and, calls for new laws in the us congress after explicit deep—fake images of taylor swift circulate on social media. hello and welcome. i'm catherine byaruhanga. donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order instructing him to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. ejean carroll had claimed the former us president had destroyed her reputation by saying she'd lied about him sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. she said the ruling was a "great victory for every woman." nada tawfik reports from new york. ejean carroll has now taken on donald trump twice in court, both times emerging victorious. last may, he was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation and ordered

to pay her $5 million in damages. the second defamation trial looks set to cost him far more — $83 million. donald trump was not present when the verdict was read and earlier he stormed out of court when ejean carroll's lawyer was delivering her closing statement, arguing that the former president acted as if the law didn't apply to him. afterward, he slammed the verdict on social media as absolutely ridiculous and a politically—motivated witch hunt, directed by president biden. we will immediately appeal. we will set aside that ridiculousjury. and ijust want to remind you all of one thing — i will continue with president trump to fight for everybody's first amendment right to speak. everybody has a right to defend themselves when they are wrongfully accused and to be able to say, "i didn't do it." donald trump has repeatedly denied raping the former advice columnist at a department store in the �*90s. ejean carroll's lawyer submitted

as evidence videos and posts where trump continued to defame her while the trial was taking place. i have no idea who she is, where she came from. - this is another scam. it's a political witch hunt. the damages awarded to ejean carroll were far more than the 2a million she asked for. it signals that the jury agreed with her lawyers that only a very large sum that would hurt donald trump financially would convince him to stop. in a statement, ejean carroll described the verdict as a victory for every woman who stands up when she's been knocked down and a huge defeat for every bully who's tried to keep a woman down. donald trump has plenty of other upcoming trials where he faces a total of 91 felony counts and the threat ofjail time. but so far, it hasn't dented his chances of becoming the republican presidential nominee. quite the opposite. it's energised his base.

nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. daniel lippman, white house reporter with politico, told us about the likely impact of this latest court ruling on the former president. it's definitely a blow, but it does come on a friday afternoon, and that is traditionally when americans start to stop paying attention to the news. but you can expectjoe biden and democrats running against trump to tell voters that this is a man that does not deserve to be in the oval office. if he also gets convicted of a felony and a criminal charge, that is especially going to hurt trump. but i think most americans have already made up their mind about trump. we're talking about 100,000 people in the swing states of wisconsin and georgia and michigan deciding this election.

and so those people are paying attention today because they're clued in. and it was not a good day for trump because it makes him look like a reckless liar, basically. protests are expected in major cities across kenya today, against a recent surge in violence against women. the demonstratrions, led by human rights and feminist campaigners, follow the murders of ten women since the beginning of the year. live now to our africa correspondent — merchuma who is in nairobi. thank you forjoining us on the programme. you have been tracking the protest today in the capital. how big are they? what are demonstrators calling for? i am how big are they? what are demonstrators calling for? i am 'ust ri . ht demonstrators calling for? i am 'ust right outside — demonstrators calling for? i am 'ust right outside parliament * demonstrators calling for? i am just right outside parliament buildings . right outside parliament buildings now. a few metres behind me is the president's office. this is the next stop for the protesters. they are

moving up towards the main area into the cbd, moving further into nairobi city. they have been here for about one and a half hours. there are hundreds and thousands of women. they want people, men, to stop killing women. we have had an increase in the number of such violence was that we are talking about ten women being killed since the beginning of the year since husbands and partners. in the last two weeks five women have been killed here in nairobi and in other parts of kenya. killed in the most gruesome ways. the women are being dismembered. some of the body parts, unfortunately, cannot be found. another issue protesters want raised is the issue of victim blaming. women are being killed. you go on social media. what was this woman

wearing? why did she agree to go on a date with a man she doesn't know? very briefly, before i let you go, has there been any response from the government about what they might do to combat this challenge the canyon? no, unfortunately, no. we are expecting some leaders to come out strongly. some women leaders have mentioned it in passing in the last couple of weeks but we have not seen as strong, you know, strong statements when talking about this. people are out of parliament and out of the president's office to garner some traction for their cause. we will have more updates on developments in kenya throughout the day on bbc news. the un security council is to meet next week to discuss the decision by the body's top court to call for israel to

prevent genocidal acts in gaza. israel has made clear it will continue to defend itself against hamas and has described claims of genocide as "outrageous." thejudges stopped short of demanding an immediate halt to israel's military operation. here's our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. gaza's despairjust seems to deepen. in gaza city, a rare glimpse of aid brings chaos and precious little relief. after three and a half months of war, the palestinian population is on its knees — hungry, sick or dead. whether this amounts to genocide is a decision for another day, but all this, the un's top court insists, has to stop before it gets worse. the military operation conducted by israel after 7th october 2023 has resulted inter alia in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, and the destruction of homes, schools, medicalfacilities and other vital infrastructure, as well as displacement on a massive scale.

