over 430. tonight at ten. . .. vauxhall warns that business will be unsustainable without a renegotiation of parts of the brexit deal. they say the rising cost of raw materials means that the terms of the brexit deal are no longer realistic for electric vehicles, and experts say... there is the real threat of the application of tariffs from the 1st of january next year. we'll have more on the warning delivered by vauxhall to a parliamentary committee. also tonight... people from all parts of the food sector meet the prime minister with one item on the agenda — the sharply rising cost of food. the dangers of do not resuscitate orders — we talk to one patient whose

notes were marked without his consent. and in the skies above lincolnshire — a lancaster bomber marks the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids. on bbc london... the large sinkhole that's appeared in a field near amersham — above a tunnel being built for the h52 high—speed rail line. some campaigners want work to stop. good evening. we start tonight with the news that the manufacturers of vauxhall vehicles in the uk have urged the government to renegotiate part of the brexit trade agreement or run the risk of making the business unsustainable. stellantis, one of the world's biggest car manufacturers, whose business includes vauxhall, peugeot, citroen, and fiat,

says its concerns are related to electric vehicles. stellantis says the conditions of the brexit free trade deal signed in 2020 are no longer achievable, given the surge in the cost of raw materials, and the prospect of tariffs between the uk and the eu would make exports uncompetitive. our economics editor faisal islam has the story. electric faisal islam has the story. vehicle manufacturing is supposed electric vehicle manufacturing is supposed to be the future of the car industry, replacing these conventional cars but also our green economic future, so no surprise at the relief in government when the owner of vauxhall, stellantis, secured the future of its factories in the uk 16 months ago but that was dependent on the cards being eligible for the post breaks uk eu trade deal, and today it emerged the company has said its british exports will not qualify. —— post—brexit. what we saw with the brexit deal was

the content of locally produced material needs to increase at the beginning of 2024 and the battery industry has not been able to keep pace with the level of demand for batteries so there is the real threat of the application of tariffs from the 1st of january next year. nobody wants this, government in the uk, governments in europe, they do not want the application of tariffs, the very vehicles they are trying to encourage the sale of. in a submission _ encourage the sale of. in a submission to _ encourage the sale of. in a submission to a _ encourage the sale of. in a submission to a commons| encourage the sale of. in a submission to a commons inquiry seen by bbc news, stellantis wrote says their vehicles will have too much non—european content to qualify under the terms of the deal signed by borisjohnson and they are planning for taxes on its exports known as tariffs. this is a threat to our export business and the sustainability of our uk manufacturing operations... it then went on to say...

much of this is about the fact that the uk are struggling to set up british manufacturers with electric vehicle batteries, britishvolt on teesside recently went into administration, and experts warned mps directly about this last week. the uk at the moment does not have a strategy and a run in this phase and we can talk about electric vehicles and being involved in energy storage and being involved in energy storage and solar and wind but if the fact is unless you are making batteries here and you have the chemical plants to fuel the batteries, the mid supply chain, you are not involved in the industry. this comes a . ainst involved in the industry. this comes auainst a involved in the industry. this comes against a backdrop _ involved in the industry. this comes against a backdrop of _ involved in the industry. this comes against a backdrop of a _ involved in the industry. this comes against a backdrop of a global- involved in the industry. this comes against a backdrop of a global war l against a backdrop of a global war to subsidise green manufacturing with factories sprouting out of the ground across the us and the eu and the government says it has raised the government says it has raised theissue the government says it has raised the issue with the eu and is

determined the uk remains one of the best places for car manufacturing. and faisal is here. how significant is this warning? this is a very big deal but it is worth clarifying, people might think, we signed a free—trade deal, this was one of the last things sorted out with ursula von der leyen a couple of years ago, but the issue was, the free trade in certain areas always depended on whether the products qualified, whether there was enough european content in the parts and we had expected and the company is expected that would be the case when they made a decision is to continue the life of these plants a couple of years ago but what they are saying for the first time today in black—and—white, is we are now unable to meet these rules, therefore under the terms of the treaty, these taxes on their exports, known as tariffs, between 10% for a car and 22% for a commercial vehicle, will apply in

