hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories from around the world. we start with war in ukraine. on the ground later. a big summit in moldova. family photo european leaders there and president zelensky. why moldova? take a look at the map to see why. border with ukraine. close to fighting. capital kish—in—now east.

speaking a short while ago mr zelensky warned that without security guarantees there could be no peace and explained hisjustification for suggesting a european air defence shield let's hear what he says. translation: today i have heard su - ort translation: today i have heard support from _ translation: today i have heard support from many _ translation: today i have heard support from many countries - translation: today i have heard support from many countries and l translation: today i have heard - support from many countries and more importantly i've heard about a significant number of aircraft fighters and surely under the leadership of the united states we will comply countries and create this coalition. the third aspect you have mentioned about nato. it wasn't about nato that we had the meeting that ukraine has raised this matter because we believe this is a part of

the defence of the continent and the whole world. we have to do as much as possible for ukraine to receive some step forward. towards the airlines. we have to receive the signal from the nato airlines. we have to receive the signalfrom the nato member nations and we are working on that. thank you. thank you for coming in programme. we have seen the geography of moldova next to ukraine. how much of a risk is the fighting in ukraine to your country? we a risk is the fighting in ukraine to your country?— a risk is the fighting in ukraine to your country? a risk is the fighting in ukraine to our count ? ~ . :: ,, ., your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and — your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we — your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we are _ your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we are safe _ your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we are safe and _ your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we are safe and at - your country? we are here 20 km from ukraine and we are safe and at peace l ukraine and we are safe and at peace here in the sink to ukraine, thanks

to the capacity of the ukrainian army and leadership to hold the front line and liberate ukrainian territories and this gives moldova space to stay safe and peaceful and be able to host almost 50 heads of state and government here in moldova today. we had probably the biggest dramatic event in our country on this territory in centuries where we showed the unity of the european continent against war. against the biggest aggression since world war ii initiated by russia against ukraine. , . , ., , ., ukraine. the pictures demonstrate very clearly — ukraine. the pictures demonstrate very clearly that — ukraine. the pictures demonstrate very clearly that message - ukraine. the pictures demonstrate very clearly that message of - ukraine. the pictures demonstrate very clearly that message of unity. beyond the symbolism, what do you want moldova to get out of this? it's been a highly successful summit that allowed hemp a little better to be at the heart of europe and allowed moldova citizens to be assured but we are not alone in a

different look as a difficult time and it's symbolic and strategically assurance for moldova government with clear and calm and complete objectives on continuity. we announced that we would severely crisis management to combat hybrid threats. there been several announcements from moldova but the most important thing is that the european continent here in moldova showed unity and determination to make sure that aggression does not pay off. that countries with benefit from european support in their desire to consolidate their democracy and their leader but liberty and that is of course about support for moldova and ukraine. flan support for moldova and ukraine. can we talk about one year of your

country. pro—russian soldiers are there. i'll be the problem is that? the separatist region is a major problem for moldova but at the same time i would like to clearly mention that the situation around the region has been calm and peaceful since 1992. we have been working with the separatist authorities to achieve a peaceful and of the conflict. there are illegally stationed russian military troops there but we are working to get these troops out through peaceful means and negotiation and diplomacy. of course, moldova has been on the receiving end of the russian hybrid tactics. cyber attacks, fame fake bomb alerts, embargoes against wines and fruits and vegetables and separatists but moldova withstood

all the pressures. they failed. they have reinforced moldova was determination to bolster our democracy as a part of the european union. which is the best way to ensure the peace and prosperity of our country. the ensure the peace and prosperity of our country-— our country. the longer this conflict between _ our country. the longer this conflict between russia - our country. the longer this conflict between russia andj our country. the longer this - conflict between russia and ukraine goes on, do you have intelligence that suggests the problems could flare up again there? it’s that suggests the problems could flare up again there?— flare up again there? it's of crucial importance - flare up again there? it's of crucial importance for - flare up again there? it's of i crucial importance for eastern europe, the entire european country but for countries outside europe, for the war to end with ukrainian victory. no one can allow such brutal aggression to succeed. here in moldova more than ever that we are conscious of the fact that this is the biggest and largest scale aggression since world war ii. these are the biggest largest scale military battles on european soil since world war ii and no country on the european continent, or in the world, can allow for such aggression

