welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the vatican says pope francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in rome. king charles is in germany on his first state visit as monarch. he praised germans for their �*extraordinary hospitality�* towards ukrainian refugees. all these years and in so many ways, i have been struck by the warmth of the friendship between our nations. outrage in mexico — as new details emerge about the fire that caused the death of 38 people

at a migrant centre. some of the biggest names in technology call for a pause in the development of advanced artificial intelligence — warning it could be a threat to humanity. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth — the skeleton of a patago—titan dinosaur — is the latest addition to london's natural history museum. hello and welcome to the programme pope francis has been taken to hospital, suffering from a respiratory infection. the vatican said the 86—year—old had breathing difficulties in recent days but said he does not have covid and he'll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. earlier, i spoke to davide

ghiglione our bbc rome producer who gave us more information on the pope's condition. good evening from rome, where all eyes are on the hospital where pope francis will spend the night. we know that his condition is stable at the moment, but he wasn't expected to be kept there by doctors. the doctors are keeping him at the hospital because they want to make sure he's fine. now, his life is not in danger reportedly, and according to what the vatican said — but what people are mainly concerned about is the fact that he's now weaker than before, especially compared to when he started working as the pope, being the pope. and we also know that francis said repeatedly he would resign if he feels too weak, if he feels he didn't have the strength to run

the church any more. so we will know more tomorrow, obviously, from the hospital, but at the moment his condition remains stable. we'll see what his decision will be. indeed, this is a pretty busy period though, isn't it, in terms of many events and services scheduled ahead of the easter weekend? any sense whether they will go on with him involved? exactly, so we do know that all appointments and audiences for tomorrow and the day after tomorrow have been cancelled. now obviously it's the easter week, starting from next week, so we'll have the palm sunday mass this sunday, which is one of the biggest events for catholics all over the world. so it'll be a very busy week for the pope, and the pope will need energy.

he will have to be fully operational — now we know he's been quite weak over the last few months, he postponed a trip to congo and south sudan. and even when he did it, he was forced to use a wheelchair. he's very energetic, he's got a very energetic soul, but we know he's 86, so everyone has been worried, including the pope himself. we saw him leading the funeral of his predecessor, benedict, but now we'll see if he will feel strong enough to carry on. king charles has addressed a state banquet in berlin during the first day of the monarch's official visit. charles vowed to strengthen the ties between the uk and germany, and said the two countries would pursue a more sustainable, prosperous and secure future. our royal correspondent,

nicholas witchell has the latest from berlin, and a warning that this report contains some flash photography. white tie and tiaras for the state banquet. but don't be too dazzled by all the diamonds and decorations — the first state visit of king charles�*s reign represents a serious mission set by the british government. the focus is europe, the setting is berlin, and the king's language initially was german. es ist wunderbar heute in abend in so grosse gesellschaft su sein. then, in english, this commitment. throughout the time that is granted to me as king, i will do all i can to strengthen the connections between us. and this on ukraine. 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. the king had received the first full ceremonial welcome at the brandenburg gate for any state visitor. he inspected the guard of honour, standard fare for a state visit, but it's the subtext on these occasions that matters, and that is very clear. state visits are all about the big picture, the core elements in the relationship between the host and the visiting nation. in this instance, of course, with the uk now outside the eu, it's all about the bonds, the links that remain. it's about shared histories and shared values. friendship between two european nations. i hope you don't have to stand here too long. no, it's fine. it's a message which will be repeated when the king becomes the first british monarch to address the german

federal parliament. nicholas witchell, bbc news, berlin. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. president biden is to visit the mississippi town of rolling fork on friday. the town was devastated by a tornado last week which killed 26 people. mr biden and his wife jill will meet first responders and people affected by the deadly storm. the world football authority, fifa, has stripped indonesia of the right to host this year's under—twenty world cup tournament, due to start in less than two months. it said the decision was taken after the governor of bali refused to host the israeli football squad. the sportswear company, adidas, has withdrawn a request to us regulators to reject a trademark application by the black lives matter movement. blm is seeking to register a similar logo with three parallel yellow stripes. adidas had said it was too similar to its famous three—stripe mark which has

featured on its products for more than 70 years. outrage is growing in mexico following a fire at a migrant centre in siudad huarez that killed 38 migrants. unverified footage has emerged, which appears to show the moment the fire started at the centre run by mexico's national migration institute. i want to warn you — these pictures are distressing. uniformed officials seem to walk away as the blaze erupts in a corner, leaving a group of men behind in what appears to be a locked cell. the imprisoned men unsuccessfully try to open the barred door as smoke quickly spreads. the 32—second clip appears to come from a security camera inside the facility, which is located just south of the border crossing at the stanton—lerdo bridge, which links ciudad juarez with the city of el paso

