hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. king charles is in germany on his first foreign visit as the uk's monarch. the swiss government are taken to court by climate activists — who say its policies violate their right to life and health. some of the biggest names in technology call for the development of advanced artificial intelligence to be put on hold. tesla ceo elon musk and apple co founder steve wozniak — are among those warning ai could pose a threat to humanity. and scotland's newly elected first minister appoints his cabinet — with six of the top jobs going to women.

we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let's show you the latest pictures — but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet. hosted by the german president. this is now a three—day trip. and it began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that's significant — it's the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved on the german president's residence, bellevue palace.

they signed the guest book — and this evening are attending a state banquet in their honour. let's hear from the german president. translation: this visit, your very first trip - abroad as the new king, your majesty, it's a great personal gesture and at the same time i think it is an important gesture for german—british relations and today on the day six years ago when britain began its exit from the european union we are opening a new chapter in our relations. some like pictures in from berlin where you could see king charlie and many dignitaries will be present for the banquet. state visits often symbolise something significant in the relationship. the one we can see here was by queen elizabeth in 1965 —

to the then west—germany. it helped put the seal on a restored relationship between the uk and germany — 20 years on from the second world war. well on this state visit, its hoped king charles time in germany will help strengthen ties particularly after britain's exit from the european union. here's former german ambassador to the uk, thomas matussek on relations since brexit. and of course issues like the environment, very, very close. climate, very close to the monarch's heart. there are so many issues on which we see eye to eye so that the rupture of brexit, in my view, was a little dent in this relationship. as part of the visit the king and queen consort will visit hamberg to learn about their adoption of green energy. historian sir anthony seldon explains the king's history of supporting environmental issues. this is something that he has chosen

for 50 years to champion. _ long before people took it seriously and indeed, many clever people, i intelligent people dismissed him ias a crank, saying this and nowl it is all come true. and i think that significantly added to the seriousness to which he hasi been taken as a figure. for more on the significance of the choice of france and germany as the destinations for this tour. here's our correspondentjenny hill. diplomatically this is hugely significant. this is the king's first ever foreign state visit and he has chosen, britain has chosen to send him to the heart of europe. this is about sending out a message that britain values its ties with the countries of europe. particularly france and germany seen as the political leaders of the eu to emphasise even in a post—brexit

world, britain still values that friendship. you can really see that if you take a look at the agenda for the next few days. king charles will be attending events, visiting places which really reflect some of the common interests, some of its common challenges faced by both the eu and britain. common challenges to which they often rise together. so for example a war in ukraine. king charles will be meeting ukrainian refugees, of course so many of them making their home here temporarily here in germany. also he will be spending a lot of time focusing on issues like climate change into the environment. we know of course that he is passionate about those things. he will be visiting what they call an eco—village and a reception will be later today which will be focused on sustainability into the future of energy. i think from that, perhaps, you could find a real sense that

what britain wants to get out of this is to reinforce that message that post—brexit, it is possible to have a strong and stable relationship. and that suits germany as well. keeping an eye on that state banquet in berlin but... to scotland where humza yousaf has appointed his new cabinet —— after being formally sworn in as first minister at the court of session in edinburgh. six of his top team of ten are women —— but he said he's sorry that his former opponent kate forbes won't be one of them —— after she declined his offer of a different role. our scotland editorjames cook has this report. this is a warrant under his majesty's signed manual, appointing humza haroon yousaf to be first minister of the scottish government. humza yousaf making history. do you swear that you will well and truly serve his majesty king charles

in the office of first minister of the scottish government? will you now sign the parchments? he met his first test, a pen and parchment problem, with a wry smile. and then, it was official. scotland had a pioneering first minister — the only muslim, the only descendant of immigrants ever to hold the post. how are you feeling? oh, really excited, and it's just such a proud moment for my family and for me. i'm delighted that i've got the ones that i love most with me. and with that, he was whisked away to work, assembling his cabinet. with shona robison becoming deputy first minister and also taking over as finance secretary from a woman who was already home in the highlands. the glaring absence from this team photo is humza yousaf�*s leadership rival, kate forbes. the result of the contest shows that she has a lot of support among party members, though, and so the question for this new first minister is, can he reunite his party without her? kate is rightly popular

and she's got some great ideas and exceptionally talented. i was sorry that she didn't feel she was able to continue in government, but _ she is still a member of this party. the first minister has put his faith in this team, with five cabinet members under the age of a0 and, for the first time, a majority of women. yet more history in the making. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. a few minutes back we were talking about king charles�*s interest in climate change in x outside source we will talk about a landmark case that also connects to climate change. a group of more than 2,000 women have taken the swiss government to the european court of human rights. they claiming the government's policies violate their right to life and health. the women call themselves the "club of climate seniors" — they have an average age of 73 — and they want the court to order the government to do more to reduce

greenhouse gas emissions. here'sjenny sandvig from ennri, the european network of national human rights institution, addressing the court today. few people have it in their power to change the course of history. you do. on behalf of all national human rights institutions in europe, ennri urges the court to use its power to protect vulnerable individuals against escalating and irreversible climate harm. the facts are simple. greenhouse gas emissions cause heat extremes that kill. and here's some of the data that's relevant to the case. in switzerland, temperatures there are rising faster than the global average — and heatwaves are becoming more frequent. as well as that — recent research has shows that in the last 20 years, heat—related mortality in people over 65 in europe has increased by more than 30%. now today's hearing isjust the start of proceedings.

it could be months we get a verdict. but if the women are successful, well it may set a precedent for all of the european court's 46 member states. well — switzerland's representative to the court says, "this is not what the parties to the paris agreement wanted. that is not the role of the court." in 2015, the paris agreement saw almost all the world's nations — for the first time — support a common strategy to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. but this the counter from the co—president of the group who've been brought the case. translation: we older women are the most vulnerable - group of all people. this is proven in the heat wave during the summer of 2003. the first time it was so hot tens of thousands, from about 70,000 people died across europe. above all older women and that's why were sort of suing for our health.

i spoke tojessica simor kc, a human rights barrister at matrix chambers. she leads the legal team representing the club of climate seniors. she said she's not surprised at the rise of human rights climate change cases being brought to courts. what we are now seeing is the actual impact of climate change affecting people today. and so people are already able to argue that their rights are being affected by the failure of states to do with they said they would and to do what they agreed to do and have failed to do under international treaties. so the law is that the international binding commitment by states to reduce admissions and protect individual rights. and individuals are relying on those rights to bring claims. so it is not surprising, but it will be very interesting to see how the court handles this, because obviously it is a very complex case to deal with.

