welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... a special report from an afghan hospital where children are dying from preventable and curable diseases. it broke my heart. it hurt my conscience. we don't have equipment and trained staff, there is nothing we can do but watch babies die. a man is arrested outside buckingham palace after throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the grounds — police say they've also carried out a controlled explosion. the manner known as the godfather of artificial intelligence quits his job at

google and one is of growing dangers as systems become more advanced. and — wrexham's hollywood ending — fans of the welsh football club and its celebrity owners parade through the streets to mark their return to the english football league. live from our studio in singapore — this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in afghanistan under part you may find difficult to watch. what are mothers and children under the age of five are dying there every year —— every week from diseases that are preventable. foreign funding has been frozen and the little help still available from aid agencies is also under threat because the taliban has banned women from working for them. our correspondent has been to hospital on the brink of collapse. what i'm about to

show you is deeply distressing and shows young children in the final moments, but their form is wanted us to film them so the world can see the true scale of the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding. every child in this room is in need of critical care. pneumonia is ravaging their little bodies. this one—year—old struggles to breathe. this mother holds an oxygen pipe near his nose. masks for their small faces aren't available. ifan is in the next bed. his condition worsens and his mother is given an extra tube. mothers filling in for what trained staff or what medical equipment should do. this basic facility

is the intensive care unit in the main hospital. a province home to more thani million. room after room is full of sick children. this child, barely breathing. ill with pneumonia and malnutrition. his mother wants us to see his condition. he is fading. doctors find a faint heartbeat. already defeated by a lack of resources, they are trying to revive him with the little that they have. it took eight hours on rubble roads to bring this man's grandson here. this is one of two nurses treating 60 children. she makes a final attempt.

minutes later, she says the boy has died. every disease he had was curable. translation: i am also a mother and when i saw the baby die - it felt like i lost my own child. it hurt my conscience. we don't have equipment and trained staff. there is nothing we can do but watch babies die. barely a few moments passed before we found another child in distress. this two—year—old was born with a heart defect. a condition that isn't uncommon or hard to treat. we borrowed money to take her to kabul, but we couldn't afford surgery so we had to bring her back, her grandmother told us. "please help us cure her."

what she has could have been fixed with a routine operation but this hospital isn't equipped to perform it. herfather tells us his daughter had just begun to speak, forming herfirst words, calling out to him. translation: if | had - an income she would have never suffered this way. right now i don't even have the money to buy a cup of tea. this hospital doesn't have any equipment to cure her. you can barely find an oxygen cylinder. when we came back later we were told that she had not survived. oxygen had run out. within hours two children died. another crushing blow for the doctor and his colleagues. translation: | feel | exhaustion and agony.

every day we lose one or two beloved children of war. we are almost accustomed it now. for 20 years, the world put billions of dollars into afghanistan's public health care. what we've seen raises questions about how that money was spent. the hospital wasn't made strong enough to withstand a regime change. in the one and a half years since the taliban took over and foreign funding which propped up afghan health care was frozen, we've been to hospitals and clinics all across this country. this is the worst we've seen. it is hard to believe that this is the main provincial hospital. even this bare minimum is being held up because humanitarian agencies are funding some of the salaries, medicines, and food. it is sorely insufficient. and if that funding is reduced further there is no doubt that the direct result of that

will be more children dying. and aid agencies warn funds that could help these families might be hit because the taliban's restrictions on women violate international laws. a heartbreaking report there from afghanistan. to a store now that we've been covering through the last few hours. this comes just after police in london have arrested a man outside buckingham palace after he threw a number of items — suspected to be shotgun cartridges — into the palace grounds. the man was found to be in possession of a suspicious bag and a controlled explosion was carried out. rehearsals for the coronation are taking place. you can see the queen victoria memorial that has been lit up in the evening, early hours of the morning, rather, it is located

in front of buckingham palace and comprises the dominion gates, the memorial gardens and the vast central monument as you are seeing on your screens. just to say that millions of people across the uk and beyond are preparing to celebrate the coronation of king charles iii, rehearsals for that are underway as we speak. it will be held at westminster abbey on the 6th of may and the king will be crowned along with camilla the queen consort, he will be the 40th reigning monarch crowned there since 1066. amidst all the pomp and ceremony, we have had that dramatic incident butjust to say the incident is not being treated as a terror —related one foot of the also fun to be in possession of a suspicious bag which was destroyed in a controlled explosion. our reporter has been looking into the story.

