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[00:00:15] MUSIC These These are the latest headlines from
[00:00:16] from BBC News. Ukraine and Russia's Russia's emergency alert apps are
[00:00:20] are hit by an apparent cyber attack. attack. Ukrainian residents reported
[00:00:23] reported getting false notifications notifications about chemical attacks attacks and Street fighting, while
[00:00:27] while Russian residents were warned
[00:00:28] warned of nuclear warheads just one one day to the midterm elections.
[00:00:32] elections. With last minute twists twists in the Senate race. As a sitting
[00:00:36] sitting Democratic congresswoman, congresswoman, Haley Stevens announces
[00:00:38] announces her support for the Republican Republican candidate Mike Rogers,
[00:00:41] Rogers, the Democrat candidate, Abdul Abdul El-Sayed said he was unbothered
[00:00:45] unbothered by Stevens announcement.
[00:00:48] announcement. King Charles will address address Commonwealth leaders about
[00:00:50] about the lasting pain of the transatlantic transatlantic slave trade during
[00:00:53] during the final leg of his Caribbean
[00:00:55] Caribbean tour in Antigua. Here, Here, the Home Secretary lays out
[00:00:58] out new rules on how long legal migrants migrants must live in the UK before
[00:01:02] before they're allowed to stay. And
[00:01:05] And the Italian driver Kimi Antonelli Antonelli makes history in Mexico
[00:01:08] Mexico as he becomes Formula One's
[00:01:10] One's youngest ever world champion
[00:01:13] champion at 20. Hello. Welcome back
[00:01:21] back to BBC News. I'm Mark Lowen. Lowen. I just want to bring you a
[00:01:24] a bit of breaking news that's coming coming in from Belgium, from Belgium.
[00:01:28] Belgium. The Prime Minister, Bart
[00:01:29] Bart De Wever, has offered his resignation
[00:01:32] resignation to the Belgian King, King, King Philippe, over a breakdown
[00:01:36] breakdown in budget talks. Belgium's
[00:01:38] Belgium's debt is very high. It's
[00:01:41] It's about 110% of GDP. That is almost
[00:01:45] almost double what the EU limit is, is, and its budget deficit is also
[00:01:48] also high. The government was trying
[00:01:50] trying to agree on a budget for next
[00:01:52] next year that has failed. The Belgian Belgian Prime Minister has tendered tendered his resignation. We understand
[00:01:56] understand that the royal palace palace is holding off its decision
[00:02:00] decision on whether to accept the the Prime Minister's Office to offer
[00:02:03] offer to resign. Let's go back to
[00:02:07] to our other top story now, because
[00:02:09] because both Ukraine and Russia say say that their emergency alert apps
[00:02:13] apps have been hit by cyber attacks. attacks. Ukraine warned late on Sunday
[00:02:16] Sunday that its air alert app appeared appeared to have been compromised
[00:02:19] compromised after citizens received received false notifications. Later,
[00:02:22] Later, Moscow said that an app belonging
[00:02:24] belonging to its emergencies ministry ministry had been targeted. Let's
[00:02:28] Let's speak to the Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Oleksandr Merezhko in Kyiv. He is
[00:02:31] is the chair of the foreign affairs affairs Committee in the Ukrainian Ukrainian parliament. Thank you very
[00:02:35] very much indeed for being with us.
[00:02:39] us. Who are you blaming for the hack
[00:02:41] hack on the Ukrainian app? Thank
[00:02:44] Thank you for having me. We don't don't know for sure whom to blame,
[00:02:48] blame, but seemingly it was Russia
[00:02:50] Russia and attempt to cause panic
[00:02:52] panic in Ukraine. But it definitely definitely failed because it didn't
[00:02:56] didn't cause absolutely no panic
[00:02:58] panic in Ukrainian cities. And then
[00:03:01] then there was an attack on the Russian
[00:03:04] Russian system early this morning. morning. Was that retaliation from
[00:03:07] from your government. As far as I
[00:03:12] I know the responsibility for this
[00:03:13] this action was claimed by so-called
[00:03:17] so-called a group of partisan group group or guerrilla group within Russia
[00:03:21] Russia called Artesh. And I don't
[00:03:22] don't have any official confirmation confirmation with regard to this.
