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[00:00:01] MUSIC
[00:00:10] Live from Washington. This is
[00:00:13] BBC News. Possible war crimes by by the US that is the verdict of
[00:00:16] of a United Nations panel investigating investigating two deadly strikes
[00:00:19] strikes in Iran from February. The The US rejects the report. President
[00:00:22] President Trump says the US is making making major progress towards opening
[00:00:26] opening its first permanent army army base in Poland, calling it an
[00:00:29] an historic step for both countries countries and King Charles urges
[00:00:32] urges leading tech bosses developing developing AI to protect humanity
[00:00:35] humanity as he warns of existential
[00:00:38] existential dangers. Those who have
[00:00:42] have created these technologies are are now increasingly warning that
[00:00:46] that AI risks developing darker capacities.
[00:00:49] capacities. Perhaps even to take
[00:00:52] take life. I'm Sumi Somaskanda it's
[00:01:02] it's good to have you with us tonight. tonight. The US Israel war with Iran
[00:01:05] Iran may be at a stalemate, but now now there is fallout from the height
[00:01:09] height of the conflict. United Nations Nations investigators say there are,
[00:01:12] are, quote, reasonable grounds to to believe that the US carried out out war crimes in the early days
[00:01:16] days of its war on Iran, the U. Independent
[00:01:19] Independent international fact finding finding mission on Iran found that
[00:01:22] that the US may have, quote, committed
[00:01:24] committed the war crime of launching launching an indiscriminate attack
[00:01:27] attack resulting in loss of life life or injury to civilians or damage
[00:01:31] damage to civilian objects. The report, report, submitted to the UN Human
[00:01:34] Human Rights Council, pointed to to two deadly missile strikes in
[00:01:38] in February, one on a primary school school in Minab and another that
[00:01:41] that hit a sports complex in Lamerd.
[00:01:43] Lamerd. It says at least 178 civilians
[00:01:45] civilians were killed in the two two attacks. Now, the State Department
[00:01:49] Department said it does not give give credibility to findings from from the report and that the protection
[00:01:53] protection of civilians is of the the utmost importance to the US..
[00:01:56] US.. The US previously said it is is investigating the Minab strike
[00:02:00] strike and denies the raid on Lamerd. Lamerd. The United Nations experts
[00:02:03] experts also found Iranian authorities
[00:02:05] authorities committed crimes against against humanity during a crackdown
[00:02:08] crackdown on mass anti-government anti-government protests in 2025
[00:02:12] 2025 and into 2026. Our State Department Department correspondent Tom Bateman
[00:02:15] Bateman has more. This was two incidents
[00:02:17] incidents on day one of the war. war. The strike on a school in Minab
[00:02:21] Minab and also on a sports complex
[00:02:23] complex in Lamerd in Iran. Now the
[00:02:25] the report goes through the evidence evidence that on the school strike
[00:02:28] strike that the US it believes was was using outdated targeting. We've
[00:02:31] We've heard quite a lot about this,
[00:02:33] this, and it says because of that,
[00:02:35] that, in the words of the fact finders, finders, this was more than mere
[00:02:38] mere negligence. They say that this this was reckless. And because of
[00:02:42] of that, the Americans either knew knew or should have known that this this was no longer a military complex,
[00:02:46] complex, that it was actually a school. school. And therefore it says there's
[00:02:49] there's reasonable grounds to say say that this was a war crime committed
[00:02:53] committed by the Americans. Similarly Similarly with Lamerd it calls this this an indiscriminate attack and
[00:02:57] and also reasonable grounds to say
[00:03:00] say that this is a war crime. So,
[00:03:01] So, you know, a very strong finding
[00:03:04] finding the State Department completely completely rejecting it. They say
[00:03:07] say that the Human rights Committee
[00:03:10] Committee Commission at the United United Nations, which appoints this this Fact-Finding mission, is anti-American.
