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[00:00:12] Live from London. This is BBC News. King Charles chairs a meeting
[00:00:16] meeting of AI leaders as he seeks seeks reassurances we will not lose
[00:00:19] lose control of our destiny and tech tech will remain in the service of
[00:00:23] of humanity. It comes as the King King has also issued a pointed response
[00:00:26] response after Princess Diana's brother brother makes fresh claims about
[00:00:29] about him in a new book. South African African police say they've found
[00:00:33] found a ninth woman killed near Johannesburg Johannesburg in a spate of murders,
[00:00:36] murders, causing fear and outrage.
[00:00:39] outrage. Palestinian President Mahmoud Mahmoud Abbas US visa is denied again,
[00:00:43] again, meaning he will address the the United Nations General Assembly
[00:00:47] Assembly via video conference. Canada's Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney
[00:00:49] Carney has told the European Parliament Parliament he welcomes ambitions
[00:00:52] ambitions for associate EU membership membership and the boss of social
[00:00:55] social media company Snapchat says says the firm would be willing to
[00:00:59] to implement time limits for teenagers.
[00:01:10] teenagers. Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings, Hockings, welcome to BBC News Now. Now. King Charles has arrived for
[00:01:14] for a meeting with executives from from Global artificial intelligence
[00:01:17] intelligence firms, where he will will urge them to ensure the technology
[00:01:20] technology remains. As royal officials
[00:01:22] officials put it, firmly in the service service of humanity. The meeting,
[00:01:25] meeting, held at a royal residence residence in Scotland which involves
[00:01:29] involves Nvidia, Google DeepMind, DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic and others.
[00:01:33] others. It comes as concern grows grows that AI safety efforts are
[00:01:37] are lagging behind the development development of increasingly powerful powerful systems. The King, of course,
[00:01:41] course, has no direct role in making making government policy, but his
[00:01:44] his intervention does reflect the
[00:01:46] the fears at all levels that AI is is not sufficiently regulated. And
[00:01:50] And in the last few minutes we've we've received this image here of
[00:01:53] of the King talking with Nvidia chief
[00:01:56] chief executive Jensen Huang. Here's Here's a bit more of what the Palace
[00:02:00] Palace has released ahead of today, today, saying the King will say decisions
[00:02:04] decisions taken at this formative formative time will shape the world
[00:02:07] world inherited by future generations. generations. The task before you
[00:02:09] you is not merely to advance technology, technology, but to ensure that it
[00:02:13] it firmly remains in the service service of humanity, community and
[00:02:16] and the natural world. Well over over the past few days, the CEOs
[00:02:19] CEOs of some of the largest AI companies
[00:02:21] companies have weighed in to calls calls for regulation, Anthropic co-founder
[00:02:25] co-founder Daria Amidei publicly publicly calling for a slowdown,
[00:02:28] slowdown, saying let's make our practices practices better. Recommit to transparency
[00:02:32] transparency and invest more in safety. safety. Jensen Huang of AI chip maker
[00:02:36] maker Nvidia, who we just saw there there with the King, said we don't
[00:02:39] don't need any new laws, new regulations. regulations. We just need companies
[00:02:42] companies to run as fast as they
[00:02:44] they can open AI's Sam Altman echoing echoing calls for self-regulation, self-regulation, saying that the
[00:02:48] the world should trust that we're we're going to do the right thing.
[00:02:51] thing. We feel the magnitude of this.
[00:02:54] this. Our AI correspondent Marc Cieslak, Cieslak, explained what the objectives
[00:02:57] objectives of this summit are. The The King has done this sort of thing
[00:03:01] thing before. You know, he has interest interest in a lot of areas and things
[00:03:04] things that he thinks are of critical critical public interest. He will
[00:03:07] will directly become involved and
[00:03:09] and bring together people from academia, academia, industry, government and
[00:03:13] and get them all around the table table to discuss what are some of
[00:03:15] of the biggest issues and how they they might resolve them. I've personally
[00:03:18] personally seen him do this with with the aviation industry. So it's
[00:03:21] it's very this is very, very similar similar to that he's bringing together
[00:03:24] together executives and people like like Jensen Huang, who's the CEO
[00:03:27] CEO of Nvidia, and Demis Hassabis,
[00:03:29] Hassabis, who founded Google DeepMind, DeepMind, Google DeepMind, bringing
[00:03:33] bringing them together to discuss discuss some of these really, really
[00:03:36] really critical critical issues for for the benefit of mankind as the
[00:03:39] the palace is putting it. What are are the key concerns then? Mark.
[00:03:42] Mark. The key concerns here really really are around safety. We've had
[00:03:45] had all of these stories over the the summer. AI has been in the headlines
[00:03:48] headlines all over the summer for for the wrong reasons about AI agents
[00:03:51] agents going rogue and breaking loose loose and hacking into hacking into
[00:03:54] into websites and things of that that nature. We've had calls for
[00:03:58] for slowdowns from some of the biggest biggest players in the game, CEOs
[00:04:01] CEOs like Dario Amadori and Sam Altman. Altman. And then we've also got sort
[00:04:05] sort of industry observers saying saying that these calls for slowdowns slowdowns are actually more about
[00:04:09] about economics. It's more about about the valuation of these companies
[00:04:12] companies than it is about some of of these safety issues. So it's really
[00:04:15] really captured a lot of people's people's imagination and it's kind kind of struck a chord across the
[00:04:18] the globe. But I think what a lot lot of the current discourse has,
[00:04:21] has, has identified is that there there is genuine, genuine concern
[00:04:24] concern amongst people in industry. industry. And I think in sort of
[00:04:28] of wider society about how safe these these technologies are. Even within
[00:04:31] within the industry, you get a sense sense of how surprised they are at
[00:04:34] at how quickly things are progressing progressing more than they ever predicted.
[00:04:37] predicted. I guess. Mark. So what
[00:04:40] what regulation is in place at the the moment, if any? Well, regulation
[00:04:44] regulation is a different thing across across the globe. You know, the EU
[00:04:47] EU has the EU AI act, which is very
[00:04:49] very much based on a risk based assessment.
[00:04:51] assessment. So certain certain categories categories of activity are determined
[00:04:54] determined to be more risky than than others. And as such there's
[00:04:57] there's a high degree of human oversight oversight in how those technologies
[00:05:00] technologies are employed and what what they're able to do. When we
[00:05:03] we look at the UK, it's a little little bit more hands off. We have have a lot of regulation in place
[00:05:07] place already. So we're sort of relying relying on some of the existing regulation.
[00:05:11] regulation. Then you get to the United United States where it changes state
[00:05:13] state by state, and they're extremely extremely hands off. And one of the
[00:05:17] the biggest issues is that all of of the big frontier AI companies, companies, most of the big frontier
[00:05:21] frontier AI companies are based in
[00:05:24] in the US. And that's where perhaps perhaps regulation should be the
[00:05:27] the strongest, but in reality is is perhaps the weakest. Central to
[00:05:29] to a lot of the messaging that you're you're hearing from some of these
[00:05:32] these big tech guys is you can trust trust us. We've got this in hand.
[00:05:35] hand. Can we trust them? Mark. You
[00:05:38] You might think that, but you know, know, a lot of people would say they
[00:05:41] they couldn't possibly comment. I I mean, the they're in this a lot
[00:05:45] lot a lot of these companies are
[00:05:47] are in this to try and develop technologies, technologies, develop these technologies
[00:05:50] technologies as quickly as they can can because they have enormous potential.