[00:03:26] this. So we don't know what happened happened for sure. So you are not
[00:03:30] not saying either way whether there there was Ukrainian involvement in
[00:03:34] in this. Well, in such cases we have
[00:03:37] have the, so to speak, fog of war
[00:03:39] war and we usually don't confirm
[00:03:42] confirm or don't deny such cases.
[00:03:44] cases. You say that the attack on
[00:03:47] on Ukraine did not work, but even
[00:03:50] even if there may not have been panic, panic, presumably this would lessen
[00:03:54] lessen the confidence of Ukrainians
[00:03:56] Ukrainians in the system. Well, first
[00:03:58] first of all, during the war, the
[00:04:00] the full-scale invasion, we got used
[00:04:02] used to double check such kind of of information and additionally,
[00:04:06] additionally, people in Ukraine, Ukraine, we more trust loudspeaker
[00:04:10] loudspeaker devices and signals of
[00:04:12] of these loudspeakers. And besides,
[00:04:15] besides, we have different for example, example, Telegram channels where
[00:04:18] where we can check this information. information. Do you think that this
[00:04:22] this could have been a third party party attack that has decided to
[00:04:26] to attack both both systems, not
[00:04:29] not Ukrainian or Russian? Well, it's
[00:04:31] it's hard to say because we don't
[00:04:34] don't know details and there was
[00:04:36] was no at least as of now, official official investigation and its results.
[00:04:40] results. But seemingly it was Russia Russia because Russia is waging a
[00:04:44] a cyber attack. I remember the first
[00:04:46] first days after the full-scale invasion
[00:04:48] invasion and even before there was
[00:04:50] was a massive cyber attack, and it's
[00:04:52] it's nothing new on the part of Russia
[00:04:55] Russia to continue to wage such cyber
[00:04:57] cyber war against Ukraine. So the the prime suspect remains Russia.
[00:05:01] Russia. Can I ask you finally about
[00:05:03] about the situation in Kherson in in southern Ukraine, where there
[00:05:06] there was a ceasefire in recent days
[00:05:08] days around the Kherson region, which
[00:05:11] which allowed the residents of occupied
[00:05:14] occupied Oleshky to return to government
[00:05:18] government controlled Ukraine, has has the has in as far as you as you
[00:05:21] you understand it, have the Russians Russians resumed attacks in Kherson
[00:05:25] Kherson with the expiry of that cease
[00:05:29] cease fire? Unfortunately, the war
[00:05:31] war continues and Russians have used
[00:05:33] used this opportunity and they even
[00:05:35] even brought to Oleshky their weaponry.
[00:05:38] weaponry. And so they're trying to to use each opportunity. And the
[00:05:41] the thing is that the whole situation situation in Alaska was caused by
[00:05:44] by Russia because it was under Russian
[00:05:48] Russian occupation at that time. time. And unfortunately, hostilities
[00:05:52] hostilities and fighting continues.
[00:05:54] continues. And just while we have have you miss Russia because it's
[00:05:57] it's great to have you on the programme,
[00:06:00] programme, just turning to the issue
[00:06:01] issue of Patriot missiles, the US
[00:06:05] US says it will now provide Ukraine
[00:06:08] Ukraine with Patriot. Those long-range
[00:06:11] long-range missiles via a procurement procurement system that other Nato Nato countries buy directly from
[00:06:15] from the US. But the fear is that
[00:06:19] that it could take quite a long time time for those to arrive, because
[00:06:21] because they would be newly built built missiles. What is the your
[00:06:25] your understanding of that? How dire dire is the need for those long range
[00:06:28] range interceptors at the moment? moment? And how does it place Ukraine?
