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rishi sunak pays tribute to the three british aid workers killed in the attack — describing the deaths as an �*awful, awful tragedy�* as politicians in the uk call for an arms embargo. dozens remain trapped in road tunnels in taiwan— after the biggest earthquake there in 25 years. at least nine people have died, with more than 800 injured. and the president of botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to germany in a dispute over conservation. time for a look at the business news now. good afternoon, a quick look at our top stories. energy leaders are faced with multiple diverse challenges on the path to net zero. amongst them are ensuring energy

security, affordability and delivering wider economic goals right around the world. in particular, global energy systems are showing signs of deficiencies and strains everywhere. these are the findings of the �*2024 world energy issues monitor', a major international survey by the �*world energy council'. dr angela wilkinson is secretary general and ceo of the body, and she told me about the big challenges energy sector. the energy transition is definitely a puzzle that has to be managed. there is no such thing as an easy or straightforward pathway to the future, it doesn't matter what you are doing. this year's world energy issues monitor shows across the board in all regions and segments, there is a growing sense of uncertainty, a growing concern about turbulence and the good news might be that we actually have to navigate rather than assume

it is all going to happen. as you highlighted these bottlenecks and the issues, were you able to come up with solutions at all? the world energy issues monitorjust takes the pulse of where our energy leaders are paying attention, to action priorities, what is keeping them busy during the day and what is keeping them awake at night. this year it shows it is geopolitics, geopolitics, geopolitics. and what is keeping them busy during the day is a mix of three action priorities, there is no energy transition without transmission and there is a big gap between the amount of investment going into renewable energy generation and the investment going into grid extension, and connecting that new energy sources to users. so transmission is a big action priority. so is stakeholder engagement. we cannot manage this orderly transition if we do not all get involved and there is a weak bottom

up engagement going on. and the third area of action that is moving up is everybody agrees that climate change is a big concern in terms of energy transitions, but the priorities and agenda for climate mitigation, adaptation and compensation vary significantly between regions. in highlighting the lack of investment to help with improving capacity, is it that a lot of these energy leaders don't really want to face the bill that this entails? we all face the bill, whatever system we operate in is the general public pay for everything, businesses will pass on costs, they have to make investments. i wouldn't focus so much... there is no shortage of technology or money, it is attracting the money to energy transitions, so that is about capital markets

and whether they are incentivised to put investment into energy systems, it is about enabling the investment in infrastructure, but most of all it is about engaging society so they think there is a huge benefit for them from this energy transition, rather than just a cost and a bill to foot. the walt disney company's boardroom battle with billionaire shareholder, nelson peltz, is coming to a head this week. disney will shortly announce the results of a shareholder ballot to determine the makeup of its board of directors. the company has urged shareholders to support its own slate of nominess. its own slate of nominees. that doesn't include nelson peltz or a second nominee that his own company is also backing. let's get more now from michelle fleury who's covering this from new york.

why is it a tassle? what is the issue? �* . why is it a tassle? what is the issue? . , ., ., , issue? annual shareholder meetings are dry affairs- _ issue? annual shareholder meetings are dry affairs. this _ issue? annual shareholder meetings are dry affairs. this one _ issue? annual shareholder meetings are dry affairs. this one should - are dry affairs. this one should offer a roller—coaster ride because offer a roller—coaster ride because of this battle that was brought by an activist investor nelson peltz. the complaint was that disney's share price is not high enough, an argument that does hold some water if you compare it to netflix, that is worth based on share price five times the amount of disney, that has the parts, the attractions, the slate of films and movies, the intellectual property as well as the streaming business and yet its valuation is much lower. i tend to look at it as two things, a question about succession, he will replace bob iger. the last time he was replaced it didn't go well and they had to bring him back. since his return there have not been enough steps taken return there have not been enough