january, and that makes their manufacturing uncompetitive, and it is notjust stellantis, this applies pretty much across the board in terms of the uk car manufacturing and it could also apply to european manufacturers, so there maybe a deal to be done for 2024 but the rules tighten even more in 2027 when we will need domestic uk car batteries in orderfor them to will need domestic uk car batteries in order for them to qualify but thatis in order for them to qualify but that is pretty unclear right now because we are struggling to get those, what is known as battery gigafactory is going. so this is happening against a backdrop of a war to get these factories up and running around the world, so a big concern from industry and an important industry of the future. thanks forjoining us. representatives from all parts of the food sector, including retailers, suppliers and farmers, have been to downing street to meet the prime minister with one item on the agenda — the sharply rising cost of food. prices are rising at their fastest rate in half a century,

with meat and vegetables more than doubling in price. the aim is to make it easier to source food within the uk. rishi sunak told today's meeting that thousands more seasonal workers from abroad will be given visas, to help the agriculture sector. the big supermarkets say they also need help, because of a shortage of supplies. 0ur economics correspondent dharshini david has more details. i can just see the pounds dripping through ourfingers. it's crippling. the other week it was £185. the next time i will go shopping i is when we literally have nothing. callers to bbc radio 5 live spelling out the bleak choices they could not imagine a year ago. behind the smiles at brunch with the prime minister, costs are also weighing on the minds of farmers, manufacturers and retailers. they were there to discuss the challenges of supplying our food. but the subject of inflation

is unavoidable, for it is their bigger bills which underpins both. as the man in charge of our biggest dairy cooperative knows. cost pressures on farms have come from all the global factors of conflict and the disruption coming out of covid and so on. actually, farmers have had to pay more than 80% more for their feed, fertiliser and fuel. similar to our household bills, the food we are buying, the energy we are getting for our homes. that's put pressure on them. with the spike in costs impacting many ingredients, shoppers are sharing the pain. a basket of food that cost £50 one year ago will now set you back £60. half of households have had to buy less. with the cost of wheat, oils and dairy now dropping, there are a few price cuts, but why aren't there more? are retailers taking a larger slice? let's consider where your money goes. take a block of cheese costing £2.50.

an academic study shows that the farmers costs account for nearly £1.50. the retailers and processors overheads make up most of the rest. as for profit, there is just 3.5p left to be split between them all. 0ur supply chains are tight, they may struggle to absorb higher costs. profit margins on other items are bigger, but for every £1 you spent in tesco last year, it made about 4p in profit. in sainsbury�*s, it was more like 3p. supermarkets have taken a hit, and other costs are still rising. supermarkets have taken a hit, energy prices have doubled or tripled in some cases. the labour cost has been substantial, mainly driven both by the national minimum wage rises, which came in in april, and also because just a shortage of labour, particularly in some of the key skills like hgv drivers and logistics through the supply chain. overall, the costs are still rising.

but at a slower rate. that should mean price rises on shop shelves slow. but with contracts fixed in advance, it takes months to happen. and with those costs still high, overall bills will not be falling soon. however, we are still paying less for many items — meat, fish, fruit, vegetables, bread, cheese — than much of europe. and that's an issue on the farm. they are already struggling to make ends meet. some are quitting the business. the number of food manufacturers folding has doubled. protecting our food supply comes at a price. the painful reality is the return of the cheaper food of a few years ago is not on the menu. dharshini david, bbc news. researchers say they've found evidence of people being denied care, or even dying, as a result of misunderstandings over the use of do not resuscitate orders, or dnrs.

the orders mean that patients should not be resuscitated if their heart stops or they stop breathing. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. robert murray, a father of two, developed parkinson's and dementia in later life. 0ne summer's day in 2021, while resident of this nursing home, he went to get breakfast. a piece of fruit got stuck in his throat. staff called an ambulance. the nurse tells the operator, however, that robert has a do not resuscitate recommendation in his medicalfile. moments later, robert died. theyjust didn't do the things that needed to be able to keep him alive. his family learned that robert's

death was an avoidable error, the do not resuscitate instruction only related to a cardiac arrest, not to a choking incident. the ambulance should have attended. as soon as you see dnr, it seems to change what they want to do. i mean, yes, fair enough, if his heart was failing and his heart was having a heart attack, yes, i could totally understand that. but when he died of a choking incident, which is not a natural way of dying, it didn't get picked up. the nursing home said they'd updated their guidance around do not attempt cpr. but in a survey, researchers found that almost one in five care home residents with a do not resuscitate decision received poorer treatment due to misunderstandings. do not attempt cpr decisions can be appropriate if a person is unlikely to withstand the procedure. but they're not legally binding, and a doctor can insist on one, but crucially, only after consulting the patient or their family. let's get rid of dnr, cpr forms. they look like they're in order

