hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a promise of clean, almost limitless energy for the world: scientists hail a major breakthrough in the race to provide power from nuclearfusion. simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. it's been described as the "holy grail" of science, and it's the first time the process has ever been shown to work in a laboratory. we'll find out what it could mean for the world. also on today's programme. the european parliament votes to strip greek mep eva kylie

of her role as a vice president, after she was charged over allegedly taking bribes. to anyone accepting payoffs, kickbacks, bribes, i say shame on you. eight people are jailed in france for their part in a terrorist bombing in nice six years ago, in which 86 people died. the first of this week's 48 hour rail strikes gets under way — as passengers in england and wales are warned to expect disruption every day now until the 9th of january. scientists say they've overcome a major barrier in their bid to produce almpost infinite clean energy. it's called nuclear fusion. the breakthrough could have huge implications

for generations to come. here's the us energy secretary. last week at the national laboratory in california last week at the national laboratory in californi ,. , , . in california scientists at the national ignition _ in california scientists at the national ignition facility - in california scientists at the - national ignition facility achieved fusion ignition and that is creating more energy from fusion reactions than the energy used to start the process. it is the first time it has ever been done in a laboratory. anywhere in the world. simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. our science editor rebecca morelle explains more. so what's the breakthrough announced today? what have they done? the experiment takes some hydrogen encased in a tiny pellet,

the size of a peppercorn. then, in a number of steps, 192 lasers blast the pellet. this sparks a fusion reaction, where the hydrogen atoms join together, releasing energy. what's getting the scientists so excited, though, is for the first time, the energy coming out of the experiment — this number, here, 3.15 megajoules — is bigger than the number going in, 2.05 megajoules. that's an increase of about 50%. fusion has been exciting scientists since they first figured out what was causing the sun to shine. it is an energy source that will produce no greenhouse gases, no radioactive waste, and it can produce a huge amount of energy from a small amount of fuel. so it offers us the potential of a clean, sustainable energy future. so, is fusion the future? will our cities be powered by it any time soon? well, not yet, and maybe not for a while. the amount of energy generated in the experiment was small — enough to boil a few kettles of water, not power cities. and the reaction was also fleeting.

obviously, we need to scale this up |to a much larger system in order to be able to get a net energy gain that we can use for power. - but the other thing i we need to do is to be able to do this, reproducibly and repetitively. _ if we want to get to a power station, we may have to - perform these experiments once every second and currently, it is a day- between experiments. so there is a huge amount of scale up that needs - to be done. there are clearly hurdles to overcome — cost is another, fusion is really expensive — but this experiment shows that the science works, and that's a huge step. labs all around the world are working on this, and today shows that fusion could be a reality, rather than a dream. dr arthur turrell is a deputy director at the ons data science campus and the author of "the star builders: nuclear fusion and the race to power the planet". thank you forjoining us here on the bbc. you may have hurt the us energy secretary saying this is one of the most important scientific it

discoveries of the 21st century do you agree?— you agree? absolutely. we are witnessing _ you agree? absolutely. we are witnessing a — you agree? absolutely. we are witnessing a moment - you agree? absolutely. we are witnessing a moment and - you agree? absolutely. we are witnessing a moment and the l you agree? absolutely. we are - witnessing a moment and the history here. it is one of the greatest greatest... scientists have struggled since the i950s so the fact that researchers have smashed through that barrier is exciting. in through that barrier is exciting. in terms of scaling this idea how much longer do you think that will take before you have a sufficient amount of energy that can impact on how we live. {iii of energy that can impact on how we live. . ., , ., of energy that can impact on how we live. _, , ., , , ., live. of course that is the question everyone wants — live. of course that is the question everyone wants to _ live. of course that is the question everyone wants to know. - live. of course that is the question everyone wants to know. it - live. of course that is the question everyone wants to know. it is - everyone wants to know. it is important to say that this is a scientific experiment and was never designed to be a power station or prototype power station there is a long way to go. in terms of how long that may take, it depends on how much we wanted. it is never about years it is about interest, innovation, and investment. the hope of the scientists involved with this is by sharing this proof of

principle, it will make all of those these things flow and open the floodgates and accelerate the timescales. it is a decision of how much we want to put behind us. let’s much we want to put behind us. let's talk about that _ much we want to put behind us. let's talk about that because you most of us will not have spent much time looking at this particular issue, the americans have made this discovery but is there a coordinated effort around this?— effort around this? absolutely in this very experiment _ effort around this? absolutely in this very experiment one - effort around this? absolutely in this very experiment one of- effort around this? absolutely in this very experiment one of the l this very experiment one of the countries in the sacrament is working on that today ice to work on that as well. so even though it is based in california there are people all over the world in contact. of course the approach with lasers is not the only approach to fusion there are various other schemes around most notably one that the uk has a lead and called magnetic fusion which uses magnets instead of

lasers to control this mass and that has been doing really well, it has not gotten quite as far as this one but the countries that are involved in that programme represent over the half of the worlds population so it is truly a project on behalf of all of humanity. is truly a pro'ect on behalf of all of humanity.— is truly a pro'ect on behalf of all of humani . �* . , ., , , of humanity. are there any downsides to findin: of humanity. are there any downsides to finding this — of humanity. are there any downsides to finding this new _ of humanity. are there any downsides to finding this new source _ of humanity. are there any downsides to finding this new source of - to finding this new source of energy? to finding this new source of ener: ? ., ., ., ., ., energy? you will hear a lot about the upsides _ energy? you will hear a lot about the upsides of— energy? you will hear a lot about the upsides of fusion _ energy? you will hear a lot about the upsides of fusion because - energy? you will hear a lot about i the upsides of fusion because there are lots of them, i think the main downside of fusion is probably right now, with the technology that we have, it does not work yet. because we have only managed to get to this proof of principle. we need lots and lots of clean energy as soon as possible. so we will need fission, renewables we will need a portfolio and it will take time for it to be ready. the other problem with fusion is probably the capital cost. at the moment everything we know about fusion says it works on really big scales. so we know fusion works in

the sun, there was fusion at the start of the universe, but actually to make it work on earth we need quite big plants and that means big upfront capital costs. anyone who could shrink down the technology required is going to attract a lot of interest but at the moment that seems like one of the risks. 50 seems like one of the risks. so interesting, thank you very much indeed for taking us through it. a french court has found guilty all eight suspects accused of helping a tunisian man carry out a deadly truck attack in nice six years ago. 86 people were killed and hundreds of others were injured when the vehicle drove through crowds celebrating bastille day. it was one of the worst terror attacks in europe in the past decade. the attacker was shot dead by police at the scene. this was the aftermath. and eight people have been on trial on a range of charges at a special courtroom in paris.

hugh schofield is in paris for us. help me understand the range of charges that were being considered. there are five people who had nothing to do with any plot, smalltime gangster types who had helped providing a weapon. no one ever accuse them of being involved in a terrorist plan, they were accused of simple common crimes to do with sales and they are one lot of the accused. then there were three men all to new scenes who were allegedly close to the killer man, mohamed lahouaiej bouhlel, the trial rested on trying to find out how much these three technicians knew of what he was planning. they were

accused of association with a terrorist enterprise, they were not produced —— accused of complacency. there was no allegation that they knew what was plan or part of the conspiracy. it was not an organisation but they were still found guilty on terrorist charges, two of them, because it was alleged and sustained in the court by the judges that they knew of the man's terrorist leanings, his proclivities the likelihood that he might turn to attack. he turned the police that he was planning something and they did not react. it is a gray area and i notice their lawyers are appealing straightaway, saying it was an absolute travesty no evidence being presented, nevertheless at this level they are convicted and found guilty of association with terrorists and got 18 years. the third man the terrorism aspect was

removed from his charge but he got 12 years because he provided the gun, there was a gun even though he never used it, and he was on parole. so his sentence was particularly severe. , ., , so his sentence was particularly severe. , .,, , ., , severe. the focus has been on these eiuht, in severe. the focus has been on these eight. in terms _ severe. the focus has been on these eight, in terms of _ severe. the focus has been on these eight, in terms of the _ severe. the focus has been on these eight, in terms of the authority's - eight, in terms of the authority's efforts trying to respond to what happened that day does it bring to an end to the effort to bring people to justice? an end to the effort to bring people tojustice? it an end to the effort to bring people to 'ustice? ., , ., , to 'ustice? it does relate. tacitly is to justice? it does relate. tacitly is an acknowledgement - to justice? it does relate. tacitly is an acknowledgement from - to justice? it does relate. tacitlyj is an acknowledgement from the start. that they were never really part of any plot there was no charge of conspiracy. the closest they got to that was used two or three people, to who should have known in a general way that he was planning something but they were not charged with conspiracy. it all rested with the individual who carried out the attack and some of that did come out in the trial. it is quite clear that he was a very troubled person with a

deeply troubling past in to zia with a history of violence with his girlfriends in developers as well. someone who had disdain for his own air brace, religion and until the last few weeks of his life where he founded and changed. so it all rested with his conflicted personality and very aggressive and violent personality, but he died so this trial was very much about the bit players. a greek vice—president of the european parliament has been stripped of her role after a vote. eva kaili denies taking bribes from qatar, in return for influence and for defending the government in doha. today, there was an emergency debate

— this is some of it. to anyone accepting payoffs, kickbacks, bribes i say shame on you. shame on you for violating trust, the trust of the people of europe who expect you to fight for their interests, not your own. here's what we know about this story. four suspects have been charged — eva kaili is the only one who's been named. her lawyer says that she's innocent — and has nothing to do with bribery from qatar. here's ms kaili speaking a few weeks before her arrest. qatar is a front runner in labour rights, abolishing kafala, introducing minimum wage, despite the challenges that even european companies are denying to enforce these laws. the speech we just heard there by ms kaili was quite

controversial not only in the european parliament but in her pasok party as well. this was the reaction from the party's spokesperson. translation: no one could imagine that behind ms kaili _ statements, in particular on november the 22nd at the european parliament, no one could imagine that behind the statements that were alleged acts of corruption. we also know that belgian investigators have been carrying out searches. they say they've found large sums of cash in homes and in a suitcase — they released this picture today. we've been hearing from one of the lawmakers who had his home searched as part of the probe. i had the opportunity to explain the situation and respond to their questions. i will not make any further comment or respond to your questions, as you will understand because there is an investigation under way. i have nothing to be ashamed of. this began in the summer when the belgian prosecutors launched an inquiry into possible corrupt activity by qatar around

the european parliament. the case then came to light last friday when belgian police said they'd seized around 600,000 euros worth of cash in mutiple searches in brussels. computers and mobile phones were also taken. prosecutors suspect qatar tried to influence parliament by donating money or gifts to meps and those close to them, qatar denies this. this is the head of the european parliament. whether it is tightening of our rules, — whether it is tightening of our rules, whether it is inquiring further, _ rules, whether it is inquiring further, whether it is looking at the influence of certain countries, we will— the influence of certain countries, we will not — the influence of certain countries, we will not stop and leave no stone unturned~ _ we will not stop and leave no stone unturned~ i— we will not stop and leave no stone unturned. i cannot predict where this will— unturned. i cannot predict where this will go, but what i can say, i fear, _ this will go, but what i can say, i fear. this— this will go, but what i can say, i fear. this is— this will go, but what i can say, i fear. this is a _ this will go, but what i can say, i fear, this is a general point of view— fear, this is a general point of view atter— fear, this is a general point of view after our initial findings, is

that the — view after our initial findings, is that the story will not stop here. plenty of reaction among meps — this is hannah neumann of the green party speaking to the bbc. a lot of colleagues, staff members working for us there their offices are being sealed their offices are being raided you don't even know if you can contact them or not so it is setting and there are also rumours, misinformation people try to use that and we need to keep a clear brain. at the same time i have to say, the trust, the political debates that we have were rooted on different political opinions has been broken to some degree at least according to one person there were suitcases full of money involved. eu law professor alberto alemanno who's in brussels. professor alberto alemanno, prof of eu law. how significant is the story for people who do not follow the european union closely, how unusual like this? , , , ~

like this? this is the most shocking inte . ri like this? this is the most shocking integrity scandal — like this? this is the most shocking integrity scandal in _ like this? this is the most shocking integrity scandal in the _ like this? this is the most shocking integrity scandal in the european i integrity scandal in the european union without any doubt. the nature and scale of this render it different from previous episodes that we have experience in the past of all of the european union has not really witness major scandal. the role it plays in politics has been very limited, a few isolated overall. the european union lead your will look wider in terms of integrity that most of its member states but it seems the european integrity system is no longer fit for purpose and it actually allows for purpose and it actually allows for misconduct which is egregiously in preaching on integrity rules but also criminal law. help in preaching on integrity rules but also criminal law.— also criminal law. help me understand _ also criminal law. help me understand who _ also criminal law. help me understand who is - also criminal law. help me understand who is driving l also criminal law. help me i understand who is driving this investigation, is thatjust the belgian police or is the eu itself also driving the investigation? from the time being. _