[00:05:54] potential. They have enormous potential potential to change so many aspects
[00:05:56] aspects of our lives. But in that that potential, there is the opportunity
[00:06:00] opportunity to make a lot of money. money. And if we look at the billions
[00:06:04] billions and hundreds of billions billions of dollars worth of investment investment that all of these companies
[00:06:07] companies have managed to manage manage to achieve, when you then
[00:06:10] then think, OK, well, when is any any of those any of those investors
[00:06:12] investors going to see a return on on that investment? It looks like
[00:06:16] like that return on investment might might be a very, very long way off.
[00:06:19] off. So there's a lot of competing, competing, competing narratives here
[00:06:23] here and a lot of competing sort sort of factors that mean trusting,
[00:06:27] trusting, trusting somebody who asks asks you to trust them. You have
[00:06:30] have to really look at their past past activities and then say, OK,
[00:06:33] OK, does that really instil a great great degree of confidence in me
[00:06:36] me that I can trust you? Marc Cieslak Cieslak there? Well. Buckingham Palace
[00:06:40] Palace is rejecting claims about about the King made by Princess Diana's
[00:06:43] Diana's brother Earl Spencer and and his new memoir in a Daily Mail
[00:06:47] Mail serialisation of his new book, book, due to be released next week,
[00:06:50] week, Charles Spencer said that after
[00:06:52] after the death of her sister in in 1997, the King told him that the
[00:06:55] the then Princess of Wales would would be forgotten soon enough. Our
[00:06:59] Our senior royal correspondent Daniela
[00:07:01] Daniela Relph reports. It is the the content of Earl Spencer's book
[00:07:05] book about his sister that has driven driven Buckingham Palace to issue
[00:07:08] issue an unusually robust response.
[00:07:11] response. Earl Spencer writes of of a row with the King back in 1997,
[00:07:15] 1997, when the King was Prince of of Wales after he challenged him
[00:07:18] him on the decision to allow Princes Princes William and Harry to walk
[00:07:21] walk behind their mother's coffin coffin at her funeral, something
[00:07:24] something he said his sister would would not have wanted. Earl Spencer
[00:07:27] Spencer claims the King replied angrily, angrily, saying that Diana would
[00:07:31] would be forgotten soon enough. The The response from Buckingham Palace,
[00:07:34] Palace, a sign of the fury behind
[00:07:37] behind palace walls. An official official spokesman said while we
[00:07:41] we do not comment on books as a matter
[00:07:43] matter of principle, His Majesty
[00:07:45] Majesty is mindful that the pain
[00:07:48] pain of fraternal grief can cloud
[00:07:50] cloud reason, affect judgement and
[00:07:52] and colour memory in ways others
[00:07:54] others do not recognise. Even many
[00:07:56] many years after such a loss. Not
[00:07:59] Not since the late Queen's statement statement that recollections may
[00:08:02] may vary after the Duke and Duchess Duchess of Sussex's interview with
[00:08:05] with Oprah Winfrey has a royal statement
[00:08:08] statement packed so much punch. It's
[00:08:12] It's been a challenging few weeks weeks for the Royal family, many
[00:08:15] many of whom will be out on official
[00:08:19] official duty today. As will Prince Prince Harry, who'll be in London
[00:08:23] London for an awards dinner for the the Invictus Games for wounded military
[00:08:26] military personnel. His first public
[00:08:29] public charity engagement since moving moving back to the UK with his wife
[00:08:32] wife and children. Since inception, inception, Prince Harry has been
[00:08:36] been a spectacular champion for the
[00:08:38] the Invictus Games Foundation. He's
[00:08:41] He's been a visionary for the Invictus Invictus Movement throughout and
[00:08:45] and having him closer to our HQ here
[00:08:48] here in London is incredible. Come
[00:08:51] Come on, you come on. The return return of Harry and Meghan has brought
[00:08:54] brought with it a degree of drama
[00:08:58] drama over their security. The safety safety of their children on the school
[00:09:01] school run and speculation over why
[00:09:03] why they have come back to the UK.
[00:09:06] UK. The return of Sussexes really
[00:09:10] really is shows just how much they
[00:09:12] they run out of road in Montecito. Montecito. And they had run out of
[00:09:15] of road, do you think? Totally run
[00:09:16] run out of road. They seemed to be
[00:09:21] be unable to just simply quietly, quietly, with composure, examine
[00:09:24] examine their options and follow
[00:09:26] follow a route. You know, they they
[00:09:28] they crash into things, you know, know, all the time. How much my husband
[00:09:32] husband loves bagpipes. All of these
[00:09:35] these engagements have been planned planned well in advance. But with with Harry and Meghan now back in
[00:09:39] in the UK, the days where we see see the working royals out on the
[00:09:43] the same day as the non-working ones
[00:09:45] ones will become more common. Daniela
[00:09:49] Daniela Relph, BBC News. Let's go
[00:09:51] go to South Africa now where another another body has been discovered
[00:09:54] discovered following a spate of killings killings of women near Johannesburg.
[00:09:58] Johannesburg. Nine women have been been killed over the past two months. months. Police say they're trying
[00:10:01] trying to work out any connections. connections. Most of the bodies have
[00:10:05] have been found either partially partially or fully naked. South Africa
[00:10:09] Africa has one of the highest rates rates of femicide in the world. Our
[00:10:12] Our South Africa correspondent Nomsa Nomsa Maseko has more. The woman
[00:10:15] woman whose body was found here earlier
[00:10:17] earlier is believed to be in her
[00:10:19] her 30s. She was found partially partially naked with her throat cut.
[00:10:23] cut. Police believe she was murdered murdered elsewhere and that her body
[00:10:27] body was deliberately dumped here here near a residential area so that
[00:10:30] that her body could be found. The The recent spate of killings has
[00:10:34] has sparked public outrage and fear, fear, raising new questions about
[00:10:37] about the scale of gender based violence
[00:10:39] violence in South Africa. Yo. I'm
[00:10:42] I'm scared. I'm angry. I'm upset.
[00:10:44] upset. I'm. I'm nervous. I'm everything.
[00:10:47] everything. I'm shattered. This is
[00:10:51] is bad in the a country where there
[00:10:54] there is democracy. But we experience experience we are faced with this
[00:10:57] this challenge of murdering women.
[00:10:59] women. We are parents. We are young.
[00:11:01] young. We. We like. We are even scared
[00:11:03] scared now to come out of your house. house. You are scared to go to the
[00:11:07] the shop. You are scared to go anywhere. anywhere. We are no longer free in in the country. We're supposed to
[00:11:10] to be free and to be safe as women. women. There's widespread speculation
[00:11:14] speculation that the recent murders murders have been committed by a
[00:11:17] a serial killer, but police have have not confirmed this yet. The
[00:11:21] The acting police commissioner has has said investigators are following
[00:11:24] following up on all possible leads.
[00:11:27] leads. It's still very early to make make any conclusions about this body
[00:11:31] body that has been found here. However,
[00:11:34] However, because we are having currently currently a multidisciplinary team
[00:11:37] team that was assembled already on on Sunday when the acting provincial
[00:11:41] provincial commissioner made a call.
[00:11:42] call. It was also joined by the National
[00:11:47] National Forensic, a investigative investigative psychology unit, so
[00:11:49] so that they can assist with the
[00:11:51] the profiling of the victims as well
[00:11:54] well to look at the similarities
[00:11:56] similarities and if there is any, any, a connection that can be made
[00:12:00] made on all the bodies. Women have have been urged not to walk or run
[00:12:03] run alone and avoid secluded spaces.