to succeed. just world, can allow for such aggression to succeed-— to succeed. just before i let you no, on to succeed. just before i let you go. on the _ to succeed. just before i let you go, on the issue _ to succeed. just before i let you go, on the issue of— to succeed. just before i let you go, on the issue ofjoining - to succeed. just before i let you go, on the issue ofjoining the l to succeed. just before i let you i go, on the issue ofjoining the eu, when would you like to see that? fiur when would you like to see that? our ob'ective is when would you like to see that? cl" objective is clear. we when would you like to see that? ij' objective is clear. we hope to be in a position to start talks towards the end of this year. we have been working hard to improve ourjustice system to fight corruption. the president of the european commission has said that we have done amazing progress. we hope that through reforms and the consolidation of democracy, we can be in a position tojoin the european union democracy, we can be in a position to join the european union towards the end of this decade.— the end of this decade. thank you very much — the end of this decade. thank you very much for— the end of this decade. thank you very much forjoining _ the end of this decade. thank you very much forjoining us _ the end of this decade. thank you very much forjoining us in - very much forjoining us in programme. the explosion in digital media has thrown up some highly influential and highly controversial voices — who have a major impact particularly on young people — and how to manage that impact

is of great concern to teachers and to society as a whole. one of those characters is andrew tate, who has millions of online followers, many of whom are young — but fears that he's been driving a rise in extreme sexism and misogyny have led several children's charities to speak out. he is currently detained in romania, along with his brother tristan, as part of an investigation into allegations of rape and people trafficking — which they both deny. in a moment we'll be speaking to our education editor branwen jeffreys about schools' concerns, but first our correspondent lucy williamson has been following andrew tate's case for some time, and put to him in romania some of the claims about his views, public statements and alleged offences. andrew tate has built his image around cars, cigars and controversy, his followers swallowing his sexism along with his success. you know i'm innocent. he said little in public since his arrest in romania five months ago for rape and human trafficking. today, the bbc was the first major media outlet to challenge him on those allegations and on concerns

from police, schools and rights organisations that he's spreading misogynistic attitudes among boys and men. andrew tate. hello. have you raped anybody? absolutely not. have you trafficked anybody? absolutely not. exploited any women for money? absolutely not. but you have admitted using emotional manipulation to get women to work in the webcam industry for you. no. the bbc has spoken to somebody since your arrest who says exactly those things that with you it's all manipulation. there's an ulterior motive to everything... is this sophie? 0h, sophie. the fake name. no face. i was so intent on wanting to please him and wanting him to be happy that i was just kind of, "yeah, 0k, do whatever you want". has she accused me of a crime? this imaginary sophie. she's making the point that there.. has she accused me of a crime? emotional or psychological manipulation. i've asked you a question. and i allowed you into my house. i'm asking you a question. correct.

but you're not the boss here because i've allowed you into my house. i'm asking you the questions... correctly, and i'm telling you... you get to decide the answers. no, we are equal here. i've allowed you into my house. you don't come here with a position of authority. i'm doing you the favour as legacy media, giving you relevance by speaking to you. and i'm telling you now this, sophie, which the bbc has invented, which is no face of nobody knows who she is. the bbc did not invent her. of course not. because you never invent anything. we've got the chief executive of rape crisis naming you individually as spreading a dangerous ideology of misogynistic rape culture. absolute... it's the comments you make that are leading people to say things like this. absolute garbage. national organisations who are saying that blaming you for increasing levels of misogyny, schools that are saying they are having increased incidents of girls being attacked, of female teachers being harassed... if that was true... ..by pupils, because of you and your teaching, and your influence. that's absolute garbage. i have never, ever encouraged a student to attack a teacher, male orfemale, ever. i preach hard work, discipline. i'm an athlete.

i preach anti—drug. i preach religion. i preach no alcohol, i preach no knife crime. every single problem with modern society i'm against. i've presented you with case after case after case with quote after quote after quote of people who are genuinely concerned about the impact you're having and you brush it off as if it's nothing. no, what you have done is come here with an agenda. you've come here with loaded questions. things taken out of context. you come here with things that you don't understand are satirical and you expect me... satirical, sarcastic and jokes. that's how you explain the comments you make. ffor you to sit down... would you like to apologise for any of them? for you to sit down and for you to sit down and say that one woman said that her boyfriend watch an andrew tate video and now he won't do the dishes or whatever your argument is. i'm somehow the worst, most dangerous man in the world because i have a car. it'sjust disingenuous. andrew tate's arrest and detention haven't dented his influence. he's followed by media to the prosecutor's office, followed by millions on twitter. an indictment in this case expected here within weeks,

