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00:00:12Hello. Live from London. This
00:00:15is BBC News. In Germany polls are
00:00:17are open in two states. Political
00:00:19Political pressure is mounting on on Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Two
00:00:23Two people are reportedly killed killed after Ukraine carries out
00:00:26out large-scale drone attacks on
00:00:28on the Moscow region. The brother brother of Princess Diana Earl Spencer
00:00:32Spencer tells the BBC that there there are echoes of what happened
00:00:35happened to his sister in the way way the media is treating Prince
00:00:38Prince Harry and Meghan. Ed Sheeran Sheeran apologises for what he calls
00:00:42calls mistakes as he returns to the the stage for the first time since
00:00:45since rapper Macklemore was dropped
00:00:47dropped from his US tour over pro-Palestinian
00:00:50pro-Palestinian remarks. What is
00:00:51is happening in Gaza is a catastrophic
00:00:55catastrophic and unjustifiable and and disproportionate. My heart has
00:00:58has been broken by the scale of devastation
00:01:00devastation and loss of civilians civilians lives of children. And
00:01:04And we visit Chelmsford, where a a father sets up a club to give dads
00:01:08dads more support through the highs
00:01:09highs and lows of parenthood. Hello,
00:01:21Hello, I'm Lucy Grey, welcome to to the programme. Voting is under
00:01:24under way in two German states for for elections, which may further
00:01:27further weaken Friedrich Mertz's Mertz's position as chancellor. His
00:01:30His council plans to attend the UN UN General Assembly in New York later
00:01:34later this week as speculation grows grows about his future. The votes
00:01:37votes are taking place in the capital,
00:01:39capital, Berlin and also in the Mecklenburg-Western Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania region.
00:01:43region. Our Berlin correspondent
00:01:44correspondent Jessica Parker is following
00:01:47following developments. Yeah, I mean, mean, it has to be said there was
00:01:51was a state election a couple of
00:01:53of weeks ago where Alternative fur
00:01:55fur Deutschland, a far-right party
00:01:57party won by a landslide. Huge international international attention on that election.
00:02:00election. And now lots of international international attention as well on
00:02:03on these two as well. And it's unusual,
00:02:04unusual, but you're right. It's because
00:02:07because there is a lot of pressure pressure now on Friedrich Merz. And
00:02:11And a couple of the reasons for that that is that Friedrich Merz is a
00:02:14a man who became chancellor 16 months
00:02:18months ago and kind of part of his his plan, his promise of what he
00:02:21he wanted to do was counter the rise
00:02:24rise of Alternative fur Deutschland, Deutschland, which is a party that's that's very popular, for example,
00:02:28example, in the states that I'm in, in, but is also a highly controversial controversial party and sections
00:02:32sections of it are classed as right right wing extremist by domestic
00:02:35domestic intelligence, although that's that's something the AfD rejects.
00:02:37rejects. But Merz had sort of talked talked about trying to counter their
00:02:41their popularity and to get the German
00:02:44German economy going again. But here here we are, 16 months in that the
00:02:47the AfD is topping the polls nationally
00:02:50nationally and Germany's economy
00:02:53economy continues to stutter as well.
