plus, the world cup continues in australia and new zealand, with some teams making history. we'll take you live to sydney. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. it's great to have you with us. a former us marine who was wrongfully detained in russia, then freed in a prisoner swap last year, has been injured while fighting in ukraine. the bbc�*s partner cbs news confirmed that trevor reed suffered a laceration to an extremity and is being treated at a military facility in germany. in april of 2022, mr reed was freed by russia in a prisoner swap. he was convicted in russia of endangering the lives of two police officers while visiting moscow in 2019. reed is scheduled to begin studying at georgetown university next month. earlier, the us state department sought to distance the government

from reed's actions. mr reed was not engaged in any activities on behalf of the us government and as i indicated we have been incredibly clear, warning american citizens and nationals not to travel to ukraine let alone participate in fighting there. meanwhile, the us announced a new aid package for ukraine totalling $400 million. the us department of defense said the aid including air defence missiles, armoured vehicles and small drones. this marks the 43rd security assistance package approved by the united states for ukraine. since russia's invasion in 2022, the us has provided more than $15 billion in military aid to ukraine. this news comes as lawmakers in russia raise the maximum conscription age for men from 27 to 30. the change is expected to be approved by president putin. last week, the maximum age at which reservists can be called up was raised as well,

meaning some men will now be considered available for military service until they are 55. a federaljudge vacated former army sergeant bowe bergdahl�*s conviction and dishonourable discharge on tuesday. bergdahl left his post in afghanistan and was captured by the taliban in 2009. he was held captive for nearly five years and was repeatedly tortured during that time. bergdahl was returned to the us in a prisoner swap for five taliban leaders in 2014. in 2017, bergdahl pled guilty to desertion and misbehaviour. he was dishonourably discharged and ordered to forfeit $10,000 in pay. bergdahl�*s conviction and sentence had been narrowly upheld by military appeals courts, before his lawyers took the case to us district court, resulting in tuesday's ruling. taiwan is bracing for what could be the strongest typhoon to hit the island in four years. the typhoon, named doksuri, is headed towards taiwan and the philippines. taiwan's weather bureau has

issued warnings for strong winds and heavy rains. it's forced taiwan to cancel parts of its annual military drills that began monday. the drills test taiwan's defences in case of an attack from china. this year's tests were set to simulate a response to an attack on its main airport and a china—led blockade. one such drill is ongoing despite the expected typhoon. bbc�*s rupert wingfield—hayes has been given exclusive access to one of these exercises. it is good to see you. tell us more about what these drills are stimulating and how extensive they are. yeah, you can see from _ extensive they are. yeah, you can see from where _ extensive they are. yeah, you can see from where i'm - extensive they are. yeah, you i can see from where i'm standing on this rooftop overlooking taiwan's international airport that the thai—phoon is doing a lot of interference with the military exercises, the winds are getting very strong. we have just seen in the last half—hour a mock attack the airport behind me here using attack helicopters and assault

helicopters landing troops here on the runway behind me, simulating an attack by china across the taiwan strait anna lanning here trying to seize the international airport. in the international airport. in the last few minutes you can see the troops moving around on the ground, taiwanese troops repelling that simulated attack. a gun battle happening on the ground here behind me. this is all a show, although practice, it is not real. but interesting thing about this as it is very much inspired by what happened in ukraine last year when the russian invasion happened and russian forces attempted to seize an airport out of he have any first few hours of that invasion and to use that to bring in more forces, that was repelled and the russian attack on kyiv ultimately failed —— kyiv. what the donors have learned from thatis the donors have learned from that is that if ever there is an attack on taiwan by china this is how it will happen. they will attempt to seize key infrastructure like the

international airport. that's why the close down the airport behind me here this morning, completely, for the first time ever to carry out this kind of practice to get troops to know how to repel an attack on something like this.- how to repel an attack on something like this. and what has china's — something like this. and what has china's response - something like this. and what has china's response been? i has china's response been? well, if you like, this is a response to what china has been doing. because if you remember, think back to this time last year, nancy pelosi, house speaker, was visiting taiwan and it caused a huge response from beijing, from china, and it held massive, the biggest ever military exercises around taiwan, both naval and air exercises that went on for many days, they fired ballistic missiles over the top of taiwan into the pacific ocean, it was a real attempt to intimidate taiwan and say "we will not accept you having closer relations with united states, we will accept you having more diplomatic close ties with other countries, because we do not consider you to be a country." if you like, since then,in country." if you like, since then, in the last 12 months

