it's quite a deep area of low pressure will bring some heavy rain to the south and also some strong gusty winds and maybe some blizzard—like conditions for a while, particularly towards eastern areas. that snow moves across scotland, rain towards the south. there will be some strong gusty winds as well and again, a range of temperatures.

this is bbc news. the headlines: the first picture of king charles since his cancer diagnosis. the king and queen camilla seen here leaving clarence house. he has now started his treatment. prince harry has arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. in other news, a us appeals court has ruled that donald trump doesn't have immunity from charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. and we are here from michael] fox, who opens up about his parkinson's diagnosis ahead of a new documentary about his life. time for a look at the business news now with ben thompson. in the last few hours, the european commission has proposed

new ambitous climate targets. it wants the eu to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to 1990 levels by the year 2040. the eu's climate commissioner called for a "fair transition" that will allow eu businesses to thrive, and emphasises the urgency with which countries needed to act. we have just lived through the hottest summer on record and we have seen for ourselves the devastation of climate change brings. sadly ever more in human lives. and as weather patterns become more unpredictable and extreme, it also comes with an increase in economic cost. therefore it is important to note that inaction would lead to far larger and growing costs in coming decades. the announcement comes as farmers in spain have mobilised their tractors to block traffic near the northern

city of girona. it's the latest in a string of agricultural protests across europe — farmers are angry about soaring costs and low prices for their produce, but also about rules tied to the eu's battle against climate change. commission president ursula von der leyen earlier today has announced plans to scrap a proposal to slash pesticide use across the eu. she said it had become a symbol of polarisation. let's speak now to yuri rogel, professor of climate science and policy, at imperial college london. it says at an ambitious target, but it is compared to the levels of 1990. is it achievable? qd�*s 1990. is it achievable? 90% reduction — 1990. is it achievable? 90% reduction is _ 1990. is it achievable? 90% reduction is actually - 1990. is it achievable? 90% reduction is actually in - 1990. is it achievable? 90% reduction is actually in linel 1990. is it achievable? ste/£3 reduction is actually in line with the scientific advice that we as a european scientific advisory board on climate change provided. it said the eu can reduce emissions in a

technically and fairway by 92%, 95%, compared to 1990, so it is clearly possible to achieve 90% reduction compared to 1990, but it doesn't make it easy. if we look at what is currently already on the books, the eu estimates that if we follow our current policies through to 20110, we would already end up with 88% reduction. so the delivery or the continuation of these policies is really critical. and so is of course strengthening them so that we reach this 90%. but strengthening them so that we reach this 90%. �* , ., this 90%. but it is telling that the two industries, _ this 90%. but it is telling that the two industries, amongst - this 90%. but it is telling that the two industries, amongst a - this 90%. but it is telling that the | two industries, amongst a number, but the two industries that are most susceptible to these changes or heavy industry and farming, things like agriculture. but they are also the industries that are susceptible to cheaper imports from elsewhere and higher energy bills. what is ——

but what industries are saying, we have seen this in protests from farmers across europe, is give us a break, let us succeed. if these rules are pushed through it will make life very difficult for them, won't it? w ., , won't it? the eu actually acknowledges _ won't it? the eu actually acknowledges that - won't it? the eu actually acknowledges that both | won't it? the eu actually - acknowledges that both those won't it? the eu actually _ acknowledges that both those sectors are critical parts of the solution, but it also acknowledges that a just transition is needed, and it even mentions that nobody or no—one can be left behind. the agricultural sector, it is clear that it needs to be involved. private impacts make vulnerable food production uncertain and therefore expose the sector to very high risks but at the same time, the agricultural sector is also one of the main major actors thatis also one of the main major actors that is producing greenhouse gas emissions other than carbon dioxide, and reducing these is difficult, but we know that we have to do it to reduce them and to limit them if you

want to keep global warming —— global warming to safe levels. so these reductions can only be achieved through a partnership between the agricultural sector, the farmers, and the central policy and decision makers that are trying to safeguard society for the future. really good to have you with us, thank you. grateful for your really good to have you with us, thank you. gratefulforyourtime. over in the us, there's been music to investors' ears as spotify announced better than expected results, sending shares in the streaming platform higher. it also added more users — premium subscribers, who account for most of the company's revenue, rose by 15%. you're looking at offering more products and cutting costs. so on the offering side, we're seeing an investment in podcasts and audiobooks — that includes re—upping the licensing agreement with star podcasterjoe rogan. that is a deal that reportedly is worth more than $250 million.

