hello, i'm nancy kacungira, you're watching the context on bbc news. from making headlines to writing bylines again. from making headlines to writing bylines again. former prime minister borisjohnson has gone from making headlines to writing his byline. one day after parliament reports that he deliberately misled the house. we will get to all that very soon. let's get the sport. for a full round—up here is the bbc sport center. thank you for that wyndham clark is been the big mover on day two of lozenges open in los angeles

with the level the top of the leaderboard after three level on eight under. recording the lowest first rounds at the us open with eight under scores of 62 on the first day. they are back out a little bit later on. dustinjohnson. quadruple bogey on par four second hole. defending champions matt fitzpatrick xxx — hole in one on murray mcelroy just dropped murray mcelroyjust dropped a shot at the 13th and dropped to seven. a hole from defending champion mats for accurate but is struggling to gain ground. england declared on 193 for eight on the first day of the ashes series for more than lived up to the hype. joe root unbeaten 118 holding them back for a position on the hundred and 76—5. captain ben stokes made the surprise decision with the close approaching the earliest christenings declaration in ashes history for the up there a half centuries from jonny bairstow and opener zak crawley for them in reply

to her border to australia to for the their half centuries from jonny bairstow and opener zak crawley for them in reply to her border to australia 1a for no laws alongside opening partner at stumps. the ashes holder 379 runs behind. the bbc caught up with beer so and spoke aboutjoe roots test cricket. is it a smile on his face? look, the enjoyment that he was going out there every single day and having a bit of a laugh. that's a huge thing forjoe. you can only wonder how many runs east and the score, he's jason and everything. that'sjust part and parcel of his quality. that's just part and parcel of his quality. qualifying matches have kicked off, for next year's european championships — and england are looking to maintain their dominance so far in group c. they're in malta — where the score is 3—0. the other game in that group sees ukraine travel to north

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7-6, 7-5 semifinals at the nottingham open. 7—6, 7—5 who said he made the perfect start his grass court season by winning his first title on the surface for seven years. it was murray's first singles title on grasses 2016. riders on the tour of switzerland have paid tribute to swiss rider gino mader who died in hospital this morning following a crash on yesterday's fifth stage. following consultation with teams. riders and m der s family. as neutralise meaning part would be ridden. but not raced competitively. the riders all rode the final 12 miles together in memory of the 26—year—old mader from switzerland. race director olivier senn said gino was a fantastic rider and an excellent human. he was really a good person, and he doesnt deserve to leave the world. that is just about all the sport for now. we will have more later on all the updates on the us open on the bbc sport

website. thank you very much. let's return to events here in the uk. let's return to events here in the uk. less than a week after resigning from parliament — and just over 2a hours since the release of the damning report which found he had misled mps over partygate — borisjohnson has a newjob. asa as a new columnist for the daily mail. the problem is mrjohnson has been accused of committing a clear breach of the ministerial code. again by only informing the watchdog about his newjob half an hour before the announcement was made. the daliy mail has already released its first column. the topic is not what you might expect it to be. this is it, called... yes, that is the title. let's speak to our political correspondent who

joins me now. that's to be not what some people might�*ve expected to see from borisjohnson. this is coming after a really big moment in politics at all so there's another big moment still to come on monday when borisjohnson will very much be the focus in parliament. he when boris johnson will very much be the focus in parliament.— the focus in parliament. he will. this week _ the focus in parliament. he will. this week we — the focus in parliament. he will. this week we have _ the focus in parliament. he will. this week we have had - the focus in parliament. he will. this week we have had that - the focus in parliament. he will. l this week we have had that report public by the privileges committee which is been nearly eight years worth of work it came to a pretty clear and pretty extraordinary conclusion that a former prime minister had misled the house of commons deliberately and that he was in contempt. and actually he had gone on to commit further contempt sense. they said they would have recommended that he was suspended from a commons for 90 days if he hadn't already quit as an mp. to give you an idea of the severity of that, that would have been the second longest suspension handed out

to any mp for many, many decades. it was a really big moment. were talking about monday as well, another moment coming bare, interesting to see quite how big that moment is going to be. what happens on monday is that this report will go before all mps in the house of commons to debate. that's because the committee was told to carry out this inquiry by the house of commons and now that report has to go back to the house of commons for mps to decide whether or not to approve it. we don't yet know whether it will actually go as far as a vote. it will depend, it is very strange procedure with the spiegel will ask if it's approved and if nobody showed to know it will be passed. —— the speaker. mps will go and vote for or against for them it happened is mrjohnson�*s supporters would vote against it. today were hearing sources close to borisjohnson to say today were hearing sources close to boris johnson to say that that is not what he wants, the report has no practical effect and he doesn't want his supporters to vote against it for them also thought with