steps ta ken to return there have not been enough steps taken to address that. the other thing is streaming, one of the complaints made by nelson peltz. it is a difficult challenge any difficult time for disney, and clearly enough people are unhappy that high—profile backers are supporting nelson peltz, whether it is elon musk or the californian pension fund.— is elon musk or the californian pension fund. how is it likely to end? at the _ pension fund. how is it likely to end? at the moment _ pension fund. how is it likely to end? at the moment it - pension fund. how is it likely to end? at the moment it looks i pension fund. how is it likely to | end? at the moment it looks as pension fund. how is it likely to i end? at the moment it looks as if disney has _ end? at the moment it looks as if disney has prevailed, _ end? at the moment it looks as if disney has prevailed, they - end? at the moment it looks as if disney has prevailed, they appear end? at the moment it looks as if i disney has prevailed, they appear to have got enough votes to ward off this challenge. if you look at the share price right now, given the fact that disney's boards is expected to succeed in getting the slate of directors they want appointed, the share price is trading down today and that reflects the fact that disney is vulnerable to a challenge, and even though it didn't succeed this time around, some people feel the criticism is warranted. some people feel the criticism is warranted-— some people feel the criticism is warranted. ., ~ , ., , . the head of the un s intellectual property agency says there's no appetite for global

regulations governing artificial intelligence or ai — not yet at least. new figures show ai is behind a growing number of patent applications received by the world intellectual property 0rganisation — or wipo — but the overall number of applications fell last year for the first time in 14 years. so are difficulties in the global economy getting in the way of innovation? 0ur reporterjonathanjosephs spoke to wipo's director—general, daren tang. i think what we are seeing is that for the last two years there has been a difficult situation macro economically. interest rates have gone up, money supply has dried up, and with the result that venture capital deal flow has reduced considerably. and i think this — what this means is that it may be resulting in a reduction of oxygen to the fire of innovation. and i think what we need to do is that, you know, we are trying to encourage policymakers to look at this

and to make sure that when people are innovative, they all have the best environment, right. to bring the idea to the market. when central banks are thinking about the cost of borrowing, are they thinking sufficiently about innovation and the perhaps chilling effect that high costs of borrowing can have on innovation? i think there are probably two ways to look at this. but, in this moment of downturn, right, what we tend to see is that there is a focus on quality again. that may not necessarily be a bad thing for innovation ecosystems around the world. so, for when the cycle turns up again, there will really be game—changing technologies that come into the market, just like after the financial crisis in 2010. so when we look at innovation in the global economy at the moment, a lot of the talk is about artificial intelligence. what are the trends that you're seeing? are companies actually coming up with ways to use this emerging technology? digital technology is growing 170% faster than other types of technology. and, within that right, ai patenting activity is growing at 700%.

and 20% of the 700% is generative ai patenting activity. so we're certainly seeing the ip data that a lot of the growth is coming from al and generative ai. and i think we're beginning to see some of these applications. so, for example, we know that there has been an ai called gnome that has created millions of new materials, crystals that can be used for all kinds of applications. and i think these are early days yet. and i think, what i like to say about al is, that if any new technology, we probably overestimate its impact in the short run, but underestimate its impact in the long run. lets take a look at some other news... in the uk, royal mail wants to keep its current 6—day delivery of first class letters between monday and saturday, under new proposals set out as part of a reform package. parent company, �*international

distribution services�*, is under pressure to cut costs and has suggested second class letters should be delivered every other weekday. the government has previously opposed reducing the service. inflation in europe fell to 2.4 percent in march, according to the latest figures. that�*s lower than expected. the drop has been led by smaller increases in food and goods prices. the ecb is under pressure to perhaps loosen its monetary policy. experts predict a long—awaited interest rate cut may come as early asjune. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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and now for a story that�*s doing well online — the president of botswana, has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to germany, after the environment ministry in berlin suggested there should be stricter limits on the import of trophy hunting. the president, told the german newspaper, bild, that conservation efforts had led to an explosion in his country�*s elephant population and that hunting was vital to keep them in check. let�*s speak to nicola white, senior wildlife campaigns manager at humane society international uk. welcome to the programme. what is your reaction to this story? we welcome to the programme. what is your reaction to this story?— your reaction to this story? we are sympathetic. _ your reaction to this story? we are sympathetic, obviously, _ your reaction to this story? we are sympathetic, obviously, with - your reaction to this story? we are sympathetic, obviously, with the l sympathetic, obviously, with the thoughts of botswana officials and we do understand. however, trophy hunting is an extracted practice which is based on data which is not

