now, everybody, the pauls is in place and the screen is going to be there to block the view and prevent people from taking that picture. hello, i'm sally bundock. we begin in iran where funeral ceremonies for the president, ebrahim raisi, are getting under way — after his body was recovered on monday, from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. events will take place across the country before he is buried. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, will preside over the main ceremony. rescue teams found no survivors from the crash — which happened on sunday, as mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran's northern

neighbour, azerbaijan. the iranian foreign minister was also killed, along with everyone else on board. the cause of the crash has not yet been established. let's speak to our bbc persian reporter, bahman kalbassi in new york. hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from new he joins us now from new york. good to see you. talk us through then today, what's happening and when? the through then today, what's happening and when? the body of mr president _ happening and when? the body of mr president raisi _ happening and when? the body of mr president raisi and _ happening and when? the body of mr president raisi and foreign - mr president raisi and foreign minister and others in the team are first inter— breeze, in north—western iran and going to take iran and then to the city of gone, religious city and then to the northeast of iran where he will finally be buried, we had been established his power before entering the office of presidency. so, so

it's a sort of central religious city as well with a lot of power that president raisi had running the biggest shrine so, that's going to be the final resting place, that's what the supreme leader will also prayed to his body. it is an attempt by the regine to show support for him, to allow the public, especially the sympathisers of the regime to attend his funeral is in different cities and make those show of force and support for a president that was very clearly extremely unpopular and not just in the recent months but even when he entered office with the least loads of eligible voters in the history of iran's presidential election.— of iran's presidential election. ,, ., , election. so, while these funeral ceremonies - election. so, while these funeral ceremonies take | election. so, while these - funeral ceremonies take place, what sort of reaction do you think we will see across the rhine? ~ ., ., ., .,

rhine? well, we have to do have an orion. — rhine? well, we have to do have an orion. a _ rhine? well, we have to do have an orion. a very _ rhine? well, we have to do have an orion, a very angry, _ an orion, a very angry, dissatisfied public showed either complete indifference to his death or outright celebrated and cheered because of the legacy of oppression, of crackdown of protesters and his own personal involvement in the mass executions of political prisoners in late 1980. ——it around. and the other side with the sympathisers of the resume which in the first hour attended prayer services and then now our morning his loss. —— iran. that is a position of the reality of it safe to say a majority who doesn't care about attending any of these funerals versus the sympathisers and redeem support as well. as part of the reaction, the other, the

question of what happens now? there is a very quickly a presidential election going to happen at the end ofjune, 28th and that is when replacement will be picked by the expectation is unless something suddenly changes, the supreme leader will not allow the real challenge to people who were aligned with mr raisi that are likely running so therefore, we will see a person shall election with not a real competition, just like the one that got him to office. qm. that got him to office. ok, from bbc _ that got him to office. ok, from bbc persia, - that got him to office. ok, from bbc persia, thank. that got him to office. 0k, from bbc persia, thank you for talking to us about today. the events that will take place as today progresses. but reaction across iran. let's speak to freelance iranian journalist fereshteh sadeghi, who's in tehran. good to talk to you. so, today,

what will you be doing? another iranians doing while the centre take place?— take place? thank you for havin: take place? thank you for having me- _ take place? thank you for having me. as _ take place? thank you for having me. as your - take place? thank you for i having me. as your previous guest explained thoroughly, for the next three days in around, they will be funerals, first in they will be funerals, first in the city of tabriz where one of the city of tabriz where one of the companions of president raisi, the leader of that city who was quite popular will be followed by people and then, the rest of the jewry that he explained to you but it seems like according to what he says, it's a show of support and the islamic wants to establish a sort of support for itself through this funeral, i don't agree with him, i think that

president raisi, at least 48% of the population that about three years ago related to wim will attend his funeral too. yesterday, i was walking on the street and living north of tehran and i saw a woman, a lady, and when i was walking, i saw her and wejust lady, and when i was walking, i saw her and we just discussed shane's fear was in suddenly, she broke — and she broke into crying and she said that i remind — i remembered the day that another presidents, another a0 years ago was assassinated so it's not the feeling that we can stave a majority of people don't agree with this funeral with the feeling that are in the air. so, very mixed feelings about what has happened but you mentioned, a middle asian lady was talking about a previous assassination of a president, what he was saying about the circumstances of the death of president raisi?—