opposition mps trying to change what was being debated on monday, to try and make it tougher punishment, the punishment he is likely to get is that he will not be able to have a parliament pass as an xmp for that nothing is been done on that either. at the moment we're unsure how many mps will vote on that. the one thing we do know is the report will be approved. we we do know is the report will be a- roved. ~ ., we do know is the report will be a- roved. ~ . ., we do know is the report will be approved-— approved. we wait to see what happens there. _ approved. we wait to see what happens there. just _ approved. we wait to see what happens there. just in - approved. we wait to see what happens there. just in terms i approved. we wait to see what| happens there. just in terms of borisjohnson�*s reaction to a lot of this, him going to get thisjob with a newspaper so soon after and also he could be in trouble for that because he didn't clear it through the proper channels. is that a political statement they are? i think it's more to be seen as another way by which borisjohnson just doesn't necessarily play by the parliamentary rules. the reason that former ministers for up to two years after they stop being ministers are

supposed to go to this committee, which gets thejob supposed to go to this committee, which gets the job they want to do and says whether they think it's appropriate in such conditions, the idea of that is so that it is propriety. so the right thing is seen to be done. by borisjohnson circumventing the process, only putting his request in 30 minutes before he announced that when actually the rules that govern the behaviour ministers, the ministerial code says they are supposed to wait for the committee to provide advice, which often takes many weeks or months before taking up or announcing a job. it suggests that borisjohnson doesn't mind how that is seen. that i think is the really important part about it. in terms of practical effect there is nothing that can happen to him as a result of this was of his mother ministers so is not an mp so as not to be sanctioned. the vetting committee, yes, it could publish correspondence and tick them off in public but really, that's all i can do. really, that's alli can do. thank ou ve really, that's alli can do. thank you very much _ really, that's alli can do. thank you very much for _

really, that's alli can do. thank you very much for talking - really, that's alli can do. thank you very much for talking us - really, that's all i can do. thank- you very much for talking us through borisjohnson's you very much for talking us through boris johnson's rather you very much for talking us through borisjohnson's rather difficult relationships with committees. thank you. police in nottingham have charged a man with three counts of murder, and three counts of attempted murder, following this week's knife and van attacks in the city. valdoo kuluckanoo, is 31, and a recent graduate from nottingham univertsity. barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar who were 19, and ian coates who was 65, were stabbed in the early hours of tuesday morning. our midlands correspondent, navtej johal has the very latest. barnaby webber, grace o'malley—kumar and ian coates, three victims whose deaths have left behind grieving families and a city in mourning. for the last few days police have been investigating their fatal stabbings on the streets of nottingham in the early hours of tuesday morning. and today they have charged

31—year—old valdo calocane ——valdoo kuluckanoo with their murder. he's also been charged with attempted murder after three people were injured when they were hit by a van. valdoo kuluckanoo, a graduate from the university of nottingham, used to live here in haverfordwest in wales. this man first met him when he was a teenager. we used to play football in the car park up there. only played once or twice with him but i remember him coming over to ask if he could play with us. his family live there for a while. used to go to the church at the top of the road. always dressed smart, always polite and very helpful if you spoke to them or anything like that. the attacks have caused a ripple of grief around the country. at the start of the ashes cricket series in birmingham a moment's silence to remember the victims. in nottingham, barnaby�*s friends and families visited the scene where he died. they said they chose to come to this dreadful space because they owed it to him and grace. in the city centre,

the site of an emotional video the evening before, the floral tributes continue to grow. as this city tries to come to terms with what has happened. let's bring you a few of the stories that were following here. a man has been found guilty of killing 11 jewish war procedures in the let's consider the deadliest attack in us history. consider the deadliest attack in us histo . . ., . ~ consider the deadliest attack in us histo . . . . ~ ., , , history. the attack happened five ears history. the attack happened five years over _ history. the attack happened five years over robert _ history. the attack happened five years over robert powers - history. the attack happened five | years over robert powers opened history. the attack happened five - years over robert powers opened fire inside the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh for pleaded not guilty to all 63 charges against him. thejury convicted him on all counts after less than a full day of deliberation. the us military analyst whose change of heart on the vietnam war led him to leave the classified pentagon papers has died at the age of 92. he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in february died at his home in

