this is bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: new york's attorney general says its investigation of a donald trump company is now a criminal inquiry. israel's prime minister warns the operation against hamas in gaza will take as long as needed to restore calm. at the un, france pushes for a resolution but washington says it wants to pursue talks behind the scenes. the international energy agency says all oil, gas and coal projects must stop now if the world is to reach net zero carbon by 2050. and a self portrait like no other — but who is the artist behind this groundbreaking

exhibition? hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and of course around the globe. in the last hour, the new york state attorney general�*s office said its investigation into the trump organization, run by former president donald trump, is now a criminal probe and not purely civil in nature. what does that mean? i'm joined now by the bbc�*s will grant in washington. he has been looking at this for us. a step into a criminal investigation in itself is a serious matter. what are the precise areas, and effectively, points that they are exploring that they believe are now worthy of criminal investigation? worthy of criminal investi . ation? ~ worthy of criminal investiuation? ~ , ., investigation? well, the state attorney general's _

investigation? well, the state attorney general's office - investigation? well, the state attorney general's office has l attorney general's office has been looking at the dealings of the trump organisation, specifically the question of whether or not they inflated its assets to secure loans and other deals. the question is whether or not they misled investors by inflating those assets. it is an extremely important development, i would say, for mr trump personally and for his organisation. that this has been moved from a civil investigation into a criminal one. he was already facing an investigation into his tax affairs by the manhattan strict attorney, so taking those two things in conjunction, and he is facing an extremely sticky legal situation. he already has been, in a sense, since he left office, but things up quite a lot. —— but this definitely ramp things up quite a lot. in this definitely ramp things up quite a lot-—

quite a lot. in terms of his political — quite a lot. in terms of his political ambitions, - quite a lot. in terms of his political ambitions, this i quite a lot. in terms of his - political ambitions, this would have severe ramifications? yes. have severe ramifications? yes, ou have severe ramifications? yes, you would _ have severe ramifications? yes, you would think _ have severe ramifications? yes, you would think so. _ have severe ramifications? yes, you would think so. you - have severe ramifications? yes, you would think so. you are - you would think so. you are right. we are waiting for an official response, but i think we can safely say, you know, we can imagine what some of the content would be of some of the things he said all the way through any questions about his tax returns while he was president is anything to go by, anyjournalist who asked him about it was fake news, any time it was brought up it was a political attack, politically motivated, and so on and so forth. i would expect any response to these latest developments to be in that area. but there are, as you say, serious questions within this because they are so is pacific. they are to do with the properties, with the nature of the very assets themselves, of the very assets themselves, of the very assets themselves, of the trump organization, and as you say, the ramifications for any potential future political comeback by mr trump himself would be serious, one would imagine.— would imagine. with the

investigation, _ investigation, one cannot know exactly how long this my last. but is there a sense of a time frame here for reaching a conclusion as to whether or not to pursue these criminal investigations?- to pursue these criminal investigations? well, already it's taken obviously _ investigations? well, already. it's taken obviously sometime. i mean, it was last year when the manhattan district attorney got access to mr trump �*s tax records and financial records. and then there will be a question of his own future, that of the district attorney, i mean, in terms of whether or not he would take that case on, or if he leaves that if he doesn't continue in the role for his successor. there are these sorts of legal questions involved about how things gets nailed up and they take time in the court system here. —— snarled. nevertheless, ithink there is a sense to strike while the owners hot here in new york. they want to be seen working on it and they want to be seen taking this investigation forward, irrespective of who it is