also driving the investigation? from the time being, the _ also driving the investigation? fr'rrrn the time being, the belgian authorities, prosecutors who are leading the investigation because of brussels, the presidents, actors involved do reside here. the actual investigation occurs in belgian with full cooperation with the european parliament. as you can see and hear these days, the european union system does not have a autonomous system does not have a autonomous system to follow the scandal so we are relying, deq, on the national authorities to conduct these kinds of investigations. share authorities to conduct these kinds of investigations.— authorities to conduct these kinds of investigations. are you surprised alle . ations of investigations. are you surprised allegations have _ of investigations. are you surprised allegations have been _ of investigations. are you surprised allegations have been risen - of investigations. are you surprised allegations have been risen around| allegations have been risen around the european parliament with mark the european parliament with mark the european parliament historically has been the weakest link in the european integrity system. this is because historically _ european integrity system. this is because historically the _ european integrity system. this is because historically the european| because historically the european members of parliament have been

resisting the idea to be subject to reporting obligations. basically obliging them to declare all of their meetings, and the reason for that has to do with constitutional law that basically says that members of parliament enjoy freedom of electoral mandate so they are free to inform themselves to get their own opinion by meeting third party representatives, but also corporations, ngos, in any form of scrutiny might compress such a right. i do believe the time has come to overcome such an argument and see and show that it is possible to reconcile the mandate allowing people to meet with anyone but also keeping track of those meetings to declare and keep responsibility. irate

declare and keep responsibility. we will leave it there but please stay touch on the story. those of you watching in the uk will know all about rail services grinding to a halt today. around a0 thousand rail workers walked out in the first of a series of 48 hour strikes. around half of all rail lines were closed all day, with many places having no service at all, including most of scotland and wales. where trains have been running, they've generally finished for the day within the past hour or so. some people took to the roads instead. figures from the satnav firm tom tom indicate traffic congestion shot up this morning, from 71 % to 86 % in london —— with similar increases in sheffield and in glasgow. but for some people, the strikes are more than an inconvenience: they mean a loss of business.

just listen to this man who runs a station cafe in surrey. this is built on commuters coming through in the morning. if we have no commuters we have no business. and the impact isn't on just the day of the strike itself. we would also feel that for a week or so after. because people got used to working from home, they can. so they'll avoid the trains until they've got back onto a regular schedule. so this will impact me, not just today, not just this week. there are strikes of the week after, the week after that. so, i'm pretty much closed for the next month. let's pick up on that idea of a month of rail disruption to come. there are two 48 hour train strikes this week, the first began today, the second starts on friday. there's an overtime ban at 1a train companies beginning his sunday, it could mean cancellations even on non—strike days, because of lack of staff. a strike at network rail over

christmas, which is targeted at engineering work but it could also hit customers' travel plans. trains will finish earlier than usual on christmas eve, at 6 in the evening. they won't start up again until early on the 27th of december. and, the new year won't bring any relief: there are already four strike days planned for the first week of 2023. the rail unions are blaming the government for the lack of progress on reaching a deal. network rail had offered a 5% increase this year, with another 4% at the start of 2023 — an offer rejected by nearly two thirds of the rmt�*s membership. this was their general secretary mick lynch as the strike got under way. it is way below inflation and it is predicated on a set of changes that cuts to the maintenance schedule task by 50% and conditions changes on our members in what work that were entirely unacceptable. it is also predicated shutting every booking office in britain and bringing in driver only operation

that they know we will never accept. so the art of negotiation is getting to a position where both sides can accept the deal and the government, dft and i think all the way up to number ten has put conditions in the train operating conditions that they know will blow up any chance of a deal. the transport secretary mark harper insists there is a fair and reasonable offer on the table. take a listen. the pay raise that's fair to the workers in the industry but also one that is fair to taxpayers, there is not a bottomless pit of money to pay increased the salary. i think there is a fair offer on table fair to taxpayers inferior to the people working in the industry and fair to passengers. rail workers aren't the only public sector staff taking strike action. today, midwives and physiotherapists have also decided to take action over pay. and one of the reasons is this — inflation , that's the red line. it's jumped from under 2%,

to just over 11 % this year. wages are struggling to keep up, particularly in the public sector where pay rises are averaging less than 3% a year. that's leaves a cost of living gap. i asked him several times to please discuss play with me —— pay i lost count of the number of times i asked it and each time we returned to the same thing. that there was no extra money on the table and he would not be discussing pay with me. i'm extremely disappointed at the belligerence that was shown. they close their books and walked away from the nursing profession this afternoon. the government though says it's concerned that if wages rise too far that will make containing inflation harder. and this is what the prime minister risi sunak told our political editor chris mason a short time ago. i've got an enormous respect and gratitude for all of our public

sector workers they do a terrific job and i'm grateful to them for that. and i know things are difficult right now, that is why we are providing almost £1000 for support for anyone in the country there energy bills this winter with our price guarantee. but it is also why we have to get a grip of inflation. that is the thing that is eating into peoples living standards and that is why pay deals have to be responsible. we have an independent process, independent body that makes recommendations to the government on what fair pay is. so you won't offer any more money, you won't buckle? that's it? we've already increased our pay offers to make sure that we accepted the recommendations of the independent body. that is the right thing to do, it is fair, reasonable. just to be absolutely, abundantly clear that is it, is it? in many cases the offer that we have not put on the table, the increased offer in line with the independent recommendation is higher than what people watching at home in— the private sector are getting so i think we are taking a reasonable and — fair approach.

the first semifinal at the world cup is under way croatia versus argentina goalless with 25 minutes gone. hello. tuesday has been another very cold day. we've still got a lot of lying snow and icy conditions around. this was the picture tuesday afternoon still in crowborough. so slippery conditions underfoot on untreated pavements and roads as well and the cold snap sticking around certainly for another few days. quite a lot of dry weather on the cards for many of us. but still those icy stretches, some wintry showers, particularly across parts of scotland and northeast england and northerly wind developing. and that's going to mean improved visibility. still some mist and fog patches lingering overnight tonight, but we should see more sunshine over the next few days. cold air very much with us at the moment. but if we fast forward towards the weekend, saturday and particularly by sunday, it looks like we'll see that milder air starting to sweep in. so by sunday, probably an end to this current cold spell,

but lots of wintry weather before we get there. we've got snow showers still piling in tonight across parts of scotland and northeast england combined with a brisk northerly winds. they really feeling cold there. and down towards the south west of england, too, we're seeing some rain, some sleetiness, perhaps even some snow over the moors. temperatures overnight minus six, minus eight degrees. so very cold. once again, not quite as cold as it was last night, though, now through wednesday. then again, we've got blizzards across the north of scotland. gale force gusts at times, snow piling in for the likes of county durham, the north york moors. a little bit of snow for parts of county londonderry and antrim as well, largely dry and sunny elsewhere. we've got that rain just lingering out in the english channel there. perhaps a little bit of sleetiness mixed in, but temperatures just about above freezing for most of us. but when you add on the wind chill, it is going to feel about minus four or minus six degrees, particularly for parts of scotland and northeast england. wednesday night brings more heavy snow across parts of highland. and again, snow showers around the coast of north east england. it's another cold night again with temperatures down to minus four

or minus five degrees. so a really sharp frost as we start the day on thursday. thursday brings quite a lot of sunny and dry weather for most areas. but there will be some of those wintry showers again for northern and eastern parts of scotland and down the north sea coast for northeast england as well, temperatures around about 1 to 5 degrees. so it looks like things gradually warm up by a degree or so towards the end of the working week, much milder by sunday with the arrival of some rain at times, but that could be preceded by some snowfall. if you want to get a better idea of details for your location, you can find a 1k day forecast on the bbc weather app. bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. scientists say they've made a major breakthrough in the race to provide powerfrom nuclearfusion. it means the promise of clean, almost limitless energy charges of money—laundering and fraud are filed against the the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, sam bankman—fried international donors are pledging $8 billion mark to ukraine to assist power supplies that have been devastated by russian attacks.

the us authorities have filed eight separate criminal charges against the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx. sam bankman—fried is accused of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the united states — among other counts set out in a 13 page indictment. here's a reminder of who sam bankman—fried is. he is the founder of the collapsed crypto currency exchange ftx , which was the world's second largest crypto exchange. it allowed customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and was once valued at nearly 30 billion pounds — but filed for bankrupty last month. our cyber reporter, joe tidy, spoke to sam bankman fried last wednesday in the us, where he admitted to mismanaging ftx. are you incompetent or were you for fraudulent?

i didn't know to commit fraud. i don't think i committed fraud. i didn't want any of this to happen. i was certainly not as competent as i thought i was. ftx's affiliated trading company, alameda research, was using ftx customer funds. mr bankman fried's defense lawyer has said that mr bankman fried sam bankman—fried has denied allegations he must have been aware ftx had an estimated 1.2 million registered users who were using the exchange to buy cryptocurrency tokens such as bitcoin and thousands of others — trading about ten billion dollars of cryptocurrencies a dayfrom large traders to everyday crypto fans, many are left wondering if they will ever get back their savings trapped in ftx's digital wallets. joth ray — who's the new chief executive of ftx — has been giving evidence to politicians. the ftx group's collapse appears to stem from an absolute concentration of control in the hands of a small group of grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals who failed to implement virtually

any of the systems or controls that are necessary for a company entrusted with other people's money or assets. some of the unacceptable management practices we've identified so far include the use of computer infrastructure that gave individuals and senior management access to systems that stored customer assets without security controls to prevent them from redirecting those assets. the chair of us securities and exchange commission, gary gensler, said "we allege that sam bankman—fried built a house of cards on a foundation of deception while telling investors that it was one of the safest buildings in crypto," gurbir s. grewal, the director of enforcement for the securites exchange commission added , "ftx's collapse highlights the very real risks that unregistered crypto asset trading platforms can pose for investors and customers alike.

deeming wounds is warning this won't be the last announcement. this investigation _ be the last announcement. this investigation is _ be the last announcement. this investigation is very _ be the last announcement. try 3 investigation is very much ongoing. and it is moving very quickly. but i also want to be clear about something else. while this is our first public announcement. it will not be our last. with me now is technology journalist, kara swisher. deeming wounds is warning this won't be the last announcement. are you surprised by the speed and extent of the charges? hat are you surprised by the speed and extent of the charges?— extent of the charges? not at all. these parties _ extent of the charges? not at all. these parties are _ extent of the charges? not at all. these parties are possibility - these parties are possibility turning on and testifying against each other. i'm sure there are copious e—mails and texts and paperwork in the bahamas. i assume they have a lot puts up to move quickly they must have a lot of things that stand out. to see he was

incompetent he was try to do all those things to get out of it. but that's not a _ those things to get out of it. but that's not a defence. tell us about ftx. to what degree was us all sitting on the decision of one man? it was. he owned 90% of the hedge fund he transferred into from ftx which was money customers had given them for something else. he had complete control of this. so his excuse that he didn't know what was going on our dubious. and that is probably what the regulators in the us think. he probably what the regulators in the us think. , ., �* probably what the regulators in the us think. , . �* ., us think. he is and he didn't mean to do anything _ us think. he is and he didn't mean to do anything wrong _ us think. he is and he didn't mean to do anything wrong and - us think. he is and he didn't mean to do anything wrong and as - us think. he is and he didn't mean to do anything wrong and as you i us think. he is and he didn't mean i to do anything wrong and as you said been giving a lot of interviews to make that case. tell me about the fact the company has a new ceo. what does that mean for the new the users who have money in ftx? this does that mean for the new the users who have money in ftx?— does that mean for the new the users who have money in ftx? this guy is a very exoerienced _ who have money in ftx? this guy is a very experienced ceo. _ who have money in ftx? this guy is a very experienced ceo. he _ who have money in ftx? this guy is a very experienced ceo. he worked - who have money in ftx? this guy is a| very experienced ceo. he worked with enron to get money back. i don't think they're going to get a lot of money back. but if someone is going