this wasn't the only case heard in the european court of human rights today. there was a second case brought against france by a former mayor. that also argues that the paris government has failed to meet its obligation to protect life, by taking insufficient steps to prevent climate change. a third pending case, without a date for a hearing so far, has been brought by a group of portuguese applicants, claiming that climate inaction by dozens of states has contributed to heatwaves in portugal which they say is affecting their rights. you may remember back in 2019, the dutch supreme court ordered the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions there, following a complaint by an environmental organisation. i raise that in the broader legal interventions with jessica. he waves put older women at serious

risk of illness and death and four of the most serious heat waves, the greatest heat waves ever in the last eight years, in switzerland, people may not realise but average temperatures in switzerland have increased 2.1 degrees which is double the global average. and continue to rise. so heat is a serious problem. if you look at the numbers on glaciers into the rest of it, it is a serious issue already for these women. some of the daily highlight beyond dispute but you were aware that a number of swiss courts are ready rejected this case. why do you think this particular court will take a different view? the swiss courts rejected this case on a technical basis which is the basis of standing because strangely,

in switzerland, in order to be able to make such a claim, you have to show that you are more affected than someone else and they rejected that, wrongly we say. they also said that until temperatures reach 1.5 degrees they cannot yet say that they are affected which we say is wrong and that test it does not apply in strasburg the test is are you directly affected. the other point is the dutch to supreme court and the german constitutional court have already, effectively held, that failure to take protective action by way of reducing emissions is a potential and in case of the dutch supreme court, in actual breach of people's human rights. so when the strasburg court is held considering this case the dutch supreme court court has already found the issue that was being determined today. in

that was being determined today. in the case that you are involved in, the case that you are involved in, the one that began in strasburg today what is the best case scenario for the group of women you are representing? what, realistically, could this court demand of the swiss government? the could this court demand of the swiss government?— government? the claimants in this case are asking — government? the claimants in this case are asking the _ government? the claimants in this case are asking the court - government? the claimants in this case are asking the court to - government? the claimants in this case are asking the court to make| government? the claimants in this l case are asking the court to make an orderfor case are asking the court to make an order for general measures. that comprises three elements. one, that domestic swiss emissions should be reduced by 60% by 2030, but by more than 100% by 2030 potentially using international reductions. for example funding renewable projects or growing forests, either inside or outside switzerland. so second thing, and negative net emissions reduction. and the third, that switzerland should also take into account consumption of greenhouse

gas emissions in relation to for example, its investments abroad or the products consumed from abroad. so the best case scenario for relief would be that switzerland is ordered to reduce its emissions by 2030 by the sums. fix. to reduce its emissions by 2030 by the sums. �* , ., , ., , the sums. a number of stories connected _ the sums. a number of stories connected to _ the sums. a number of stories connected to climate - the sums. a number of stories connected to climate change. | the sums. a number of stories - connected to climate change. that one being brought by a group of swiss women. we heard about king charles�*s trip to hamburg. here in the uk — another climate story. the government's own advisers are accusing it of not doing enough to prepare for the consquences of global warming — and that theres increased risk to life unless policies are changed. here's bbc news climate editor, justin rowlatt. we got a glimpse of britain's climate future last summer.

wildfires spread to homes in east london, as temperatures hit record highs. trains were cancelled, as equipment failed. the tarmac melted, closing luton airport, and a national emergency was declared as heat—related deaths hit record highs. front—line medical staff saw the effects first hand. that period of intense heat had a profound impact on the volume of patients that needed urgent care, and this resulted in delays and cancellations in planned operations. the government's advisers say the nhs isn't the only institution that needs to do much more to prepare for the weather extremes our changing climate will bring. 0h! the recent shortage of fresh vegetables was blamed, in part, on unseasonable weather in europe, and shows how vulnerable ourfood system can be. many of our homes overheat in summer. the report says no part of society in england is adapting fast enough.

well, our report is saying the government has not done enough. it's wasted the last ten years. we've had a lost decade, with not enough preparation for the climate change we've got now and, of course, the increasing impacts of climate change that are to come. every sector, and all planning decisions, need to take into account the impact of our changing climate, she says. the uk government has welcomed the report and says it will "robustly address" the full range of climate risks to the uk. it's not all bad news. there are some examples of effective adaptation. the vineyards here in kent, for example, are already choosing grape varieties that will thrive in our increasingly hot and dry summers. we've been able to ripen _ the traditional grapes of champagne. chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot meunier. - they were not able to be ripened in the 19605 and 705. _ so agriculture, the climate -

is changing, and we're moving with that to make the best wines from our countryside. _ the grapes may be doing well, but today's report says that without more preparation, the rest of us are likely to struggle. justin rowlatt, bbc news, kent. artificial intelligence — refers to technology that's able to do tasks that would normally need human intelligence. some of the biggest names in technology are calling for a six—month pause in the development of advanced artifical inteligence systems. they say there are potential risks to humanity. the context here is that two weeks ago the us—based openai, unveiled the most powerful ai system yet.

this letter impart response to that. it does this by taking in information from its surroundings, and deciding its response based on what it learns. here's some of this open letter. it calls for "all ai labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months... ...the training of ai systems more powerful than gpt—4" — that's a new system released by openai. the letter is signed by elon musk by apple's co—founder, steve wozniak, and a number of well—known ai researchers and ceos. and it goes on to ask — whether we should "develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us?" let's just look at gpt�*i — it's singled out in this letter. it was unveiled by openai two weeks ago. it can answer complex questions — and it scored highly on many academic tests. for example — openai says "it passes a simulated bar exam with a score

around the top 10% of test takers". here's another example. it understands images and can express logical ideas about them. for example, it can tell us that if the strings in this image were cut the balloons would fly away. but the technology still makes plenty of mistakes — it's also been criticised for ingrained societal biases. here's privacy and data protection expert ivana bartoletti. the very famous case was amazon that were putting out a recruitment tool and they, correctly stopped it, where there recruitment algorithm was only picking out cvs of men. why does this happen? because artificial intelligence uses data. data takes a picture of our society and therefore controls need to be in place to ensure that we are able to monitor and test the systems

that they do not replicate and code the existing inequalities we have in society. at the same time, there's concern about al's impact on employment. a new report from investment bank goldman sachs says ai could replace the equivalent of 300 million full—time jobs. but it says widespread use of ai could eventually increase the total annual value of goods and services produced globally by 7%. jaan tallinn, the co—founder of video—calling service skype, and a signatory of the open letter. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you for having me. minn; thank you very much forjoining us. thank you for having me.— thank you very much forjoining us. thank you for having me. why did you decide to sign — thank you for having me. why did you decide to sign this? _ thank you for having me. why did you decide to sign this? i _ thank you for having me. why did you decide to sign this? i have _ thank you for having me. why did you decide to sign this? i have been - decide to sign this? i have been workin: decide to sign this? i have been working on _ decide to sign this? i have been working on al — decide to sign this? i have been working on al safety _ decide to sign this? i have been working on al safety for - decide to sign this? i have been working on al safety for more . decide to sign this? i have been i working on al safety for more than decide to sign this? i have been - working on al safety for more than a decade now. finally we are at the position where it is becoming increasingly clear to our entire society that these things are coming and really fast. [30