[00:06:32] Ukraine? What situation does it place place Ukraine in that it does not
[00:06:35] not have those. Well, on the one one hand, we are grateful to our
[00:06:39] our American partners that they at at least promised to make such sale
[00:06:43] sale as, as they put it, possible
[00:06:44] possible sale. But to go through
[00:06:47] through winter we need, according according to our president, at least
[00:06:51] least 300 such missiles like Patriot Patriot missiles, because for each
[00:06:55] each Russian ballistic missile we
[00:06:59] we need two interceptor missiles. missiles. Unfortunately, we haven't
[00:07:03] haven't received it yet and the situation situation remains very difficult
[00:07:07] difficult for us. We can rely on on our European partners. And by
[00:07:10] by the way, we are grateful to the
[00:07:12] the United Kingdom, to your government, government, because you promised
[00:07:15] promised to provide us with such
[00:07:19] such missiles and such weaponry during
[00:07:21] during the winter, before the winter
[00:07:23] winter and the amount of money is
[00:07:28] is around half 1 billion GBP. So
[00:07:29] So it's a very concrete and substantial substantial support of Ukraine on
[00:07:33] on the eve of very
[00:07:38] The eve of very difficult winter. OK. Oleksandr Merezhko, chair chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee Committee in the Ukrainian Parliament.
[00:07:42] Parliament. Thank you very much indeed. indeed. Let's get more now on the
[00:07:45] the US midterm elections, which are are just one day away. This is the
[00:07:49] the scene live in Washington beneath
[00:07:52] beneath that famous dome. It's about
[00:07:55] about 535 in the morning. Washington Washington time. So I'm sure the
[00:07:58] the early risers will have politics politics on their minds tomorrow.
[00:08:01] tomorrow. Millions of voters across across the country will determine
[00:08:03] determine the balance of power inside inside that building. And while the
[00:08:07] the Democrats are widely predicted predicted to flip the House of Representatives,
[00:08:09] Representatives, the Senate is still still up for grabs. Ros Atkins explains
[00:08:13] explains why these midterm elections elections matter. Let's remind ourselves
[00:08:16] ourselves of what's at stake. The The midterms are all about who controls
[00:08:19] controls the two houses of Congress, Congress, the House of Representatives
[00:08:23] Representatives and the Senate. This This matters because it's the part part of the US government that makes
[00:08:26] makes laws for the country as a whole whole on everything from immigration
[00:08:29] immigration to taxes to defence. defence. And right now both houses
[00:08:33] houses are controlled by the Republicans, Republicans, as you can see, which
[00:08:36] which is very helpful to President President Trump. Now the House of
[00:08:39] of Representatives is where proposed proposed laws are introduced and
[00:08:42] and debated. Each state gets a number
[00:08:44] number of seats proportionate to to its population. Members serve
[00:08:47] serve two-year terms, which means means that all of the seats in the
[00:08:50] the House are up for grabs in this
[00:08:53] this election, there are 435 of them. them. So to control the house, a
[00:08:56] a party needs at least 218. And according
[00:09:00] according to the polls, the Republicans Republicans may have their work cut
[00:09:02] cut out, holding on to the House House of Representatives. Then there's
[00:09:06] there's the Senate. One of its main main jobs is to approve or reject
[00:09:10] reject those laws proposed by the
[00:09:12] the House. Each state has two senators,
[00:09:14] senators, so there are 100 in total.
