions on power plants. And there's
[00:09:01] there's also a kind of companion companion proposal which would kind
[00:09:05] kind of strip the Environmental Protection Protection Agency's ability to regulate
[00:09:09] regulate greenhouse gas emissions
[00:09:11] emissions from power plants in the the future for climate change reasons.
[00:09:15] reasons. So that would mean that that subsequent administrations,
[00:09:17] administrations, the EPA wouldn't
[00:09:19] wouldn't have that power, barring
[00:09:22] barring legislation from Congress. Congress. This is very, very likely
[00:09:24] likely to be met with a legal challenge challenge almost immediately. So
[00:09:27] So it may ultimately be up to the the court system to decide whether
[00:09:31] whether this is implemented or not. not. I spoke with Phil Duffy, chief
[00:09:34] chief scientist at Climate Solutions Solutions and former climate science
[00:09:38] science adviser in the Biden administration. administration. Phil, what's the the most important thing we should
[00:09:41] should understand about this decision?
[00:09:47] decision? Well, the administration administration is taking this action
[00:09:49] action to encourage the use of the
[00:09:52] the dirtiest and most expensive way
[00:09:56] way to generate electricity right
[00:09:58] right now. Coal is not only the most
[00:10:02] most polluting fuel in terms of greenhouse
[00:10:05] greenhouse gases, but it also produces produces particulate pollution, which
[00:10:08] which over the years and decades
[00:10:10] decades has resulted in millions
[00:10:12] millions of excess deaths. Public Public health resource. Research
[00:10:16] Research shows. Yeah. So why are are they doing this then? What do
[00:10:19] do you see as sort of the driving driving factor for this? I mean do do you think this is part of perhaps
[00:10:23] perhaps the AI race that requires requires huge amounts of power generation
[00:10:25] generation as being part. Of it? it? The administration claims that
[00:10:29] that this will save money. And I I haven't dug into the numbers, but
[00:10:32] but they deregulated vehicle emissions emissions in February. And when they
[00:10:36] they did that, they claimed that that that would also save consumers
[00:10:40] consumers money. But if you dig into into those numbers, that assumption
[00:10:43] assumption that was based on an assumption
[00:10:46] assumption that gasoline prices would would decline to $2 a gallon. And
[00:10:50] And as we all know, in fact, the the administration policies have
[00:10:54] have driven up gasoline prices to to over $4 a gallon. So I would be
[00:10:58] be very sceptical of any cost savings
[00:11:00] savings numbers offered by the EPA. EPA. And what do you make of the
[00:11:03] the legal challenges that are expected expected to come? Do you think that
[00:11:06] that they stand a strong chance of
[00:11:08] of reversing this? I think the smart
[00:11:11] smart legal strategy is not to litigate.
[00:11:15] litigate. If this is litigated, it it will likely end up in the Supreme
[00:11:18] Supreme Court and it will give the
[00:11:19] the Supreme Court a chance to overturn
[00:11:23] overturn the 2007 decision in Massachusetts Massachusetts versus EPA, which is
[00:11:26] is the basis of EPA's legal ability
[00:11:29] ability to regulate greenhouse gases.
[00:11:31] gases. So my advice to litigators litigators would be just sit back
[00:11:35] back and wait if there is no litigation,
[00:11:38] litigation, a future administration
[00:11:40] administration can overturn and reverse
[00:11:43] reverse the rulemakings by this administration. administration. OK. So your advice
[00:11:46] advice then is to wait in the meantime, meantime, but will that have a significant
[00:11:49] significant impact on the environment environment then in the short-term?
[00:11:53] short-term? Well, I don't you know, know, in the case of coal. Coal is
[00:11:56] is already dying a natural death
[00:11:59] death because it's economically unfavourable
[00:12:01] unfavourable gas. On the other hand,
[00:12:04] hand, because of what seems to be
[00:12:07] be insatiable energy demand for AI
[00:12:09] AI data centres, gas is is enjoying enjoying somewhat of a resurgence.
[00:12:12] resurgence. So yes, this will unfortunately,
[00:12:16] unfortunately, I think will result
[00:12:17] result in increased greenhouse gas
[00:12:20] gas emissions from the use of gas. gas. And that's very unfortunate.