society that these things are coming and really fast.— and really fast. do you think there is a realistic _ and really fast. do you think there is a realistic prospect _ and really fast. do you think there is a realistic prospect that - is a realistic prospect that everyone is going to pause work on al given the impact that did this ai given the impact that did this happen and the desire that there is for this technology? it is happen and the desire that there is for this technology?— for this technology? it is early to tell, buti for this technology? it is early to tell, but | think _ for this technology? it is early to tell, but | think it _ for this technology? it is early to tell, but i think it is _ for this technology? it is early to tell, but i think it is very - tell, but i think it is very realistic because indeed for example, the leading lab, openai, the head has been talking for a long time has been think these things come with very grave risks. in ted's fact today he said in response to the letter he said to wall street journal this is preaching to the choir. we have been talking about theseissues choir. we have been talking about these issues with the most intensity for the longest but i think he deserves credit for being open about this. ., ., , deserves credit for being open about this. ., ., ., ., , deserves credit for being open about this. ., ., ., ., this. how many organisations or companies _ this. how many organisations or companies are _ this. how many organisations or companies are in _ this. how many organisations or companies are in a _ this. how many organisations or companies are in a position - this. how many organisations or companies are in a position to l this. how many organisations or i companies are in a position to offer this, most advanced ai? we talked about openai a lot but does it it

seemed viable to those who are not open to a pause?— open to a pause? yes, it is important to _ open to a pause? yes, it is important to realise - open to a pause? yes, it is important to realise that i open to a pause? yes, it is important to realise that in open to a pause? yes, it is i important to realise that in al there will be two phases one is the building and training of the ai which is very expensive and then there is the use of ai which is much cheaper and basically at this point, indeed, pretty much anyone can join the game. so therefore the letter specifically calling for the pause in training which is the expensive part and easier to pause than the later proliferation. in part and easier to pause than the later proliferation.— later proliferation. in your letter that ou later proliferation. in your letter that you signed _ later proliferation. in your letter that you signed with _ later proliferation. in your letter that you signed with others, - later proliferation. in your letterj that you signed with others, you warned there is a potential risk to humanity if we do not pause ai. can you help me understand what that risk is? what is the worst scenario here? ., , .., , risk is? what is the worst scenario here? .,, ,. ., ., risk is? what is the worst scenario here? ,. ., .,., ., here? the worst-case scenario again, erha -s here? the worst-case scenario again, perhaps quoting _ here? the worst-case scenario again, perhaps quoting sam _ here? the worst-case scenario again, perhaps quoting sam altman - here? the worst-case scenario again, perhaps quoting sam altman is - here? the worst-case scenario again, perhaps quoting sam altman is that l perhaps quoting sam altman is that he said, a bad case is like lights

out for all of us. i think it is impossible to overstate the importance of ai safety and alignment. indeed, the ultimate concern is that we fear, if you are in a race to build more and more powerful minds that we do not understand, cannot predict or control, and they do not care about humanity and eventually we will have to share the planet with them. and with other numerous species it is expedient to share with a smarter species that does not care. —— an inconvenience. aha, species that does not care. -- an inconvenience.— species that does not care. -- an inconvenience. a signature to the 0 en inconvenience. a signature to the open letter. _ inconvenience. a signature to the open letter, thank _ inconvenience. a signature to the open letter, thank you _ inconvenience. a signature to the open letter, thank you for - inconvenience. a signature to the open letter, thank you forjoining| open letter, thank you forjoining us. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. follow me, you'll see all of our videos, they're usually

quite short with lots packed in. i'll see you in a couple minutes' time. hello. we'll see a bit more sunshine around tomorrow, but some big looming clouds could bring some nasty downpours for some of you through the day. for all though particularly warm day. this chart shows where temperatures are above average using the oranges and reds. the deeper the reds, the higher above average, particularly warm for the time of year across parts of eastern spain. for us, it could be our warmest day of the year so far. at the moment, though, we've got some pretty nasty rainstorms pushing eastwards at the moment, particularly tied to these weather fronts across england and wales. that's going to cause some minor flooding for one or two, sitting across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia as we head into the middle part of the night. they will gradually ease. still some outbreaks of rain left in its wake, but some clearer skies around into tomorrow morning. but we continue with the mild story,

well clear of clearer frost. temperatures, although of around five or six degrees, staying in double figures for much of england and wales. so into thursday, we've still got to run of those warmer south—westerly winds, this big wodge of mild air. we're between weather systems as such, but with low pressure close by, this is where we'll see the showers now. the overnight rain clearing away from eastern england, southern scotland and also shetland, during the morning. sunshine develops for most areas, but already showers in the west. they'll develop more widely into the afternoon, heaviest with some hail and thunder through the midlands, lincolnshire, yorkshire, a line of more persistent rain maybe perhaps across parts of south—west england through to the home counties. but some of your sitting sunshine all day long, you'll feel the warmth of that sunshine, too. temperatures could get above 17 degrees in a few spots. then it's going to thursday evening and overnight, more persistent rain returns to wales, central and southern england especially, and the winds will be strengthening. it's an area of low pressure which will be slowly tracking across the southern half of the uk. because it's tracking in the southern half of the uk — it means as strong as the winds to the south of that low will mainly affect france, but through the english channel we could see some disruptive winds on friday, 65,

maybe 70 miles an hour gusts possible around some exposed hills, and course, particularly for the channel islands. persistent rain towards the south—west of england and wales, further rain at times in northern ireland. the further north and east you are, maybe a fair bit of cloud but not as wet here. best of the sunshine in western scotland and all will see temperatures drop a little bit relative to what we see on thursday. then into the weekend that low pressure gets out the way. it leaves a trailing weather front which could still bring some rain or drizzle around on saturday. but that will sit in place, decayjust to an area cloud for sunday with more of you turning drier. of england and south wales.

i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. welcome back. the uk has unveiled new plans to house migrants in military bases — rather than hotels — saying it will save money and deter people from crossing the channel in small boats. benjamin netanyahu's overhaul of israel'sjudicial system are on hold — but protests continue and relations with america remain strained. amsterdam has a message for young british men. �*stay away�* is the name of the campaign —

aimed at reducing nuisance tourism in the dutch capital. and aardman animation's shaun the sheep embarks on a new mission — to the moon and back — with the european space agency. let's start this half hour in the uk. uk immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases. and is exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. the prime minister is showing leadership on this issue by bringing forward proposals to provide accommodation at catterick garrison barracks in his constituency. and we're continuing to explore the possibility of accommodating migrants in vessels as they are in scotland and in the netherlands. the government wants to reduce spending on hotels — and to deter small boat crossings in the channel. according to research by bbc news,

