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the vast majority of american film and television productions, including the avatar and gladiator sequels. it wants assurances about the use of artificial intelligence. 0ur correspondent is out on the picket lines in new york. tell us what you have been here hearing and seeing there. what you have been here hearing and seeing there-— seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of — seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar _ seeing there. yeah, we have seen a number of familiar faces _ seeing there. yeah, we have seen a| number of familiar faces here on the picket line, including stars like susan sarandon and olivia wilde. and many, including the writers guild, other unions havejoined many, including the writers guild, other unions have joined to show their solidarity. other unions have joined to show theirsolidarity. every other unions have joined to show their solidarity. every time a few cars pass by it we hear occasionally some honks in support. so some real momentum on the first day of picketing. this is the netflix offices in new york but there are three other locations throughout the

city. and look, actors say that they didn't want to strike. the ones we have spoken to say they feel they had to go because of this inflection point in the industry with so much upheaval and change. now that they are relying on streaming instead of network television and dvds, they say there is just not enough transparency in the success rates of certain shows, on the duration of royalties. they want a better piece of the pie essentially, a share in the prophets, as you mentioned earlier. and of course ai, even a—list celebrities like susan sarandon saying she is extremely concerned about the future of perhaps artificial intelligence generating notjust voices but images and replacing real people on screen or their likeness being replicated. so a lot here happening and i think what we are seeing in

this dispute can really transfer to other industries across the united states and many will be looking to see how this is resolved. yes. states and many will be looking to see how this is resolved. yes, that is the question _ see how this is resolved. yes, that is the question isn't _ see how this is resolved. yes, that is the question isn't it? _ see how this is resolved. yes, that is the question isn't it? and - see how this is resolved. yes, that is the question isn't it? and are i is the question isn't it? and are there are questions that this could go on for a long time because the two sides seem very part the remap far apart? two sides seem very part the remap far a art? ., two sides seem very part the remap far aart? . ., �*, two sides seem very part the remap far aart? ., ., 3 ~ far apart? yeah, that's right. we heard how _ far apart? yeah, that's right. we heard how in _ far apart? yeah, that's right. we heard how in the _ far apart? yeah, that's right. we heard how in the negotiating - far apart? yeah, that's right. we i heard how in the negotiating room there was a lot of disrespect. so certainly there has been a lot of heated rhetoric, even in hollywood saying how it was disgusting to see how the studios had been responding, talking a lot about corporate greed. so a lot of heated comments have been thrown out there. look, this is the first industrywide shutdown for 60 years but the actors did go on strike back in the 805, that took several months. we already hearing talk that this could last until lea5t 0ctober talk that this could last until lea5t october and so things like the

emmy awards that normally take place in september, there is talk of having to delay that. but nobody again, as i said here, is happy about this because it is going to affect an industry that employs so many co5tume de5ign, affect an industry that employs so many co5tume design, set design, so notjust writers and actors. many citie5 now including lo5 notjust writers and actors. many citie5 now including los angeles and new york racing for the impact economically.— new york racing for the impact economically. thank you for that u date economically. thank you for that update from _ economically. thank you for that update from the _ economically. thank you for that update from the picket - economically. thank you for that update from the picket lines - economically. thank you for that update from the picket lines in l economically. thank you for that i update from the picket lines in new york. i am join now by the actor from the chosen also up board member from the chosen also up board member from the screen actors guild. we are seeing those passionate scenes on the streets of new york and similar 5cene5 the streets of new york and similar scenes in los angeles. tell us what this is fundamentally about for actors like yourself, for writers. what do they want to see happen? yeah, thank you so much. this is fundamentally about the business model has completely changed. 0ur contract is based on a very different way for the public to

consume film and television. now for it to be moved online and to use these streaming platforms to distribute our work, the residuals formulas, the way that we are paid, none of it is sustainable since we had to discount our services are essentially in previous negotiations ju5t essentially in previous negotiations just to getjurisdiction to be covered and to be paid for the way they exhibit our work on these platforms. and now with racing to compete with each other of who can create the most content and then to now be dumping that content because they don't want to pay the residuals on those programmes and actually de platforming them off their platforms. it feels they are turning our work into a kind of fast fashion of entertainment and it is abusing our membership. we are not meaningfully participating in the economic value that we bring to these companies and they are paying their ce05 hundreds of millions of dollars and it is just not fair and