when they're not legally binding. we know they're being misused. they're being used for medical decisions for which they were not designed. david has been in poor health for a decade. on two occasions, doctors have asked to put a do not resuscitate form in his medical notes, something the 86—year—old is opposed to. as long as i've got strength, i want to continue, please. but when we checked his notes, a do not resuscitate form had been added during his last hospital stay. so, it says here discussed with patient? yes. in agreement. oh dear i didn't know that. well, that's very naughty and very wrong. because i have never, ever agreed to it. david remains adamant that he opposes the dnr and has told his next of kin to advocate for him. forwendy, however, it's all too late. even after three years, still long.. it's not a good way to lose your parents.

michael buchanan, bbc news. michael is here now. after the investigation, people will be thinking there are dangers being signalled but there are also valid reasons for the use of these orders? it can be entirely appropriate, yes, resuscitation is a very physical intervention, and if someone is frail it can cause significant injury and there have been studies which shows the chance of somebody undergoing resuscitation in a nursing home and surviving for another 30 days are very small, somewhere in the region of 2—3% so if there has been consultation in those circumstances, it can be appropriate to put a do not resuscitate file into somebody�*s records but the problem is the way the system is working. we have been running this story on the website for most of the day, and a number of people have been in touch with their concerns, one hears as my partner does not have a dnr but we have

tried every opportunity to convince him that he should. what the researchers want, they want better training, they do not think the system should be entirely scrapped, but a more standardised system for making people know the limits of the system and where it is appropriate, the department of health and social care told us that they continue to work to make sure guidance on do not resuscitate is clear and properly understood. resuscitate is clear and properly understood-— resuscitate is clear and properly understood. michael, thanks for “oininu understood. michael, thanks for joining us- _ a bbc investigation has revealed that a prominent british businessman whose foreign companies were part of a global money laundering network is a major donor to the conservative party. javad marandi, who has been honoured for business and philanthropy, gave more than £630,000 to the conservatives between 2014 and 2020, according to the latest records of the electoral commission. mr marandi is not subject to any criminal action. he denies wrongdoing and says

he should never have been publicly identified. our legal affairs correspondent dominic casciani has been working on this story for over a year. wealthy and well—connected. this is javad marandi. awarded an 0be for services to business and philanthropy, he's been a major tory donor with access to senior party leaders. one of mr marandi's british companies is the famous design brand, the conran shop. it's not involved in this case, which raised questions about some of his overseas interests. those questions began when the national crime agency investigated a family living in these opulent apartments in london's regent's park. the family head is javanshir feyziyev, an old associate of mr marandi. he's one of azerbaijan's super—rich. and last year, a court ruled the nca could seize more than £5 million from his family. it had been part of billions that disappeared from azerbaijan in a global scandal only uncovered by investigative journalists.

i believe the azerbaijani laundromat brought a lot of damage on many levels to azerbaijan itself. to the european union, to the us and other parts of the world. a judge ruled that companies owned byjavad marandi played a key role in moving some of the cash to london. the case starts with $1.5 billion leaving azerbaijan for shell companies registered in glasgow. tens of millions were moved again to the seychelles to the avromed company owned byjavad marandi. ajudge said how the cash moved back to the uk looked like money laundering and that mr marandi was a person of importance in the nca's case. mr marandi's lawyers argued all the money was lawfully earned and transferred, so he should remain anonymous to protect his reputation. the bbc said it was in the public interest to name him and judges agreed in an important ruling about freedom of the media versus privacy.

the case also raises political questions. today, the conservative party's donations face scrutiny in parliament. the news this morning that javid marandi has lost an 18 month legal battle with the bbc to remain anonymous as a victory legal battle with the bbc to remain anonymous is a victory for transparency and freedom of the press and a battle often weighted in favour of wealthy oligarchs. it also goes to the heart of our democracy. and the minister defended the conservatives' record on donations. all political parties, in fact, need to be very careful, need to be thoughtful, and need to be discerning about where donations come from, regardless of what the law may say. and that is a lesson i think political parties in this country need to reflect on very carefully and learn from. now we hear that he donated £750,000 to the tory party, | got an 0be and access. to government ministers. we should, mr speaker, take these allegations very seriously. - if true, dirty money has well.

