an ai tool tested by an nhs hospital trust successfully identified tiny signs of breast cancer in women which had been missed by human doctors. sport, and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. it's a big night for wales later, they face finland at the cardiff city stadium in their euro 2024 qualifying play—off semifinal. the winner will face poland or estonia next tuesday to decide who makes it to germany this summer. having failed to qualify for a major tournament between 1958 and 2016, wales are aiming to reach their third successive euros and the pressure of play—off football is nothing new for the welsh, who memorably beat austria and ukraine in 2022 en route to qualifying for their first world cup in 64 years.

they must now replicate those performances and rob page says they are moving in the right direction. we qualified in 2016 and got to the semifinals but the success of that has enabled us to invest the money and give us the opportunity to qualify for the next euros which is what we did. again, a work in progress, we qualified against all the odds for the world cup, disappointing when we got there but it stones, we have gone forward two, back one from our performances in the world cup we have learned from that. also hoping for a spot at the world cup is ukraine who play bosnia and herzegovina later. ukraine missed out on automatic qualification on goal difference to italy, drawing 0—0 in theirfinal game. they are aiming to qualify for their fourth successive european championship. of course we know it is going to be tough because they have an amazing team. they also have some experienced

players which are going to share their experience to the others and every national team plays much better in front of their fans so we are expecting a very tough game. hopefully we can find and show our best performance. the winners of the tie will play against israel or iceland, luxembourg, are two games away from their first major tournament before a potential final against kazakhstan or greece for the right to reach the finals in germany. lewis hamilton has praised fi academy director susie wolff for taking legal action against the fia following its controversial conflict—of—interest inquiry into her last year. hamilton said he was incredibly proud of susie wolff, adding that he thought she was so brave and stands for such great values and she is such a leader. wolff's legal case is believed to be one of defamation against a number of senior figures within the fia.

to tennis, and jannik sinner�*s told the bbc that he's embracing the scrutiny that comes with winning his first grand slam title. the italian won the australian open in january after beatting daniil medvedev in a five set thiller. sinner�*s preparing for his second round match agianst andrea vavassori i feel lucky to be ifeel lucky to be in i feel lucky to be in the ifeel lucky to be in the position but that's it, if you lose the match, the next day you have to work and if you win the match, you work anyway so you have to be really careful with opponents because opponents know you and want to beat you. i like to be in this position because it makes me a better player. to basketball and cleveland cavaliers head coachjb bickerstaff says he's been threatened by gamblers and has reported it to the nba. he claims hisjob has become more challenging because of gamblers

contacting him asking him to influence things during games. i've personally had my own instances with some of the sport's gamblers where they got my telephone number and were sending me crazy messages about where i live and my kids and all that stuff so it's a dangerous game and a fine line that we are walking. i understand the business side of it, but it is something i believe has gone too far. and that's all the sport for now. the us has filed a lawsuit against apple, accusing it of monopolising the smartphone market. before that, the bank of england has held interest rates at 5.25% for the fifth time in a row — the highest they've been for 15 years.

the bank's under growing pressure to cut interest rates due to a sharp drop in february's inflation figures. and that goes for other central banks, as global inflation eases from record highs. such as the us federal reserve where interest rates are at 5.5%, and the european central bank with current interest rates at 4.5%. some institutions, particularly in emerging markets, have already started cutting rates — such as china where one of their key interest rates dropped to 3.45% last year. and the battle against inflation is working according to the swiss national bank, who on thursday cut interest rates to 1.5% — the first to do so among the major central banks. however, as inflation is still above many other central banks�* targets — which in most advanced economies is 2%, including here in the uk — policymakers warn it'll be difficult to meet that target.