to get money back from these people because a lot of it has gone missing. i think this guy is charged with doing the and winding it down. it's not going to exist in the end, probably. it's not going to exist at all. i think he is going to be looking for money everywhere it went. sam bankman—fried is acting like it was in the drawer i don't know where it went. but i think that's ridiculous. i know where it went. but i think that's ridiculous.— that's ridiculous. i think people watchin: that's ridiculous. i think people watching this _ that's ridiculous. i think people watching this let _ that's ridiculous. i think people watching this let stand - that's ridiculous. i think people watching this let stand back - that's ridiculous. i think people i watching this let stand back from the individual are involved in this. how is it possible to an operation of the scale with this much money flowing through it could be on deregulated? it flowing through it could be on deregulated?— flowing through it could be on deregulated? flowing through it could be on dereuulated? . , , ., ., , deregulated? it was starting to be re . ulated deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by _ deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by us — deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by us officials. - deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by us officials. it - deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by us officials. it is - deregulated? it was starting to be regulated by us officials. it is a i regulated by us officials. it is a new industry and is perfect for this type of fraud. i think a lot of people bought into it. there was a lot of hype around crypto and everyone was rushing in seeing all these billionaires and mutineers get made. and it was perfect timing for people who want to commit fraud. and

the minute it fell apart it was clear it was fraud. it is not so different from bernie made off etc. they decide to prove he knew what he was doing. he does this sort of, i'm just a kid. he dresses like a toddler with an unmade bed. it is just an excuse. he had control of it. ithink just an excuse. he had control of it. i think they have them dead to rights. late it. i think they have them dead to riahts. ~ ., ., ., , rights. we would have to see. he continues to _ rights. we would have to see. he continues to say _ rights. we would have to see. he continues to say he _ rights. we would have to see. he continues to say he made - rights. we would have to see. he i continues to say he made mistakes. and that he didn't commit crimes. i must say kara i was reading online about the thread you write on switzer about elon musk and he stretch to for running the company at the moment. for those who haven't seen the thread somewhat is your theory? a lot of people are looking at what is an usual way of leading a tech firm. ~ ., , , at what is an usual way of leading a tech firm. ~ . , , ., tech firm. what is his game here? i was sittin: tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on _ tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on a _ tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on a plane _ tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on a plane as _ tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on a plane as i - tech firm. what is his game here? i was sitting on a plane as i written i was sitting on a plane as i written about it on a lot of different times. he is doing a lot of performance of tweeting which is on

brand with what fox news does a lot of time. i think maybe he's treating it as a media company he's doing a lot of longer tweets. it is maybe an opening to compete with fox news. tutoris opening to compete with fox news. tutor is a media company and he could make a lot of choices to change things. advertising is certainly not working for him right now. i was speculating if i was him i would make this. tell now. i was speculating if i was him i would make this.— now. i was speculating if i was him i would make this. tell us what this means? fox _ i would make this. tell us what this means? fox news _ i would make this. tell us what this means? fox news has _ i would make this. tell us what this means? fox news has a _ i would make this. tell us what this means? fox news has a website i i would make this. tell us what this means? fox news has a website it| means? fox news has a website it produces journalistic content. what would twitter produce? lltlul’ell produces journalistic content. what would twitter produce?— produces journalistic content. what would twitter produce? well fox news is audience is — would twitter produce? well fox news is audience is getting _ would twitter produce? well fox news is audience is getting older _ would twitter produce? well fox news is audience is getting older and - is audience is getting older and with diet. with twitter he could be aiming at a younger market that likes this type of content. and there are lots of smaller people who are doing well in this area. it is a motivated audience and i think it is an opportunity for him. some of it

isjust pure curiosity an opportunity for him. some of it is just pure curiosity and hate what you use to attend. but i think there is a method to the madness which is just a speculation on my part. he has to do something, obviously. given you have interviewed him meant plenty of times and studied them also. do you think he minds whether this $41; also. do you think he minds whether this $44 billion also. do you think he minds whether this $41; billion comes back to them or is there a grander purpose we need to understand? that or is there a grander purpose we need to understand?— or is there a grander purpose we need to understand? that is what he says- every — need to understand? that is what he says- every purple — need to understand? that is what he says. every purple person _ need to understand? that is what he says. every purple person want - need to understand? that is what he says. every purple person want to i says. every purple person want to control the media and silicon valley people particularly get mad when media is not groveling to them. so i think they have everything else so why not have power over media. and that makes sense in a lot of ways. i lots of tech people on media right out. whether that is just base us or others. it makes sense that you can turn this into a sort of media platform. i wasjust turn this into a sort of media platform. i was just speculating that it platform. i was just speculating thatitis platform. i was just speculating that it is an interesting idea is that it is an interesting idea is that question? jeff that it is an interesting idea is that question?— that it is an interesting idea is that question? that it is an interesting idea is thatauestion? ' ~ , that question? jeff mrs bought the washinuton that question? jeff mrs bought the

washington post _ that question? jeff mrs bought the washington post wassup _ that question? jeff mrs bought the washington post wassup and - that question? jeff mrs bought the washington post wassup and you | that question? jeff mrs bought the i washington post wassup and you look at mark zuckerberg who says that facebook is not a publisher. this isn't our game, content isn't our game. if mus was to go in this direction with twitter he would be out of sync with some of the others. elon musk loves to be out of swing. i think that's is the way it is. i think it'sjust an i think that's is the way it is. i think it's just an interesting i think that's is the way it is. i think it'sjust an interesting idea of what he is developing what he is developing wassup i think there news that he might be buying a media platform. tutor is a news distribution services. so what would you do if you're going to consider created a smaller right—wing media company? created a smaller right-wing media com an ? , , created a smaller right-wing media coman ? , , ., created a smaller right-wing media coman ? , ,., ., . ~' company? this is an option. thank ou ve company? this is an option. thank you very much _ company? this is an option. thank you very much kara. _ donors at a meeting on ukraine have agreed to hand the country another billion dollars in aid to help cope with energy shortages caused by russia's bombardment. the strikes on ukraine's energy infrastructure,

which intensified in mid—october, have left millions of people in nearly all regions of the country without power, as temperatures drop below zero. an international meeting has been taking place in paris, to discuss what assistance can be given. france, which is hosting the talks, emphasised that that the billion dollars represented new commitments — aid, or gifts in kind, said, rather than loans. president zelensky told delegates that hospitals and other services were only able to keep going using electricity generators. translation: such electricity supply supports could cost - around 800 million euros in the current prices. this is significant. but significantly less than a blackout in all ukraine could cost us.

the french president has been explaining what the gathering is hoping to achieve. translation: the heart of the russian offensive | after the military defeats in the last few weeks is to plunge ukrainian people into despair. and therefore, it is to attack civilian infrastructures to cut off water. to cut off electricity. and to plunge the population into darkness and cold and so we are mobilising to help resist. what do people on the ground think, here's what people in kyiv have been saying. translation: our people | are very united and everyone understands everything. there is no electricity and that is all right. it is much harderfor the military at the front. we hope everything will be fine. we are ukrainians and we are a strong nation. we will cope with everything. the world health organization has warned that ukraine's health system is facing its darkest days. the bbc�*s hugo bachega has been speaking with

the couutry�*s health minister. translation: the ukrainian health care system _ is facing a new challenge as a result of the full—scale russian invasion of ukraine. since the beginning of the war, we have suffered as russia shelled civilians indiscriminately and attacked hospitals. already more than 1,100 health care facilities have been damaged and 144 completely destroyed. and now, on top of that, we face strikes on our energy infrastructure. are you concerned that this country may face a humanitarian crisis if these attacks don't stop? the risks are always high. we have to prepare for the worst situations. this is what we do. i ask our international partners to support our hospitals with generators, with heating systems, so that hospitals can continue to function

in the event of a blackout. matthew schmidt, director of the university of new haven's international affairs programmejoins me now from new york. thank you for your time. first of all what are your thoughts on russians tactics? its decisions to target infrastructure since october? it's a war crime first and foremost. and it shows the weakness of the russian military to be able to achieve anything in a conventional way. what she is doing is using the population as a kind of weapon. he is blowing up hospitals. he is taking advantage of strange aspects of that soviet heating system to target heating plans and to put people out of heap. he is driving them out of their homes and blowing up their homes. and creating this mass of humanity that is in the streets in the middle of winter. he

is hoping that puts pressure on president zelensky to negotiate. which you want yet. as the ukrainians you heard say they are willing to suffer. but it also puts pressure on the west to do what they're doing in paris to put pressure. they're doing in paris to put pressure-— they're doing in paris to put ressure. h ., ~ ., ., pressure. let's talk about that resonse pressure. let's talk about that response without _ pressure. let's talk about that response without where - pressure. let's talk about that response without where been | pressure. let's talk about that. response without where been told there are millions of dollars being sent to help combat the attacks on infrastructure but is it significant enough to help the problem? lt’s enough to help the problem? it's it's it's enough to help the problem? lt�*s it's it's difficult to understand because understanding the skin of the problem is difficult unless you are on the ground. putting on that debtor together is an impossible task in these conditions. it is it lots of money and it can certainly help and it may be sufficient. but the bigger news is, today, the biting administration looks like it is going to release patriot missile batteries into ukraine in the next

few weeks. tell batteries into ukraine in the next few weeks-— few weeks. tell us what you are highlighting _ few weeks. tell us what you are highlighting that. _ few weeks. tell us what you are highlighting that. ukraine - few weeks. tell us what you are highlighting that. ukraine has i few weeks. tell us what you are i highlighting that. ukraine has been askin: for highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range _ highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range air _ highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range air defence l asking for long—range air defence from months. almost since the beginning of the war. and the russian missiles being used to commit this war crime against you grain to high—tech infrastructure can be taken out with this system. this is the most immediate and successfully fix if russia gets this. , successfully fix if russia gets this, , , ., successfully fix if russia gets this. , ., ., , this. so this is a hardware response to the threat _ this. so this is a hardware response to the threat coming _ this. so this is a hardware response to the threat coming from - this. so this is a hardware response to the threat coming from russia. l this. so this is a hardware response to the threat coming from russia. i | to the threat coming from russia. i wonder what you have made of more unusual requests like light bulbs. we have seen the ukrainian government sizing for certain types of light bulbs. perhaps you weren't expect and that type of demand. lt expect and that type of demand. lit makes me chuckle. the ukrainian officials i have met come across as very clever and thinking i we are own problems for the countries and find solutions. i think it might work for something if they lower the energy usage. they might have enough from the plants that are currently

operating to get through the russian attacks. i think it is genius. thank ou for attacks. i think it is genius. thank you forioining _ attacks. i think it is genius. thank you forjoining us. _ attacks. i think it is genius. thank you forjoining us. we _ attacks. i think it is genius. thank you forjoining us. we appreciate | you forjoining us. we appreciate it. more details on that package being added through the bbc website. let us update you on the football. the first world cup semifinal. argentina versus croatia. it is going lay messi's way. 2— 02 argentina. lionel messi scored the first with a penalty. whoever wins this will face whoever wins tomorrow's semifinal between france and morocco. jackjohnson was pulled from the water on sunday a six—year—old boy

remains critically ill in hospital. a midlands correspondent reports. ten—year—old jackjohnson was one of the three who died. today he schooled his back open after a possibly impossibly difficult 2a hours. ladle possibly impossibly difficult 24 hours. ~ ., , possibly impossibly difficult 24 hours. ., , ., , , hours. we told my doctor yesterday and it was really _ hours. we told my doctor yesterday and it was really heartbreaking - hours. we told my doctor yesterday and it was really heartbreaking for i and it was really heartbreaking for her. we all went to lay some flowers. to kind of ease her pain. there is a sense of community spirit. it'sjust there is a sense of community spirit. it's just tragic.— spirit. it's 'ust tragic. really traaic. spirit. it'sjust tragic. really tragic- the _ spirit. it'sjust tragic. really tragic. the grief _ spirit. it'sjust tragic. really tragic. the grief is - spirit. it'sjust tragic. really tragic. the grief is still- spirit. it'sjust tragic. really i tragic. the grief is still clearly visible. after school many of jack's friends brought flowers to group add to the growing mass of tributes placed just outside the police cordoned. among them were one of the

girls and jack's year and her mum. everyone today was a bit and we are still seeing a steady trickle of people bringing flowers and messages and toys to that growing makeshift shrine to the boys who died, and we are expecting birmingham city football managerjohn eustace to come in the next half—an—hour

stay with us on outside source — still to come. sciences are sent the have overcome a barrier— sciences are sent the have overcome a barrier to _ sciences are sent the have overcome a barrier to create limitless energy creating _ a barrier to create limitless energy creating nuclear fusion. a barrier to create limitless energy creating nuclearfusion. . a barrier to create limitless energy creating nuclear fusion.— a barrier to create limitless energy creating nuclear fusion. . the greek mp has been _ creating nuclear fusion. . the greek mp has been stripped _ creating nuclear fusion. . the greek mp has been stripped of— creating nuclear fusion. . the greek mp has been stripped of ice - creating nuclear fusion. . the greek mp has been stripped of ice to - creating nuclear fusion. . the greek| mp has been stripped of ice to she's charged over illegally taking bribes. let's turn to the world cup and the semifinal clash between argentina and croatia is taking place at the moment. the score is 2—0 two argentina. the winner would play the winner of france versus morocco. the two sides are lead by one of the best footballers of this generation. argentina is headed by lionel messi and croatia is captained by luka modric. given their ages, this world cup is seen by many to be their last shot at that elusive world cup glory. lionel messi — regarded by many as one of the greatest

footballer of all time — is leading his argentinian team—mates to reach their sixth final — in the hopes of inching closer to lifting their third world cup trophy. the last time argentina won the touranment was in 1986, when diego maradona inspired the team to victory. messi who is 35 years old, has won every club and individual trophy in football — including a record seven ballon d'ors. one silverware he is missing in his cabinet however is a world cup trophy. he got close to achieving this in 2014 when argentina reached the finals but lost to germany. around 40,000 argentinians have travelled to qatar for the world cup. they have been chanting an argentine pop song, translated into english as ""boys, we have our hopes up again", outside staidums. the song has become the unofficial anthem for lionel messi and his teamamtes. for lionel messi and his teammates. the opening line references argentina's two biggest footballing icons: "diego and lionel". messi has said this is his favourite football chant.