00:02:55well. And his personal approval ratings ratings are very low. And that has
00:02:58has led to questions over whether whether he is the right man to lead
00:03:02lead the CDU and indeed lead the the government here in Germany at
00:03:04at the moment, I've got to say it's it's I kind of call it, you know,
00:03:08know, a potential coup with no name, name, no challenger has come out
00:03:11out against him at the moment. And
00:03:12And in fact, the heads of or state
00:03:16state premiers from the CDU party party last week issued a letter of
00:03:19of support saying it wasn't time time to talk about personnel changes
00:03:22changes and they wanted to work to
00:03:24to fix. I paraphrase but fix Germany's Germany's problems alongside the
00:03:27the chancellor. But I think a lot lot of people are seeing the results
00:03:31results of these votes will get some some projected results later today
00:03:34today as pretty crucial for Friedrich Friedrich Merz, as there are questions
00:03:37questions swirling over his future. future. Well, just explain to us
00:03:39us then how it's looking both in
00:03:41in Berlin and in Mecklenburg, where
00:03:45where you are. Yes. So in Berlin,
00:03:49Berlin, the CDU is sort of tussling tussling for first place. According
00:03:52According to polls against the Left Left Party. Die Linke so depending
00:03:55depending on what happens there, there, the CDU kind of worst case
00:03:58case scenario for them is that they they fall out of power. If Die Linke
00:04:01Linke forms a coalition with other
00:04:03other left leaning parties and then
00:04:07then here in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the CDU. CDU. It's not a strong state for
00:04:11for them traditionally anyway, but but where they are at the moment
00:04:14moment is they've just been hovering
00:04:17hovering above the 5% threshold that that parties need to actually enter
00:04:20enter the parliament. And if the the CDU fell out of the parliament
00:04:23parliament here in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, that would would be a really catastrophic result
00:04:27result for them, a first for the the party. So I think they're pretty
00:04:30pretty desperate to avoid that. But But sort of tussling for first place
00:04:33place here has been the AfD in the
00:04:35the centre left SPD, which has staged staged something of a political comeback
00:04:38comeback in this state as their leader
00:04:41leader has sort of billed herself herself Manuela Schwesig as Frau
00:04:44Frau gegen Blau the woman against against blue, which is the colour
00:04:48colour of the Alternative fur Deutschland. Deutschland. So it looks like she's she's trying to sweep up a lot of
00:04:52of anti AfD votes in this state, state, which could eat into the CDU
00:04:55CDU support as well. Jessica Parker
00:04:58Parker Katya Hoyer is a historian, historian, author and journalist. journalist. She told me why Chancellor
00:05:02Chancellor Merz may be in trouble trouble in these elections. I think
00:05:05think it's a bit of a mix. So it's it's partially the national picture
00:05:09picture people had hoped. I think think when Friedrich came in as chancellor
00:05:12chancellor last year that he would
00:05:15would be a credible choice for change, change, and they don't feel that
00:05:17that that change is coming or that that it's not coming fast enough.
00:05:20enough. So there is a bit of national national politics involved here too.
00:05:24too. And then there are local issues issues as well. So in Berlin, for
00:05:27for example, people have a huge issue issue with the way that they feel
00:05:31feel that the city is getting dirtier
00:05:34dirtier and more kind of less less less well-kempt, if you will. So
00:05:37So that puts a huge topic what to to do with rubbish on the streets
00:05:41streets and that kind of thing. So So it's a bit of a mix of local and
00:05:44and national issues. Why is the Chancellor Chancellor proving unpopular? Are
00:05:48Are people talk about his style and
00:05:50and how he's perhaps a bit abrasive?
00:05:52abrasive? What is it that you think
00:05:55think is is concerning voters? Well
00:05:57Well he was seen by many small C
00:06:00C conservatives, if you will, as
00:06:02as a credible Conservative candidate. candidate. Again, after years of
00:06:06of Angela Merkel who had pulled the
00:06:08the party relatively far to the centre
00:06:10centre and to the left and he's not
00:06:13not been able to fulfil that promise promise because he's working with
00:06:16with the centre left SPD in a in in what used to be called a grand
00:06:20grand coalition. And so he's not not been able to really push the
00:06:24the party programme through as far far as many people had hoped. And
00:06:27And I think that's part of the issue. issue. And the other that you alluded
00:06:30alluded to is communication is the the way that he speaks to the public,
00:06:34public, the way that he just says says things off the cuff that often
00:06:38often don't go down particularly particularly well. We're quite used
00:06:40used in this country to having Premier
00:06:43Premier Prime Ministers leaving office office and being swapped out. You're
00:06:47You're not quite so used to it in in your country, are you? What is
00:06:51is the likelihood of anything sort sort of drastic happening on that
00:06:54that front as Jess Parker saying saying this is a coup with no
00:07:02Coup with no named challenger really isn't it? Yes. And that's that's exactly what's holding him
00:07:05him in office at the moment, as you you say, Germans and the German system system is much more reluctant to
00:07:08to swap out their their leading figures, figures, especially the Chancellor.