against, a resident, a sitting president, a former president, or whoever, and they think that is very important in this regard. is very important in this reaard. ., ~ is very important in this regard-— is very important in this reaard. ., ~ ., regard. thank you, will grant in washington _ regard. thank you, will grant in washington on _ regard. thank you, will grant in washington on that - regard. thank you, will grant in washington on that story, | in washington on that story, breaking injust the in washington on that story, breaking in just the last half—an—hour or so. how much longer will the violence between israel and palestinian militants last? france is now trying its hand at calling for a un security council resolution in an effort to increase pressure for a ceasefire. the security council itself has held its third meeting in a week, but the united states is still holding back — claiming a "public pronouncement" would not help calm the crisis. in the latest violence, three palestinians have been killed and many others injured in clashes between protesters and israeli security forces in the west bank. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has repeated his warning that the operation against hamas will take as long as needed to restore calm, as a barrage of rockets

was fired into israel, killing two thai workers and injuring seven others. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen, reports from jerusalem. a warning: there are some images you may find upsetting. explosion the israeli army blow up the car of a man who attacked them with grenades. soldiers shot him dead. it was the centre of hebron, where soldiers protect a jewish settlement in the heart of a palestinian city. chanting last night, a group called the al—aqsa martyrs' brigade showed off their weapons in ramallah, on the west bank. they have been quiet since the end of the last armed uprising around 16 years ago. their return, if that's what it is, is a sign of the hardening mood on the palestinian side, and competition between rival factions to confront israel. this morning the al—aqsa brigade and israeli troops exchanged fire near ramallah. the israelis said two of their soldiers were wounded.

this was at the damascus gate intojerusalem's old city. egypt blames heavy—handed israeli pressure injerusalem for what it calls palestinian retaliation. the egyptians have used unusually harsh language to condemn israel's behaviour. that matters because egyptian mediators are a critical part of ceasefire negotiations. much more anger in more places is on display in the palestinian territories than during previous wars between israel and hamas. this was bethlehem just outsidejerusalem. this kind of thing just doesn't build up overnight. it comes after years of settlement expansion, land confiscation. what happened injerusalem and what's happening in gaza was the last straw. it's about, for these people, years of israeli pressure. inside israel, jaffa is shared byjews and palestinian arabs.

arab businesses across israel were closed in a general strike that was also solid on the west bank. in the last week, coexistence between israel's arab and jewish citizens has broken down, a disaster for national cohesion. explosion hamas is still hitting israeli towns. this was ashdod. all the pounding of gaza, this was an american—made israeli bomb, has not stopped hamas firing back. that could be an incentive for israel to respond to pressure from its allies for a ceasefire. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. joining me now is sara yael hirschhorn, she's visiting assistant professor in israeli studies at northwestern university and is author of a book on the israeli settler movement.

thank you very much indeed for joining us. yes, it's a complicated situation. it seems clear that getting a un resolution at this stage is not going to happen. but how long do you think it is going to take? ~ ., ., ~ take? well, it looks like there robabl take? well, it looks like there probably will _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be a _ take? well, it looks like there probably will be a ceasefire i probably will be a ceasefire that will come into effect between israel and hamas on thursday, although the details of that's ceasefire is still being concluded, and there is some pressure being brought to bear by the arab states and the united nations and other western powers to disagreement shortly, as your broadcast mention, the exchange of rockets for retaliation is still ongoing for the ninth night negatively. it's very important that a ceasefire come into effect as soon as possible. into effect as soon as possible-— into effect as soon as ossible. �* ' ., , _ possible. and the efforts by the un security _ possible. and the efforts by the un security council- possible. and the efforts by l the un security council to get something out have faltered so far, and i think there has been a suggestion, a feeling, that they focus on damage to gaza

rather than damage also being reciprocated and coming into israel. but do you think, that is a real issue in terms of a public pronouncement? or, actually, there is this point about a confrontation taking place which will need to run its course in any case? i think the sticking — its course in any case? i think the sticking point, _ the sticking point, particularly for the united states, which has now vetoed the resolution three times and is likely to do so for a fourth time either today or tomorrow, is that the resolution in its current form we have seen has not mentioned any mention of the over 3000 rockets fired into territorial israel by hamas. but the rest of the resolution, as you mention, i think goals for the kind of reconciliation we hope to see from both parties, citing civilian casualties and damage, damage to civilian property on both sides, the ongoing violence that continues to escalate, and the activities that are perpetuating a cycle