# muchachos, ahora nos volvimos a ilusionar # # quiero ganar la tercera # # quiero ser campeon mundial # # y al diego # meanwhile croatia, captained by the ballon d'or winner luka modric, are going for their first world cup title and their second conseutive final, having been runner—ups in russia in 2018. modric, who is 37 years old is once again trying to steer his country into the world cup finals. they lost to france in the previous tournament, the bbc sport's olly foster is in doha. i olly foster give us a report on the first off please.— i olly foster give us a report on the first off please. very little to write home _ the first off please. very little to write home about _ the first off please. very little to write home about after- the first off please. very little to write home about after 30 - the first off please. very little to i write home about after 30 minutes very cagey. luka modric was pulling

the strings for croatia. lionel messi was quiet. but things exploded in the last 15 minutes of that have. the young man justice in the last 15 minutes of that have. the young manjustice is in the last 15 minutes of that have. the young man justice is strictly striker for argentina was absolutely flattened by the croatian keeper who has had a very good tournament. at penalty it was the referee had no doubts about it. it was very clear. and up stepped lionel messi scored a couple penalties already at this workup. none of these mucking about with a stuttering went up he absolutely smashed it into the roof of the net. 1— 02 argentina. and then shortly afterward the manchester city forward of the race picked up the ball in the croatian half and ran at the croatian defence. got the rope of the green and it bounced off it couple tackles and it bounced off it couple tackles and hejust and it bounced off it couple tackles and he just chipped the and it bounced off it couple tackles and hejust chipped the ball up and it bounced off it couple tackles and he just chipped the ball up from close range pass the croatian goalkeeper. 2—0 at half—time two

argentina sub you would think they are cruising to work the world cup final. they have never lost a world cup semifinal. history is on their site in that regard but remember they threw away a 2—0 lead against netherlands in the quarterfinal and that went to extra time and penalties. but they would take nothing for granted the argentinians. but that chance you were talking about. the players will hope to be sending it again at half—time. and the crowd have not stopped singing it since the whistle blew. l stopped singing it since the whistle blew. ., , ., ., ., ,~' stopped singing it since the whistle blew. ., ., ., ., blew. i was going to ask about the crowd olly foster _ blew. i was going to ask about the crowd olly foster for _ blew. i was going to ask about the crowd olly foster for some - blew. i was going to ask about the l crowd olly foster for some 40,000 argentinians in delhi. presumably you can see them out and about when you can see them out and about when you are there. you can see them out and about when you are there-— you are there. they have been absolutely _ you are there. they have been absolutely significant. - you are there. they have been absolutely significant. we - you are there. they have been absolutely significant. we had| you are there. they have been - absolutely significant. we had that number verified by the argentinian embassy. the number of argentinians coming from argentina. you can probably add another 10,000 or 20,000 on top of that because of the

lionel messi factor. i lots of qatari families or football fans from the regions are latching onto their favourite players. from the regions are latching onto theirfavourite players. the elective procedures finds many who are not portuguese friends were cheering cristiano ronaldo they might not be churn for the nms he and argentina. and name my friends who who was on another go but i can of the game. you know another to people it would be filing the heart of lionel messi and argentina because of it in a packed stadium and you can add about 10,000 or 20,000 mark to the argentinian friends and the corporation funds are being vastly outnumbered. ll you are being vastly outnumbered. if you want to follow _ are being vastly outnumbered. if you want to follow the _ are being vastly outnumbered. if you want to follow the game _ are being vastly outnumbered. if you want to follow the game through bbc export there is a live page running as you would expect with all the updates. go to either bbc/ sport.

the first world cup semifinal and tomorrow it is france against morocco. thanks for watching this hour of outside source will be back at the usual time tomorrow. hello. tuesday has been another very cold day. we've still got a lot of lying snow and icy conditions around. this was the picture tuesday afternoon still in crowborough. so slippery conditions underfoot on untreated pavements and roads as well and the cold snap sticking around certainly for another few days. quite a lot of dry weather on the cards for many of us. but still those icy stretches, some wintry showers, particularly across parts of scotland and northeast england and northerly wind developing. and that's going to mean improved visibility. still some mist and fog patches lingering overnight tonight, but we should see more sunshine over the next few days. cold air very much with us at the moment. but if we fast forward towards the weekend, saturday and particularly by sunday, it looks like we'll see that milder air starting to sweep in. so by sunday, probably an end to this current cold spell, but lots of wintry weather

before we get there. we've got snow showers still piling in tonight across parts of scotland and northeast england combined with a brisk northerly winds. they really feeling cold there. and down towards the south west of england, too, we're seeing some rain, some sleepiness, perhaps even some snow over the moors. rain, some sleetiness, perhaps even some snow over the moors. temperatures overnight minus six, minus eight degrees. so very cold. once again, not quite as cold as it was last night, though, now through wednesday. then again, we've got blizzards across the north of scotland. gale force gusts at times, snow piling in for the likes of county durham, the north york moors. a little bit of snow for parts of county londonderry and antrim as well, largely dry and sunny elsewhere. we've got that rain just lingering out in the english channel there. perhaps a little bit of sleepiness mixed in, but temperatures perhaps a little bit of sleetiness mixed in, but temperatures just about above freezing for most of us. but when you add on the wind chill, it is going to feel about minus four or minus six degrees, particularly for parts of scotland and northeast england. wednesday night brings more heavy snow across parts of highland. and again, snow showers around the coast of north east england. it's another cold night again

with temperatures down to minus four or minus five degrees. so a really sharp frost as we start the day on thursday. thursday brings quite a lot of sunny and dry weather for most areas. but there will be some of those wintry showers again for northern and eastern parts of scotland and down the north sea coast for northeast england as well, temperatures around about 1 to 5 degrees. so it looks like things gradually warm up by a degree or so towards the end of the working week, much milder by sunday with the arrival of some rain at times, but that could be preceded by some snowfall. if you want to get a better idea of details for your location, you can find a 14 day forecast on the bbc weather app. bye.

hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to outside source. a promise of clean, almost limitless energy for the world — scientists hail a major breakthrough in the race to provide power from nuclearfusion. simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the zist impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. it's been described as the "holy grail" of science and it's the first time the process has ever been shown to work in a laboratory. we'll find out what it could mean for the world. also on today's programme: charges of money laundering and fraud are filed against sam bankman—fried, the founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx. the european parliament votes

to strip greek mep eva kaili of her role as a vice president, after she was charged over allegedly taking bribes. the first of this week's 48—hour rail strikes gets under way to anyone accepting payoffs, take—back, bribes, isay, shame on you _ scientists say they've overcome a major barrier in their bid to produce almost infinite clean energy. it's called nuclear fusion. the breakthrough could have huge implications for generations to come. here's the us energy secretary. last week at the national laboratory in california, scientists at the national ignition facility achieved fusion ignition, and that is creating more energy from fusion reactions

than the energy used to start the process. it's the first time it has ever been done in a laboratory anywhere in the world. simply put, this is one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century. our science editor, rebecca morelle, explains more. it's been described as the holy grail of energy — nuclear fusion. it's the same process that powers the sun and other stars and, what have they done? the experiment takes some hydrogen encased in a tiny pellet, the size of a peppercorn. then, in a number of steps, 192 lasers blast the pellet. this sparks a fusion reaction, where the hydrogen atoms join together, releasing energy. what's getting the scientists so excited, though, is for the first time, the energy coming out of the experiment — this number, here, 3.15 megajoules — is bigger than the number going in, 2.05 megajoules.

that's an increase of about 50%. fusion has been exciting scientists since they first figured out what was causing the sun to shine. it's an energy source that - will produce no greenhouse gases, no radioactive waste, _ and it can produce a huge amount of energy from a small amount of fuel. so it offers us the potential of- a clean, sustainable energy future. so, is fusion the future? will our cities be powered by it any time soon? well, not yet, and maybe not for a while. the amount of energy generated in the experiment was small — enough to boil a few kettles of water, not power cities. and the reaction was also fleeting. obviously, we need to scale this up to a much larger system in order to be able to get a net energy gain that we can use for power. but the other thing we need to do is to be able to do this, reproducibly and repetitively. if we want to get to a power station, we may have to perform these experiments once every second

and currently, it's a day between experiments. so, there is a huge amount of scale—up that needs to be done. there are clearly hurdles to overcome — cost is another, fusion is really expensive — but this experiment shows that the science works, and that's a huge step. labs all around the world are working on this, and today shows that fusion could be a reality, rather than a dream. dr arthur turrell is a deputy director at the ons data science campus and the author of "the star builders: nuclear fusion and the race to power the planet". let's hear what he makes of today's announcement. we are witnessing a moment and the history here. this is the greatest technological challenge. scientists have struggled since the 1950s, so the fact that researchers have smashed through that barrier is exciting. in terms of scaling this idea, how much longer do you think that will take before you have a sufficient amount of energy that can

impact on how we live? of course, that's the question everyone wants to know. it's important to say that this is a scientific experiment and was never designed to be a power station or prototype power station. there's a long way to go. in terms of how long that may take, it depends on how much we wanted. it's never about years it's about interest, innovation and investment. the hope of the scientists involved with this is by sharing this proof of principle, it will make all of those these things flow and open the floodgates and accelerate the timescales. it's a decision of how much we want to put behind us. let's talk about that because you most of us will not have spent much time looking at this particular issue, the americans have made this discovery, but is there a coordinated effort around this? absolutely, in fact, on this very experiment,

one of the countries is working on that today. so, even though it's based in california there are people all over the world in contact. of course, the approach with lasers is not the only approach to fusion. there are various other schemes around, most notably one that the uk has a lead in called magnetic fusion, which uses magnets instead of lasers to control this mass, and that has been doing really well, it's not gotten quite as far as this one, but the countries that are involved in that programme represent over the half of the world's population, so it's truly a project on behalf of all of humanity. are there any downsides to finding this new source of energy? you'll hear a lot about the upsides of fusion because there are lots of them. i think the main downside of fusion is probably right now, with the technology that we have,

it doesn't work yet. because we have only managed to get to this proof of principle. we need lots and lots of clean energy as soon as possible. so, we'll need fission, renewables, still need a portfolio and it will take time for it to be ready. the other problem with fusion is probably the capital cost. at the moment, everything we know about fusion says it works on really big scales. so, we know fusion works in the sun, there was fusion at the start of the universe, but actually, to make it work on earth, we need quite big plants, and that means big upfront capital costs. anyone who could shrink down the technology required is going to attract a lot of interest, but at the moment, that seems like one of the risks.