in texas. our correspondent in mexico city will grant has more. well, the footage isjust one of the questions, it's perhaps the key one at this stage. it appears to have been leaked to the media in ciudad juarez, and certainly the government hasn't denied its veracity — which i would've imagined they would've done that by now if there was any doubt about it. it appears to show very serious questions about the behaviour of the guards in that detention centre. at one point, at least one of the migrants attempts to kick the door open, he's obviously not successful in that, and there are guards walking around outside the cell. they then leave when the flames get too severe, and that is the question that a lot ofjournalists are asking. and when they asked the president at his daily press briefing, he accused them of being more interested in sensationalism than in

the pain and well—being of the trapped migrants. so yeah, that's one of the many questions swirling around — including, of course, why these people had been detained in the first place. many of them had been sent back to being trapped in mexico under the "remain in mexico" programme — part of the biden administration's migration policy that states you must wait in mexico for your court date to appear in the us. that was will grant reporting on that story for us. the un general assembly has adopted a resolution asking the world's top court to define countries obligations to combat climate change. the vote was greeted by cheers. although not legally binding, the sponsors are hoping an opinion from the international court ofjustice will drive countries to take stronger measures and clarify international law.

this resolution follows a four—year campaign led by the pacific island nation of vanuatu. vanuatu's prime minister ishmael kalsakau said the vote represented "a win for climate justice of epic proportions". i celebrate today with the people of vanuatu who are still reeling from the devastation with two macro back to back cyclones. caused by the fossil fuels and greenhouse emissions that they are not responsible for. some of technology's biggest names — among them elon musk — are calling for a pause in the development of powerful artificial intelligence warning of profound risks to society and even a threat to humanity. our technology editor, zoe kleinman, has more details. there are lots of ai products being released by the tech companies at the moment. and the reason is there

is a lot of money involved and nobody wants to get left behind. but there are concerns that we don't yet have the right safety nets to protect us. what do we need protecting from? well, number one, as this ai gets more advanced, there are concerns it will start acting more independently and it will be more difficult for humans to control. the second point is there are already concerns that, really quite soon, it could start taking over a lot of ourjobs. and that would leave us with far fewer ways to make money. and the third thing, we already know that al can be biased, it can discriminate, it can share misinformation as if it was facts. it can make up photorealistic images of things that never happened, and that could be a really big problem for society. that was our technology editor reporting on that story. if you wanyt to get in touch with me, i'm on twitter — @bbckarishma. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. a colossus has

landed in london. one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth goes on show at the natural history museum. the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but not quite well enough to prevent some old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside

included his assailant. it has become - a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians| wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is- being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffeh — this is newsday on the bbc. our headlines... the vatican says pope francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in hospital in rome. king charles is in germany on his first state visit as monarch. he praised germans for their "extraordinary hospitality" towards ukrainian refugees. taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, has set off on an international trip that analysts say looks set to worsen relations between china

and the united states. ms tsai plans to stop off in the us, where it has been reported she will meet the speaker of the house of representatives, kevin mccarthy. china believes taiwan is part of its own territory and discourages the island's leaders from meeting foreign officials. beijing said talks with mr mccarthy would be a "provocation". before she left, ms tsai said she wouldn't yield to pressure. let's speak to political scientist wen—ti sung, who teaches in the anu taiwan studies programme. hejoins me now from taipei. it is great to get you on the programme, professor. what you think the significance of this visit is and what could the president be hoping to achieve? i think the taiwan's president it is a tool for her because domestically she has always taken great pride in being a

president that takes us china relations to great —— us taiwan relations to great —— us taiwan relations to great heights. they have a number of appearances at major international forums and so, really, for her it is another way to symbolise the progress in the relations of the last few years. in a broader context of us taiwan china relations, still, it is about a way to repair taiwanese society's trust in the continued support from the us as well, given the escalating ambition we have been seeing out of china. and this is especially true after the war when a lot of taiwanese so the us so report —— support for ukraine but they weren't actually american boots on the ground so for the taiwanese, they were a little tentative as