[00:03:14] anti-American. They say the report report is not credible. Amid the
[00:03:18] the ongoing war in the Middle East, East, Iran's delegation will be allowed
[00:03:21] allowed to enter the US next week week for the United Nations General
[00:03:24] General Assembly. That's according according to a State Department spokesperson.
[00:03:28] spokesperson. But two Palestinian Palestinian sources tell the BBC
[00:03:30] BBC that the US denied an entry visa visa to Palestinian President Mahmoud
[00:03:34] Mahmoud Abbas for the Assembly for for the second year in a row, the
[00:03:37] the US had recently renewed sanctions sanctions against Palestinian officials. officials. Without naming Abbas,
[00:03:41] Abbas, accusing them of failing to to live up to peace process commitments.
[00:03:44] commitments. The US accused the Palestinian Palestinian Authority of glorifying
[00:03:48] glorifying terrorism and attempting attempting to internationalise the
[00:03:51] the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. conflict. Palestinian officials reject reject those claims, calling the
[00:03:55] the visa sanctions an unjustified unjustified measure. Abbas will instead
[00:03:58] instead make a video address to the the annual UN gathering in New York
[00:04:02] York City. Jennifer Gavito is a former former top State Department official
[00:04:05] official for the Middle East. She's She's currently a senior adviser
[00:04:08] adviser at the Cohen Group, an international international consulting group. I
[00:04:10] I asked her what she thought of the the findings of the UN experts on
[00:04:13] on those strikes in the early days
[00:04:15] days of the war in Iran. So this
[00:04:19] this is really damaging for US credibility.
[00:04:20] credibility. It is true that this this is not a criminal finding. But
[00:04:24] But nonetheless, this really damages, damages, I think, US credibility
[00:04:28] credibility and increases the urgency
[00:04:30] urgency of the United States conducting conducting a real investigation into
[00:04:33] into this. Initially, the Department
[00:04:35] Department of War did acknowledge acknowledge that it had found preliminarily
[00:04:38] preliminarily that the United States States was probably responsible for
[00:04:41] for this strike. But we've heard heard very little since. And I think
[00:04:45] think what is especially concerning concerning in this is that the Department
[00:04:48] Department of War Zone Inspector Inspector General has determined
[00:04:51] determined that the Department is
[00:04:53] is not able to carry out or is de-prioritized
[00:04:57] de-prioritized its responsibilities. responsibilities. Congressionally Congressionally mandated responsibilities responsibilities for civilian harm
[00:05:01] harm mitigation. So this raises a a lot of questions. I will just add,
[00:05:05] add, once again, a State Department Department official telling the BBC
[00:05:08] BBC that the Trump administration administration had formally withdrawn withdrawn from the UN Human Rights
[00:05:12] Rights Council, saying a consistent consistent failure was there to uphold
[00:05:16] uphold values as the council pushes pushes anti-American rhetoric. Among
[00:05:19] Among other points, I also want to to ask you in this context about
[00:05:23] about the UN General Assembly, which which will take place in New York
[00:05:26] York next week. And we mentioned mentioned that Palestinian sources
[00:05:28] sources have told the BBC that Mahmoud Mahmoud Abbas was denied a visa.
[00:05:32] visa. Again. What impact do you think
[00:05:35] think that has? Well, I think that that this is very difficult to explain,
[00:05:39] explain, let alone defend at a moment
[00:05:43] moment when the Board of Peace, which which is a body that was put forward
[00:05:47] forward by the United States to bring
[00:05:52] bring reconstruction to Gaza, that
[00:05:53] that that Board of peace and eventually
[00:05:56] eventually the Palestinian Authority Authority taking over control of
[00:05:58] of Gaza. And so the Palestinian Authority Authority and President Abbas have
[00:06:02] have to be partners with the United United States in order to achieve
[00:06:06] achieve those outcomes. It's especially especially baffling, given that we're
[00:06:09] we're now hearing that the Iranian Iranian delegation has been granted
[00:06:12] granted visas. And so I think, you you know, at the very least, this
[00:06:15] this raises questions about the United United States headquarters agreement
[00:06:19] agreement when it comes to its hosting
[00:06:21] hosting of the UN General Assembly.
