growing questions around why asylum—seekers were moved into a barge when officials knew test were being conducted after finding bacteria. no ten says the home office, is still trying to clarify exactly when officials knew, there were health issues, concerning the barge being used to house migrants, moored off the dorset coast. there are growing questions about who was responsible, for moving asylum seekers onto the vessel, the bibby stockholm, before it was given the all—clear, for the legionella bacteria, which was later discovered in the water supply. here's dan johnson. only the water safety people were stepping aboard the bibby stockholm today. the 39 asylum seekers are now back in hotels. yeah, it was very scary... this is one, fearing for his safety on a number of levels.

it was a strange experience to be safe and then there is bacteria, they found it in the water. it is kind of off, but what can i say? i have to go with the others. it is only a week ago the first people were moving in. but the same day tests showed bacteria in the water and council officials met the contractor operating the vessel and on wednesday further samples were taken and there was a further meeting on thursday and people were moved on friday. people were moved as soon as ministers were aware. no people have had health assessments, there has been no concerns in terms of people that have been on the barge. this was intended to be a big, bold demonstration of the government getting tough, tackling immigration, stopping the small boats. yet it is starting to illustrate how

complicated the issues can be and how difficult it is to find solutions. itjust seems a mess, everything they seem to do ends like this, where they are stuck by some legislation. if you're going to put people on there that are vulnerable in the first place, you would have checked it was safe. do you think you have been treated fairly? not so much, in the starting it was said the barge is for the illegal people coming by small boats. but i came here by plane. this has been controversial, but the asylum seeker have been told the they will be heading back here. live now to our political correspondent ben wright in westminster. dan was saying in that report this was meant to be a big, bold demonstration of the governments policy. who knew what and when when

it comes to bacteria on the barge? we know that dorset counsel to the met council received test results last monday, the day those first migrants were put onto the barge. testing had happened the previous month on the 25th ofjuly put up the water systems were tested for the bacteria. there was already a question over the potential presence of this bacteria when those migrants will put on board on monday. the question is, how quickly did this information that there was the bacteria present and escalate up the chain? on tuesday a home office official was on call with contractors and they were told that tessa come back indicating low levels of the bacteria. government sources say it was a junior official who just sources say it was a junior official whojust happen to sources say it was a junior official who just happen to be on a call and a home office wasn't notified formally. wednesday day uk health security got involved in further tests proved there was sufficient bacteria to justify concern for them

on friday the decision was taken by the government to take those 39 migrants off the barge. a complicated and contestant time about exactly what happened. clearly the first test results came back on monday, the day those migrants were on board. ~ ., , , , on board. where does this episode leave this policy — on board. where does this episode leave this policy for _ on board. where does this episode leave this policy for the _ leave this policy for the government? it leave this policy for the government?— leave this policy for the covernment? . , , _, leave this policy for the covernment? , ., _ government? it has become a symbol ofthe government? it has become a symbol of the governments _ government? it has become a symbol of the governments determination - government? it has become a symbol of the governments determination to | of the governments determination to try and cut the cost of housing migrants in hotels and to deter people from crossing the channel in small boats was up at the moment it has nobody on board. afterfour or five days people were evacuated because of the presence of legionella. a floating reminder of the difficulty the government strategy is in right now. there is plenty of criticism, notjust from opposition parties but from within the company and conservative party. david davis, former cabinet minister said earlier this week that the baby

stockholm represented significant failures by the home office. on the other hand you have ridi patel writing to the home office accusing it of being evasive when it comes to housing migrants and the former is use raf base close to her constituency in essex. got the local tory mp fiercely opposed to the bibby stockholm on his patch. even the tory party remains a growing issue of real concern about how the government is executing the central plank of its policy. government is executing the central plank of its policy-— from driverless cars to 3d printing — artificial intelligence has been transforming how we live. a new world of possibilites — or a terrifying prospect? could ai one daybe capable of reading our minds? lara lewington of bbc panorama has been investigating the

potential risks and benefits of the ai revolution. hi, lara. hi, good to meet you. thank you for having us. come on in. thanks very much. neuroscientist alexander huth has spent a decade trying to understand how the brain works. if we want to build intelligent machines, maybe we want to make things that act more like human brains. so that's kind of what got me into neuroscience. this year, his team had a breakthrough. using ai technology that can understand language, they've built a computer that can read minds. we scan people's brains with an fmri scanner while theyjust listen to stories. so we track how their brains respond while they're listening to hours and hours of stories. the team has trained the al on their own brains. as they listen to stories inside the scanner, the computer watches what happens. what sort of brain activity