in these circumstances, the court considers that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the gaza strip is at serious risk of deteriorating further before the court renders its final judgment. by overwhelming majorities, the court's i7 judges ruled that israel must avoid killing or seriously harming palestinians mentally or physically, inflicting living conditions designed to destroy the palestinian population, in whole or in part, or imposing measures, which prevent palestinian births. the judges also said israel must take all measures to prevent and punish public incitement to genocide, and do more immediately to improve humanitarian assistance. on october the 7th last year, hamas gunman launched devastating attacks on israeli communities

bordering the gaza strip. more than 1,200 israelis were killed. israel's response was overwhelming. since then, more than 26,000 palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children. entire neighbourhoods had been destroyed. almost 2 million palestinians have had to flee their homes. states now have clear, legal obligations to stop israel's genocidal war on the palestinian people in gaza and to make sure that they are not complicit. the icj order is an important reminder that no state is above the law. crucially, the court did not demand an immediate ceasefire but it wants israel to behave very differently, at a time when its prime minister says the war could go on for many more months. like every country, israel has an inherent right to defend itself. the vile attempt to deny israel this fundamental right is blatant discrimination against the jewish state. it was justly rejected.

the charge of genocide levelled against israel is not only false, it is outrageous. decent people everywhere should reject it. the court also called for israeli hostages to be released without condition. but it's powerless to make any of this happen. today's ruling was significant but it doesn't necessarily mean that an end to the agony of palestinians or israelis is any closer. paul adams, bbc news. we will be going live tojerusalem shortly and are correspondence for the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. let's get some of the day's other news now the us military says it has destroyed another houthi anti—ship missile in yemen. us central command said the missile was being prepared for launch into the red sea and presented an imminent threat. on friday, the oil tanker, marlin luanda, caught fire

in the gulf of aden after being hit by a missile fired by the houthis. the us government has approved the sale of a0 new f—16 fighter jets to turkey, a day after ankara fully ratified sweden's long—delayed membership of nato. turkey will also get upgrades to the warplanes in its existing fleet as part of the twenty three billion dollar deal. the sale had become contingent on turkey dropping its objections to sweden joining the alliance. two malaysian men have been sentenced at guantanamo bay for their role in the bali bombings of 2002. the attacks on nightclubs in indonesia killed more than 200 people, including many foreign tourists. mohammed bin lep and mohammed bin amin were each jailed for twenty three years but will only have to serve six, after pleading guilty and agreeing

to cooperate with prosecutors. the men had already been detained for nearly 20 years awaiting trial. us politicians have called for new laws to criminalise the creation of deepfake images, after explicit ai—generated images of taylor swift were viewed millions of times on x, formerly known as twitter. taylor swift's fans, or "swifties," rallied to flood the platform with posts and drown out the so—called "deepfakes." and here's what the white house press secretary had to say. we are alarmed by the reports of the circulation of images that you just laid out — false images to be more exact, and it is alarming. so while social media companies make their own independent decisions about content management, we believe they have an important role to play in enforcing enforcing their own rules — to prevent the spread of misinformation and non—consensual, intimate imagery

of real people. here's our north america correspondent david willis under existing us law, tech platforms such as x, formerly twitter, enjoy protection against liability for content posted on their sites, which means that lawmakers here can do very little to prevent the spread of this sort of misinformation. there was a bill put forward a short while ago, which would have imposed criminal penalties against anyone found guilty of creating or distributing this sort of information, but it is currently bogged down in congress. and the hope is that the involvement in all this now of taylor swift could in some way reinvigorate those legislative moves and those attempts to get some sort of laws on the books. the white house said today that it was alarmed by the sexually—explicit taylor swift pictures, but the spokeswoman, karinejean—pierre, appeared

to concede that in the absence of congressional action, there was very little in this regard that the biden administration could do to help the situation. for its part, the x platform has said it is actively removing these sexually—explicit pictures, and that it was taking appropriate action against those who have been found to created or distributed those images. but one image alone is thought to have received more than 47 million views before it was taken down. a few years ago, of course, creating these sort of images required a degree of technical skills, now, there's been a lot of these new tools available online, which has made the whole thing a lot easier, and there are concerns amongst regulators here of a sort of tsunami of this type of material, involving celebrities and non—celebrities,