00:07:11Chancellor. When you look back since since 1949, most of them have been
00:07:14been in power for years and years. years. You know, Angela Merkel, we
00:07:18we just mentioned 16 years. You had
00:07:21had the first chancellor, Konrad
00:07:23Konrad Adenauer, in power for nearly
00:07:26nearly four terms. So this is something something that that doesn't happen
00:07:29happen very often. And at the moment moment it's quite an unusual situation
00:07:33situation in that people are so deeply deeply unhappy. And the servers are
00:07:36are so bad that they're thinking thinking about swapping them over. over. But as you say, there isn't
00:07:40isn't an obvious person to replace
00:07:43replace them. Katya Hoyer Ukraine Ukraine has carried out large-scale
00:07:47large-scale drone attacks on Moscow Moscow and its surrounding region.
00:07:49region. The capital's mayor called called it the largest such attack
00:07:52attack on Moscow yet, adding that
00:07:55that 450 drones had been directed directed at the city since Saturday.
00:07:58Saturday. He said the city's oil oil refinery had been damaged. Video
00:08:01Video online appears to show the the facility ablaze. The regional
00:08:05regional governor said two people people had been killed and at least
00:08:08least six others injured. The attacks attacks coincide with the last day
00:08:11day of Russia's parliamentary election, election, in which only pro-Kremlin
00:08:15pro-Kremlin parties had been allowed
00:08:17allowed to stand. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian
00:08:19Ukrainian official said eight people, people, including three children,
00:08:22children, were killed in Russian Russian attacks in Kyiv and Sumy
00:08:25Sumy regions on Saturday. The US
00:08:28US says it struck an alleged drug
00:08:30drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean, Caribbean, killing four people. The
00:08:33The US military's Southern Command Command released this video showing
00:08:36showing a huge explosion after a a boat was hit, but didn't give any
00:08:39any evidence that those on board board were transporting drugs. More
00:08:43More than 200 people have been killed killed in such operations since they
00:08:46they began in the Caribbean and the the Eastern Pacific last year, Washington
00:08:50Washington says that they are narco narco terrorists, but rights groups
00:08:53groups say that the strikes amount amount to extrajudicial executions.
00:08:57executions. The Houthis in Yemen Yemen say they've attacked sites
00:09:00sites in the Saudi capital, Riyadh
00:09:01Riyadh and the Red Sea city of Yanbu.
00:09:04Yanbu. In a TV statement, the group, group, which is backed by Iran, said
00:09:08said it's launched missiles and drones
00:09:10drones in retaliation for Saudi warplanes
00:09:12warplanes striking Houthi positions positions this week. Earlier on Saturday,
00:09:15Saturday, a plume of black smoke smoke was seen near the international
00:09:19international airport in Riyadh after after reports of explosions at a
00:09:22a fuel depot. Saudi authorities have
00:09:24have said they intercepted and destroyed destroyed a ballistic missile fired
00:09:28fired at Riyadh, Turkey says it's it's ready to help under a defence
00:09:31defence pact signed with Saudi Arabia
00:09:34Arabia and Pakistan, Arman Mahmoudian Mahmoudian is a research fellow at
00:09:37at the Global and National Security Security Institute and a non-resident
00:09:41non-resident scholar at the George George Washington University's Institute Institute of Middle East Studies.
00:09:45Studies. This is his assessment of of who has the upper hand in the
00:09:48the Saudi Houthi conflict. I think think at this point, at least in
00:09:52in the absence of any active signal
00:09:54signal from the United States, direct direct engagement in the conflict.