the attitude that we encountered in the attitude that we encountered in the negotiating room made it pretty clear that they want to impoverish u5, clear that they want to impoverish us, they want to impoverish the writers guild, so that we will be so desperate we will take any deal and continue to maximise their profits. help us to understand the impact of streaming because one would imagine that with much more content than ever that should be much more work for writers and actors. why then are writers and actors not getting an increased amount of pay from the increased amount of pay from the increased amount of content? yeah, ou will be increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked _ increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to _ increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to know - increased amount of content? yeah, you will be shocked to know how- increased amount of content? ie—u you will be shocked to know how much we paid for these streaming shows. the pay scales that we get the broadcast television and cable are much greater than these streaming platforms pay. so we're not getting the same paycheque for the same amount of work, 5imply the same paycheque for the same amount of work, simply because people are consuming on line ver5u5 traditional television. in the way that we get residuals i5 traditional television. in the way that we get residuals is different because on broadcast tv we would get paid every time our show reruns or when it is put into syndication. but online we are not given viewership

data, we don't know how successful our work is. they are not paying u5 our work is. they are not paying us the residuals over many years that would compensate u5 fairly by d platforming our work, basically taking our artwork and disappearing it so that nobody can see and has access to it. it's like taking our creative legacy of a generation and throwing it down the memory hole. so our residualformulas throwing it down the memory hole. so our residual formulas are not keeping up, our pay scales are not keeping up, our pay scales are not keeping up, our pay scales are not keeping up, even if there is more work technically in shows that are there but we started 25, 30 episodes a series now it is very typical for a series now it is very typical for a show to have eight or ten episodes for an entire season and also the shows don't go on for multiple seasons, they are cancelled after one season or two seasons see don't even get a chance to really earn enough money to hold you over through the lean times. every actor knows you have your times when you are making money when you are on a job but you also on the ernie and

dima earnings and the residuals to get through the lean times and we don't have any more. so get through the lean times and we don't have any more.— don't have any more. so “ust for clarity the i don't have any more. so “ust for clarity the residuals _ don't have any more. so just for clarity the residuals mean - don't have any more. so just for| clarity the residuals mean height royalties for work you have already done. to look at the studios, they say the reasons i make these economic decisions is because of the difficult economic climate. 0bviou5ly that is not necessarily an argument that is going down well considering the average pay for a top hollywood executive was $28 million in 2021. but also, are you concerned about the length of time this strike could go on? because there has been a suggestion that some members on the studio side are hoping this goes on long enough that it starts to really bite into people's bills and paycheques and they have no choice but to go back to work. ., ., they have no choice but to go back to work. . ., , , , to work. yeah, that is being very kind. we have _ to work. yeah, that is being very kind. we have reports— to work. yeah, that is being very kind. we have reports of- to work. yeah, that is being very| kind. we have reports of multiple studio executives say that they want us to be impoverished, they want us to lose our apartments and homes and

that it's a quote on quote cruel but necessary evil. the demand for short—term profits for executive bonuses for example, disney they get a clause that gets 500%... so anything they can do to boost short—term profits for their own benefit is what they are doing and it is exploiting us. our actual earnings are adjusted for inflation to limit inflation have gone down but they raise the prices of these platforms by 20 or 30%. we are not sharing in any of that additional revenue on a subscription —ba5ed model. so they went on a reckless spending three when wall st was demanding growth so they were just ordering shows left and right and spending tonnes of money on celebrity development deals. and now that wall street is demanding profitability they're claiming poverty and it is just not genuine.

we are not actually even dealing with film—makers and artists any dealing with wall street. so it is the shareholders and the ce05 that we have to hold accountable for the ethical feelings of this process. thank you so much for sharing your perspective with us. shum sharma is an actor from the chosen. we will bring you more on those strikes in hollywood. writers and actors are getting widespread support from across the industry, including those who are itching to make more films. you may know christopher nolan, he writes screenplays for many of his movies and he's told the bbc that it won't write another film until the actors and writers strike i5 resolved. the acclaimed director was speaking ahead of the premiere of his latest film, oppenheimer. 0ur his latest film, oppenheimer. our culture editor went to meet him. the test in 1945 was codenamed

trinity, an atomic bomb crater by scientists working for the us government, and used controversially to end world war ii. the world will remember this day. now one of the world's most renowned film directors, christopher nolan, is telling the story of] robert oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist behind the bomb and that test. they are saying there is a chance when they push that button we destroy the world. the chances are near zero. i became really interested in exploring that man and taking that moment where they made that incredible decision. how could you take that on? you know there is a possibility, when you push that button, you might destroy the world, and yet they pushed it. making the bomb was a triumph of human ingenuity and science but also