circumstances of the death of president raisi? you know, it ha en president raisi? you know, it happen as — president raisi? you know, it happen as a _ president raisi? you know, it happen as a chopper- president raisi? you know, it happen as a chopper crash, . president raisi? you know, it| happen as a chopper crash, for now, the islamic, the authorities have tried to make many speculations about what happened. according to what we are told and what we are seeing and you know, nowadays, everything is aligned, we can see whether forecast everything, it had been bad weather. maybe a technical fault but not more than that. and for now, i think it's better not to speculate about the causes of the incidence of what happened and wait for investigation. bill what happened and wait for investigation.— investigation. all right, “oininu investigation. all right, joining us _ investigation. all right, joining us live - investigation. all right, joining us live from - investigation. all right, - joining us live from tehran, a freelance challenges, thank you for talking to us on bbc news. so, just to say, iran will begin officialfuneral ceremonies injust a begin officialfuneral ceremonies in just a few hours as three days worth will be across that here on bbc news for you. we will have more on that later today.

here in the uk, the government is expected to outline plans for a compensation scheme for victims of the nhs contaminated blood scandal. it comes after a report, released on monday, outlined how there were years of deceptions and cover ups by doctors, the blood services, and successive governments — preventing people who were infected, and theirfamilies, from knowing what had happened. more than 30,000 people were infected with diseases like hiv and hepatitis c between the 1970s and 1990s. three thousand have already died. rishi sunak said the episode brought shame upon the british state. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. a moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger. he delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people

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expense successive governments refused to admit responsibility showing little interest in finding the truth, listening to those infected or taking action. the report prompted this apology from the prime minister. , , . this apology from the prime minister. , ., , minister. this is an apology from the — minister. this is an apology from the state _ minister. this is an apology from the state to _ minister. this is an apology from the state to every - minister. this is an apology i from the state to every single person impacted by the scandal. it did not have to be this way. it did not have to be this way. it should never have been this way. and on behalf of this and every government stretching back to the 1970s, i am truly sorry. back to the 1970s, i am truly sor . ., back to the 1970s, i am truly soi’ , ., , ., ., back to the 1970s, i am truly sor . ., ., ., sorry. those at the heart of the infected _ sorry. those at the heart of the infected blood - sorry. those at the heart of the infected blood scandal. sorry. those at the heart of i the infected blood scandal are now waiting to see what ministers have to say about long delayed compensation payments. long delayed compensation payments-— payments. petabit like christmas _ payments. petabit like christmas morning, i payments. petabit like. christmas morning, you payments. petabit like - christmas morning, you waking up christmas morning, you waking up and you've opened the present but not really the present but not really the present you wanted, the one we really want is about the whole sort of compensation. the key test of this — sort of compensation. the key test of this enquiry _ sort of compensation. the key test of this enquiry is - sort of compensation. the key test of this enquiry is whether| test of this enquiry is whether it can achieve real, long lasting, fundamental change in

the nhs in the medical profession, in government. so that a scandal as dreadful as this never happens again. the prosecution in donald trump's hush money trial in new york rested its case on monday. it came after a final day of testimony from his former fixer michael cohen. the defence is now presenting its evidence — but the first witness called by mr trump's team was involved in a row with the judge. from new york — here's our correspondent nada tawfik. this historic trial is winding down. prosecutors today rested their case — but before that, the defence took another crack at trying to undermine michael cohen's credibility. the biggest blow they scored today was having michael cohen admit on the stand that he stole from his former boss, donald trump. michael cohen admitted he invoiced the trump organization $50,000 for tech services from a company — but he then only paid the company