police say that this incident happened at seven o'clock in the evening, london time, on tuesday. they say a man approached the gates of buckingham palace and through a number of items into the palace grounds. they say they are suspected to be shotgun cartridges. now, they were recovered and have been taken away for analysis. the man was arrested by police on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. now, he was also found, police say, to be in possession of a suspicious bag. now, experts were brought in after that bag was discovered and a decision was made that a cordon should be put around buckingham palace and that a controlled explosion should take place. jacob rees—mogg was broadcasting on gb news from buckingham palace at the time. so let's take a listen to what happened on air as he was broadcasting. the police are live with us now and telling us that we've got to evacuate. i don't see why we would possibly have to move. l i'm very sorry to say that it

is good evening from me for the time being, as i think that was probably a controlled explosion in the background, that's what it sounded like to me. we will no doubt find out later. i assume it's happened, do they still need us to evacuate? that's now been and gone. wait a police officer present himself_ wait a police officer present himself or— wait a police officer present himself or herself? - what is the order? are you ordering us. to come after the air? the order is from the police, we have to get off the air. i'm sorry to interrupt this broadcast, thank you for your patience. scotland yard say at this time they are not treating the matter as terror related. we have had a statement from the chief superintendent saying that officers worked immediately to detain the man and he has been taken into police custody. he says there have been no reports of any shots fired or any injuries to officers or members of the public. officers remain at the scene and further inquiries are ongoing. now, it's understood to be being treated as an isolated mental health incident.

now, buckingham palace have told us that king charles and the queen consort were not in residence at the time of the incident. nicky schiller reporting. there are military factions fighting for control sudan have agreed a seven day ceasefire due to start on thursday. that comes as violence continues to ravage the country. the deal was announced by south sudan which said the two side had also agreed to name representatives for peace talks but previous truces have been broken. nearly half a million people have been displaced by the fighting. time to take a look at some of the other stories making headlines today. you can �*s parliament has watered down an anti—homosexuality bill that originally criminalised people forcibly identifying as lgbtq+. but it was first approved in march the proposed legislation outraged human rights defenders. the bill still

proscribes the death penalty for what it describes as aggravated offences such as child abuse. the pentagon has confronted it will deploy 1500 additional troops to the mexican border for 90 days. this comes ahead of an expected surge in migrants seeking to enter the united states after the lifting of covid restrictions. the armed forces will not carry out law enforcement duties. a spokesperson said the troops will fill critical capability gaps. more than a million nhs staff in england will get a 5% pay rise and a one—off cash payment of at least £1600. in following —— follows the unions accepting the latest pay offer by the royal college of nursing and the unite union have not accepted the deal, which means more strikes could lie ahead. google has said it has committed to developing responsible artificial intelligence after a warning from a former chief scientist

about its dangers. jeffrey hinton, a leading figure in artificial intelligence, has resigned from his job at google and is warning of the growing dangers of ai. it is technology that involves computers carrying out tasks which humans are used to doing such as a self driving cars. as to hinton, who spent his career researching ai, says he is now concerned there is a serious risk the technology will get out of control. ai is already part of our lives, from health care options to insurance quotes, movie streaming recommendations to photo filters. but is it getting to powerful? too fast. there will be the most famous ai tool of the moment is chatgpt. i decided to ask it how to make this report for you tonight. this is what it said. it says remember to keep the introduction concise, clear and

engaging as it sets the tone for the rest of the report. i will do my best! what is it? a! is an umbrella term computer system trained to do tasks that traditionally humans have done. until recently it has been known as good at us as doing things but that's all changed because it is developing superfast. what are the benefits? the tech giants are competing like mad to try to bring out the ultimate ai bring out the ultimate a! product that ends up being the one we all want to use, they say a! tools were melt —— that will make our lives easier. the technology _ will make our lives easier. the technology is _ will make our lives easier. the technology is a _ will make our lives easier. tie: technology is a system, we don't think of it as replacing peoplesjobs don't think of it as replacing peoples jobs but we do think it can take drudgery out ofjobs, we think it help people get back to what we call the soul of the job, things are selecting the most. there are curowin selecting the most. there are growing number _ selecting the most. there are growing number of _ selecting the most. there are growing number of experts i selecting the most. there are l growing number of experts who warn we are not prepared for her rapidly ai is developing and how soon it could be smarter than us.- and how soon it could be smarter than us. things like gtlu it smarter than us. things like

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uk, you're watching bbc news. putting their skills to the test. it was all about accuracy for this weekend's hopefuls at bicester in a discipline called auto solo. auto solos can be done in a road car. it's something that you can do on tarmac or on grass, and it's car control. so driving around a course with cones, different challenges against the clock, against competitors. 12 drivers took part in the event at bicester heritage. the prize, two places up for grabs to race all season for free. motorsport uk moved to oxfordshire in 2020 and is hoping events like this can show how accessible driving can be. great to see that there's this stuff going on for disabled people, getting people out, getting people involved and showing them that they can get back into competitive sports.