and on the cost savings side, we covered this on this programme in december — the company cut about 1,500 members of its workforce in december, that was about 17% of its staff, a sizable number. that's their effort to cut costs while also growing other, perhaps lucrative sides of the business. in the uk, the government has today announced £100 million of funding to bolster ai regulation and fire up innovation. the government says it wants to be a global leader in al regulation via targeted measures. it describes today's proposals as agile ai regulation, backing regulators with the skills and tools they need to address the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence. earlier i spoke to philip souta, global director of tech policy, at clifford chance who told me about how all of this will actually work in practice. the uk government has looked at what the eu is doing, and it has said, "we're not quite there yet." because you can look at these questions

through three dimensions. firstly, your market size. the eu has a massive market, the uk is relatively modest, comparatively speaking. how much you are regulating — the eu, again, it's regulating, really leaning into their regulation, potentially also due to their large market size, but also leading on the business front in terms of research and development and investment. and those figures don't make for great reading for the european union at the moment. in 2022, just taking the most recent figures, the uk had more investment in its ai space than france, germany and the rest of the european union combined. so the uk is looking at this, it is saying, we don't want to signal that we are going to make life difficult for you whilst at the same time saying we are focused on safety, we are a sophisticated marketplace and regulator, but this is a good place to do business. yeah. and it is that phrase "agile regulation" that was

the key bit, wasn't it, in that statement? and i wonder what you read into this from the idea that the government wasn't going to create one big regulator that would regulate ai across all industries. what it says was, "with our existing regulators that have already got the skills, the expertise, the knowledge of their industry, willjust give them additional powers and responsibilities." is that the right approach? well, the uk's got a very sophisticated regulatory landscape with 0fcom, the cna, the ico, the fca, but they are resource crunched, they do need more money and they do need more headcount. and one of the things that has been announced is more resource for those regulators. now, the uk has also got a very robust statutory framework, an existing framework, and it can draw upon and iterate and sort of evolve. so it is a sort of a softly, softly approach. whether it is the right approach, only time will tell. but you could ask the same question

about, is the eu's approach the right approach? again, only time will tell. i mean, the eu, for example, is taking a much more proactive approach, taking this risk based approach that hasn't met with a hugely positive response from a lot of the players in the space. so we will have to see what the right approach is over time. 0ne one that we will keep a close eye on as far as ai regulation is concerned. some of the stories. mehta has announced they will begin detecting and labelling images generated by other companies' ai services on their platforms. the social media giant said it would use a set of invisible markers built into files to identify them. meta about the levels in the coming months to any content that carries the markers posted to facebook, instagram or threads. lyft are guarantee weekly earnings for drivers. last year around 15% of

lyft drivers in the us earned less than 70% of what riders paid after paying fees but lyft assured drivers it would make a difference if they made the low 70% by the end of the working week. those are your top business stories, you're watching bbc news. bbc news — bringing you different stories from across the uk. african white—backed vultures like chumley here have declined by 90% in number in parts of africa. so jake has been part of an effort to move them. and he's off! and so has his dad, graham, who's been running gauntlet birds of prey park near knutsford for nearly 30 years. i think they have just got something about them. i think they're unusual. but, you know, so many things that are unusual are beautiful. they've both been part of a multinational effort to move 163 vultures, including whitebacks, from one part of south africa to another, where they're safer. we thought it was our duty, really,

to do it, as we just loved the birds so much and we don't want... anything we can get involved with, anything we can help with, there's no hesitation, we're straight out. these birds are a vital part of the ecosystem in parts of africa, helping other animals find carcasses to feed on. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the us secretary of state is holding talks in doha on a proposed pause in the fighting between israel and hamas in the gaza strip. he has discussed the regional tensions in the unitarian situation with egyptian and saudi leaders. he will later go to tel aviv. it is his fifth visit to the region since october the 7th. israel is warning its forces will move south to rafah