395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51,000 people. the uk says it is spending 6.2 million pounds — that's 7.6 million dollars — a day on hotels for asylum seekers. the shadow home secretary, labour's yvette cooper, had this respose to today's announcement. four years ago, the cabinet said they would halve channel crossings. they've gone up 20 fold since then. a year ago, they said they'd end hotel use. they've opened more than ever. they keep making new announcements, but itjust keeps getting worse. and people want to see strong border security and properly managed asylum and refugee systems so that the uk does its bit to help those fleeing persecution and conflict alongside other countries. but we have got neither of those at the moment. liberal democrat leader, mp sir ed davey, accused ministers of "going after headlines" and not

solving the real problem. you need to make sure that these refugee applications, asylum applications are processed really, really quickly. and then if if they pass that test, these people can go and work and contribute to society and actually play their part. and if they fail the test and they should be deported. enver solomon is chief executive of the refugee council, a uk based charity which works with refugees and asylum seekers. he says the accommodation currently provided by the government isn't good enough. we work with many people in hotels. we work in almost around 50 hotels across the country. and we know from our work that they are unsuitable. they're often cramped, poor quality food, poor quality accommodation. overall, for families living in small rooms together, it can be really intolerable and also very little access to health care, medicalfacilities, any kind of real support, because let's

remember who these people are. they've come from places like afghanistan where they've had to flee the persecution and the violence meted out by the taliban, from places like syria and north africa, where there's violence and civil war, bombs and bullets is what they're fleeing from. i'm joined now by louise calvey, an independent refugee and asylum specialist, who works across the uk refugee sector. thank you for your time. what you make of the announcement today? thank you for having me on, i think we've heard a lot of this prototype a proposal before whether it be last you're talking about oil rigs, push backs and now we're looking at barges and again this used barix. i think what we need clearly from

government is for them to focus their energy on simply making asylum decisions. it was a 59% drop in asylum decision—making last year, 59% and our numbers are more this minute comparatively across the rest of europe. extremely modest. germany, france, spain all the others fire numbers than us —— my old deal with higher numbers. this will cause more trauma to people when we could simplyjust be making decisions and letting people get on with their lives. you decisions and letting people get on with their lives.— with their lives. you want to see decisions more _ with their lives. you want to see decisions more quickly? - with their lives. you want to see decisions more quickly? the - decisions more quickly? the government would agree with that goal but in reality would policies are in place now, the system will take months if not several years to catch up with the backlog and the speed of decision—making so in the meantime do you think it is reasonable for the government to look to alternatives to hotels given the costs outlined?— look to alternatives to hotels given the costs outlined? there are things the costs outlined? there are things the government _ the costs outlined? there are things the government could _ the costs outlined? there are things the government could be _ the costs outlined? there are things the government could be doing - the costs outlined? there are things the government could be doing to l the government could be doing to

immediately reduce the population of hotels. we need to look at the demographic of people in the asylum system, a significant proportion are iranian, afghani, syrian, eritrean and sudanese. if you have people from those countries because their home country is too dangerous. these are refugees. why have they been languishing so long in an asylum system? those kind of people from those countries could be issued with an asylum decision very quickly. let me interrupt. i'm sure the government would agree with your aspiration to speed this process up on whether someone has arrived from eritrea, sudan, afghanistan or wherever it might be, i think the cases as quickly as possible. but that does not change that when these people arrive, there are those

people arrive, there are those people who are there in the bill and if you think that is reasonable to do in the short term? irate if you think that is reasonable to do in the short term?— do in the short term? we are talking about people — do in the short term? we are talking about people from _ do in the short term? we are talking about people from nationalities - do in the short term? we are talking about people from nationalities of i about people from nationalities of those places. there is no need for a process, they should have a decision within one or two weeks. if you want to reduce the hotel population, there is 20,000 right there you can reduce that objectively on the face of it are refugees. there is no need to debate that any further, that is taxpayer money that could be saved very quickly. further i think if you do that, if you take those nationalities out of the asylum system, that frees up the substantive asylum accommodation. what we have got is the backlog of 160,000 at the moment which is shocking given that the government are talking about 16,000 coming in small boats on the backlog itself is 160,000 which tells you just how poor they are at asylum decision so

the government may very well share the government may very well share the aspiration to speed up decision—making but they are just not doing anything about it. that is the problem. not doing anything about it. that is the problem-— let's bring you the latest on the controversial plans of benjamin netanyahu to reform the judiciary. president biden has urged mr netanyahu to walk away from his controversial plans to reform the judiciary — reforms that have led to weeks of protests. this is some of what mr biden said. like many strong supporters of israel i am very concerned. and i am concerned that they get this straight. they cannot continue on this road. and i have made that clear. hopefully the prime minister will act in a way that he tries to work out some genuine compromise but that remains to be seen. he's tweeted: "israel is a sovereign

country which makes its decisions —— well this is mr netanyahu's response. he's tweeted. .. a few hours later, we heard from mr netanyahu again — this time at a virtual summit hosted by the us — with a focus on democracy. israel and the united states have had their occasional differences, but i want to assure you that the alliance between the world's greatest democracy and a strong, proud and independent democracy — israel — in the heart of the middle east, is unshakeable. nothing can change that. we have worked together, israel and the united states, to achieve the historic abraham accords, have made peace between israel and four arab states. we are now working together to expand these peace accords further, and they obviously bring increased prosperity to our peoples.

let's just recap how we got here. mr netanyahu returned to power last year, leading the most right—wing, nationalist government in israel's history. hisjudicial reform plans would give the government full control over the committee which appointsjudges. they would ultimately strip the supreme court of crucial powers to strike down legislation that it sees as unconstitutional. critics accuse mr netanyahu — who's on trial on corruption charges — of trying to curb judicial independence. he denies any wrongdoing. after mass protests and a general strike, the prime minister announced on monday that he was pausing the changes until the next session of parliament to allow time to find a compromise with opposition parties. here's mr netanyahu on the prospects of success.

how do we ensure that the judiciary remains independent and that we balance the need to strengthen the executive and the legislative and at the same time protect individual rights? i think that balance can be achieved, and that's why i've promoted a pause that now enables both the opposition and the coalition to sit down and try to achieve a broad national consensus to achieve both goals. and i believe this is possible. a broad national consensus seems some way off. israelis remain divided on the reforms. let's hear from some of those in tel aviv: i'm proud of those israelis who fought for the restoration of the situation and for more freedom. we have a leader who does as he pleases.

he doesn't care about the people. he does as he pleases. regardless, the judicial reform continues. i'm personally very disappointed. we believe that finally there is a government in israel that can pass a judicial reform. and he... i don't think that the conflict will end here because there are two sides fighting each other. well president biden's comments on these reforms are certainly worthy of note. here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman on that. the american pressure has already been massive. it has been building for months. for example earlier this year we had the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who came here and stood next to the israeli prime minister and in public gave him this effective dressing down saying, "look, these are expectations for what a democratic state is." and he gave a list basically of what america expects

the ruling israeli coalition to do and the kind of values it expects them to stick to. so this has been going on publicly and privately and you got a sense there from joe biden that he has made it clear to benjamin netanyahu. our sense is that they were bombarding mr netanyahu's government with messages during this 48—hour crisis from sunday to monday, when the country was brought earlier this week. the americans saying, look, you are imperilling the image, the international image, of israel as the sole democracy in the region. so the message has been very clear. then we had this extraordinary angry rebuke from mr netanyahu, tweeting a series of messages late last night in response to mr biden, saying, we are an independent country, we will effectively do what we want and we are not going to listen to outside pressure. although he of course said — as he has always said in these situations — that america is its strongest ally, we have an enduring bond that goes on and on. but this is a very serious rift and i think what it tells you — and you mentioned the sort of public division over this in israel — what it shows you is this issue is not resolved and the americans for one don't regard it as resolved yet.