so, with higher prices globally, many are still feeling the pinch in their pockets. so how does it affect mortgages? let's speak to homeowner ben howard in bristol, who expects to see his mortgage payments double. thank you forjoining us. we've just given you a load of figures, it all sounds very technical and financial, but just tell us what this means when you heard that the interest rate level was going to remain unchanged today, what does that mean in reality for you? i unchanged today, what does that mean in reality for you?— in reality for you? i don't think it was necessarily _ in reality for you? i don't think it was necessarily a _ in reality for you? i don't think it was necessarily a surprise, - in reality for you? i don't think it was necessarily a surprise, we . in reality for you? i don't think it . was necessarily a surprise, we don't consider ourselves very savvy when it comes to these things, but we've taken some advice previously where the best advice is to expect things to triple in terms of what our mortgage rates would be and then if you get better news of the back of that, that's a bonus. it may not necessarily cripple for us, but we are certainly looking squeezed in

terms of what our mortgage is going to be in the next few months. that makes a huge _ to be in the next few months. that makes a huge difference. i'm guessing you understand the fact that the issue is about inflation and trying to make sure that doesn't go high, but the reality is that whilst it might be good for savers, that the interest rate hasn't been cut, for people who have got a mortgage and particularly if you're having to renegotiate that mortgage, the likelihood is your payments are going up. the likelihood is your payments are oiini.u_ , the likelihood is your payments are oiiinu_ , the likelihood is your payments are auoin u. n, , , going up. absolutely, we considered ourselves quite _ going up. absolutely, we considered ourselves quite fortunate, _ going up. absolutely, we considered ourselves quite fortunate, we - going up. absolutely, we considered ourselves quite fortunate, we are i ourselves quite fortunate, we are just coming out the back of a five year fix and we were nervous of that fixing atjust under 2% and we would be in dreamland if anything like that was offered to us now, but it's quite a stark reality in terms of what that's going to mean so we are going to have to look at cutting costs, it might mean there is potentially less we can save because we are going to put more into that, we are going to put more into that, we would love to have overpaid into a mortgage and save some of that

interest in the longer terms but it doesn't seem like anything that's going to be viable from now on. what going to be viable from now on. what sort of mortgage _ going to be viable from now on. what sort of mortgage deals are being offered at the moment? the sort of mortgage deals are being offered at the moment? the end rate that we would — offered at the moment? the end rate that we would have _ offered at the moment? the end rate that we would have gone _ offered at the moment? the end rate that we would have gone on - offered at the moment? the end rate that we would have gone on to - offered at the moment? the end rate that we would have gone on to with l that we would have gone on to with our existing provider is a standard and variable and that would have gone up to 8.5% so that was quite eye watering if we sat on our laurels and hadn't done anything, depending on how how you want to cut that, we looked at the tracker and may be given ourselves more flexibility in the hope that things would improve. we are sort of looking at 5.5, 6%, coming down to a five year, two—year, three years, probably hovering around the late falls in terms of what we've been able to see across a number of lenders from a broker we had been using. i’m lenders from a broker we had been usini. �* , ., , lenders from a broker we had been usini.�* , ., , , using. i'm sure many people will empathise _ using. i'm sure many people will empathise with _ using. i'm sure many people will empathise with your _ using. i'm sure many people will empathise with your position. i

using. i'm sure many people will. empathise with your position. good luck finding the best deal you can. next, an update on the post office it scandal here in the uk and the bbc has learnt that an expert witness was asked by a post office prosecutor to consider changing his testimony to avoid what he believed was a "damaging concession". an engineerfrom fujitsu, garethjenkins, rephrased parts of a report about the it system, after advice from barrister warwick tatford. that evidence was used in the case against subpostmistress seema misra, who was wrongly jailed, while she was pregnant. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has the story. the horizon it system was central to the post office scandal. testimony supporting its credibility was used time and again to prosecute sub—postmasters accused of theft or fraud. one was seema misra, accused of stealing £75,000 and eventually sent to jail while she was pregnant. at her trial in 2010, garethjenkins, the architect

