— to control seizures. live from our studio in singapore — welcome to the program. we're going to start this hour with the relationship between the us and israel, that has been strained in recent weeks. israel's claimed american shipments of arms have been delayed — while america has warned israel to ensure civliian lives are protected in gaza as the conflict continues. it's against this backdrop that israel's defence minister yoav gallant is in washington dc. he's met us secretary of state antony blinken. the two men did not hold a press conference after the meeting, but the state department mentions blinken and gallant talked about the risk of escalation to the wider region, as well as, the protection of humanitarian workers. for the latest on those

talks in washington, i spoke to our north america correspondent peter bowes. these are very wide ranging discussions. mr galante is on a several day visit to the united states meeting his us counterpart in about 2k hours�* time. in the last few hours, focusing on his meeting with antony blinken. this issue of trying to avoid further escalation has certainly been uppermost in their discussions. and really avoiding escalation on two fronts, escalation of the war in gaza between israel and hamas, but also concern about the skirmishes that we have seen on the northern border with lebanon with his brother over the last few days. and there is very real concern that those skirmishes could turn into something more serious and escalate into a wider middle east conflict. we

understand that antony blinken has been putting some pressure on mr gallant to seek some sort of diplomatic resolution to that situation on the northern border to see the return home of lebanese families. so concerns on a number of different fronts. also that�*s keyissue different fronts. also that�*s key issue of a cease—fire, which, as we know there has been a cease—fire agreement pending agreement that the united states played a huge role in over the last few weeks that has never seen the light of day. there�*s been resistance by the prime minister to that. again, the united states will want to try to push forward with the idea of a cease—fire before the potential end of the war and the united states concerned that there isn�*t a plan to set out as to what happens on day one after the war in terms of the governance of gaza. ,, w' ,

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battery factory near capital, seoul. it appears to have started after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them at the factory. local television footage showed large smoke clouds and small explosions going off as firefighters sought to put out the fire. south korea�*s president, yoon suk yeol, has also visited the site and spoke to authorities there urging them to thoroughly investigate the cause of the blaze. our reporter in seoul — david 0h — told us that most of those killed were chinese nationals... as of 7pm local time in south korea, those where it is confirmed, 22 people confirmed dead. and among the 22 people, most of them are foreign nationals. most of them are chinese nationals. i mean, initially, the fire started at ten in the morning and the fire brigade went into the place. and, initially, the report was saying that there was one person, one dead and 20 people are missing. but it turned out that the massive fire has engulfed the entire factory. the factory itself, this is a massive factory area, and the fire started

at the second floor of a three—storey building. as you can see in the pictures, the fire became a massive fire and in the afternoon, the fire brigade found more bodies and it turns out that there are more than 20 people who are dead. and at the moment the fire has been almost extinguished, according to authorities, but still one person is missing. authorities are still looking for the missing. we still don�*t know if the person is inside the factory at the moment or outside of the factory, because they are just saying that he lost the contact. so, still, the search operation is still ongoing in the area. lithium—ion batteries are ubiquitous these days, inside all our modern electronic gadgets like mobile phones and vehicles such as our e—bikes and e—scooters. campaigners in the uk have called for more action to stop fires caused by faulty lithium—ion batteries. for a better unerstanding of the potential risks, i spoke to giuseppe capanna,

product safety engineer for the confumer safety charity, electrical safety first. they pack an enormous amount of energy in a really small space. if you imagine a typical like e—bike or e—scooter battery, it holds the equivalent of like six. the tnt that�*s contained in six hand grenades, which is why when these fires happen, when things go wrong, the fires can be really devastating, as we�*ve seen. you know, but these fires, you know, like this fire is quite rare. most of the fires we�*re seeing are usually from substandard products that are being brought onto the market. and so how can these lithium ion fires be put out then? it�*s more complicated than a normal fire. yeah, absolutely. so the problem with a lithium ion fire is it can�*t be put out in the same way as you would a normalfire where you would use

maybe a fire extinguisher or a fire blanket, which usually the way that type of extinguisher works is it smothers the lithium ion back the back to the fire and it removes the oxygen. but when a lithium ion battery goes into thermal runaway, it creates its own oxygen from the chemical reaction. so removing the external oxygen from the fire just doesn�*t put it out. usually you have to wait until the cells have of like exhausted their energy. now, you mentioned that most of the fires are caused by sort of faulty products, but these products are quite often found in products that will be in our homes, whether mobile phones or e—scooters, as we talked about. give us sort of a basic do�*s and don�*ts of what we should be thinking and what we should be doing if we have these sorts of products. well, the most important thing is where you buy your products from. so if you�*re buying from a reputable manufacturer or retailer, then you�*ve got the best chance