to whether the same will happen to whether the same will happen to taiwan in case ever threat to taiwan in case ever threat to china. in that sense, taiwanese people really look for a great sign from the us side, in terms of what kind of treatment they are going to give to president as a way to gauge the level and support of american support. it gauge the level and support of american support.— american support. it has been re orted american support. it has been reported that _ american support. it has been reported that she _ american support. it has been reported that she is _ american support. it has been reported that she is expected | reported that she is expected to meet with the us speaker kevin mccarthy, do you think that meeting will go ahead and if so, what might the chinese reaction to that might be given that we have already heard that they will call any such meeting provocative, their words, not mine. . . ~ , provocative, their words, not mine. . . . ., mine. the chances are that there meeting _ mine. the chances are that there meeting between - mine. the chances are that - there meeting between president tsai and kevin mccarthy the house speaker will likely go ahead, we have been seeing one sign after anotherfrom ahead, we have been seeing one sign after another from both camps by this stage, so i think it will be a major let down for both sides of the backdown by

this stage. in a sense, they can always find the meeting between president tsai and house speaker kevin mccarthy as a compromise option almost, instead of an actual visit to taiwan, they are meeting in us soil instead. so... if china still acts out, i think the moral apprehension will shift in us taiwan favour in this issue. that is also probably why we are going to be still seeing china be unhappy and be providing the dramatic sanctions, may some economic sanctions, may some economic sanctions, ortargeting sanctions, may some economic sanctions, or targeting of specific leaders as a way to show displeasure, but at the meeting goes ahead, i think the chance of a serious escalation at this point isn't that high.

thank you so much forjoining us on newsday. the queen consort has been among those paying tribute to the presenter and entertainer paul o'grady, who's died at the age of 67. his husband says he died "unexpectedly but peacefully" on tuesday night. sir eltonjohn thanked him, for all thejoy he brought into the world. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, looks back at his life. good evening, look at this t—shirt. good evening, look at this t-shirt. , . �*, ., , t-shirt. the principal o'grady, he may have _ t-shirt. the principal o'grady, he may have broken _ t-shirt. the principal o'grady, he may have broken through l t-shirt. the principal o'grady, i he may have broken through with a radical subversive drag act but ended up being with —— trusted with programmes like blankety blank. he was even loved by royalty. last year, the queens consort appeared on his programme for the love of dogsin his programme for the love of dogs in a special celebration of battersea dogs and cats home. today, she was on the

first people to pay tribute, saying she was deeply saddened to hear of his death and that he had lots of laughter and memories. his death was a real shock as he was on stage playing miss hannigan in annie as recently as saturday night in edinburgh. paul was born to either be on a stage, be behind a radio microphone, be on a camera. he was meant to entertain people, and that's what he did right up until last saturday night. he was one of the cleverest people that i've ever worked with. his brain for comedy was quite remarkable. there was only one paul o'grady, and there will only ever be one. this is where paul o'grady grew up — holygrove, in birkenhead, on the wirral. and in the centre of the town, people were still coming to terms with the news. i can't believe it. everyone aroundi here adored him. he was down to earth, a man of the people, and he loved animals, didn't he? i think that's what he was. that battersea programme was amazing. a lovely, lovely man, and he will be sadly missed.

paul o'grady was a care worker in london when he created his alter ego, the scouse powerhouse lily savage. he was still a prominent gay rights activist and inspired a whole new generation of drag queens. i remember watching paul o'grady as a kid, and as a young gay boy, to sit there and see something of yourself on television, it meant things were ok and it meant i could dream to do that as well. so it's a really sad day. he broadcast his final radio 2 show after ia years last august, and signed off in the manner which made him so loved by many. so you look after yourselves, yeah? stay safe and well. ta—ra, everyone! the entertainer, paul o'grady, whose died at the age, of 67. one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth, a patago—titan dinosaur,

is about to go on display at the natural history museum in london. discovered nearly ten years ago in argentina, it's a replica skeleton that will be on show, but that means the public will be able to touch it, and walk beneath the huge bones. our science editor, rebecca morelle, has that story. piece by piece, bone by colossal bone. a creature from 100 million years ago begins to emerge. this is patagotitan, one of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the earth. assembling this dinosaur is like putting together a giant 3d jigsaw puzzle. there are more than 500 bones and fixings but no instruction manual. this beast measures 37 metres from the tip of its nose all the way down to its tail, and it just about squeezes into this room with a few twists and turns along the way.

