live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump dismisses sexual abuse verdict, mocks accuser in fiery tv appearance — and hints at potential pardons for capitol rioters. the us braces for a border security crisis as a trump era title 42 pandemic restriction expires. pakistan's army issues a stern warning as deadly clashes continue over the arrest of the former prime minister imran khan. and from an essex backing singer to an australian lawyer, we'll bring you some of the diverse acts from the last 16 countries competing in tonight's eurovision second semifinal.

hello and a warm welcome to the programme. i'm sally bundock. a day after he was found liable by a new york jury for sexual abuse and defamation, donald trump has faced questions in a live town—hall in the us state of new hampshire. the frontrunner for the 2024 republican nomination for the presidency demeaned his accuser ejean carroll, he reiterated his position the 2020 election was rigged, and if he returned to the white house, mr trump said he would pardon many of his supporters who have mr trump said he would pardon many of his supporters who have on the us capitol. this is his response to a question about the ejean carroll court verdict. my my poll numbers just came out

and they went up. my poll numbersjust came out and they went up.— my poll numbersjust came out and they went up._ i | and they went up. applause i think i'm the _ and they went up. applause i think i'm the only _ and they went up. applause i think i'm the only person - and they went up. applause i think i'm the only person in i think i'm the only person in history who had a charge like that and usually, you leave you say i'm sorry but i'm going back home to my family and everything, my poll numbers went up and they went up with the other fake charge too because what's happening is they are doing this for election interference. this woman, i don't know her, i'd never met her, i have no idea who she is. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. 0nce once again, extraordinary scenes with the former president taking questions on a channel, cnn, which is quite surprising really, given what he thinks about that outlet. yes, even without the events of this week when this appearance was first announced a couple of weeks ago, it was always going to be quite unusual, given as you suggest, donald trump's

past history with cnn, how he fell out of favour with that network in terms of what he thinks of them, suggesting that they produce fake news, he has said that many times over the years and he hasn't appeared on that network for a long time so it was always going to be an interesting occasion and it lived up to expect patients with donald trump, no sign of any humility, no sign of any humility over losing the 2020 election or indeed that civil case from just a couple of days ago and that has been the key issue of the weekend as you explained just now, donald trump really demeaning his accuser in that case, mocking her, almost making a comedy routine out of the very serious claims that she made against him and of course that the jury sided with her in terms of its

verdict and in terms of damages, five million dollars against donald trump. absolutely, in a civil case so let's take a look at some of the other points he made during that lively interview, as it were. the january six pardons that he said he would issue if he becomes president.- that he said he would issue if he becomes president. yes, once aaain he becomes president. yes, once again repeating — he becomes president. yes, once again repeating that _ he becomes president. yes, once again repeating that he _ he becomes president. yes, once again repeating that he thinks - again repeating that he thinks the 2020 election was rigged, he took about that day on january the sixth, he addressed his supporters who he described as having love in their hearts, it was a beautiful according to him and yes, saying that if elected to the white house again he would consider pardons for many of those supporters who have been converted that in relation to the attack on the capitol building. this was the donald trump that many of his supporters have come to know very well and to love for those attitudes that he has held for

attitudes that he has held for a long time, the fact that he doesn't produce a u—turn, he sticks to his guns and that is exactly what we saw. this is donald trump repeating many of the views that we heard from him not only when he was president since leaving the white house and his supporters getting what i think they wanted and what they expect from him. wanted and what they expect from him-— wanted and what they expect from him. , , from him. some very interesting comments _ from him. some very interesting comments from _ from him. some very interesting comments from him, _ from him. some very interesting comments from him, thank - from him. some very interesting comments from him, thank you | comments from him, thank you very much. 0ne comments from him, thank you very much. one of the other comments he made was that actually, going over the debt cliff the first time in us history may be a necessary step if republicans don't get the broad spending cuts they desire, that is of course about the debt ceiling in the us, very controversial topic. let's stay in the united states. authorities in the us are reinforcing the border with mexico ahead of an expected surge in the number of illegal immigrants attempting to enter the country. covid era legislation, called title 42, that allowed for the rapid expulsion of migrants expires today

and us officials say an estimated 150,000 people are currently on the mexican side of the border waiting to try to cross. this was the warning from one top us politician. smugglers have long been hard at work spreading false information that the border will be open after may 11. it will be open after may 11. it will not be. they are lying. do not listen to the lies of the smugglers. this is what will happen to you. you will be returned. joining me now is the bbc world service latin america regional editor mimi swaby who's been following the story. just explain in more detail why the end of this legislation, title 42, has put in the minds of all these migrants that they will make it into the us? there is a mixed _ will make it into the us? there is a mixed messages _ will make it into the us? there is a mixed messages being - is a mixed messages being brought forward and place of