that the products that you�*re buying have been through all the proper safety testing. if if you�*ve already got an e—bike or e—scooter or other products with lithium ion batteries in, then the best way to keep yourself safe is make sure you don�*t charge them in an area that can stop you getting out of the building. so, you know, in an escape route, like a hallway or under the stairs when the product has finished charging, then take it off of charge. don�*t leave it on charge all the time. and sometimes we do need these products and you have to run them overnight. if you do run them overnight, make sure you have working smoke alarms because that will give you like fire warning if something goes wrong and allow you to get out of the building in plenty of time. to southern russian now where 20 people — including 15 police officers and an orthodox church priest — have been killed in a series of attacks on police posts,

churches and a synagogue. 26 others were wounded. his happened in the predominantly muslim, north caucasus republic of dagestan — one of russia�*s the apparently coordinated attacks targeted the cities of makhachkala and derbent on the orthodox festival of pentecost. the kremlin has dismissed the possibility of another wave of islamist violence in the northern caucasus. spokesman dmitry peskov insisted russia is a consolidated society where terrorism enjoys little support. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg has this report. gunshots. southern russia under attack. in the russian republic of dagestan, gunmen opened fire into cities. they targeted places of worship. this was the synagogue in derbent. security forces battled the insurgents long into the night. by morning, what was called an anti—terrorist operation

was over and the scale of destruction in derbent and makhachkala became clear. the head of dagestan went to see for himself. in this church, the attackers had killed a russian orthodox priest. and the synagogue, now a burnt—out shell. translation: today is a day of tragedy for dagestan - and not only for dagestan but for our entire country. of course, we understand who is behind these terrorist attacks. we understand what they were trying to achieve. the suspicion is, there is a link here to radical islam. in recent years, the islamic state group has claimed to have carried out a string of attacks in dagestan, and yet one russian mp has gone on state tv here to suggest that ukraine and nato orchestrated this latest attack. now, that�*s a narrative

we�*ve heard before. gunshots, woman screams. earlier this year, after the mass shooting at a concert hall near moscow, the kremlin had pointed the finger of blame at kyiv and the west — even though islamic state had claimed responsibility for the attack. the authorities keen to make sure that russians view ukraine and the west as public enemy number one. but after the last 2a hours in dagestan, and attacks that left a string of police officers and civilians dead, one senior russian senator has said this. "if russia was to blame every terrorist attack on scheming "by ukraine and nato, the pink mist will bring "russia bigger problems." steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. breaking news for you, cbs�*s reporting thatjulian sanchez

reporting that julian sanchez to reporting thatjulian sanchez to plead guilty to a us charges, the wikileaks founder has pleaded guilty and is expected to appear in a us court room on the northern mariana islands in the coming days, according to court records revealed today. the guilty plea which is to be finalised wednesday will resolve his... as part of the plea agreement, the records revealed, which is on the high end for a single cord violation. now assange would not spend any time in us custody because under the plea agreement, he will receive credit for the approximately five years he has spent in a uk prison fighting extradition to the us. more on that story as those developments come into us. turning our attention back to the uk. king chales�*s sister, princess anne is in hospital with concussion after apparently being injured by a horse. the incident happened

on her estate in gloucestershire yesterday. buckingham palace says the princess, who�*s 73, is expected to make a full recovery, though is likely to remain in hospitalfor some days. here�*s our senior royal correspondent daniela relph. just over a week ago, trooping the colour. the princess royal was on horseback where she loved to be. an accomplished horsewoman, she played a leading part in the event. but last night, princess anne was injured on her estate, gatcombe park, in gloucestershire. it is understood she was hurt after coming into contact with a horse�*s head or legs while on a walk. she was taken by ambulance to southmead hospital in bristol where she is in a comfortable condition. she has not been able to recall what happened. year on year, princess anne tops the list of royals who carry out the most public engagements.

her work is often under the radar, without the glamour and attention others receive. but in a year when the royal family has faced serious health issues, her contribution has been more important than ever, especially her support for her older brother. their closeness and his appreciation of his sister have become more obvious since he became king. princess anne�*s accident adds to the depleted number of full—time working royals at the moment. these have been challenging months, but there are now real gaps in terms of who can carry out public duties. princess anne is notoriously keen to avoid a fuss at all costs, but her injuries mean her engagements this week have been postponed, including a trip to canada. she is likely to remain in hospital until later this week. daniela relph, bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

the head of unicef says children in sudan are at the sharp end of a growing hunger crisis and the country has the largest number of displaced minors in the world. the african country has been torn apart by more than a year of brutal civil war with catastrophic humanitarian consequences. and the warring parties have ignored a recent un appeal for an end to some of the worst fighting. catherine russell told the bbc that nearly four million children faced acute malnutrition, and nine million weren�*t getting enough to eat. ms russell spoke to the bbc�*s barbara plett usher in nairobi, on her way to visit sudan. sudan is definitely up there for a couple of reasons. 0ne, because it�*s the largest displacement of children anywhere in the world, because we�*re seeing real numbers and concerning numbers of children who are suffering from malnutrition, including the worst form of malnutrition, which is severe acute malnutrition, which kills children. almost all children here are out of school. so it is taken as a whole a very,

