this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk, and around the world. a court in los angeles hears shocking testimony russia says it has fired warning shots at a british warship in the black sea. the bbc�*s the only broadcaster on board. this russian coastguard vessel is forcing us to change course. a court in los angeles hears shocking testimony from britney spears as she tries to end her father's control of her personal and business affairs. tech pioneerjohn mcafee is found dead in a spanish prison just hours after the us wins its extradition request over tax evasion charges.

we see how one of the most famous works was restored and resized after being damaged. hello and welcome. russia says it's patrol ships and fighterjets have dropped bombs in the path of a british warship sailing in the black sea near crimea. the russian defence ministry says hms defender has violated territorial waters, defender has violated territorialwaters, but defender has violated territorial waters, but the uk ministry of defence has denied these claims, saying the russians were carrying out exercises when they fired. the mod says the destroyer was sailing and an internationally recognised shipping lane within

the limit of crimea's territorial waters. our correspondent is the only broadcaster on board hms defender and sent this report. hands to action stations. this is not a drill. come in, take your seat straightaway. we want composure in this ops room. a british warship in the black sea about to make a point to russia. so we're straight into the thick of it, we're going to action stations now, just to bring us up to a higher state of readiness. hms defender has just left the port of odessa, and as you can see just over there, we're already being shadowed by a russian warship. i have two suspect aircraft coming in. they're soon tracking russian military aircraft who are also tracking them. it is a slightly more increased threat, i'd say, just because we're operating outside of our normal areas. and you're being watched by the russians. they can see us. we can see them. as we get close to crimea,

the tension rises. hms defender is going to sail within what russia now claims is its territorial waters, but following a legally recognised shipping lane. would you say there's a flashpoint potentially here, in terms of how the russians will behave? there's a contentious point. their posture will likely be more belligerent because of our proximity to what they recognise as their waters. they will view you as belligerent going so close to crimea, won't they? they might take that view. as hms defender comes within 12 miles of the coast, the russian coast guard make a dangerous move. this russian coast guard vessel has come up right close to this british warship and is trying now to force it to change course. nothing on the bridge. absolute silence. silence on the bridge.

if you pass the borderline, i'll give fire. if you don't change the course, i'll give fire. do you read me? over. the crew don protective in case that threat is followed through. shots are fired, but they're well out of range. gunfire. aircraft visual, green 150, tracking right, altitude low. throughout the transit, hms defender detects at least 20 russian military aircraft nearby. some far too close for comfort. deployment is here to maintain international order and uphold that for the global peace and security and the royal navy in the uk will always call out states that do not follow international order. that is our mission. is it poking the bear?

confident, nonconfrontational. last year, russia claimed to have chased another royal navy warship out of the black sea. but clearly, britain's not been deterred. this is evidence that the uk is willing to challenge russia to uphold international law. but it is a high—risk strategy. jonathan beale, bbc news, on board hms defender. britney spears has asked a court in los angeles two and a guardianship that she says has led to her having no control of her life and finances for 13 years. herfatherwas her life and finances for 13 years. her father was given legal control of his 39—year—old daughter's i natural affairs and 2008 after she had a mental breakdown. —— financial affairs. this contains flashing images.

# oh, baby, baby...# she was one of the biggest stars of the early noughties. britney spears lived, loved and lost in the limelight. with the fame and fortune came intense pressure and unwanted paparazzi attention. and behind—the—scenes, a struggle with mental health and a divorce during which she lost custody of her children. it all culminated in a very public breakdown. in 2008 a court awarded herfatherjamie spears temporary conservatorship. it gave him control, notjust of her finances, but her life, who she dated and even, according to leaked documents, the colour of her kitchen cabinets. it's continued for 13 years while she has continued to work. notjust as a top performing artist but as a judge on x factor. her supporters say she has said she finds the arrangement too oppressive and wants it to end. i'm not here for her to perform again. i'm here for her to have her rights and her freedom again. i want her to go to the court and tell the judge that she wants to terminate this conservatorship. but others say it rescued her, protects her from exploitation.