[00:12:07] spaces. Officials have said the warnings warnings are not about restricting
[00:12:09] restricting the freedom of women women to move, exercise or live their
[00:12:13] their lives, but that it's all about about taking reasonable precautions.
[00:12:17] precautions. While police continue continue with their investigations.
[00:12:20] investigations. Nomsa Maseko. BBC
[00:12:23] BBC News, Johannesburg.
[00:13:24] got attention and the possible awards awards contenders to have emerged. emerged. Join me Tom Brook for Talking
[00:13:28] Talking Movies on BBC News. The Palestinian
[00:13:38] Palestinian Authority has condemned condemned the US denial of a visa
[00:13:41] visa to President Mahmoud Abbas as as unjustified. For the second year
[00:13:45] year running, Washington has prevented prevented Mr Abbas and other Palestinian Palestinian officials from attending
[00:13:49] attending the UN General Assembly Assembly in New York. Our Middle Middle East correspondent Yolande
[00:13:52] Yolande Knell has more on why the
[00:13:54] the visa was denied. The Trump administration
[00:13:58] administration accuses the PA and and the PLO these two internationally
[00:14:01] internationally recognised bodies bodies that represent the Palestinian
[00:14:05] Palestinian people of glorifying glorifying terrorism, failing to
[00:14:08] to carry out reforms and also, in in its words, internationalising
[00:14:12] internationalising the conflict by by pursuing legal action against
[00:14:16] against Israel, particularly through through the International Criminal
[00:14:19] Criminal Court, the International International Court of Justice. Now
[00:14:22] Now the Palestinian Foreign Ministry Ministry has strongly rejected the
[00:14:26] the idea that pursuing Palestinian Palestinian rights through the UN
[00:14:29] UN and these international courts courts undermines peace. It's calling
[00:14:32] calling on the US to reverse this
[00:14:35] this decision. But that does seem
[00:14:37] seem unlikely. It looks like President President Abbas for the second year
[00:14:40] year running will be giving his address
[00:14:43] address to the UN General Assembly Assembly via video link. At the same
[00:14:47] same time, the Israeli Prime Minister, Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has
[00:14:50] has confirmed in recent days that that he will be travelling to New
[00:14:53] New York next week. He's going to to give his address in person to
[00:14:57] to the General Assembly. That is is despite the fact that, of course
[00:15:01] course he does have an international international arrest warrant from from the International Criminal Court.
[00:15:05] Court. He's accused of war crimes
[00:15:07] crimes in Gaza, which he strongly
[00:15:09] strongly denies. But the US and Israel
[00:15:12] Israel do not recognise the International International Criminal Court, and
[00:15:15] and the US has called that warrant warrant outrageous and biassed. The
[00:15:19] The UN has warned that hundreds of of war damaged buildings in Gaza
[00:15:23] Gaza are at imminent risk of collapse collapse after an apartment block
[00:15:27] block fell down yesterday. At least least 21 people were killed, including
[00:15:30] including eight children. Witnesses Witnesses say families with no other other shelter were living there,
[00:15:34] there, despite it leaning dangerously dangerously to one side after an
[00:15:37] an Israeli air strike last year. year. The humanitarian co-ordinator
[00:15:40] co-ordinator for the occupied Palestinian Palestinian territory estimates 100
[00:15:43] 100 people, including 50 children, children, were living in the building
[00:15:47] building when it collapsed. We've We've been speaking to Shuroaq. She
[00:15:50] She is a media manager for Save the the Children in Gaza, but she lives
[00:15:53] lives right next door to this building
[00:15:56] building and shared with us her experience experience of the moment that she
[00:15:59] she heard it come down. This is another
[00:16:02] another tragedy that we are enduring.
[00:16:06] enduring. As you know, yesterday yesterday the building. It's a huge
[00:16:10] huge six storey building have been been collapsed. And this building
[00:16:13] building have been bombed previously previously during the war. And the
[00:16:17] the displaced families were living living in there due to the lack of
[00:16:20] of available shelter. And by doing
[00:16:24] doing actually we heard a very huge
[00:16:28] huge blast and the dust started to to fill up the rooms. And the home
[00:16:31] home where I'm living in along with
[00:16:34] with my daughter. And I thought in in the very beginning that this building
[00:16:38] building or the building that we we are living in, that that have
[00:16:41] have been targeted because of the
[00:16:43] the dust and the huge explosion.
[00:16:45] explosion. And then later on the
[00:16:48] the screams started to cover the
[00:16:51] the air screams of children, of families families of everyone like we're screaming.
[00:16:54] screaming. And then we found out
[00:16:56] out that the neighbour building have
[00:17:00] have been completely collapsed, destroyed
[00:17:05] destroyed and the experience is really really unbelievable. It is the first
[00:17:09] first time I live such moment. We
[00:17:12] We lived the explosions, the attacks, attacks, running for safety. But
[00:17:16] But this is the first time I live
[00:17:18] live to be somehow quite close to
[00:17:21] to such. Event and the screams were
[00:17:25] were I still screams are still echoing echoing in my head till this moment,
[00:17:29] moment, especially the screams of
[00:17:30] of the screams of children and people.
[00:17:34] people. The. The. The people living living in the neighbourhood. They
[00:17:38] They all rushed to help. They started
[00:17:40] started to search and to dig in like
[00:17:43] like in their bare hands. And they
[00:17:47] they later on some support came from
[00:17:49] from Civil Defence and other like
[00:17:53] like organisations. But unfortunately unfortunately such digging needs
[00:17:56] needs days. This is according to
[00:17:57] to the Civil Defence and the other
[00:18:01] other organisations because the available available equipment are not enough
[00:18:04] enough to deal with such a huge destruction
[00:18:08] destruction and because of the lack lack of the machinery that that is is because of the Israeli authorities
[00:18:12] authorities are still blocking such
[00:18:14] such machineries to enter Gaza. So
[00:18:17] So can I ask you that is just awful awful what you witnessed yesterday
[00:18:20] yesterday and what people went through. through. But people felt they had
[00:18:23] had no choice but to live in a building building that was dangerous. What
[00:18:27] What about your experience? You have have a young daughter. She's only
[00:18:29] only three years old. How many times
[00:18:31] times have you been displaced? I
[00:18:34] I have been displaced over ten times
[00:18:37] times and I've been. I lived in a a tent along with my daughter. In
[00:18:40] In a time I was breastfeeding her
[00:18:44] her and like, you know, a makeshift
[00:18:45] makeshift tent will never, ever protect
[00:18:49] protect you from the burning sun,
[00:18:51] sun, the extreme heat and also from
[00:18:55] from the wind storms or winter that
[00:18:59] that easily can torn up burn up your
[00:19:03] your tent. And for those who don't
[00:19:06] don't understand what it looks like,
[00:19:08] like, it is just make up of a nylon
[00:19:13] nylon fabric and the temperature
[00:19:14] temperature inside the tent is way
[00:19:17] way higher than the atmosphere outside
[00:19:21] outside and the living conditions
[00:19:23] conditions like inside it. And like like you have your entire home in
[00:19:27] in just in a very small place. You
[00:19:30] You sleep, you sit, you you work
[00:19:35] work everything, everything in a a very small place. And also you
[00:19:38] you have your kitchen and if you you are lucky, you have your bathroom
[00:19:41] bathroom inside. So the situation
[00:19:45] situation is really dire and Bible
[00:19:47] Bible the displaced people, they
[00:19:49] they actually they prefer to live
[00:19:53] live under a concrete roof which
[00:19:57] which is really let me say I can can relate to this because I was
[00:20:01] was really looking at that period period for a concrete roof to protect
[00:20:04] protect myself and my daughter because because I was afraid of the rumble rumble and the attacks around because
[00:20:08] because when it comes to nearby attacks,
[00:20:11] attacks, the such like a very small
[00:20:13] small tremble, can easily cross your
[00:20:18] your like one of your tent and injured injured those who are inside people.