politicians and other members of society. in the absence of congressional action, taylor swift's fans, otherwise known as swifties, are taking measures of their own. they've taken to the x platform under the hashtag #protecttaylorswift in a bid to distract attention from the sexually—explicit images. a senior reporter at the independent newspaper told us the ease with which these images can be created is only going to worsen the problem: tech companies, big ones, microsoft and google are falling over themselves to try to make it easier to generate stuff with al. it is in the wake of when chat gpt came out. all the big incumbents, the tech giants of the world thought, if we

don't get on top of this, we will get left behind. everyone from them to little fly by night companies creating tools, and may not be very responsibly minded about how the tools are used. all trying to get in on the action. there is evidence of this specific piece of ai on the action. there is evidence of this specific piece of al was generated in a telegram group, for people whose hobby essentially is generating stuff like this. in that group and encourage people to use a tool. we do not know what tool this was made with was that they encourage people to use microsoft design, an ai image generation tool with a bunch of things they can do. microsoft design goes in the microsoft design goes in the microsoft edge browser and is pushed on to users. if you make a new windows install, do you want it as a default browser? do you want to?

that is how people are pushing ai default browser? do you want to? that is how people are pushing al to users. this gold rush mentality will only make the problem worse. let's return now to the middle east. the head of the cia is expected to meet with officials from israel, egypt and qatar in the coming days, in an attempt to negotiate the release of hostages held by hamas, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by many western governments. mark lowen is injerusalem for us. thank you forjoining us on the programme. what do we know about the upcoming meetings and talks? they are due to begin as early as sunday, tomorrow, in france, there are reports. the cia has not confirmed the location or start date. they will involve the head of cia meeting with his opposite number at mossad

and the egyptian spy agency has well and the egyptian spy agency has well and top officials from qatar to try to revive attempts at finding a ceasefire, or making progress towards a ceasefire in this conflict. tomorrow, sunday, will be three months since israel launched its ground offensive in gaza. the warring sides are still far apart on ceasefire proposals. we understand from reports that israel has mooted the idea of a one or two man's pause in fighting or truce, and a phased release of israeli hostages and palestinian prisoners. hamas is said to be demanding a permanent ceasefire as part of any hostage release deal. the fact these talks are due to take place show the wheels of this diplomacy are turning faster. president biden spoke to the emir of qatarand faster. president biden spoke to the emir of qatar and president of egypt on friday, yesterday cloud it all comes as the international court of justice says israel must do all it can to prevent genocide in gaza,

placing renewed focus and scrutiny on the israeli forces action down in gaza. ~ . , ., , ., gaza. what is the reaction in israel to the interim _ gaza. what is the reaction in israel to the interim decision _ gaza. what is the reaction in israel to the interim decision by - gaza. what is the reaction in israel to the interim decision by the - to the interim decision by the international court ofjustice? i international court of justice? i think international court ofjustice? i think as expected, the israeli government has largely brushed it off. there has been a lot of diplomatic bluster from the israeli government as far as that is concerned. israel has long believed, and long argued, publicly at least with various different un bodies are stacked against it, biased against it, and are taking the court of public opinion with them. that is something completely denied by the un. on something completely denied by the un. 0n the ground, the icj's words are actually legally unenforceable but, as i say, it kind of adds to the narrative that has grown against israel in many western circles and the pressure and the scrutiny on israel. israel is seizing on another

development as proof of what it says is the un's biased against it. 12 un staff of the un mission operating in gaza had been dismissed, as they are found to be complicit in the mass attacks on israel in october. they say it is proof the un mission in gazais say it is proof the un mission in gaza is not impartial, it is pro—hamas. what the united nations and pro—un voices are saying that the entire workforce of the un agency is 30,000 people. 12 bad apple should not tarnish the entire reputation of the un agency. israel says this is proof we are fighting in the words of israel, a just war and we had the right to defend ourselves. it will still be tough to get warring sides to come together in this kind of gulf that separates them at the moment during the ceasefire talks.— king charles has undergone treatment for an enlarged prostate,