she still has the opportunity to come in, frankly, at any time, if she feels and her attorney feels that it's appropriate to ask that this be terminated. # you're toxic, i'm slipping under...#| publicly, the star has remained largely silent about her situation until now. # don't you know i that you're toxic?# let's cross over to miami to talk to the american legal analyst who is a partner of the firm. you don't have an affiliation but you represent high—profile individuals and specialise in at these types of conservative —— conservatorships. conservative --

conservatorshis. , conservatorships. this is a really difficult _ conservatorships. this is a really difficult situation . really difficult situation because it isn't a normal situation for a person at her age, and these conservatorships are typically used for people who have diminished capacity at a young age, that never gained the ability to control their finances, orsomeone the ability to control their finances, or someone who has lost capacity for reasons like dementia or things like that later in life. this has been a really challenging case to understand, and i think her speaking today is long overdue. when you heard some of what she said, given this has been going on for 13 years, what was your initial reaction as a lawyer? what is it that she can do going forward in order to remove herfather�*s guardianship? remove her father's guardianship?- remove her father's guardianship? my initial reaction _ guardianship? my initial reaction was _ guardianship? my initial reaction was that - guardianship? my initial reaction was that i - guardianship? my initial reaction was that i hope guardianship? my initial- reaction was that i hope what she said isn't completely true, because if it is there has been a problem with the judicial system and a serious problem with her lawyer. 0ne system and a serious problem with her lawyer. one of the things that she said today was that her lawyer had not advised

her that she could come to court and that she could ask for this to be terminated. later in the transcript there was actually a discussion with the judge was actually a discussion with thejudge explaining to her lawyer how he goes about terminating at. if the lawyer himself hasn't been having these conversations with her about the fact that she could get out of it if she was ready to do that, then we have a serious problem here. with this case, serious problem here. with this case. will _ serious problem here. with this case. will we — serious problem here. with this case, will we hear— serious problem here. with this case, will we hear from - serious problem here. with this case, will we hear from her- case, will we hearfrom her father? case, will we hear from her father? ., ., , , ., father? how does this work? the next step would _ father? how does this work? the next step would be, _ father? how does this work? the next step would be, if— father? how does this work? the next step would be, if she - next step would be, if she decides to proceed with a different lawyer they will probably appoint that lawyer and they will be a petition to the court to terminate that conservatorship. the other side of her father could then come in and say, we agree it is the time. thejudge would issue in and say, we agree it is the time. the judge would issue an order after understanding that both parties were on board with it, or he can contested, and if he does that it will essentially go to trial and both sides will offer evidence to the court. it will cost her

millions of dollars and it is going to be a very drawn out process because her father probably does not want this to end. there is a lot of reasons he has been making money off it and has been in control of it, so i don't know if he is ready to give that up.— to give that up. given the complexities _ to give that up. given the complexities of _ to give that up. given the complexities of this - to give that up. given the l complexities of this specific case, away from this case, will this put a spotlight on the systems on conservatorships, and going forward whether they are good or should continue to be used? i are good or should continue to be used? ~ , ., be used? i think it should. if what she _ be used? i think it should. if what she is— be used? i think it should. if what she is saying _ be used? i think it should. if what she is saying is - be used? i think it should. if what she is saying is true, . what she is saying is true, only in part, there is a big problem. the thing that often comes back to the court what they annually look at is how they annually look at is how the money is being spent. i have never been in the situation where the judge has said, i want to actually see the conservatortee, i want to know if this is good for them.

the conservatortor reports to the court, how they are doing and whether this is still appropriate. maybe it is time that there is a review by a court official or they go back into court every few years to make sure the judge has the opportunity to ask the right questions and make sure that the messages are being delivered to the right person. fascinating to speak to you. thank you for your expertise. thank you for your expertise. thank you. antivirus software entrepreneur john mccafee has been found dead and a prison in barcelona. earlier, his extradition to the united states was approved where he is wanted for tax evasion. if found guilty, he could have faced 30 years in prison. earlier, ispoke could have faced 30 years in prison. earlier, i spoke to a technologyjournalist prison. earlier, i spoke to a technology journalist to ask about the legacy of mccafee and at the antivirus industry.