taiwan has been taking that much more seriously, taking the threat from china much more seriously and taking a zone defence more seriously. and i think this exercise this week, or the taiwanese government and as military are saying to the people of taiwan and, if you like, to the united states and other allies, "we are now very serious about our defence, we are going to spend more, we're to increase the length of literary service, we are going to do much more realistic practising to defend our island like this today." and they showing to us, the media, if you ever think we will not defend our island, we will. river, thank you very much for reporting. —— rupert. chinese state media are reporting that the country's foreign minister qin gang has been removed from his post after less than seven months on the job. he has not been seen in public for a month. a statement mentioning an apparent health problem has since been wiped from the record. an official statement named china's top diplomat, wang yi, as his replacement. 0ur china correspondent

stephen mcdonell sent this update from beijing. this is, of course, absolutely massive news in china and yet in typical fashion it came in such a muted way with just a few sentences read out on the evening television news bulletin that the foreign minister qin gang was to be removed from his post and replaced by the communist party's seniorforeign affairs official, wang yi, someone who has done thejob before. for the chinese people that is all they get and i suppose it is for them to accept it. that is the idea. the government made a decision, this is your foreign minister, he is gone, no more explanation as to why. the interesting thing, though, is how somebody who was seen as being so close to xi jinping, who was appointed by xi jinping only half a year ago could have so quickly been removed from this post. because of the opaque nature of governance here, all manners of questions

are being asked about this. i mean, he disappeared and was not fronting up for his normal duties about a month ago and the official explanation was because of health reasons. but as the weeks went on and he was not reappearing, people started to speculate that maybe it is some sort of political punishment for him. 0nline the rumours started spreading about him having had an affair with a television presenter and that she also had disappeared. it could be a combination of those two things as well, for example, his enemies in the party could be using an affair like this, an extramarital affair to get him. president biden designated the creation of a national monument to emmett till and his mother in an event at the white house attended by members of his family and civil rights leaders. till was a black teenager whose

lynching in the 1950s galvanized the civil rights movement. the 14—year—old was tortured, murdered, and his body was dumped in a river in mississippi after a white shopkeeper said he whistled at her. no—one was ever convicted. the announcement came on what would have been till�*s 85th birthday. three sites across the us will honour the life of emmett till and his mother. two of which are located in mississippi. the first is at graball landing, the point along the tallahatchie river where till�*s body was recovered. the second is the court house where till�*s murderers were found not guilty by an all—white, all—male jury in the segregated american south. a third monument will be revealed at roberts temple church of god in christ in chicago, illinois, where till�*s mother, mamie till—mobley, held an open casket funeral for her son. in the next hour we'll hear from emmett till�*s cousin, who was at the white house earlier, on the significance of the new monument. turning now to yemen where the eight—year long civil war has meant constant conflict, often leaving children in the line of fire. the un says more than 11,000

children have been killed or seriously injured during years of war in the arab world's poorest country. and 11 million children are in need of one more forms of humanitarian assistance, with millions facing risk of malnourishment. 0ur senior international correspondent 0rla guerin brings us this special report from inside yemen on the children of a forgotten war. yemen's young know nothing but war. eight years on, the guns are quieter, but a generation bears the scars. and if there's one place that shows their suffering, it's al—rasheed street, a front—line neighbourhood in the city of taiz. it's home to bader al—harbi, who's seven. he and his brother hashim were hit by houthi shelling last october coming

home from school. since the attack, the boys' world has shrunk. they no longer go to classes. their physical wounds may have healed, but their trauma remains, like the danger. conflict echoes around them. do you hear a lot of sounds from the war, hashim? "bullets, explosions, air strikes, shells," he says. hashim, is it very scary when you hear the explosions and the gunfire? "i feel scared and run. there's a lot of explosions." bader wants to be a doctor when he's older. he wants to help people. first, the brothers need to return to school.

"i want to go back," he tells me. "but my leg has been cut off. "how can i go out of the house?" and right next door, another little life upended. amir was maimed on the same day last october in a second round of shelling. it killed his cousin and his uncle in their own home. amir�*s father, sharif al—amri, shares his pain. he says his sleeping son, who's just three, needs another operation and has deep wounds of memory. translation: he remembers every moment from the shelling _ to the hospital. he says, "this happened to my uncle.