[00:06:24] Assembly. Now, President Trump says says the US is working to set up
[00:06:26] up a new military base in Poland Poland riding on Truth Social, he
[00:06:30] he said major progress is being made made towards establishing a US Army
[00:06:33] Army base in Poland. If this happens, happens, the location will be announced
[00:06:37] announced very soon. This will be be an historic step for our great
[00:06:40] great US Polish alliance. That is is despite concerns in Europe that
[00:06:43] that an ongoing US review could drastically
[00:06:46] drastically reduce troop levels on
[00:06:48] on the continent. And this was the
[00:06:52] the scene in Poland earlier on Thursday. Thursday. Air raid sirens after a
[00:06:55] a Russian attack near the border border with Ukraine. Two Polish airports
[00:06:59] airports were temporarily closed. closed. No Russian aircraft crossed
[00:07:01] crossed the border, but Poland's Poland's Prime Minister warned Thursday Thursday that Russia will likely
[00:07:05] likely step up its aggression in in the coming months against Poland
[00:07:08] Poland and other nations supporting supporting Ukraine. Meanwhile, Nato
[00:07:11] Nato Secretary General said Russia's Russia's drone strikes near Poland
[00:07:14] Poland are evidence of Russia's desperation. desperation. Mark Rutte was in Britain
[00:07:18] Britain meeting the Prime Minister Minister and Defence Secretary for
[00:07:20] for the first time. Here's our political
[00:07:24] political editor, Chris Mason. Eastern
[00:07:27] Eastern Poland this morning, sirens
[00:07:29] sirens blaring Russia's war in Ukraine
[00:07:33] Ukraine sounds near drone strikes
[00:07:34] strikes over the border far too close
[00:07:37] close for comfort. Is this yet another another example of a dangerous escalation
[00:07:41] escalation in this war? It's clearly
[00:07:42] clearly an example of increasingly
[00:07:46] increasingly reckless behaviour by by Russia and its president, but
[00:07:49] but also evidence of him being increasingly
[00:07:52] increasingly desperate. Should Nato Nato intercept Russian drones that
[00:07:56] that are over Ukrainian territory territory if they are approaching
[00:07:59] approaching a Nato border. There There is a limit to what I can go
[00:08:03] go into in a public interview, but but I can assure you we do everything
[00:08:06] everything to make sure that Nato Nato stays safe. Nato territory stays
[00:08:09] stays safe, that we can defend every every inch of that that's happening
[00:08:12] happening again. I can never get get into those operational details.
[00:08:16] details. I was later told drones drones were not intercepted by Nato
[00:08:19] Nato while still over Ukraine, but but for how long? How worried are
[00:08:23] are you? How worried should we all
[00:08:26] all be that Russia will attack or
[00:08:28] or invade a Nato country in the coming
[00:08:30] coming years? If you're willing to to sacrifice 1.2 million of your
[00:08:34] your own people in this crazy, unprovoked
[00:08:37] unprovoked fight, let's not be naive naive about what Putin could do,
[00:08:40] do, but we are stronger. I mean, mean, in. Other words, it could happen. happen. It could happen in the coming
[00:08:44] coming years. I don't think so because because we are strong, so strong
[00:08:47] strong that he will not try. But But we have to make sure of is that
[00:08:50] that we are as strong in two, three,
[00:08:52] three, five years from now. As for
[00:08:54] for right now, this is the Red Sea
[00:08:57] Sea conflict in Yemen has escalated. escalated. The Houthis, backed by
[00:09:01] by Iran, have increased their control control over a key shipping route.
[00:09:05] route. Would it be in Europe's interest
[00:09:08] interest to do more, to try and keep
[00:09:10] keep those seaways open? Well, clearly clearly it's outside Nato territory,
[00:09:14] territory, but we are closely co-ordinating co-ordinating with allies. I would
[00:09:17] would not be surprised if some phone phone calls are taking place between between European allies. Hey, how
[00:09:20] how are we going to deal with this? this? Let's see what happens and
[00:09:23] and if Nato can help, we will always always be helpful. You've been here
[00:09:26] here meeting the Prime Minister, Minister, the Defence Secretary, Secretary, the Foreign Secretary,
[00:09:29] Secretary, as you all know, the Chancellor, Chancellor, John Healey, the former
[00:09:33] former Defence Secretary, resigned resigned because he wasn't certain. certain. You know, he didn't think
[00:09:37] think the previous government would would get to 3% of national income
[00:09:40] income on defence by 2030 and said said that was essential. The new
[00:09:44] new government hasn't yet explicitly explicitly committed to that. In
[00:09:47] In the conversations you've just just come from, are you confident confident they're going to manage
[00:09:51] manage that? I'm totally confident confident about what this government
[00:09:53] government wants to do. That is to
[00:09:55] to reach the 3.5 and 2035. Also understanding understanding that cannot be that
[00:09:59] that you stick to 2.6, 2.7 now and
[00:10:02] and then in one go in 2034 you would
[00:10:05] would go to 3.5. So you've long been. been. A sceptic to be a credible
[00:10:08] credible path. Yeah. Sounds like like they've not managed to be specific
[00:10:11] specific and reassure you that that
[00:10:13] that 3% target by 2030 is actually actually going to be met. I'm absolutely
[00:10:16] absolutely confident that when it it comes to the 3.5, they're I'm
[00:10:20] I'm absolutely confident that when when it comes to the yearly increments,
[00:10:23] increments, they totally take it it and accept it that they have to
[00:10:26] to be there. What exactly the pathway pathway will be. We will see next next year in the spending review.
[00:10:30] review. Secretary General, thank thank you. Thank you very much. Now
[00:10:33] Now three days of voting are getting getting under way in Russia's parliamentary
[00:10:37] parliamentary election, the first first since Russia's full-scale invasion invasion of Ukraine. Critics dismissed
[00:10:40] dismissed the vote as neither free free nor transparent. But the Kremlin
[00:10:44] Kremlin is expected to use it to to claim that the country is united
[00:10:47] united behind the policies of President President Putin. Our Russia editor,
[00:10:50] editor, Steve Rosenberg reports from
[00:10:52] from Moscow. In Russia. Ultimate
[00:10:57] Ultimate power lies here in the Kremlin.
[00:11:01] Kremlin. But across the road there there is a parliament and it's election
[00:11:05] election time. So what is a parliamentary
[00:11:07] parliamentary election like now in
[00:11:09] in Putin's Russia? Different. At
[00:11:14] At this TV debate for candidates,
[00:11:16] candidates, the presenter came. The
[00:11:20] The candidates didn't. Come. And
[00:11:25] And this party political was more
[00:11:27] more X factor than exit poll. Mind
[00:11:31] Mind you in the last Parliament everyone
[00:11:33] everyone was singing from the same
[00:11:35] same hymn sheet. Putin. All together
[00:11:41] together now Russia, Putin victory.
[00:11:43] victory. Chance. The Speaker of the
[00:11:45] the House, all MPs, all parties are
[00:11:48] are expected to back the President
[00:11:50] President and the war in Ukraine.
[00:11:53] Ukraine. There has been some campaigning campaigning and a bread and biscuit
[00:11:56] biscuit factory near Moscow. We caught
[00:11:58] caught up with the communists at at times, though, the ten parties
[00:12:02] parties allowed on the ballot are
[00:12:05] are hard to tell apart. None of them
[00:12:07] them criticised the Kremlin or the
[00:12:09] the war. The. As the Communist leader
[00:12:13] leader Gennady Zyuganov tells me, me, all parties in the last Duma
[00:12:17] Duma voted unanimously for 170 laws
[00:12:20] laws in support of the Special Military
[00:12:22] Military operation. Russia's political political system is often referred
[00:12:26] referred to as managed democracy, democracy, where the Kremlin does
[00:12:29] does the managing and the Kremlin Kremlin is likely to use this election
[00:12:32] election to claim that despite problems problems in the country, Russians
[00:12:36] Russians are united behind their
[00:12:38] their president and behind the war
[00:12:41] war in Ukraine. Grigory Grishin belongs
[00:12:44] belongs to the one party that is
[00:12:47] is publicly calling for peace. Yabloko
[00:12:50] Yabloko for freedom. Peace for a
[00:12:52] a ceasefire, he says for a Russia
[00:12:55] Russia free from political repressions.
[00:12:57] repressions. Yabloko was on the ballot
[00:12:59] ballot until the Supreme Court removed
[00:13:01] removed it from the party list. Some
[00:13:05] Some of its candidates, including including Grigory, are still competing
[00:13:09] competing in individual constituencies. constituencies. But in the run up
[00:13:13] up to the election, many of these these candidates have had problems
[00:13:16] problems with the police and the
[00:13:17] the courts, and some have been barred.
[00:13:21] barred. Grigory was questioned by
[00:13:23] by police, but he's still in the
[00:13:25] the race. The police are carrying
[00:13:28] carrying out a political order. The
[00:13:30] The demand for an end to the bloodshed
[00:13:32] bloodshed in Ukraine is very popular.
[00:13:34] popular. I think most people in Russia Russia now want peace and Yabloko
[00:13:38] Yabloko helped people express this. this. That's why it's been excluded
[00:13:42] excluded from the party lists and
[00:13:44] and why individual candidates are
[00:13:47] are being barred. 50 miles from Moscow
[00:13:50] Moscow in Dmitrov, there's little little sign of an election, but there
[00:13:54] there are signs of the war. A new
[00:13:57] new memorial to people from the town town who've been killed fighting
[00:14:01] fighting in Ukraine. And the war
[00:14:02] war is front and centre of people's
[00:14:06] people's minds. Of course we feel feel it, says Olga, whose son in
[00:14:09] in law is fighting in Ukraine. But
[00:14:11] But elections can't affect what happens
[00:14:14] happens there. I'd like our country country to be peaceful, Paulina tells
[00:14:18] tells me. So we don't have to worry worry that drones will fall in front
[00:14:22] front of us. This election is unlikely
[00:14:24] unlikely to deliver that in Russia.
[00:14:26] Russia. It's the Kremlin that decides
[00:14:29] decides on war and peace. Steve Rosenberg,
[00:14:33] Rosenberg, BBC News, Moscow. To the
[00:14:37] the UK now where King Charles is is warning tech leaders about the
[00:14:41] the existential dangers of artificial artificial intelligence. The monarch
[00:14:44] monarch called for more oversight oversight on AI, saying that it could
[00:14:47] could develop darker capabilities. capabilities. He made the comments comments on Thursday during a summit
[00:14:51] summit in Scotland to address mounting mounting security concerns posed
[00:14:54] posed by the technology. Tech giants
[00:14:56] giants including Nvidia, DeepMind, DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic were
[00:15:00] were together for the first time time since industry leaders called
[00:15:02] called for a co-ordinated slowdown slowdown in AI development. Our correspondent
[00:15:06] correspondent Shiona McCallum has
[00:15:09] has more. Not just another royal
[00:15:12] royal engagement for the King he he was hosting Jensen Huang, the
[00:15:15] the boss of one of the world's most
[00:15:18] most valuable companies, Nvidia and
[00:15:20] and Sir Demis Hassabis, the co-founder co-founder of Google DeepMind, along
[00:15:23] along with some of the world's most
[00:15:25] most influential voices on AI. And And as soon as pleasantries were
[00:15:29] were over, it was a stark warning.
[00:15:31] warning. There seems urgency in adequately
[00:15:35] adequately considering the existential existential dangers of such technologies
[00:15:39] technologies falling into the wrong wrong hands. The King addressed an
[00:15:42] an audience that included Tino Cuellar Cuellar from Anthropic, Sarah Friar
[00:15:46] Friar from OpenAI and Professor Chu
[00:15:49] Chu Lang from Shanghai University University in China. A Chinese presence
[00:15:52] presence in the room is significant, significant, too, with President
[00:15:55] President Trump framing AI as a race. race. America must win. The summit
[00:15:59] summit has been in the royal diary diary for six months, but the timing
[00:16:03] timing of it has become part of the
[00:16:05] the story. Last week, a former Anthropic Anthropic researcher said some of
[00:16:08] of the people building AI believe believe that it could kill us all
[00:16:12] all by the end of the decade. The
[00:16:14] The King has asked you here to give give reassurances that this technology
[00:16:18] technology won't harm humanity. Can
[00:16:19] Can you give those reassurances?
[00:16:23] reassurances? It is the responsibility responsibility of the AI companies
[00:16:27] companies ourselves to develop the the technology safely and to properly
[00:16:30] properly test it. As we move from
[00:16:33] from labs to product development. development. The companies have to
[00:16:36] to become much more rigorous in testing.
[00:16:39] testing. But other chief execs are
[00:16:41] are less optimistic. I think that
[00:16:44] that if we all create AI that are
[00:16:47] are able to act autonomously, that
[00:16:48] that can define their own objectives,
[00:16:51] objectives, that can earn money, money, that can own assets, that
[00:16:54] that could run businesses. We're
[00:16:57] We're essentially ceding a new silicon silicon species, which will no doubt
[00:17:01] doubt compete with us for resources, resources, no matter how much it
[00:17:04] it cares about humanity and loves loves us. Warnings like that mean
[00:17:08] mean governments are under pressure pressure to act. The main thing I
[00:17:11] I want to assure everyone listening listening and watching this is that
[00:17:14] that the British government has been been focused on it. We have some some of the best capability in testing,
[00:17:18] testing, understanding risks and and then mitigating them. We have have to take it seriously. That's
[00:17:22] That's exactly what we're doing. doing. This debate is not only about
[00:17:25] about safety and jobs. The data centres
[00:17:28] centres powering AI require enormous enormous amounts of electricity and
[00:17:32] and water, placing the tech's environmental environmental issues at the heart
[00:17:35] heart of a cause. The King has championed
[00:17:39] championed for decades the King cannot cannot regulate artificial intelligence,
[00:17:42] intelligence, but what he can do do is use his convening power to
[00:17:45] to get these rivals round the table. table. The question is now will there
[00:17:49] there be anything concrete produced produced from these private discussions
[00:17:53] discussions here at Dumfries House?
[00:17:55] House? This technology appears to to be advancing far faster than diplomacy
[00:17:59] diplomacy is right now. But to gain gain public trust in AI, it will
[00:18:03] will need something more than conversation.
[00:18:06] conversation. Shiona McCallum BBC
[00:18:08] BBC News Dumfries House. Still to
[00:18:10] to come on BBC News. Canada's Prime Prime Minister hails a prospective
[00:18:14] prospective associate membership membership in the EU while rejecting
[00:18:17] rejecting US criticism of the alliance. alliance. Around the world and across
[00:18:21] across the UK.