[00:12:24] unfortunate. And furthermore, if
[00:12:26] if the AI industry makes the massive
[00:12:31] massive investments in gas production
[00:12:33] production of electricity, they are are going to want to keep those gas
[00:12:36] gas plants running for decades in in order to recoup that investment. investment. All right, Phil, thanks
[00:12:40] thanks very much for your thoughts. thoughts. Phil Duffy, chief scientist
[00:12:43] scientist at Spark Climate Solutions.
[00:12:45] Solutions. Now Moscow has responded responded to accusations it deliberately
[00:12:49] deliberately targeted a Ukrainian Ukrainian train station shortly after
[00:12:51] after top Western officials passed passed through, saying Russian forces
[00:12:54] forces are operating across the entire entire territory of Ukraine and will
[00:12:58] will continue to do so. Our diplomatic diplomatic correspondent James Landale Landale explains why the incident
[00:13:02] incident could signal a further escalation escalation in Russia's war against
[00:13:06] against Ukraine. What all this has has illustrated is just at a very
[00:13:09] very basic level, is just how much
[00:13:11] much Russia has stepped up its attacks attacks on trains in Ukraine. There
[00:13:15] There is a pattern of escalation escalation here that has taken place
[00:13:18] place in recent weeks. We've seen
[00:13:21] seen greater attacks on business business infrastructure, on energy
[00:13:24] energy facilities, more round the the clock attacks, greater use of
[00:13:27] of fast attack drones. But now specifically,
[00:13:30] specifically, more trains are being being targeted. The head of Ukraine's
[00:13:34] Ukraine's train network said that
[00:13:36] that in August alone, 40 locomotives locomotives here in Ukraine were
[00:13:39] were attacked. And that's a lot of of trains in a very short space of
[00:13:43] of time. And that is the Russians Russians will be hoping will have
[00:13:46] have a real impact on the way the the train operates in this country
[00:13:50] country and what they hope it will will deter people from going on the
[00:13:54] the trains. So in other words, what
[00:13:56] what happened to that special diplomatic diplomatic train, that relative proximity
[00:14:00] proximity to a Russian attack might might be, you know, something about
[00:14:04] about the diplomats but also I think think reveals a bigger issue, which
[00:14:07] which is that these trains are being
[00:14:09] being hit in terms of the Nato response response to that attack and the fact
[00:14:13] fact that diplomats were almost caught caught up in it. And this attack
[00:14:16] attack on this train station very very close to the Polish border.
[00:14:20] border. It's getting inching closer closer and closer to Nato territory.
[00:14:23] territory. We had a broad reaction reaction from the international community community in Europe today essentially
[00:14:27] essentially saying, look, Russia's Russia's just trying to scare us. us. Don't worry too much. The head
[00:14:31] head of Nato, Marc Rutte, said, look,
[00:14:33] look, the response from Nato should should be more support for Ukraine.
[00:14:36] Ukraine. But what it has done is is it's triggered another debate debate about whether Nato should
[00:14:40] should actually change its rules
[00:14:43] rules and start actually intercepting
[00:14:45] intercepting Russian missiles and and drones, not just over Nato territory,
[00:14:49] territory, as happens now. But over over Ukrainian airspace as well.
[00:14:53] well. That's something that's not not allowed at the moment. There'd
[00:14:55] There'd have to be a unanimous agreement agreement by Nato members to do that.
[00:14:58] that. There's no guarantee of that that happening at all. There'll be
[00:15:01] be many members fearful of escalation escalation and the risks involving
[00:15:05] involving Nato in open conflict with with Russia. But a serious think
[00:15:09] think tank today said this is something something Nato should consider. The
[00:15:13] The foreign minister of Poland said said that he supported this idea
[00:15:16] idea of Nato being much more muscular, muscular, and I think that's a debate
[00:15:20] debate that's only just begun. More More ahead on Newsday, including
[00:15:23] including the United States confirming confirming that it has weapons deployed deployed in space in what's believed
[00:15:27] believed to be the first public acknowledgement acknowledgement of such capabilities
[00:16:32] for world questions. Nigeria truth,
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[00:16:36] BBC News. Live with BBC News. The
[00:16:43] The United States has confirmed for for the first time that it has deployed
[00:16:47] deployed weapons in space. A spokesperson spokesperson for the US Space Force
[00:16:50] Force said unspecified weapons were were in orbit that were capable of
[00:16:53] of defending against hostile adversaries. adversaries. A 1967 treaty banned
[00:16:57] banned weapons of mass destruction destruction in orbit. But since then,
[00:17:00] then, key powers including the US, US, Russia and China have been exploring
[00:17:04] exploring other capabilities outside outside the treaty. Well, for more
[00:17:06] more we can speak to Victoria Samson, Samson, chief director of Space security
[00:17:09] security and stability for Secure Secure World Foundation, a private
[00:17:13] private non-profit promoting secure secure and sustainable uses of outer
[00:17:16] outer space. Victoria, do we know know what kind of weapons that Space
[00:17:19] Space Force is talking about and
[00:17:21] and how exactly do weapons work in
[00:17:23] in space? We actually do not. He He was very clear on not to give
[00:17:27] give any details other than the fact
[00:17:29] fact that the US has on orbit counter counter space weapons. And so what
[00:17:33] what that means is hard to say. I
[00:17:36] I will say though, probably the kind
[00:17:39] kind that don't create trash on orbit. orbit. So they're not going to be
[00:17:42] be kinetic weapons just because US US policy has long been that they
[00:17:45] they will do what they call responsible responsible counterspace capabilities.