john mcafee was a hugely controversial figure but he was also wildly successful in his lifetime. in the late 1980s he wrote software that would stop a very early virus, one of the first called brain that infected ibm pcs which, at the time, were the norm and he initially gave it away for free, and then after it became sort of commonplace to install he was able to charge and make a fortune. when it comes to what he was doing in spain, just talk us through how he ended up there. it's quite a tangled story, but he hasn't been involved with his namesake company mcafee for many years now, about 20 years, and since then he has just basically been this adventurer celebrity, eccentric millionaire, with many, many brushes with the law and for a while he was in belize and then he was in mexico, and us authorities have been trying to get him on two different cases. he was in england for a while, which was where he was actually born. he was then picked up in spain and being held there on the us

charges, and so what happened today is that he lost his bid to avoid extradition for a cryptocurrency scam. he was pumping and dumping, as they say. he was hyping the value of a minor cryptocurrency without volunteering the information that he was profiting, he was getting paid to promote it, so that was one of the things that got him in deep trouble. also tax evasion. he is not around to defend himself, but when it comes to how he will be remembered, from your extensive research on him, how would you describe him, what would you say, joseph? it is really interesting rorschach test at the moment. like jeffrey epstein, there are all these conspiracies right now flying around and so it will take a while for those two settle down.

some people will probably believe, it is right now suspected to be a suicide. plenty of people saying he was murdered because he knew too much about this thing or that thing. he had fuelled a lot of these things by promoting conspiracy theories. he accused the cia of being out to kill him. he had long—term paranoia and delusions but was very media—friendly and so he got on television a lot and treated as a serious security expert, which he has not been for quite some time. maybe he will be remembered for practically inventing the antivirus industry. maybe he will be remembered for the violent crimes he has been accused of committing orjust his exorbidant lifestyle, lots of hired sex workers, lots of armed guards, enthusiastic embrace of drugs and alcohol at different times. but you know, people believe the reality they want to believe and there are plenty of people who are going to tie this to qanon

or other made—up conspiracies. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: two penalties on target for portugal as rinaldo kicks a goalscoring record. members of the neo—nazi - resistance movement stormed the world trade centre, armed with pistols and shotguns. - we believe that, according to international law, that we have a rightful claim to certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner". cheering and applause. as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu. the medical research council have now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco.

it was closing time for checkpoint charlie which, for 29 years, has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: russia fires warning shots at a british warship in the black sea — both sides disagree on whether the uk violated russian waters. britney spears tells a court traumatised and wants her life back as she tries to end a 13—year legal arrangement that puts her father in control of her life. returning to our top story, mike peterson is on the

programme. mike peterson is on the programme-— mike peterson is on the rouramme. h , ,~ ., programme. it's pretty clear cut. programme. it's pretty clear cut- this — programme. it's pretty clear cut. this is _ programme. it's pretty clear cut. this is an _ programme. it's pretty clear| cut. this is an internationally recognised shipping lane the defender was travelling and this is the kind of transition that would need to be made stopping there is no reason not to believe that. what is interesting as russia has clearly made a decision to more vigorously defend its de facto claims and crimea territorial waters. this is the kind of thing that has happened in the past but not so close to crimea, this has happened in other areas of russian territory but not disclose. and this is an even russian territory, it legally belongs to ukraine.— to ukraine. russia would disute to ukraine. russia would dispute that _ to ukraine. russia would

dispute that since - to ukraine. russia would dispute that since the . dispute that since the annexation of crimea and given the hms defender would have taken a slightly different route, what is the uk being antagonistic with their decision to go so close? i don't believe that the exercise of a normal international transit is actually antagonistic, i believe the united kingdom was exercising at right transit in this internationally recognised shipping route. it was certainly dangerous as your report indicated, but that is part of the job here. of the united kingdom is going to participate in the globally recognised rules based international order, as it is set up today, then the uk is likely to participate in transits like this in the future and i should say, i am not a lawyer but this may add up not a lawyer but this may add up to something that is called innocent passage, in which a ship can transit another