near the border with egypt to pursue hamas fighters. i've been talking to the former us envoy for middle east peace from the barack 0bama administration. i think he has three goals on the strip. first is to prevent regional escalation, and in that context you have five different things to focus on, not on the gas about the west bank, lebanon, then of course yemen and iraq. so finding the balance between establishing it and preventing escalations is a difficult chance. i think the only way he will succeed is if the ceasefire in gaza takes hold, so thatis ceasefire in gaza takes hold, so that is his main objective here, to pull everybody together and figure out what kind of deal would work for the israelis and hamas, and if he can get that deal in place, he contorted the saudis about the day after, some kind of composition of

relations with israel and research of some kind of palestinian state. these are all parts of the rubik cube of —— cube of different situations to deal with. it is cube of -- cube of different situations to deal with. it is an awful lot, _ situations to deal with. it is an awful lot, and _ situations to deal with. it is an awful lot, and you _ situations to deal with. it is an awful lot, and you talk- situations to deal with. it is an awful lot, and you talk about | situations to deal with. it is an i awful lot, and you talk about the day after, the risks are much before we even get to that point. in terms of the ceasefire and hostages, what do you assess is the likelihood of this trip coming and bringing that about, given the splits and israeli cabinets —— and the split in hamas? i don't think the secretary of state is likely to get a ceasefire while he is on the street. i think they need another week of ten days. i think this mother is realistically before there's a long pause. the equitation is after that because it would be a very different kind of battle. they want to get much for the hard fighting out of the way so i think that is part of the reason why it will take a little time.

also, i think hamas feels like to have a lot of leverage in their holding out for a permanent ceasefire, when the israelis are on their way to get maybe six weeks. so there may be some issues there that need to be resolved. find there may be some issues there that need to be resolved.— there may be some issues there that need to be resolved. and how helpful or otherwise — need to be resolved. and how helpful or otherwise are _ need to be resolved. and how helpful or otherwise are those _ need to be resolved. and how helpful or otherwise are those comments - need to be resolved. and how helpful. or otherwise are those comments from israel's national security minister, criticising the biden administration for come in his view, hampering israel's war effort in gaza, quoted as saying he is kissing himself with giving humanitarian aid to gaza? —— and he busying himself. how much does that, in terms of making progress in the region, how much is that unhelpful? it is progress in the region, how much is that unhelpful?— that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful- _ that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful- i _ that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful. i think— that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful. i think it _ that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful. i think it is - that unhelpful? it is profoundly unhelpful. i think it is an - unhelpful. i think it is an irritation to the biden guys, but the main problem is that it creates additional complexities. he has also been saying that he wants to settle gaza with israelis and kick of the palestinians, all the rhetoric leads to more questions among our arab

allies as to whether they should be investing in reconstruction and —— investing in reconstruction and —— in gaza, and all that is much more difficult to do if you're hearing is really ministers say they have no intention of making peace with the palestinians and they want to take the land they can get their hands on. ,, ., ., ., ., , on. she mentioned one of the early ob'ectives on. she mentioned one of the early objectives which _ on. she mentioned one of the early objectives which was _ on. she mentioned one of the early objectives which was not _ on. she mentioned one of the early objectives which was not wanting i on. she mentioned one of the earlyj objectives which was not wanting to escalate this war. —— you mentioned. we have the leader of the counties in the last hour saying again that there are strikes which continues as long as israel continued with their offensive in gaza. —— houthis. in washington and london they are trying to say dour separate those narratives are saying they are not connected. in the real world, they very much are connected, certainly as the region sees it.— as the region sees it. yes, and i understand _ as the region sees it. yes, and i understand why _ as the region sees it. yes, and i understand why they _ as the region sees it. yes, and i understand why they are - as the region sees it. yes, and i understand why they are trying l as the region sees it. yes, and i l understand why they are trying to create that separation bad there is really no way to particularly disengage to either one of those issues in terms of achieving the