are you looking for? we're looking for brain activity that's related to specific ideas or specific words that appear in the stories. so, for example, whenever you hear somebody talk about parking a car, there are certain patterns of activity in the brain that will be present that reliably correspond to that kind of idea. and we're trying to build up that mapping from this very large data set. the computer looks for patterns in the vast amounts of data from the scanner. with enough training, it can translate brain activity into words. so the lead scientist is listening to a story for us. the war of the worlds. dramatic music. the martians in the pit had turned the heat ray on. a deep, throbbing sound, a silver pencil of light... ..and a narrow ribbon of bracken and grass and trees and houses stretching as far as the eye could see, was scorched.

and this is the text that the ai created from the brain scan. in the decoded version, which misses a lot of things, but it gets some of the good stuff, fired the bullets out of the clip he had on him as he ran. and then i heard a huge crack as a large piece of concrete hit my forehead and then a giant ball of fire. the general idea of "big noise, got hurt" is there in both of them. yeah. and then also the idea that something was on fire, the scorched versus a giant ball of fire, it captured all those things, but clearly not exactly the right words. so far, it's only analysed the brains of a handful of volunteers who've all spent 16 hours being scanned. but they hope it'll unlock the secrets of how our minds work. we are really pushing on and what a lot of our effort in the lab goes toward is using this to actually understand the brain better. that's our scientific goal. in the end, we want to know how does the brain work? how do our brains process language? how do we understand ideas? how do we think? sounds great, but what happens if it

ends up in the wrong hands? some people are scared or think that the thought police is coming. i think it's a fair reaction to this to say, like, this is scary, i don't want this to happen. that was kind of our reaction too, like, the first thing that we thought when we got this working was like, this is fantastic, it's working. and then like, oh my god, this is working. are the thought police coming? not yet. none of the current technologies that we have would be effective at actually policing people's thoughts. but police are coming yet apparently. but police are coming yet apparently. earlier i spoke to professor sandra wachter a professor of technology and regulation at the university of oxford. i asked her how advanced this ai brain scan technology is. it seems that there was some progress in the last couple of years. we also see that the technology is not fully reliable yet. roughly 50% of time it gets it right. so, yeah, we'll see if it will be

possible to fully decode the human brain. and what could that technology and that that method be used for? i mean, what are the kind of potentials? and there could be terrifying potentials, of course. but that sort of scientific advance could actually mean for society. i mean, it could mean amazing things and it could be terrifying for society. positive would be health care and medicine. if you think about stroke victims, for example, that suffer from the so called locked in syndrome. so we're not able to communicate with the outside world any more. using that technology to make them able to talk with their loved ones again. that would be a massive jump forward. that would be incredible for them. on the negative side, we could also end up in an orwellian nightmare. if you see that this is being used in criminaljustice or by the police or something like that. yeah. i mean, it's really interesting that you mentioned the medical benefits of something like that technology. we talked about it not really

being in the advanced stages of development, but in which countries. in which countries? we saw someone from the us there, which countries are adopting this technology and experimenting with it? i think a lot of companies have been experimenting with this. i know that tech companies like google and facebook in the past have have had project on there. so i think every leading tech companies is tapping into this at the moment. it's a very exciting research area. and apart from scanning the human brain, are there other kind of medical advances that al is being seen as a real, real positive for? yeah. i mean, it'sjust scientifically interesting to figure out how the human brain works. right? it's like the black box that we have really fully cracked yet yet our brain dictates our life every day. everything we do, we need the brain for it. but it's it's the area of the body we know the least about. so just in terms of like figuring

out what's actually going on, i think that would be really, really inspiring for a lot of fields. it will be interesting for law, it will be interesting for economics, it would be interesting for psychology and it will be interesting for philosophy. like, there is no area that wouldn't benefit from from knowing more about how the human brain works. pakistan's new interim prime minister, anwaarul haq kakar, has been sworn in. president, arif alvi administed the oath of office in a ceremony in islamabad. it was announced on saturday that mr kakar would assume the caretaker role, following meetings between outgoing prime minister shebaz sharif, and the opposition leader. pakistan's parliament was dissolved last week ahead of elections — due before november. two india landslides and killed more than 50 people for several people were killed when a temple collapse in the capital of the state for the rescuers have been trying to free those still trapped under the