[00:20:21] people. Actually they found the only only way just to escape this reality
[00:20:25] reality is just to live in a broken
[00:20:27] broken infrastructure. Even if this
[00:20:30] this is like a building is really really destroyed and it is still
[00:20:33] still standing. They found that living
[00:20:35] living in a broken structure is way
[00:20:38] way better than living in, in a
[00:20:43] tent. Shuroaq speaking to us there there from Gaza. We have some breaking breaking news to bring you now from
[00:20:47] from Sweden to do with the political political scene, the elections. They've
[00:20:50] They've just had there. The Prime Prime Minister, we understand Ulf
[00:20:54] Ulf Kristersson has just resigned resigned after his ruling right wing
[00:20:58] wing bloc was narrowly defeated by by the centre left opposition in
[00:21:02] in those general elections that they've they've just had. He made the announcement
[00:21:05] announcement on X just in the past past few minutes or so after preliminary
[00:21:09] preliminary votes from Sunday's election election showed about 50,000 votes
[00:21:13] votes separated the two blocks in in the country. About 10 million
[00:21:16] million people in Sweden at the moment. moment. Opposition parties led by
[00:21:19] by Magdalena Andersson of the Social
[00:21:20] Social Democrats look set to win
[00:21:23] win 176 seats in the parliament in
[00:21:27] in Sweden. And Russia. Tomorrow is
[00:21:30] is the start of three days of voting voting in their parliamentary elections,
[00:21:34] elections, the first since Russia's Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
[00:21:37] Ukraine. Critics have dismissed the the vote as neither free nor transparent.
[00:21:40] transparent. But the Kremlin is expected expected to use it to claim that
[00:21:43] that the country is united behind behind the policies of President
[00:21:46] President Putin. From Moscow, our our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg
[00:21:50] Rosenberg reports. Ultimate power power in Russia lies right here in
[00:21:54] in the Kremlin. But just across the
[00:21:56] the road there is a parliament, the
[00:21:58] the Duma, and it's election time. time. So what is a parliamentary
[00:22:01] parliamentary election like now in
[00:22:04] in Russia? Well, on TV we've seen
[00:22:08] seen election debates sort of none none of the candidates turned up
[00:22:11] up for this one. And there has been
[00:22:15] been some campaigning. We caught caught up with the Communist Party
[00:22:18] Party chief at a bakery. At times, times, though, it's been hard to
[00:22:21] to tell the difference between the the ten parties that have been allowed
[00:22:25] allowed onto the ballot. None of of them criticise President Putin
[00:22:28] Putin or the war in Ukraine. And
[00:22:30] And if the political process feels feels rather orchestrated, keep in
[00:22:34] in mind that the political system system in Russia is often referred
[00:22:37] referred to as managed democracy, democracy, where the Kremlin does
[00:22:41] does the managing and I think the the Kremlin will try to use this
[00:22:44] this election to claim that the country
[00:22:46] country is united behind the President
[00:22:48] President and behind the war. There
[00:22:52] There are some individual candidates candidates in some seats calling
[00:22:54] calling for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Ukraine. But their party, which is
[00:22:58] is called Yabloko and which is anti-war, anti-war, isn't allowed to take part
[00:23:02] part in the election as a party in in its own right. It was struck off
[00:23:05] off the ballot by the Supreme Court,
[00:23:09] Court, 50 miles from Moscow. We didn't didn't see much sign of an election.
[00:23:12] election. There were few banners, banners, few election posters. But
[00:23:15] But from chatting to people, there there was every sign that the war
[00:23:19] war is front and centre of people's
[00:23:22] people's minds. I want a peaceful
[00:23:25] peaceful life, Yulia told. Me. I'd
[00:23:29] I'd like to live in a peaceful country, country, says Polina, so that you
[00:23:32] you don't have to worry that a drone drone will fall down in front of
[00:23:36] of you. But expectations are low
[00:23:38] low that this election will bring
[00:23:41] bring peace any closer. Our Russia
[00:23:45] Russia editor Steve Rosenberg there there now it has been more than 80
[00:23:48] 80 years since Thomas the Tank Engine Engine and his friends first appeared
[00:23:51] appeared in children's books before before their runaway success on screen.
[00:23:55] screen. Today, New adventures from from the Blue Locomotive are being
[00:23:57] being launched online with some fresh fresh voices. Our reporter John Maguire
[00:24:01] Maguire tells us more. Thomas the
[00:24:03] the Tank Engine has worked as Branch
[00:24:05] Branch Line for many years. From. The imagination of a vicar
[00:24:09] vicar in Birmingham trying to entertain entertain his poorly son Thomas.
[00:24:12] Thomas. The Tank Engine travelled travelled not just around his fictional
[00:24:16] fictional home, the Island of Sodor, Sodor, but around the world. The
[00:24:20] The bedtime stories were followed followed by Reverend Wilbert Awdry
[00:24:24] Awdry Books, then the BBC TV series
[00:24:27] series narrated famously by Sir Ringo
[00:24:29] Ringo Starr. Stupid Old Water Thomas
[00:24:32] Thomas there's no danger, there's there's no danger. Look out! Shouted
[00:24:35] Shouted his driver. Come back! Fire
[00:24:39] Fire and smoke! Said Thomas. I'm
[00:24:41] I'm sunk! And he. Later Thomas and
[00:24:44] and his friends were reborn as an
[00:24:47] an animation and now returned to
[00:24:48] to the rail line online through YouTube.
[00:24:52] YouTube. The new voice of the cheeky
[00:24:53] cheeky little engine is 13-year-old
[00:24:56] 13-year-old Harry sparks. Let's go
[00:24:58] go to Knapford station. That's where
[00:25:00] where I'll find a big job to do.
[00:25:03] do. And taking over the mic as narrator
[00:25:05] narrator standing on the shoulders shoulders of giants including a Beatle
[00:25:09] Beatle and a bond is the actor Henry
[00:25:11] Henry Golding. And Paul Thomas was was hurtling towards it, unable to
[00:25:15] to start his engine. I mean Ringo Ringo Starr, what a champ. I think
[00:25:19] think he did it for multiple years. years. So he's still got a couple
[00:25:22] couple up on me. But of course an
[00:25:25] an absolute legend. And you've had
[00:25:27] had a whole host of amazing stars
[00:25:30] stars including Pierce Brosnan. But
[00:25:34] But you know, I'm in the shadow of of Giants. The characters remain
[00:25:38] remain hugely popular, inspiring inspiring young visitors to Thomas
[00:25:42] Thomas Land in Staffordshire. He He loves the trains, he loves the
[00:25:45] the engines, he loves the tracks,
[00:25:48] tracks, he loves the stories. We've We've got all the Thomas pictures
[00:25:51] pictures from here all around your your bedroom. And we're taking one
[00:25:55] one tomorrow. We're bringing one.
[00:25:56] one. We took one with Thomas with
[00:26:00] with all the coaches. And then we
[00:26:01] we put them all around his bedroom.
[00:26:04] bedroom. The new series, titled Really
[00:26:07] Really Helpful Engines, will, as
[00:26:09] as always, be underpinned by a moral moral message as young Thomas learns
[00:26:13] learns the ways of the world with
[00:26:15] with his trusty friends to keep him
[00:26:17] him on track. John Maguire, BBC News.