heralded the potential end of civilisation. here is oppenheimer quoting from hindu scripture in 1965. now i am become death, the destroyer of worlds. i suppose we all thought that one way or another. he never apologised for hiroshima and nagasaki or expressed shame to all of his actions after 1945 are the actions of somebody with guilt. the start of the film appeared at the premiere last night but, as the news came that actors would be joining writers on the picket line, left before the film started the nolan is ready on strike. so you will not be writing another film while this track is on for the ., , , ., , ., this is not about me, this is aboutjobbing actors and staff writers on tv shows trying to raise a family,

trying to keep food on the table. these companies have not yet accommodated how they are going to, in this new world of streaming, pay appropriately. any delay for nolan is a loss to cinema. for the director behind critically acclaimed blockbusters like inception, and epics including the second world war drama dunkirk. oppenheimer is his latest movie to take on big themes and, with the film focused on the nuclear arms race, what does he think of the other existential threat to humankind, ai? when you talk to leaders in the field of ai, they see this moment right now as their oppenheimer mode. they're looking to history to say, ok, what are our responsibilities? how can we deal with the potential of unintended consequences? we detonate an atomic device we might start a chain reaction that destroys the world.

there are ethical lessons for the future in this timely film about a scientific genius whose actions irrevocably changed life on earth. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. lets take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines today. the covid public inquiry could now finally gain access to boris johnson's whatsapp messages following a delay. technicians were reluctant to turn on the old phone because the former prime minister couldn't remember his password. getting it wrong multiple times could lead to the data being wiped but it is now found a record of his pin code which paves the way for it to be accessed. london could see tens of thousands of measles cases due to low levels of vaccination. calculations from the uk health security agency suggest an outbreak could affect between 40000 and

160,000 people. high levels of immunisation in the rest of the uk means there is a low risk of a large epidemic elsewhere. and nearly 1000 workers are set to take eight days of strike action at gatwick airport. that is over the summer holidays in a row over pay. the workers at four firms will strike in dates injuly and august. you are alive with bbc news and this is the context. next, a report from mp5 here in the uk that can only be described as scathing. it says that some people are being forced to pull out their own teeth at home because they can't get access to an nhs dentist in england. the commons health and social care committee says the pain and distress of people who can't see and distress of people who can't see a dentist is totally unacceptable in the 215t—century. many dentists are refusing to accept new adult patients, so some people are having to travel hundreds of miles to get dental treatment. to travel hundreds of miles to get dentaltreatment. let's to travel hundreds of miles to get dental treatment. let's talk to eddie crouch, chair of the british

dental association who joins us now. thanks for making time to talk to us. a bbc investigation found that nine in ten nhs dental practices across the uk weren't accepting new aduu across the uk weren't accepting new adult patients. how did it get to this point? adult patients. how did it get to this oint? ~ adult patients. how did it get to this point?— this point? well, i think my colleagues _ this point? well, i think my colleagues have _ this point? well, i think my colleagues have lost - this point? well, i think my colleagues have lost faith l this point? well, i think my| colleagues have lost faith in this point? well, i think my - colleagues have lost faith in any significant reform of a contract that we have despised really since 2006. i gave evidence to the health committee 15 years ago that came to the conclusion that the contract was not fit for purpose. and whilst this report is really, really welcome, what won't be welcome is if the suggestions made in this report are not acted upon urgently, as recommended in the report. what we see is complacency from ministers, from nhs england, and sadly from that time when that survey was carried out i think the situation has got worse because more of my colleagues are leaving the nhs on a

weekly basis. find colleagues are leaving the nhs on a weekly basis-— weekly basis. and the impact on atients weekly basis. and the impact on patients is _ weekly basis. and the impact on patients is pretty _ weekly basis. and the impact on patients is pretty serious. - weekly basis. and the impact on patients is pretty serious. i - weekly basis. and the impact on i patients is pretty serious. i mean, we seen reports of people trying to fix their dental issues themselves. one woman pulled out 13 of her teeth ljy one woman pulled out 13 of her teeth by herself. have you been coming across cases like this? and what are the dangers of this diy dentistry? well, sadly she is not an isolated case. i have met many, many people and in fact i have done plenty of interviews today where there has been people in who have said they have done similar things and that is completely shocking to me. and it will be shocking to my colleagues. but the complications are many fold. the damage that can be done by someone putting a pair of pliers in their mouth in their kitchen and taking a tooth out is just unbelievable. they could break the tooth, they could damage the gun, they could create serious infection. —— they could damage the gum. you

