you're watching bbc news, the headlines. moscow announces restrictions on the movement of british diplomats in russia and they said his response to the hostile actions of the uk government. uruguay is in the midst of a record trout which is fixing to leave its capital without clean drinking water. and new studies is cutting down on me to can help save the planet. thank you for staying with us and our top story of the sunflower. the possible of the biggest banks is apologised to the former uk independence party member nigel farage after a row over while his bank was closed. the chief executive says comments made about him were

deeply inappropriate. micro once is accounted closed because his political views didn't align with the banks values. the government announced that banks will not face tougher rules for closing customers accounts in a move to protect freedom of expression. the russian foreign ministry is to impose restrictions on british diplomats in a statement where they said they will be required to give russian authorities notice of any plans to travel beyond 75 miles. that is about 120 km. i russian editor has the latest. in a statement, they said that from now on, british diplomats to be required to give at least five days working days notice in the chips are going to take in russia, beyond a free movements on of under 20 km or 75 miles, with the

exception of the british ambassador and three other senior diplomats here, they will have to notify their authorities and where they're going to come with the route is going to be, which transport they're going to use, orwho be, which transport they're going to use, or who they're going to speak to and where they're going to be staying in this concerns of those working at the embassy of moscow and ut diplomats in the consulate the russians say all of this is in response to the london's hostile actions. earlier, the british interim was aware of this decision at the ministry and russia says they were summoned there. britain says this is not the case in the development officers in london said this was a planned meeting held at britain's request but what does all of this tell us respect the tension continues to grow between britain and russia in the uk russian relationship has gone from bad to worse ever since russia's full—scale

invasion of ukraine in february last year and because of britton possible �*s continuing form support for ukraine, the military assistance. earlier, i had this insight from tony, the british ambassador to russia between 2004 and 2008. mel tony, the british ambassador to russia between 2004 and 2008. hat a russia between 2004 and 2008. not a hu . e russia between 2004 and 2008. not a hue deal russia between 2004 and 2008. not a huge deal but — russia between 2004 and 2008. not a huge deal but interns _ russia between 2004 and 2008. not a huge deal but interns of— russia between 2004 and 2008. iirrit —. huge deal but interns of sending russia between 2004 and 2008. iirrt —. huge deal but interns of sending a signal, it is very clear, the russians do not like the fact that this is been one of those hard hardline of western nations and context of the war and the actions taken in the war and in particular, but recently, there was a ukrainian attack on the bridge and russians said an effect that britain was involved in that might be a reason for the decision in the part of the background is yesterday, that had of our intelligence agency has said

that mi six are open for business and those who want to turn up and become spies for the uk. russians already regard all british and foreign diplomats and spies and to be faced with this clear prospect that diplomats would be running down the country with more spies something they may have reacted to. residents that this is a retaliation for the hostile actions of the uk in this war between russia and ukraine is going on for a while in the uk is been supporting ukraine for a while and why now? why would they want to mmp and why now? why would they want to ramp up the rhetoric of this point? i get the impression that they're looking for ways to needle the west in particular, the firmest members of the west which certainly includes us and grateful for anything they can find. the cancellation of the exports arrangements and the black sea and one at the things russia's

string at the moment is i think that a bit more confident on the battlefield they�* re a bit more confident on the battlefield they're looking for ways of demonstrating to us that they are not going to cave and stand firmly with the views they've held. haw not going to cave and stand firmly with the views they've held. how to describe the _ with the views they've held. how to describe the current _ with the views they've held. how to describe the current diplomatic - describe the current diplomatic relationship between the uk and russia considering everything that is happened and what sort of tight ropes diplomats have to walk there? very frosty. and to make an appeal to thinking about european ballrooms and sitting cocktails in the hostile environment and what they do is they follow you around, they break into your flat, follow you around, they break into yourflat, the follow you around, they break into your flat, the damage follow you around, they break into yourflat, the damage her car and all things of that sort and having to live with it, they do an

importantjob, they keep us informed and a major menace to security in europe at the moment. h0??? and a major menace to security in europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to _ europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to do _ europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to do that _ europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to do that job _ europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to do that job as - europe at the moment. how difficult would it be to do that job as you - would it be to do thatjob as you say, they are heavily surveilled and most likely curtailed in trying to do theirjob. it most likely curtailed in trying to do theirjob-_ do theirjob. it is difficult, no ministerial _ do theirjob. it is difficult, no ministerial contact _ do theirjob. it is difficult, no ministerial contact and - do theirjob. it is difficult, no - ministerial contact and high-level ministerial contact and high—level contact of any sort which means that, if you're ambassador or and remember, you're one bit of the british machine is directly in contact with russia and my new business to be done and there is that to do but also, nothing is as valuable for london is as valuable for london as it formulates its policies is getting inspection on the ground and how popular is vladimir putin, what is the reaction there? the sorts of things, really crucially important questions and getting the from the grand impression of what the answers are.

