injapan to stop tourists taking too many photos. hello, i'm sarah campbell. we start with some breaking news — in the last few minutes, charges against nine egyptian men have been dropped over a deadly migrant shipwreck in international waters off pylos in greece in june 2023. judges said they lacked the jurisdiction for the case because the ship sank in international waters. the trial —— it's feared more than 600 people drowned lastjune when the overcrowded fishing boat called the adriana sank on its way to europe from libya. straight now to our europe

correspondent, nick beake in kalamata in greece. dramatic news from the court this morning. yes, absolutely. there were loud cheers when the protesters who were outside the court heard this news, when the verdict of the three judges filtered through to people outside. basically what has happened here is that the judges have looked at this case and they have thrown it out, and that means that these nine egyptian men, who have been in custody for the best part of a year, we anticipate that they will be freed. they have just been taken back to the prison where they have been detained for 11 months, but the expectation is that they will be free men. how did we get to this point? this trial started early this morning, and the defence lawyers were saying that because this boat sank in international waters, the court he had nojurisdiction, so basically no legal basis to try these nine men. the threejudges

considered this and the prosecutor, who for the past 11 months has been building a case against these nine individuals, agreed that there was not any legal basis for it, so it has been thrown out. it has been dismissed. you don't like to say people saw this coming, but certainly there were major discrepancies, we believe, in the prosecution case. a lot of the human rights groups have made the same session and that's because in the course of the past year, six survivors have told the bbc that the egyptian men were going to be on trial here, that they were innocent, that they were framed, and that the greek coastguard had actually pressured other survivors to give evidence against them. already, there were grave concerns. what has happened now is that on a technicality, i would suggest, this case has been thrown out. you had been talking _ case has been thrown out. you had been talking about _ case has been thrown out. you had been talking about discrepancies i been talking about discrepancies earlier, but is there some surprise that as you say, on a technicality this had not been clocked before?

certainly, the greek authorities have been defending their investigations over the past year, also. they have defended the case that they were building. if we take ourselves back to the 14th ofjune last year, when we arrived in greece to report on this, immediately there were big concerns about what had happened. just a reminder, the boat had left the coast of libya and it initially wanted to go towards italy, but it got into great difficulty. there was a lot of controversy about what the greek authorities did or didn't do. it became clear that for more than seven hours, the coastguard was monitoring what was happening but they did not launch any sort of rescue. ultimately, we heard that the greek coastguard had, in fact, caused the boat to capsize. that is what six survivors told the bbc. they said there was this botched last—minute attempt to try to tow

the migrant boat, and at that point it actually capsized and that led to the deaths of all those people. it is feared that as many as 600 died. so, yes, this legal proceedings he has finished, but it is not the end of the story because a naval court in greece is now looking at the allegations of wrongdoing by the greek coastguard. that has been rumbling on for one month and no sign of getting towards any conclusion, but this has been evaluated and all the while a lot of human rights groups are saying that the true story of what happened is no nearer to imagine.— no nearer to imagine. nick, thank ou. medical workers in israel have told the bbc that palestinian detainees from gaza are routinely kept shackled to hospital beds, blindfolded, sometimes naked, and forced to wear nappies — a practice one medic said amounted to "torture". israel's army said in response that handcuffing of detainees in the sde teiman military hospital was carried out

in cases where the security risk requires it, and that nappies were used only for those who have undergone medical procedures. there are some upsetting retails in this special report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson. sufian abu salah survived months of war unscathed. he left military detention in israel permanently disabled. a taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. translation: my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. after seven days they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound but it didn't work. afterwards they took me to a public hospital where the doctor gave me two options — my leg or my life.

neither israel's army nor health ministry has responded to these allegations. there is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the sde teiman military base. 0ne senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. they are the army, not me, they create the patient to be depending 100% on you like a baby. you are cuffed, you are with diaper, you need the water, you need everything. it is the dehumanisation of them.