after being admitted to hospital on friday. queen camilla has said the king is "doing well". the procedure was carried out at the london clinic private hospital, where catherine, princess of wales had surgery last week. the king visited his daughter—in—law in the hospital on friday morning, ahead of his own treatment. live now to our reporter nickjohnson, who's outside the hospital. what more can you tell us about the king's condition this morning? what king's condition this morning? what we do know— king's condition this morning? what we do know is _ king's condition this morning? what we do know is the _ king's condition this morning? “ii"isgt we do know is the king king's condition this morning? “iii"isgit we do know is the king was admitted here yesterday morning and has since undergone the procedure for an enlarged prostate. he spent the night here, which was planned. buckingham palace said they expected the king to stay at least one night here. he was accompanied into hospital yesterday by queen camilla, he was then seen leaving sometime yesterday afternoon, having told

people inside that the king was doing well. this is not like many big nhs hospitals in the middle of london, this is a relatively small, private clinic in the harley street area of london, the private medical district of the capital. it is caring for two very senior royals at the moment, one being the king, the other his daughter—in—law, katherine, princess of wales. as you mentioned, the king went and visited his daughter—in—law here yesterday before undergoing his own procedure. catherine has been here having undergone abdominal surgery. when she is discharged, we don't know when that is yet it is likely her recovery will be one of months. as for the king, recovery will be one of months. as forthe king, his recovery will be one of months. as for the king, his condition is not significant enough to require any sort of constitutional changes here to his role as head of state. the king has been very open about his condition, which is unusual here. the reason for that as he said he

wanted to encourage other men to come forward to get their prostate checked. nhs england says, since then, there has been a surge in the number of searches to the relevant pages of its website. that is something that has been welcomed here by doctors, by charities and by the king himself, who says he is delighted his diagnosis has led to such a positive public health awareness.— such a positive public health awareness. ., ~ , ., y . such a positive public health awareness. . ,, , ., , . a awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson, awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson. speaking _ awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson, speaking to _ awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson, speaking to us _ awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson, speaking to us from - awareness. thank you very much. nick johnson, speaking to us from outside i johnson, speaking to us from outside the hospital where king charles is recuperating. a bit of basketball history is going up for auction. a set of six pairs of sneakers worn by michaeljordan are going under the gavel soon at sotheby“s new york. —— new york. his air—ness wore the airjordans in the clinching games of his six career nba championships. the auction house expects them to sell for as much as $10 million.

here“s brendan hawkes — sotheby“s specialist in sports and modern collectibles. so these are being sold as a it's the first time anything like this is ever coming to auction. they“re estimated at 7 to 10 million. we believe that this is an incredibly rare opportunity for collectors. we've had single items of michaeljordan come to market from time to time in set records. so this is the first time that six shoes from all of his championship championships are coming to market. we've heard a lot about self—driving cars in the last couple of years — but how about self—driving police cars. these driverless vehicles are being tested on the roads of the chinese capital, beijing. they travel along pre—programmed routes, beaming real—time images back to the station, enabling officers to respond to developing situations. the cars also carry emergency equipment — such as fire extinguishers and first

aid kits — and the doors can be opened remotely if those items are needed urgently. the world's biggest cruise ship, icon of the seas, is due to set sail from miami on its inaugural voyage. the ship — which has 20 decks — can carry up to 7,500 passengers with 2,500 crew. it cost $1.6 billion and was built at a shipyard in finland. the weather is looking relatively quiet, quieterthan the weather is looking relatively quiet, quieter than the week before with all the stormy weather. a few showers across scotland. for most of us would drive weekend in store with things turning milder, particularly

on sunday. temperatures will be one to 2 degrees in the south and south—east of england. quite a chilly star and a touch of frost with a few mist and fog patches around. the chili weather will be in the north and north—west. we could see gusts up to 60 miles an hour. some rain lingering in the glen in scotland. forsouthern some rain lingering in the glen in scotland. for southern scotland to england and wales, we are looking at a dry day with prolonged spells of sunshine. areas of cloud, particularly in the west with highs of around nine to 10 degrees. saturday evening it will again turn chilly in the south and east for a time with the lighter winds. more clouds rolling in towards the west. the other spot of drizzle coming out of the cloud. it will turn milder. plymouth eight, 9 degrees on sunday. 0nly plymouth eight, 9 degrees on sunday. only three night. through the day on sunday, we have high pressure sitting out towards the near continent. this frontal system moving its way in from the atlantic will draw in the sabelli went all

the way from north africa. there could be dusty conditions in the sky as well as the milder we are seeing. things will be hazy with the saharan dust around. some of it in the rain across northern ireland in western scotland later on in the afternoon. a good deal of dry weather before that arrives with more cloud in the midlands and south west england as well. sunny spells either side and top temperatures in the west up to around 13 for the likes of glasgow and belfast. 0n around 13 for the likes of glasgow and belfast. on monday the frontal system has slipped that the south and east and is likely to bring rain across much of northern england, i think, wales hugs towards the far south—west, just across parts of scotland it will turn to snow for a time, perhaps over the highest ground of the uplands. 1a, possibly 15 in the warm air down towards the south—east. the week ahead and fairly and settled in the north and west showers at times. dry conditions south and east. for all

of us, a mild week ahead.