[00:09:16] total. They serve six year terms terms every two years. Roughly a
[00:09:19] a third of Senate seats are contested,
[00:09:22] contested, so it's 35 this year to
[00:09:24] to control the Senate. A party needs
[00:09:27] needs 51 or more, though if it's it's 50-50, the Vice President can
[00:09:31] can cast the deciding vote. So that that favours the Republicans at the
[00:09:34] the moment. So there is a lot at
[00:09:36] at stake. And who controls Congress Congress is not just relevant to
[00:09:40] to the laws that get made for America America as a whole. Of course, it's
[00:09:43] it's also relevant to whoever is is president, as Donald Trump goes
[00:09:46] goes into the last two years of his his presidency. Well, when voters
[00:09:50] voters are making their choices in in this election, of course they're they're telling us something about
[00:09:53] about what they think of the two two main parties, but they're also
[00:09:56] also telling us something about what
[00:09:58] what they think of their president. president. Ros Atkins there. Well,
[00:10:01] Well, our correspondents in the US US have been travelling to key places
[00:10:04] places where the race is too close
[00:10:06] close to call. Our chief North America America correspondent, Gary O'Donoghue,
[00:10:09] O'Donoghue, is in Texas. This state state is shaping up to be one of
[00:10:12] of the most consequential contests contests in these elections. I'm
[00:10:16] I'm in Texas, where the battle for for a single Senate seat could end
[00:10:19] end up deciding who controls Congress.
[00:10:21] Congress. More than half $1 billion billion has been spent on advertising
[00:10:25] advertising alone, making it the the most expensive non-presidential
[00:10:29] non-presidential race in American American history. Democrat James
[00:10:33] James Talarico and Republican Ken Ken Paxton are in a race that's too
[00:10:37] too close to call. Democrats haven't
[00:10:40] haven't won here statewide since
[00:10:42] since 1994. If they manage it this
[00:10:44] this time around, it'll be the big
[00:10:46] big story of the night. That is Texas.
[00:10:49] Texas. Well, Tom Bateman is with
[00:10:51] with early voters in Ohio. Just look
[00:10:54] look how long this line is for early early voting here in the state of
[00:10:58] of Ohio. Some of the guys here told told me they've been waiting 2.5
[00:11:01] 2.5 hours already to cast their ballot ballot in the building over there
[00:11:05] there ahead of Tuesday's midterm midterm election. And we're hearing
[00:11:08] hearing that the rates of early in-person in-person voting are way up on what
[00:11:12] what they were four years ago here.
[00:11:14] here. Now, the big issue as soon soon as we got here, someone said
[00:11:17] said to me the cost of gas price price of petrol as it is nationwide,
[00:11:21] nationwide, of course, but this state
[00:11:22] state has been marked by an incredibly
[00:11:26] incredibly acrimonious race. The The Republicans hold this state both
[00:11:29] both in the Senate and for the governor's governor's mansion. There's been
[00:11:32] been a big row as far as that's concerned
[00:11:35] concerned over the attack ads in in that particular race. It all shows
[00:11:38] shows you just how bitterly fought fought the state of Ohio is going
[00:11:41] going to be. Tom Bateman there well, well, Michigan's Senate race is shaping
[00:11:45] shaping up to be one of the most most closely watched contests in in the country. We've been reporting
[00:11:49] reporting on the shock endorsement endorsement of the Republican candidate
[00:11:52] candidate by Democratic congresswoman, congresswoman, but the race was already already facing controversy before
[00:11:56] before that from Michigan, Nada Tawfik Tawfik explains the backdrop to this
[00:11:59] this crucial contest. The tight race
[00:12:04] race here in Michigan has been one one of the nastiest, with the President
[00:12:07] President of the United States amplifying amplifying anti-Muslim rhetoric in
[00:12:09] in large part to help his fellow fellow Republican Mike Rogers, win
[00:12:13] win over Black and Jewish voters voters who weren't enthusiastic about
[00:12:16] about left wing and Israel critic critic Abdul El-Sayed winning the
[00:12:20] the Democratic nomination. Doctor Doctor El-Sayed was born in the US US to Egyptian parents and would
[00:12:24] would be the first Muslim senator.