so what would you say — what impact would you say this —— talking earlier about a climate change case brought before the european court of human rights. —— we talked earlier about a landmark climate change case brought before the european court of human rights. now another climate story to bring you, following a long campaign by the pacific island of vanuatu. the un general assembly has asked the world's highest court — the international court ofjustice — to issue a legal opinion on the climate obligations of countries.

our north america correspondent nada tawfik is live in new york. help me understand exactly what that means, why is this significant and what precisely is being asked of the icj? it what precisely is being asked of the icj? , , .., what precisely is being asked of the icj? ,, ,, , icj? it is significant because these are small island _ icj? it is significant because these are small island nations _ icj? it is significant because these are small island nations and - icj? it is significant because these are small island nations and they| are small island nations and they are small island nations and they are disproportionately affected by climate change what we know they contribute just a tiny fraction of greenhouse emissions and this stemmed from an idea from university students in the pacific islands saying that they should go to the united nations general assembly and ask them to get the international court ofjustice to clarify what is said. with regards to protecting the environment from the warming temperatures. also what the consequences would be for those countries who disregard that war. this will take time, countries are presenting evidence to the court and

it will take months to get the advisory opinion. a lot are calling it a landmark resolution including the prime minister of ny to and the 18 countries —— the prime minister of vanuatu. this would not be a binding decision but it would add to the legal context you could say in regards to how these courts could look at the cases. just regards to how these courts could look at the cases.— regards to how these courts could look at the cases. just so i'm clear and i'm look at the cases. just so i'm clear and i'm reading — look at the cases. just so i'm clear and i'm reading some _ look at the cases. just so i'm clear and i'm reading some copy - look at the cases. just so i'm clear and i'm reading some copy being l and i'm reading some copy being filed into the newsroom, not all of the biggest emitters in the world are supporting this, am i right? that is right. vanuatu tried extreme the how to get the role's biggest polluters on board but we have heard

from the united states representative for the biden administration who said they think diplomacy not going to international courts is the way to address some of theissues courts is the way to address some of the issues related to climate change, is the most effective path forward, they say, but if we look, one of the key issues we are talking about here is financing and the un says the amount of money needed to help countries adapt to the changing climate to help the smaller nations that are disproportionately affected, they say funding is only one tenth of the amount needed right now so funding is falling short, there is a wide gap in these big countries have not really said definitively how much they will contribute to help combat climate change and help those countries so that could be part of what the court looks like, some of the financial obligations these countries have but they are saying they also hope this helps guide notjust the un's policy

but other countries' commitments in the paris agreement and on the other national legislation to be more bold in how they combat climate change. thank you for taking us through it. stay with us on outside source — still to come... aardman animation's shaun the sheep makes a triumphant return from his mission — to the moon and back — with the european space agency. we will get into the details in a minute. tributes have been paid to the tv presenter and comedian paul o'grady, who has died at the age of 67. his husband said he died "unexpectedly but peacefully" yesterday evening. paul o'grady rose to fame in the 1990s with his drag queen persona lily savage, and went on to present several programmes on tv and radio. lizo mzimba looks back at his life and career. lolly... it's a tribute to his incredible versatility that paul o'grady

was equally at home as the warm and gentle presenter of shows like for the love of dogs... hiya. hi, paul. how you doing? i'm all right. this little one isn't doing so well. and as the acerbic, acid—tongued lily savage. so i'm stood having a drink and i looked over and here's ulrika walked in the door wearing the same frock as me. i didn't know she had a littlewoods catalogue. iwas flaming. i'm sorry i'm not suited and booted, but i thought, you know, with it being the edinburgh festival and with it being comedy, with it being fringe, to be quite frank, i haven't even had a wash, you know what i mean? eventually he decided to escape from lily's formidable shadow, performing as himself and hosting a variety of daytime and evening chat and entertainment shows. please welcome your host, paul o'grady. as well as a 11t—year stint on radio 2. today's tributes have been led by the queen consort, who said she was deeply saddened to hear of the death of paul o'grady, who worked with her

in support of battersea dogs and cats home, providing lots of laughter and many waggy—tailed memories. are you going to let me do yourflea treatment? she appeared alongside him in a special edition of his multi—award winning for the love of dogs, a programme that perhaps more than any other beautifully showed the warmth, kindness and empathy that characterised paul o'grady. paul o'grady who has died at the age of 67. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. the city of amsterdam has launched a campaign aimed at reducing tourism — focusing on a specific group of tourists, young british men.

this new advert is part of amsterdam's �*stay away�* campaign — targetting eighteen—to—thirty—five year old men in the uk who are drawn to the city's legalised sex trade and cannabis market. the city says the campaign ultimately aims to deter nuisance tourism from many countries. anna holligan has more from amsterdam's schipol airport this is a digital discouragement campaign. so if you're in the uk and you search for terms like stag weekend, amsterdam, cheap hotel, amsterdam, pub crawl amsterdam, then these warning adverts will pop up and they show things like a young man staggering in the street, being handcuffed by police, detained, having his fingerprints and mug shots taken. and the message is, if you're coming to amsterdam, which is notoriously, some would say, europe's most liberal party capital for a while time, then stay away, because you mightjust create the kinds of lifelong memories that won't serve you well in the future.

amsterdam is not a large city, it hasjust under 900,000 residents — but it is a hugely popular tourist destination. it receives around 20 million visitors every year — roughly one million of them are brits — but that's still only 5% of the overall figure, which calls into question why the campaign is targeted specifically at young british men. here's anna again, this time from amsterdam's red light district although they have this reputation, coffee shop owners here kind of as cafe owners have been telling me, well, they might come for the cannabis, they might come for the waves, but then they do visit the museums, too. and that's the message i have been hearing from young brits today who say we have been to smoke some weed, but we also went to the anne frank house. we've also been to the van gogh museum, the reichs museum. so there has been criticism of the council that they are kind of discriminating, stereotyping these young brits.