the army told us that the need to handcuff detainees in the medical facility was examined individually and daily and that cuffing was done when the security risk required it. diapers — or nappies — it said, were only for those patients with limited movement. the doctor told us these measures were applied to all patients without assessment, even those who couldn't walk. if they can't stand on their legs why are they shackled? i can't answer this, this is stupid. the hamas attacks on the 7th of october left israel's hospital staff treating captured fighters alongside their israeli victims. many current detainees are released without charge but the complex feelings of some medics remain. two medics told us painkillers had been withheld, causing what one described as an unacceptable amount of pain.

this man, who we are calling yoni, described a case he said took place in a public, civilian hospital. his words have been voiced by an actor. i have knowledge of one case where the painkillers were used selectively during the procedure. if you put together that someone is undergoing an invasive procedure which involves even incisions and the patient doesn't know about that and is blindfolded, then the line between treatment and assault thins out. treating gazan captives on military sites was meant to resolve doctors' ethical dilemmas, but those dilemmas remain. the moment our hospital at sde teiman closes, one told me, we will celebrate. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants against him and prime

minister benjamin netanyahu as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. the prosecutor said they, 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. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the us, uk and many other countries. no warrants can be issued unless a panel ofjudges at the international criminal court agree. the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, has described a request by the international criminal court prosecutor for arrest warrants as a "disgraceful" bid to interfere in the gaza war. 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, has been giving us the latest reaction from jerusalem. a strong response, a furious response and it is in the main a united response, whereas in the last week we have been

seeing divisions opening up between benjamin netanyahu, his defence secretary yoav gallant and another member of his war cabinet, that we are now seeing them uniting in condemnation of this move by the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court to press charges, to issue arrest warrants for benjamin netanyahu and the defence minister. the prime minister last night described this as moral outrage of historic proportions. he said it would cast an everlasting mark of shame on the international court, describing the prosecutor, he said he creates a twisted and false moral equivalence between the leaders of israel and the henchmen of hamas, something that sets a dangerous precedent that undermines every democracy�*s right to defend itself against terror organisations. he has made clear that he believes the international criminal court has no jurisdiction over israel. israel is not signed up to the international criminal court. but the court does recognise the state of palestine, so it seems even if the israelis

are going to challenge this on the basis of lack ofjurisdiction, the court has already ruled that matters affecting the palestinian people do come within its remit. i think what we will see is a concerted attempt to challenge the international criminal court's legitimacy and to question its approach here. we have already seen the united states's president joe biden saying this is an outrageous move. the us is not signed up to the international criminal court, but even those who are have questioned this as well. the word from a british spokesman was this was "unhelpful" at the moment. and there is real outrage at the perceived moral equivalence or bringing an arrest warrant against benjamin netanyahu at the same time as the top leaders of hamas, something they say they will challenge, they will question, they will ignore. but the reality will be, if these arrest warrants are issued, benjamin netanyahu could be at risk of arrest visiting any country that is signed up to the international criminal court. that includes britain. what would britain do in that

instance if benjamin netanyahu chose to visit? will he restrict his travel plans if that happens? these are major issues, big questions for the future which could possibly test international relations and the upholding of international law, justice and accountability. to iran now 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. the cause of the crash has not yet been established. i spoke to kasra naji from bbc persian, who took us through today's events.