[00:12:26] senator. Trump has called him a jihadist jihadist and promoted the baseless
[00:12:29] baseless conspiracy theory that he he wants to impose Islamic law in
[00:12:33] in America. If El-Sayed wins. Despite
[00:12:35] Despite that, in this swing state state with his populist platform,
[00:12:38] platform, it would be a big win for for the progressive movement as the
[00:12:41] the fractured Democratic Party fiercely fiercely debates its future direction
[00:12:45] direction ahead of presidential elections
[00:12:46] elections in 2028. That's Nada Tawfik
[00:12:50] Tawfik now King Charles is expected expected to speak on the lasting lasting pain of the transatlantic
[00:12:54] transatlantic slave trade. In a speech speech addressing Commonwealth leaders leaders tomorrow. It comes at the
[00:12:57] the end of a nine day tour of the the Caribbean that has thrust King
[00:13:01] King Charles into the difficult debates debates over the UK's colonial legacy.
[00:13:04] legacy. Between the years 1518 hundred
[00:13:07] hundred British ships forcibly transported transported around 3.4 million people
[00:13:11] people from Africa to European colonies colonies and plantations. Our correspondent
[00:13:15] correspondent Sean Dilley has this
[00:13:17] this report. The King and Queen smiling
[00:13:23] smiling on Antigua and Barbuda's Barbuda's annual independence parade. parade. Guests of honour though they
[00:13:27] they may be all eyes and ears, are
[00:13:29] are on King Charles as pressure grows grows from Commonwealth leaders for
[00:13:32] for him to apologise for Britain's Britain's role in the transatlantic
[00:13:36] transatlantic slave trade, neither neither the royal family nor the the British government have ever
[00:13:40] ever formally apologised. But King King Charles has often spoken about
[00:13:43] about what he describes as the darkest darkest days in history. It is only
[00:13:47] only right that we should acknowledge
[00:13:49] acknowledge the great suffering and
[00:13:51] and injustices of the past in these
[00:13:54] these islands and beyond, even as
[00:13:55] as we rejoice in the successes of
[00:13:59] of the present and build new opportunities
[00:14:01] opportunities for the future. But But Commonwealth leaders believe
[00:14:04] believe the future depends on making making amends for the past, and they
[00:14:07] they have a ten-point plan for investing investing reparations in public health
[00:14:11] health and education. The Prime Minister, Minister, Andy Burnham, has ruled
[00:14:14] ruled out paying reparations. Writing Writing in the Guardian this weekend
[00:14:17] weekend that I do not think British British people today can be held
[00:14:20] held liable for historical wrongs, wrongs, however heinous that happened
[00:14:23] happened in a different age, under under different laws and in which
[00:14:26] which they paid no personal part.
[00:14:29] part. The. But it seems negotiations
[00:14:32] negotiations about an apology continue continue while the King has shown
[00:14:34] shown he's not afraid to accept Britain's Britain's role in historical injustices,
[00:14:38] injustices, he's not expected to to apologise today or at the heads
[00:14:41] heads of government meeting in Chogm
[00:14:43] Chogm tomorrow. Discussions on a a possible future apology are likely
[00:14:47] likely to take some time. Sean Dilley,
[00:14:51] Dilley, BBC news. We're going to to take a short break around the
[00:14:53] the world and across the UK.
[00:15:56] Carter for Explore Japan from east
[00:15:57] east to West on BBC News. Welcome
[00:16:04] Welcome back waste industry leaders leaders have written to the Home Home Office here in the UK calling
[00:16:08] calling for a complete ban on the the retail sale of nitrous oxide
[00:16:12] oxide cylinders, commonly used as as laughing gas. The firms say they
[00:16:15] they are seeing extraordinary numbers numbers of explosions at their sites
[00:16:18] sites each week, despite possession possession of nitrous oxide becoming becoming a criminal offence for recreational
[00:16:22] recreational use in England and Wales Wales three years ago. Many waste
[00:16:25] waste facilities are dealing with with canisters and cylinders in record
[00:16:29] record numbers. Fiona Lamdin has
[00:16:32] has more. This eruption in the back
[00:16:35] back of a refuse lorry is down to
[00:16:36] to canisters of nitrous oxide exploding.
[00:16:39] exploding. Now millions of these
[00:16:40] these are ending up hidden in our
[00:16:44] our waste, which is a huge issue.