very dire situation for children. according to one projection, up to 5% of sudan�*s population, that�*s 2.5 million people could die of starvation by the end of the year. is there already a famine in sudan? well, you know, famine is one of those things where it actually has to be declared. and there�*s a whole process that declares it. i think i think the clear answer is that there is not enough food for many people here, and many people are on the verge of starvation and we are at the brink of famine, whatever that means. the reality is that people are suffering here and they shouldn�*t be. and the challenge for humanitarian entities and organisations like unicef is that we need to be able to have access to people so that we can give them the help that they need. do you think the two sides are using starvation as a weapon of war? you know, it�*s hard for me to say that, i don�*t i don�*t know what their intentions are. i can only talk about the result. it is 100% a manmade famine, a manmade problem here, for sure. i mean, there�*s no question

about that, that we you know, the challenge for us is not that we don�*t have the food or we don�*t have the access to it, is that we can�*t get it to the people who need it. we�*ve been hearing warnings about hunger, starvation, famine in sudan now for a while. is there a tipping point, a point of no return when people start to die of starvation in mass numbers? a famine doesn�*t happen overnight. we sort of, unfortunately, walk up to it. and once once it hits, it�*s very hard to turn it around. we need to act now. it�*s just going to get worse. you can always eventually make progress on something, right? so nothing is completely impossible. but for individual babies, for children who are starving now, who are hungry, who are severely malnourished, yeah, it will be too late for them. there�*s a hunger crisis, but there�*s also a learning crisis. almost all of sudan�*s children are not in school. are we talking about a lost generation?

you know, are roughly 19 million children here who should be in school. i think we�*re estimating now some children have gone back. so now 17 million children are out of school, which is still a preposterous number. and i think the challenge is, you know, first of all, it�*s hard it�*s hard to sort of reteach them. right, because that�*s a lot of lost learning. but it�*s also hard in many cases to get them back into the classroom. so in that sense, yes, they can become lost. we have to make sure that that doesn�*t happen to a broader group of them. we�*ve got to get them back in school. and as i said, there�*s some there�*s some effort. now we see that about two million kids have gotten back into school. not nearly enough. we need to do better. sudan is often called the forgotten war. but do you think it�*s more like a war that has been deprioritized by powers, external powers? there�*s limited bandwidth in the world. i think that�*s the way i would think about it. and there are so many crises going on right now, and that�*s really the reason i�*m going, is to try to draw some attention to it and say we need we need

to focus on this right now. this is quite dire. and if we don�*t do something, it�*s hard to imagine how bad it will be. last month, the un children�*s agency unicef said there is no safe place for children in gaza: it said they are paying the highest price in the war. now international charity, save the children, has released new figures — suggesting as many as twenty—one thousand children are missing in gaza. the organisation estimates 17,000 children have become separated from their families during the chaos of the conflict, especially during the latest displacements following the israeli offensive in rafah. with a further 4,000 believed to have been trapped beneath rubble, and an unknown number detained or buried in unmarked graves. the charity warned that the effects of the war on gaza�*s children "will span generations," affecting them both physically and psychologically. save the children�*s elizabeth white has been speaking the difficulties of providing health care to children in gaza.

the health care needs are pretty catastrophic, and while we know what�*s needed to be able to address those needs, getting it in and getting it to those children is another thing entirely. i think it was today from the ministry of health in gaza reports of two more babies in the north of gaza having died as a consequence of malnutrition. we know that hospitals have been decimated, damaged, aren�*t able to access the supplies that they need to offer the full services they can, don�*t have sufficient fuel to be able to run. agencies like save the children are setting up primary health centres where we can, but incredibly restrictive conditions. not able to move safely across the gaza strip. it will be impossible to find all of gaza�*s missing children and assist them and reunify them with their family — or, indeed, find those who have been buried in mass graves and unmarked graves and return their bodies to their families without a ceasefire. a 12—year—old boy with severe epilepsy has become the first

patient in the world to trial a new device fitted to his skull to control seizures. 0ran knowson, from somerset, was having multiple seizures a day, some of them life threatening. 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has followed 0ran�*s progress over the last eight months, and has this report. a warning that fergus�*s report contains images of surgery, and of a seizure. epilepsy dominates 0ran�*s life. his parents know he could have a seizure at any moment. some are so severe, he stops breathing. so this is a tonic—clonic. you can see he�*s rigid. quinn, baby, i need your help, please. quinn? this is distressing to watch, but it illustrates what 0ran and his family have endured for years. every moment of his life is affected because of his epilepsy. i want 0ran back. i want him to find some