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a warning over the growing number of young children using skincare products — putting themselves at risk. germany's chancellor, 0laf scholz, has voiced his concern over the rise of right wing extremists, as the world marks holocaust remembrance day. mr scholz said right wing populists were gaining ground, fuelling fear and sowing hatred, holocaust memorial day remembers the 6 millionjewish people murdered by the nazis during the second world war — as well as genocides in darfur and rwanda. 0ur religion editor, aleem maqbool, has the story. the holocaust robbed joan salter of many members of her extended family. today, in particular, she remembers them. the bravery ofjoan“s mother meant she survived.

my mother climbed over the mountains into spain, and then she gave me up in the hope that i would survive. and that is where prejudice gets you. littlejoan was shipped to the us until the war was over and she was reunited with her parents in the uk. she says she feels the lessons of the holocaust have not yet been learned. it's just to get over what hatred does and how quickly people turn on each other. that, to me, is the message of holocaust memorial day, and the hope is that people will understand that. holocaust memorial day has been established to commemorate the 6 millionjews that were murdered by the nazis, but also the victims of other genocides since. at this year's main remembrance event, there was special focus on rwanda — 2024 marking 30 years since the horrific massacres of hundreds of thousands

of tutsis there. earlier this week, referring to the case against israel at the international court ofjustice, the uk“s chief rabbi ephraim mirvis, said the accusation of genocide was an affront to the victims and survivors of the holocaust around this memorial day. singing. and the conflict in gaza and associated rise in anti—semitism has meant the holocaust memorial day trust advised on fewer public events this year. particularly the jewish community but also muslims are much more anxious about being out in public and visibly being jewish or muslim. and so we have worked very closely with the police to issue guidance. and actually ourjob on holocaust memorial day is to remind people of what can

happen when hatred gets out of hand. well, the holocaust memorial day trust is encouraging people to light a candle and place it in a window to, in its words, remember those who were killed for who they were and to stand against prejudice and hatred today. aleem maqbool, bbc news in north london. i“m joined by edward lerwin, trustee at the holocaust educational trust. thank you forjoining us today. tell us fort has been the impact over the years of commemorating holocaust memorial day. it’s years of commemorating holocaust memorial day-— years of commemorating holocaust memorial dair-— memorial day. it's a really important _ memorial day. it's a really important time _ memorial day. it's a really important time in - memorial day. it's a really important time in our - memorial day. it's a really - important time in our calendar, we reflect and we mourn and we consider the lessons of what happens when anti—semitism and hatred take hold. it commemorates the murder of 6

millionjewish people, men, women and children in the holocaust and the terrible genocides in cambodia, darfur, bosnia and rwanda. it is an important time. teii darfur, bosnia and rwanda. it is an important time-— important time. tell us about the work that you _ important time. tell us about the work that you are _ important time. tell us about the work that you are doing - important time. tell us about the work that you are doing because l work that you are doing because young people will have no memory of what is happening. fiur young people will have no memory of what is happening-— what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational _ what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational trust - what is happening. our focus at the holocaust educational trust is - what is happening. our focus at the | holocaust educational trust is young people and we take thousands of people and we take thousands of people every year to auschwitz to see firsthand the sight of what was a killing factory. there are two things that always struck me when i go to auschwitz with the trust. 0ne go to auschwitz with the trust. one is the scale, this was a factory, built for one purpose, it was not repurposed, it was built with murder in mind. 0n the second is the reflection that it takes human beings to sit down and think through how can we destroy people in the

most efficient way. it's a disturbing sight but it has a profound impact on everyone who sees it including those young people and many of those young people come back to the uk and want to become ambassadors for the holocaust educational trust and take the message of what happens when anti—semitism and hate takes over back into the community. his anti-semitism and hate takes over back into the community.- back into the community. as you mentioned _ back into the community. as you mentioned holocaust _ back into the community. as you mentioned holocaust memorial. back into the community. as you i mentioned holocaust memorial day also commemorates the genocides in rwanda, cambodia, darfur, why is it important to look at these genocides in other parts of the world?- in other parts of the world? because we need to draw— in other parts of the world? because we need to draw the _ in other parts of the world? because we need to draw the lessons - in other parts of the world? because we need to draw the lessons and - we need to draw the lessons and sadly history shows that we are not necessarily during the lessons. we say every year and never again and yet anti—semitism in the last two months of 2023, there were more incidents of anti—semitism than the