will mark a new phase in his fight with romania's legal system, as teachers across the uk continue to battle his message. lucy williamson, bbc news, bucharest. live now to lucy williamson who is in bucharest. hi lucy. a highly controversial figure, the interview and not of itself would be controversial. why do you think it was important to interview this man? we do you think it was important to interview this man?— do you think it was important to interview this man? we had been followin: interview this man? we had been following this _ interview this man? we had been following this case _ interview this man? we had been following this case closely - interview this man? we had been following this case closely here . interview this man? we had beenj following this case closely here in romania ever since andrew tate and his brother were arrested. at the end of last year we spoke to as many people as possible around the case to get an accurate picture. we spoke to get an accurate picture. we spoke to prosecutors and former employees and witnesses, neighbours. everyone to and get or build up an accurate picture. andrew tate and his brother were in custody for three months are not able to do media interviews but

they were released into april into house arrest and that became possible. at that point we were talking to their team, because we thought it was important that we try and put some of the allegations to them and as i said during the interview, some of the wider concerns that schools and police and others in the uk have expressed about the things they say. hour others in the uk have expressed about the things they say. how did the interview _ about the things they say. how did the interview come _ about the things they say. how did the interview come about? - about the things they say. how did the interview come about? as - about the things they say. how did the interview come about? as i - about the things they say. how did l the interview come about? as i say, we have been _ the interview come about? as i say, we have been talking _ the interview come about? as i say, we have been talking to _ the interview come about? as i say, we have been talking to the - the interview come about? as i say, we have been talking to the team i we have been talking to the team about how to do it. they are under house arrest so we went to their compound outside bucharest to do the interview. very much on their territory to stop it was combative as you heard there. andrew tate was quite evasive on some of the issues and quite hard to pin down on some of the specifics but i think it was available to put some of those allegations to hemp and to hear how he responded to them. there'll be some people in the audience who feel that giving them a platform was wrong i think on balance we considered it quite carefully and on balance it was important to talk to

the people at the centre of the story and hear what they had to stay about those serious allegations. where are we know and what happens next? fist where are we know and what happens next? �* ., ., ., next? at the moment we are into the sixth month — next? at the moment we are into the sixth month of _ next? at the moment we are into the sixth month of their _ next? at the moment we are into the sixth month of their detention. - next? at the moment we are into the sixth month of their detention. they l sixth month of their detention. they are allowed to be detained under traditional control of or up to six months after which they have to be released so we are expecting and hearing some reports of an indictment coming fairly soon perhaps within the next few weeks and that will move the process on to and that will move the process on to a trial if that happens. so we'll keep question here.— a trial if that happens. so we'll keep question here. thank you for that lucy williamson. _ around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. there's nothing unusual about this scene for people living in deepdale here in preston. rats. some big rats are constantly seen scurrying about. the same is true here in rush home, just off manchester's famous

curry mile, and it's this kind of disgusting sight that's being blamed. my village was turning outside. i was just going to bring them in with the shopping. the door was left open and a rat came running inside and he came into the kitchen. everyone we spoke to here had a rat story. the council sends tony here every day, but there's only so much he can do. the council says its teams have been implementing measures and treatments around the area for the last few months. to be all down here. christopher knows where the rats live. he runs the local community centre in this part of deepdale. probably about three times more people live around here and three times less council and police presence to help out and help maintain the beautiful area it used to be. used to be nice. for more stories from across the uk. head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news to the us and the latest on that so—called debt ceiling. politicians have to pass a law to increase the debt limit to allow the us to pay its bills.

they need to do it before monday. it's already passed through the us house of representatives. the lower house. next it's got to get through the senate. this is what president biden says:.i urge the senate to pass it speaking to john nichols speaking tojohn nichols now. thank you for coming on programme. it’s a you for coming on programme. it's a leasure you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to — you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be _ you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be with _ you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be with you. _ you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be with you. how- you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be with you. how do - you for coming on programme. it's a pleasure to be with you. how do you j pleasure to be with you. how do you think things — pleasure to be with you. how do you think things are _ pleasure to be with you. how do you think things are looking? _ pleasure to be with you. how do you think things are looking? the - think things are looking? the current state of play. it's passed through the house of representatives and senate is next. it through the house of representatives and senate is next.— and senate is next. it passing throu~h and senate is next. it passing through the — and senate is next. it passing through the house _ and senate is next. it passing through the house was - and senate is next. it passing through the house was easierj and senate is next. it passing - through the house was easier than people expected and there were fears of a right—wing revolts within the republican caucus and was many concerned republicans voted against the measure, it only counted up to