[00:16:46] issue. Nitrous oxide comes in two
[00:16:48] two sizes. These tiny little cartridges
[00:16:52] cartridges or these larger canisters. canisters. Now when these are empty,
[00:16:55] empty, they're empty. But these always
[00:16:57] always keep some of their pressure. pressure. And that's a problem when
[00:17:00] when they end up in here. For the
[00:17:04] the last three years, nitrous oxide oxide has been banned as a recreational
[00:17:07] recreational drug. But it remains remains legal when used for legitimate
[00:17:10] legitimate purposes like catering catering and medical treatment. I
[00:17:14] I imagine it's almost impossible impossible to spot one of these in
[00:17:17] in that massive pile of rubbish behind behind us. That's right. The bunker
[00:17:20] bunker behind us holds several thousand thousand tonnes of black bag waste
[00:17:23] waste in one go. So looking for something something like that is like looking
[00:17:26] looking for a needle in a haystack. haystack. Just based on the numbers
[00:17:29] numbers of pressurised nitrous oxide oxide cylinders that we're seeing
[00:17:31] seeing arrive at facilities like like this, there are millions of
[00:17:35] of them being sold on the UK market market and that clearly outstrips
[00:17:38] outstrips the legitimate use for for whipped cream. You know, not not that many people are whipping
[00:17:42] whipping cream with these, so they they are mostly being used by people
[00:17:44] people who are abusing it as a drug. drug. And so the waste sector and
[00:17:48] and local councils now want a total total ban on the larger pressurised
[00:17:52] pressurised cylinders. The first first thing we do is a waste industry.
[00:17:54] industry. When we come and pick them them up is we crush them in the back
[00:17:58] back of a vehicle when they're mixed mixed with other waste. We then bring bring them to facilities like this
[00:18:01] this where we put them through a a furnace and we expose them to heat. heat. And of course, each one of
[00:18:05] of them is then like a ticking time time bomb and they can explode with
[00:18:08] with the same power as a hand grenade. grenade. And that causes huge amount
[00:18:11] amount of damage and it puts people
[00:18:13] people at risk. From February next
[00:18:16] next year, new EU rules are expected expected to restrict the sale of
[00:18:19] of nitrous oxide to the general public.
[00:18:23] public. Well, this is the before before and the after and you can
[00:18:26] can only imagine the force of the
[00:18:29] the explosion which would decimate decimate the canister like this.
[00:18:32] this. OK, so we can see the two furnaces, furnaces, which is where we burn
[00:18:35] burn the waste. We can see. Tom says says it's costing their plant millions
[00:18:39] millions of pounds each year. These These are probably the biggest issue
[00:18:42] issue we're seeing at the moment. moment. We see around 7000 explosions
[00:18:45] explosions a year across our sites sites and of on average that's two
[00:18:49] two explosions per site per day.
[00:18:51] day. And here we produce electricity electricity for around 50,000 homes.
[00:18:55] homes. So when we're not processing, processing, we're also not producing
[00:18:58] producing electricity. We've just
[00:18:59] just left the waste facility. We've
[00:19:02] We've driven about 100m. And here here we found by the side of the
[00:19:05] the road seven cans of nitrous oxide.
[00:19:08] oxide. The advice if you find it,
[00:19:10] it, is to speak to your local recycling
[00:19:14] recycling centre and until there's there's a ban, campaigners say millions
[00:19:17] millions of canisters are entering entering the waste stream, turning
[00:19:20] turning everyday rubbish into a potential
[00:19:23] potential hazard. Fiona Lamdin, BBC
[00:19:26] BBC News. Investigations are under
[00:19:28] under way after a private jet crashed crashed in Florida, killing all nine
[00:19:32] nine people on board. This is the
[00:19:33] the moment the jet crashed. Well, Well, this is dashcam footage that
[00:19:37] that we are showing you. The Learjet Learjet 60, which was heading to
[00:19:40] to the Bahamas, came down in Palm Palm Beach County, a larger. A large
[00:19:44] large crater formed in the middle middle of a multi-lane road with
[00:19:46] with fires burning across it. Nobody Nobody on the ground was hurt and
[00:19:49] and the cause of the crash is still
[00:19:53] still unclear. To AI safety now.