kensington and california. the pentagon papers revealed us government deception about the vietnam war and set off eight major freedom of the present battle. he became an advocate for whistle—blowers in his leak was portrayed in the 2017 movie the post. portrayed in the 2017 movie the post. now, let's turn to a key diplomatic meeting happening over the weekend. us secretary of state antony blinken will be in china for key talks after months of diplomatic freeze following the discovery of a high—altitude chinese balloon floating over the united states. that incident derailed secretary blinken's original trip in february. since then the two countries have drifted further apart on a number of issues, including the war in ukraine, trade and the controversial social media app tiktok. speaking before the trip the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said talks must be made on equal footing. translation: i would like to

emphasise once again the us should not fantasise about dealing with china based on its position of power. china and the us must develop their relationship on the basis of mutual respect and equality. dr evan medeiros is a professor at georgetown university and served on the us national security council staff from 2009 to 2015. great to have you on the program. this is a long—awaited meeting, symbolically it will be very important, especially after relations between china and the us have been so afraid. what do you think is top of the agenda? i think to of the think is top of the agenda? i think top of the agenda _ think is top of the agenda? i think top of the agenda is _ think is top of the agenda? i think top of the agenda is to _ think is top of the agenda? i think top of the agenda is to stop - think is top of the agenda? i think top of the agenda is to stop the i top of the agenda is to stop the freefall in the relationship. i think views and policies on both side are hardening for the both sides are engaging in more risky behaviours as they both pursue strategic competition. i think this visit, the first for the secretary of state to china in five years,

really long time. it is about stopping the freefall and seeing if this visit can unlock a new set of interactions, dialogue, high—level communication between the us and china. �* ., ., , communication between the us and china. ., ., , china. and that of course as you sa , china. and that of course as you say. pretty _ china. and that of course as you say, pretty significant. - china. and that of course as you say, pretty significant. since - china. and that of course as you | say, pretty significant. since 2019 there hasn't been a senior us official visiting beijing we understand that bill gates is also in china, he's already there. as you mention, one of the main areas of focus here is moving this away from competition or rather from conflict to healthy competition. there are many sticking points, aren't they are in order to get to that point? there are. right now the us strategy is to figure out how to maintain competition without letting it slide into confrontation or conflict and use diplomacy and risk management to do so. but the chinese are frustrated by this approach because

they think dialogue and risk management is simply a way for the united states to be more efficient at its competition. the issues at the top of the agenda are taiwan and the top of the agenda are taiwan and the future of taiwan. in particular the future of taiwan. in particular the upcoming taiwan election of 2024. of the upcoming taiwan election of 202a. of course, charlie support for russia. those are two of the most critical issues. == russia. those are two of the most critical issues.— russia. those are two of the most critical issues. -- chinese support. to aet critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the — critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense _ critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this _ critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this is _ critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this is a - critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this is a bit - critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this is a bit of- critical issues. -- chinese support. to get the sense this is a bit of a i to get the sense this is a bit of a tinderbox? even with the best of intentions sometimes small unexpected incidents can have unexpected incidents can have unexpected consequences when tensions are so high for stop thinking about last month, chinese fighterjets nearly collided with a us surveillance plane flying over international airspace in its south china sea. how dangerous is it to have these underlying tensions? this is a ve have these underlying tensions? ti 3 is a very fraught and very precarious moment in the relationship. so i think secretary blinken is visit comes at a period

where the relationship could go in many different direction, the uncertainty is very high. the risk of an accident or miscalculation is only growing because the chinese are engaging in more operationally risky behavior. they are doing that to try to encourage the americans to dial down their competition. of course it's a pretty risky strategy on the chinese part and if we're not careful it could result in some kind of crisis. _, ., careful it could result in some kind of crisis. u, ., of crisis. good context to look upon with the visit _ of crisis. good context to look upon with the visit this _ of crisis. good context to look upon with the visit this weekend. - of crisis. good context to look upon with the visit this weekend. thank i with the visit this weekend. thank you. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. people are genuinely scared of islam. there was a report put out which said that a third of britons feel that islam threatens the british way of life. to me, what being british means is standing together and wanting equality and justice for everyone. he posts videos on social media that tackle misconceptions