but this bring you some breaking news now and this is coming in from the pentagon in the us and they say that the us army private trevis is currently considered absent without leave after crossing into north korea. this is about trevis king, private trevis king who moved into north korea after taking a tour and that the demilitarised zone on tuesday and north korea has not been responding to attempts to negotiate his release. that is the breaking news line from the pentagon that the us army considers trevis king to be absent without leave after making the crossing. will bring you more if it comes in. turning to another diplomatic dispute, the iraqi government has ordered the swedish ambassador in baghdad to leave as a row of the recent burning of the

koran and stockholm intensifies. iraq is also withdrawing its charger affairs from sweden. protesters in baghdad stormed the swedish and to see inside a section of it on fire in the united states is strongly condemned the attack. a former iraqi government adviser explained the significance of these actions. to ut significance of these actions. trr put in context, this is a holy month and the feelings are highly charged and the feelings are highly charged and there is a political context to why an incident like this will not remain as outrageous as it might be and limit as a religious incident where people are angry about burning the holy koran which is the highest religious symbol for muslims in the context in iraq is that there is a major player who pull it out of the

political process a year ago and he won the largest seats, his group represented the largest block of parliament at the largest number of seats and he pulled out of the protests and out of the protests and process because iraq is moving towards an election season soon, as a rambling amongst his followers in an incident like that will not stop simply cutting relationships with sweden, it will continue to boil over and that incident exposed there originality and i would be iraqi government is, unfortunately. d0 government is, unfortunately. do some local politics at play this is an incident that has international repercussions and what happens now to the relationship between iraq and sweden? the to the relationship between iraq and sweden? ., , ., , ., ~ sweden? the only option, i think left for both _

sweden? the only option, i think left for both parties _ sweden? the only option, i think left for both parties is _ sweden? the only option, i think left for both parties is really - sweden? the only option, i think left for both parties is really to l left for both parties is really to freeze the relationship and i hope it doesn't reach that area but it could be ending up with cutting relationships to calm the atmosphere. but it has exposed the inability of the iraqi government on one hand, it also is exposed the system so fragile in iraq and after the prime minister made recently to build relationships to its neighbour turkey, syria, iran, saudi arabia and broken relationships to try to reach out with the international community has, this is, the whole of the political groups have lined up behind the position of being anti—sweden and expressing their anger at sweden and allowing this to happen. it's a totally different

perspective from sweden but from iraq, i don't think there's going to be any gap that this is not going to stop and it's going to escalate, unfortunately.— stop and it's going to escalate, unfortunately. union leaders are concerned _ unfortunately. union leaders are concerned that _ unfortunately. union leaders are concerned that the _ unfortunately. union leaders are concerned that the uk _ unfortunately. union leaders are concerned that the uk is - unfortunately. union leaders are concerned that the uk is falling l concerned that the uk is falling behind in protecting workers from the effects of the ai revolution. there are two of the bbc that the eu and other countries are taking the lead on regulations they're deeply worried that uk employment laws not keeping pace however, business leaders are reviewing the potential of ai despair productivity and improve service. customer service as we know it. that have the option _ customer service as we know it. that have the option of _ customer service as we know it. twat have the option of generating or applying in a high stop at customer service of the future. hello, you're through to 0ctopus energy. this is georgie speaking. what can i do to help today? customer service as we know it.