00:09:57conflict. The Houthis have the upper upper hand. Houthis have a higher
00:10:00higher threshold of tolerance for for pain. Basically, the pain that
00:10:04that the Saudis or the sanctions sanctions inflict on the population
00:10:06population of Yemen is not directly directly transferred to them. Saudis
00:10:10Saudis have a lesser threshold for for the pain. Saudis also are dealing
00:10:14dealing with economic issues. There There is already an instability in
00:10:16in the energy market and vis a vis vis the Saudis income from it because
00:10:20because of the war in Iran and the the Strait of Hormuz, which is attacked,
00:10:24attacked, specifically speaking, speaking, the attack they made on
00:10:26on Riyadh, which signals their willingness
00:10:28willingness to expand the scope of
00:10:31of the bite, is going to much inflict
00:10:33inflict a much more pressure on Saudis
00:10:35Saudis economy. So while the militarily militarily speaking Saudi obviously
00:10:39obviously have superiority toward toward the Houthis, but in terms terms of the threshold of the tolerance,
00:10:43tolerance, in terms of the time, time, the situation is not in favour
00:10:46favour of the Saudi unless something something change either the Americans
00:10:50Americans get involved further in in or the Saudis allies Turkey and
00:10:53and Pakistan decide to get involved, involved, which I doubt that for for at this point at least, there
00:10:57there has always been a debate to to what extent Iran controls the the Saudi, whether it controls it
00:11:01it or not. It's hard to say that. that. Does Iran command it or not?
00:11:04not? But definitely Iran has influence
00:11:07influence over the Saudis. Iran is is at this moment the sole sponsor
00:11:10sponsor of the Houthis. Iranians Iranians have been, you know, supplying
00:11:13supplying Houthis with the advisers, advisers, with the they teach the the they taught the suitors the know
00:11:17know how of building missiles and
00:11:19and projectiles. There is an ideological ideological affiliation. There are
00:11:23are some rumours about financial financial assistance. So they greatly
00:11:26greatly have influence over this this matter and over the Houthis. Houthis. And I believe Iran actually
00:11:30actually is gaining a lot out of of this despite whatever role Iran
00:11:34Iran is playing in the, you know, know, the execution of the Houthis
00:11:37Houthis campaign. You're with BBC
00:11:40BBC News. Welcome. If you're just just joining us in the UK now, the
00:11:44the brother of Princess Diana has has told the BBC he sees echoes of
00:11:48of what happened to her in the way way that Prince Harry and Meghan
00:11:51Meghan are treated by the media. media. Earl Spencer made the comments
00:11:54comments in an exclusive interview interview with Laura Kuenssberg, Kuenssberg, during which he also
00:11:57also discussed claims in his new new book about an alleged argument
00:12:01argument with King Charles following following Diana's death. Buckingham
00:12:04Buckingham Palace says his recollection recollection was clouded by grief.
00:12:08grief. Speaking about the Duke and and Duchess of Sussex, he said although
00:12:10although he wasn't there to speak speak for the couple, people should
00:12:13should learn from Diana's example.
00:12:15example. Do you fear there is somehow somehow an an echo of what happened
00:12:19happened to Diana? You know, Harry Harry has said on many occasions
00:12:22occasions that he hasn't felt supported supported by the institution over
00:12:25over the choices that he's made with with his life. I think there's a
00:12:27a perception in the media that I'm
00:12:29I'm on Harry's side. Well, I'm on
00:12:32on my deceased sister's son's side, side, both of them. And if either
00:12:36either of them wanted anything, then then I'd be equally there for them.
00:12:39them. And I never get involved in
00:12:41in one camp or the other except as
00:12:44as a benign figure. I hope. That's
00:12:47That's my role. Do you think Diana
00:12:49Diana would identify with the attention, attention, the focus that has been
00:12:53been put on them? And with Meghan, Meghan, who said she felt like she
00:12:56she was the most trolled person in in the world. You know, they were
00:12:59were here during the summer not so
00:13:00so long ago. If you look at an article
00:13:04article in a tabloid about Diana
00:13:08Diana or the couple that you're mentioning, mentioning, Harry and Meghan, you
00:13:11you know, it's they can be really, really, really unpleasant. And I
00:13:15I think it would be really beholden beholden on people to learn from
00:13:18from Diana's example. I'm not here here to speak for Harry and Meghan,
00:13:21Meghan, but for anyone who's being being destroyed in this way daily,
00:13:25daily, it must be such a cancerous cancerous influence in their life.