71 so ultimately it passed by a very wide margin in the house. that bodes well, i think, for the plan in the senate where there appears to be less opposition than there was in the house. less opposition than there was in the house-— less opposition than there was in the house. , , , ., j, the house. just remind us what some of this opposition _ the house. just remind us what some of this opposition opposition - the house. just remind us what some of this opposition opposition is - the house. just remind us what some of this opposition opposition is on - of this opposition opposition is on both sides. . of this opposition opposition is on both sides. ,, ., �* both sides. sure. on the far bright if ou will both sides. sure. on the far bright if you will of _ both sides. sure. on the far bright if you will of the _ both sides. sure. on the far bright if you will of the republican - both sides. sure. on the far bright if you will of the republican party, | if you will of the republican party, you have opposition from folks who think the cuts don't go deep enough. they would like to see much more serious cuts to domestic spending. they want to see the use of this budget process as a vehicle to alter programmes that provide for food assistance, housing assistance, things of that nature and to make it harder to access those programmes. in addition, many conservative members of the republican caucus in the house and senate would like to see this as a tool to undo it i less of the environmental initiatives and

climate change initiatives of the biting administration. they are folks who think it doesn't go far enough. on the left, within a democratic caucus. you have objections coming from progressives, including senator bernie sanders, who says the cuts go too far. they are concerned about new requirements for people who are without food and are trying to access federal food programmes and federal housing programmes and federal housing programmes and federal housing programmes and things of that nature. they think too many barriers are being put in place. they are very concerned about the removal of environmental protections and the okaying of a major pipeline in west virginia and there's finally a deep concern about a warping of budget priorities. a sense that while domestic cuts are part of this deal, there is no real effort to decrease spending for the pentagon. so, the military keeps getting money while

working people get less. i military keeps getting money while working people get less.— working people get less. i see, fascinating _ working people get less. i see, fascinating detail _ working people get less. i see, fascinating detail on _ working people get less. i see, fascinating detail on both - working people get less. i see, fascinating detail on both left l working people get less. i see, i fascinating detail on both left and bright opposition. i'm going to get you to zoom out a little. many washing around the world will look in and think this is the biggest economy in the world, this is a weird week to do politics. threatening self sabotage on a huge scale for budget tinkering either side. is there any reflection that perhaps there should be a different way of doing business there? absolutely. in fact, many people who voted against this, especially amongst the purgative democrats, said that we have to get a vote of the cycle. we have to start rewarding me, as they refer to as hostage taking, taking the economy hostage taking, taking the economy hostage in order to do extract political retribution and a sheep of

so there are complaints about it. there are complaints about it but would it change?— there are complaints about it but would it change? we've been doing it this wa for would it change? we've been doing it this way for more _ would it change? we've been doing it this way for more than _ would it change? we've been doing it this way for more than 100 _ would it change? we've been doing it this way for more than 100 years - would it change? we've been doing it this way for more than 100 years and | this way for more than 100 years and until a president of the united states decides to aggressively seek to amend this and joe biden has not done that, it's unlikely to be changed. this is going to an extreme though that you will hear more discussion of efforts to try and do a different route. remember, this is not in our constitution to stop this is not required by law. it is simply a practice of congress which can be done away with quite easily but as i said for 100 years they have not got rid of it. , ., . ., , ., ., rid of it. john nichols great to have your _ rid of it. john nichols great to have your thoughts. - rid of it. john nichols great to have your thoughts. thank i rid of it. john nichols great to l have your thoughts. thank you rid of it. john nichols great to - have your thoughts. thank you so much for coming on programme. linder much for coming on programme. under to be with you- — the bbc has found potential war crimes evidence is being deleted by social media companies. they use ai — artificial

intelligence to automatically get rid of graphic content. to protect people online. now, the companies say images can stay online if it's in the public interest, but the bbc disinformation team's investigation suggests evidence is being lost. a quick warning. this investigation hass distressing images and descriptions of violence. since the russian invasion of ukraine, igor, a former travel journalist, has been documenting attacks on civilians. like this one on a road outside kiev. men, women and children were shot and burned by russian soldiers whilst trying to flee occupation. igor posted the videos on facebook and instagram, but they were immediately taken down. translation: russians - were saying those were fakes. they didn't touch civilians. they fought only with the ukrainian army. it was really important not to only film this evidence, but to spread it. but my post was banned immediately.