entire year 2021 alone on that year was the previous record year. so something is not penetrating. we see particularly among the youth bracket, 18—24 —year—olds, attitudes and perceptions stubbornly high around some anti—semitic thought and we have work to do in order to penetrate that.— we have work to do in order to enetrate that. ., ,, , ., . penetrate that. thank you so much. thank ou penetrate that. thank you so much. thank you for— penetrate that. thank you so much. thank you for having _ penetrate that. thank you so much. thank you for having me. _ the effects on nature of a warming planet are becoming more and more apparent. in europe the migration patterns of several species of bird are clearly changing, with some — the crane for example which breeds in scandinavia in the summer? no longer making the long winter trip down to southern spain and northern africa. 0ur paris correspondent hugh schofield reports from central france.

since time immemorial, the sight of cranes moving south in winter in their massive v formations has intrigued and thrilled. but today, these birds are no longer overflying the loire valley in search of warmer climes. dawn is the best time to catch them as they set out from roosts by the river to forage in fields around. winters here are getting milder by the year. there's still food to be had. so if you're a crane, why travel further? translation: when i was a boy, there were maybe 200 _ cranes here in winter. now it's 8,000. the young ones that come here with their parents never learn how to fly further south so they don't pass it on to their children. and the numbers become exponential. the cranes, what were once french stopovers on their long journey south, are now thanks to global warming, the final destination. the crane is one bird whose migration patterns have been affected by climate change.

now we've come to western france, the atlantic coast, to observe another big bird that“s increasingly spending its winters here — the stork. the storks“ winter migration is thousands of miles to sub—saharan africa. most still do it, but more are staying on, some travelling just a short way from their nesting grounds. others not bothering to move at all. in similar fashion, many ducks that normally came here in winter from the arctic are now present in much smaller numbers because they're finding food further north. none of this is necessarily bad for birds because migration is an extremely dangerous business. storks that don't migrate have higher survival rates. translation: birds| that spend the winter near their place of reproduction will tend to breed earlier than birds who migrate, and birds that breed earlier tend to have more babies. so there is a clear advantage to not migrating. the danger for these birds is that

even in milder winters, there are still cold snaps. and when they happen up north, they“re killers. but the overall picture is not necessarily depressing. birds are showing they can change behaviour to live with changing temperatures. they are adapting. hugh schofield, bbc news, central france. skincare is big business here in the uk — but there is growing concern among dermatologists about children as young as eight using anti—aging products intended for adults. they often contain active ingredients like exfoliating acids and have become increasingly popular with kids as a result of social media. annabel rackham reports. eight—year—old sadie says she first came across videos of influencers doing skincare routines a couple of months ago. she saw products being advertised on tik tok and youtube shorts and asked family members to buy them for her as presents.

what is it that you love about skincare? mostly about the packaging because i like all the colours on it and like the labels. how does it... how does it all get laid out? what do you do? ijust do, like, the biggest to the smallest. so, like washing my face. that's the biggest thing. and then like lip balm, that's the smallest thing. and then this is the... but skin specialists say they're worried about what ingredients are in some of the products that are most popular with children. why have you stopped using some of the products? well, it's because i'm a bit young and i know that my face is a bit

young and sometimes it hurts. how does it hurt? like, stinging. beauty stores across the country stock these products. there's no age limit on buying them and they're freely available on shelves. but with many parents going in to buy them on behalf of their children, it's hard to get the message across that they are not suitable for them. some of the most popular products with children contain anti—ageing ingredients such as exfoliating acids and retinol. we met with a dermatologist to learn more about the effects these may have on young skin. anything that's cosmetic will have to have pretty low levels of anything active. so that's the first thing to say. these are anti—ageing products. they are exfoliating acids. they may be suitable for older skin and they're not suitable for children and young people who do not need to use anti—aging products, they can cause irritation to the skin, whatever age you are. but clearly for younger skin, for people with eczema prone skin, these can be potentially dangerous or problematic. one of the most popular brands with young people, drunk elephant, has released a statement advising kids and tweens to stay away from their most potent products that include acids and retinols. a lot of the policing is falling on parents like sadie“s mum, who are having to educate themselves

on what these products contain. so stopped the tiktok part because that's easy to police in a lot of the videos is sort of hidden things of the products rather than it being displaying it. so it's very cleverly done so that children are seeing it but not even thinking they're seeing it. and it's in everything that is on there. every video now that she watches has got some kind of skincare product in it. sadie's is my youngest child and she's eight. i didn't think i'd have to worry about her doing skincare and policing skincare at this age. you know, i feel like they grow up so quickly anyway, and it feels like her childhood has now been taken away and she's all of a sudden a teenager, looking at skincare when she doesn't have to. lucy, like many other parents, is hoping that retailers and brands do more to stop products that aren't designed for children from getting into the wrong hands. annabel rackham, bbc news. live now to abby and