strictly accurate, it is very difficult to understand how much actually is beneficial to the communities, and it is a practice thatis communities, and it is a practice that is not supported by everybody. we did actually carry out a letter last year, which was signed by a number of different community leaders in africa, who are not in support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as — support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a _ support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline, _ support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline, the - support of trophy hunting. it sounds ridiculous as a headline, the threat l ridiculous as a headline, the threat to send 20,000 elephants to germany, but the point the president is trying to make it as he thinks the germans simply do not understand the problems they are dealing with, a population that has grown, that causes damage and if you ban trophy hunting, he says he will impoverish his people. do you understand some of the difficulties they are trying to juggle? of the difficulties they are trying tojuggle? irate of the difficulties they are trying to “u: ule? ., of the difficulties they are trying to 'ule? ~ ., ,., , tojuggle? we do understand, but what we would _

tojuggle? we do understand, but what we would say _ tojuggle? we do understand, but what we would say is _ tojuggle? we do understand, but what we would say is there - tojuggle? we do understand, but what we would say is there are i what we would say is there are humane alternatives such as immuno contraception projects for elephants which humane society international has funded for a long time now and can produce scientific evidence on the benefits of this. we also would say, especially in the uk, the uk public does support a ban on imports of trophy hunting, and we are not trying to tell botswana or any other african country or any country that carries out trophy hunting what to do. we are merely saying we do not want the imports to come here. fit, want the imports to come here. a quick one, i am puzzled why germany is the eu�*s largest importer of african elephant to traverse. do you understand it? any reference to the uk in terms of a ban. the ban is still not in, is it? it uk in terms of a ban. the ban is still not in, is it?— still not in, is it? it is not, we had the second _ still not in, is it? it is not, we had the second reading - still not in, is it? it is not, we had the second reading of - still not in, is it? it is not, wej had the second reading of the still not in, is it? it is not, we - had the second reading of the bill which is going through the house of commons at the moment. we do

understand that trophy hunting is something that some individuals, and it is a very small minority of individuals, like to do. it does seem to be something which they do because they want to bring a trophy home. but what we need to remember is that trophy is an animal, a sentience animal that has gone through suffering, eitherfear, through suffering, either fear, pain, through suffering, eitherfear, pain, in orderfor that trophy through suffering, eitherfear, pain, in order for that trophy to through suffering, eitherfear, pain, in orderfor that trophy to be brought home. it is an extracted practice we are targeting animals that are endangered, threatened, vulnerable and bring it trophies back to the country where the hunter lives. we believe this is a practice thatis lives. we believe this is a practice that is outdated. irate lives. we believe this is a practice that is outdated.— lives. we believe this is a practice that is outdated. we have to leave it there, that is outdated. we have to leave it there. but _ that is outdated. we have to leave it there, but thank _ that is outdated. we have to leave it there, but thank you _ that is outdated. we have to leave it there, but thank you for - that is outdated. we have to leave it there, but thank you forjoiningl it there, but thank you forjoining us live on the programme. american actress kirsten dunst says her new film about a civil war in present—day america is a warning about what could happen. the film — called civil war — features a president some have compared to donald trump. its written and directed by alex garland, who s behind

dystopian hits such as 28 days later. charlotte gallagher has been talking to kirsten and alex about the film, as well as the hollywood gender pay gap. an america divided. engulfed by civil war. citizens of america... led by a president who is refusing to leave the white house. kirsten dunst plays a war photographer traumatised by her work. i think the movie is very much so a warning, and i think it leaves people with so much to think about, and ifeel like if you�*re in the theatre and you really take it in, i think it�*s a very moving piece about journalists, and you don�*t really get that look inside in the way that alex filmed this movie, and kind of felt very realistic while watching the film. every time i survived a war zone, i thought i was sending a warning home. "don�*t do this."

but here we are. the film is set in america, but really this film is about two things. it's aboutjournalists, and it's about polarisation. populist politics and polarisation, which leads to extremism and extremist thinking, and that is happening in america, but it's happening here in this country, and has been happening here for a long time, and it's happening across europe. i could list the countries, or you could list the countries, where that would be true. he saved my life twice, and i�*ve never even seen his face. kirsten has been acting since she was a child, and as a teenager starred in some of the biggest films of the era. she had stardom, but she didn�*t have pay equality. i definitely grew up in a time with major pay disparity between the lead actor and myself, even though i had been in bring it on and he hadn�*t. and did you feel in that time you were in a position that you couldn�*t say,