about his faith and discusses everything from it. muslims normally some celebrated because of the sighting of a new moon to arranged marriage. people think they don't see the partner until the wedding night. scarf comes off. boom. that's not what marriage is. it allows people to ask questions about islam, which they might not feel comfortable asking elsewhere. and for me, it's about creating a safe space for conversation and dialogue. what saba is doing is presenting those teachings of islam in a very digestible and very easily accessible way. i think this content is very refreshing. | his posts are really, really like laymen and they make it normal. when someone comes across my instagram page, i hope they leave feeling inspired that muslims are humans and just like everybody else, we might look different or speak a different language or have a different worldview. but that doesn't take us away from striving to make the world a better place. you're live with bbc news. this is the context. if you been keeping up with developments in the el you've probably heard negative

ei you've probably heard negative stories about artificial intelligence. —— ai. but here is one example of its benefits. a pilot project in devon is using al to predict water pollution, including sewage spills. a network of sensors placed in water provides information that, when combined with data about previous spills, should result in early warnings. our environment correspondent jonah fisher went to north devon to find out more. it looks nice from a distance, but for years the water at the beach at combe martin has been problematic. if people are bathing in bad water quality, then obviously you're going to pick up bacteria. stomach problems, eye infections, all those sort of things. twice in the last five years contamination from sewage, dog faeces and agriculture meant the environment agency advising people not to swim. there is very much a community fear about what would happen if the bathing water quality was actually rescinded, you know.

and it's about the tourism industry, but also they care about the natural environment as well. combe martin's problems have attracted an innovative project, using cutting—edge technology to try to clean things up. the river umber is seen as the main route for pollution to get to the beach. this water sensor is one of a network of sensors that have been deployed in the catchment area. they include soil sensors and rain gauges, as well. the idea is that all that information is brought together to try to more accurately predict when and where pollution events and sewage spills are likely to take place. the floating sensors are solar powered and connected both to a mobile and long—range wi—fi network. every hour, they send in data on six key indicators. a snapshot of the health of the water.

what would you expect to see here, then, if, for example, sewage was being discharged upstream? yeah, so we would see spikes in things like ammonia and ph, and we can also then cross—reference that with temperature and dissolved oxygen levels. so you would have a pretty clear indication almost immediately that something was going wrong? yeah, exactly that. the ai model has been trained to recognise the signs that a spill might be about to take place. it crunches all the real—time data, including satellite images, and can, if necessary, raise the alarm. the idea is to very much scale and roll this out to different parts of the uk. we have already begun some of those conversations with different county councils that are interested. it is a lot easier to prevent it than actually try to sort of deal with it once the incident has occurred. all this tech isn't cheap. a water sensor alone costs about £2,000.

but with billions set to be spent on upgrading the sewage network, this approach could have a role to play, warning us about pollution before it hits our rivers and beaches. jonah fisher, bbc news, in north devon. a fascinating fix to that problem. let's talk a bit more about that, and the other practical ways ai might be able to help tackle climate change and environmental issues. professor david rolnick is co founder and chair of climate change ai, a global non profit focused on catalysing impactful work at the intersection of machine learning and climate change. thank you very much forjoining us. let's look at this initiative that we saw in joe let's look at this initiative that we saw injoe fisher's report. how effective could that be? couldn't really change the game?- effective could that be? couldn't really change the game? thank you for havin: really change the game? thank you for having me- _ really change the game? thank you for having me. i— really change the game? thank you for having me. i think _ really change the game? thank you for having me. i think this - really change the game? thank you for having me. i think this project i for having me. i think this project highlights the utility of aia

algorithm and processing sensor data it seems very useful in this particular application —— ai. i do want to highlight that these are ai algorithms but they are just computers doing computer things. they sound smart when you say ai but generally it isn't something very smart, it's a prosaic tool rather than a futuristic one. is doing something very useful and can help accelerate existing strategies for fighting environmental acclimate challenges with you say computers just doing computer things. if you look at, just doing computer things. if you look at. really _ just doing computer things. if you look at, really we _ just doing computer things. if you look at, really we can _ just doing computer things. if you look at, really we can only - just doing computer things. if you look at, really we can only call - just doing computer things. if you look at, really we can only call in | look at, really we can only call in some cases hysteria around ai and what artificial intelligence could lead to for the other any ways in which you're concerned that the use of ai could be bad the environment? i'm definitely very concerned about ways in which ai can be bad for the environment. as with ways i'm optimistic with al, those concerns have to do with the way that al is being used right now and the way