$20,000 and pocketed the rest. he said he did that because he was angry about his bonus being cut. but when the prosecution came back on redirect, they tried to rehabilitate their star witness, refocusing jurors to the fact that michael cohen is not the one on trial, and that michael cohen said he had no doubt that donald trump had authorised him to pay stormy daniels the $130,000 hush money payment over several conversations in october of 2016. but then, the most dramatic moment of this trial yet occurred when the defence began their case and called it wild card witness — robert costello, an attorney who offered his services to michael cohen when federal investigators were investigating him in 2018. now the prosecution has tried to paint robert costello as part of a pressure campaign to try to keep cohen in donald trump's fold. robert costello testified that michael cohen told him he swore he had nothing on donald trump.

costello also saying that he had cohen's interests in mind, not donald trump's. but things got heated as the judge sustained several of the prosecution's objections. robert costello, exasperated, remarked, "geez." the judge, angry about that, took time to remind him about proper court decorum — but then he got extremely angry, accusing robert costello of staring him down in his own court. he cleared the entire courtroom and told robert costello again how to properly behave. court resumed, but nonetheless that was the most striking moment of today and perhaps many key moments of the trial. now prosecutors will resumed their questioning of robert costello when court resumes on tuesday, and then next week, closing statements are scheduled, and the jury will soon get this case and decide donald

trump ultimate fate. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

president biden has condemned a request by a prosecutor at the international criminal court for an arrest warrant for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu — as �*outrageous.’ the prosecutor said mr netanyahu, his defence minister yoav gallant, and a number of senior leaders in hamas, should all face charges linked to war crimes. mr netanyahu said he was disgusted that a �*democratic israel�* had been compared with what he called �*mass murderers�*. hamas has said it denounces at attempt to equate the victim with the executioner. no warrants can be issued unless a panel ofjudges at the international criminal court agree.

neither israel, hamas, nor the us are members of the court. speaking at a jewish—american heritage month event in washington, president biden said he did not accept the genocide allegations being made against israel. let me be clear. allegations against israel may by the international court ofjustice, what�*s happening is not genocide. we reject them. israel�*s military operation — which was launched after last 0ctober�*s hamas attack into israel — is continuing. there are reports of fierce fighting around jabalia, and at rafah in the south of gaza. the un has said that as many as eight hundred thousand people have fled from rafah, after israel warned them to move to what it said would be safe areas. these satellite images give an idea of the scale of the movement. this image was taken on the 5th of may — before most people had started to move. and this image — showing

the same part of rafah, just three days later on the 8th of may — shows how several areas which were occupied by closely packed tents and other temporary accomodation — were now empty. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. first of all, the international criminal court, icc, reaction to what is happening there, your thoughts? the international criminal court is trying to do something, maybe that international criminal or international court ofjustice did not do which is considering what israeli is doing in gaza is genocide or stopping the attack on rafah. so, the prosecutor and the icc is trying to put a case that all of these people involved with

the war should have an arrest warrant. ,., , , the war should have an arrest warrant. , , , ., warrant. on both sides, you mention _ warrant. on both sides, you mention the _ warrant. on both sides, you mention the israeli - warrant. on both sides, you mention the israeli but - warrant. on both sides, you mention the israeli but in i mention the israeli but in hamas as well?— mention the israeli but in hamas as well? �* . hamas as well? indeed. but what does that mean? _ hamas as well? indeed. but what does that mean? it _ hamas as well? indeed. but what does that mean? it means - hamas as well? indeed. but what does that mean? it means a - hamas as well? indeed. but what | does that mean? it means a much during the war because each party is really soiled in what they are doing and the fighting but it might affect the position that they might have some flex ability on negotiations and in reaching those but after the war, yes, mr benjamin netanyahu and galland will face lots of troubles and lots of people seeking them in court and also in the homicide, the only person that he might be affected, the one who is staying in qatar.- affected, the one who is staying in qatar. just quickly, lookinu staying in qatar. just quickly, looking at _ staying in qatar. just quickly, looking at what _ staying in qatar. just quickly, looking at what the _ staying in qatar. just quickly, looking at what the un - staying in qatar. just quickly, looking at what the un is - looking at what the un is saying about this place people in gaza, we look to satellite images just now of this, the huge movement from rafah, what are you hearing?—