and i have the option of generating a reply using ai, so... customer service of the future. artificial intelligence is reading, interpreting and answering customer queries. it's doing the work of 250 employees, and customers seem to like it. an e—mail written by our team members has a 65% satisfaction rating from customers. an e—mail written by ai has an 80% or 85% satisfaction rating. and so what the ai is doing is enabling our team to do a better job of serving customers at a time of great need. can we be realistic and honest about the fact that some jobs are going to go? with economic growth, we'll be creating newjobs all the time, and ai will be enhancing what people can do with those jobs. you know, if we don't have a dynamic economy or we have cost—cutting companies, there's a risk that huge swathes ofjobs will be replaced by ai. pharmaceutical bosses say ai could unlock a revolution in health care. innovating in biopharma is difficult. it takes sometimes a decade, billions, and it has a 90% failure rate. you know, one in three of us is going to be battling with dementia. there are still many cancers that don't have solutions. there is no doubt that artificial intelligence is going to help us unlock better solutions

to these challenges. business leaders are excited that artificial intelligence could mean more innovation, better customer service, more productivity and therefore more profit. they're less keen to talk about what it might do to staff numbers, to workers' rights, which could change faster than people can retrain or new rules of engagement can be written. ai is already influencing our lives, and unions say the uk is falling behind when it comes to protecting workers from al making life—changing decisions on hiring, firing and working conditions, and they want new safeguards. we do not have any ai—specific legislation. and, increasingly, that is meaning that we are international outliers. workers have to fall back on the existing employment law system, but they do not go anywhere near far enough to meet the really radical changes that al poses in the workplace and in our society as a whole. can i go with you? sure. even the creative arts feel their rights are under attack.

actors' voices are being sampled, recreated and used without paying people like laurence. if you want to use our material, you need to be upfront, you need to license it for a short—term, it can't be in perpetuity, and there has to be compensation. if my voice is stolen, if my image is stolen, my career is over. the government told the bbc that al would create new, highly paid jobs, and that it was working with businesses and regulators to ensure al was used safely and responsibly. simon jack, bbc news. speaking about al on behalf of the organisation that brings together trade unions across the uk and shared some of her concerns with us. the reason why this matters so much for workers is that al is being used to make extremely important decisions about workers. who gets

the job decisions about workers. who gets thejob and decisions about workers. who gets the job and how people do their work and the sorts of work they do in the range of pay they get and whether or not the employment is terminated and ai is being used to make you significant decisions in the workplace and has been for some time it isn't only happening for platform work in this economy but one might consider the most traditional professions of employment. i’m consider the most traditional professions of employment. i'm going to ask, is professions of employment. i'm going to ask. is the — professions of employment. i'm going to ask, is the uk _ professions of employment. i'm going to ask, is the uk lagging _ professions of employment. i'm going to ask, is the uk lagging pretty - to ask, is the uk lagging pretty far behind other parts the world and dealing with this? it behind other parts the world and dealing with this?— dealing with this? it is. at the moment. _ dealing with this? it is. at the moment. the _ dealing with this? it is. at the moment, the eu _ dealing with this? it is. at the moment, the eu is _ dealing with this? it is. at the moment, the eu is passing i dealing with this? it is. at the moment, the eu is passing a | moment, the eu is passing a significant piece of legislation called the ai act which deals significantly with a high across all aspects of society unfortunately, the government is not taking any action at the time that we don't have any plans for any employment

and ai specific legislation in this country that is something we feel strongly should be addressed and there is a great need for a law that updates our existing legislation. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bringing you different stories from across the uk. he means everything to me. �* , across the uk. he means everything to me.�* , ., ., across the uk. he means everything tome.�* , ., ., �*, ., to me. because of what he's done because of— to me. because of what he's done because of what _ to me. because of what he's done because of what he _ to me. because of what he's done because of what he does, - to me. because of what he's done because of what he does, i - to me. because of what he's done because of what he does, i could l because of what he does, i could really survive without him. genevieve's cat is never had any special training but somehow, he understands his owner is death. if my phone rings in the middle of the night or during the morning, he will tap me on my hand and if anyone is ringing the door bell, or not so the

door, he would jump into the window and try to have a look and he will come and let me know. when the mail comes through the letterbox, he actually takes the letters out of the litter and drops them on the bedroom floor. he is the night watchman, he is the security, guardian angel. live with bbc news. uruguay is currently experiencing its worst droughts of the century, the main reservoir that supplies the capital drinking water has been a very low level in salt water is not being mixed with public water supplies there's been some rainfall but nowhere near enough. natalie is a senior professor in geoscience at the technology institute of uruguay talks about the severity of the