debris. local officials have warned residents to remain at home as further rainfall is expected. an environmental charity and he described the description he witnessed.— described the description he witnessed. , ., ., ., witnessed. huge distraction for two da s. one witnessed. huge distraction for two days. one where _ witnessed. huge distraction for two days. one where many _ witnessed. huge distraction for two days. one where many people - witnessed. huge distraction for two days. one where many people lost| days. one where many people lost their lives. there's a huge destruction of homes, huge distraction for that many people are under rescue, we are finding them in our foundation under rescue, we are finding them in ourfoundation is under rescue, we are finding them in our foundation is finding. under rescue, we are finding them in ourfoundation is finding. it's under rescue, we are finding them in our foundation is finding. it's a very difficult situation in my state. , ., ., ,. state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you — state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you have _ state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you have seen. _ state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you have seen. you - state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you have seen. you say - state. tell us more about the rescue efforts you have seen. you say they| efforts you have seen. you say they are ongoing. the efforts you have seen. you say they are ongoing-— are ongoing. the whole administration - are ongoing. the whole administration is - are ongoing. the whole i administration is rescuing are ongoing. the whole - administration is rescuing people are ongoing. the whole _ administration is rescuing people in the debris. some people are lost

their lives and some people are injured. still rescue is going on. even the whole is directing people to stay in their houses and in their workplaces. the whole system going on now. the workplaces. the whole system going on now. .,, �* , on now. the videos we've been showin: on now. the videos we've been showing alongside _ on now. the videos we've been showing alongside you, - on now. the videos we've been showing alongside you, you've| on now. the videos we've been - showing alongside you, you've been filming those yourself. they show some of the damage in the rescue efforts. you're an environmentalist as well, you work for an environmental group. we've been seeing more deadly cloud burgers, heavy rain patterns in north india in recent years. —— cloud bursts. how much of you seen of people not being able to deal with this and is the government doing enough to actually try and help people living in these areas which are hit by even

heavier monsoon rains every year? the government aided before they are supporting the people because there was huge distraction before this flood. right now central government is looking after the people who've lost their lives, lost their houses, lost their lives, lost their houses, lost loved ones. if we talk about the reason for this mass destruction which happens in this month, today even, we should look at the whole policy which should be amended. if we work in that way we work for deforestation, we work for illegal mining so that can be a cure. you talk about — mining so that can be a cure. you talk about working to stop deforestation but india is a growing economy and there is more

development, isn't there? yes. we cannot think _ development, isn't there? yes. we cannot think about _ development, isn't there? yes. we cannot think about growing - development, isn't there? yes. we cannot think about growing the - cannot think about growing the nation under environmental dash. if we are not going to see it, we are not going to support the environment it will give us what we felt today, what we are going to create. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. apparel in the water and feel, thanks to campaigners this is one of the countries newest designated bathing water areas for the weekly test shows levels of e. coli found in human and animal species are safe here. elsewhere it is a different story. testing has found excessive levels of e. coli which can cause diarrhoea and sickness. campaigners

claim the main sources treating from two sewerage work for that they want anglia water to take action.— anglia water to take action. we have reared a anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case _ anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case as — anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case as part _ anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case as part of— anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case as part of our- anglia water to take action. we have prepared a case as part of our next l prepared a case as part of our next environment programme with the environment agency around disinfection at both woodbridge sector centre and upstream. in the next few years _ sector centre and upstream. in the next few years level _ sector centre and upstream. in the next few years level of _ sector centre and upstream. in the next few years level of fecal - sector centre and upstream. in the next few years level of fecal forms | next few years level of fecal forms will drop? next few years level of fecal forms willdro? , , next few years level of fecal forms willdro? ~ , i, ., will drop? absolutely. they should dro - , will drop? absolutely. they should drop. phosphate — will drop? absolutely. they should drop, phosphate should _ will drop? absolutely. they should drop, phosphate should draw, - will drop? absolutely. they should l drop, phosphate should draw, storm overflow should reduce and e. coli levels should reduce directly as a result of the investment we are making. result of the investment we are makinu. ., ., , ., , result of the investment we are makinu. ., ., ,., making. for more stores across the uk had to the _ making. for more stores across the uk had to the bbc— making. for more stores across the uk had to the bbc news _ making. for more stores across the uk had to the bbc news website. i you're live with bbc news. a peculiar. a peculiar set of deaths has captured australia s attention and is puzzled police. onjuly the 29th five people sat down for a family meal in a tiny australian town. within a week, three would be dead, a fourth fighting for his life, ?and the fifth under investigation for allegedly