are you hearing? indeed in a situation _ are you hearing? indeed in a situation of _ are you hearing? indeed in a situation of fighting - are you hearing? indeed in a situation of fighting is - are you hearing? indeed in a situation of fighting is really| situation of fighting is really intensifying that is mass fighting and the sharing from the israeli side, the on hospital that in the eastern rafah use stopped working and are the hospital has lots of people and injured people. and also, the fighting injabalia as well. also, the fighting in jabalia as well. . ., also, the fighting in jabalia as well. ., ,, , ., also, the fighting in jabalia as well. ., ,, also, the fighting in jabalia as well. . ~' . a woman in her 50s has died after being mauled by her two xl bully dogs. the metropolitan police said she was found at her home in cornwall road in hornchurch in east london on monday afternoon. both dogs were rigestered in accordance with the law — and have been seized. with the details — here�*s our correspondent frances read. armed police actually attended, the thread that police felt that these dogs pose. officers

then seized two dogs which were apparently registered xl bully and the family of the woman who with is said is now being supported by offices. ownership of these american xl bully dogs is restricted under the dangerous ours is out so england and wales is against the laws to sell giveaway, abandon or read from and xl bully since the 31st of bully. it became a criminal offence to own an xl bully without an exemption certificate. those changes came into place after the government said that deaths caused by dogs were disproportionately involving the xl bully type. also in the news in the uk today: jersey�*s politicians will begin debating today whether to introduce an assisted dying service on the island. the proposals include allowing an assisted death for people who are not terminally ill, but have an incurable physical condition causing unbearable suffering. if the law is approved — the earliest it could come into effect would be 2027.

there are calls for the uk�*s sewage network to be urgently upgraded, to reduce the risk to health from human waste. a report by the royal academy of engineering — says increased investment and more green spaces in cities, would help bring down the likelihood of infections from bacteria and viruses. kensington palace says that the princess of wales will continue to stay away from her royal duties, until her medical team clear her to resume them. she made her cancer diagnosis public in march. the palace made the announcement as her early years foundation issued a report on businesses supporting families with young children. mount fuji is one ofjapan�*s most inconic landmarks — and in recent years, social media has made photographing it even more popular. but that�*s created a bit of a problem for residents

of fujikawaguchiko — a town with an incredible view — which is being swamped by millions of tourists. residents have now decided they�*ve had enough — and to keep the selfie—crowds away — they�*re taking the unlikely step of putting up a huge barrier to block the view. the work got under way a few hours ago. the thick black screen will stand on the edge of the sidewalk across from the lawson market. as well as blanking out mount fuji — it�*s also meant to stop people from wandering out into the road. our correspondent shaima khalil is there. let me give you a rook — make a look around. this is the very spot where the coveted mount fuji picture is taken and if i canjust come closer, fuji picture is taken and if i can just come closer, you fuji picture is taken and if i canjust come closer, you can see lawson here and on a sunny day when there aren�*t many clouds, you will see mount fuji

on top. there are so many places that you can take a picture of mount fuji but there is has become the money shot, the viral shot if you will, self essential for so many visitors that come here and want to get that exact frame. this is what they get from across the street. this has caused a great deal of disruption for locals here because he has, this is a tourist attraction area but many locals are going about their business, going to school, walking their dogs, running their aaron�*s and this is a 2—way road whether it is a lot of traffic. one big complaint is that peoplej walk and that could cause accidents but also, literally — make littering and that�*s a big no. if i can to get closer, what�*s going on, if you look at the builder there, they are constructing that wall. they are putting the polls in place can essentially, the screen will be there to block the view and to prevent people from taking the picture. what�*s interesting is that when this announcement happened, to