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the number of illegal vapes seized at uk ports and airports surged last year, according to figures released by uk border force. more than 4.5 million were confiscated in the first 10 months of last year, up from fewer than 5,000 in the same period in 2021. the government is expected to announce new measures to control the vape market, with some reports suggesting it“s considering an outright ban on disposable products. until relatively recently, ecuador was one of the safest countries in latin america. but a deadly surge in gang violence has caused the country to descend into chaos. its president declared a state of emergency more than two weeks ago and soldiers are on the streets of major cities as they try to quell the trouble. ros atkins has been taking a closer look. you could be forgiven for asking, what's happened to ecuador?

translation: we live in constant| fear because on a day to day basis, when we go out to work, we don't know if we'll return or if we'll come back home in one piece. this is a story of how one country in south america has been transformed by the trade in cocaine. ecuador sits between colombia and peru with a population of 17 million. it had been stable and safe. not any more. this week, 68 gang members were arrested after they stormed a hospital, where a member of their gang was being treated. also, this was the moment ecuador arrested a top colombian drug trafficker. the situation“s been escalating for weeks. on the 7th of january, a powerful drug lord known as "fito" vanished from his jail cell. prison riots across the country followed with the military trying to contain them. but dozens of prisoners escaped, hundreds of prison staff were taken hostage. there were bombs in the capital, quito, too. and then there was this — a local tv station was attacked

by armed men live on air. days later, the man leading the investigation into that was shot dead. and in the aftermath of the tv attack, this was the assessment of ecuador“s president. translation: we are practically living in a state of— war against terrorism. these are not organised crime groups. they are terrorists. ecuador has gone from one of the safest countries in latin america to one of the deadliest. according to a leading think tank, the nation's murder rate for last year is the highest in its history. and ecuador“s police say 80% of those murders connect to cocaine. but the drug trade in latin america is nothing new. so why is it having such an impact on ecuador now? well, first we need to look at neighbouring colombia. it“s long been one of the largest cocaine producers in the world.

and for years, the colombian rebel group, farc, controlled the drug trade there. but in 2016, farc demobilised as part of a peace deal with the colombian government. most of its members stopped their armed resistance and stepped back from the drugs trade. this created a vacuum, which mexican cartels and other organised crime would fill, as well as that with the support of the us, colombia has continued to clamp down on the drug cartels. that meant the cocaine trade was looking for somewhere that was easier to do business. it looked next door, and ecuador wasn“t equipped to deal with this. ecuador has been a relatively, sort, of island of peace, relative island of peace, to compare it to colombia and peru. so that's meant that it's never really developed the infrastructure, the training and the material to be able to take on these sorts of existential security threats that it now faces. and ecuador“s lack of preparation connects to its relationship with the us. back in 2007, ecuador elected rafael correa as president. he vowed to free ecuador from what he called "us imperialism".

and as part of that, president correa closed a us military base in the port city of manta. that meant a sharp reduction in the monitoring of ecuador“s waters. also, in 2013, rafael correa suspended cooperation with the us drugs enforcement administration. that meant a sharp reduction in us support. and also relevant here is one of ecuador“s main exports, bananas. they“re shipped in containers with many bound for the us and europe. cocaine could go in those containers too. put all of that together, farc“s demobilisation, the clampdown in colombia, ecuador“s disengagement with the us, a lack of security infrastructure, and the established export routes for bananas, and ecuador was vulnerable when the cartels decided to make their move. over the last few years, where we've seen this escalation of violence, this sort of gradual descent or not so gradual, sometimes quite, you know, surges and outbreaks of violence.