title 42 endang, mr biden's administration on wednesday announced that asylum will be denied to the majority of migrants trying to cross the border illegally but it's quite nuanced. mexican migrants will be exempt from this but anyone trying to get to the us who passes through other countries must be denied asylum in those countries which they have passed through first. for example those in guatemala, if they passed through mexico to they passed through mexico to the border must have been denied asylum in texaco first and this is on top of the legal pathways which have been increased due to the end of title 42 so there needs to be more effort by the migrants to obtain legal ways of getting asylum before they get to the border but these are mixed messages, we heard repeated warnings from us officials saying the end of title 42 does not mean the border is open. despite that, though, as we've been hearing 150,000 people are said to be on the mexican side

of this border, waiting to search across, so what is expect later?— search across, so what is expect later? like you said, there is a — expect later? like you said, there is a huge _ expect later? like you said, there is a huge amount, - there is a huge amount, sense of people amassing on the frontier, they are already topping 10,000 crossings a day and anticipation of this one ending but mr biden has warned that you will be returned, he's up that you will be returned, he's up deportations, doubling or even tripling some of those flights to various countries and put armed troops on this border, 1500 troops has also said you need to try to go through legal means. he has promised to more processing centres in guatemala and columbia, there is now an at where you can apply for asylum and there is now a humanitarian parole programmes are basically individuals in countries such as venezuela, they can fly directly to the united states but only if they have a sponsor

who will financially support them in the us, so there are many issues or loopholes to jump many issues or loopholes to jump through with these now offered, extra offerings of legal process but people don't trust that, they are very confused. human smugglers are really capitalising on these mixed messages and can fusion and we are not going to see that number decreasing at the border, sadly. if anything we are going to see that 10,000 crossings each day only get higher as the title 42 comes to an end at 1159 eastern time this evening.— an end at 1159 eastern time this evening. thank you there with the latest _ this evening. thank you there with the latest on _ this evening. thank you there with the latest on that - this evening. thank you there with the latest on that story. | let's get some of the day's other news now. fresh israeli strikes against gaza have killed at least two palestinians, including a commander of the islamichhad militant group. some reports say three people died, all of them senior members of the same group. it follows two days in which israeli air strikes on gaza were met with a barrage of rockets from militants. more than 20 palestinians have died. the us republican congressman, george santos, has pleaded not guilty to 13 charges before

a federal magistrate. they include wire fraud, money laundering and stealing public money. mr santos is accused of pocketing campaign funds. state prosecutors in brazil have charged 16 people, including seven footballers, with match fixing. it threatens to be one of the largest such scandals since brazil legalised sports gambling in 2018. prosecutors allege that players were offered up to $100,000 to commit infractions. the pakistani army has warned that strong action will be taken against people attacking military installations and public property. the warning came after supporters of the former prime minister, imran khan, clashed with security forces and attacked government buildings for a second day in protest at his arrest over allegations of corruption. at least ten people have been

killed in the unrest so far. live now to bbc�*s tarhub asgar who is in lahore. of course, imran khan pleaded not guilty to these corruption charges, the day after his arrest. just took us through the latest development. well, after his arrest _ the latest development. well, after his arrest he _ the latest development. well, after his arrest he was - after his arrest he was presented yesterday in front of, and then has eight days remind was given to a national accountability and he is now in custody and since after that, the protests are going on in several cities of pakistan and they are so violent that we have seen them actually burning national buildings, including, it's a city in lahore and we have seen protesters burning a military commander's house into

ashes, and this didn't start there, it was happening since two days and even at night we have seen that there was clashes going on between protesters and military forces in which police, army, rangers are there but unfortunately ten people have lost their lives, more than 3000 people are arrested by the forces and the majority, main leaders, they have been taken into custody because they were constantly, they were saying that these protests are peaceful and the people who are creating this violence are not related to our party but we have seen them holding flags and unfortunately we have also seen different audios in which people, the protesters were having guns and we have seen them fighting so

they are claiming that police doing the straight fire and we have seen police claiming that protesters are fighting towards military forces. so this is happening, last night we have seen there were blockages in most of the roads and they have burned a few of the containers that were used to block roads and this is happening but still the clashes and the protests are there on the streets in many cities of pakistan. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. the release of chatgpt, an online tool that can answer questions in natural human—like language, has sparked discussions about the future of artificial intelligence and its uses.