of horizon, was called as an independent witness. but evidence submitted to the public inquiry raises questions aboutjust how well he carried out that role. he sent his draught witness statement to warwick tatford, the post office's barrister. in it, he said he could not 10%... he meant 100%. ..rule out problems with horizon screens as a possible cause for some cash shortfalls. mr tatford responded, saying, "please rephrase, as this will be taken as a damaging concession." in the final testimony, mrjenkins said, "no scenario had been presented that could explain losses because of poorly calibrated touch screens." mrjenkins also agreed with an expert defence witness that there could have been issues with training on the horizon system. he wrote... "i support his finding regarding discrepancies in cash in almost every period." mr tatford wrote back... "your agreement might be interpreted as a concession that the crown," ie the post office's case, is entirely flawed."

again, mrjenkins changed his statement and instead wrote, "cash discrepancies indicated at least poor management within the branch and probably something more serious." by law, all the draft documents should have been shared with seema misra's defence team, but all they saw was the final version after all the changes have been made. she told us she found it horrible, the idea that words were being put into the mouth of an expert witness. and herformer solicitor said it was clear her client had been denied a fair trial. seema misra has previously spoken about the toll her conviction took on her. if i wouldn't have been pregnant, i would have killed myself. because for me, like, i gave a bad name to my family, being to prison. so i would say, the youngest one kept me alive and the eldest one kept my husband alive. giving evidence to the public inquiry, warwick tatford apologised unreservedly to seema misra and added this admission. no, i think it is unfair and i'm sorry for that. ican... i think what i was doing wasjust

trying to clarify matters and make things clear. but i do agree that i've overstepped the mark there. garethjenkins is one ofjust two people involved with the whole scandal currently under police investigation. what this evidence shows is that the net should be probably widening to take in a much wider group of people, including lawyers working within the post office and outside the post office. neither mrjenkins nor mr tatford wanted to comment further at this stage. the post office said it was focused on righting the wrongs of the past. mark ashdown, bbc news. well, we can speak to seema mistra, seen in that piece there now, a former sub—postmistress. thank you for speaking to us here on bbc news. you have spoken to many news organisations over the last few months. just when you think all the twists and turns in this story, you have heard them all, there seems to be another one. what have you made

to this latest strand of the story that clearly affected you so deeply? as you mentioned, when you think that's it, no more surprises, something comes up. it is horrible. i have seen it online and on a piece of paper. i can't even believe that this can happen, but it did. we have to remind viewers _ this can happen, but it did. we have to remind viewers of— this can happen, but it did. we have to remind viewers of your _ this can happen, but it did. we have to remind viewers of your particular| to remind viewers of your particular story, that you were pregnant at the time that the court case happened. it couldn't come at a worse time in terms of your personal life and then finding out that something like this might have happened. how do you feel about it? i might have happened. how do you feel about it? . , , . might have happened. how do you feel about it? ., , , . ., might have happened. how do you feel about it? .,, , . ., ' about it? i was sentenced for 15 months and _ about it? i was sentenced for 15 months and i — about it? i was sentenced for 15 months and i was _ about it? i was sentenced for 15 months and i was pregnant, - about it? i was sentenced for 15 months and i was pregnant, it i about it? i was sentenced for 15 i months and i was pregnant, it was someone trying to put words in another person's mouth. at the same time, on the very first page of the

statement, it says i will be liable for prosecution if it has been tampered with or not correct so it doesn't make one person guilty and another not. it doesn't make one person guilty and another not-— another not. it feels like there should be _ another not. it feels like there should be a — another not. it feels like there should be a lot _ another not. it feels like there should be a lot more - another not. it feels like there should be a lot more people . another not. it feels like there - should be a lot more people being asked a lot more questions about their conduct in terms of the investigation, in terms of the post office but also in terms of fujitsu. office but also in terms of fujitsu. definitely, each and every single person responsible for the scandal, either government, fujitsu, royal mail or post office, they need to be cautioned or put behind bars, that would be proper accountability. in terms of the compensation and the things the government are doing at the moment, are you happy that is progressing at the pace that you and your fellow sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresss are? —— is? ida.