[00:26:22] News. Well, very familiar to me, me, I have to say. Do
[00:27:54] temperatures peaking into the mid
[00:27:55] mid 40s. Take care.
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[00:30:36] MUSIC These These are the latest headlines from from BBC News. The Bank of England
[00:30:39] England holds interest rates at 3.75%
[00:30:42] 3.75% for the sixth time in a row, row, but said they're likely to rise
[00:30:46] rise of high energy prices continue. continue. King Charles chairs a meeting
[00:30:50] meeting of AI leaders as he seeks seeks reassurances we will not lose
[00:30:54] lose control of our destiny and that that tech will remain in the service
[00:30:57] service of humanity. This is hours hours after Buckingham Palace issued
[00:31:00] issued an unusually pointed response response after Earl Spencer, Princess
[00:31:03] Princess Diana's brother, makes fresh fresh claims about him in a new book.
[00:31:07] book. South African police say they've they've found a ninth woman killed
[00:31:10] killed near Johannesburg in a spate
[00:31:12] spate of murders, causing fear and
[00:31:15] and outrage in the country. Canada's Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney
[00:31:17] Carney has told the European Parliament Parliament he welcomes ambitions
[00:31:20] ambitions for associate EU membership. membership. In a speech containing
[00:31:23] containing thinly veiled criticism criticism of Donald Trump's America,
[00:31:26] America, the boss of social media media company Snapchat says the firm
[00:31:29] firm would be willing to implement implement time limits for teenagers
[00:31:32] teenagers as an important step forward
[00:31:34] forward for the industry. Hello,
[00:31:41] Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings Canadian Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney
[00:31:44] Carney addressed the European Parliament Parliament on Thursday. It's a day
[00:31:47] day after the EU Commission president, president, Ursula von der Leyen,
[00:31:49] Leyen, announced plans to make Canada Canada the first associate member
[00:31:53] member of the European Union. Mark Mark Carney, welcoming the invite
[00:31:56] invite and said that both the EU
[00:31:58] EU and Canada are stronger together.
[00:32:02] together. Together, Canada and the the European Union can anchor our
[00:32:05] our ground to hold our values while
[00:32:09] while forming a protective canopy canopy under which our citizens can
[00:32:13] can thrive. This is about sovereignty
[00:32:19] sovereignty our ability to live as
[00:32:22] as we wish. It's about the freedoms
[00:32:24] freedoms we must fight for every
[00:32:29] every day because sovereignty requires requires resilience. The ability
[00:32:33] ability to withstand shocks, sovereignty
[00:32:36] sovereignty today goes beyond being being able to feed, fuel and defend
[00:32:39] defend ourselves. It now requires
[00:32:41] requires secure access to AI, semiconductors, semiconductors, critical minerals,
[00:32:45] minerals, payment systems, clean clean energy technologies, vaccines,
[00:32:49] vaccines, space based communications
[00:32:52] communications and we all have important important gaps in these strategic
[00:32:55] strategic capabilities. And we each
[00:32:57] each must rely on individual nations
[00:33:00] nations or individual companies to
[00:33:02] to fill them. And that creates vulnerabilities.
[00:33:04] vulnerabilities. Let's take you to to Washington and speak to our correspondent correspondent there, Bernd Debusmann
[00:33:08] Debusmann Byrne. How does President President Trump and the White House
[00:33:11] House view this current love in between between the EU and Canada? Well,
[00:33:15] Well, even if we don't know what what that EU Canada relationship
[00:33:19] relationship might ultimately look look like, or even when it might might be in place, this might be
[00:33:22] be a matter of years. President Trump Trump has made his views very clear.
[00:33:25] clear. He said he views this whole whole proposal as laughable, and
[00:33:28] and he directed much of his anger anger at the EU threatening additional
[00:33:31] additional tariffs or to stop trade trade in certain sectors. Now, Prime
[00:33:36] Prime Minister Carney notably kind kind of alluded to this in his comments
[00:33:38] comments earlier today, saying that that tariffs had been weaponised
[00:33:41] weaponised and used as a coercive coercive measure. But so far he seems
[00:33:45] seems kind of undeterred by President President Trump's comments. And in
[00:33:47] in the past he's already shown a a willingness to kind of step up,
[00:33:51] up, step up and go toe-to-toe with with his counterparts in Washington.
[00:33:55] Washington. Already, the US and Canada Canada have been in a very heated
[00:33:58] heated trade war as of late. So so so far, he's very undeterred by President
[00:34:02] President Trump's comments. But President President Trump equally as very dismissive
[00:34:06] dismissive of the EU Canada proposal. proposal. Yeah, we should remind
[00:34:08] remind everyone that the US is Canada's Canada's largest trading partner partner burned. And as you mentioned,
[00:34:12] mentioned, they're locked in this this quite serious trade war. Now,
[00:34:16] Now, are there any negotiations taking
[00:34:17] taking place, any progress on resolving
[00:34:20] resolving it? At the moment both both sides seem kind of ready to
[00:34:24] to dig in. And if anything, I think
[00:34:26] think the Canadian side. This has has made Prime Minister Carney quite
[00:34:30] quite popular at home. And we've we've already seen many Canadian
[00:34:33] Canadian businesses kind of begin begin to turn away from the United
[00:34:36] United States. Of course, here in in the US., President Trump wants
[00:34:40] wants American businesses to remain
[00:34:42] remain in America. But in many states,
[00:34:44] states, Michigan, for example, Maine, Maine, this is really having a very
[00:34:48] very significant impact on those
[00:34:50] those businesses that have cross cross business between the US and
[00:34:53] and Canada. And I think it's going going to become a very hot issue
[00:34:56] issue as we head into the mid-terms mid-terms and over the next few months,
[00:35:00] months, as President Trump really really starts to see the effect of
[00:35:03] of this in some of those very key key states such as Michigan. Yeah.
[00:35:06] Yeah. How is it affecting those that that are running in those states
[00:35:10] states given the likely to take more
[00:35:11] more of an economic hit if the all
[00:35:14] all of the restrictions come in?
[00:35:17] in? Well, it's certainly been something something that Democrats have kind
[00:35:20] kind of latched on to as a way to to attack the Trump administration
[00:35:23] administration and Republicans saying saying that ultimately this hurts
[00:35:27] hurts American businesses. On the the other hand, those Trump aligned
[00:35:31] aligned candidates, they see this this as something that could ultimately
[00:35:34] ultimately benefit Americans in Michigan,
[00:35:36] Michigan, for example, by bringing
[00:35:39] bringing much of the cross-border cross-border automobile trade back
[00:35:42] back to back to the United States. States. Rather, the Trump administration
[00:35:45] administration and his preferred preferred candidates. And many of of these states see that as something something that will ultimately create
[00:35:49] create jobs for Americans and have have a much longer term benefit. benefit. So you're seeing a very
[00:35:53] very different picture of the trade trade war painted by both sides of
[00:35:56] of the political spectrum here in in the US.. Thank you so much for
[00:35:59] for that. Let's take you to Scotland Scotland now. We've been reporting
[00:36:03] reporting on King Charles, who is is there at the moment. He's hosting
[00:36:05] hosting a lot of the giants of the
[00:36:08] the AI industry there talking about about the existential dangers of
[00:36:11] of AI falling into the wrong hands
[00:36:13] hands in this summit that he's hosting.