"this happened to my cousin." he talks about the smoke and the blood. it's always on his mind. back on the street, sharif tries to distract amir. "don't be scared, my love. "you're a man." but he's just a child who has seen too much. he asks amir what he wants in the future. "buy me a gun," he says. "i will put a bullet in my gun... "..and fire at those who took my leg. "it will go right to them." most of the children maimed and killed in taiz over the years have been victims of the houthis.

but some died in air strikes by the saudi—led coalition. if peace comes, and many yemenis have their doubts, the young will carry this war forever. 0 rla 0rla guerin, bbc news. backlash continues in israel after the passing ofjudicial reforms that demonstrators see as a power grab by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. protests on the streets have subdued, but public objections continue. major israeli newspapers printed an all—black front page ad, placed by a group that's worried about the reforms. critics of the bill worry that it weakens the supreme court's ability to review state decisions, endangering democracy. on tuesday, the israel medical association called for a 24—hour strike, but a court ordered the doctors' union back to work. the doctors compiled, but said they would not remain silent. and protest leaders report that growing numbers of military reservists would not report for duty. israel's military took its first known disciplinary action over the protests

on tuesday, fining one reservist and giving another a suspended jail sentence for ignoring call—ups. here in the us, a federaljudge has blocked the biden administration's new regulation that restricts asylum—seekers in the us. it's a major blow to to the administration's immigration policy. the us department ofjustice filed a notice of appeal, saying it disagrees with the court's ruling. the policy bars some migrants from applying for humanitarian protection if they cross the border illegally. the restrictions have contributed to a drop in crossings at the us—mexico border over the last few months. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. ., , different stories from across theuk. . , ., , different stories from across theuk. . , , the uk. cans, cartons, bottles and packets — the uk. cans, cartons, bottles and packets beware _ the uk. cans, cartons, bottles and packets beware - - the uk. cans, cartons, bottles| and packets beware - london's and packets beware — london's youngest eco— warrior is on your case. armed with this jacket and gloves, two—year—old

eva and her mother had out to collect letter in their local area in southeast london. and it all started with a chat on the morning school run. fire it all started with a chat on the morning school run. are you u set? the morning school run. are you upset? and _ the morning school run. are you upset? and she _ the morning school run. are you upset? and she said _ the morning school run. are you upset? and she said she - the morning school run. are you upset? and she said she was . upset? and she said she was really upset, you shouldn't do that, but don't put it on the floor, put it in the bin. my initial thought was to say "don't touch it, it's dirty, leave it, but i thought i should give her an example." eva and her mum are keen to set an example for others.— an example for others. because doinu an example for others. because doing small _ an example for others. because doing small things _ an example for others. because doing small things together - an example for others. because doing small things together we | doing small things together we can have a great impact. if a two—year—old knows where to put the rubbish, maybe other people will do the same and we will have a great impact together. you are watching bbc news. less than six months after chatgpt�*s creator 0penai unveiled a tool to detect work generated by artificial

intelligence, the company has pulled the feature. 0penai shut down the tool last week, citing low accuracy. this comes after seven leading ai giants — including 0penai — pledged to the biden administration to safeguard their companies' future developments last friday. earlier i spoke to ambassador—at—large for cyberspace and digital policy nathaniel fick for more on their pledges. nathaniel, thank you for joining us on bbc news. i want to ask you about these commitments made here by these tech companies, based on three pillars — safety, security, and trust. but what concretely have these companies actually committed to? i these companies actually committed to?— these companies actually committed to? ~ committed to? i think we need to remember— committed to? i think we need to remember that _ committed to? i think we need to remember that our - committed to? i think we need | to remember that our northstar as we think about governing this new technology ought to be our innovative edge. for that reason, the united states government chose to start with voluntary commitments from these seven leading companies. voluntary because by their

definition such commitments won't stifle that innovative edge. and also voluntary because it allows us to move quickly. as you said, the commitments fall into three categories — first, the companies have a duty to ensure that their products are safe, specifically that these models are tested, iteratively, publicly, repeatedly, to ensure that the outputs and high risk areas like biotechnology or cybersecurity are not dangerous. second, the companies have a responsibility to ensure that their products are secure. for instance, that they are safe from cyber attacks, that they are safe from insider threats. and here, too, the commitments are too independent, third—party testing, then public publication of the results of those tests. thirdly, the companies have a responsibility to ensure that the products of the trust of people around the