and truly crept into our politics. the nca won't say if mr marandi is under investigation. the court of appeal says he could have refuted allegations in his battle with the bbc. dominic casciani, bbc news. the mp julian that the mpjulian that is being investigated with regards to complaints of sexual assault. there was a complete med to the metropolitan police, who dropped their investigation in march. now essex police are conducting their own inquiries after a referralfrom scotland yard. mr knight, the mp for solihull, denies the allegations against him. a gang that supplied false uk passports to some of the country's most wanted criminals, including murderers and drug dealers, have been sent to jail. anthony beard obtained real passports in other people's names, then added the photographs of criminals, including

two fugitive murderers. the judge said the scheme had enabled wicked, sophisticated and violent criminals to escape justice. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the details. thank you. in snappy snaps in bromley... come back in 20 minutes. ..and unaware he was under surveillance, anthony beard, who procured passports for some of the uk's most wanted criminals, drug dealers and murderers on the run. beard would identify vulnerable people, and meeting them in anonymous cafes, he'd persuade them to let him renew their passports but with someone else's photo in it. his customers included christopher hughes, a murderer captured in turin, and another killer, jordan 0wens, who was arrested in lisbon. both were suspected members of a glasgow drugs gang. liverpool drug trafficker michael moogan was arrested in dubai. another customer was christy kinahan, the alleged leader of a major irish drug cartel who has a reward of $5 million on his head.

investigators say the criminals would pay up to £20,000 for a passport. these people were, i would say, at the top end of serious organised crime. they've made an awful lot of money out of organised criminality, both in the uk and internationally. the scam was actually quite simple. when you apply for an adult passport for the first time, you need to attend an in—person interview, which is quite difficult if you're a criminal on the run in spain. but if you're renewing a passport, it's largely a case ofjust updating the photograph. and that's where anthony beard came in, arranging the renewal of innocent people's passports, but with the photographs of criminals who needed a new identity. long time criminal chris mccormack was the link with the customers, but it was beard who would call the passport 0ffice posing as different passport holders. good afternoon. thank you for calling her majesty's passport 0ffice,

you're speaking to gillian, how can i help you? i want to check the progress of my passport. and just confirm your first and last name for me. it's christopher lloyd. thank you for calling her majesty's passport 0ffice advice line. - my name'sjohn. what's your surname? cordell. c-o-r-d-e-l-l. anthony beard, who, who's 61, pleaded guilty to making false documents. today he was jailed for six years and eight months. no comment. daniel sandford, bbc news at reading crown court. in the us, senators have been investigating the potential of artificial intelligence, or ai, and considering whether the technology, which is advancing rapidly, needs to be regulated. the hearing opened with the voice of the chairman in what turned out to be remarks written and spoken by ai software. too often, we have seen what happens

when technology outpaces regulation. the unbridled exploitation of personal data, the proliferation of this information and the deepening of societal inequalities. that voice was not mine. the words were not mine. the remarks was not mine. the words were not mine. the remarks were was not mine. the words were not mine. the remarks were written was not mine. the words were not mine. the remarks were written by chatgpt. it was asked, how i would open this hearing. that chatgpt. it was asked, how i would open this hearing.— open this hearing. that was the chairman of _ open this hearing. that was the chairman of the _ open this hearing. that was the chairman of the committee. - among those giving evidence this afternoon was sam altman, the 38—year—old chief executive of open ai, the company behind chatgpt. his opening statement offered an upbeat view of the potential of ai, with a measure of caution. open ai open al was founded on the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to improve nearly every aspect _ potential to improve nearly every aspect of— potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives, but also that it creates — aspect of our lives, but also that it creates serious risks that we have _ it creates serious risks that we have to — it creates serious risks that we have to work together to manage.

our technology reporterjames clayton is in san francisco, the home of ai. tell us more about today's exchanges and what you made of them? it was incredibly unusual, _ and what you made of them? it was incredibly unusual, because - and what you made of them? it was incredibly unusual, because you - and what you made of them? it ms incredibly unusual, because you had democrats and republicans and sam altman, the chief executive of open ai, all saying the same thing, that there are benefits, but there are also significant dangers. this could replace millions ofjobs and it could supercharge disinformation. you also had everyone agreeing on a solution that the whole sector needs to be regulated. you had some altman saying, please regulate us. that is super rare for a tech boss to do that. so i think you are going to see a new agency in the us which will regulate ai and if history is anything to go by, you will see something similar in the eu and the uk too. , . , something similar in the eu and the uk too. , ., , ., , something similar in the eu and the uktoo. , ._ ., ., uk too. james, many thanks. that was our technology — uk too. james, many thanks. that was our technology reporter _ uk too. james, many thanks. that was our technology reporter in _ uk too. james, many thanks. that was our technology reporter in san - our technology reporter in san francisco.