[00:36:16] hosting. We have just had some not
[00:36:17] not only pictures in of what is happening
[00:36:21] happening there, but also with comments
[00:36:24] comments that he's made. This is
[00:36:26] is a short excerpt of his latest
[00:36:30] latest comments. I am so grateful
[00:36:32] grateful to you all for being here
[00:36:34] here today. And I must say I really really particularly grateful to you
[00:36:38] you all for stepping away from your
[00:36:41] your very busy lives and making the
[00:36:43] the journey to this rather remote remote but uniquely special corner
[00:36:47] corner of Scotland at Dumfries House.
[00:36:50] House. And as I was trying to explain explain to Jensen Huang, this place
[00:36:54] place is perhaps particularly meaningful
[00:36:57] meaningful to me as it has become
[00:37:00] become something of a living laboratory laboratory for what I have referred
[00:37:03] referred to in a book I co-wrote
[00:37:06] co-wrote some 16 years ago now I
[00:37:08] I think as the philosophy of harmony,
[00:37:11] harmony, which emphasises the balance,
[00:37:15] balance, order and relationships relationships between ourselves and
[00:37:17] and the natural world. A central
[00:37:20] central truth to creating a future
[00:37:22] future in which we are a part of
[00:37:25] of nature, not apart from it. So
[00:37:29] So if Harmony has any relevance to
[00:37:33] to today's discussions, it is perhaps
[00:37:36] perhaps as a reminder that innovation
[00:37:38] innovation must always be considered
[00:37:41] considered within the wider systems
[00:37:43] systems upon which all depend. And
[00:37:47] And as you gather for what I hope
[00:37:50] hope you will find to be a fruitful.
[00:37:54] fruitful. To be fruitful. Conversations
[00:37:57] Conversations on the rapid development
[00:37:59] development of artificial intelligence.
[00:38:01] intelligence. I can only pray that
[00:38:03] that this philosophy goes some way
[00:38:07] way to arming you with the unique
[00:38:10] unique perspective needed to reconcile
[00:38:12] reconcile the enduring needs of humanity
[00:38:17] humanity with the extraordinary capabilities
[00:38:19] capabilities of these new technologies. technologies. So ladies, gentlemen,
[00:38:22] gentlemen, ladies, gentlemen, I suppose
[00:38:25] suppose we might readily agree that
[00:38:27] that the development of AI its substance
[00:38:31] substance and its pace are both intriguing
[00:38:34] intriguing and deeply concerning
[00:38:35] concerning in equal measure AI is
[00:38:38] is already showing its immense capacity
[00:38:41] capacity to improve and save life.
[00:38:43] life. For example, in the field of
[00:38:46] of life sciences and medicine. Yet
[00:38:50] Yet those who have created these
[00:38:53] these technologies are now increasingly increasingly warning that AI risks
[00:38:56] risks developing darker capacities.
[00:38:59] capacities. Perhaps even to take
[00:39:02] take life. And in this regard, if
[00:39:04] if I may say so, there seems urgency
[00:39:08] urgency in adequately considering
[00:39:10] considering the existential dangers dangers of such technologies falling
[00:39:14] falling into the wrong hands and
[00:39:16] and being used in potentially catastrophic
[00:39:20] catastrophic ways. Surely then we we need sufficient means of control
[00:39:24] control before it is all too late.
[00:39:28] late. Those in our world who value
[00:39:31] value deeply our humanity and its
[00:39:33] its vital moral component are anxiously
[00:39:36] anxiously seeking your reassurance reassurance that we will not lose
[00:39:40] lose control of our destiny or our
[00:39:43] our souls. So today I just wanted
[00:39:45] wanted to ask two simple questions. questions. Building on the message
[00:39:48] message I sent to the United Kingdom's
[00:39:50] Kingdom's AI Safety Summit in Bletchley
[00:39:54] Bletchley in 2023. First, how can
[00:39:57] can we harness the benefits of AI
[00:40:00] AI with safety at its heart? And
[00:40:04] And second, how can we build international
[00:40:08] international co-operation and consensus
[00:40:10] consensus to achieve this? So no
[00:40:13] no nation is left behind but the
[00:40:15] the human race is left in place.
[00:40:18] place. Now, this may sound hyperbolic.
[00:40:22] hyperbolic. I have long thought it
[00:40:24] it is just enlightened realism. So
[00:40:28] So while these are simple questions,
[00:40:31] questions, I fully realise that the
[00:40:33] the answers will require all the
[00:40:35] the intellectual excellence and crucially,
[00:40:38] crucially, the emotional excellence
[00:40:40] excellence which separates man from from machine, which is represented
[00:40:44] represented in this room. In other
[00:40:47] other words, as I've said, our humanity
[00:40:50] humanity must remain sacred. The
[00:40:53] The decision is taken at this formative
[00:40:56] formative time will shape the world
[00:40:59] world inherited by future generations. generations. And so the task before
[00:41:03] before you is not merely to advance
[00:41:06] advance a technology, but to ensure
[00:41:08] ensure that it remains firmly in
[00:41:10] in the service of humanity, community
[00:41:14] community and the natural world.
[00:41:16] world. So as we embrace what is new,
[00:41:19] new, we must not lose what is timeless.
[00:41:23] timeless. Now I can only applaud
[00:41:25] applaud those of you who are so deeply
[00:41:29] deeply committed to harnessing artificial artificial intelligence for good
[00:41:33] good so that we might see a future
[00:41:35] future where human potential remains
[00:41:38] remains boundless whilst technological
[00:41:40] technological development is carefully
[00:41:42] carefully curated to enhance our
[00:41:45] our success I. I say I really am
[00:41:48] am enormously grateful for the presence presence in this room of many of
[00:41:51] of our greatest technological minds
[00:41:54] minds and indeed for the thoughtful thoughtful stewardship demonstrated
[00:41:58] demonstrated by those gathered here
[00:41:59] here today. As you consider the fundamental
[00:42:04] fundamental principles that should should and must guide the development development of artificial intelligence
[00:42:08] intelligence in the years ahead I
[00:42:11] I can only say I very much look forward
[00:42:13] forward to returning to hear the
[00:42:16] the conclusions of your productive
[00:42:19] productive and I hope, harmonious harmonious discussions later on today.
[00:42:22] today. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
[00:42:26] gentlemen. Well, also there is Jensen Jensen Huang, president and CEO of
[00:42:30] of Nvidia and he was asked whether whether people are right to be afraid
[00:42:33] afraid of artificial intelligence. intelligence. Well, it's very powerful
[00:42:36] powerful technology. It could be be used for incredible things. Of
[00:42:40] Of course it could be used for ill.
[00:42:41] ill. And so we have to build this
[00:42:44] this technology safely and securely securely and responsibly and but
[00:42:47] but we have to do it with, if you
[00:42:51] you will, responsible optimism because because the impact and the benefit
[00:42:54] benefit is going to bring to society society is so incredible. It has
[00:42:57] has already done so many great things things for the UK. As you know, artificial
[00:43:01] artificial intelligence was created created here. It was discussed for for the first time here, you know,
[00:43:05] know, after the last industrial revolution, revolution, the computer industry
[00:43:08] industry was really birthed here,
[00:43:10] here, if not for the early innovators.
[00:43:14] innovators. And of course Turing Turing describing artificial intelligence
[00:43:17] intelligence for the first time,
[00:43:19] time, it's hard to know where we
[00:43:22] we would be today. And so I think think a lot of the technology was was created here. It's now being
[00:43:26] being taken advantage of here. There's
[00:43:28] There's so many start-ups that we've we've invested in. We've invested
[00:43:31] invested billions of dollars in UK UK start-ups because we believe in
[00:43:35] in the great talent here and the the great opportunity that it could
[00:43:38] could create. And last last that
[00:43:40] that I saw, it's even lifting the
[00:43:43] the economy. And so I'm really, really really delighted to see that. We'll
[00:43:46] We'll have more from the summit
[00:44:49] are people coping? For more coverage
[00:44:50] coverage join me James Landale here
[00:44:54] here on BBC News. Russia says it
[00:45:01] it hit three drone producing plants plants and overnight attacks on Kyiv
[00:45:05] Kyiv and the surrounding region.