[00:19:56] now. Meredith Whittaker is the boss boss of the Signal Foundation, which
[00:19:59] which runs the encrypted messaging messaging app Signal. She's a former
[00:20:02] former AI researcher at Google and and is calling for AI development
[00:20:05] development to be slowed down. She
[00:20:07] She spoke to our reporter Megha Mohan.
[00:20:10] Mohan. The risk is very real, but
[00:20:13] but it's not the shiny ghost stories
[00:20:16] stories that the wild eyed boys are
[00:20:18] are telling us right now. AI doom
[00:20:21] doom is dominating the headlines,
[00:20:23] headlines, but the President of Signal,
[00:20:25] Signal, the encrypted messaging app app and one of the most influential
[00:20:29] influential women in the space, is
[00:20:30] is telling us to slow down. You would
[00:20:34] would have to draw back on a lot
[00:20:36] lot of this. You would have to put
[00:20:39] put measures in place that slow things
[00:20:40] things down, that leave room for for judgement, that allow institutions
[00:20:44] institutions and experts to say AI AI is not appropriate here. We should
[00:20:48] should be insisting on robust engineering,
[00:20:53] engineering, robust technical practices, practices, all of which slow down
[00:20:56] down markets, all of which might
[00:20:57] might affect valuations. Meredith
[00:21:01] Meredith Whittaker leads Signal a a messaging app built. Around privacy
[00:21:05] privacy as a core tenet with an estimated
[00:21:09] estimated 40 to 70 million users. users. When you and I are talking
[00:21:12] talking on Signal only, you and I
[00:21:14] I can read that messages. We live
[00:21:17] live in a world where almost everything
[00:21:19] everything we do, our connections, connections, our communities, our
[00:21:23] our locations, our preferences, our
[00:21:26] our communications are surveilled surveilled and logged by a handful handful of companies that use them
[00:21:30] them to sell ads that can give them them to governments that are picked
[00:21:34] picked up by data brokers, sold to
[00:21:37] to ideological fringe groups. Around
[00:21:41] Around 2017. Whittaker gained public
[00:21:44] public recognition as a co-organiser
[00:21:46] co-organiser of the Google walkout. walkout. Hey hey
[00:21:50] Cover ups have got to go. Which
[00:21:52] saw more than 20,000 employees and
[00:21:56] and contractors take part. A former
[00:21:58] former AI researcher at Google, she she had raised concerns about the
[00:22:02] the ethical risks of AI systems, systems, including their potential
[00:22:06] potential use in military applications.
[00:22:09] applications. I was alarmed by this.
[00:22:11] this. This is going to supercharge
[00:22:13] supercharge mistakes. This is going going to launder bad intelligence
[00:22:17] intelligence and bad data. This is
[00:22:18] is going to paint a veneer of objectivity
[00:22:22] objectivity and intelligence on systems systems that are basically just sort
[00:22:25] sort of, you know, drawing on the
[00:22:26] the same bad Intel that we've. Now
[00:22:29] Now a man who set off to walk around around the world 28 years ago is
[00:22:32] is expected to return home today. today. Karl Bushby is due to become
[00:22:35] become the first person to complete
[00:22:37] complete a round the world walk of
[00:22:41] of 31,000 miles or 50,000km. Paul
[00:22:44] Paul Murphy has his. Story All right
[00:22:46] right guys, thanks. The final leg
[00:22:48] leg of an adventure that's consumed consumed most of his adult life.
[00:22:52] life. Karl Bushby and his trusty
[00:22:54] trusty luggage carrier known as the
[00:22:57] the beast, crossed the Humber Bridge Bridge towards his home in Hull.