your fellow sub-postmasters and sub-postmistresss are? -- is? no, it is 'ust sub-postmistresss are? -- is? no, it is just delaying _ sub-postmistresss are? -- is? no, it is just delaying and — sub-postmistresss are? -- is? no, it isjust delaying and delaying, - sub-postmistresss are? -- is? no, it isjust delaying and delaying, there i is just delaying and delaying, there needs to be a full investigation for every person. it’s needs to be a full investigation for every person-— every person. it's good to talk to ou and every person. it's good to talk to you and remind _ every person. it's good to talk to you and remind people _ every person. it's good to talk to you and remind people of - every person. it's good to talk to you and remind people of your. every person. it's good to talk to - you and remind people of your story, one that is very much ongoing. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

the us has filed a landmark lawsuit against apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition. in the lawsuit, thejustice department alleges the company used its power to limit competitors as well as the options available to consumers. apple has vowed to "vigorously" fight the lawsuit and denies the claims. let's speak to our business correspondent

in new york, michelle fleury. that was a fairly lengthy press conference by the attorney general. take us through what the claims are ljy take us through what the claims are by the us and why they have felt the need to bring this case. if by the us and why they have felt the need to bring this case.— need to bring this case. if you've ever used _ need to bring this case. if you've ever used an _ need to bring this case. if you've ever used an apple _ need to bring this case. if you've ever used an apple product, - need to bring this case. if you've ever used an apple product, like i need to bring this case. if you've i ever used an apple product, like an iphone, you know the sort of ecosystem that exists in their product is very much what is described in business terms as a walled garden approach, you enter�*s apple's world and everything you come into contact with is designed ljy come into contact with is designed by the company. that is at the heart of this complaint against it, this lawsuit by the department ofjustice in 16 states heat in the united states, saying that that approach has a stifled competition and reduced choice for consumers. apple has vigorously denied this, it says it is attacking the way we design our products for consumers and

intend to fight this all the way because so much is at stake, but over the last few years, we have seen these types of complaints against apple and other big tech firms, the idea that they are these important gatekeepers who are controlling so much of what we do online and that really is striking a blow against that.— blow against that. what are the implications? _ blow against that. what are the implications? you _ blow against that. what are the implications? you mentioned . blow against that. what are the i implications? you mentioned the statement by apple, they also say this is setting a dangerous precedent, that it is empowering government to take a heavy hand in designing people's technology. ii designing people's technology. if you are threatening a company's business model and the way they approach their products, then from apple's perspective, that's exactly what's happening here but if you look at what's been going on recently, in europe with regulators there but he did in the united states, there is an increasing sense of i need to regulate more and do more, and you can look at the fight between epic games which makes

fornite who complained that they couldn't charge consumers directly for a subscription model, they had to go through apple, and these are the kind of arguments that have been going on. apple and other technology companies face potential fines going on. apple and other technology companies face potentialfines if they don't adjust how their products work. i think this is us regulators in some ways playing catch up but with his massive lawsuit that is going to take a lot of apple's energy and focus in the years ahead presumably. flan energy and focus in the years ahead presumably-— energy and focus in the years ahead iresumabl . ., , , .,, , , presumably. can presumably be quite a com-lex, presumably. can presumably be quite a complex. lengthy — presumably. can presumably be quite a complex, lengthy process _ presumably. can presumably be quite a complex, lengthy process as - presumably. can presumably be quite a complex, lengthy process as well, | a complex, lengthy process as well, bringing a lawsuit against a company like apple. bringing a lawsuit against a company like ai ile. , i. bringing a lawsuit against a company like ale. , ~' bringing a lawsuit against a company likeaiile. , ~ like apple. yes, if you think back to the '90s, _ like apple. yes, if you think back to the '90s, there _ like apple. yes, if you think back to the '90s, there was _ like apple. yes, if you think back to the '90s, there was an - like apple. yes, if you think back i to the '90s, there was an anti-trust to the �*90s, there was an anti—trust case brought against microsoft at the time. it went on for years and years. 0bviously the time. it went on for years and years. obviously the company is still around today and is successful, a leader in artificial intelligence, but it was a huge distraction for the company. that's