prevent on the screen, to prevent on the screen, to prevent more people from coming in, but a lot of media attention to this little town. so if you look around, there is actually a crowd of cameras bided so many media outlets both local and international that are now covering the story so it�*s a matter moment where you get the tourist taking pictures of the media filming them. this is the attention, this town has brought. they are hoping that the screen is going to prevent people from crowding in the area, some are not so sure that this is a solution, we spoke to a couple of locals who are saying it�*s a shame that the block of you as beautiful as mount fuji, want people to come but we also don�*t want to disruption to our lives. the cargo ship which crashed into a bridge in baltimore nearly two months ago — causing it to collapse, with the deaths of six highway workers — has finally been refloated and towed away from the wreckage. these sped—up time lapse videos show the operation taking place to refloat the dali. in reality, it took several

careful hours of work to complete the operation. the us army corps of engineers had earlier used controlled explosions to remove hundreds of tonnes of twisted metal from the bridge, which had fallen onto the container ship. the crew of the ship have remained on board throughout. a criminal investigation has been launched into the incident — and a report by safety inspectors found that the ship had two power cuts before the collision. the ship is around 300 metres long, and is still carrying its cargo of containers. i'll i�*ll be back with the business today and ai in a moment. hello. we have had some late spring sunshine over recent days, also a few showers around — and we�*ll see a few more of them over the next few days. in fact, between tuesday and friday, the weather turns more unsettled. this is the rainfall we�*re expected to accumulate — and you can see, particularly across the northeast of scotland, some places will see close to 100 millimetres of rain by the end of the week, so things certainly turning more unsettled gradually. as for tuesday, after a bit of a misty, murky start, some scattered showers building during the afternoon, but they will be

fairly hit—and—miss. i think tuesday will dawn with some sea fog across the far northeast of scotland, aberdeenshire towards orkney, also some mist and fog around some other north sea coasts, northern ireland, too. some patchy rain i think almost anywhere by the afternoon, but the areas most likely to see it, perhaps some heavy showers for the southwest of england, 1 or 2 in the southeast, could be some thunderstorms around. showers fairly few and far between across parts of wales, northern england, but some heavy, potentially thundery ones likely tuesday afternoon across northern ireland, and a scattering of showers for central parts of scotland, as well. some areas staying a little bit murky close to the north sea coasts all day tuesday, and that sea fog will roll back in across parts of scotland as we head overnight into wednesday. we�*ll also start to see more persistent rain working in across this zone of eastern england and central scotland. and it�*ll be quite a mild night, with those temperatures staying well in double figures. now, into wednesday —

and low pressure looks like it�*ll move in from the near continent, and just push its way gradually further north across parts of northern england and scotland, as well. so you can see the blue and green colours indicating the more persistent spells of rain we�*re likely to see on wednesday around the east coast in particular. for northern ireland, wales, perhaps central and southern england, it�*ll be a day of sunny spells and some scattered showers, but temperatures down a notch compared to recent days — so highs between about 17—19 for most, but a little bit cooler close to some of those coasts. into thursday, we�*ve still got low pressure — this time, it stalls across scotland in particular, so it�*s feeding in more moisture for parts of highland, aberdeenshire, for instance, as well. could be some localised flooding as those rainfall totals mount up. elsewhere, some sunshine, a few scattered showers, especially around some of those north sea coasts, and it is that bit cooler. so the middle of the week, fairly unsettled, some showers on the cards. it does look like the showers become fewer towards the weekend, and for some of us, those temperatures will be on the rise once again. bye— bye.

creating the guardrails for our ai future: artificial intelligence leaders are in seoul for the second global ai safety summit. dialing down on carbon tagets: oil giant shell faces a backlash from investors who are pushing

for lower emissions. and how to prepare for an uncertain future? we mark the card of businesses readying themselves for a world of dramatic transformation. live from london, this is business today. i�*m sally bundock. we start with artificial intelligence. you can�*t fail to have noticed the flurry of new ai innovations being unveiled of late, with the likes of openai�*s latest conversational chatbot, gpt—ao, that can be sarcastic and flirt, to google�*s ai—powered assistant that can apparantly help find your lost glasses. and now microsoft has revealed its latest offering. we�*ll have more on that in a moment. but i�*m sure you will agree this is all coming thick and fast, as the big tech players compete to lead the ai race. but is all this pace coming at the risk of bigger things, like our safety?

questions being asked at this week�*s global ai safety summit