major social media companies have long been criticised for allowing easy access to distressing content. now, with the help of artificial ,intelligence they are increasingly cracking down swiftly to delete it. but by deleting it, evidence of war crimes can be lost. we are living in an extraordinary period where millions of people are capturing important evidence. whether or not the social media companies publish it or take it down, you can't afford to lose this material. while platforms say that graphic content from warzones can stay online if it is in the public interest, we saw the opposite. we uploaded some of igor�*s footage to see if the platforms removed it. instagram took down three or four videos from ukraine within a minute. youtube age—restricted the same three, but 10 minutes later removed them all. and then our appeal to restore the videos was rejected. and this is happening all over the world. international archiving organisations say hundreds of thousands of videos from conflicts in ukraine, syria, yemen and sudan have also been

removed from platforms. losing even one video is concerning for open source investigators. proving that war crimes have been committed is incredibly hard, so they need to view as many angles as possible. it's almost like piecing. together a jigsaw puzzle. some angles like this one can help us understand i the direction of travel - of the missile for example. in some of the other videos,| we have blurred the footage, but for my colleagues it's important to understand how a person was - wounded and what caused their death. human rights experts believe the answer is to warn people that a video is graphic and keep it online. or to remove it but create an independent archive for deleted footage from warzones. this would protect users while allowing the videos to be preserved for possible future use. tech companies have a role to play in recognising that while the wheels ofjustice do turn slowly, they do turn, and eventually this information could be critically important.

we have already had situations in which the information that was on social media platforms such as facebook has been used as evidence in a court of law. so we need to be able to preserve this. we asked youtube, twitter and meta what they thought about the idea. they didn't want to be interviewed, but said... meanwhile, people affected by wars are doing what they can to ensure evidence and history are not lost. a clamourfrom a clamour from malaysia a clamourfrom malaysia has narrowly survived mount everest death zone after being carried on by a nepali guide. he found them and shivering

and clutching a rope below the summit and temperatures can get down to -30 summit and temperatures can get down to —30 degrees. as you can see in these pictures, he is carrying the climber down the mountain and celebrating, i don't know how he had the energy to do that, he carried them for about six hours. this is bbc news. hello there. there's no rain in the forecast for the next few days, and the first day of meteorological summer got off to a sparkling start here in eastbourne, in east sussex. many parts of the country saw the sunshine coming through, but not everywhere. some eastern areas of scotland and eastern england stayed cloudy and as a result quite a bit cooler as well. but we should see more sunshine developing across more of the country tomorrow because drier air is going to be coming in from off the north sea. at the moment, though, what's happening overnight is the cloud that we've had in eastern areas is going to push back inland across england and wales, but it's quite thin cloud.

for scotland and northern ireland, this is where it's going to be clearer, but it's going to be eastern scotland that will be quite chilly. 2—3 degrees here, otherwise about eight degrees first thing on friday morning. and it could be quite a cloudy start for england and wales, but this time the cloud is thinner. so it's going to break up more readily, and we'll get more sunshine developing more widely across the uk. just a bit of patchy cloud hugging some of these north sea coasts. now, for many, the winds will be light, but it's still going to be pretty breezy across the south—east through the english channel. noticeably breezy in these areas, so a little bit cooler, perhaps. and with the wind off the north sea, right on the coast, it will be cooler. but with sunny skies developing in most places, then those temperatures more widely will be reaching a pleasant 20—21 degrees. but uv level�*s going to be high right the way across the country, all the way from the shetland isles down into the channel islands. now if you're wondering where all the rain's gone, it's really across southern parts of europe. it stays wet and thundery in places cos high pressure that's been

keeping it dry still sitting over the uk. still got some stronger winds across the south and south—east. otherwise the winds are light. on saturday, we could see more cloud coming into the far north of scotland, so a little bit cooler here. but otherwise, lots of sunshine around again on saturday. those temperatures creeping up a little bit, up to around 22—23 degrees. and the glorious weekend continues for many areas with sunny skies. but there's more cloud notjust in northern scotland, rolling down the north sea, perhaps hugging some of these north sea coasts, particularly in the north—east of england. so, again, a little bit cooler here, but otherwise, those temperatures gradually getting up to 23 or even 2a celsius.

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