why you are seeing apple's share price falling lower because investors are looking at this again instead of focusing on products and the things they make for consumers, they are going to be partly focus on how to address these regulatory concerns. in how to address these regulatory concerns. , ., ~ ,, ., concerns. in terms of apple and ieo i le concerns. in terms of apple and people looking _ concerns. in terms of apple and people looking at _ concerns. in terms of apple and people looking at the _ concerns. in terms of apple and people looking at the company, i concerns. in terms of apple and i people looking at the company, what does it mean for them? it people looking at the company, what does it mean for them?— people looking at the company, what does it mean for them? it depends on how ou does it mean for them? it depends on how you fall- — does it mean for them? it depends on how you fall. some _ does it mean for them? it depends on how you fall. some people _ does it mean for them? it depends on how you fall. some people will - does it mean for them? it depends on how you fall. some people will say, i how you fall. some people will say, the reason i like apple is this kind of walled garden approach, that it's easy to use all its applications, software, hardware, it's very seamlessly integrated. the flip side of that is if you want more freedom to choose how you do things on their system, thatjust isn't offered at the moment and given that they have such a huge shade of the market, over 50% here in the united states, that becomes a concern so it really depends what kind of user you are. those who like to be a bit more

spoon—fed in terms of technology, if you like, might find this reduces some of that going forward and i think that's the direction we seem to be moving on, if you look at where you are seeing anti—trust action and also regulators, there is action and also regulators, there is a real concern amongst lawmakers around the world over how much control these tech companies have and there is an attempt to wrestle some of that back. an ai tool being tested in scotland has identified tiny breast cancer tumours in 11 women, which had been missed by doctors. the technology was piloted alongside national health service clinicians and analysed the mammograms of more than 10,000 women. our technology editor zoe kleinmann has more details. let's speak to the chief investigator on the study. we get

used to negative stories about al but this is a real positive, isn't it, how ai could positively help clinicians. take us through the study. clinicians. take us through the stud . , clinicians. take us through the stud. , ., ~' study. exactly and i think the irinci ial study. exactly and i think the principal is — study. exactly and i think the principal is that _ study. exactly and i think the principal is that you - study. exactly and i think the l principal is that you sometimes study. exactly and i think the - principal is that you sometimes hear stories of ai thatjust appear but you never see the follow—through or the results of the evaluations and trials, and this was funded by the nhs health and social care ward and we worked with paramedical, microsoft and the university of aberdeen, and it's a real project from february to october of last year. it's different from other ai projects where they just year. it's different from other ai projects where theyjust look year. it's different from other ai projects where they just look at things in retrospect in a secure environment, this was real, this actually happened, and we were able to find the additional cancers. the ke here to find the additional cancers. the key here is _ to find the additional cancers. the key here is that clinicians missed,

because they were so tiny, the beginnings of cancer but ai because they were so tiny, the beginnings of cancer but al was able to detect, is that correct? i beginnings of cancer but al was able to detect, is that correct?— to detect, is that correct? i think the word mist _ to detect, is that correct? i think the word mist might _ to detect, is that correct? i think the word mist might be - to detect, is that correct? i think i the word mist might be something we wouldn't want to dwell on —— the word "missed", because everybody will not appreciate everything on a mammogram, that's why you have two human readers on a mammogram screening programme in the uk. the first two human reads and then the additional human reads. because you have six cancers and about 1,000 mammograms, you need to be really switched on to find these six cancers, so having the ai as an extra tool, as a safety net in the process, it's what you are looking for to give you a hand. it will augment me and make me better, and someone that catches things in case it passes through. it was able to pick up all these very small

cancers, and it needed the human to come and check, is that something or is it not? the way we did it, humans looked at it first, and we said this is normal, then we activated the ai, and the ai is normal, then we activated the ai, and the al was able to show us something and say, what about this area? think about it again and let us know how you feel full stop and we looked about it as a group of radiologists and we thought, we think there is something there. i offered 55 ladies that we called back, we found a cancers in this group. —— we found 11 cancers in this group. it will not replace radiologists, the royal college of radiologists, we are going to be 29% radiologists short in the near future. we are finding six cancers in 1,000 mammograms, flip it the

other way, while this ai is also good at finding normal mammograms and we have modelled so that if a human says it is negative and the ai says it is negative, we haven't missed any cancers. g, says it is negative, we haven't missed any cancers. a fascinating stud , missed any cancers. a fascinating study. thank _ missed any cancers. a fascinating study. thank you _ missed any cancers. a fascinating study, thank you for _ missed any cancers. a fascinating study, thank you for talking i missed any cancers. a fascinating study, thank you for talking to i missed any cancers. a fascinating | study, thank you for talking to us. stay with us here on bbc news. well, at this time of year, with light winds and some sunshine, we can get some spring warmth. and that's what we had yesterday. warmest day of the year so far, just shy of 19 degrees in surrey. and it wasn't a bad start today. and surrey is probably one of the areas where we could see the highest values once again. different story further north and west in east renfrewshire. we've already seen some sharp showers here, all tied into this area of low pressure. and along the southern flank, plenty of isobars, so strong to gale—force gusts of wind as well. now, this has been the progress

of the rain so far today. it's fairly light and drizzly as it moves its way across wales and north west england. but we've got some heavier bursts across western scotland and northern ireland, accompanied by gusts of winds in excess of 50 to 60 miles an hour. some brightness by the end of the day in the far north. cloudy with some brief glimpses of sunshine from time to time. so that will have an effect on what we get as our highest value. 16 or 17 degrees, though, not out of the question. through the night tonight, our weather front will continue to sink its way steadily southward. so a blanket of cloud holding those temperatures up. clearer skies and a few scattered showers at further north. so here, we're looking at around four or five degrees as a morning minimum. so we're going to start off tomorrow, then, bright and breezy, with gales or severe gales developing across the far north of scotland. and a rash of showers here. early morning rain across the south east of england will gradually ease away, but it'll take its time in doing so. brighter skies behind and temperatures down a little, 9 to 12 celsius. and that's the story

as we go into the weekend. the milder air is gradually going to be squeezed over to the near continent, low pressure dominates for the start of the weekend, and the wind direction will play its part. it is going to be a blustery day, gusty winds widely, and that'll drive in a rash of showers from the north and west. and yes, with elevation, there could be some wintry showers in there as well. but if you dodge the showers, get a little bit of shelter and some sunshine, it still won't feel too bad. but you can see the wind gusts generally 30 to 45 miles an hour, and that'll make it feel fresher than we've seen of late, 9 to 10 celsius. a little bit quieter as we go into sunday, and hopefully fewer showers around as well. whatever you're doing, have a great weekend.

live from london, this is bbc news. the us files a landmark lawsuit against apple, accusing the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market. israeli forces say they've killed 50 palestinian gunmen in continuing fighting around gaza city's al—shifa hospital. the us has submitted a draft un security council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza — linked to the release of hostages. a new report found a generation of

british women are owed apologies and compensation because of state pension changes. eu leaders are in brussels discussing whether profits from frozen russian assets could be used to help arm ukraine. hello, i'm sarah campbell. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us has filed a landmark lawsuit against apple, which accuses the tech giant of monopolising the smartphone market and crushing competition. in the lawsuit, the justice department alleges the company used its power to limit competitors as well as the options available to consumers. apple has vowed to "vigorously" fight the lawsuit and denies the claims.

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