i went to the university of bath to find out what sort of conversations lecturers are having. it will handle things like multiple choice questions, for example. it will handle those very well. in its current format, chatg pt really struggles with any of the kind of higher order thinking that we require graduate students demonstrate. today, universities are being urged to teach students how to use chatgpt and other artificial intelligence tools. bath has actually already started using it in some assessments. so one of the things that's great about chatgpt is the fact that it gets students started on things. it won't give them the answers, but it can give them ideas as to what to think, what to do, and how to structure their work. bath's policy on chatgpt and other tools is still in the works, and is due to be in place from this september. you're live with bbc news. the leader of plaid cymru is to step down in response to a report about allegations of bullying and sexual harassment in the party.

adam price said he no longer had the "united support" of his colleagues. nicky schiller reports. adam price was first elected to the westminster parliament in 2001 for his home constituency of carmarthen, east and danville. he won that seat from the labour party. indeed, at the time, he was seen as a rising star of plaid cymru. he made his name in westminster as a fierce opponent of the afghanistan and iraq wars. indeed, he led an unsuccessful attempt to impeach the then prime minister, tony blair, over the iraq war. in 2010, he took the unusual decision for a politician to take a career break. he went to harvard university in the united states. in 2016, he was elected a member of the national assembly. although he was a little embarrassed by this campaign leaflet from plaid cymru that called him an x factor politician labelled by some

the mob dragon, that in welsh folklore was the prophetic sun. now, here he is, speaking on the plaid cymru website about one political memory when he was a child. one of my first political memories was meeting the then labour prime minister, jim callaghan, on a visit to ammanford. he came up to me, and with a camera behind him and asked, of course that typical politician's question, "well, what do you want to be when you grow up, young man?" and i said straightaway, "prime minister." "you want my job?" he said to laughter behind him. "no," i said. "i want to be prime minister of wales in 2018." adam price surprised many by challenging his then close friend leanne wood for the leadership of plaid cymru. she had been party leaderfor six years. he easily won that election. he led the party in his first major campaign for the 2019 general election. he has, however, hit the headlines, most notably in 2020, when he called for reparations from the uk government to wales for being

ground down into poverty. now, he later apologised for his poor choice of words. he didn't have quite so much comeback when he appeared on the bbc�*s question time and admitted that he'd taken illegal drugs when he was younger. as a gay man who first went clubbing in the 1990s, it would be a bit of a surprise if i hadn't taken drugs, and i'm...look, i'm not saying i'm proud of that, but i'm not going to lie about it either. before the 2021 senate elections, adam price announced a plan for wales to gain independence in about ten years. but that plan was dependent on plaid cymru leading the welsh government and labour won the election. now, more recently, the party has been mired in allegations around culture. indeed, a damning report found that there was bullying and a misogyny culture in the party. now that adam price has gone, the search for a new leader begins. plaid cymru is the third—largest party in the welsh parliament. let us now talk about google. google is introducing

artificial intelligence to its apps, including its search engine. the internet giant is aiming to counter microsoft's introduction of al to its own services. 0ur north america technology reporterjames clayton sent this update from california. this is google's big tech annual bread jamboree. it is google public opportunity to finish is artificial intelligence credentials and show off its latest products. since chatgpt was launched by open ai last year, it has been widely regarded that google were caught on the hop, they didn't realise it would be that successful, and since then, they have been playing catch up. this was an opportunity for google to show off its artificial intelligence. frankly, there were no big announcements here today. we did get were a series of announcements regarding ai, for example, its flagship chat but barred. that will be rolled out across 180 countries and territories and they have also

announced the ai image generator that will be connected to bart. it also said it would add ai into its highly popular search function, which will be called search generative experience, but this will only be available to a limited number of people for now. there were plenty of announcements as well. for example, they announced a new phone is foldable, at a cost of $1800. lots of people here were wowing avenues, but at the same time that is a very, very expensive price point. interesting to see how that sells one other announcement that caught my eye, apple air tags, little tracker devices you can use to find your wallet or keys, it has been well—documented by the bbc and others that they can be used to stalk people. now, apple, ios already has a function that will alert people to an unwanted airtag. will alert people to an unwanted air tag. that not necessarily the case for android users, and google said

today that they were going to bring forward a partnership with apple that would proactively warn android users if they were being tracked by an air tag. it is a pretty important update. a rare example of apple and google working together. james clayton there. we will unpack that further in our business coverage in around ten minutes time. ai, whether it is good, bad or ugly, is a huge debate right now, but we must talk about eurovision. with the grand eurovision final nowjust days away, the remaining acts will take to the stage tonight to compete in the second semifinal. 16 countries will be competing for the last 10 places. and in true eurovision fashion, there are some unexpected stories in tonight's show, as david sillito has been finding out. this is a eurovision veteran and the reason she is here is because of her backing singer