[00:19:23] Gdansk. Join me, Julie Lyn, for discovering discovering the world's table Poland
[00:19:27] Poland on BBC News. You're watching
[00:19:33] watching BBC News. Canadian Prime Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada
[00:19:36] Canada and Europe are stronger together. together. In an address to the European
[00:19:39] European Parliament. Now that comes comes one day after European Commission
[00:19:42] Commission President Ursula von der der Leyen announced plans to make
[00:19:46] make Canada the first associate member member of the European Union. The
[00:19:50] The majority of EU governments support support closer ties with Canada,
[00:19:53] Canada, but some are questioning questioning the practicalities of
[00:19:56] of associate member status. It could could take years for the bloc to
[00:19:59] to implement such a label. US President President Trump on Wednesday suggested
[00:20:03] suggested that the EU allowing Canada Canada to become an associate member
[00:20:05] member could be a hostile act towards towards the US.. I spoke earlier
[00:20:09] earlier to Stephane Dion, a diplomat diplomat in residence at the University
[00:20:13] University of Montreal and former former special envoy to Europe and
[00:20:16] and ambassador to Germany and France, France, and he explained Canada's
[00:20:20] Canada's foreign policy approach. approach. Yes, it's certainly the
[00:20:23] the goal in Canada to have a normal normal relationship with the US.,
[00:20:27] US., something we don't have since since a couple of years because of
[00:20:30] of President Trump. And to be open open to the world as a trading nation,
[00:20:33] nation, as a country that has a big big role to play in the world. And
[00:20:36] And that means that we are much closer
[00:20:39] closer with the EU, with Europe. Europe. The EU is the second biggest
[00:20:43] biggest economy of the world. We We are very close to them. We have have a strong partnership with them
[00:20:47] them and we want that to be stronger
[00:20:49] stronger ever. I spoke to a Conservative
[00:20:52] Conservative MP from Canada yesterday yesterday who said he doesn't want
[00:20:55] want to see Canada trading one difficult difficult relationship with another,
[00:20:59] another, the EU being bureaucratic bureaucratic and perhaps adding new new complications for Canada. What
[00:21:03] What do you think of that? Well,
[00:21:05] Well, it's because I think. From
[00:21:09] From the Alliance President from
[00:21:11] from the Alliance. She used the expression
[00:21:14] expression associate member and the
[00:21:16] the word member looks like if Canada
[00:21:18] Canada was now the 28th country of
[00:21:22] of the EU and there is no appetite
[00:21:24] appetite in Canada to transfer part
[00:21:27] part of our sovereignty to Brussels
[00:21:30] Brussels and there is no interest
[00:21:31] interest in Europe to give to a country
[00:21:34] country a full membership without without the obligations that come
[00:21:37] come with it. Regarding a financial
[00:21:42] financial contribution or alignment alignment of regulations and so on.
[00:21:45] on. So it's not what we are talking
[00:21:46] talking about. I think this expression
[00:21:49] expression associate member created created this confusion. The expression
[00:21:52] expression the Prime Minister is
[00:21:53] is using is more to have a strongest
[00:21:58] strongest alliance, a unique alliance, alliance, the country with which
[00:22:01] which the EU will have the strongest
[00:22:03] strongest alliance outside Europe Europe will be Canada. That's the
[00:22:06] the goal. What do you think of President President Trump's response to all
[00:22:09] all of this threatening more tariffs
[00:22:11] tariffs on the EU and saying that that anything that is a closer alliance
[00:22:15] alliance against the US would be be considered a hostile act? Well,
[00:22:18] Well, it's only in the mind of Donald
[00:22:21] Donald Trump. It doesn't make sense.
[00:22:23] sense. Canada is a trading nation.
[00:22:25] nation. We need to be in strong connection connection with the world. And in
[00:22:29] in doing so, we are a better partner
[00:22:31] partner for the US that if we were were isolated. So only him may think
[00:22:34] think this way and we will not be be intimidated by Donald Trump. We
[00:22:38] We have shown that the more he's he's speaking this way, the more
[00:22:41] more Canadians are resolute to have have an independent policy. When
[00:22:45] When Donald Trump is negotiating negotiating with the UK, with the
[00:22:48] the EU, with China, with India, it
[00:22:51] it doesn't fold. Ottawa to have the
[00:22:54] the OK of Ottawa as if we had a veto
[00:22:57] veto on this policy. So it will be be the same for us. Canada is a free
[00:23:01] free country. We need to strengthen strengthen our relationship with
[00:23:04] with the EU for the long haul. Even
[00:23:08] Even when Donald Trump will not be be there any more. And that will
[00:23:11] will have hopefully a normal president president in the White House. Canada
[00:23:14] Canada will have an interest in that.