[00:17:48] capabilities. That is to say, not not create debris in orbit just because because that makes it more challenging
[00:17:52] challenging operating environment environment for them to work in. in. So my guess is probably something
[00:17:55] something along the lines of lasers.
[00:17:57] lasers. You know, or jamming or something something like that. But that's really
[00:18:01] really hard to say. There's all different different types of weapons. There's
[00:18:04] There's weapons that can physically physically attack another target, target, but then there's also weapons
[00:18:07] weapons that can get up close and and release objects at a low velocity
[00:18:11] velocity or high velocity, or jam jam with their broadcasting, or listen
[00:18:15] listen to what they're listening listening to, all sorts of things.
[00:18:17] things. So there's a wide range of of capabilities up there. But this
[00:18:20] this is the first time that any country country has acknowledged that they
[00:18:23] they have an actual weapon placed placed in space, which crosses a
[00:18:26] a line. Yeah. And what does it mean? mean? What do you make of the fact fact that last year President Trump
[00:18:30] Trump issued an executive order underlining underlining the Space Force's role
[00:18:33] role is not just defending assets assets but also could be used as
[00:18:36] as an attacking force. Well, I mean,
[00:18:39] mean, this is part of a general movement movement the United States has been
[00:18:42] been undergoing for roughly the past past several years, but really picked
[00:18:45] picked up in the past two years to to have a more active role for the
[00:18:49] the Space Force to become really, really, truly what they say are warfighters. warfighters. You know, the United
[00:18:53] United States says that space is is a warfighting domain. And I think
[00:18:56] think the Space Force wants to demonstrate demonstrate that they're not just just there in a service capacity,
[00:19:00] capacity, but they are active combatants. combatants. So I think this is part
[00:19:02] part of that. And then just largely
[00:19:05] largely as space becomes more important important for security reasons, there's
[00:19:08] there's more of an incentive for for adversaries to deny, degrade, degrade, disrupt, destroy or somehow
[00:19:11] somehow interfere with access to to or use of space. And so the United
[00:19:15] United States has decided that it it wants to handle it apparently apparently is through weapons in
[00:19:19] in response. But I think that's going going to lead to a whole host of
[00:19:22] of actions that could be really dangerous dangerous to US national
[00:19:26] security. Yeah. And with the US Space Space Force now admitting this, is is it reasonable to think that other
[00:19:29] other players like Russia and China China would also perhaps have weapons
[00:19:32] weapons in space as well? And if if not, would they now be considering considering it, given that the US
[00:19:35] US has admitted that they do? Well, Well, you know, my organisation puts
[00:19:39] puts out an annual report, a global global counter space threat assessment,
[00:19:42] assessment, and for years we've had had reports that Russia and China
[00:19:45] China are thought to both have space space based jammers. And I always
[00:19:48] always thought it was strange that that they would have in the United United States, but not so frankly.
[00:19:51] frankly. I don't think it's going going to inspire them. What I think
[00:19:54] think actually it could do is encourage
[00:19:56] encourage us allies and partners partners who are developing Counterspace Counterspace capabilities to actually
[00:20:00] actually say, oh, OK, the cool kids kids have weapons in space. We want
[00:20:03] want to be cool to Victoria. We'll We'll leave it there. But thanks
[00:20:05] thanks very much for sharing with with us your views. Victoria Samson,
[00:20:08] Samson, Chief Director of Space Security Security and stability for world
[00:20:12] world for Secure World Foundation. Foundation. Let's take a look at
[00:20:14] at some other stories in the headlines. headlines. The Duke and Duchess of
[00:20:17] of Sussex will have their publicly publicly funded security reviewed
[00:20:20] reviewed following their recent move move back to the United Kingdom.