there's been numerous states of emergency, you know, 60 days, 30 days. and none of them have really sort of got to the root of the problem. president correa left office in 2017. two more presidents would follow him. and then in october last year, daniel noboa was elected president on a promise to crack down on violent crime. to do that, he'd need to deal with the criminal networks operating within ecuador“s notorious prisons, which are central to the cocaine trade. not only have they been able to operate with impunity in the prisons, they“ve actually expanded their activities, an indication also of a certain amount of complicity within the security forces. in other words, many prisons in ecuador are the base from which gangs co—ordinate drug trafficking, and that brings violence. hundreds of inmates are being killed. in 2021 alone, over 300 died. but so far, efforts to break that connection between the prisons and the drug trade haven“t worked. there's one final factor too, the people buying the cocaine, because one estimate values ecuador“s annual cocaine exports at close to $1 billion.

others put it higher still. and 70% of ecuador“s cocaine exports goes to europe. the busiest cocaine route in the world starts in ecuador“s main port and ends in belgium, from where the cocaine is distributed across the continent. as one organised crime expert puts it, "the unending demand for cocaine in europe is what is fuelling the ecuadorian drug war." and the eu accepts that europe is part of the equation. drug trafficking and organised crime linked to it are a threat to all societies, their prosperity, security and democracy. europe needs to reinforce its cooperation with partners in fight against drug trafficking in ecuador and elsewhere. all of this is having devastating consequences for ecuador, and for some, the situation is untenable. they're trying to leave. for example, in 2022,

nearly 18,000 ecuadorians sought asylum in the us, five times more than the year before. thousands of personal decisions with roots that reach back. in truth, the storm, which has turned ecuadorfrom one of the safest nations in latin america to one of the most violent, has been brewing for years. ecuador“s predicament was a long time coming. it will take a long time to resolve too, because this is about supply and demand, about an inability to stop the exports, about the us and europe's voracious appetite for cocaine, and about a country ill equipped to be caught in the middle. the world wrestling entertainment boss vince mcmahon has quit in the wake of sex—trafficking allegations from a former employee. janel grant alleges mr mcmahon and another ex—executive sexually assaulted and trafficked her to entice wrestling talent. mr mcmahon said in a statement that he had made the decision to resign as executive chairman

of tko, the parent company of wwe. he has denied the allegations. let me take you live to gaza. these are live pictures of the gaza strip from southern israel. pressure is mounting on the israeli government to change its conduct in its war with hamas, after the international court ofjustice ruled that israel must do everything possible to prevent genocide there. the weather is looking quiet, quieter than we started the week but it's still breezy with some showers across scotland but for most of us dry weather in store and turning

milder by sunday. starting saturday temperatures round about one or 2 degrees in the south and south—east, a touch of frost and some mist and fog patches but they should clear quickly. windy weather in the north and north—west, costs as much as 70 miles an hour through saturday morning in the northern isles. rain lingering to the north of the great glen, the odd spot of rain for scotland and northern ireland but for southern scotland, england and wales at strike with sunshine. areas of cloud drifting in the west and highs of nine or 10 degrees. saturday evening, it“s turning chilly in the south and east with lighter winds but more cloud rolling in towards the west, the odd spot of drizzle coming from the cloud and turning milder, belfast and plymouth eight or 9 degrees first thing on sunday but three in norwich and through the day on sunday be of high pressure setting towards the near continent and the frontal system moving from the atlantic, drawing in

southerly winds from north africa. could be dusty conditions in the sky as well as mild air so things hazy with all the dust around on sunday and a bit coming down in the rain arriving across northern ireland and the west of scotland in the afternoon but a good deal of dry weather, cloud in the midlands and south west england, sunny spells either side and top temperatures in the west reaching 13 degrees for the likes of belfast and glasgow. on monday the frontal system slips south and east bringing rain across northern england. wales, perhaps down to the far south—west, across scotland turning to snow for a time over high ground of the southern uplands and to the north we are looking at single figures. 1a, possibly 15 degrees in the warmer air in the south—east. the week ahead, still fairly unsettled in the north and west, which i at times but try a further south and east and for

all of us a mild weekend.

live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order telling him to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. protests take place in kenya — against a recent surge of violence against women. israel insists it abides

by international law, after the un“s top court orders it to prevent acts of genocide in gaza. and, calls for new laws in the us congress, after explicit deep—fake images of taylor swift circulate on social media. hello. donald trump says he'll appeal against a court order instructing him to pay $83 million in damages to a woman he defamed. ejean carroll had claimed the former us president had destroyed her reputation by saying she“d lied about him sexually assaulting her in the 1990s. she said the ruling was a "great victory for every woman." nada tawfik reports from new york. ejean carroll has now taken on donald trump twice in court, both times emerging victorious.

last may, he was found liable for sexual abuse