you're live with bbc news. australia has announced a major crackdown on vaping, with the recreational use of e—cigarettes set to be banned in the country. the sale of vapes will be restricted to pharmacies, with the government pledging to further regulate the industry to avoid products being sold on the black market. this was the australian health minister mark butler speaking after making these announcements. just like they did with smoking, let's be very clear about this. big tobacco has taken another addictive product, wrapped it in shiny packaging, added sweet flavours, to create under generation of nicotine addicts. young vapors are three times as likely to take up smoking. young vapers are three times as likely to take up smoking. so, it is no wonder that under 25s are the only cohorts in our population who are seeing smoking rates actually increase.

for more on this we can cross live to canberra and join professor emily banks. she is a leading global research on the effects of e—cigarettes. it's wonderful to have you on the programme. i have to say, some countries like singapore for instance, where i am, they have banned vaping but australia hasn't quite gone that far. i want to understand from you why thatis want to understand from you why that is and whether you think that is and whether you think that these measures that are being proposed might work. professor emily banks, i wonder whether you have been able to hear us. i'm going to try again. we are hoping to speak to you about the latest measures in australia and how they are trying to tackle vaping. as i wasjust saying, some countries have gone far and decided to ban vaping altogether, what do you make of the measures that australia is

thinking through right now? sao, a1% of the world cos population lives in countries that have completely banned e—cigarettes as consumer products. there are other countries which allow them to be widely available. australia is trying to tread that middle ground where it is not an outright ban, people are allowed to access e—cigarettes on prescription for the purpose of smoking cessation. at the idea is to try and avoid this widespread use. we are really seeing significant uptakes in the use of e—cigarettes by children and adolescents. we know that carries a significant risk particularly of addiction, of effects on the developing brain and we also know that young people who are nonsmokers who use e—cigarettes are three times as likely to go on to smoke regular cigarettes compared to young people who have not used e—cigarettes. thanks for talking us through that research because one of the key thing is i wanted to ask was exactly that, the

impact that you have found in terms of the health impacts on vaping, but others would say that vaping is good for people who are trying to quit smoking, have you found evidence of this, and could new rules like that punish people who are in fact trying to make an attempt to quit smoking? it’s to quit smoking? it's absolutely _ to quit smoking? it's absolutely true, - to quit smoking? it�*s absolutely true, smoking is terribly bad for our health, it causes 8.7 million deaths a year. it's important to remember that between two thirds and three quarters of people who quit smoking successfully do so without any specific aids and there are medically approved products to support those who need extra help. so in general e—cigarettes are recommended as a kind of come after people have tried other things they can try and use e—cigarettes, the idea here is to really make sure that those people can have support to quit while protecting the 80% or 90% of at least our population who are actually nonsmokers, and also that younger generation, and we

should bear in mind that the products out there are not really targeting smoking sensation, there —— sense —— cessation, they are bubble gum flavoured, have cartoon characters and they are incredibly strong. i found a vapour sound my daughter because my school and it contained the nicotine equivalent of nine packets of cigarettes. we have to make sure we not into that idea that these are out there purely for smoking cessation, they are being aggressively marketed to young people as well. 51am being aggressively marketed to young people as well.— young people as well. such a aood young people as well. such a good point. _ young people as well. such a good point, and _ young people as well. such a good point, and particularly. good point, and particularly the impact as you point out of this kind of marketing on young people, young children. what are the health impacts you've seen on young children as a result of than picking up vaping for instance? ladle vaping for instance? we reviewed _ vaping for instance? we reviewed the _ vaping for instance? - reviewed the worldwide evidence and there are significant risks of e—cigarettes particularly to nonsmokers and young people. obviously addiction is a significant health problem. it causes cycles of withdrawal and

craving and its extremely disruptive also to education. we have seen other information saying that it can affect mood and also people's learning ability. we also see this increase in potential uptake of smoking first we know e—cigarettes can cause poisoning, injuries and burns and they can also cause lung injury. one of the major issues is that we don't know the impacts of e—cigarettes on lots of other health conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health, reproductive health. one of the things we are doing in australia is this cautionary approach, that if we don't know a lot of the major long—term effects, we should be limiting access to those who are most likely to benefit, and thatis are most likely to benefit, and that is really targeting that group will be using it to quit smoking. group will be using it to quit smoking-— group will be using it to quit smokina. ., , smoking. professor emily banks, fantastic to _ smoking. professor emily banks, fantastic to get _ smoking. professor emily banks, fantastic to get you _ smoking. professor emily banks, fantastic to get you on _ smoking. professor emily banks, fantastic to get you on with - fantastic to get you on with your insights and thoughts, it's been a pleasure to speak to you. thousands of people have taken to the streets of