[00:20:23] Kingdom. The committee that oversees oversees Royal security will assess
[00:20:26] assess the risks Harry, Meghan and and their children face in their
[00:20:29] their new home and on the trips they they take. The couple has also changed
[00:20:32] changed their children's school only only days after they started over
[00:20:36] over security concerns with the route
[00:20:38] route to school, Andy Burnham cancelled cancelled all his engagements for
[00:20:42] for the next couple of days following following the death of his father
[00:20:45] father Roy Burnham, who was 85. He He had Alzheimer's and was living
[00:20:48] living in a care home. The Prime Prime Minister had been due to host
[00:20:51] host a. Business leaders in Downing Downing Street on Monday afternoon.
[00:20:55] afternoon. The British rock band band Oasis have announced a second second leg of their Reunion tour
[00:20:59] tour from May to September next year. year. The band will play 38 live
[00:21:02] live shows including in the UK, Germany, Germany, Spain, France and the United
[00:21:05] United States. A new ticket registration registration system has been introduced
[00:21:09] introduced after complaints about about pricing and long queues during
[00:21:12] during sales for their 2025 comeback
[00:21:15] comeback tour. One of the biggest biggest nights in the entertainment entertainment industry's calendar
[00:21:18] calendar is under way in Hollywood, Hollywood, where a host of A-list
[00:21:21] A-list TV stars have gathered for for the Primetime Emmy Awards. The
[00:21:24] The awards are coming in thick and and fast and we can cross live now
[00:21:27] now to the event and speak with Liam Liam McEwan, entertainment journalist
[00:21:30] journalist at the Associated Press. Press. Liam, thanks very much for for stepping out of the ceremony
[00:21:34] ceremony to get us up to speed. Tell Tell us some of who some of the big
[00:21:37] big winners are so far. Yeah, it's it's good to be here with you. Right
[00:21:40] Right behind me is the Peacock Theatre, Theatre, where it's all go. Television's
[00:21:44] Television's biggest stars are enjoying enjoying themselves, but so far we've
[00:21:46] we've seen quite an array. And you you know, if you'd asked me at the
[00:21:50] the start of the ceremony. Kind of of who I could have predicted, it's
[00:21:53] it's kind of gone that way. I mean, mean, Noah Wylie winning outstanding
[00:21:56] outstanding lead actor, of course, course, for the pet and the drama
[00:22:00] drama series category, best lead lead actress went to Jean smart for
[00:22:03] for her role in Hacks, which obviously
[00:22:06] obviously has been a five season season kind of run for her and she's
[00:22:09] she's won each. The Emmy for each each of those seasons. So that is
[00:22:13] is a record. We've also seen Welsh Welsh actor Matthew Rhys win for
[00:22:17] for The Beast in Me. He's, of course course also nominated for Widow's
[00:22:21] Widow's Bay. We've also seen Stephen Stephen Root when best Guest actor
[00:22:25] actor for Widow's Bay, beating out out Harrison Ford. A lot of people people thought that Harrison Ford
[00:22:29] Ford would be taking home his first first ever Emmy tonight. That's not
[00:22:31] not the case. Stephen Root took that that one away. So yes, all go here
[00:22:35] here and expect more winners to come come as the evening goes on. Yeah.
[00:22:38] Yeah. And Liam just talk us through through perhaps some of the big TV
[00:22:40] TV shows that are up for nomination.