world. for example, that the ai generated outputs are clearly labelled as such, that we can distinguish between a product thatis distinguish between a product that is al enabled and those that is al enabled and those that aren't. that we can confirm in some broadly applicable way that content is accurate, that it is true. so ou accurate, that it is true. so you have — accurate, that it is true. so you have said _ accurate, that it is true. so you have said that we have started with these voluntary commitments. does that mean that we could see enforcement mechanisms down the road? i would urge that these voluntary commitments are a starting point, not the final governing structure. it is important to start with voluntary commitments in order to preserve the innovative edge and to move quickly. these technology areas are moving so fast. but the biden administration here in the united states is working on an executive order to ensure that our own government is adhering to these standards. we are also pursuing legislation in a bipartisan fashion and yes, voluntary commitments are the

first step towards a more robust governance regime that needs to be flexible and evolve over time. needs to be flexible and evolve over time-— over time. seven leading companies _ over time. seven leading companies taking - over time. seven leading companies taking part i over time. seven leading companies taking part in | over time. seven leading . companies taking part in the commitments. there are companies that aren't, apple being one, other start—ups not participating. and then there are bad actors we know that also won't comply. you worked on the business side. do you think will be in the interest of the seven companies to stay with these voluntary commitments? i with these voluntary commitments? ~ , commitments? i think these companies _ commitments? i think these companies and _ commitments? i think these companies and many - commitments? i think these companies and many others| commitments? i think these - companies and many others have a tremendous reputation design onto the voluntary commitments and into abide by them. there is an enormous amount of popular attention focused on this all around the world. i think the thing we will see is this set of best practices will become part of a global governance model.- become part of a global governance model. you set a ulobal governance model. you set a global governance _ governance model. you set a global governance norms. i governance model. you set al global governance norms. the governance model. you set a - global governance norms. the eu has moved ahead with its own regulation on artificial intelligence. —— you sad. what is the usc itself working with

partners in terms of streamlining guidelines? the us appreciates _ streamlining guidelines? the us appreciates that _ streamlining guidelines? the us appreciates that this _ streamlining guidelines? the us appreciates that this is - streamlining guidelines? the us appreciates that this is a - appreciates that this is a global opportunity and a set of global opportunity and a set of global challenges and so we will be working and already have been working with our partners globally to make these commitments multilateral as quickly and broadly as possible. we look forward to working through the g7 hiroshima ai process, with the participation ofjapan, and participation of japan, and look participation ofjapan, and look forward to participating in supporting the uk summit on al safety this fall. this is a ai safety this fall. this is a global challenge that will require global solutions. what about cooperation _ require global solutions. what about cooperation with - about cooperation with countries that the us doesn't have good relations with, there are concerns that russia and china might use this technology.- china might use this technolo: . ., ., ., ., technology. the abrogation of technologies _ technology. the abrogation of technologies like _ technology. the abrogation of technologies like artificial- technologies like artificial intelligence can provide a common way forward. i'm

thinking about climate research or agricultural productivity or medical diagnostics and therapeutics. there is a human centric element of these initiatives that you provide us the opportunity to participate on a broad basis.— on a broad basis. final question. _ on a broad basis. final question, what - on a broad basis. final question, what you - on a broad basis. final. question, what you think on a broad basis. final- question, what you think of the most important next steps for the white house and the us government? i the white house and the us government?— government? i think it is makin: government? ithink it is making these _ government? ithink it is making these voluntary l making these voluntary commitments real, making the commitments real, making the commitments into the further development of governance of the models, and then making the multilateral and making sure that the greatest possible number of companies and their models of open models and of other government participants around the world and civil society participants, that we begin and continue building this shared global consensus around what responsible governance of these new technologies looks like. nathaniel, great to have you on the show, thank you.—

nathaniel, great to have you on the show, thank you. pleased to be with you. _ the show, thank you. pleased to be with you, thank _ the show, thank you. pleased to be with you, thank you. - the women's world cup continues in austraila and new zealand. the group stages continue with japan taking on costa rica, spain play tournament debutants zambia, and olympic gold medallists canada face off against ireland. live now to our correspondent katie silver in sydney. katie, great to see you. i want to start with a big upset, the philippines besting new zealand. how are new zealand fans reacting?— fans reacting? there is a lot of disappointment - fans reacting? there is a lot of disappointment as - fans reacting? there is a lot of disappointment as you i fans reacting? there is a lot| of disappointment as you can imagine. as the host country and given their win last week to norway, there has been a lot of buzz around the football ferns, the new zealand team, in the country, but the fact that are celebrating are the fans of the philippines. their debut world cup, the first goal they scored in an international tournament, and the first goal by a debut team. eight teams are debuting. it was scored by