"hang on, why is this person "being paid more than me?" i was very young and just felt like the time. what do you do? it was how it worked, i was 17, when you are at that age i am still learning my taste in film. nobody questioned it. male executives didn't question it. that's right. these are all - inherited opinions, they were not thought about. you represent the future. all eyes will be on you. i marie antoinette was one of kirsten dunst�*s big budget films. but it wasn�*t welcomed by the critics. the people who are watching that movie were my age, they were not movie reviewers. movie reviewers were old men. so to me, the people who enjoyed marie antoinette have now grown up and they were like, we loved this movie, but they will not be the ones writing the reviews. we grew up in a world where it is mankind, man this, man

that, that is the world in which we grow up. i think times have changed, don�*t do? i hope so. i hope so as well. i mean, hopefully the way i carved my path will help other actresses. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. a fascinating interview, you are watching bbc news. an advert posted on instagram by katie price has been banned by the advertising watchdog. in the ad, which promotes a low—calorie diet, the former model detailed her meals adding up to only 755 calories a day. the advertising standards authority said the ad was "irresponsible" and must not appear again. 0ur reporter aruna iyengar, has more from the newsroom. well, the ad, which was on instagram and featured katie price having her breakfast in the morning. it was a video of her, and extolling the virtues

of this low calorie diet that she was advertising. and the advertising standards authority, which monitors adverts and can come down and look at complaints and decide whether the advert should be withdrawn or not decided that this was a misleading advert because it said, first of all, that the advert should be clearly flagged and it said that you had to actually engage in the ad, you had to watch it in order to realise at the bottom of the post where it said #ad and that was only really at the bottom of the advert. so in order to get to that point, you would have had to have fully engaged in the advert before you actually saw that. so it was not clearly flagged enough. it was also said to be irresponsible because it showed katie price taking around 775 calories a day and it said that that was irresponsible to be promoting a diet which was less than 800 calories a day. and it said that really she should have been guiding her viewers towards medical advice before they took such an extreme diet and that she should have really emphasised

that the diet should only be taken for a short period of time. katie price has withdrawn the advert now. 0k. and there is another advert in the news today, this one about nationwide that features the actor dominic west that�*s been banned. what was the decision there and why? right. so again, the advertising standards authority said the advert was misleading. this featured dominic west, the actor. he was the bad boss of a fictional bank and basically it was criticising other banks for bank closures. this has been happening over the past couple of years where larger banks have been closing banks on the high street because people are changing the way that they are banking and the nationwide took out this advert between october and november last year and the asa said it was misleading because it led viewers to believe that nationwide had completely stopped closing its bank branches and that it would not be doing that any more.

and that, it said, was misleading because nationwide had actually said that it would not close any more branches until 2026 and before the adverts went out, it had closed branches, two branches in the previous year. so it said that was misleading. there was around 228 complaints about this. and one of the people who complained was the leading bank, the large bank, santander. motherhood and a career in football were, until recently, considered incompatible — with many players retiring early in order to start a family. but now, there�*s a growing number of mothers returning to the women s super league. katie gornall reports. you may know carla ward as aston villa women�*s manager. wsl history! but she has another, more importantjob. what did you do at school today? science! did you? mum to four—year—old hartley. 0k, are you going to sing to me?

wednesdays are special for ward. it�*s the only day she makes it home to sheffield in time for the school run. you are getting an incredible mum. thank you so much. i feel honoured. what does hartley think of yourjob? she�*s very proud. she loves myjob. yeah. she loves telling everyone that i�*m a football manager. ward co—parents hartley with her former partner. butjuggling the demands of motherhood and management is a struggle. it was just before christmas, hartley said to me, "why do we never "have a day off together?" because naturally i work on the weekends. it�*s mum guilt. it�*s tough, you know. you miss parents�* evening. you miss shows that she�*s doing. and that�*s when you start to question, what are you doing? why are you doing it? and is there longevity in it? it�*s a heavy heart, constant pulling battle. there�*s not many female managers at the top of the game. but do you think the struggle of balancing football and family life is a factor in all of that? 100%. ward says she feels supported at villa.

she is, though, one of only two mums managing in the top flight. herfriend emma hayes is the other, but the chelsea boss will soon leave for the usajob. a better work—life balance was part of the appeal. while mothers in management are a rarity, more top players are choosing to have children during their careers. west ham�*s katrina gorry is one of them. a mum to two—year—old harper. for as long as i knew, i kind of thought, you know, i�*d have to hang up the boots before i started a family. it�*s all i thought about. i dreamt about it. i just knew that there was something missing. and i went to an ivf clinic and four weeks later i was pregnant. and then after i had her, all i thought about is getting back to the game. ifelt like i loved it more than i ever had before. and having harper on the sideline, just it made me become more proud. she was back playing three months after giving birth and last summer walked out for australia at the world cup. she was one of the players of the tournament, but life�*s not been without its challenges. the amount of things you have to do

before you got out of the house just to get to training was insane. you just didn�*t think that you�*d be able to get through it. and i was breast—feeding her until she was about a year old, so that was hard trying to juggle that as well. but i had no doubt in my body that definitely wasn�*t a challenge for me. i knew i could, you know, i went through birth so i knew i could do anything. now that clubs are more supportive, football and family are coming together. it�*s taken baby steps, but the sport is changing. katie gornall, bbc news. coming up in the next hour will be live to westminster and live to jerusalem, as the pressure mounts on benjamin netanyahu to explain how seven aid workers were killed in israeli air strike. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with darren bett hello there. we�*ve got some windy weather on the way by the end of the week and some warmer weather,

too, but still some spells of rain. everything is sprinting across from the atlantic. this area of cloud bringing rain later, this one bringing rain overnight. and that cloud has brought rain today across scotland. it�*s been wettest in central and southern parts of scotland. with the north—easterly wind in scotland, it still feels on the cold side. it�*s more of a south—westerly wind elsewhere, which is why we�*re seeing higher temperatures. but the rain is all coming from the south—west. some rain into this evening still in scotland. then some showery outbreaks of rain pushing into england and wales overnight. some heavier bursts of rain in southernmost parts of england. the risk of thunder and strong winds in the channel. that will keep temperatures up here. still chilly air we�*ve got in scotland overnight. it could be cloudy, grey and even a damp day in scotland, possibly for northern ireland and the far north of england. elsewhere, further south, once the overnight rain clears away, we should see some sunshine with the odd shower around and more rain arriving in the south—west later. temperatures ahead of that could reach 15, i6. but still feeling cold across northern and eastern scotland in particular.

rain coming into the south—west, getting pushed northwards overnight by that area of low pressure. wet weather as we head into friday in scotland and northern ireland, maybe even some snow over the mountain tops. that will push through. then lots of showers following in on behind. these will be heavy and blustery as a southerly wind starts to strengthen. still cold in the north of scotland. temperatures elsewhere could make 17 to 18 in eastern areas of england. the next area of low pressure arriving for the start of the weekend. this one could be more threatening because it is deeper and it will mean much stronger winds as we head into saturday. rain from overnight on the weather front soon moves away from scotland. then again we will see sunshine and showers. the low itself is tracking to the west of ireland and bringing in a southerly wind. it will be a windy day on saturday with the strongest winds out towards western areas. but because it is a southerly, even the temperatures in scotland will be higher. but we could reach 20

degrees across east anglia, and that would make it the warmest day of the year so far. live from london. this is bbc news. the pressure ramps up on israel — to explain how seven aid workers were killed, in an israeli air strike in gaza. the attack on the aid convoy has raised new questions about the way israel is conducting its war in

gaza, as the country faces widespread condemnation. meanwhile, prime minister rishi sunak is the latest world leader here, rishi sunak pays tribute to the three british aid workers killed in the attack — describing the deaths as an "awful, this awful tragedy", as politicians in the uk call for an arms embargo. will talk live to one of his colleagues who spent months under police protection. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. israel is facing growing pressure to explain exactly how — seven people working for an aid charity were killed in an air strike in gaza. three britons were among those

who died in the attack on a world central kitchen convoy.