[00:22:42] nomination. I've seen in the reality
[00:22:44] reality sector that the show The The Traitors has come home with a
[00:22:48] a win. Yeah. Traitors has come home
[00:22:50] home for a win hosted by Ellen Cummings. Cummings. Ellen has won Emmys before
[00:22:53] before for acting and now he's winning winning it for reality series. Traitors
[00:22:56] Traitors has obviously taken the the world by storm. Lots of different different countries around the world
[00:23:00] world have their own version of the the show now, so it really and truly
[00:23:04] truly is a phenomenon. Of course, course, the other big shows everybody
[00:23:06] everybody are talking about is Widow's Widow's Bay, which was a huge blow
[00:23:10] blow away hit over the last year
[00:23:12] year for Apple TV. Obviously The
[00:23:15] The Pitt with 25 nominations. It's It's pretty groundbreaking. Of course course Hacks as well. Those are really
[00:23:19] really the shows to be watching, watching, but you never know. You You never know the way that things
[00:23:22] things are going to go. But as I I say so far, pretty smooth sailing
[00:23:25] sailing in terms of the prediction prediction market. If you put some some money on it, you've done a good
[00:23:29] good job tonight. What else are you you looking out for? Do you have have any favourites you're rooting
[00:23:32] rooting for or you think are perhaps
[00:23:35] perhaps should be taking home a win. win. As I mentioned Harrison Ford
[00:23:38] Ford I was rooting for him. I mean mean the man he's a legend you know
[00:23:42] know won for his films his TV show show that he's done shrinking has
[00:23:45] has really taken people aback. You
[00:23:47] You know, it's a much more introspective. introspective. Harrison Ford than
[00:23:50] than the super kind of hero characters characters that we see him play on on screen. I would have liked to
[00:23:54] to have seen him take that win, but but Stephen Root is very well deserving deserving of that. Another thing
[00:23:57] thing to look out for today is the the 50th anniversary of Charlie's Charlie's Angels, which is going
[00:24:01] going to reunite three of the original original Charlie's Angels. It's crazy crazy that it's been 50 years of
[00:24:05] of that. Also, Sarah Michelle Gellar
[00:24:07] Gellar was on stage recently celebrating celebrating 30 years of Buffy the
[00:24:11] the Vampire Slayer. So lots of nice nice reunions happening here today.
[00:24:15] today. And yeah, you can't go anywhere anywhere in this area without seeing
[00:24:18] seeing a star. It's pretty surreal. surreal. Someone probably walked walked past us in the corridor back
[00:24:22] back there as we've been speaking. speaking. But yeah, this is the place place to be if you're a television
[00:24:25] television fan tonight, that's for for sure. Yeah, it's always the they they always like to celebrate sort
[00:24:29] sort of their own sort of nostalgia, nostalgia, I suppose when it comes
[00:24:31] comes to some of these award ceremonies. ceremonies. I've seen that Sally
[00:24:34] Sally field has just won for remarkably remarkably bright Creatures, another
[00:24:37] another very famous sort of film film star winning on the small screen.
[00:24:41] screen. Yes, absolutely. And it's it's amazing to see kind of these
[00:24:45] these legacy acts right? Coming back, back, you know, to give it another
[00:24:48] another round. And it's amazing. amazing. It just goes to show that,
[00:24:51] that, you know, you never there's there's never really an expiry date date in Hollywood. People seem to
[00:24:55] to think there are, but there are are people that have been around, around, you know, as I say, we're
[00:24:58] we're celebrating 50 years of Charlie's Charlie's Angels. There are stars stars that have been around Jean
[00:25:01] Jean smart for decades that are just just still giving the performance
[00:25:04] performance of a lifetime. I mean, mean, there's Harrison Ford, one one that I mentioned. I mean, it's
[00:25:08] it's critically his best work. So So yes, there's no expiry date. There's
[00:25:11] There's no age date. Liam. It's fascinating fascinating to see who else takes takes home the prizes. Thanks so
[00:25:15] so much for getting us up to speed speed with that. Liam McEwan, entertainment entertainment journalist for The
[00:25:19] The Associated Press. Just before before the awards, it was announced announced that legendary fashion
[00:25:23] fashion designer Bob Mackie, famous famous for dressing stars like Cher
[00:25:26] Cher and Diana Ross in extravagant extravagant designs, has died at
[00:25:29] at the age of 87 and Mackie had an an outsized impact on the entertainment
[00:25:33] entertainment industry and his designs designs are frequently referenced referenced in TV shows like RuPaul's
[00:25:37] RuPaul's Drag Race and Hacks. He He even appeared as himself in the
[00:25:40] the last season of hacks, which is is nominated for a number of awards
[00:25:44] awards in this year's Emmys. As Liam Liam was telling us, Mackie designed
[00:25:48] designed dazzling costumes for stars stars including Cher, Tina Turner,
[00:25:50] Turner, Dolly Parton and even Elton Elton John. Known as the Sultan of
[00:25:54] of Sequins for his sparkling creations, creations, Mackie won a Tony Award
[00:25:56] Award nine Emmys and received three
[00:25:58] three Oscar nominations during his his career. That's all for now. I'll
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