poisoning her guests with wild mushrooms. afamily a family meal that turned into a mysterious tragedy. onjuly a family meal that turned into a mysterious tragedy. on july the a family meal that turned into a mysterious tragedy. onjuly the 29th aaron patterson cooked a beef wellington, gail sister heather wilkinson and her husband pastor ian wilkinson. all floor of her guests were admitted that i say. three died within a week. the fourth, ian wilkinson is now fighting for his life, waiting for a liver transplant.— for a liver transplant. police say heads towards _ for a liver transplant. police say heads towards marshall - for a liver transplant. police say i heads towards marshall poisoning. certainly looking like the symptoms consistent with that mushrooms. today more details have been revealed. in a statement to the police spend the 48—year—old said some of the mushrooms and the meal she cooked were from a local supermarket. she bought other dried mushroom from an agent grocery shop. ms. patterson said she also felt ill

after lunch and it's spent a night in hospital. while she maintains her innocence she admitted lying to detectives about a food dehydrator theses for the local tip. now saying it was hers and that she got rid of it was hers and that she got rid of it in a moment of panic. police say ms. patterson remains a suspect because the deaths remain unexplained. people in the small town where the couple have lived have now morning the morning the friends they have known for years and the pastor for that as police a toxicology report so much remains unknown. it's a case that has baffled the authorities, devastated a close knit community and shocked the nation. president zelensky has met troops in the dynastic region for the account to a statement mr zelensky visited brigades involved in attacks the front line, the russian held town of

bakhmut. it comes as a us said it would be sending heave $200 million worth of aid, including air defence musician, artillery rounds and mine clearing equipment. —— key. sisley smiled at now the most active volcano in europe erupted on sunday night for the sitting above the town on the island, mount etna frequently erupts but on this occasion it forced the closure of the airport there. to give you an idea of this disruption the airport was scheduled to be the six the busiest in italy today with more than 200 flights scheduled to depart and arrive. you are watching bbc news. those are some of the stories we've been looking at. two men have been reese from its hospital after being stabbed. the men in the 20s and 30s were attacked outside the two brewers club in

clapham high street. the metropolitan police says it's treating the incident is a homophobic attack. property level crossing are safe but there are son willing to take big risks at thejunction. they include people taking selfies, texting on crossings and some even doing push—ups. children playing. one—armed press—ups. and selfies with dogs. just some of the incidents seen on level crossings around worcestershire so far this year. these shocking videos were captured on covert cameras by network rail. train horn blares. they've released them as a safety warning to the public. you wouldn't go out into the middle

when cars are coming and start doing press—ups or taking a selfie with your dogs and whatnot, so i don't understand why you would do it on a railway, when trains are much heavier, faster, and they can't stop or swerve out the way. this is a location where network rail has seen some of these incidents occur, and they say one of the reasons behind it may be people's desire for interesting videos or photos to post on social media, but it says that this sort of behaviour comes with huge risks. it's shocking really. that's the word, shocking.— it's shocking really. that's the word, shocking. that stupid, isn't it? honestly. _ word, shocking. that stupid, isn't it? honestly, people— word, shocking. that stupid, isn't it? honestly, people today. - word, shocking. that stupid, isn'tl it? honestly, people today. nearly 50 cases of — it? honestly, people today. nearly 50 cases of misuse _ it? honestly, people today. nearly 50 cases of misuse have _ it? honestly, people today. nearly 50 cases of misuse have been - 50 cases of misuse have been reported and caught on cameras on the county and midland so far in 2023. safety teams are now visiting the property crossings to directly

warn people put up the hope is it may prevent more dangerous incidents. it's not been the hardest of summers here in the uk. despite soaring heat across much of europe. but we do have some good news for the nice to have some good news for the nice to have good news. you can now get insurance against it raining too much during your holiday. the insurance is now being offered by one holiday company here. duncan kennedy reports from one of their sites in the new forest. wet, wet, wet. the summer of 2023. for most of the uk it has been a wash—out. but what if you could take out insurance against the rain? that is what is on offer at this new forest holiday centre. this couple did it and now get compensated nearly every time it pours.