—— lithuania. i because of her backing singer -- lithuania.— -- lithuania. i am the backup sinner -- lithuania. i am the backup singerfor— -- lithuania. i am the backup singer for monica. _ -- lithuania. i am the backup singer for monica. yes, - -- lithuania. i am the backup singer for monica. yes, she i -- lithuania. i am the backupj singer for monica. yes, she is not from _ singer for monica. yes, she is not from lithuania. _ singer for monica. yes, she is not from lithuania. she - singer for monica. yes, she is not from lithuania. she is - singer for monica. yes, she is | not from lithuania. she is from essex, and it all started with a chat in a bar in london when monica revealed that she had, in 2015, performed at eurovision. i in 2015, performed at eurovision.— in 2015, performed at eurovision. . , , , , , eurovision. i was beside myself because i— eurovision. i was beside myself because i am — eurovision. i was beside myself because i am obsessed - eurovision. i was beside myself because i am obsessed with - because i am obsessed with eurovision. i said to her, do you know anyone can get me a ticket? ., ., ticket? you met in a bar and ou ticket? you met in a bar and youiust _ ticket? you met in a bar and you just said. _ ticket? you met in a bar and you just said, can _ ticket? you met in a bar and you just said, can you - ticket? you met in a bar and you just said, can you get i ticket? you met in a bar and| you just said, can you get me ticket? you met in a bar and i you just said, can you get me a ticket for eurovision? and you hadn't even written a song! h0. hadn't even written a song! no, i made a promise _ hadn't even written a song! no, i made a promise to _ hadn't even written a song! iirr, i made a promise to give her a ticket and i came back to lithuania and i wrote the song. # it isn't easy to love someone doesn't — # it isn't easy to love someone doesn't have a couple of weeks later, _ doesn't have a couple of weeks later, she _ doesn't have a couple of weeks later, she invited nicola to sing — later, she invited nicola to sing with her in lithuania. they— sing with her in lithuania. they won _ sing with her in lithuania. they won the national final. when we finally won and i saw this confetti come down, at her and was like, do we notjust joke about this four weeks ago?

now i am doing the eurovision, i dream that was never ever possible. there we go! and i dream that was never ever possible. there we go! and now, another eurovision _ possible. there we go! and now, another eurovision semifinal- another eurovision semifinal story. another eurovision semifinal sto . , . ~ another eurovision semifinal sto . , ., ~ ., , story. let us talk about this daniel, story. let us talk about this daniel. an _ story. let us talk about this daniel, an immigration - story. let us talk about this i daniel, an immigration lawyer who is in australia... daniel, an immigration lawyer who is in australia. . .- who is in australia... yes, this is ssc _ who is in australia... yes, this is bbc news - who is in australia... yes, | this is bbc news discussing who is in australia... yes, - this is bbc news discussing the novak djokovic australian covid drama with hard—nosed immigration lawyer daniel estrin who is also... singing. he is a eurovision loving rock god. what has brought you here? you have told them, haven't you? i brought you here? you have told them, haven't you?— them, haven't you? i told them this will be _ them, haven't you? i told them this will be your _ them, haven't you? i told them this will be your dream, - them, haven't you? i told them this will be your dream, and - this will be your dream, and now the stream has become true and now we are united by music. under threat of civil suit, it is now— under threat of civil suit, it is now my— under threat of civil suit, it is now my dream. i under threat of civil suit, it is now my dream.— is now my dream. i am an administrative _ is now my dream. i am an administrative lawyer. - is now my dream. i am an | administrative lawyer. get is now my dream. i am an i administrative lawyer. get it right.

administrative lawyer. get it riuht. ,, , , a administrative lawyer. get it right._ a bunch - administrative lawyer. get it right._ a bunch of. right. singing. a bunch of friends, right. singing. a bunch of friends. a _ right. singing. a bunch of friends, a bunch _ right. singing. a bunch of friends, a bunch of - right. smeme. a bunch of. friends, a bunch of musicians having fun in doing what we love doing. it is so, so epic. there we are. turquoise carpet semifinal hopefuls voyager... monica... and not forgetting... nicola. and don't worry, we did invite her onto the carpet. it is after all a moment as well. david sillito, bbc news, liverpool. daniel, what a transformation since i interviewed him. who knew?! good luck to them all. for centuries, the inhabitants of scotland's shetland islands have lived a remote and sometimes difficult life. 0ne industry of note was knitwear. but there are concerns among some that this is a tradition that's in danger of disappearing. tim allman explains.