of violence. so the rest of the resolution, i think, of violence. so the rest of the resolution, ithink, is of violence. so the rest of the resolution, i think, is quite important and reflects the broad consensus of the international community. so, it might be amended to include some mention of the hamas rocket fire, if that is the case, it could be broadly adopted by the entirety of the international community. we will wait and _ international community. we will wait and see how that may work. if there is some sort of conclusion, we have heard benjamin netanyahu already benjamin neta nyahu already saying benjamin netanyahu already saying this has been important to degrade hamas and pull them back by years, already, that is the effect they have had. but beyond that, do you see any cause for optimism, encouragement, that a peace process of sorts can get back on track, even? i think both sides will— on track, even? i think both sides will claim _ on track, even? i think both sides will claim victory - on track, even? i think both sides will claim victory here | sides will claim victory here following a ceasefire. hamas will tow the damage it has done to the zionist entity and its successful rocket attacks. benjamin netanyahu and the

israeli government, as you mention, will claim victory for having damaged hamas infrastructure, potentially for years to come. but we have seen the cycles of violence before any problem occasions, especially out the war in 2014, so i don't the much stock in that —— any proclamations. and there probably will be very little likelihood of a humanitarian crisis in gaza being addressed sufficiently, and the ongoing tensions between israel and both the hamas and pa, palestinian authority will continue. but what has been different has been the eruption of rd violence in major israeli towns and cities —— eruption of violence. and cities -- eruption of violence-— and cities -- eruption of violence. , ., , ., violence. there is no sign that the violence _ violence. there is no sign that the violence is _ violence. there is no sign that the violence is coming - violence. there is no sign that the violence is coming to - violence. there is no sign that

the violence is coming to an i the violence is coming to an immediate and. sara yael hirschhorn, thank you for joining us. hirschhorn, thank you for joining us— joining us. thank you for havin: joining us. thank you for having me- _ let's get some of the day's other news. the officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black motorist during an attempted arrest in north carolina will not face criminal charges. the authorities said the police shooting of andrew brown was "justified". mr brown's family disagree with that decision, and say he was "executed". protesters are now on the streets of elizabeth city. a court in moscow has ordered the jailed opposition activist, alexei navalny, to pay damages for defaming one of president putin's closest allies. yevgeny prigozhin, a catering magnate widely referred to as putin's chef. now, he wanted more than $130,000. mr navalny was actually ordered to pay $400,000. india is unlikely to resume major exports of covid—19 vaccines until at least october as it diverts doses for domestic use. india's largest vaccine producer, the serum

institute of india, said it would scale up production of astrazeneca's vaccine, before beginning exports. india recorded more than 4,300 covid—related deaths on tuesday, another record in the country. residents of two tower blocks in a west german town have been quarantined after a woman in the building did test variant of covid—19. public health officials say all residents have now been tested for the coronavirus, but say that sequencing the samples to establish if they too had the indian variant would take several days. spain says its has returned half of the 8,000 migrants who crossed into the spanish territory of ceuta from morocco this week. moroccan guards have reportedly begun closing the border again after they were accused of turning a blind eye to the crossings. some migrants have also gone back of their own accord.

earlier, the spanish prime minister vowed to restore order during a visit to ceuta. from there, nick beake has this. this was the day spain sent tanks to its beaches to hold back a human tidal wave. the border with morocco under strain like never before. hundreds of troops scrambling to block the final steps to european soil. the pleas and the prayers, they didn't work. so different 24 hours earlier, when the first of 8,000 people simply walked or waded round the border post at low tide. moroccan officials seemingly did nothing to stop them. some families took with them what they could, saying they were driven by desperation and the hope of a more prosperous future. translation: when you have no money and you have - to pay your rent and you have to take care of your children and parents, you can't afford to be scared. translation: no, i'm not afraid. - if i stayed here i would be afraid. i have to leave to save myself.