wouldn't expect any other area of the health service to have a lack of emergency care that made people have to do their own work. it is just shocking. to do their own work. it is “ust shocking.�* to do their own work. it is “ust shockina. ., , ., , . , ., shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist — shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist for _ shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist for 39 _ shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist for 39 years. _ shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist for 39 years. how- shocking. you yourself have been an nhs dentist for 39 years. how do . shocking. you yourself have been an| nhs dentist for 39 years. how do you encourage more dentists to perform nhs work? is reforming the dental contract the answer or does it need to go beyond that?— to go beyond that? well, it is artl to go beyond that? well, it is partly the _ to go beyond that? well, it is partly the answer _ to go beyond that? well, it is partly the answer but - to go beyond that? well, it is partly the answer but it - to go beyond that? well, it is partly the answer but it is - to go beyond that? well, it is partly the answer but it is a i partly the answer but it is a question also of funding. and you are right, i have been nearly 40 years and nearly all of that time i have worked on the national health service. but there are very few people like me behind me in my career now. many of my young colleagues don't see their future in the nhs and that is really sad. what we need is an honest conversation and i hope this leads to an honest conversation because during my time as chair of the bda in the last few years i have had five ministers responsible for dentistry and that

in itself is not conducive to significant reform. what we need is urgency and if we get urgency, and if we don't get any more money all of those ministers say sadly there is no more money to spend on dentistry then we have to have an honest conversation about what the government and what the ministers, what the nhs want to buy from my colleagues to provide either a basic service for a small number of the population or an emergency and urgent care service only. let's have that on conversation if there is no more money. but we have only ever commissioned enough dentistry for half the population. and some of those things are coming home to roost now. those things are coming home to roost now-— those things are coming home to roost now. ., . ., , roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really aood to roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really good to get — roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really good to get your — roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really good to get your insights. _ roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really good to get your insights. eddie - roost now. 0k, eddie crouch, really good to get your insights. eddie is l good to get your insights. eddie is chair of the british dental association. thank you for your time today. now, experts at the world health organization have classified the artificial sweetener first as a

possible cause of cancer. it is used in low—calorie and sugar—free food. the world health organization say the current daily limits on its consumption don't need to be changed. let's try to make sense of this. i'mjoined now changed. let's try to make sense of this. i'm joined now by assistant professor of microbiology and immunology atjohns hopkins bloomberg dream at bloomberg school of public health. thank you for joining us. help us understand what we are hearing here because on one hand we have been told as part possibly causes cancer but only will hand it is possibly safe to consume? —— aspartame. hand it is possibly safe to consume? -- aspartame-— -- aspartame. yes, that is correct. the are saying _ -- aspartame. yes, that is correct. the are saying there _ -- aspartame. yes, that is correct. the are saying there is _ -- aspartame. yes, that is correct. the are saying there is limited - the are saying there is limited evidence both in humans and animal models where it might cause cancer, it is a potential carcinogen. there

is a different body and they are evaluating the risk, how much aspartame we need to consume to reach that potential impact on carcinogenesis. they're saying yes there is evidence but the evidence does not say that the dose should be lower than what it currently is. so it might be a carcinogen but not within the doses that we currently consume. shill within the doses that we currently consume. �* , ., _, ., consume. all right, but how common is aspartame — consume. all right, but how common is aspartame in _ consume. all right, but how common is aspartame in the _ consume. all right, but how common is aspartame in the foods _ consume. all right, but how common is aspartame in the foods that - consume. all right, but how common is aspartame in the foods that we - is aspartame in the foods that we consume every day? is there any way of really knowing how much aspartame i'm getting in a day? yes. i'm getting in a day? yes, we estimate _ i'm getting in a day? yes, we estimate that _ i'm getting in a day? yes, we estimate that about - i'm getting in a day? yes, we estimate that about 90% - i'm getting in a day? yes, we estimate that about 90% is l i'm getting in a day? yes, we i estimate that about 90% is diet sodas and if we are thinking primarily of that as the source, an aduu primarily of that as the source, an adult way and about 70 kilograms, you need to drink between nine to 14 cans of diet soda a day to reach that dose. so maybe not entirely impossible but also not very

plausible. what has been going a bit under the radar i think is that the children, especially young children, that dose represents two to four cans a day and that is where we should be more cautious. that is really important _ should be more cautious. that is really important point, _ should be more cautious. that is really important point, how- really important point, how different it is for children. but aside from the possibility of carcinogens, are other risks associated with consuming aspartame? that is a really good question. first of all we are ascertaining, trying to prevent obesity by using these alternatives to sugar. there was a conditional recommendation saying that that may not be the best strategy, replacing sugars with sweeteners may not be the best way of preventing weight gain and diabetes. so we should consider that maybe artificial sweeteners can