00:13:29life. I saw it with Diana, I saw saw Diana, I mentioned it in the
00:13:33the eulogy, her tears of despair. despair. One of the problems with
00:13:36with Diana was she was very, very very sensitive to criticism. And
00:13:40And of course, I'm sure most of your your viewers now think, oh, she had
00:13:43had this splendid life and it was was all amazing. And she didn't. didn't. She was so privileged and
00:13:47and so perfect in so many ways. But
00:13:49But she was really brought low by by all that criticism. And yeah,
00:13:52yeah, I suppose it's a pity when
00:13:54when I see echoes of that now. Well,
00:13:57Well, in response to claims made made by Earl Spencer, Buckingham
00:14:00Buckingham Palace said that the King King was mindful that the pain of
00:14:03of fraternal grief can cloud reason, reason, affect judgement and colour
00:14:07colour memory in ways others do not
00:14:09not recognise. Even many years after
00:14:12after such a loss. You can watch watch the full interview here on
00:14:15on BBC News in a special programme programme at 7pm BST. If you're in
00:14:18in the UK, it'll also be broadcast
00:14:20broadcast on, on BBC One at 6:30pm
00:14:236:30pm and will be available on BBC
00:14:25BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds from 4
00:14:284 pm. In Ed Sheeran's first concert
00:14:30concert since his support act Macklemore Macklemore was dropped over pro-Palestinian
00:14:39Pro-Palestinian comments, the star has directly addressed the controversy. controversy. Speaking before his his concert in Philadelphia, the the British singer described the
00:14:43the situation in Gaza as catastrophic catastrophic and unjustifiable. He
00:14:45He said the Hamas attacks on Israel
00:14:48Israel in October 2023 were horrific, horrific, and added that Israel's
00:14:51Israel's response since then had had been disproportionate. Before
00:14:54Before he started singing, Sheeran Sheeran apologised to his fans for
00:14:56for what he called mistakes as he
00:14:58he handled the fallout from the controversy.
00:15:01controversy. Our reporter Carl Nasman
00:15:03Nasman was at the stadium. Ed Sheeran
00:15:05Sheeran is used to having the spotlight spotlight on his music. Tonight it
00:15:09it was squarely on his words. This
00:15:11This is not usually how I would open open the show, but before I play
00:15:14play some songs tonight, I hope it's it's OK if I say a few words. Taking
00:15:18Taking the stage in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, the megastar apologised
00:15:22apologised directly to his fans for for the recent controversy surrounding
00:15:25surrounding his tour. This week. week. The criticism was about something
00:15:28something much more important and and I've had to take and make difficult
00:15:32difficult decisions and I am making
00:15:34making mistakes and I'm so, so sorry.
00:15:36sorry. He also clarified where he he stands on the situation in Gaza.
00:15:40Gaza. What happened in Israel and and at the Nova Music Festival on
00:15:44on October 7th was horrific and compounded
00:15:47compounded centuries of Jewish pain.
00:15:49pain. What is happening in Gaza is
00:15:52is a catastrophic and unjustifiable unjustifiable and disproportionate.
00:15:56disproportionate. My heart has been been broken by the scale of devastation
00:15:59devastation and loss of civilians
00:16:02civilians lives, of children's lives lives and the systemic injustice
00:16:05injustice we're seeing unfold in in the West Bank cannot be overlooked.
00:16:09overlooked. Sheeran also addressed addressed the musicians not in the
00:16:12the room. His backing band and tour tour mates left in solidarity after
00:16:16after the rapper Macklemore was dropped dropped over his pro-Palestinian
00:16:19pro-Palestinian views. He said he he was deeply worried about venues
00:16:23venues pre-approving content or performers.