these strikes on the energy and instructor have identified. all the while, the temperatures continue to drop because of winter. all types of assistance was being discussed. france has been emphasising that the billion dollars rift... president zalewski said the hospitals in ukraine were now only able to keep going using electricity generators. translation: such electricity supply support for cost around 800 million euros at the current prices. this is significant,

but significantly less than a blackout could cost us. emmanuel macron has _ blackout could cost us. emmanuel macron has been _ blackout could cost us. emmanuel macron has been explaining - blackout could cost us. emmanuel macron has been explaining some| macron has been explaining some things they hope to achieve. translation: to plunge ukrainian people into despair— to plunge ukrainian people into despair and therefore, it is to attack— despair and therefore, it is to attack the civilian infrastructures, cut off _ attack the civilian infrastructures, cut off water, cut off electricity and plunge the population into darkness. so, we are mobilising to helu _ darkness. so, we are mobilising to helu h_ darkness. so, we are mobilising to hel. �* ., darkness. so, we are mobilising to hel _ �* ., ., , darkness. so, we are mobilising to hel. . ., , , ., help. a great many politicians have cathered in help. a great many politicians have gathered in paris _ help. a great many politicians have gathered in paris for _ help. a great many politicians have gathered in paris for this. - help. a great many politicians have gathered in paris for this. let's - gathered in paris for this. let's hearfrom people in the ukrainian capital. translation: our people are very united and everyone understands everything. there is no electricity and that's all right. it is much harderfor the military at the front. all right. it is much harder for the military at the front. translation: we hoe military at the front. translation: we hope that _ military at the front. translation: we hope that everything _ military at the front. translation: we hope that everything will- military at the front. translation: we hope that everything will be - we hope that everything will be fine _ we hope that everything will be fine we — we hope that everything will be fine. we are ukrainians. we are a

strong _ fine. we are ukrainians. we are a strong nation. we will cope with everything. strong nation. we will cope with everything-— strong nation. we will cope with eve hina. ., ., , everything. look get more of this from matthew — everything. look get more of this from matthew schmidt. - everything. look get more of this from matthew schmidt. it - everything. look get more of this from matthew schmidt. it shows | everything. look get more of this i from matthew schmidt. it shows the weakness of — from matthew schmidt. it shows the weakness of the _ from matthew schmidt. it shows the weakness of the russian _ from matthew schmidt. it shows the weakness of the russian military - from matthew schmidt. it shows the weakness of the russian military to | weakness of the russian military to achieve _ weakness of the russian military to achieve anything _ weakness of the russian military to achieve anything else _ weakness of the russian military to achieve anything else in _ weakness of the russian military to achieve anything else in a - achieve anything else in a conventional— achieve anything else in a conventional way. - achieve anything else in a conventional way. what. achieve anything else in a . conventional way. what he's achieve anything else in a - conventional way. what he's doing achieve anything else in a _ conventional way. what he's doing is using _ conventional way. what he's doing is using the _ conventional way. what he's doing is using the population _ conventional way. what he's doing is using the population as _ conventional way. what he's doing is using the population as a _ conventional way. what he's doing is using the population as a kind - conventional way. what he's doing is using the population as a kind of- using the population as a kind of weapon — using the population as a kind of weapon hes— using the population as a kind of weapon. he's blowing _ using the population as a kind of weapon. he's blowing up- using the population as a kind of. weapon. he's blowing up hospitals, taking _ weapon. he's blowing up hospitals, taking advantage _ weapon. he's blowing up hospitals, taking advantage of _ weapon. he's blowing up hospitals, taking advantage of strange - weapon. he's blowing up hospitals, | taking advantage of strange aspects of the _ taking advantage of strange aspects of the soviet— taking advantage of strange aspects of the soviet heating _ taking advantage of strange aspects of the soviet heating system. - taking advantage of strange aspects of the soviet heating system. he's i of the soviet heating system. he's blowing _ of the soviet heating system. he's blowing up — of the soviet heating system. he's blowing up their— of the soviet heating system. he's blowing up their homes _ of the soviet heating system. he's blowing up their homes and - of the soviet heating system. he's blowing up their homes and create of the soviet heating system. he's . blowing up their homes and create of this mass— blowing up their homes and create of this mass of— blowing up their homes and create of this mass of humanity _ blowing up their homes and create of this mass of humanity who _ blowing up their homes and create of this mass of humanity who are - blowing up their homes and create of this mass of humanity who are in - blowing up their homes and create of this mass of humanity who are in the j this mass of humanity who are in the middle _ this mass of humanity who are in the middle of— this mass of humanity who are in the middle of winter. _ this mass of humanity who are in the middle of winter. he's _ this mass of humanity who are in the middle of winter. he's hoping - this mass of humanity who are in the middle of winter. he's hoping that. middle of winter. he's hoping that puts pressure _ middle of winter. he's hoping that puts pressure on— middle of winter. he's hoping that puts pressure on zalewski - middle of winter. he's hoping that puts pressure on zalewski to - puts pressure on zalewski to negotiate _ puts pressure on zalewski to negotiate and _ puts pressure on zalewski to negotiate and save - puts pressure on zalewski to negotiate and save his - puts pressure on zalewski to i negotiate and save his people, puts pressure on zalewski to - negotiate and save his people, but it wont— negotiate and save his people, but it won't -- — negotiate and save his people, but it won't —— zelensky. _ negotiate and save his people, but it won't —— zelensky. but- negotiate and save his people, but it won't —— zelensky. but it - negotiate and save his people, but it won't —— zelensky. but it also i it won't —— zelensky. but it also puts pressure _ it won't —— zelensky. but it also puts pressure on— it won't —— zelensky. but it also puts pressure on the _ it won't —— zelensky. but it also puts pressure on the west i it won't —— zelensky. but it also puts pressure on the west to i puts pressure on the west to respond or put— puts pressure on the west to respond or put pressure — puts pressure on the west to respond or put pressure on— puts pressure on the west to respond or put pressure on zelensky. -

puts pressure on the west to respond or put pressure on zelensky. let’s i or put pressure on zelensky. let's talk about that _ or put pressure on zelensky. let's talk about that response. - or put pressure on zelensky. talk about that response. we've or put pressure on zelensky— talk about that response. we've been told as an extra billion dollars to combat the damage. is it a sufficient commitment to tackle the scale of the problem? lt’s sufficient commitment to tackle the scale of the problem?— scale of the problem? it's hard to sa riaht scale of the problem? it's hard to say right now _ scale of the problem? it's hard to say right now because _ scale of the problem? it's hard to i say right now because understanding the scale _ say right now because understanding the scale of— say right now because understanding the scale of the _ say right now because understanding the scale of the problem _ say right now because understanding the scale of the problem is _ say right now because understanding the scale of the problem is very- the scale of the problem is very difficult — the scale of the problem is very difficult. unless— the scale of the problem is very difficult. unless you're - the scale of the problem is very difficult. unless you're on i the scale of the problem is very difficult. unless you're on the i difficult. unless you're on the ground, — difficult. unless you're on the ground, and _ difficult. unless you're on the ground, and then _ difficult. unless you're on the ground, and then putting i difficult. unless you're on the ground, and then putting all. difficult. unless you're on the i ground, and then putting all that down _ ground, and then putting all that down together— ground, and then putting all that down together is _ ground, and then putting all that down together is basically- ground, and then putting all that down together is basically an i down together is basically an impossible _ down together is basically an impossible task. _ down together is basically an impossible task. it's - down together is basically an impossible task. it's a - down together is basically an impossible task. it's a lot i down together is basically an impossible task. it's a lot ofl down together is basically an - impossible task. it's a lot of money and it— impossible task. it's a lot of money and it can _ impossible task. it's a lot of money and it can certainly— impossible task. it's a lot of money and it can certainly help, _ impossible task. it's a lot of money and it can certainly help, and - impossible task. it's a lot of money and it can certainly help, and it i and it can certainly help, and it may— and it can certainly help, and it may be — and it can certainly help, and it may be sufficient, _ and it can certainly help, and it may be sufficient, but - and it can certainly help, and it may be sufficient, but the i and it can certainly help, and it i may be sufficient, but the bigger news _ may be sufficient, but the bigger news is _ may be sufficient, but the bigger news is today, _ may be sufficient, but the bigger news is today, the _ may be sufficient, but the bigger news is today, the biden - news is today, the biden administration _ news is today, the biden administration looks- news is today, the biden administration looks likej news is today, the biden i administration looks like it's going to release — administration looks like it's going to release missile _ administration looks like it's going to release missile batteries- administration looks like it's going. to release missile batteries ukraine in the _ to release missile batteries ukraine in the few— to release missile batteries ukraine in the few weeks. _ to release missile batteries ukraine in the few weeks. tell— to release missile batteries ukraine in the few weeks.— to release missile batteries ukraine in the few weeks. tell us why you're highlighting — in the few weeks. tell us why you're highlighting that. _ in the few weeks. tell us why you're highlighting that. ukraine _ in the few weeks. tell us why you're highlighting that. ukraine has i in the few weeks. tell us why you're highlighting that. ukraine has been| highlighting that. ukraine has been askin: for highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range _ highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range air _ highlighting that. ukraine has been asking for long-range air defence i asking for long—range air defence for months — asking for long—range air defence for months. the _ asking for long—range air defence for months. the russian- asking for long—range air defence for months. the russian missilesj for months. the russian missiles that are — for months. the russian missiles that are being— for months. the russian missiles that are being used _ for months. the russian missiles that are being used to _ for months. the russian missiles that are being used to commit i for months. the russian missiles. that are being used to commit this war crime — that are being used to commit this war crime against— that are being used to commit this war crime against ukraine - that are being used to commit this war crime against ukraine to- that are being used to commit this war crime against ukraine to take i war crime against ukraine to take out the civilian _ war crime against ukraine to take out the civilian infrastructure i war crime against ukraine to take out the civilian infrastructure cani out the civilian infrastructure can be intercepted _ out the civilian infrastructure can be intercepted with _ out the civilian infrastructure can be intercepted with this - out the civilian infrastructure can be intercepted with this system. | be intercepted with this system. this is— be intercepted with this system.

this is the — be intercepted with this system. this is the most _ be intercepted with this system. this is the most immediate i be intercepted with this system. this is the most immediate andl this is the most immediate and effective — this is the most immediate and effective fix _ this is the most immediate and effective fix to _ this is the most immediate and effective fix to what _ this is the most immediate and effective fix to what russia's i this is the most immediate and i effective fix to what russia's been doing _ effective fix to what russia's been doin:. ., �* , effective fix to what russia's been doin:. . �*, ., ., effective fix to what russia's been doing. that's the hardware response to the threat — doing. that's the hardware response to the threat coming _ doing. that's the hardware response to the threat coming from _ doing. that's the hardware response to the threat coming from russia. i l to the threat coming from russia. i wonder what you've made of more unusual requests like like gold. we see the ukrainian government say they need a lot of light bulbs. lt they need a lot of light bulbs. it makes me chuckle. ukrainian officials — makes me chuckle. ukrainian officials i've _ makes me chuckle. ukrainian officials i've met _ makes me chuckle. ukrainian officials i've met come - makes me chuckle. ukrainianj officials i've met come across makes me chuckle. ukrainian. officials i've met come across as being _ officials i've met come across as being very— officials i've met come across as being very clever~ _ officials i've met come across as being very clever. and _ officials i've met come across as being very clever. and thinking i officials i've met come across as i being very clever. and thinking on their— being very clever. and thinking on their way— being very clever. and thinking on their way around problems - being very clever. and thinking on their way around problems for i being very clever. and thinking on. their way around problems for their country— their way around problems for their country and — their way around problems for their country and finding _ their way around problems for their country and finding these _ their way around problems for their country and finding these kinds i their way around problems for their country and finding these kinds of. country and finding these kinds of solutions — country and finding these kinds of solutions i— country and finding these kinds of solutions. i think— country and finding these kinds of solutions. i think it _ country and finding these kinds of solutions. i think it just _ country and finding these kinds of solutions. i think itjust might i solutions. i think itjust might work— solutions. i think itjust might work if— solutions. i think itjust might work if the _ solutions. i think itjust might work if the lower— solutions. i think itjust might work if the lower the - solutions. i think itjust might work if the lower the energy i solutions. i think itjust might - work if the lower the energy usage, they might — work if the lower the energy usage, they might have _ work if the lower the energy usage, they might have enough— work if the lower the energy usage, they might have enough from - work if the lower the energy usage, they might have enough from the i they might have enough from the plans— they might have enough from the plans to — they might have enough from the plans to continue _ they might have enough from the plans to continue to _ they might have enough from the plans to continue to operate i they might have enough from the plans to continue to operate to i they might have enough from the. plans to continue to operate to get around _ plans to continue to operate to get around russian _ plans to continue to operate to get around russian attacks. _ plans to continue to operate to get around russian attacks. i- plans to continue to operate to get around russian attacks. i think- plans to continue to operate to get around russian attacks. i think it's| around russian attacks. i think it's genius _ around russian attacks. i think it's uenius. a, around russian attacks. i think it's uenius. ., ., ., ., ., genius. more information on that conference _ genius. more information on that conference on _ genius. more information on that conference on the _ genius. more information on that conference on the bbc— genius. more information on that conference on the bbc news i genius. more information on that - conference on the bbc news website. stay with me here. we will hear about how lundy —— charges have been

against bankman—fried. saddam hussein is finished. he killed our people, are women, our children. , ., , ., , ., children. the signatures took only a few minutes — children. the signatures took only a few minutes but _ children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they _ children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought - children. the signatures took only a few minutes but they brought a - few minutes but they brought a formal end to three and a half years of conflict. before an audience of world leaders, the president 's put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silenced today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevents the details of the massacre from leaking out. the

lewinsky affair _ massacre from leaking out. ire lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton is facing history as only the second president ever to be impeached. we're here in the bbc news room. scientists say they have finally overcome a major barrier to creating almost limitless carbon free energy. charges of money laundering have been filed against sam bankman—fried, the founder of the collapse cryptocurrency ftx. a greek vice president of the european parliament has been stripped of her role after a stripped of her role after a vote. eva kaili denies taking bribes from qatar, in return for influence and for defending the government in doha. today, there was an emergency debate