spain's prime minister flew in and was welcomed by local officials. he warned this was a significant crisis, notjust for spain, but for europe. shouting but he was given a furious reception by local residents in ceuta who feel abandoned and want tougher action. translation: this surge of irregular migrants - represents a serious crisis for spain and also for europe. in the name of the spanish government, i want to convey to all spaniards, especially to those living in ceuta and melilla, that we will re—establish order in their city and at our borders with the utmost speed. there now more than 1500 members of spain's security forces on the streets and as well as that, hundreds of young men. morocco stands accused of allowing this unprecedented influx.

it warned spain of consequences amid a diplomatic row, it seems this is what they were talking about. this evening, the main reception centre is overwhelmed, even though thousands of new arrivals have already been forced back. spain says children are being allowed to stay. they now await their fate. but some have seen enough and are now taking their chances, believing a new life is within reach. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: the rise of the android artist — what to make of a robot's very own self—portrait show at the london design museum. this morning, an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane

to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so, it's become the first country in the world to approve the change in the national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it's been a peaceful funeral demonstration so far! - but suddenly, the police - are tear—gassing the crowd — we don't yet know why! the pre—launch ritual is well—established here. helen was said to be in good spirits, butjust a little apprehensive. in the last hour, east timor has become the world's newest nation. it was a bloody birth for a poor country, and the challenges ahead are daunting. but for now, at least, it is time to celebrate. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines:

new york prosecuters say they're now running a criminal investigation into the trump organization, donald trump's private company. israeli air strikes on gaza and rocket fire by palestinian militants towards southern israel have continued after a day of protests in the occupied west bank. for the first time the international energy agency has declared countries must stop approving new coal—fired power plants, as well as oil and gas projects — to avert devastation caused by climate change. we've heard this before from environmentalists and climate groups but never from the international energy agency. it says: the pledges by governments to date — even if fully achieved — fall well short of what is required to achieve net zero by 2050 and give the world a chance of limiting the global

temperature rise to 1.5c — which is what scientists say must be done if humankind wants to avoid widespread climate—related destruction. the scale of the challenge though is illustrated by the australian government's decision to to spend $600 million on a new gas—fired power station north of sydney, in kurri kurri. that announcement was made on the same day as the iea report, which recommends against this type of investment. nicki hutley is an economist who works for the australian climate council and she says the scott morrison government has been warned by dozens of experts, who advised against this level of investment in a new gas project. they may not have known about the iea, but they have from their own energy security experts here, reports saying gas—fired power is not economical, as well as being environmentally less—than—optimal. so, really, they should have known a lot better.

isn't the point about gas, though, that it is seen by many countries around the world as the, if you like, the �*transition energy�* the transition fuel, and in terms of emissions? it is far less damaging than coal, than oil, and you can't go from something to nothing? it's a slow process, so you are going to need gas? well, we don't need it anymore. we did think that 15—10 years ago. gas was seen as less bad than coal. what we now know as australia, with the most windy and sunny climate per capita in the world, is absolutely right for renewables, which have fallen dramatically in price. we can invest in battery storage, whether solar or hydro, and we can do better than gas. we can get morejobs, growth, less emissions.

and it isjust a win—win—win all round. and the only thing stopping it happening appears to be ideology. that is interesting. as you put it, the option is there, the opportunity is there. what is the government's argument, then, for saying we really do need this? because this is a pretty big operation? they say that gas will be reliable and more of it will lower electricity prices. again, we know the experts say that is not the case because when you build a new gas—fired power station, the costs are way too high. it is only used in peak demand, and and we think this may be used only 1% of the time. it would need to drive up prices to become economical. it doesn't make any sense. it's a very odd decision when there is so much evidence that suggests from an economic and environmental perspective. this is what the new south wales government itself is doing, attracting renewable energy zones,

they declined to co—fund this power station. they are looking at renewables. you talk about renewable opportunities, and australia gets a lot of sunshine. solar does stand out as an opportunity but this has been a country with a government that has been, let us say climate change reluctant in some respects? is the infrastructure, is the potential actually there in australia to make those transitions straight to renewables and straightaway? look, it will take time. that is true. we do need more investment in our critical transmission and distribution infrastructure. we do need more investment in storage. within 5—10 years, we could be well on the way towards a net zero sector. and this is what consumers and businesses are demanding. so, the government standing in the way doesn't make a great deal of sense.