00:16:26performers. I was in some of the the front rows inside that stadium
00:16:29stadium as Ed Sheeran made that speech speech and this was clearly an emotional
00:16:32emotional moment for him. He said said he was worried about how he
00:16:35he might be perceived tonight, and and he was thankful that fans came
00:16:38came out at all. I thought it was was beautiful that we got to witness
00:16:42witness him in his element, like like what he's used to being in from
00:16:45from the start, you know? So he started started by himself and he's just
00:16:48just as good by himself then with with all these extra people. So I'm
00:16:50I'm glad we got more Ed Sheeran than than we would have otherwise. He
00:16:54He stayed neutral and I think he he covered both sides nicely. I think
00:16:57think everyone leaves happy and a a big fan of his. Sheeran is an artist
00:17:01artist who likes to stay out of politics,
00:17:03politics, but that has become increasingly increasingly difficult. Before the
00:17:06the concert, dozens of pro-Palestinian pro-Palestinian protesters near the
00:17:09the stadium only added to the pressure. pressure. Sheeran said tonight that
00:17:12that he wants his concerts to be be a place where everyone is welcome,
00:17:16welcome, and he likely hopes now
00:17:18now the focus can return to his music.
00:17:22music. Carl Nasman, BBC News. Here's Here's what entertainment journalist
00:17:25journalist KJ Matthews made of. Ed
00:17:27Ed Sheeran's statement. I think this this is this first step is a first
00:17:31first step in the right direction. direction. I was impressed with his
00:17:34his statement. You could tell that that it was obviously, you know,
00:17:37know, written out. It was he was was reading it from a teleprompter, teleprompter, but some of it felt
00:17:41felt heartfelt. I could see that, that, you know, one or two times
00:17:44times he got choked up and it looked looked like his eyes were, were getting getting kind of watery because he
00:17:47he was getting so emotional. But
00:17:50But I do think this is a first first
00:17:53first step, really good step in the the right direction for him. Many
00:17:56Many people wanted to hear from him him much earlier, but we've heard
00:17:59heard from him now and it's interesting. interesting. It'll remain to be seen
00:18:03seen whether or not the remaining remaining tickets for all of his
00:18:07his concert dates coming up go down.
00:18:09down. I mean, what we saw before,
00:18:11before, I think hours before earlier earlier today, every single ticket
00:18:15ticket sales for his remaining concerts concerts were in the negative. They
00:18:18They were in the red. You know, up up to 50% where people were either
00:18:21either trying to resell their tickets tickets or they weren't buying tickets.
00:18:24tickets. And now I want to see within
00:18:27within 24 hours if we see whether whether those numbers go back in
00:18:30in the right direction, we do know know that Macklemore is supposed
00:18:33supposed to play in October and his
00:18:35his ticket sales are up 23%. So we've we've seen just the opposite. After
00:18:39After he was dropped from Ed Sheeran's
00:18:41Sheeran's tour, we of course seen
00:18:43seen saw Macklemore's social media media numbers increase, his ticket
00:18:46ticket sales increased in the opposite
00:18:49opposite was happening for Ed Sheeran, Sheeran, so it will remain to be
00:18:52be seen whether or not this goes goes far enough, they can kind of
00:18:56of change or the damage, but I do do think he's put a lot out there there for people to kind of digest.
00:19:00digest. You know, he his point where
00:19:02where he mentioned that he's very
00:19:04very concerned about stadium owners owners determining your content before
00:19:08before you can go on as an artist artist is something that we all should
00:19:11should be alarmed about in a free free world that we live in, particularly particularly in the United States.
00:19:15States. So I think that's something something that a lot of people are are going to be thinking about in
00:19:18in the future. And I think, like like I said, this is the first step
00:19:21step in the right direction for him.
00:19:23him. KJ Matthews President Trump Trump says he'll form an AI force
00:19:27force and appoint a new artificial artificial intelligence adviser to
00:19:31to regulate the industry. Writing Writing on social media, he said said he would not hinder the growth
00:19:34growth of AI, warning that the US
00:19:36US must maintain its lead over China. China. Our correspondent Leigh Milner
00:19:40Milner has more on what's behind behind Mr Trump's urgency around
00:19:43around AI. I think a big part of
00:19:45of it is that Trump sees AI as a
00:19:47a really important area for both
00:19:49both the US as a Parmy and also wants
00:19:52wants to do it strategically. He He wants America to stay out in front, front, particularly when it comes
00:19:56comes to competition with China, China, and he clearly feels that
00:19:59that putting too many restrictions
00:20:01restrictions on the industry could could slow things down. So the emphasis
00:20:05emphasis is on keeping investment investment and development moving
00:20:09moving quickly and making sure American American companies have the freedom,
00:20:12freedom, obviously to compete. But But at the same time, there are these
00:20:16these concerns about whether the
00:20:18the technology is developing faster faster than governments can keep
00:20:21keep up with. Researchers and technology technology leaders are worried about
00:20:24about the risks that could come with
00:20:26with increasingly powerful AI systems.