wrexham to celebrate their football team winning promotion back to the english football league. it is the oldest football club in wales with the team and the town achieving globalfame after being team and the town achieving global fame after being bought by hollywood actors ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney. theyjoin reynolds and rob mcelhenney. they join to reynolds and rob mcelhenney. theyjoin to the press a few hours ago for a victory parade. —— theyjoined the press. after a journey that took 50 years to complete, the promotion party they will rememberfor promotion party they will remember for decades. 50,000 supporters lined wrexham's streets for eclipse of the players and their celebrity owners. after so long in the doldrums, they can save a success. doldrums, they can save a succes— doldrums, they can save a success. , , , , success. this is the best day ever, 15 success. this is the best day ever. 15 years _ success. this is the best day ever, 15 years of _ success. this is the best day ever, 15 years of hurt, - success. this is the best day ever, 15 years of hurt, we'vej ever, 15 years of hurt, we've turned it around and we are going up, up,! turned it around and we are going no. no!— going up, up,! look what it means. _ going up, up,! look what it means. the _ going up, up,! look what it means, the whole - going up, up,! look what it means, the whole town - going up, up,! look what it - means, the whole town behind the boys, — means, the whole town behind the boys, it's brilliant. wrexham! it's great for them to see the achievement of wrexham and there were mascots at the

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owners are ambitious and they were like another party like this at the end of next season. of course our goal is to get to the premier league, why wouldn't it be? if we can do that, whether it takes five years or 20 years, that's the goal, that's the mission. band goal, that's the mission. and not surprisingly, _ goal, that's the mission. and not surprisingly, it _ goal, that's the mission. and not surprisingly, it is - goal, that's the mission. and not surprisingly, it is one of these fans are fully signed up to. ., these fans are fully signed up to. . ., , ., , these fans are fully signed up to. . ., , .,, you are to. league no problem. you are confident? _ to. league no problem. you are confident? without _ to. league no problem. you are confident? without a _ to. league no problem. you are confident? without a doubt. - confident? without a doubt. before that _ confident? without a doubt. before that the _ confident? without a doubt. before that the next - confident? without a doubt. before that the next stop i confident? without a doubt. j before that the next stop on their journey before that the next stop on theirjourney is an american tour, where they will face chelsea and manchester united. wrexham believe they can compete. that's it for now, let's leave you with the seen live at buckingham palace, because as we've been reporting, throughout the programme, the rehearsals for the coronation of king charles ii! taking place in the early hours of the

morning in london today. buckingham palace and all its glory, as you can see. over the weekend millions of people across the uk will celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. that's it from us. hello there. on tuesday, it was a largely dry day across the uk. the best of the day's sunshine was across western areas, where we had some lovely blue skies through the afternoon in west wales, for example. elsewhere, though, there was quite a bit of cloud that bubbled up through the day. with high pressure in charge, actually where the winds came round, that high pressure, that was really important to how the day felt. in scarborough, with the onshore winds, temperatures just 11 celsius, quite cool. in contrast to that, the warmest place in the uk was here, managing 19 celsius, not far behind that for west wales, 18.6 celsius in a couple of spots. now at the moment, cloud is tending to melt away across england and wales, the thickest cloud over the next few hours across the north west of the uk, where you might find an odd spot of rain, but it's not really going to amount to much,

quite mild for western areas to start the day. quite chilly in the east with temperatures starting off wednesday morning down into low single figures. now, i think by and large for wednesday, there should be more in the way of sunshine to look forward to across england and wales. after a cloudy start in northern ireland, we should see some bright or sunny spells developing here. i wouldn't rule out a bit of rain, though, into the far north west of scotland, where it will continue to be quite cool. temperatures across england and wales for the most part, 15—18 celsius. so i think that will feel pleasant in the may sunshine. but then we start to see some changes coming up from the south west for thursday as a weather front approaches, and that is going to be spreading some rain. could be quite heavy as well for a time across southwest england before later in the day, the rain edges into parts of wales and the west midlands, probably. there will be some drier and brighter weather ahead of that, and temperatures could still reach around 18 celsius, but it will continue to feel quite cool across eastern scotland and northeast england with the winds coming in off the chilly north sea. now for friday, there's a general downward spiral into more unsettled weather conditions with heavy

showers or even some longer spells of rain. the air, though, is relatively mild with the winds coming up from a south westerly direction, 18 celsius, even if we don't get a great deal in the way of sunshine. but then on into the weekend, which, of course, is the coronation weekend, low pressure works up from the south west, and it does look like it will be turning increasingly unsettled. so i think rain will move into southern areas of england from the south west on saturday. so it could be quite damp for a time for the coronation. and then beyond that, we've got some heavy and thundery showers in the forecast for sunday.

decision time at the fed — we take a look at the us economy and whether there's need for a change in policy. and we'll have the latest on china's long labour day break and the revival of chinese tourism. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. our top story today — will the us federal reserve raise rates one more time? or will it take a break? as the fed meets to decide whether to raise interest rates again, rising prices aren't their only worry. the turbulence at first republic this week has revived concerns

about credit conditions. major us stock indexes fell more than 1% each on tuesday.