[00:45:06] region. It says it also hit two road
[00:45:09] road bridges near the Dniester River, River, which it claims are used to
[00:45:11] to supply weapons from Romania to to Ukraine. Several people were wounded
[00:45:15] wounded and a Russian drone attack attack on a 19 story residential
[00:45:19] residential building in Odesa. And And these pictures just into us showed
[00:45:22] showed the extent of the damage. damage. As you can see there, the
[00:45:26] the Odesa Regional State Emergency Emergency Service combing through
[00:45:29] through the debris Fiji has declared
[00:45:33] declared a national emergency and and it follows an alarming surge
[00:45:36] surge in HIV cases. The Pacific island island nation, with fewer than a
[00:45:40] a million people, recorded more than
[00:45:41] than 2000 new HIV cases in 2025.
[00:45:45] 2025. That's a 16 fold increase from
[00:45:47] from 2019. 1 in 60 adults in Fiji
[00:45:50] Fiji are currently living with the
[00:45:52] the virus that causes Aids. Dr Dashika Dashika Balak is care and support
[00:45:55] support lead for HIV treatment at at the Fiji Ministry of Health. She
[00:45:58] She told the BBC how the number of of infected people has grown so quickly.
[00:46:02] quickly. I think over the years the the number of cases have increased
[00:46:06] increased and we've been trying to to catch up on these numbers. We
[00:46:10] We have expanded our testing in the the countries. And so therefore,
[00:46:13] therefore, you know, we are testing testing more infections that were
[00:46:15] were already existing in the communities. communities. But now we are playing
[00:46:18] playing catch up with these cases
[00:46:20] cases as we know that. I mean, the
[00:46:22] the new cases are across all the the divisions in our countries, our
[00:46:26] our towns and cities, even rural rural and maritime communities are
[00:46:30] are now having to see new cases.
[00:46:32] cases. And this is what has led to
[00:46:34] to the government declaring a national national emergency because we need
[00:46:38] need our whole of national response, response, which is led by the cabinet
[00:46:42] cabinet and supported across all all party lines. Because this epidemic
[00:46:45] epidemic has become so widespread widespread that it needs every sector
[00:46:49] sector working together, not just just health alone. Scientists have
[00:46:53] have confirmed that climate change change was a core factor in last
[00:46:56] last month's deadly glacial mountain mountain collapse on the China-nepal
[00:46:59] China-nepal border. 1400 people were
[00:47:01] were killed. At least 6000 people people are still missing. You'll
[00:47:04] You'll remember, I'm sure these pictures pictures of huge amounts of water,
[00:47:08] water, ice and debris smashing through through buildings after a massive
[00:47:11] massive section of road and glacier glacier broke away from the Langtang
[00:47:14] Langtang Mountain. According to a a new report from the World Weather
[00:47:18] Weather Attribution Group, the glacier glacier collapse was not caused by
[00:47:21] by a single extreme weather event event and said it was the result
[00:47:25] result of compound crises shaped
[00:47:26] shaped by long-term warming glacier
[00:47:29] glacier retreat, permafrost thaw thaw and also geological instability.
[00:47:32] instability. This also comes as the the UN's World Meteorological Organisation
[00:47:36] Organisation has issued a fresh warning warning that the world's water cycle
[00:47:39] cycle is becoming more unpredictable
[00:47:41] unpredictable and erratic. In a fresh fresh report, they said last year
[00:47:45] year was among the driest for the the world's rivers and over three
[00:47:48] three decades and saw glaciers shrink shrink further across all regions.
[00:47:52] regions. Our environment correspondent correspondent Nathan Navin Khadka Khadka has been keeping across the
[00:47:56] the response from Nepal to this confirmation confirmation that climate change
[00:47:59] change was a core factor in what what happened last month. What they
[00:48:02] they are telling me is this has kind kind of validated what they have
[00:48:06] have been arguing that, you know, know, it was largely climate change.
[00:48:09] change. That's what they said. They've They've also produced their internal internal report and so on and so
[00:48:12] so forth. They say that this has has kind of further bolstered their
[00:48:16] their claim. Now, it remains to be be seen how effective would this
[00:48:19] this be when they actually present present it. Because what I'm also
[00:48:22] also being told is, you know, this
[00:48:24] this fund, the loss and damage fund fund that was established years ago
[00:48:28] ago and became operational last year, year, we're still waiting for December
[00:48:31] December for them to, to, to begin begin the first tranche of projects.
[00:48:34] projects. And now Nepal is asking asking for urgent decision. Now these
[00:48:38] these documents including this WWE WWE World Weather Attribution report,
[00:48:41] report, you know, they're going to to present there. They say they believe
[00:48:44] believe that. What more do you want. want. This is a solid evidence. But
[00:48:47] But again you know, the attribution attribution science is quite complicated.
[00:48:50] complicated. It remains to be seen seen how will it be accepted? How
[00:48:53] How will it be seen in the board? board? More importantly, you know,
[00:48:57] know, is the time. What they want
[00:48:59] want is they don't want that December
[00:49:01] December meeting to decide along along with other projects, 120 countries
[00:49:05] countries already applied for them them for the money. They don't want want to wait. Nepal doesn't want
[00:49:08] want to wait until then. It wants wants to fast forward and rapid disbursement
[00:49:11] disbursement of money. But is there there also very much a sense that
[00:49:15] that Nepal contributes a tiny amount amount to global warming? And yet
[00:49:18] yet they are suffering in a way that that we've just seen as a result
[00:49:21] result of it. So therefore, why should should they come up with the funds
[00:49:24] funds for the billions of dollars dollars of damage that's been done? So this is what it is. You
[00:49:27] You see, there's a saying in Nepali Nepali that, you know, this is a
[00:49:30] a poison that we didn't have. We
[00:49:32] We didn't consume. And yet we are are having the effects of that poison,
[00:49:36] poison, that kind of thing, you know? know? So what is what what's going
[00:49:39] going on here is what I'm being told told by officials is it remains to
[00:49:42] to be seen how will the fund respond? respond? But be whatever money they
[00:49:46] they will get? Nepal has come up up with a bill. I'm sure you know,
[00:49:50] know, it's $5 billion for rebuilding. rebuilding. Now, it's not saying saying that it's going to claim all
[00:49:54] all that money from that fund, that that they'll have to be multiple multiple sources. But what they're
[00:49:57] they're telling me is what this fund,
[00:49:59] fund, how it reacts, how it, you you know, responds, that will be
[00:50:03] be a major thing in terms of securing securing money from elsewhere. And
[00:50:05] And we are all waiting to see what's what's going to happen. And very very worrying news from the UN as
[00:50:09] as well about fresh water, what's what's happening around the world
[00:50:12] world after the changes to the climate? climate? Yes. I mean, this is quite
[00:50:14] quite you know, I was looking at
[00:50:16] at these what seeing is all 19 glacier
[00:50:19] glacier regions, all 19 glacier regions regions are seeing, you know, loss
[00:50:23] loss of ice. That is very, very worrying. worrying. You see, this was something
[00:50:26] something to be honest, we were covering covering this many years ago saying saying that this would happen maybe
[00:50:30] maybe 50 years down the line by 2100
[00:50:32] 2100 and so on. And so but it looks looks like even this thing is coming
[00:50:36] coming forward fast and now they they are coming up with all these these warnings that there is less
[00:50:39] less fresh water. Just you know, know, when was that? Last year, I
[00:50:42] I think I did a story on so many
[00:50:44] many countries now resorting to desalination desalination of ocean water. Why?