00:20:29systems. They're calling for stronger stronger safeguards and independent
00:20:32independent checks to make sure the the technology is being developed
00:20:34developed safely. There are concerns concerns that if AI becomes more
00:20:38more powerful than it could be out out of control and people could obviously
00:20:42obviously misuse it as well. Trump,
00:20:45Trump, however, has taken a different different position. He's dismissed
00:20:49dismissed concerns about the potential potential dangers of AI. As we've
00:20:52we've heard, as a hoax, and believes believes that slowing down could
00:20:55could hurt America's ability to compete
00:20:57compete with China. So at the moment,
00:21:00moment, there's a clear debate between between pushing ahead quickly to
00:21:04to maintain America's position in in AI and also making sure enough
00:21:07enough safety measures are in place place to make sure this technology
00:21:10technology develops. Leigh Milner Milner let's get some of the day's
00:21:13day's other news now. The new school school year has begun in Gaza, with
00:21:17with more than 500,000 children returning returning to formal education for
00:21:20for the first time in nearly three
00:21:22three years, the United Nations says
00:21:24says 97% of schools in Gaza were
00:21:26were damaged or destroyed in fighting fighting since the Israel-Gaza war
00:21:29war began. Working alongside UN agencies,
00:21:32agencies, the education ministry
00:21:34ministry has opened around 700 education
00:21:37education facilities, some as simple simple as a tent. Thousands of Argentines
00:21:41Argentines have marched through Buenos Buenos Aires to protest against President
00:21:44President Javier Milei labour policies policies and austerity cuts. Left
00:21:48Left wing political leaders and activists activists have called for a general
00:21:51general strike. Police in the Netherlands Netherlands have clashed with several
00:21:55several hundred far right protesters protesters in the centre of The Hague.
00:21:58Hague. Authorities ordered a planned planned anti-immigration demonstration
00:22:01demonstration be broken up after after it spiralled into violence
00:22:04violence as protesters were gathering gathering at a local park. Demonstrators
00:22:07Demonstrators threw fireworks and and projectiles at riot police and
00:22:11and chanted antisemitic slogans. slogans. At least 24 people were
00:22:14were arrested. Hundreds of migrants
00:22:17migrants remain on beaches in Spain's Spain's northern African territory
00:22:20territory of Ceuta. Police have been been trying to move them into a temporary
00:22:23temporary shelter, which has room
00:22:25room for 1700 people. Most of the the 72,000 migrants who breached
00:22:28breached the border from Morocco Morocco in July have returned home.
00:22:32home. Officials believe around 10,000
00:22:3510,000 remain in the enclave. Scotland's
00:22:40Scotland's efforts to tackle its its drugs death crisis are being
00:22:43being challenged by a growing influx influx of powerful synthetic drugs
00:22:47drugs experts experts warn that new new synthetic opioids are becoming
00:22:51becoming increasingly widespread, widespread, raising concerns that that the number of drug related deaths
00:22:54deaths could rise when the latest latest figures are published this
00:22:57this week. Here's our Scotland editor,
00:23:01editor, James Cook. This spotless spotless laboratory in Dundee seems
00:23:04seems a world away from the chaotic
00:23:06chaotic reality of illegal drug use.
00:23:08use. But scientists here are racing racing against the deadly and evolving
00:23:12evolving threat. They're examining examining samples of seized drugs
00:23:15drugs to find out exactly what's what's in them, and the answers are
00:23:19are worrying. With new substances substances emerging all the time.