the titanosaur is a cast, an exact replica of the original fossilised bones, and getting a creature like this into a iao—year—old building has been a challenge. we have had to take some of the doors off in order to get the crates and different parts of the dinosaur in, and some of the bones and the cast itself are quite heavy so we've had to reinforce our floors. that sense of awe at standing under one of the largest animals to have walked on land and trying to imagine it as a living, breathing creature is, yeah, it's amazing. the bones were unearthed at a ranch in patagonia, in argentina just over a decade ago. as scientists got to grips with the scale of their find, they were joined by sir david attenborough. he also got a chance to see what this titan of the cretaceous period might have looked like. now the exhibition is complete, the dinosaur is ready for its moment in the spotlight.

one of the first things you notice is the huge toothy grin with these pencil—like teeth. they are constantly on the move, would have been just feeding machines. constantly using those heads to stuff more and more leaves and twigs and so on into its bodyjust in order to keep it moving around. patagotitan still holds some mysteries. no one knows why these creatures grew so big or how they came to die out, but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. rebecca morelle, bbc news. a 13—year—old boy from south west england who has spent three years camping in his garden to raise money for a local hospice has set a guinness world record for the largest sum raised by camping. this was max woosey aged ten, shortly after he started camping out in his garden everynight in 2020. and this is him now, a teenager who has raised

more than £750,000 and has finally decided it's time to move back to his bedroom. i think the main goal was to try and raise as much money for the hospice as i could... yep. ..and i knew that i wouldn't let myself stop. i knew that if i stopped at, say, two—and—a—half years, i'd be, "that's not good enough." i'd be beating myself up, saying, "why couldn't you push yourself a little bit further?" good effort, three years in the back garden! you have been watching newsday. a reminder of our top story — pope francis has been taken to hospital in rome where he's being treated for a respiratory infection. in a statement the vatican said the pope, who's 86, had been struggling with �*breathing difficulties' and would need to spend a few days receiving medical treatment. it added that tests showed he had not contracted covid. speaking at the white house, president biden asked the attendees to say an extra

prayer for the pontiff. hello there. there's still some more rain to come through the rest of this week — at least it has turned milder. on wednesday, temperatures reached 16 celsius in northern ireland, and in southwest france, 30 celsius on wednesday. this early spring warmth will come to an end as we change the month, we change the weather. temperatures will drop, but it should be turning drier. the overnight heavy rain across england and wales, the last of it clearing away from northern england early in the morning. and then, we'll find some sunny spells, but showers will develop quite widely, some of them heavy with some hail and thunder, particularly central and eastern parts of england. still got a south—westerly breeze, it's still mild — may well be a little bit warmer than it was on wednesday in scotland. and before those heavy showers arrive, 17 celsius is possible in eastern england. those heavy showers do fade away quickly in the evening, but only because it'll get wet and windy here from the southwest.

we've got this area of low pressure — quite a deep one, that'll track across southern parts of the uk, strengthening the winds overnight, bringing some heavy rain to england and wales, as well. the winds could be gusting 50—60mph or more in the south coast of england, perhaps into south wales. the winds do gradually ease down on friday. the rain continues across these southern areas. could see some rain coming back towards northern ireland, the rest of the uk seeing a few showers, but probably a lot of cloud coming in on that easterly breeze from off the north sea. temperatures will be lower — top number this time, ia celsius, and that's more likely in sheltered western parts of scotland. heading into the weekend, the start of april, and it continues to cool down a bit, but it should be turning drier as the weekend goes on with more sunshine. that area of low pressure will move away, we'll be stuck with that weather front for a while — that gets killed off by pressure rising during the second half of the weekend. first half of the weekend, though, sees a lot of cloud around. and we've still got some patchy

rain across northern ireland, wales, into southern england, maybe a few showers coming in from off the north sea on a chilly breeze. not going to feel very warm at all, i think, on saturday across eastern scotland and the northeast of england, and typical temperatures will be ii—i2 celsius. second half of the weekend — there's not much rain left over, just this band of cloud, and we should see some drier air coming in this time. that will hopefully mean more in the way of sunshine. the winds will be a bit lighter, as well, but still, temperatures below average, typically 10—13 celsius.

you're watching bbc news. the latest news headlines will follow this feature programme. hello and welcome to witness history. i'm farhana haider, at the people's history museum in manchester, with more remarkable moments from the past, as told by people who were there. in this episode, we look back at five campaigns and protest movements led by women. coming up, we'll hear about the fight for the equal right to pray for women at the western wall injerusalem, the argentinian forensic pioneer unearthing war