situation there.— talks about the severity of the situation there. , ,., ., situation there. very bad. fluoride levels in the _ situation there. very bad. fluoride levels in the water _ situation there. very bad. fluoride levels in the water is _ situation there. very bad. fluoride levels in the water is still - situation there. very bad. fluoride levels in the water is still high - levels in the water is still high and there is not enough rain to increase the level of our water reservoirs in the situation is critical and surrounding areas and the people cannot afford mineral water to cook and make coffee or drink and the rest. 50 water to cook and make coffee or drink and the rest.— drink and the rest. so a dire situation. — drink and the rest. so a dire situation, can _ drink and the rest. so a dire situation, can you _ drink and the rest. so a dire situation, can you tell- drink and the rest. so a dire situation, can you tell us . drink and the rest. so a dire. situation, can you tell us how drink and the rest. so a dire . situation, can you tell us how it came about, the reservoirs appear to be running dry and now this saltwater is being mixed in with the water that gets into the public system. water that gets into the public s stem. ., , ' water that gets into the public sstem. ., system. you suffer the effects of la nina and this _ system. you suffer the effects of la nina and this year, _ system. you suffer the effects of la nina and this year, it _

system. you suffer the effects of la nina and this year, it dropped - system. you suffer the effects of la nina and this year, it dropped morej nina and this year, it dropped more severe in the main reservoir, the reservoir that feeds and the immensity of the country, it decreased into critical levels and so, if we having problems because of a mix of rain and speeding water and it was very high as a combination of transpiration and other parameters and altogether, they were impacting and altogether, they were impacting and generating a situation and dealing with that situation, it is running out of freshwater and the government starts mixing the water of the reservoir with the water from the river and that is why we are

having this. the river and that is why we are having this-— the river and that is why we are havin: this. . ., ., ., having this. what are the risks of that because _ having this. what are the risks of that because understandably, - having this. what are the risks of. that because understandably, there are a lot of health concerns that go along with this? the are a lot of health concerns that go along with this?— along with this? the ministry, several ministries _ along with this? the ministry, several ministries in _ along with this? the ministry, several ministries in uruguayl several ministries in uruguay putting pressure on the use of tap water and if you have high levels of salt in the water around the people, pregnant women, people with risks of pressure, several people who have suffered in that situation and the government has given some credit for the population to buy mineral water but it is not enough, of course. so, we're still waiting for the rain to

come in the place that we should have it. . , , , come in the place that we should have it. ., , , , ., ., have it. passengers in england are visitin: have it. passengers in england are visiting more _ have it. passengers in england are visiting more disruption _ have it. passengers in england are visiting more disruption today - have it. passengers in england are visiting more disruption today and | visiting more disruption today and on saturday as guards and station staff begin a fresh round of strikes, the long—running action of her pay, jobs and conditions is affecting 14 train companies and some services running in scotland and wales. national rail sells large areas of the railway network of little or no service stopped by police in berlin are searching for an animal that they believe is a lioness and in the southwest outskirts of the city. a police spokeswoman says that officers received calls it a video alerting them to the wild animal at about midnight on wednesday, they immediately began the search and at least 30 police cars were deployed and that's called to assist in the search and residents are being told

to stay indoors into the animal was found. the local mayor has been up to the reporters about the search. right after the first video, we assume that this was real, but i can unfortunately only tell you that we haven't found the lion we called an artificial veterinarian who has had traces of the police and at the moment, even at the location where the video was taken, there is no evidence of blood or other things, experiment or something from a wild animal. we activated our hunters and they are equipped with ammunition to intervene. the primary objective is to not kill the animal. correspondent with the german public broadcasting based in berlin i asked whether the story of politeness on the news had taken people thereby surprise.

the news had taken people thereby surrise. , , ., surprise. this is the time of the ci is surprise. this is the time of the city is quite _ surprise. this is the time of the city is quite quiet _ surprise. this is the time of the city is quite quiet and _ surprise. this is the time of the city is quite quiet and quite - surprise. this is the time of the | city is quite quiet and quite down because of summer vacation and people receiving alerts on their phones, especially those living in the areas that being visited by possibly the female lion and was clearly a shock for them to hear that possibly a lion was on the loose and people were asked to stay inside and keep the paths inside because it could also be dangerous for pets and schools and nursery schools ever made open and children are advised to stay inside and not go in and play in the outdoors and people were also worried that there was a week the market happening in the area and others are asked not to go to the market today and the authorities are still out there and searching for this lien and some have led to another neighbourhood in berlin in the south of the city and