not too often i bring you shaun the sheep news, staff are something we can put right but i can spend a few minutes on it now. following his journey around the moon and back aboard the artemis i mission, the european space agency is hoping shaun the sheep will inspire the next generation to follow in his footsteps and get the space bug. one small step for man — a giant leap for lambkind as our science editor rebecca morelle reports. he left his family and friends on mossy bottom farm to pursue a lofty new career, taking him to the moon and beyond. now, sean the sheep's back on earth for a hero's welcome at aardman studios in bristol. shaun is the first european space agency astronaut to the moon. congratulations, shaun. he's been presented with an official astronaut certificate from the european

space agency and nasa. it was a big surprise when shaun was selected to go to the moon. virtually couldn't believe it. it seemed incredible. it's every child's dream, isn't it? famously, to be an astronaut around the moon. and so the fact that shaun was doing it for us seemed very, very important. on the far side of the moon, i mean, that extraordinary is that our our baby, our creation. it took a lot of work to get shaun into shape for the mission, making him a great fit for thejob. it's perfect for shaun, really. he's such a cute, cheeky little character and can only imagine he would love to have such a big adventure. it's always what he's trying to do. and this was the rocket shaun was riding on, blasting off last november for the start of the artemis mission, giving him a close up view of the moon. others are hoping they'll also see one day. it's an absolute thrill to be thinking about following in shaun's footsteps, going around

the moon, getting involved with all the artemis missions. it would be an absolute pleasure to do that. and we'll see what the future holds. definitely. travelling on a one and a half million milejourney that most humans and sheep could only dream about. but there are more moon missions to come, so this could be just the start. so will it be the moon again or further into the universe to make —— so will it be the moon again orfurther into the ewe—niverse to make a giant leap for lamb—kind? just before we wrap up this our... if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. not about shaun the sheep i'm afraid. follow me, you'll see all of our videos, they're usually quite short with lots packed in. we're posting new material all the time.

hello. we'll see a bit more sunshine around tomorrow, but some big looming clouds could bring some nasty downpours for some of you through the day. for all though particularly warm day. this chart shows where temperatures are above average using the oranges and reds. the deeper the reds, the higher above average, particularly warm, the time of year across parts of eastern spain. for us, it could be our warmest day of the year so far. at the moment, though, we've got some pretty nasty rainstorms pushing eastwards at the moment, particularly tied to these weather fronts across england and wales. that's going to cause some minor flooding for one or two, sitting across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia as we head into the middle part of the night. they will gradually ease. still some outbreaks of rain left in its wake, but some clearer skies around into tomorrow morning. but we continue with the mild story

well clear of clearer frost. temperatures, although of around five or six degrees, staying in double figures for much of england and wales. so into thursday, we've still got to run of those warmer south—westerly winds, this big wodge of mild air. we're between weather systems as such, but with low pressure close by, this is where we'll see the showers. now, the overnight rain clearing away from eastern england, southern scotland and also shetland, during the morning. sunshine develops for most areas, but already showers in the west. they'll develop more widely into the afternoon, heaviest with some hail and thunder through the midlands, lincolnshire, yorkshire, a line of more persistent rain maybe perhaps across parts of south—west england through to the home counties. but some of your sitting sunshine all day long, you'll feel the warmth of that sunshine, too. temperatures could get above 17 degrees in a few spots. then it's going to thursday evening and overnight, more persistent rain returns to wales, central and southern england especially, and the winds will be strengthening. it's an area of low pressure which will be slowly tracking across the southern half of the uk. because it's tracking in the southern half of the uk — it means as strong as the winds to the south of that low will mainly affect france, but through the english channel we could see some disruptive winds on friday, 65,

maybe 70 miles an hour gusts possible around some exposed hills, and course, particularly for the channel islands. persistent rain towards the south—west of england and wales, further rain at times in northern ireland. the further north and east you are maybe a fair bit of cloud but not as wet here. best of the sunshine in western scotland and all will see temperatures drop a little bit relative to what we see on thursday. then into the weekend that low pressure gets out the way. it leaves a trailing weather front which could still bring some rain or drizzle around on saturday. but that will sit in place, decayjust to an area cloud for sunday with more of you turning drier.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. king charles is in germany on his first foreign visit as the uk's monarch. the swiss government are taken to court by climate activists — who say its policies violate their right to life and health. some of the biggest names in technology call for the development of advanced artificial intelligence to be put on hold. tesla ceo elon musk and apple co founder steve wozniak are among those warning ai could pose a threat to humanity. they could pose a threat to humanity. are warning a a ti humanity. they are warning a a and aardman animation's shaun the sheep makes a triumphant return from his mission —

to the moon — with the european space agency. we start in germany. king charles has arrived on his first state visit since he succeeded his mother as the british monarch. let's show you the latest pictures — but a warning these contain flashing images. a short time ago king charles and queen consort camilla arrived at bellevue palace in berlin for a state banquet, here they are greeting dignitaries. the three—day trip began here in berlin. but this was all supposed to begin in france at the weekend. that leg though was cancelled because of those protests in france over pension reforms. well in berlin, the king received this ceremonial welcome at the brandenberg gate. that's significant — it's the first time the brandenberg gate has been used to welcome a head of state. the king and queen consort then moved

on the german president's residence, bellevue palace where they signed the guest book. let's hear now from king charles who's been speaking at the state banquet. we stand side by side in protecting and advancing our shared democratic values. this is epitomised so clearly today as we stand together with ukraine in defence of freedom and sovereignty in the face of unprovoked aggression. now, let's hearfrom the german president. translation: this visit, your very first trip - abroad as the new king, your majesty, it's a great personal gesture and at the same time i think it is an important gesture for german—british relations and today on the day six years ago when britain began its exit from the european union,

we're opening a new chapter in our relations. state visits often symbolise something significant in the relationship. the one we can see here was by queen elizabeth in 1965 — to the then west—germany. it helped put the seal on a restored relationship between the uk and germany — twenty years on from the second world war. well on this state visit, it's hoped king charles time in germany will help strengthen ties particularly after britain's exit from the european union. here's former german ambassador to the uk, thomas matussek on relations since brexit. and of course there are issues like the environment, very close, climate very close to the monarchs heart. there are so many issues on which we see eye to eye so that the rupture of brexit in my view was just a little dent

in this relationship. as part of the visit the king and queen consort will visit hamberg to learn about their adoption of green energy. historian sir anthony seldon explains the king's history of supporting environmental issues. this is something that he has chosen for 50 years to champion. long before people took it seriously and indeed, many clever people, intelligent people dismissed him as a crank, saying this and now it is all come true. and i think that significantly added to the seriousness to which he has been taken as a figure. for more on the significance of the choice of france and germany as the destinations for this tour. here's our correspondentjenny hill. this is the king's first ever foreign state visit and he has chosen, britain has chosen to send him to the heart of europe.

this is about sending out a message that britain values its ties particularly france and germany seen as the political leaders of the eu to emphasise even in a post—brexit world, britain still values that friendship. you can really see that if you take a look at the agenda for the next few days. king charles will be attending events, visiting places which really reflect some of the common interests, some of its common challenges faced by both the eu and britain. common challenges to which they often rise together. so for example, a war in ukraine. king charles will be meeting ukrainian refugees, of course so many of them making their home here temporarily here in germany. also he will be spending a lot of time focusing on issues like climate change and the environment.

we know of course that he is passionate about those things. he will be visiting what they call an eco—village and a reception will be later today which will be focused on sustainability and the future of energy. i think from that, perhaps, you could find a real sense that what britain wants to get out of this is to reinforce that message that post—brexit, it is possible to have a strong and stable relationship. and that suits germany as well. now to a landmark case about climate change. a group of more than 2,000 women have taken the swiss government to the european court of human rights. they claiming the government's policies violate their right to life and health. the women call themselves the "club of climate seniors" — they have an average age of 73 and they want the court to order the government to do more to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. here'sjenny sandvig from the european network of

national human rights institution, addressing the court today. few people have it in their power to change the course of history. you do. on behalf of all national human rights institutions in europe, ennri urges the court to use its power to protect vulnerable individuals against escalating and irreversible climate harm. the facts are simple. greenhouse gas emissions cause heat extremes that kill. and here's some of the data that's relevant to the case. in switzerland, temperatures there are rising faster than the global average — and heatwaves are becoming more frequent. as well as that — recent research has shows that in the last 20 years, heat—related mortality in people over 65 in europe has increased by more than 30%. now today's hearing isjust the start of proceedings. it could be months we get a verdict.

but if the women are successful, well it may set a precedent for all of the european court's 46 member states. well, switzerland's representative to the court says, "this is not what the parties to the paris agreement wanted. that is not the role of the court." in 2015, the paris agreement saw almost all the world's nations — for the first time — support a common strategy to cut the greenhouse gas emissions which cause global warming. but this the counter from the co—president of the group who've been brought the case. translation: we older women are the most vulnerable - group of all people. this is proven in the heat wave during the summer of 2003. the first time it was so hot tens of thousands, from about 70,000 people died across europe. above all older women and that's why were sort of suing for our health. i spoke tojessica simor kc, a human rights barrister at matrix chambers. she leads the legal team representing the club

of climate seniors. she said she's not surprised at the rise of human rights climate change cases being brought to the courts. what we're now seeing is the actual impact of climate change affecting people today. and so people are already able to argue that their rights are being affected by the failure of states to do with they said they would and to do what they agreed to do and have failed to do under international treaties. so the law is the international binding commitment by states to reduce admissions and protect individual rights. and individuals are relying on those rights to bring claims. so it is not surprising, but it will be very interesting to see how the court handles this, because obviously it is a very complex case to deal with.

some of the biggest names in technology are calling for a six—month pause in the development of advanced artifical inteligence systems. they say there are potential risks to humanity. the context here is that two weeks ago the us—based openai, unveiled the most powerful ai system yet. before we go further, the term artificial intelligence refers to technology that's able to do tasks that would normally need human intelligence. it does this by taking information from its surroundings, and deciding its response based on what it learns. here's some of this open letter. it calls for...

that's a new system released by openai. the letter is signed by elon musk, by apple's co—founder, steve wozniak, and a number of well—known ai researchers and ceos. and it goes on to ask... of course if you ask a question like that you know what they are offering. let's just look at gptlt — it's singled out in this letter. it was unveiled by openai two weeks ago. it can answer complex questions — and it scored highly on many academic tests. for example — openai says... here's another example. it understands images and can express logical ideas about them. for example, it can tell us that

if the strings in this image were cut the balloons would fly away. but the technology still makes plenty of mistakes — it's also been criticised for ingrained societal biases. here's privacy and data protection expert ivana bartoletti. the very famous case was amazon that were putting out a recruitment tool and they, correctly stopped it, where there recruitment algorithm was only picking out cvs of men. why does this happen? because artificial intelligence uses data. data is a picture of our society and therefore controls need to be in place to ensure that we are able to monitor and test the systems that they do not replicate and code the existing inequalities we have in society. there's also concern about al's impact on employment. a new report from investment bank goldman sachs says ai could replace the equivalent

of 300 million full—time jobs. but it says widespread use of ai could eventually increase the total annual value of goods and services produced globally by 7%. i'v e i've speaking to the co—founder of the video calling skype of course i wanted to know why he chose to decide. wanted to know why he chose to decide. i have been working on, so—called, ai alignment and ai safety for more than a decade now. finally we are at the position where it is becoming increasingly clear to our entire society that these things are coming and really fast. do you think there is a realistic prospect that everyone is going to pause the work on al given the impact that did this happen and the desire that there is for this technology? it is early to tell, but i think it is very realistic because indeed for example, the leading lab, openai, the head of openai has been, for a long time, talking

about that these things come with very grave risks. in fact, today he said in response to the letter he said to wall streetjournal this is preaching to the choir. we have been talking about these issues the loudest, with the most intensity for the longest but i think he deserves credit for being open about this. here in the uk, immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases. and is exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. the prime minister is showing leadership on this issue by bringing forward proposals to provide accommodation at catterick garrison barracks in his constituency. and we're continuing to explore the possibility

of accommodating migrants in vessels as they are in scotland and in the netherlands. the government wants to reduce spending on hotels — and to deter small boat crossings in the channel. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51,000 people. the uk says it is spending £6.2 million — that's $7.6 million a day on hotels for asylum seekers. the shadow home secretary, labour's yvette cooper had this response to today's announcement. four years ago, the cabinet said they would halve channel crossings. they've gone up 20 fold since then. a year ago, they said they'd end hotel use. they've opened more than ever. they keep making new announcements, but itjust keeps getting worse. and people want to see strong border security and properly managed asylum and refugee systems so that the uk

does its bit to help those fleeing persecution and conflict alongside other countries. but we have got neither of those at the moment. we've heard from the government, the opposition labour party. next the chief executive of the refugee council. a uk —based charity that works with refugees and asylum—seekers. he says the accommodation currently provided by the government isn't good enough. we work with many people in hotels. we work in almost around 50 hotels across the country. and we know from our work that they are unsuitable. they're often cramped, poor quality food, poor quality accommodation. overall, for families living in small rooms together, it can be really intolerable and also very little access to health care, medicalfacilities, any kind of real support, because let's remember who these people are. they've come from places like afghanistan where they've had to flee the persecution

and the violence meted out by the taliban, from places like syria and north africa, where there's violence and civil war, bombs and bullets is what they're fleeing from. to scotland where humza yousaf has appointed his new cabinet after being formally sworn in as first minister at the court of session in edinburgh. six of his top team of ten are women but he said he's sorry that his former opponent kate forbes won't be one of them after she declined his offer of a different role. our scotland editorjames cook has this report. this is a warrant under his majesty's signed manual, appointing humza haroon yousaf to be first minister of the scottish government. humza yousaf making history. do you swear that you will well and truly serve his majesty king charles in the office of first minister of the scottish government? will you now sign the parchments?

he met his first test, a pen and parchment problem, with a wry smile. and then, it was official. scotland had a pioneering first minister — the only muslim, the only descendant of immigrants ever to hold the post. how are you feeling? oh, really excited, and it's just such a proud moment for my family and for me. i'm delighted that i've got the ones that i love most with me. and with that, he was whisked away to work, assembling his cabinet. with shona robison becoming deputy first minister and also taking over as finance secretary from a woman who was already home in the highlands. the glaring absence from this team photo is humza yousaf�*s leadership rival, kate forbes. the result of the contest shows that she has a lot of support among party members, though, and so the question for this new first minister is, can he reunite his party without her? kate is rightly popular and she's

got some great ideas and exceptionally talented. i was sorry that she didn't feel she was able to continue in government, but she is still a member of this party. the first minister has put his faith in this team, with five cabinet members under the age of a0 and, for the first time, a majority of women. yet more history in the making. james cook, bbc news, edinburgh. now to mexico — outrage is growing following a fire at a migrant centre that killed 38 people. unverified footage appears to show the fire starting at a centre run by mexico's national migration institute. before we see them — i should warn you may find these pictures distressing. as you can see, uniformed officials appear to walk away as the fire begins. this leaves a group of men in what appears to be a locked cell. the imprisoned men then unsuccessfully try to open the door. the full clip is 32—seconds long — it appears to come from a security camera.