goals because in effect, i don't believe it is possible to get the houthis to stop firing unless there is a ceasefire in gaza and i don't think it will be possible to get those militias to stand down unless they hear that from the iranians. so there is a balance between establishing it as militarily but not interfering with the ultimate objective which is the ceasefire. the former us envoy for middle east peace. just about antony blinken is there in qatar, we are expecting a news conference from him at some stage within the next hour, it may well be delayed but initially we would have thought, thinking it was in the next ten minutes or so so we will keep an eye on the live pictures and go to them as soon as it starts. now, we go to an amazing rescue in the floods and mudslides that have been hit in los angeles. more than a million people have been left without power after a storm that has hit california with the governor declaring a state of emergency.

los angeles, america's second largest city, saw a record on sunday of over ten centimetres of rain. there is disruption on the roads, mudslides and flooding. this is the effect of what is being called the pineapple express, an atmospheric stream of moisture stretching across the pacific — and it's causing chaos in southern california. in some hilly areas, people have been ordered to evacuate. this home in a suburb of la slid down a hill and was completely destroyed. oh, my gosh. it was like, thunder like... and then the sound of trees, i thought, snapping like twigs. it was just this house, completely disintegrating. the los angeles fire department has told people to stay away from rivers and moving water. this man had to be winched to safety after he went into a river to rescue his dog. we anticipate the rains for a couple of more days, but know that we are not standing alone in our city. i have been in regular

communication with our governor, vice president harris has reached out to us to let us know on a federal level and on a state level they are there, they are with us, they are standing by and will be helpful with anything we need. the roads in the sepulveda basin were completely flooded, a man had to be pulled from this car by rescuers after he jumped on the bonnet and flagged for help. across the state, beaches are deserted and businesses were shut up. residents say they have seen nothing like it since the 1980s. roads have collapsed and driving conditions are treacherous. i tried to grip on it and i felt the car starting to, you know, swerve around and that's when the guy hit me and i completely swerved around. forecasters say heavy rain with life—threatening flash flooding will continue into today. people are being warned not to venture out. aruna iyengar, bbc news, california.

watching bbc news. in the 1980s, michaelj fox of one of the biggest stars in hollywood with sandals in the back to the future films from 1981 he was diagnosed with parkinson's, a fact he kept secret for seven years. he retired from acting two years ago but now he's back in a documentary that's been nominated for several awards including best documentary at the baftas. tom brook went to meet him in new york. i was big. i was bigger than bubble gum. the story of me, take two. michaelj fox has been picking up awards and doing interviews to support the documentary in which he appears. michael, good to meet you. how are you? the documentary is called still: a michaelj fox movie, which chronicles his life, his rise to major tv and film stardom in the 1980s, and his life after being diagnosed with parkinson's disease. i woke up and i noticed my pinky. parkinson's disease. it's not a portrait of a man full of self—pity. quite the contrary. i have parkinson's. i struggle with it.

it's hard. it's annoying. it's more than annoying, but it can be devastating for some people. the story is about resiliency and about hope. an incurable optimist meets an incurable disease. michaelj fox! i don't believe this. this is great. in 1989, two years before his parkinson's disease diagnosis, michaelj fox was on top of the world, a major tv and movie star. his huge following, with fans around the world, is quite phenomenal... i met him in california at the time when he was shooting back to the future 2. in the documentary, his far—reaching success is presented as an epic moment before profound change. i can't explain to you how huge an explosion it was. big thing. and then shortly after, i got married, my father passed away, my son was born and i was diagnosed. and so, just crossed the threshold into adulthood and into challenges that i didn't anticipate.

you were diagnosed with parkinson's disease, and you didn't reveal it publicly for quite some time, did you? i didn't know what it was going to do, i didn't know how it was going to manifest itself. and i didn't know what to expect. and no—one could really tell me what to expect. michaelj fox eventually became a big advocate for finding a cure for parkinson's, launching a foundation which has raised substantial sums for research. his optimism is very apparent in the documentary. to deny that part of me that wants to continue to go on and do things is to quit. i won't accept that. he sees his disease as giving him the opportunity to do something for others. i would say it's a gift, and people look at me and say, it's a gift that keeps on taking, but it's a gift. and it opened me up to a whole different... i realised i had to turn it around and turn it into something and make it some positive thing that affected other people in a positive way.