sarina bolden. a header halfway through the game. they have staved off any new zealand thames — and there were a lot — for the rest. sarina bolden is from santa clara, california, and she says this is so important for the philippine they are sprayed in the us. she said her mum went to work and told fellow filipinos in the office and how they were in their world cup and her daughter had scored this important winning goal. that is a re important winning goal. that is a pretty special— important winning goal. that is a pretty special story. - important winning goal. that is a pretty special story. i- important winning goal. that is a pretty special story. i want i a pretty special story. i want to ask you about colombia beating south korea to open zero. history was made on the field. what happened?- field. what happened? --2- zero. field. what happened? --2- zero- the — field. what happened? --2- zero. the youngest - field. what happened? --2- zero. the youngest ever- field. what happened? --2- i zero. the youngest ever player to make the ground, join field in a world cup across the men's and women's tournament. so that was casey phair, also the first multiracial for south korea. she is from newjersey when she isn't based in south korea. so

she is 16 years old and 26 days, beating the record by eight days, previous to this the youngest player ever to be in a world cup field was a nigerian player back in 1999. it is more than a year younger than the male player, who is 17. an incredible feat for her. when shejoined the 17. an incredible feat for her. when she joined the field in the 70th minute, et korea had the 70th minute, et korea had the biggest gap between its oldest and youngest players in all of world cup history, more than 20 years. —— 78th minute, it meant korea. than 20 years. -- 78th minute, it meant korea.— it meant korea. thank you very much, it meant korea. thank you very much. katie — it meant korea. thank you very much, katie silver _ it meant korea. thank you very much, katie silver reporting i much, katie silver reporting for us in sydney. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, there. here in the uk, it was another quite cool day on tuesday. by contrast, southern europe, in sicily, temperatures reached 46 degrees. this is the temperature anomaly map. the blues are where it's colder

than normal, the reds are where it's hotter than normal, and the heat is really getting squeezed down towards the southeast of europe. a significant drop in temperature on the way across italy in the next 2a, 48 hours. the heat lasts a bit longer in greece, but even here, it will be cooler by the end of the weekend, not as windy, either. some northern parts of europe have been seeing severe storms. here in the uk, our weather continues to come in from the atlantic, and that cloud that we saw there is going to bring some rain into western areas on wednesday. further east, maybe a little bit warmer than it was on tuesday. but it will be a chilly start, where we have the clearer skies — three degrees in scotland, six or seven across some southern parts of england and wales. in between, not quite so cold, first thing, because there'll be more cloud, showers left over from overnight. most of the showers on wednesday will be across northern england, perhaps southern scotland, not as widespread as we saw today. there will be some sunshine, but it does cloud over from the west. rain in northern ireland by

lunchtime, over the irish sea into wales and the south—west of england during the afternoon. that'll keep the temperatures a bit lower. but ahead of that, with some sunshine for a while across scotland, eastern england, temperatures should be a bit higher than what we had on tuesday. now, this weather front will take that rain eastwards on wednesday night. it means a lot warmer night, actually, but it means quite a cloudy start to thursday and a bit misty and murky as well. could hang on to the rain from overnight across northern scotland. it may well linger through the english channel, but elsewhere, as it slowly brightens up and we see a little bit of sunshine, that could trigger a few more sharp showers through the day. there will be a lot of cloud around. it'll feel quite muggy, actually. a warmer day for western areas, and again, in the east, temperatures about 23 degrees. quick look ahead to friday, still got the chance of some showers around, maybe not quite so many. quite a bit of cloud here and there, as well, and those temperatures, not really changing an awful lot, still making 23, perhaps 2a in eastern areas, maybe a bit cooler for western scotland and northern ireland, certainly cooling off then across southern parts of europe. but what about here in the uk?

0ur weather is not changing too much, still dominated by low pressure, as we head into the weekend, with the wetter weather across northern parts of the uk.

this is bbc news. we will have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour straight after this programme. angry chanting shouting we're going to begin with some breaking news... we're hearing that thousands of supporters of the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, smashed ..have stormed... ..the country's national congress, stormed by shutting down the government compound... ..the government buildings. sunday, january 8th, 2023. around the world, people are waking up to the extraordinary events taking place in brasilia. demonstrators are refusing to accept that he lost last year's election... ..and want the military to intervene.

leaders from around the world condemn the storming -