of himself again through the haze of seizures. i�*d like to get my boy back. it�*s october 2023. surgeons at great 0rmond street hospital in london insert two electrodes deep into 0ran�*s brain. these are connected to a neurostimulator in his skull that will deliver a continuous current designed to block the bursts of electrical activity which trigger 0ran�*s seizures. this study is looking at a new type of device which is particularly useful in children because the implant is in the skull and not in the chest. and we hope that that will reduce the potential complications. not easy. in the coming months, three more patients will undergo the same surgery here at gosh as part of the first—ever trial in the uk of this device

to treat severe childhood epilepsy. well done! walk on. walk on! and this is 0ran eight months on. his daytime seizures have reduced by 80%. 0ran also has autism and adhd, but he�*s becoming more active and independent. yee—hah! we�*re seeing a much better quality of life, i think. and he�*s happier. the great 0rmond street team gave us hope back, which was something we didn�*t have. now the future looks brighter. 0ran�*s family know his treatment is not a cure, but they�*re optimistic he will continue to emerge from the shadow cast by his epilepsy. fergus walsh, bbc news, somerset. before we go, a recap of that breaking news that came to us

in the last few minutes, wikileaks founderjulian wikileaks founder julian assange is wikileaks founderjulian assange is expected to plead guilty this week to violating us espionage law. it�*s a deal that could end his imprisonment in britain and allow him to return home to australia. that�*s according to us prosecutors. he is expected to get credit for the five years he�*s already served and would face no new prison time. more on our website. goodbye for now. hello there. we saw the heat really building to start the new week in the sunshine. let me show you the picture from earlier on on monday in aberdeenshire. aboyne saw temperatures of 27 degrees on monday, making it the hottest day of the year so far in scotland. we also had our hottest day in northern ireland and in england — it was only wales that was missing out. temperatures reached 28 celsius in london — could get even hotter in the next few days. not so for scotland, northern ireland. tuesday will be cooler,

and in the next few days, cooler, fresher air will push in from the northwest with a few showers. but the heat and humidity will linger for longer in england and wales. and into tuesday, we�*ve got more sunshine for england and wales, this cloud in the west tending to break up, but the cloud in northern england could trigger one or two showers over the pennines. looking mostly dry but cloudier in northern ireland. some rain or showers in scotland, some heavy showers in the afternoon in the east in particular. temperatures will be lower in scotland, but still could reach 22 in the central belt and the southeast. it�*s nearing 19 in northern ireland. hotter for england and wales, especially the midlands — towards the south east, potentially 30 degrees around london. more sunshine for england and wales on wednesday, this time a bit more cloud towards the east coast and some cloud in scotland but fewer showers here. should see a bit more sunshine in northern ireland picking the temperatures up just a little. but again, the higher temperatures, the heat is going to be across england and wales — and again, london and the southeast

could hit 30 degrees. but we�*re all going to be changing by the end of the week. this low pressure is going to drive this weather front eastwards. there�*s not much rain on that at all, but it�*s all about the timing because following that weather front, we�*ve got cooler, fresher air coming in from the atlantic, pushing the heat and humidity into continental europe. so this is the picture for thursday. you can see our weather front here is just a narrow band of cloud, little or no rain on it. sunshine follows, blustery showers coming into scotland and northern ireland and making it feel cooler here. even with some sunshine for england and wales, temperatures will be lower, but there�*s still some heat across east anglia and the south east — temperatures could be higher than 26 degrees here. but even here, things will change by the end of the week. cooler, fresher weather for all of us, i think, for friday and into the weekend, but mostly dry with some sunshine.

trouble in artificial intelligence as the world�*s largest music labels hit two american start—ups with a lawsuit. plus... we�*ll take a look at the business of cricket with the t—20 world cup in full swing. hello and welcome to business today. i�*m steve lai. let�*s begin in the united states, where two artificial

intelligence start—ups are being sued by the world�*s biggest record labels. they are at odds over alleged copyright infringement — and the case has the potential to set precedence for the years to come. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the details. the startups are called suno and 0deo, and the group of labels, including sony music universal music group and warner records say they�*ve been violating copyrights on an almost unimaginable scale. here�*s how the labels say it works. the ai startups ask users to enter a word prompt for a song like a storyline or a genre or lyrics or types of instruments to be used. and then the startups use their software, which the labels say were trained on existing music without consent or compensation to churn out the requested song. and the labels say the music is alarmingly similar, calling it wholesale theft that threatens to upend the entire music ecosystem. suno and udio did not immediately respond to requests for comment. it�*s far from the first

time an association of creative professionals.