[00:23:00] Hull. Yeah, the Humber Bridge has has always been that iconic landmark
[00:23:04] landmark in my mind that I've, you you know, has been one of the big
[00:23:07] big the big pieces. And that's final
[00:23:09] final step. I mean, this is just just amazing. Never could have imagined
[00:23:13] imagined the kind of reception throughout throughout the country and it's really
[00:23:15] really ramping up now we're getting getting getting home. Karl Bushby
[00:23:19] Bushby left his home in Hull in 1998
[00:23:22] 1998 and flew to South America to
[00:23:24] to begin his walk under his own rules,
[00:23:27] rules, he wasn't allowed motorised motorised transport for the challenge
[00:23:30] challenge or to return to the UK
[00:23:32] UK before the walk was done. You You have to take that that leap of
[00:23:36] of faith. You've got to take that that jump. You've got to you know,
[00:23:38] know, you've got to get out there
[00:23:41] there and find yourself one day standing
[00:23:44] standing at the beginning of a 50,000
[00:23:47] 50,000 kilometre road. The BBC caught
[00:23:48] caught up with him 24 years ago after
[00:23:51] after he'd made the dangerous crossing crossing between south and North
[00:23:55] North America. We found Karl Bushby Bushby in the Arizona desert, relieved
[00:23:59] relieved to have made it through through land controlled by South
[00:24:02] South American drug gangs. When you you get out beyond that second set
[00:24:06] set of hills over there, the problems problems begin. Me and the equipment
[00:24:09] equipment could quite literally just
[00:24:11] just mingle in. His walk hasn't been been continuous. He's often needed
[00:24:15] needed to fly back to his base in
[00:24:18] in Mexico after several delays, including including problems with visas, politics
[00:24:21] politics and the weather. If you you actually break down the amount
[00:24:25] amount of time actually spent walking, walking, you're looking at about
[00:24:29] about 15 years. The rest of it has
[00:24:30] has been spent dealing with stuff
[00:24:33] stuff or waiting because of those those rules and because we weren't
[00:24:36] weren't willing to compromise on on the route. This would be a test
[00:24:40] test because I'm really not sure sure how we're going to cope with
[00:24:42] with the other side. In 2006, shortly
[00:24:45] shortly after one of three visits visits from his mother, Carl crossed
[00:24:48] crossed the Bering Strait between between Alaska and Russia, only to
[00:24:52] to be detained by the Russians on
[00:24:54] on suspicion of spying. You know, know, we'd cross the Bering Straits
[00:24:58] Straits on foot. We thought that that we had got a warm reception
[00:25:02] reception and we did. We were wrong. wrong. Eventually, from when we landed
[00:25:06] landed on the Russian coast to get get into Mongolia, looking at I think
[00:25:09] think it was more than ten years. years. Just that section. It took
[00:25:13] took six years to do the entire length length of the Americas. You were
[00:25:16] were looking Karl Bushby on the beaches
[00:25:20] beaches of the United Kingdom. Last Last month he swam across the Channel
[00:25:23] Channel to the Kent coast. He'll He'll be formally welcomed back by
[00:25:27] by Hull's Lord mayor, greet his 36-year-old
[00:25:30] 36-year-old son and then walk the the final few miles to the home.
[00:25:34] home. He left 28 years ago where where his mum Angela says she'll
[00:25:38] she'll be waiting. Paul Murphy, BBC BBC News On the Humber Bridge in
[00:25:41] in East Yorkshire. What an amazing
[00:25:43] amazing story. He'll also be meeting meeting his 12-year-old grandson,
[00:25:47] grandson, who he hasn't ever met met before, and the crowds already
[00:25:51] already gathering in Hull in northern northern England. He's due to arrive
[00:25:54] arrive in about five minutes' time. time. We'll bring you more on that that and the rest of the stories
[00:25:58] stories in the next hour of BBC News. News. Don't go away. Do stay with
[00:26:01] with us. Plenty more to come.
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