remote, rugged, hauntingly picturesque. the shetland islands can sometimes feel like they are completely apart from they are completely apart from the rest of the world. it is a place of ancient tradition, but these are changing times. take hazel tindall, described as the world's fastest knitter. she has been doing this for a long, long time. i has been doing this for a long, long time-— has been doing this for a long, long time. i have been knitting for... 65 years, _ long time. i have been knitting for... 65 years, i— long time. i have been knitting for... 65 years, i guess! - long time. i have been knitting| for... 65 years, i guess! maybe more, who knows? because i don't remember. i can remember, i have a vague memory of learning, but nothing about learning, but nothing about learning to knit. taste learning, but nothing about learning to knit.— learning, but nothing about learning to knit. we are ground available for _ learning to knit. we are ground available for farming _ learning to knit. we are ground available for farming severely l available for farming severely restricted, they divide extra pasturage. restricted, they divide extra pasturage— restricted, they divide extra pasturage. legend has it the --eole pasturage. legend has it the pebble of— pasturage. legend has it the people of these _ pasturage. legend has it the people of these islands - pasturage. legend has it the i people of these islands started exchanging it where made using the finest of locally sourced

wool supplies with passing fishermen. at the discovery of oil in the 19705 changed everything. add in mechanisation and sheep imports, and hand knitting tradition of these islands is imperilled. i tradition of these islands is imperilled.— imperilled. i think in ten ears imperilled. i think in ten years time _ imperilled. i think in ten years time you - imperilled. i think in ten years time you will - imperilled. i think in ten years time you will not l imperilled. i think in ten l years time you will not be imperilled. i think in ten - years time you will not be able to come here and buy any kind of handknitted stuff. you might get machine stuff, but handknitted �*s, get machine stuff, but handknitted '5, no. thi5 this is an incredibly specialised job, this is an incredibly 5peciali5edjob, but this is an incredibly specialised job, but those specialised job, but those specialised skills are sadly dying away. hazel is still going, one stitch at a time, but there are not many like her left for the once she is gone, the whole way of life may go with her. tim allman, bbc news. 0h... now, 0h. .. now, dog 0h... now, dog lovers in san diego have been entertaining their pampered preachers.

usually the highlight of a high school calendar, it was a turn of these very friends to enjoy a night of entertainment. all the dogs have been found a home. hello there. it's quite tricky trying to plan your day ahead with the weather at the moment. take, for example, wednesday morning — glorious start in st albans in hertfordshire. but by the middle of the afternoon, there were plenty of shower clouds, and many skies overhead look like this — quite threatening at times. in fact, if we take a look at the radar from wednesday, there were quite a widespread bunch of showers that moved in from the west, and some of these turned quite heavy with rumbles of thunder mixed in there as well. in fact, we're not even halfway through the month of may, and some counties across england have already seen above—average rainfall. the exception, highland scotland, where there's not been that

much rain so far this month. but low pressure still dominates the story as we go through thursday. that means further showers to come. high pressure is trying to build in from the west, and it will do so for the first half of the weekend at least. so, for thursday, we'll start off with some low cloud around, but largely, fine and dry. but it won't be long before the sunshine comes through and we start to see some warmth building and showers turn quite widespread into the afternoon once again. couple that with some low grey cloud temperatures in the far north and east of scotland, disappointing 10 to 13 degrees. highest values, perhaps around 17 or 18 degrees. dodge the showers. keep the sun. it'll feel relatively pleasant. now, high pressure is building in from the west. but to complicate the story, this little weather front here is going to produce more cloud coming in off the north sea with a cool northeasterly breeze. and we'll see some showers running down through lincolnshire, east anglia, further south and west

through the day. so, west will be best for the sunshine and the warmth. on friday, we could see temperatures peaking at around 18, possibly 19 degrees. but where that low grey cloud continues to roll in off the north sea, only highs of around 14 celsius. the high pressure then moves in for the start of the weekend. not a bad start, but already, frontal systems pushing in from the northwest will start to bring a change from sunday onwards. so, saturday, not a bad day and feeling pleasantly warm. but as we go through into next week, the showers are set to return and it will be just a little bit cooler than it should be for this time of year.

live from london, this is bbc news. braced for the twelfth rate rise in a row. the uk faces the steepest borrowing costs in almost 15 yea rs. but how much higher will they have to go? also coming up, stream of cost—consciousness. disney plus is losing less money, but four million more subscribers pull the plug. plus, a ferrari without the roar? the drive to electric means a difficult road for the supercar maker. can it hold onto its heart, and soul? we will be asking the boss.