that can distract from other things. for example, i'm worried about the way that al is being used extensively to accelerate oil and gas exploration and extraction. it's estimated to have trillions of dollars on the gas industry for the also the way the tech industry relies on a i online advertising, which is designed to get people to buy more and consume more resources. these are way that al has an outsize impact on facilitating non—sustainable activities. i'm also concerned that new technology can sound flashy and distract us from more low—tech for tackling his sustainability and climate crises. or if we wait for a tech to save us. ai is a useful tool when used appropriately but not going to magically save us, unfortunately. so who will? what you're saying, ai is a double—edged sword, it can be used for good or evil. what makes a difference?— difference? people make the difference — difference? people make the difference with _ difference? people make the difference with the _ difference? people make the.

difference with the technology difference? people make the - difference with the technology isn't something inevitable that happens without us getting to decide. for example, self driving cars. some charming personal vehicles are probably going to make climate change wars because they will lower the barrier to driving, people drive more. if we choose technology that are geared put towards public transportation or maybe freight transportation or maybe freight transport of the back and lower emissions and make climate change a bit better. do emissions and make climate change a bit better. , ., ~ , bit better. do you think there is enou:h bit better. do you think there is enough motivation, _ bit better. do you think there is enough motivation, especially i enough motivation, especially commercially for al to be used for good? commercially for al to be used for aood? , �* , commercially for al to be used for iood? , �* , . ., , , good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different _ good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different ways _ good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different ways in _ good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different ways in which - good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different ways in which ai - good? yes, we're seeing increasingly many different ways in which ai is - many different ways in which ai is being used, in my case i focus on fighting climate change. we're seeing the un using ai fighting climate change. we're seeing the un using al to pinpoint where flooding is happening to target intervention. the uk's national grid using ai target intervention. the uk's national grid using al to help understand the demand and supply for electricity. really optimising the electrical grid. we're seeing companies make more efficient factories and.... companies make more efficient factories and. . . ._ companies make more efficient factories and. . .. great examples. i'm factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid — factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid we _

factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid we have _ factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid we have to _ factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid we have to leave - factories and. . .. great examples. i'm afraid we have to leave it - i'm afraid we have to leave it there. thank you for your time. you are watching the context on bbc news. don't go away. much more to come. hello. the weekend is here, and there are some changes afoot on the weather front. those changes started to take place across the west during today, more cloud in the sky there. across parts of cornwall, we've seen some showers. and that's because we are closest in the west to this area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud here. and as this draws closer, the showers will become more widespread. so through tonight, southwest england, wales, parts of northwest england, south—west scotland and especially northern ireland will see some heavy, thundery downpours. the downpours across northern ireland could welljoin together into longer spells of rain. quite humid in the west — 15 for liverpool and cardiff. cooler and, in fact, rather chilly for some eastern parts of england and eastern and northern parts of scotland. tomorrow, showers and thunderstorms, particularly in the west. one or two may get a little bit

further east, and certainly there will be more cloud in the mix, and some low cloud and some very murky conditions developing across the northern isles, maybe getting into some northeastern coasts of scotland. pollen levels tomorrow, high or very high for the majority, so continued issues for hay fever sufferers. and temperatures 20—25 celsius, so down just a touch on where they have been of late. now, we could see a shower at edgbaston through tomorrow. on the whole, it will be dry, but the increasing chance of some heavy downpours into sunday and monday for the ashes cricket. now, through saturday night, we'll see quite a lot of low cloud rolling onto eastern coasts of england and scotland and further showers in the west. and as we get into sunday, this area of low pressure wobbles a little closer to our shores. also, this frontal system pushing up from the south. so this is a combination that will bring more in the way of downpours and thunderstorms. don't take the position on the graphics too literally. they will be showers, they will be hit—and—miss.

there'll be places in between that stay dry. but particularly across england and wales, we could see intense thundery downpours, with the risk of localised flooding. temperatures certainly lower than they have been. 19—23 celsius covers it for most places. during sunday night, it could well be that the showers and storms join together into a more coherent area of heavy, thundery rain, which will then push its way northwards. low pressure still close by for the start of the new week, so there'll be further heavy showers around. an unsettled start to the week, perhaps turning drier in the south later on. temperatures remaining above the average for the time of year.