[00:50:48] Why? Because fresh water is vanishing. vanishing. We're keeping a close
[00:50:51] close eye on the King today in Scotland Scotland hosting this AI summit.
[00:50:56] summit. But a very busy day for the the royals. You can see on the BBC
[00:50:59] BBC News website as well. William William and Catherine have arrived
[00:51:02] arrived on the Isle of Bute. They're They're there and they've kicked
[00:51:05] kicked off engagements at the Bute Bute Shinty Club, where the traditional
[00:51:09] traditional Scottish sport has been
[00:51:11] been played for generations. MUSIC
[00:51:25] I know this might sound weird,
[00:51:28] but I've been obsessed with the oldest
[00:51:30] oldest person in the world for years.
[00:51:35] years. Meet adventurous Brooklyn Brooklyn based, Oscar nominated filmmaker
[00:51:38] filmmaker Sam Green. Since 2015,
[00:51:41] 2015, he's been travelling the world, world, chronicling the forever changing
[00:51:44] changing holders of the title of
[00:51:45] of oldest person in the world. It's
[00:51:49] It's survey has included Kane Tanaka Tanaka in Japan, who held the title
[00:51:52] title for four years. And then there's
[00:51:54] there's the oldest person ever Jeanne
[00:51:57] Jeanne Louise Calment, who when she
[00:51:59] she died in 1997, was 122 years old.
[00:52:01] old. In her later years she recorded
[00:52:03] recorded a rap album. The thing I
[00:52:05] I liked about the film Sam Green's Green's investigation of these very
[00:52:08] very senior citizens has become a a lifelong project. A documentary
[00:52:12] documentary based on his survey so so far has just been released. He
[00:52:15] He has long been fascinated by why
[00:52:17] why the news media and the public
[00:52:20] public are so interested in the title title holder of the oldest person
[00:52:23] person in the world. To this day, day, I still don't fully understand
[00:52:26] understand it. Is this a fear of
[00:52:29] of death? Is this a fear of fate
[00:52:32] fate or a you know, one of those
[00:52:34] those things like with the car crash crash where you can't look away but
[00:52:38] but you don't want to look at it.
[00:52:41] it. In making his documentary, Sam Sam Green found there was nearly nearly always a desire on the part
[00:52:44] part of others to find out if there's there's a secret to longevity. The
[00:52:48] The elderly people, he observed, observed, had all kinds of answers
[00:52:51] answers for why they'd led a long long life. One woman stated she'd
[00:52:55] she'd live for a long time because because she'd stayed away from men.
[00:52:58] men. She also said her secret was was eating three raw eggs a day.
[00:53:02] day. Two, you know, so it's like like the media descends on these
[00:53:05] these people. Everybody asks them them what their secret is and they
[00:53:08] they say something and everybody everybody runs with that. This documentary
[00:53:12] documentary often shows that other other people, the outside world is
[00:53:15] is often much more intrigued by the the oldest person in the world than
[00:53:19] than the subjects who hold that title.
[00:53:21] title. But this film isn't just about about the very old. It's also about
[00:53:25] about life and death and events in in the filmmaker's own life the birth
[00:53:28] birth of a son and his own confrontation confrontation with a life threatening
[00:53:32] threatening illness. These things things started to creep into the
[00:53:35] the movie, so over time it becomes
[00:53:37] becomes a larger meditation, I hope,
[00:53:40] hope, about time and the mysteries mysteries of being alive and fate
[00:53:43] fate and all these big questions
[00:53:46] questions that we ask ourselves.
[00:53:48] ourselves. The last person I interviewed, interviewed, a Spanish woman named
[00:53:52] named Maria Branyas, she was very very funny. She even was making fun
[00:53:56] fun of me, which I love. But in. in. At a moment in the interview
[00:54:00] interview she said, you are young.
[00:54:02] young. Jobless. Now is the time to
[00:54:05] to do good works. What she was saying
[00:54:08] saying is you're young and you have
[00:54:10] have time, so use it. And I think
[00:54:12] think that's a beautiful thing to
[00:54:17] to appreciate. Over the last ten ten years, Sam Green has met many
[00:54:21] many of those who've held the title title of oldest person in the world.
[00:54:24] world. But there's been one holdout
[00:54:26] holdout the current title holder, holder, 117-year-old Ethel Caterham,
[00:54:30] Caterham, who lives in Surrey just just outside London. She was born
[00:54:34] born in Edwardian times. She is the
[00:54:36] the first person in ten years who
[00:54:40] who has rebuffed my overtures. But But she did let King Charles visit
[00:54:43] visit her, didn't she? When I saw
[00:54:45] saw a video of her in King Charles
[00:54:49] Charles and I thought, Charles, not
[00:54:51] not me, you know she's British. She's
[00:54:53] She's the last Edwardian. So I guess guess she feels some allegiance to
[00:54:57] to the King. But you know, come on. on. I've been doing this for ten
[00:55:00] ten years. Even though this documentary documentary focuses on the very old
[00:55:04] old and very fragile, it makes the the point that there is much to learn
[00:55:07] learn from observing them and from from the filmmaker himself about
[00:55:11] about what it means to live a thoughtful
[00:55:13] thoughtful life. It is an unexpectedly
[00:55:16] unexpectedly life affirming film.
[00:59:00] MUSIC
[00:59:03] I was on air when the London seven
[00:59:08] seven over seven attacks happened. happened. That day was different
[00:59:11] different because of the sheer volume volume of information we were grappling
[00:59:14] grappling with in real time. Conflicting Conflicting reports on the number
[00:59:17] number and locations of the attacks,
[00:59:20] attacks, unverified videos, witnesses witnesses in shock. It was crucial
[00:59:24] crucial that we report events accurately accurately without causing unnecessary
[00:59:28] unnecessary panic. We couldn't let let the desperation for news influence
[00:59:31] influence our reporting or be overwhelmed overwhelmed by the magnitude of what
[00:59:35] what we were witnessing. Today, as as we wade through endless waves
[00:59:39] waves of misinformation, it's vital vital that we don't just ask the
[00:59:42] the questions. We question the answers.
[00:59:46] answers. I'm Matthew Amroliwala on
[00:59:47] on Verified Live for BBC News.
[01:00:13] Live from London. This is BBC
[01:00:15] News. King Charles warns of the existential
[01:00:18] existential dangers of AI systems systems falling into the wrong hands
[01:00:21] hands as he addresses tech leaders
[01:00:23] leaders at a summit in Scotland.
[01:00:26] Scotland. Those in our world who
[01:00:28] who value deeply our humanity and
[01:00:31] and its vital moral component are
[01:00:33] are anxiously seeking your reassurance
[01:00:36] reassurance that we will not lose lose control of our destiny or our
[01:00:40] our souls. It comes as the King issues issues a pointed response after Princess
[01:00:44] Princess Diana's brother makes fresh fresh claims about him in a new book.
[01:00:47] book. South African police say they've they've found a ninth woman killed
[01:00:51] killed near Johannesburg in a spate spate of murders, causing fear and
[01:00:54] and outrage. The Bank of England
[01:00:56] England holds interest rates at 3.75% 3.75% for the sixth time