and so i started the foundation, but it took me a long time to get there. the documentary isn'tjust a chronicle of a man who's fought the physical effects of a debilitating disease. it's as much a portrait of psychological triumph to show, as michaelj fox puts it, that a devastating diagnosis may not necessarily be the ending, but the advent of a new beginning. we are about to take a break and get the weather details. just to tell you what is coming ahead. a very busy next hour because we will have all the latest on king charles. we had that first glimpse from public of the king and the queen since the cancer diagnosis. this picture as king charles left clarence house. he has now left buckingham palace as well, apparently, on his way to

sandringham. he has started his treatment today. we also have seen the first pictures of prince harry after he arrived back from california, back here to the uk, flying in a day after that public announcement was made, and that picture of him arriving, he isjust living clarence house, and those pieces of that can last little while. we will have the latest live from buckingham palace, and are the latest development. a couple of other things to keep an aunt will be antony blinken making his fifth visit to the middle east since october the 7th —— to keep an eye on. he is in qatar trying to make progress on a ceasefire and hostage deal. we are expecting a news conference. we are also waiting to hear president biden, his remarks on

trying to persuade congress to push through the national security bill, republicans blocking any additional funding to ukraine, linking it to the border situation with mexico. so we will hear from the president in the next 60 minutes. all of that after the weather. hello there, good afternoon. it's going to be turning colder across the uk over the next 2a hours, with snow in the forecast for some of us, including here in shetland through the day today. blizzard—like conditions here and across the north of scotland, coastal gales. blustery winds too still across the south of england. but here we're likely to stay in the milder air until we get to the end of tonight. and you can see that colder air sinking southwards behind the cold front, marked in blue here, just displacing that yellow, milder air further south. now, there will be some heavy rain on that cold front pushing southwards across wales, through the midlands and into east anglia for the rest of the afternoon. blustery winds ahead of the front. to the north, there will be some sunshine around and it will be feeling colder, of course. some snow showers piling into the higher ground of scotland,

temperatures ranging between 3 and perhaps 1a degrees celsius. now, there'll be some heavy rain through the evening rush hour, just clearing away from the south of england there. snow showers piling into western scotland. watch out for some icy stretches here, but there could be icy stretches further south as well as temperatures tend to dip back to low single figures. so a colder night ahead. and tomorrow, a much quieter day of weather, much lighter winds. there will be some sunshine for many, but still this legacy of cloud towards the south coast. still some wintry showers, too, just pushing into scotland and perhaps across northern ireland, but feeling colder across the board, it to 10 celsius where we keep that milder feeling air still across the south west of england and the channel islands potentially. and that rain returns, it pushes further northwards as a warm front as it bumps into that colder air, then it's likely to turn to snow as we head through the first part of thursday morning across northern ireland, wales and into the north midlands, also the north of england, particularly over the higher ground. milder air towards

the south, of course, but this is where we're likely to see the snow. widely 2 to 5 centimetres, even to low levels with the intensity, but 10 to 20 centimetres perhaps over the hills. so that cold air continues to push further northwards. it's quite a deep area of low pressure, it will bring some heavy rain to the south, and also some strong gusty winds and maybe some blizzard—like conditions for a while, particularly towards eastern areas. that snow moves across scotland, rain towards the south. there will be some strong gusty winds as well and again, a range of temperatures.

live from london. this is bbc news. the first picture of king charles since his cancer diagnosis. the king has now started his treatment. the king and queen camilla seen leaving clara's house, he has now started his treatment. prince harry having arrived back in the uk from california to see his father. 0ther california to see his father. other main headlines today. donald trump appeals he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. a year—round from the earthquake that killed more than 53,000 people in turkey, eight say major rebuilding still has not begun. and the bbc learns the uk government is preparing to offer dentists cash incentives to take on nhs patients in england. we will have the latest.