— this is some of it. to anyone accepting payoffs, kickbacks, bribes, isay to anyone accepting payoffs, kickbacks, bribes, i say shame on you. kickbacks, bribes, i say shame on ou. �* ~ ,, you. applause shame - you. applause shame on - you. applause shame on you | you. applause | shame on you for you. applause _ shame on you for violating you- applause _ shame on you for violating trust, the trust of the people of europe, who expect you to fight for their interest, not your own. here's what we know about this story. four suspects have been charged, eva kaili is the only one who's been named. her lawyer says that she's innocent and has nothing to do with bribery from qatar. here's ms kaili speaking a few weeks before her arrest. a seeing and reducing human wage, despite _ a seeing and reducing human wage, despite the challenges that even european companies are denying to enforce _ european companies are denying to enforce these laws. the speech we just heard there by ms kaili was quite

controversial not only in the european parliament, but in her pasok party as well. this was the reaction from the party's spokesperson. translation: no one can imagine that behind these statements. _ no one can imagine that behind these statements. no— no one can imagine that behind these statements, no one _ no one can imagine that behind these statements, no one could _ no one can imagine that behind these statements, no one could imagine - statements, no one could imagine that behind — statements, no one could imagine that behind these _ statements, no one could imagine that behind these statements, - statements, no one could imagine . that behind these statements, there were alleged — that behind these statements, there were alleged acts _ that behind these statements, there were alleged acts of _ that behind these statements, there were alleged acts of corruption. - we also know that belgian investigators have been carrying out searches. they say they've found large sums of cash in homes and in a suitcase and they released this picture today. we've been hearing from one of the lawmakers who had his home searched as part of the probe. this is the biggest scandal without any doubt. the nature and scale of these, _ any doubt. the nature and scale of these, quite different from previous results _

overall, the european union will look whiter and turns of the states,. in huge breach of criminal law. help me understand _ in huge breach of criminal law. help me understand who's _ in huge breach of criminal law. help. me understand who's driving this investigation. is itjust the belgian police or is it the european union itself?— union itself? well, for the time bein: , union itself? well, for the time being. we _ union itself? well, for the time being. we see _ union itself? well, for the time being, we see the _ union itself? well, for the time being, we see the belgian - being, we see the belgian authorities, the public prosecutors that are _ authorities, the public prosecutors that are leading the investigations because _ that are leading the investigations because brussels, the residents involved — because brussels, the residents involved do reside here. the investigation occurring in belgium

and full_ investigation occurring in belgium and full operation, but as you can see it _ and full operation, but as you can see it as— and full operation, but as you can see it as you _ and full operation, but as you can see it as you can hear, the european union _ see it as you can hear, the european union doesn't have an autonomous system _ union doesn't have an autonomous system to— union doesn't have an autonomous system to actually follow those kind of scandals. there were european union _ of scandals. there were european union rety— of scandals. there were european union rely on the national authorities to conduct these investigations of. fire authorities to conduct these investigations of.— authorities to conduct these investiaations of. �* , , , investigations of. are you surprised the allegations _ investigations of. are you surprised the allegations arose _ investigations of. are you surprised the allegations arose around - investigations of. are you surprised the allegations arose around the i the allegations arose around the european parliament? do you think that's vulnerable among institutions?— that's vulnerable among institutions? ., ., institutions? the parliament historically _ institutions? the parliament historically has _ institutions? the parliament historically has been - institutions? the parliament historically has been the - institutions? the parliament - historically has been the weakest link in _ historically has been the weakest link in the — historically has been the weakest link in the european integrity system _ link in the european integrity system. this is because historically, the european members of parliament had been resisting the idea to _ of parliament had been resisting the idea to he _ of parliament had been resisting the idea to be subject to reporting obligations, basically obliging them to declare all the parties they encounter. the reason for that has to do— encounter. the reason for that has to do with — encounter. the reason for that has to do with constitutional law, that basically— to do with constitutional law, that basically says that members of parliament enjoy freedom of

electoral mandate, so they are free to inform _ electoral mandate, so they are free to inform themselves together of opinion — to inform themselves together of opinion. any form of scrutiny might compress— opinion. any form of scrutiny might compress such a right. i do believe the time _ compress such a right. i do believe the time has come to overcome such an argument and actually show it is possible _ an argument and actually show it is possible to — an argument and actually show it is possible to reconcile the freedom of mandate, _ possible to reconcile the freedom of mandate, allowing members of parliament to meet any kind of act the same — parliament to meet any kind of act the same time, keeping track of those _ the same time, keeping track of those meeting to ensure some trade stability— those meeting to ensure some trade stability of _ those meeting to ensure some trade stability of meetings so as to know how did _ stability of meetings so as to know how did they come to a conclusion, and are they— how did they come to a conclusion, and are they against or in favour. the us— and are they against or in favour. the us authorities have filed eight charges against the founder of the collapse cryptocurrency exchanged ftx.

sam bankman—fried is accused of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the united states — among other counts set out in a13—page indictment. here's a reminder of who sam bankman—fried is. he is the founder of the collapsed crypto currency exchange ftx, which was the world's second largest crypto exchange. it allowed customers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and was once valued at nearly £30 billion — but filed for bankruptcy last month. our cyber reporter, joe tidy, spoke to sam bankman—fried last wednesday in the us, where he admitted to mismanaging ftx. are you incompetent, or were you for fraudulent? i didn't know to commit fraud. i don't think i committed fraud. i didn't want any of this to happen. i was certainly not as competent as i thought i was. ftx had a sister company also owned by sam bankman fried, a hedge fund called alameda research. one of the main accusations is that mr bankman—fried is alleged to have fraudulently used ftx customer funds to keep alameda research afloat.

sam bankman—fried denies this. and caught up in this are ftx's users. it has an estimated 1.2 million of them and they had used ftx to trade cryptocurrencies. now, they don't know what will happen to the money they had saved with ftx. john] ray — who's the new chief executive of ftx — has been giving evidence to politicians. the ftx group's collapse appears to stem from an absolute concentration of control in the hands of a small group of grossly inexperienced and unsophisticated individuals who failed to implement virtually any of the systems or controls that are necessary for a company entrusted with other people's money or assets. some of the unacceptable management practices we've identified so far include the use of computer infrastructure that gave individuals and senior management access to systems that stored customer

assets without security controls to prevent them from redirecting those assets. the chair of us securities and exchange commission, gary gensler, said... gurbir s grewal, the director of enforcement for the securities exchange commission, added... damian williams is the us attorney for the south district of new york, and has been speaking about what's happened. this investigation is very much ongoing. — this investigation is very much ongoing. and _ this investigation is very much ongoing. and it _ this investigation is very much ongoing, and it is _ this investigation is very much ongoing, and it is moving - this investigation is very much ongoing, and it is moving very| ongoing, and it is moving very quickly — ongoing, and it is moving very quickly i_ ongoing, and it is moving very quickly. ialso— ongoing, and it is moving very quickly. i also want _ ongoing, and it is moving very quickly. i also want to - ongoing, and it is moving very quickly. i also want to be - ongoing, and it is moving veryj quickly. i also want to be clear about — quickly. i also want to be clear about something _ quickly. i also want to be clear about something else. - quickly. i also want to be clear about something else. while i quickly. i also want to be clear. about something else. while this quickly. i also want to be clear- about something else. while this is our first— about something else. while this is

our first public— about something else. while this is our first public announcement, - about something else. while this is our first public announcement, it. our first public announcement, it will not _ our first public announcement, it will not be — our first public announcement, it will not be our— our first public announcement, it will not be our last. _ appointment i've been talking to cara swisher, _ appointment i've been talking to cara swisher, who's— appointment i've been talking to cara swisher, who's been- appointment i've been talking to cara swisher, who's been telling| appointment i've been talking to - cara swisher, who's been telling me about— cara swisher, who's been telling me about the _ cara swisher, who's been telling me about the extent _ cara swisher, who's been telling me about the extent of _ cara swisher, who's been telling me about the extent of the _ cara swisher, who's been telling me about the extent of the charges. - about the extent of the charges. it's about the extent of the charges. it's a _ about the extent of the charges. it's a clear—cut _ about the extent of the charges. it's a clear—cut case _ about the extent of the charges. it's a clear—cut case and - about the extent of the charges. it's a clear—cut case and i'm - it's a clear—cut case and i'm assuming they're talking to all the parties here. i'm sure there's copious e—mails and texts, etc and paperwork. i assume they have a lot... they must know a lot of things that sam bankman—fried was trying to pretend weren't there. he was trying to do all those interviews to say he was incompetent, but stupid is not a good term. to incompetent, but stupid is not a good term-— incompetent, but stupid is not a aood term. ., ., .,, , good term. to what degree was this all sittin: good term. to what degree was this all sitting within _ good term. to what degree was this all sitting within the _ good term. to what degree was this all sitting within the decisions - good term. to what degree was this all sitting within the decisions of - all sitting within the decisions of one man? it all sitting within the decisions of one man? . , all sitting within the decisions of one man? ., , ., all sitting within the decisions of one man? ., ' :: , ., one man? it was, he owned 90% of the hedue one man? it was, he owned 90% of the hed . e fund one man? it was, he owned 9096 of the hedge fund that — one man? it was, he owned 9096 of the hedge fund that he _ one man? it was, he owned 9096 of the hedge fund that he transferred - one man? it was, he owned 9096 of the hedge fund that he transferred money i hedge fund that he transferred money into. that was money that customers had given him for something else. he

had given him for something else. he had complete control of this, so his excuses he didn't know what was going on. i think probably dubious, and i think that's what the regulators in the us think. he’s regulators in the us think. he's sa in: he regulators in the us think. he's saying he didn't _ regulators in the us think. he's saying he didn't mean - regulators in the us think. he's saying he didn't mean to do anything wrong, and he's been getting lots of interviews to make the case. tell me about the fact the company now has a new ceo. what does that mean for the overi million users who have money within ftx? over1 million users who have money within fm— within ftx? this guy's a very experienced _ within ftx? this guy's a very experienced ceo. _ within ftx? this guy's a very experienced ceo. he - within ftx? this guy's a very experienced ceo. he worked within ftx? this guy's a very i experienced ceo. he worked on within ftx? this guy's a very - experienced ceo. he worked on enron and did a very good job. if someone is going to get money back for these people and try to callback is going to get money back for these people and try to call back from sam a bankman—fried or wherever, so, this guy is charged with that and winding it down essentially. it's not going to exist in the end, probably. not at all. i think he's going to look for money everywhere. when sam bankman—fried was acting like it was in the drawer and he didn't know where it went, that was

kind of ridiculous.— kind of ridiculous. some people are robabl kind of ridiculous. some people are probably watching and _ kind of ridiculous. some people are probably watching and thinking, - probably watching and thinking, let's just stand back, probably watching and thinking, let'sjust stand back, and how is it possible that an operation of the scale could be so under regulated? well, it was starting to be regulated, and it's a new industry, so it's perfect for this kind of fraud. i think there was a lot of hype around crypto, so people were seeing all these millionaires get made and i think it's perfect for people... the minute it fell apart, it was fraud. he just had to prove he knew what he was doing, and he does this whole, i'm just a kid. he has the messy hair, it's just not an excuse. this is fraud, so i think they have

ca ra cara swisher ending this mission of outside source.— cara swisher ending this mission of outside source. we'll be back at the usual time tomorrow. _ hello. tuesday's been another very cold day. we've still got a lot of lying snow and icy conditions around — this was the picture tuesday afternoon still in crowborough. so, slippery conditions underfoot on untreated pavements and roads, as well, and the cold snap sticking around certainly for another few days. quite a lot of dry weather on the cards for many of us, but still those icy stretches. some wintry showers, particularly across parts of scotland and northeast england, and northerly wind developing — and that'll mean improved visibility, still some mist and fog patches lingering overnight tonight. but we should see more sunshine over the next few days. cold air very much with us at the moment, but if we fast forward towards the weekend — saturday and particularly by sunday — looks like we'll see that milder starting to sweep in. so, by sunday, probably an end to this current cold spell, but lots of wintry weather before we get there.