what we're seeing today is a sendoff, an informalfuneral for the eight people who died in this incident, including president raisi and his foreign minister, mr hossein amirabdollahian. we saw crowds of people in the streets of tabriz, which is the centre capital of the eastern azerbaijan province of iran, in north—west iran. and of course, the significance being they were on their way to that city when this accident... when the helicopter crashed. and the site of the crash is about 100 kilometres north of the city. so what we have seen is a big truck, open truck today driving amongst the crowd today in the city centre, carrying the coffins of the president and the foreign minister and others who were killed. and we saw people throwing flowers at the procession

and the truck and the coffins. the ceremony has been going on for some time, some two hours, two and a half hours, probably go on for another hour or two. there's a huge crowd. we're talking, from what i've seen on the iranian state television coverage, we're talking about probably 10,000 people, probably more, and that's a big crowd. and the reason for that big crowd is not because he's popular, but these are the people who are supporters of the regime, of the hardliners, of the government, and they have invested in the government, government has invested in them, they support each other. and the iranian government, the regime, is very keen to bring out as many people as possible to this kind of ceremonies,

to project that support, the popular support and the continuity and stability that they are very keen to project. there is a bbc news page running on the details from iran if you would like to keep across it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

let's take you to central london now and the treasury, where the international monetary fund is holding a briefing. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, is there. this is part of the annual "health check" of economic developments and policies. let's listen in. we were one of a number of countries

that were absolutely delighted and i want to commend the work that you have been doing to try to build bridges in a very fractured world in a very, challenging time. i see it behind—the—scenes but i think it is also very visible publicly, and that is very important. with respect to the uk article iv process is at the uk believes that we have global response but ease at a very challenging times, whether it is living up to our commitments on climate change, whether it is living up climate change, whether it is living up to our responsibilities with our aid budget, whether it is making a key contribution to global security, and for that we believe that a

strong imf is very important for the world because it is one of the few international organisations that brings together countries with very different value systems and very different value systems and very different outlooks, and encourages them to talk and provides vital financial architecture. but from the point of view of the uk, our global role is only possible if we have a strong economy, and we have been through a challenging time in the last couple of years. as you all know, when i arrived as a chancellor at the bank of england was predicting the longest recession in 100 years, and we have taken a lot of very difficult decisions, so we are very interested to hear what the imf says in terms of the process we have been through and our big priority is notjust stabilisation, but also growth. and increasing our long—term growth rate. so we are as excited as everyone else to hear what the managing director says, and it is with great pleasure that i

hand over. it is with great pleasure that i hand over-— it is with great pleasure that i hand over._ we - it is with great pleasure that i | hand over._ we are it is with great pleasure that i - hand over._ we are going hand over. thank you. we are going to leave the — hand over. thank you. we are going to leave the meeting _ hand over. thank you. we are going to leave the meeting there - hand over. thank you. we are going to leave the meeting there at - hand over. thank you. we are going to leave the meeting there at the i to leave the meeting there at the treasury, but we will, of course, keep across it to listen out for any important lines. a statement has been released by singapore airlines. this is that a flight operating from heathrow to singapore on 20th of may encountered severe turbulence en route and the airline can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board. this is a boeing 777. a total of 211 passengers, and 18 crew on board. the aircraft was diverted to bangkok and it landed at 3115 local time. just to reiterate. singapore airlines say that on a flight from london heathrow to singapore on 20th

may, there was turbulence en route. injuries on board, and one fatality on board. singapore airlines says it is offering its deepest condolences to the family of the deceased. the airline says it is providing all possible assistance, working with local authorities in thailand to provide the necessary medical assistance, and they are sending a team to bangkok to provide any additional assistance. just to reiterate that, after severe turbulence one person has died on board a plane flying from heathrow to singapore. we will bring you any more as soon as we get it. the uk 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 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 19705 and 1990s. 3,000 have already died. rishi sunak said the episode brought shame upon the british state. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. cheering and applause. a moment of relief and joy after years of grief, frustration and anger, sir brian langstaff delivers his findings to just some of the thousands of people whose lives have been touched by the infected blood scandal. 0utside, some of them reflected on a moment they've spent decades fighting for. we all knew, what we all knew, we're now hearing. and so for me, that is justice. it is incredibly sad and hard that