nation's territorial waters as long as it doesn't interfere with the sort of peaceful, normal everyday life of that coastal nation.— normal everyday life of that coastal nation. you touch upon the danger _ coastal nation. you touch upon the danger of _ coastal nation. you touch upon the danger of this, _ coastal nation. you touch upon the danger of this, we - coastal nation. you touch upon the danger of this, we saw - coastal nation. you touch upon | the danger of this, we saw what moscow is saying, warning shots, a jet that fired bombs, the uk ministry of defence is saying that they believe the russians were undertaking an exercise and that no shots were directed at hms defender, will we ever really know what the russian response was? well, it is auoin russian response was? well, it is going to _ russian response was? well, it is going to be _ russian response was? well, it is going to be hard _ russian response was? well, it is going to be hard to _ is going to be hard to determine that with any kind of surety. we may never know the exact details but we do know a few things. we do know that there was an aggressive, airborne intercept and a close flyby of three which has happened with relative frequency over the last four years and we do know of course that there was a russian vessel

which was conducting what appeared to be a relatively unsafe maritime intercept. we may never know about the naval gunfire, what the origins of that were and what the purposes of that were or whether or not any russian jets were actually dropping bombs. as for any video evidence that can confirm that, we will never know. mike peterson from _ that, we will never know. mike peterson from the _ that, we will never know. mike peterson from the us - that, we will never know. mike peterson from the us naval. that, we will never know. mike peterson from the us naval war college. now to some developing news from the philippines, the former philippines president has died at the age of 61. he had been taken to hospital earlier on the thursday. the former liberal party chief belong to an influential political dynasty opposed to the hardline role of ferdinand marcos and his father. a senator was assassinated in 1983 and his mother became president after the people power revolution of 1986, so he has passed away. it's been

labelled a silent tragedy and a forgotten location, communities and madagascar on the verge of starvation with women and children walking for hours to reach food after the worst drought in four decades. unrelenting drought in southern madagascar has put thousands of people on the verge of famine. people are eating mud, leaves and cactus leaves because there is nothing else. i’m and cactus leaves because there is nothing else.— is nothing else. i'm prepared this plate _ is nothing else. i'm prepared this plate of— is nothing else. i'm prepared this plate of insects, - is nothing else. i'm prepared this plate of insects, i - is nothing else. i'm prepared this plate of insects, i clean l this plate of insects, i clean them up as best as they can given there is no water. four months my children and i have been eating only this plant every day because we have nothing else and narrated to harvest what we have sown. the world would _ harvest what we have sown. the world would programme says more than half a million people are at severe risk of famine and another 800,000 people won't be far behind them. it is another 800,000 people won't be far behind them.— far behind them. it is seven times worse _ far behind them. it is seven times worse than _ far behind them. it is seven times worse than it - far behind them. it is seven times worse than it was - far behind them. it is seven| times worse than it was just far behind them. it is seven l times worse than it was just a year ago.

times worse than it was just a yearago. seven times worse than it was just a year ago. seven times more children are in trouble. we are facing the worst drought in over a0 years and this is an area where people depend on known agriculture.— known agriculture. these two ounu known agriculture. these two young children _ known agriculture. these two young children are _ known agriculture. these two young children are orphans, i young children are orphans, being cared for by another local woman who has three children of her own. translation: children of her own. tuna/mom- children of her own. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we have nothing left, their mother _ translation: we have nothing left, their mother is _ translation: we have nothing left, their mother is dead - translation: we have nothing left, their mother is dead and i left, their mother is dead and my husband is dead. our life is all about looking for cactus leaves again and again to survive. a , leaves again and again to survive-— leaves again and again to survive. , , ., ., survive. many people have had to leave it _ survive. many people have had to leave it as _ survive. many people have had to leave it as the _ survive. many people have had to leave it as the effects - survive. many people have had to leave it as the effects of - to leave it as the effects of climate change identify more will soon follow. the world health organization says drought could displace 700 million people by 2030. courtney bembridge, bbc news. president biden has announced a policy of zero tolerance towards firearms dealers who do not run proper background checks. the president said that there were currently too many loopholes that allowed guns to fall into the wrong hands. he also said he would seek to