we've got snow showers still piling in tonight across parts of scotland, northeast england, combined with a brisk northerly wind, so really feeling cold there. and down towards the south west of england, too — we're seeing some rain, some sleepiness, perhaps even some snow over the moors. temperatures overnight —6—8 celsius, so very cold, once again — not quite as cold as it was last night, though. now through wednesday, then again, we've got blizzards across the north of scotland, gale force gusts at times, snow piling in for the likes of county durham, the north york moors. a little bit of snow for parts of county londonderry and antrim, as well. largely dry and sunny elsewhere, we've got that rain just lingering out in the english channel there, perhaps a little bit of sleetiness mixed in. but temperatures just about above freezing for most of us, but when you add on the wind chill, it will feel about —1i—6 celsius, particularly for parts of scotland and northeast england. wednesday night brings more heavy snow across parts of highland, and again, snow showers around the coast of northeast england. it's another cold night again, with temperatures down to —4—5 celsius, so a really sharp frost

as we start the day on thursday. thursday brings quite a lot of sunny and dry weather for most areas, but there will be some of those wintry showers again for northern and eastern parts of scotland, and down the north sea coast for northeast england, as well. temperatures around about 1—5 celsius, so it looks like things gradually warm up by a degree or so towards the end of the working week. much milder by sunday with the arrival of some rain at times, but that could be preceded by some snowfall. if you want to get a better idea of details for your location, you can find a 14—day forecast on the bbc weather app. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines... a major breakthrough in the race to recreate nuclear fusion and a major breakthrough in the race to recreate nuclearfusion and produce near limitless clean energy. rail passengers have been warned to expect disruption every day from now until the 9th of january. members of the rmt union are taking part in the first of two 48—hour walk—outs this week, with more strikes planned over christmas. the united nations�* refugee agency has criticised the prime minister's new migrant policies. rishi sunak promises more staff to help clear the uk's backlog of asylum seekers by end of next year. one of the boys who died after being pulled from a frozen lake is named locally as jack johnson. two other boys were killed a fourth remains in a critical

condition in hospital. you're watching bbc news. iam martine i am martine croxall. the united nations has criticised the premise or�*s plans to cut the number of migrants coming in on small boats and deal with the backlog claims. he announced the plans in the commons this afternoon — they include a new unit with 700 staff to monitor small boat crossings, another unit decicated unit of 400 specialists to deal with claims from albanians, uk border officials posted at albania's main airport, and a pledge to clear a backlog of 90,000 cases by the end of next year. labour has dismissed them as "unworkable gimmicks".

the un commission for dutch high commissionerfor the un commission for dutch high commissioner for refugees has also criticised the plan, saying... the prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason. chris asked if the uk had had a soft touch on immigration. well, as prime minister, i made it a priority to reduce illegal migration. what's happening currently isn't right, it's not fair, and it's putting unsustainable pressure on our public services. is it a failure, as the home secretary's described it? i want to fix it. and that's why today, we've announced a series of steps that will make a significant difference. first and most importantly, we've reached a new deal with albania, which will ensure that we can swiftly detain and return the vast majority of migrants from albania. it is a safe and prosperous country. secondly, i spent the last few weeks

really getting under the bonnet of how our system is working, whether that's using hotels or how fast we're processing people, and we're going to make some changes to make it faster and better. and lastly, i've said that next year we will introduce new laws which ensure that if you come to our country illegally, you will have no right to stay here, and you will be swiftly detained and removed back to your home, or indeed a safe alternative. we won't be able to fix this problem overnight. it's not easy, but i'm determined to do whatever it takes to stop the boats. let's be clear, are you committed to dealing with the full backlog of 140,000 cases in a year? yeah, what we'll do is make significant changes to how quickly we process people by improving the end—to—end process, that will triple the productivity of our caseworkers. we'll also double the number of caseworkers that we've got, and all of those measures will ensure that we can reduce what we call the initial asylum backlog, the people waiting for that

first decision over the course of next year. that's not the full number, though, is it? because there are other people who then try and appeal after they've had that decision to our courts. and we're not in control of the pace of those appeals. and that's why our new laws are really important, because what we have seen is people making late or spurious claims to try and frustrate their removal. after we've said no — i want to put an end to that. and that's one of the things that our new laws next year will deliver. you say you want to double the number of asylum caseworkers — where will you recruit these people from, and by when? well, we will recruit more people over the course of the year. but what's more important is tripling the productivity of our existing caseworkers, and we'll deliver that by changing the process. there's tonnes of bureaucracy. is that realistic, tripling productivity? yes, it is actually it actually will return productivity back to the high levels that we saw several years ago. and we're making significant set of changes, removing paperwork, streamlining the interviews, which will mean we can get

through the backlog much quicker. but look, taking a step back, what's more fundamental than getting through the backlog quickly is stopping people coming here in the first place illegally. that's what people want to see, that's what i want to deliver. i'm as frustrated as anybody when i see these pictures on our tv screens. that's what's putting pressure on the system, leading to the backlog, putting people in hotels, putting pressure on public services. all of that is wrong. it's not right, it's not fair. we've got to fix it. and i will do what it takes to reduce illegal migration. and that means introducing new laws early next year. you say you want to house 10,000 asylum seekers in disused holiday parks, former student halls, surplus military sites — where will they be? well, right now we have, quite frankly, an appalling situation. we're spending 5.5 million pounds a day as a country housing illegal migrants in hotels. that's clearly wrong. and so, what we'll do is bring forward thousands of alternative sites — whether that's disused holiday parks or student accommodation or rent—free sites...

but where? well, we're going to be in a range of places across the country and that will deliver accommodation. you're not saying we don't know? well, you wouldn't expect me to comment on on commercial negotiations that are happening as we speak. it's not what i want. what i want people to know is i don't think it's right that we're spending 5.5 million pounds. it's not right that hotels in communities are being used in the way that they currently have to be. i want to get them back to normal. and they will, we will reduce the cost of the taxpayer by half. but most importantly, look, if we want to stop this problem, we need to stop people coming here illegally in the first place. and that's why the proposals we've announced today on albania and our new laws will deliver that. will local people get a say, if somewhere down the road from there it's chosen to house asylum seekers? you know, it's right that when we do these proposals, when we make these decisions, that we do it in conjunction with local authorities. what does that mean? well, we need to make sure that local communities have the capacity to absorb people that they're being asked to. but the fact that you're asking me this question, the fact that communities around the country are having this conversation and saying, "hang on, what's going on? "the hotel in my town

centre is now being used to house illegal migrants" — that should tell all of us that we've got to stop people coming here illegally in the first place. right, i completely agree with that. i'm as frustrated as anybody. i've been prime minister forjust several weeks. in that time, we've already delivered a new deal with france to put more patrols on the beaches in france to stop people coming here. we haven't had that level of cooperation before today. a new deal with albania, meaning that we can swiftly return people back to albania, because they should not be here. that's what the prime minister albania thinks. and thirdly, we're going to introduce new laws next year to mean that we can deport people back to where they came from, or indeed a safe alternative. that's how we will grip this problem. one of your predecessors, theresa may, says she's concerned that you want to "water down" effectively the definition of modern slavery. let's be candid here and blunt — that's a price you're willing to pay, isn't it, to try and deal with this? well, first of all, we should all be really proud of our modern slavery regime. theresa may...

you want to water that down? globally and it's something that most other countries don't have. it means, for example, that our businesses are responsible in there. we have the british prime minister... you want to water it down? what i want to do is make sure that the system is not being exploited. and currently, what's happening is far more people are claiming to be victims of modern slavery than we ever imagined. we thought that around three 3,500 would claim every year. do you know what happened this year? injust three quarters of the year, we had 12,500. and what i don't want to do is have the system clogged up by people making spurious claims. we want to focus our attention on those who really need our help, and that's what our reforms will do. we can speak to tony smith — former director general of the uk border force, now a global border security consultant. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. what's your view of how effective the measures announced today will really be? i effective the measures announced today will really be?— effective the measures announced today will really be? i think what's heartenin: today will really be? i think what's heartening is _ today will really be? i think what's heartening is we _ today will really be? i think what's heartening is we are _ today will really be? i think what's heartening is we are hearing - today will really be? i think what's heartening is we are hearing nowl today will really be? i think what's i heartening is we are hearing now the prime minister and the home secretary talk about international collaboration on human smuggling and

human trafficking. he mentioned there that they've already come to a new arrangement with the french where we have border force officers working shoulder to shoulder in france to try and put the smugglers out of business there. we've heard today about new arrangements for officer exchanges with the albanians to stop human trafficking and smuggling. and i think it's really important that we recognise that what's going on in the english channel is international organised crime. and in order to disrupt that, we need an international response. i'm pleased he's been meeting others in europe who also want to stop human smuggling and people drowning on the english channel. {line human smuggling and people drowning on the english channel.— on the english channel. one of the arc uments on the english channel. one of the arguments for— on the english channel. one of the arguments for leaving _ on the english channel. one of the arguments for leaving the - on the english channel. one of the | arguments for leaving the european union was so the uk could take control of its own borders — but you're saying we still need to cooperate, what more could be done over and above what we are already starting to see? i over and above what we are already starting to see?— starting to see? i think something he said today _ starting to see? i think something he said today also, _ starting to see? i think something he said today also, that _ starting to see? i think something he said today also, that this - starting to see? i think something he said today also, that this was l he said today also, that this was the start of a long process —

there'll be things brought in as time goes by, new legislation early in the new year, but also i think a longer term commitment to work with the eu. you don't need to be a member of the european union to collaborate with them. i think what we really need to stop the boats entirely would be a readmission agreement with the french that anybody trying to come across the channel will be returned instantly to france. but we must bear in mind that france, germany, the whole of the eu, their asylum applications are up significantly, they have problems too at their own borders. so it is an international effort that's required, but i think we need to keep our eye on the ball here, which is that we've got to stop human smuggling operating on a channel between two safe countries — that the man's efforts from law enforcement officers on both sides,

in my view. but enforcement officers on both sides, in my view-— in my view. but surely people will retain the right _ in my view. but surely people will retain the right to _ in my view. but surely people will retain the right to claim _ in my view. but surely people will retain the right to claim asylum . retain the right to claim asylum when they get here? edi retain the right to claim asylum when they get here?— retain the right to claim asylum when they get here? of course they will, and there's _ when they get here? of course they will, and there's always _ when they get here? of course they will, and there's always been - when they get here? of course they will, and there's always been an - will, and there's always been an opportunity for people to claim asylum in the uk. but the difficulty is, and i think what lots of people are saying now, is this idea of safe and legal routes about bringing people here. don't forget, the uk has brought a lot of people, around 450,000 people in the last few years from places like afghanistan, syria, hong kong most recently in ukraine, so there have been some efforts to bring people in who are genuinely in need of persecution. the difficulty as the prime minister was explaining is the abuse of the system where people can claim to be victims of trafficking or claim to have asylum, claims to human rights which disappear into this huge bureaucracy, and meanwhile the migrants themselves are being housed in hotels at huge expense to the british taxpayer. that cannot be right, we need to get back to the

conversation if there are people who cannot come here because they do not qualify, then we need enforcement action, to be able to remove them. that's why the albanian initiatives, the ability to remove those cohorts who aren't freeing the micro fearing prosecution and their own country, can be returned safely to their own country, and that will have the deterrent of and continuing to fuel the business model stop what you've said that trying to cross the channel in a small boat is extremely perilous. we — channel in a small boat is extremely perilous, we see many trying - channel in a small boat is extremely perilous, we see many trying to - perilous, we see many trying to do that. what other safe routes do we need to be thinking about? i that. what other safe routes do we need to be thinking about?- need to be thinking about? i think that's a really _ need to be thinking about? i think that's a really good _ need to be thinking about? i think that's a really good question, - need to be thinking about? i think that's a really good question, the | that's a really good question, the prime minister did refer to that today, and he said that they will be working with the unhcr on this. i'm a bit disappointed to you and have suddenlyjumped to criticise the plan when the government have said they want to work with the united nations on this. the un already have a global capacity with missions all