this is ai—da — the world's first humanoid robot artist, which does draw portraits and is about to open her first major exhibition at london's design museum. david sillito has been investigating. meet ai—da, the robot artist. it's a slow and steady process, but effective. these are a few of her recent self portraits. and what's more, she's happy to have a chat. how are you today? i am well, thank you. how would you rate yourself as an artist? i love to be creative. i enjoy being someone who makes people think. she answers questions. each painting is different, and a surprise. you could almost say she has a personality. fundamentally, that's a funny question.

i think the prospect of getting to know her is hilarious, but at the same time, i mean, peering over at her now, i think her makers probably considered that they have some form of relationship, whether that's reciprocated or not. ai—da, could you look across there to the camera? we are all used to, these days, talking to machines and our phones. but creativity, that's a rather different question. and this is meant to be a little bit unsettling, a little unnerving. the thing that concerns us about technology is the fact that we don't know the domino effect of it. so ai—da foreshadows many technologies coming through, and she poses those questions by her artwork to say, this is what's coming through, are we happy with that? so, ai—da, the artist. it's painting today. who knows what tomorrow? david sillito, bbc news.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @ bbc david eades. hello. although the weather will be a little quieter across the uk overall today, in contrast to recent days, it's not settling down properly any time soon. the end of the week looking very stormy indeed, and that will be thanks to this area of low pressure barreling in on thursday and friday. we've kind of got a weak area of low pressure still with us for today. it's going to feed in a band of more organised showers to the south for first thing. this should clear the south—east, though, by the time we get to lunchtime. cloud and some patchy rain drifting south across scotland, and then through the afternoon, livelier, thundery showers develop, particularly across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. a few elsewhere towards the west, but generally much

drier for wales and the south—west and many parts of the midlands than it has been of late. as we move through the overnight period, clear skies and light winds, actually pretty chilly into the small hours of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will already, though, be starting to pick up, the cloud piling in and this deep area of low pressure starts to make itself felt first thing on thursday. wind and rain into the west, spreading to all areas through the day. yes, there will be some heavy rain, but potentially not as heavy as some of us have seen out of the recent showers. the big issue is likely to be the wind, particularly gusty in areas adjacent to the irish sea, gusting 45—50mph, strong enough to do some damage and cause some disruption. our temperatures still very unremarkable for the time of year, at least a couple of degrees below where we'd expect to see them. thursday into friday, the area of low pressure continues its progress across the uk, so another windy day on friday.

perhaps a little bit drier towards the far south and to the far north, but overall, plenty of showers still set to swirl around that low. and the biggest headache yet again will be the winds. very strong gusts across southern britain on friday. and still our temperatures, well, we're barely scraping into the mid—teens. for the weekend, it looks like things will become somewhat quieter, certainly on saturday, perhaps some dry weather towards the west. yet more showers, though, on sunday.

this is bbc news. iam i am david iam david eades. the headlines: the new york state attorney's office has told the trump organization that its investigation into its business dealings was now a criminal probe and no longer purely civil in nature. the company led by the former president has been under investigation for over two years by the manhattan district attorney. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says palestinian militants have been "set back many years" by nine days of israeli bombardment. in new york, the latest meeting of the un security council has failed to reach consensus. spain has deployed troops after 8,000 migrants entered its north african enclave of ceuta from morocco. spanish officials say the migrants either swam around the border fences thatjut out into the sea or walked across at low tide. spain's prime minister has vowed to restore order.