police have recently said that there been no concrete evidence and yet to been no concrete evidence and yet to be any traces of the animals to be found. . , be any traces of the animals to be found. ., , _, . ., found. that is quite concerning for many people. _ found. that is quite concerning for many people. any _ found. that is quite concerning for many people, any word _ found. that is quite concerning for many people, any word from - found. that is quite concerning for many people, any word from the l many people, any word from the authorities about how long they may be asked to stay inside and of the hunt is going is yellow we know that the authorities are putting a lot of effort into the search and we have a veterinarian on staff and a lot of the police force engaged in this search but he remains unclear whether the alarm will be lifted and there have been no details provided at the moment and there have been no details provided at the momen— there have been no details provided at the moment and most puzzling is that no one — at the moment and most puzzling is that no one knows _ at the moment and most puzzling is that no one knows with _ at the moment and most puzzling is that no one knows with this - at the moment and most puzzling is that no one knows with this lien - that no one knows with this lien could've come from and have been no reports of missing liens from zoos, circuses, animal rescue centres in

the region and so, he remains quite open question witnesses animal going to be found where did it come from. that is a curious question and so, just in terms of the hunter now that is going to mckee describe where this orjust being carried out in a broad of an area?— this orjust being carried out in a broad of an area? quite a big area or ducky talking — broad of an area? quite a big area or ducky talking about _ broad of an area? quite a big area or ducky talking about a _ broad of an area? quite a big area| or ducky talking about a residential suburbin or ducky talking about a residential suburb in the south of berlin in the big leafy area and where the lioness was spotted and it makes it challenging for the search efforts because it is such an easy effort for an animal target because it is such an easy effort foran animaltarget in because it is such an easy effort for an animal target in these places and given the recent news that we are that there may be traces that leave this animal to another part of berlin, where considering the entire southern part of the city with millions of people living here. it

is quite a challenge for authorities to try and stay on track of this animal. , ., animal. here is the weather with sarah. hello. whilst much of southern europe is still feeling the effect of that intense ongoing heatwave, here in the uk, no sign of any heat in the forecast because things are staying rather cool and unsettled. the next few days bring a few scattered showers but through the weekend it's going to turn increasingly wet and windy for all of us at times. this is the expected rainfall accumulation we are going to see by the time we get to the end of monday, 50—70 millimetres for some areas, so it's going to turn quite soggy particularly through the weekend. back to the here and now and as we head through into the evening, just a few showers around that should mainly fade away, but this zone across parts of central and southern scotland and northern ireland will remain cloudier with a few splashes of rain. now, either side of that there's clearer skies so we are likely to see temperatures getting down into single figures in quite a few places. a fairly fresh start to your friday morning, but some sunshine from the word go

away from parts of northern england and northern ireland, where we start off with the cloud and a few light showers. through the day, as things warm up, sunny spells and scattered showers will tend to bubble up. they will be most frequent for eastern scotland, northern and eastern england as well. further south and west you're more likely to stay dry. a bit of patchy rain at times for northern ireland and temperatures not great, 14—21 degrees, a little below par for this stage injuly. of course, two big sporting fixtures in the north—west of england, the ashes and the golf as well. both of these events could see the chance of a passing shower but it's certainly not going to be a wash—out on friday. 0vernight into saturday, that's when the cloud thickens, the rain starts to move in from the atlantic, so a milder night for many of us. clearer skies holding on into saturday morning across the north of scotland. but the wind and rain is courtesy of this area of low pressure. it drifts in from the atlantic and spreads its way eastwards through the course of the day. so initially some rain for parts of northern ireland, perhaps wales, northern england too. gales developing down

towards the south—west. it will turn windy across all of england and wales in particular. that rain presses its way eastwards gradually through the course of the day. just north of scotland i think getting away with some drier, sunnier weather, but temperatures only 15—19. feeling cooler when you add on the wind and the rain as well. moving through the second half of the weekend into sunday. low pressure just drifts off towards the east but we still have the tail end of that frontal system, so more showers around for many of us at times on sunday, and it stays unsettled with some sunshine and a scattering of showers into monday too. bye— bye.

hello, i'm sarah campbell. you're watching the context on bbc news. british diplomats in russia will be required to give at least five working days' notice of any trips they plan to take outside what's being described as a 120 kilometre, or 75 mile, free movement zone. overnight the russian armed forces continued _ overnight the russian armed forces continued strikes with sea and air base _ continued strikes with sea and air base weapons