over the world to bring people in in places where you can actually bring people under safe resettlement routes. but i'm afraid a lot of that business model, and the un will be the first to admit this, has been broken because so many countries are seeing this mass movement over irregular migration that they aren't prepared to also bring in people via safe routes. it's finding the right balance, but i think the un really need to work with the government on that, ratherthan need to work with the government on that, rather than against it. tom; that, rather than against it. tony smith, that, rather than against it. tony smith. thank— that, rather than against it. tony smith, thank you _ that, rather than against it. tony smith, thank you very _ that, rather than against it. tony smith, thank you very much - that, rather than against it. tony smith, thank you very much for your time tonight. the latest official figures show a clear divide between public sector and private sector pay. in the three months to october, private sector wages went up by an annual rate of 6.9%, compared to public sector pay byjust 2.7%. however both are still well below the rate of inflation. and that is causing a headache for both employees and employers alike — as our business editor simonjack reports. 'tis the season to be jolly —

but that's no easy task this winter, when the cost of living is hearing down on this lambeth nursery staff and parents. the owner has given his staff a big pay rise, because they needed it and he needed them. i increased the wages twice this year. i increased it by approximately i6%. i felt i had to do that because the staff were feeling the pressures, they were telling us about it. and the sector, there's a depleted workforce, so we have a supply—and—demand issue, which means our competitors are putting up prices as well. but the staff say as soon as that welcome extra money comes in, it seems to go straight back out again. our essential bills have gone up, and theyjust keep going up, so that's the reason why we are getting pay rises, because the cost of living has gone up. so i wouldn't say it's that we're having that much more money, it's just the fact to cover our bills and things like that. across the economy, the reality is, average private sector pay growth, at 6.9%, is way ahead of public sector pay rises of 2.7%,

and both are failing to keep up with inflation, at over ii%. there's another big split between public and private sectors. vacancies in the private sector are falling fast. open positions in hospitality, down ii%. open positions in retail, down 9%. it seems that private businesses are reducing their hiring intentions, expecting consumer demand and the economy to weaken, perhaps paying the staff they've got that little bit more. but downsizing is not an option for sectors like the nhs or education. vacancies in the public sector are still high and, in some areas, growing. the tension between the two is unsustainable, argue some. leaving aside any moral arguments i about the cost—of—living crisis, . it'sjust not sustainable —| economically or socially — to keep holding down public sector pay. - unless we see it rising at the sorts of rates we're seeing _ in the private sector, - that kind of 6% or 7% rate, these issues around recruitment . and retention are just going to get worse, and it will be harderl

and harder to fill those jobs. the bank of england governor said today that the cost of living was already stretching household incomes, and worse was to come. higher interest rates and the expectation that they will rise further are, of course, adding to that. monthly payments of around four million owner—occupied mortgages are expected to increase over the next year. millions of families are already digging deep, and many will scrape the bottom of their financial resources this winter. simon jack, bbc news. the education watchdog ofsted is warning that too many children with special educational needs are facing delays in getting properly assessed. it's annual report shows only 60% of education, health, and care plans last year were issued by local authorities within the 20—week statutory limit. our education correspondent elaine dunkley has this report. harry is three—and—a—half. trying to navigate the system to get him the right help for his needs has pushed his mother

to the edge. it's affected my mental health majorly, majorly. it is like being on a merry—go—round. you just can't get off, you can't get a straight answer. leanne is desperate for harry to get an education and health care plan, a document identifying his needs and how to support him. without it, he won't get a place at a specialist school in the area which takes children from the age of three. everything he needs is in the hands of professionals. his needs are so much more and i cannot meet those, because that is impossible for me to do. and that is what's hard, that he could be in a setting now, but he's not. this is casey. i like designing and building computers. i also love engineering and electronics and physics. despite his intelligence he struggled at primary school. he has autism and dyslexia. his first application for an education and health care plan was rejected.

eventually, casey got the support he needed but only after waiting eight months. the change was massive. what happened, a few small things were put into place so having someone casey could check in and out with, having one—to—one support in english, getting the support for sats. we were from a child who didn't want to go to school, to a child who wanted to go to school. ofstead says the system needs an overhaul. it is hard getting children assessed, it is hard getting the right specialist services. some families are turning to private assessment and schools are picking up the gaps themselves out of their own budgets with things like speech therapy. it is a system that is leaving a lot of people unsatisfied at the moment. today's report also highlights children are being put on part—time timetables to manage behaviour. chris is starting a support group to help parents. his son has autism and adhd and

faces numerous exclusions at school. he was out of school for over 14 months. some of the schools tactics, half day exclusions is because they cannot support the kids. they are getting denied opportunities. the government has promised improvement to specialist educational needs in the new year with £400 million of investment. ofsted said early intervention is crucial with too many families caught in a system failing them from the start. elaine dunkley, bbc news. for more on this, let's speak to catherine mcleod — she's the ceo of dingley�*s promise, a charity which works with children with special educational needs in the early years of their education. thank you forjoining us on the bbc news channel. how would you characterise the state of early years education generally, and particularly children with special needs? i particularly children with special needs? ~ . , particularly children with special needs? ~' ., , ., needs? i think generally we all understand _ needs? i think generally we all understand that _ needs? i think generally we all understand that currently, - needs? i think generally we all understand that currently, for| understand that currently, for children with special education

needs and disabilities in the early years, it is a bit of a mess. there is a real lack of funding for staff and for the cost of the earlier settings currently, which has really affected the sector. so as you heard earlier, the pay for staff is really low and for the first time in the last year, it's gone underneath the pay rates for staff whose stack shelves in supermarkets. it's a skilled job, a difficultjob, and it should be respected as that, but people are not being paid that. at the moment the sector is unable to recruit. what that means is for children with special school education needs and disabilities, your hearing from parents that they are being turned down from settings because they don't have the staff to support those children, and increasingly concerned about the welfare of the children and safety of children. so what we're seeing is that all this is contributing to

more exclusion of children. what more exclusion of children. what difference in _ more exclusion of children. what difference in your _ more exclusion of children. what difference in your experience can early intervention make to children? it's absolutely vital, the earlier we can get into really understand what is that a child needs, to understand how we can them, the better life outcomes they'll have. certainly in this country, we invest much more at the latter end of the education system, but actually the biggest impact on children and what really makes a difference to their families is getting that help right at the early years. we can also underestimate how stressful it is for parents as well when they don't feel they have that support, and certainly with the government's green paper, they realise the system's adversarial and parents are getting the support they need. so we have to get in there and reassure parents, and give children the support they need so they'll be able

to succeed in life and reach their otential. ., ., _ ., ., potential. you obviously found it to be a very rewarding _ potential. you obviously found it to be a very rewarding career. - potential. you obviously found it to be a very rewarding career. how i potential. you obviously found it to j be a very rewarding career. how do you attract more people to the profession, apart from getting pay sorted out? i profession, apart from getting pay sorted out?— sorted out? i want to say that it's possible. but _ sorted out? i want to say that it's possible. but i — sorted out? i want to say that it's possible, but i think _ sorted out? i want to say that it's possible, but i think we've - possible, but i think we've certainly —— we at the all party parliamentary group have been lobbying for a long time, really trying to raise the respect there is an helping to really recognise that it's notjust about an helping to really recognise that it's not just about a an helping to really recognise that it's notjust about a bit of play, but it really is this foundation for the children's lives. the early years practitioners save they don't think people recognise their skills and the work they do, and i think that has to change, and we need to recognise those skills. during covid, the pandemic, we all said it's excellently critical ——

absolute critical, but we relied on them for the whole economy to keep going, yet they are still not being recognised as the professionals they are, they are early educators. catherine, thanks very much for talking to us. catherine, thanks very much for talking to us— hundreds of people have held a vigil in solihull, in memory of the three boys who died after falling through ice on a lake. they were aged eight, ten, and ii. ten—year—old jackjohnson has been named as one of the three who've died. a fourth boy, who's six years old, is still in hospital in a critical condition. our correspondent phil mackie has the latest. for a third day, police have been searching the lake. they say they no longer think anyone is missing, but they have to be sure. if anything, the ice has spread even further after temperatures plunged again overnight. ten—year—old jackjohnson was one of the three who died. today his school is back open after an impossibly difficult 24 hours. one of the boys was in my daughter's class, and we told her yesterday,

and it was really heartbreaking. we all went to get some flowers, and it kind of eased her pain, and there is a sense of community spirit, so, you know, it's just tragic. really tragic. the grief is still clearly visible. after school, many of jack's friends brought flowers to add to the growing mass of tributes which have been placed just outside the police cordon. among them were one of the girls injack�*s year and her mum. everyone today was quiet in the morning and started crying, but as the day went on, because some of our teachers who had left came back for the day, everybody started getting happier as the day went on. it's nice they've been all together today. i they were classmates, so, it'sjust hard. - and it's notjust family and friends today. we've seen firefighters, police officers, bringing flowers, the manager

of birmingham city football club. it's something that's affected notjust kingshurst, but the wider community. the risks of playing on or near the ice have never been more stark. the lake where the boys died is not closed just because of the police search but, after warnings from parents and schools, it may be out of bounds for a long time to come. phil mackie, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. reality tv star stephen bear has been found guilty of sharing a video of him having sex with his ex—girlfriend georgia harrison, on the website onlyfans. the 32—year—old, who won celebrity big brother, was also found guilty of voyeurism. bbc reporter annabel rackham has been following the court case, and told my colleague ben brown about the background. georgia and stephen bear had been kind of in an on—and—off relationship, seeing each other since they met on a reality tv show back in 2018.

but it wasn't until 2020 when this offence was committed — basically she told the court how she'd gone round to stephen bear's house hung over the morning after a night out, and how they spent the day together and had lunch — but then, it was when she went back to his house after lunch that they had sex in his garden. and little did she know that it was being filmed on seven outdoor cctv cameras — and we heard in the court that later, stephen bear not only sent this to a friend that evening, but several months later, when the court found out when he was around £12,000 in debt, he then sold it on the subscription site onlyfans and made around £40,000 from the content he put on onlyfans between october 2020 and december 2020. and he was found guilty by the jury, he had denied the charges?

yeah, he had said that he had deleted the video as soon a the footage was made on that night in august 2020. he said that he had potentially been hacked, and he denied that the video ever made it onto the onlyfans platform — despite onlyfans providing the evidence that it had in fact been put on the platform, and also had been not only part of a subscription service, but you had to pay extra money to access the video away from the other videos that were on his platform already. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello. tuesday's been another very cold day. we've still got a lot of lying snow and icy conditions around — this was the picture tuesday afternoon still in crowborough. so slippery conditions underfoot on untreated pavements and roads, as well, and the cold snap sticking around certainly for another few days. quite a lot of dry weather

on the cards for many of us, but still those icy stretches. some wintry showers, particularly across parts of scotland and northeast england, and northerly wind developing — and that'll mean improved visibility, still some mist and fog patches lingering overnight tonight. but we should see more sunshine over the next few days. cold air very much with us at the moment, but if we fast forward towards the weekend — saturday and particularly by sunday — looks like we'll see that milder starting to sweep in. so by sunday, probably an end to this current cold spell, but lots of wintry weather before we get there. we've got snow showers still piling in tonight across parts of scotland, northeast england, combined with a brisk northerly wind, so really feeling cold there. and down towards the south west of england, too — we're seeing some rain, some sleepiness, perhaps even some snow over the moors. temperatures overnight —6—8 celsius, so very cold, once again — not quite as cold as it was last night, though. now through wednesday, then again, we've got blizzards across the north of scotland, gale force gusts at times, snow piling in for the likes of county durham, the north york moors.

a little bit of snow for parts of county londonderry and antrim, as well. largely dry and sunny elsewhere, we've got that rain just lingering out in the english channel there, perhaps a little bit of sleepiness mixed in. but temperatures just about above freezing for most of us — but when you add on the wind chill, it will feel about —4—6 celsius, particularly for parts of scotland and northeast england. wednesday night brings more heavy snow across parts of highland, and again, snow showers around the coast of northeast england. it's another cold night again, with temperatures down to —4—5 celsius, so a really sharp frost as we start the day on thursday. thursday brings quite a lot of sunny and dry weather for most areas, but there will be some of those wintry showers again for northern and eastern parts of scotland, and down the north sea coast for northeast england, as well. temperatures around about i—5 celsius, so it looks like things gradually warm up by a degree or so towards the end of the working week. much milder by sunday with the arrival of some rain at times, but that could be preceded by some snowfall. if you want to get a better idea of details for your location, you can find a 14—day forecast on the bbc weather app.

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