[00:23:17] that. Have its eggs in the same basket
[00:23:19] basket and to have strong relationship relationship with the UK, with the
[00:23:22] the EU, with Asia, with Latin America
[00:23:25] America and so on. Now to an award
[00:23:28] award ceremony here in the US and
[00:23:31] and there were gasps of surprise surprise when a final video message
[00:23:34] message from Dolly Parton was played played to fans. The star died last
[00:23:37] last month at the age of 80 from
[00:23:38] from cancer. David Sillito reports.
[00:23:52] Just a few weeks ago, something
[00:23:54] utterly unthinkable happened. Dolly
[00:23:57] Dolly Parton left our world substance.
[00:24:01] substance. Her heart, her great heart heart and in true Dolly fashion,
[00:24:05] fashion, when she learned she would would be receiving this honour, she
[00:24:08] she didn't wait for the spotlight spotlight to find her. She stepped
[00:24:11] stepped right into it recording this
[00:24:14] this message with the same warmth,
[00:24:17] warmth, joy and sparkle she so generously
[00:24:19] generously shared with us throughout
[00:24:22] throughout her life. So honoured
[00:24:24] honoured to received the Lifetime
[00:24:26] Lifetime Achievement Award from the the Americana Music Association.
[00:24:29] Association. I mean music for what
[00:24:31] what is now called Americana music.
[00:24:33] music. So I grew up going back into
[00:24:36] into the smoky. MUSIC
[00:24:50] E. She would stay. I would only
[00:25:01] be in your air so I go. And I want
[00:25:06] want to thank everybody at the AMA
[00:25:09] AMA for recognising me with this
[00:25:11] this award. It's a great honour truly, truly, and just know that I will
[00:25:15] will always love you.
[00:25:27] OK, just before we go. Scientists have confirmed the discovery
[00:25:31] discovery of the first new cat species species to be identified in more
[00:25:35] more than a century. The wild cat,
[00:25:37] cat, known by its local name Tilcayo,
[00:25:39] Tilcayo, inhabits the jungles cloud cloud forests of Bolivia. It's part
[00:25:42] part of a group known as Tiger Cats. Cats. And it took genetic tests to
[00:25:46] to confirm it as a distinct species.
[00:25:49] species. Leopardus Tilcayo is a little little smaller than the average cat
[00:25:52] cat and has light brown fur with
[00:25:54] with irregular dark patches. All
[00:25:58] All right. Thank you so much for
[00:25:59] for watching BBC News and stay with
[00:26:02] with us.
[00:29:40] Gdansk. Join me, Julie Lynn, for for discovering the world's Table
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[00:29:55] MUSIC BBC BBC News experts bring us a deeper
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[00:30:03] stories. Now on BBC News Newscast.
[00:30:08] Newscast. A huge row has broken out out between Buckingham Palace and
[00:30:12] and Princess Diana's brother Earl Earl Spencer. It's around this moment
[00:30:15] moment when the very young princes princes William and Harry were walking
[00:30:19] walking behind their mother's coffin
[00:30:20] coffin at her funeral in 1997. Earl
[00:30:23] Earl Spencer's new book makes some some explosive claims about what
[00:30:26] what was said at the time by the
[00:30:28] the King. Then Prince Charles. We We will discuss what's going on in
[00:30:31] in this episode of Newscast. Hello,
[00:30:34] Hello, it's Adam in the Newscast Newscast studio. And it's Daniella
[00:30:37] Daniella also in the Newscast studio. studio. So we're recording this episode
[00:30:40] episode of Newscast on Thursday afternoon afternoon at just before 3:00. But
[00:30:44] But it seems to me all the action action on this story happened on
[00:30:48] on Wednesday night. Just explain explain to us what went on. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Because on Wednesday
[00:30:51] Wednesday night, the Daily Mail, Mail, who are Serialising Earl Spencer's
[00:30:54] Spencer's new book about his sister sister called Swan Song, dropped
[00:30:58] dropped a story ahead of