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champions are free to the last 16 of the tournament, also making it through on the final day of matches with france, germany, sweden and belgium while germany and poland sides to be knocked out. one of the world's most famous paintings has been restored to its original size, thanks to the power of artificial intelligence. rembrandt�*s the night watch was partly damaged when it was moved more than 300 years ago. now, a museum in amsterdam has reconstructed it using ai and a small copy of the original. the spectacular made even more so. renowned for its size and scale, and for its use of light and shadow, the night watch makes quite an impression but it was once even more impressive. about 300 years ago, the night watch was moved from its original place to the town hall,

where it had to fit in between the two doors. it did not fit so the movers took scissors and cut, on all sides, strips off. those missing strips were never found, but a small copy of the entire painting had been made by another artist, before it was moved. this was analysed and then, using artificial intelligence, the work was recreated in the style of rembrandt himself. the problem is that the painting is by a different painter, it's in a different style and has a different colour, and even some of the geometry is a bit different, so if you were to simply blow this up and put it next to the night watch, it would not match in any way. modern technology has now solved that problem and this is the night watch restored to all its glory, as close as possible to what rembrandt originally intended. the work of a dutch master seen properly for the first time in 300 years. tim allman, bbc news.

good to see ai fixing an old classic. thanks for watching. goodbye. hello. this time last year, a heat wave was under way, several days with temperatures topping 30 celsius in the hotspots. if you are tempted by heat like that, be careful what you wish for. a record—breaking heat wave is gripping eastern areas of europe at the moment. and on wednesday, estonia set a new national temperature record forjune, near 35 celsius. no extreme heat like that in our forecast anytime soon. in fact, there's a chance of rain, as two weather systems work southwards as we go on through thursday. this first impacting parts of england and wales — very light and patchy rain. some more substantial rain, though, working in from these fronts,

into scotland and northern ireland. may bring some useful rain to some areas that have been very dry so far this month. so after a dry start in much of scotland, the rain moves south in the afternoon. after a few sunny spells, into northern ireland. for northern england, wales, the midlands and the southwest, we start with the cloud and patchy rain, just pushing down toward southeastern areas by evening, as it clouds over after some sunshine. but in the afternoon, it brightens up across much of northern england, wales, into southwest england. northeast england could be near 2a degrees. closer to 1a in northern scotland in the strengthening northerly wind. overnight and into friday, the rain moves out of scotland, northern ireland. this next spell of it works south through much of wales and parts of england, and we will see that cooler weather filtering down towards scotland and northern ireland on the brisk breeze. but for many, it's a very mild start to friday. and on through friday, it looks as if parts of england and eastern scotland most likely to see some rain. elsewhere, you may catch a shower, but a tendency for things to brighten up as the day goes on. it is turning a bit cooler

from the north at this stage, especially in those northerly winds in scotland. now, these weather fronts and low pressure continue to very slowly try to clear southwards as we go into the weekend. still with a lot of cloud, particularly through england and wales, as saturday begins. a few sunny spells develop, and there will be some patchy rain that tends to turn more showery during the day. it looks as if scotland and northern ireland will be mainly dry and get to see most of the sunny spells on saturday. and then by sunday, whilst most areas look as if they're going to be dry, there's still the chance of catching a shower. maybe a few heavier ones, down towards southern england and perhaps south wales. whereas elsewhere, we get to see some sunshine. temperatures are creeping up — a trend that continues into next week.

this is bbc news, the headlines: russia says it has fired warning shots at a british war ship, claiming it entered crimean waters without permission. more than 20 russian aircraft and to coastguard ships shadowed hms defender, which they say was in international waters. britney spears tells a court in los angeles she is depressed and traumatised and wants to live back, as she tries to end a 13— year legal arrangement putting her father in control of her life. the situation was put in place after she suffered a breakdown. john mcafee, the man behind mcafee antivirus software has been found dead in the prison where he was held in spain. it comes after spanish courts approved his extradition to the us to face a tax evasion charges.