00:23:23time. In terms of Europe, we are are seeing roughly about a drug entering
00:23:26entering into Europe context within within kind of every 1 to 2 weeks,
00:23:29weeks, something new will arrive. arrive. I mean, it's pretty rapid rapid for us to be able to keep up
00:23:33up as scientists. And that must be be dangerous. Yeah, these drugs are are extremely dangerous. The illicit
00:23:37illicit drug supply in Scotland is is getting more and more dangerous
00:23:39dangerous as time goes on. They're
00:23:42They're particularly worried about
00:23:44about synthetic opioids called nitazenes, nitazenes, often hundreds of times
00:23:47times more potent than heroin. Criminals Criminals are mixing them with all
00:23:51all sorts of other substances, from
00:23:53from Valium style pills to powdered
00:23:56powdered cocaine. Last year, Police
00:24:00Police Scotland seized £80 million million worth of street drugs. This
00:24:04This year, the figure has already
00:24:06already reached 78 million and we we can reveal detectives have raided
00:24:10raided suspected nitazenes labs in
00:24:12in Ayrshire and Midlothian, arresting
00:24:14arresting five people. This is not
00:24:17not just an urban problem. The rapidly
00:24:19rapidly changing nature of the drug drug supply is hitting rural Scotland
00:24:23Scotland too. We've come to the Kintyre
00:24:26Kintyre peninsula on the far west west of the mainland to hear more
00:24:29more about what is a struggle to
00:24:31to save lives. There are all sorts
00:24:34sorts of ways to do that. This group group tries to treat trauma by helping
00:24:38helping former drug users reconnect reconnect with nature, but the staff
00:24:41staff say their job has been made made harder by the rapidly evolving
00:24:45evolving nature of drug supplies. supplies. Some of these substances
00:24:48substances are so potent that a grain grain would be enough to take somebody
00:24:52somebody over. And to kill
00:24:56them. So this is a frightening new new landscape, really. It really
00:24:57really is. I mean, I think I mean,
00:25:01mean, it's not something I normally normally find myself saying, but but I don't think drugs have ever
00:25:04ever been as risky or as dangerous dangerous as they are now. People People just never know quite what
00:25:07what they're getting any more. And And it's a terrible thing to say. say. But with heroin it was better.
00:25:11better. The devil you knew. Quite Quite a statement and a reminder
00:25:14reminder of the scale of this crisis. crisis. We just want to think about
00:25:17about all those that we've lost through
00:25:21through substance use. So many lives
00:25:23lives lost, so much still to do to
00:25:25to save others. James Cook, BBC News,
00:25:29News, Kintyre. Breaking news to bring
00:25:35bring you out of Pakistan now Aleema
00:25:36Aleema Khan, the sister of Pakistan's Pakistan's former Prime Minister
00:25:39Minister Imran Khan, has been arrested arrested in Lahore. A spokesperson
00:25:43spokesperson for Khan's PTI party party said she was arrested at her
00:25:51Arrested at her house on Sunday ahead of a planned protest march march by the party next week. The
00:25:54The former cricketer Imran Khan has has been in prison since August 2023. 2023. He was imprisoned on several
00:25:58several charges, including corruption, corruption, which he says were politically
00:26:01politically motivated. We'll bring bring you more on that story when when we get it. Do stay with
00:27:36dry, hot and sunny.
00:29:56means for you. Go online at bbc.com/business bbc.com/business to get the latest latest news wherever you are. Business
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00:30:18Now on BBC News and Katy Bonner talks to a Kenyan mother of four
00:30:22four about her struggles with postpartum
00:30:25postpartum psychosis. The symptoms, symptoms, the stigma and her road
00:30:28road to recovery focus on Africa.
00:30:31Africa. The conversation. I believe
00:30:38believe this baby is not mine. I I was, you know, given a different
00:30:42different baby. Yeah at birth maybe
00:30:46maybe she was switched at birth. birth. Someone told me, you know,
00:30:50know, you are a psycho. How does does your husband deal with you?
00:30:52you? Somebody said that to you? Yeah. Yeah. And I considered that a friend.
00:30:55friend. I wasn't talking, I wasn't wasn't taking care of my baby. I
00:30:58I wasn't taking a shower.