he's not here today. but i feel he'd go, "well done, we've done it". yeah, definitely. mean so much, a0 years of fighting. i wish my parents were both here to be here with me, but they've passed on. but i hope they're looking down because it's for them and it's for him to have recognition his life did mean something. sir brian's five year investigation found that clinicians, blood services and hospitals and successive governments didn't put patient safety first. ministers were wrong to say that patients received the best medical treatment available at the time, and to save face and 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 is an apology from the state to every single person impacted by this scandal. 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 19705, i am truly sorry. those at the heart of the infected blood scandal are now waiting to see what ministers have to say about long—delayed compensation payments. it's a bit like christmas morning, you're waking up and you've opened the present, but it's not really the present you wanted. the one we really want is about the whole sort of compensation. the key test of this inquiry 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. dominic hughes, bbc news. 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. and just to remind you of the breaking news that we have brought you in the last few minutes, a flight from london heathrow to singapore hit severe turbulence

which has led to the deaths of one person. this is a boeing aeroplane from heathrow to singapore. a total of 211 passengers on board and 18 crew and there has been one fatality and other injuries. singapore airlines are offering its deepest condolences to the family of the disease. we will bring you more on that as and when we get it. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. we've still got some low cloud, mist and murk across the north sea coastline and some of that will linger for much of the day. but generally speaking, today, it's going to be cloudier and cooler than yesterday with scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. and we'll see some more rain as we go through the course of wednesday and thursday. in fact, if we take this rainfall accumulation chart right the way through to friday, look at the dark blues and these greens — up to 70 millimetres

of rainfall and around. lothian we're looking at even more than that potentially. so it could lead to some issues. so we've got the low cloud, mist and murk clinging to some parts of the north sea coastline. it is quite extensive. we've got the showers in scotland, northern ireland, wales, in the southwest and some heavier rain coming in across the southeast. any of that combination could well prove to be thundery. lots of cloud developing through the day with one or two breaks. you could catch a shower in northern england and also parts of northern and eastern scotland, but it's once again north west scotland where we're going to see more sunshine and highs up to 22, possibly 23 through this evening and overnight. the rain in the southeast pushes northwards again. some of that will be heavy and thundery to the north and south of that, cloudy with a few showers and overnight lows, nine to about 13 degrees. so we pick up that band of rain tomorrow. it's wrapped around this area of low pressure. now, this is the direction and track we expect the low pressure to take, but there's still a level of uncertainty about it. the track and the timing

of this rain could change. however, this is what we think, that it's going to be pretty wet across northern england, wales and in through southern central and then northern scotland. one or two showers getting into northern ireland, drier as we push further south with one or two showers. it's a breezier day than today and it will be a little bit cooler. 0ur highs, 1a to 19. depending on what happens on wednesday will have an impact on thursday. but it looks like the northern half of the country is going to be wet and for northern ireland, wales and southern england, we are looking at a bit more cloud. you could catch a shower from this as well, and it's going to be a windier day and a cooler one. temperatures 11 to 17. as we head into the weekend, low pressure is close to the north. so for scotland and northern ireland at times it'll be cloudy and wet further south, drier. but bank holiday monday is looking pretty good at the moment.

creating the guardrails for our ai future — artificial intelligence leaders are in seoul for the second global ai safety summit. the international monetary fund upgrades its growth forecast for the uk but warns against tax cuts. welcome to business today. i'm ben thompson. we start with artificial intelligence — and the flurry of new innovations being unveiled

from 0penai's latest conversational chatbot, gpt—iio, that can be sarcastic and flirt, to google's ai—powered assistant that can even help find your lost glasses. and now microsoft has revealed its latest offering — more on that in a moment. but amid such rapid change, should we be more cautious? eu member states have approved a law to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. the legislation which, the eu says, is first of its kind in the world, bans some uses of ai such as the police use of applications to profile people by race, religion or sexual orientation. it also aims to tighten rules for other uses, according to risk posed. at the global ai safety summit in south korea, a number of ai companies have signed an undertaking to develop ai systems responsibly.