to get something back if it doesn't work as you plan, we thought was really good. it has been raining all morning here, you could be quids in. the first thing we said this morning was we think we have made the right decision. absolutely. it works like this. the holiday parks insurance company forecasts if it is going to rain for at least three or more hours every day. they will pay out the entire day plasma holiday. one man received thousands when it rained on his holiday parade. the total cost for the holiday was £3360. they paid us out on six and a half days and we got a total return of £3000. it was a no—brainer to take it out because of the british weather today. we will be utilising the money for a further holiday. there is a drawback. the rain insurance scheme costs 10% of the holiday and in winter months the number of hours of rain

predicted goes up before any payout. we will forecast the weather and if it rains more than three hours in a single holiday day they will get one day rebate. no questions asked. it guarantees against the british summer. it is a great idea. it was started in america five years ago. whether it will work for the british summer, like the rain itself is difficult to forecast. it could be an insurance policy more suited for some than others. duncan kennedy, bbc news, in the new forest. to check whether you need to cash in on your insurance policy let's take a look at the weather. hello there. monday has brought some parts of the uk, some very wet weather indeed in association with a frontal system and an area of low pressure as we head through the evening. and tonight, though, that will be pulling away north eastwards. so there is something

a little drier and brighter in prospect for tomorrow. but in the short term, still some rain lingering across parts of south east scotland and northeast england. and actually, that rain will continue across some coastal parts pretty much until the end of the night. a few showers around western parts, otherwise largely dry with clear spells and temperatures of ii to 15 degrees. so for tomorrow morning, some rain first thing across coastal parts of north east england that will then pull away into the north sea. and then we're looking at a drier and a brighter day with sunny spells, still a scattering of showers, these most plentiful in parts of northern england, southern and central scotland, where there could be the odd flash of lightning, the odd rumble of thunder temperatures ranging from 15 degrees in lerwick to 23 there in london. now, as we move into wednesday, this area of high pressure starts to build quite weakly at first. but underneath the high with light winds we could have some quite dense fog to start the day across southern and western parts of england, wales, northern ireland that will lift and clear. then we'll see some sunny spells. not as many showers at this stage,

although more cloud will linger across some eastern parts of scotland with the odd spot of rain, just signs of something a little bit warmer developing down towards the south east corner. and thursday should be a drier, brighter and slightly warmer day for many, some early fog patches, especially across the northern half of the country. one or two showers across parts of scotland and down the spine of northern england. but some sunny spells and temperatures of 22 degrees for glasgow, 2a in london. that warmth coming from the near continent where actually it's shaping up to be a pretty warm week overall. as we develop a southeasterly breeze, we will bring some of that warmth and humidity in our direction for the end of the week. however, just how warm it gets depends upon the progress of this frontal system because this will eventually swing its way in from the atlantic during friday. it'll bring some heavy rain, in fact, some heavy thundery rain, and it's likely to suppress the temperatures as well. so we are likely to get into the middle 20 celsius, maybe just a touch higher, but some heavy rain through friday

and into the start of the weekend.

you're watching the context on bbc news. there is a lot of loss here, and i think we're going to see significantly higher numbers in the coming days, as our professionals from fema and maui fire, police do theirjob. we had no warning,

no evacuation notice. so, a lot of people were not prepared and by the time they find out that it was time to go, it was almost too late. i told my kids, "you guys run". "don't turn around and look for me." my nine—year—old couldn't. shejust kept telling me, "mum, ican't." "please, mum." . good evening and thank you for joining us. could more people have been saved on the island of maui? hawaii officials confirm the warning system never sounded. authorities are still combing through hundreds of houses, as hope for those still missing starts to fade. more questions for the government here — about who was responsible for moving asylum seekers onto the bibby stockholm barge — before it had been given the all—clear for legionella. further attempts to turn people away from smoking — cigarette packs in the uk could soon carry