promote metabolic arrangements rather than the opposite. find promote metabolic arrangements rather than the opposite.- rather than the opposite. and we know that scientists _ rather than the opposite. and we know that scientists have - rather than the opposite. and we know that scientists have been . know that scientists have been asking for decades whether artificial sweeteners are good or bad for us. but if we boil it down to really simple question, what is better for to really simple question, what is betterfor me to to really simple question, what is better for me to drink, to really simple question, what is betterfor me to drink, a coke or as i call it a full fat coke? better for me to drink, a coke or as i call it a full fat coke?— i call it a full fat coke? well, obviously — i call it a full fat coke? well, obviously the _ i call it a full fat coke? well, obviously the responsible . i call it a full fat coke? well, - obviously the responsible answer is you should probably drink water! i knew would say that! but if you had to tell me, what be better for me? we do know that white sugar and sugarin we do know that white sugar and sugar in beverages are linked to myriad health concerns, including carcinogenesis or at the very least as a because of certain types of cancer. so definitely the solution

is not to switch back from diet soda to your regular sugar sweetened soda. that may not be a good strategy. i think what we agree upon both scientists and people in nutrition is we should find a way to reduce sweetness across the board, i will not name names of products but there are products that are sparkling beverages that they might be a feasible alternative towards her. i be a feasible alternative towards her. ~' ., , be a feasible alternative towards her. ~ ., , ., her. i know i put you on the spot there but — her. i know i put you on the spot there but thanks _ her. i know i put you on the spot there but thanks for _ her. i know i put you on the spot there but thanks for now. - her. i know i put you on the spot| there but thanks for now. briefly, if i have still got you i wanted to ask is there anything else about aspartame that you think should be studied? , ., , , ., ., , studied? obviously what we have seen is that the impact _ studied? obviously what we have seen is that the impact of _ studied? obviously what we have seen is that the impact of artificial - is that the impact of artificial sweeteners maybe personalised so some people maybe negatively

impacted by them and others would not. the who has also highlighted in their summary that they published today. and we think that part of the reason for that is the micro biome. so naturally occurring bacteria having different responses to other sweeteners. we having different responses to other sweeteners-— sweeteners. we will leave it there. thank ou sweeteners. we will leave it there. thank you very _ sweeteners. we will leave it there. thank you very much. _ sweeteners. we will leave it there. thank you very much. you - sweeteners. we will leave it there. thank you very much. you are - thank you very much. you are watching the context on bbc news. hello there. plants in the garden are starting to look very healthy these days. unfortunately, we can't go out and enjoy it because there's been quite a lot of rain around, hasn't there? so it's like this throughout friday afternoon with some significant puddles on the roads. now, this area of low pressure is not only with us for the rest of the day, but also into the majority of saturday as well. it's been pushing heavy rain further north and east. it's also brought some blustery winds with it as well. this has been the story so far

today, that rain is now starting to move towards the scottish borders and it will continue to do so through the early evening. in fact, once it gets into scotland it may well linger in the far north, and that could have an impact locally with the potential for some flooding. quite a lot of cloud around elsewhere. temperatures will hold up, widely, into mid—teens first thing on saturday morning. so we're going to start off on a grey note for many on saturday. that low pressure still there and still squeezed, quite tightly packed, together. the isobars, strong winds, unseasonably windy for this time of year. the strongest of the winds on saturday likely to be across central and southern wales, along with central and southern england, 50—55 mph gusts of winds not out of the question. that is unusual for this time of year. and on top of that, spiralling around the low will be significant rash of showers, some of them heavy rumbles of thunder mixed in there. now, in between the showers, now, in between the showers, there will be some drier, brighter, there will be some drier, brighter, maybe even sunny interludes.

but the temperatures subdued for this time of year, 14—22 as the overall high. now, as we move into sunday, it's likely that the low will drift away, but we still run the risk of more significant showers or longer spells of rain in the north west of scotland. sunny spells and scattered showers elsewhere, and as we go through the day for the rest of the country, hopefully the showers should start to ease. again, highsjust peaking into the low 205. a little bit disappointing for this time of year. so it stays disappointing across the uk. but if you've already heard at the same time across much of the mediterranean, we've got heatwave conditions at the moment, with the hottest weather likely across the southeast mediterranean. if you are heading on your holidays into next week, that heat is going to continue through spain, through italy and also through greece.

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