the facility is located just south of the border with the us — close to the stanton—lerdo bridge. across the border is el paso in texas. mexico's president spoke about the fire a short while ago. translation: there will be no impunity. i those responsible for this painful tragedy will be identified and those who caused it will be held specifically accountable and punished in accordance with the law. let's learn more about the circumstances.— let's learn more about the circumstances. ~ ~ ., , circumstances. we know very little about the situation _ circumstances. we know very little about the situation that _ circumstances. we know very little about the situation that started - circumstances. we know very little about the situation that started on | about the situation that started on monday at 930. this is information from mexican government was up and this 32 second video showing this is only what we have now. we have no confirmation of the authenticity of this video but it seems that in the broadcast

the interior minister of mexico in an interview appeared to confirm its ferocity. rather he said that anyone thatis ferocity. rather he said that anyone that is responsible for the situation for this tragedy that killed 38 people, immigrants in these detention centre has to face justice. people in guatemala, salvador, and ecuador. let's remember the context. we're talking a bout a record in the number of people trying to reach the us, coming mainly from centre and south america, most of them. most trying to avoid poverty or violence that

they experience in their countries and they spend days or maybe months of their lives they rode to the border, they cannot cross, it's illegal. from january 2023 because of this contextjoe biden administration d cited to enforce the security level in the border and that includes that they cannot enter. these centres of detention has become overflowed of people that are just living has become overflowed of people that arejust living not has become overflowed of people that are just living not only in suarez but many cities around the border because they are trying to go inside and they cannot. they start to survive they don't of money, they don't have food, but the report conditions, health conditions. and work responded in la, she described

as a situation of desperation of many people there. will grantors live with us from mexico city. what more can you tell us about what happened here? the ve fact us about what happened here? tue: very fact that us about what happened here? t'te: very fact that it's us about what happened here? tte: very fact that it's the us about what happened here? t'te: very fact that it's the most us about what happened here? tte: very fact that it's the most deadly fire of its type in the countries history in a migration detention centre of that type tells us a great deal. i've been in a position where i've had the awful reporting task of returning with the bodies to their families in central america after eight migrant tragedy. for example, more than 50 migrants died in a trailer truck that was invented in san antonio recently. this particular period —— abandoned. they are desperately trying to get their family members on the phone and still don't perhaps have confirmation that their family members are in the detention centre

for that yes, they were in there but they haven't been able to get a hold of them put up does that mean the debtor in hospital? this is a seriously awful time for those families. in terms of what we know, the president has said he intends to bring those to justice but he has a very fractious relationship with the media. when the media will pushing him on why specifically, darts appear to flee, they did open the doors as he migrants in the cells... the flames are getting worse he accused him of being more interested in sensationalism than answers because of any counter interest in the migrants. tt’s because of any counter interest in the migrants-— the migrants. it's interesting that auestion the migrants. it's interesting that question has _ the migrants. it's interesting that question has come _ the migrants. it's interesting that question has come up. _ the migrants. it's interesting that question has come up. is- the migrants. it's interesting that question has come up. is anyone| question has come up. is anyone disputing the veracity of that video clip apparently from a security use camera that is causing those questions should be asked? tt camera that is causing those questions should be asked? it seems the interior minister _ questions should be asked? it seems the interior minister has _ questions should be asked? it seems the interior minister has let - questions should be asked? it seems the interior minister has let it - the interior minister has let it pass. all these references for the time being, well that's not perhaps

a fad did not hard and fast verification certainly there's been no denial by the government at this stage. i would've imagined by now that you would've heard them say stop using map footage, we verified it from somewhere else with the lots ofjournals have looked into it including the bbc and been able to verify it is very recent. my suspicion is that it probably does reflect that moment, particularly given some of the journalist who first read ported it and the trustworthiness. we're waiting perhaps for that final verification. either way i think these questions are being asked about why were these men and women detained? they hadn't been necessarily guilty of any crimes. they were selling sweets, washing car windscreens at traffic lights and not necessarily growth two guilty of any crimes that they should be arrested.— two guilty of any crimes that they should be arrested. well, thank you very much- —

should be arrested. well, thank you very much. thank _ should be arrested. well, thank you very much. thank you _ should be arrested. well, thank you very much. thank you for _ should be arrested. well, thank you very much. thank you for watching. | very much. thank you for watching. we will be back at the usual time tomorrow. untilthen, bye—bye. hello. we'll see a bit more sunshine around tomorrow, but some big looming clouds could bring some nasty downpours for some of you through the day. for all though particularly warm day. this chart shows where temperatures are above average using the oranges and reds. the deeper the reds, the higher above average, particularly warm for the time of year across parts of eastern spain. for us, it could be our warmest day of the year so far. at the moment, though, we've got some pretty nasty rainstorms pushing eastwards at the moment, particularly tied to these weather fronts across england and wales. that's going to cause some minor flooding for one or two, sitting across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia as we head into the middle part of the night. they will gradually ease. still some outbreaks

of rain left in its wake, but some clearer skies around into tomorrow morning. but we continue with the mild story, well clear of clearer frost. temperatures, although of around five or six degrees, staying in double figures for much of england and wales. so into thursday, we've still got to run of those warmer south—westerly winds, this big wodge of mild air. we're between weather systems as such, but with low pressure close by, this is where we'll see the showers now. the overnight rain clearing away from eastern england, southern scotland and also shetland, during the morning. sunshine develops for most areas, but already showers in the west. they'll develop more widely into the afternoon, heaviest with some hail and thunder through the midlands, lincolnshire, yorkshire, a line of more persistent rain maybe perhaps across parts of south—west england through to the home counties. but some of you will be sitting sunshine all day long, you'll feel the warmth of that sunshine, too. temperatures could get above 17 degrees in a few spots. then it's going to thursday evening and overnight, more persistent rain returns to wales, central and southern england especially, and the winds will be strengthening. it's an area of low pressure which will be slowly tracking across the southern half of the uk. because it's tracking in the southern half of the uk —

it means as strong as the winds to the south of that low will mainly affect france, but through the english channel we could see some disruptive winds on friday, 65, maybe 70 miles an hour gusts possible around some exposed hills, and coasts, particularly for the channel islands. persistent rain towards the south—west of england and wales, further rain at times in northern ireland. the further north and east you are, maybe a fair bit of cloud but not as wet here. best of the sunshine in western scotland and all will see temperatures drop a little bit relative to what we see on thursday. then into the weekend that low pressure gets out the way. it leaves a trailing weather front which could still bring some rain or drizzle around on saturday. but that will sit in place, decayjust to an area cloud for sunday with more of you turning drier.

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