now a look at some other stories making the news today. vodafone is cutting 11,000 jobs worldwide, more than one in ten of the workforce. the chief executive has said the company's performance isn't good enough and changes need to be made under a re—structuring plan. it's not clear how many roles in the uk will be affected. the ukrainian capital kyiv has been targeted by further russian air attacks. ukraine said all 18 missiles were shot down and footage showed air defences destroying targets over the city. but russia said its attack — which used drones and missiles — had hit all its targets. five men have been found guilty of an audaciousjewel five men have been found guilty of an audacious jewel heist in the german city of dresden. in 2019, it took place. police recovered many of the jewels including a took place. police recovered many of thejewels including a diamond encrusted sword, but it is feared that the rest of the treasure may

never be found. crowds have gathered in parts of lincolnshire to mark the 80th anniversary of the famous dambuster raids, when planes equipped with bouncing bombs targeted giant dams in the ruhr region of germany, the heartland of its steel and armaments industries. 53 airmen were killed in the mission, and this is the first year that events are taking place with no surviving crew members, as our correspondent danny savage reports. this evening, the raf�*s only surviving airworthy lancaster bomber has made a poignant trip around the skies of lincolnshire. 80 years to the night since 19 of these planes took off on the most famous raf mission of world war two. to be flying at night at 60 feet, in mountainous terrain, to drop an ingenious weapon that had never been used before, it's genuinely the stuff of legends.

i think the modern day air force can be as inspired now by what they did, albeit it was some 80 years ago. the story was made into a film, 19505 special effects recreating the drama of the mission. the man who created the bouncing bomb used these very marbles to test the theory of skimming them off water. he just thought to himself, "what would be the engineer's way of stopping the war?" they belonged to barnes wallace's daughter, who was then about ten, and recalls the effect the mission had on herfather. he was appalled. 58 people, i think it was, were killed, english people. and then there were all the germans. and he just felt it was more than he could stand. over the past two decades, we've filmed with some of the veterans. les munro was one of the pilots. let's take a flight and let's have a look at your old training route.

i feel a great deal of pride in the fact that i took part in the dam raid itself. and as a consultant trained on the derwent water. johnnyjohnson, here on the far left, was a bomb aimer who made his pilot fly around their target ten times before being satisfied with the approach. it meant, to me, to not do it properly was a waste of time. both have since died. they and their fellow crewmen were remembered in a very special way tonight. danny savage, bbc news, lincolnshire. time for a look at the weather. here's stav danaos. we saw top temperatures in a number of spots around 18 celsius today. those temperatures are creeping up day by day and the rest of this week looks largely fine because of high pressure. there will be a few

showers dotted around and outbreaks of rain for the northern half of scotland. we had showers across scotland. we had showers across scotland and northern england today. they will mostly fizzle out is now an overnight should be mostly dry. a bit more cloud across northern and eastern areas. the slightly warmer air mass will not be as chilly as it has been the last few nights. lows of around two because there could be a few pockets of chilly air across the north—east of scotland. high pressure dominating the scene for wednesday. we have this weatherfront working its way into the far north—west of scotland, but we start off across the board with plenty of sunshine. chilly start and then the clouds build up. we could see showers developing across central and southern england, a view towards the north—east of england. the odd one for northern ireland and then outbreaks of rain pushing and for most of the highlands, the northern and western isles and increasing breezes. the rain could be heavy and persistent at times. temperatures

feeling a bit warmer. we have another weatherfront working its way into western areas for thursday but for the majority, we are under high pressure, so another fine start with sunshine. cloud building in the afternoon. a few showers again, hit and miss ones. then this weatherfront starts to work into western scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon, bringing more cloudy skies, more of a breeze and more persistent rain at times. it will be quite patchy. that weatherfront spreads across the country on friday, so we could see showers across england and wales and then into the weekend, this weatherfront will start to affect parts of scotland and northern ireland. generally, high pressure will remain the dominant feature, so a lot of settled weather through friday, the weekend and into the start of next week. northern areas are seeing the greatest chance of some showers, but in the sunniest spots, as we head through sunday and the start of next week, we could be into the low 20s. thanks, stav. and that's bbc news at ten on tuesday 16th may. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight,