some breaking news. disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been rushed to hospital, where he's undergoing emergency heart surgery. his lawyer arthur aidala has confirmed to the bbc that weinstein was rushed from a new york cityjail where he was being held, to bellevue hospital. a prominent figure prosecuted during the need to movement. the first allegations came to light in 2017 when women began to go public with accounts of his behaviour. some of those charges were overturned on appeal and the case was about to be re—tried, but you will

see there from him going in with a walker into one of the courts that he wasn't in particular good health. in fact, recent appearances in court, he has been in a wheelchair. and we are told that today he has been rushed to hospital where he is undergoing that heart surgery. we will try and get our correspondent for washington to give us the latest on them. just waiting for her to appear. first let's get some support. here is gavin. we'll start with cricket — and sri lanka beat england in a test for the first time in 10 years — after an eight—wicket victory at the oval denied the hosts a clean sweep. the tourists resumed day four on 911—1, under grey skies in south london and visitors had pathum nissanka to thank, who blazed his way to a second test century — 127 not out, as sri lanka made their target of 219 with ease. stand—in captain 0llie pope knows where his england side went wrong. we played some good cricket through the summer

but could not put it together over the four days we have here. after two days we were in a good addition and did not capitalise and unfortunately with the vat we were not good enough yesterday and should have had a few more runs. we know the picture at the over gets better a test match goes on, so disappointing but overall i'm looking back we had a good summer, five from six. in terms of betting, but will be the thinking in terms of the approach and seen the scores you could have capitalised on? that is something that's a question too much, we realise we had a bad day with the bat yesterday, and that can happen in test cricket. credit to sri lanka for boarding well, and for us it is about being as ruthless as we can which we want this game but through the summer we have been in similar situations and put in the game to bed, but unfortunately, yesterday we were not able to do that, and we reflect in a few weeks�* time headed into that pakistan series

and talk about a few things but i think there's more positives to take. 0llie pope speaking there. more nations league matches tonight — the headliner france taking on belgium. the score they are currently 1-0 to the score they are currently 1—0 to france and that one. france lost opener at home to italy, while belgium beat israel 3—1 in hungary. italy—israel in that group. italy a goal up there. wales, two bowls up in montenegro. 1— all between norway and austria. slovenia are two goals up on kazakhstan and it is currently turkey — one, iceland— one. england take on finland, in their group b second match on tuesday, after beating ireland at the weekend. captain harry kane is set to win his 100th cap for the national side. it's a landmark that portugal's cristiano ronaldo has long surpassed, ronaldo scoring the winner against scotland on sunday night his career, one that kane would love to emulate.

seeing him compete at 38—39 years old, itjust inspires me to play for as long as possible. you know, i love this game, love representing england more than anything. i don't want to anytime soon. for me personally now it is just about continuing to prove and be consistent. who knows how many caps i can get or how many goals i can get, i am hungry for more. i'm determined to keep pushing the boundaries. to the nfl now — and there've been impressive comeback wins for the chicago bears, the buffalo bills and the miami dolphins, whose wide receiver tyreek hill was detained by police, for a traffic incident on the way to the game. hill reanacted it with a tongue—in—cheek celebration, after the dolphins beat the jacksonville jaguars. .. in a statement, the south florida union said he was handcuffed and placed face down, as he wasn't immediately cooperative with officers... it wasn't disrespectful.

my mum didn't raise me that way. i didn't cuss. i didn't do any of that. i am still trying to figure it out. i was doing what my ankle always told me doing a situation like that. listen and put your hands on the steering wheel. you gotta be careful, man. more on all the nfl results as well as all the latest from the football on the bbc sports website. but that does all the support from us for now, christian. gavin, thank you very much. ——but that does all the sport from us for now, "the eu must act fast orfall behind." that's the warning from the former head of the european central bank, mario draghi. he says across the european market growth is slowing, protectionism rising, and cheap energy a thing of the past. today in brussels he presented a special 400—page report, which was commissioned by the european commission president ursula von der leyen. mr draghi says the eu needs

800 billion euros of investment to keep pace with the us and china, and he is urging we have said many times that the growth has been slowing down for a long time in europe. but we've ignored it. we, until i would say two years ago, we would never have such a conversation as the one we are having today. because things were sort of going well. we were sort of going well. we were doing well with globalisation and employment was steadily falling. now we cannot ignore it any longer. no conditions have changed. joining me from brussels is paola tamma, eu correspondent for financial times. why did they ask them to write this report?— this report? hello and thank ou for this report? hello and thank you for having _ this report? hello and thank you for having me. - this report? hello and thank you for having me. as - this report? hello and thank you for having me. as you . this report? hello and thank i you for having me. as you have heard from himself,

productivity has fallen massively behind in the eu, and as a result, lower growth and standards have followed. just to give you a sense, one of the data points in that 400 page report, the us disposable income increased almost twice as much as the eu since the 2000 �*s. and that is a real concern among the rising competition from china, meeting the eu's green objectives of decarbonisation and that's why ursula bonder line has tasked him to come up with a recipe on how to address that gap and reverse the trend. it is a similar— reverse the trend. it is a similar fund, _ reverse the trend. it is a similar fund, isn't - reverse the trend. it is a similar fund, isn't it, - reverse the trend. it is a | similar fund, isn't it, that reverse the trend. it is a - similar fund, isn't it, that he similarfund, isn't it, that he is talking about that president biden put in place under the inflation reduction act. is it any coincidence that it's so big? is he looking at the green transition in the new technologies that america is facing and fearing that europe might be left behind? indeed.

the 800 billion _ might be left behind? indeed. the 800 billion figure - might be left behind? indeed. the 800 billion figure is - might be left behind? indeed. the 800 billion figure is a - the 800 billion figure is a combination of the needs of europe if it is to reach its green objectives, so decarbonisation of the economy by 2050, increased defence spending and increase innovation. they did praise the ira is an effective way to bring about some of these objectives, so it doesn't have the same kind of policy leverages, but that's why he came up with the host of new measures in quite a fundamental reorientation of the new economic policy to deal with thoseissues economic policy to deal with those issues precisely. hind economic policy to deal with those issues precisely. and it can't raise — those issues precisely. and it can't raise funds _ those issues precisely. and it can't raise funds quite - those issues precisely. and it can't raise funds quite as - can't raise funds quite as easily as the us congress. where would this money that he wants, where would it come from? , ., from? exactly. so he did not release how _ from? exactly. so he did not release how those _ from? exactly. so he did not release how those 800 - from? exactly. so he did not. release how those 800 billion would be shared between private and public investment but he did say that without at least some public investment, those investments will not materialise. he renewed calls for what he calls safe assets,

thatis for what he calls safe assets, that is euro bonds, a long battle of his, but that is to be seen whether eu leaders went back his call, because they did encourage it and 2018 and that was an exceptional circumstance. but they did so on the condition that it would be a one—off and time—limited issuance. be a one-off and time-limited issuance-— issuance. perhaps the most important _ issuance. perhaps the most important point, _ issuance. perhaps the most important point, the - important point, the decision—making at the centre, because that is fundamentally what has gone wrong in recent years, the speed at which decisions are made and whether there is coordination among governments. does the way that the eu makes decisions have to change in order to compete? well, there is a fundamental question of whether the rules that set out how they operate are fit for today, and the answer today was no. we need a more effective governance. we

need faster governance, for instance, we need to rethink whether we can take some decisions or 27 countries agreeing, but perhaps some can go ahead faster. that said, it remains very difficult to have this discussion in the heart of the eu, but obviously it is a question that eu leaders cannot evade, especially in lieu of potential enlargement, and especially given that, you know, we have various challenges ahead with ukraine, what to do with the climate crisis, what to do with your more generally. what is your�*s debt. it cannot deliver growth and prosperity, what will it do? , ., and prosperity, what will it do? , . ._ and prosperity, what will it do? , . . , ., do? they have lay down the gauntlet- — do? they have lay down the gauntlet. as _ do? they have lay down the gauntlet. as you _ do? they have lay down the gauntlet. as you suggest i do? they have lay down the i gauntlet. as you suggest their problems ahead that need to be salt. thank you for coming on the programme. much of. you for coming on the programme. much appreciated.

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welcome back. more than 900 health care workers died during the covid pandemic after catching the virus at work. today the covid inquiry moved into its third and final phase. they will examine the impact on the health service including the use of masks and ppe in hospitals, the policy of shielding the most vulnerable, and how we have, since treated, long covid. the session began with a film documenting the experience of those on the frontline. our health editor, hugh pym, has spoken to three workers who are still dealing with the aftermath of what they lived through. malachi was an intensive care nurse during the pandemic. natalie was a senior hospital registrar and virus expert. both front line health workers. both wanting answers. we first met malachi four years ago when filming

a night shift in hospital. i mean, there were three deaths in the last 24 hours here. and then you turn around and there's still 12 other patients. he tended four patients a shift rather than one. it's just not feasible. it's not... you can't carry on like this for a long time. the night we filmed, he comforted other nurses who cried while patients died without their relatives. you see death as part of the job. it was unusual or unheard of at the time to have to deal or process two, three, four of them in a shift and then go home to bed, come back the next day and then do it again. i think everyone was terrified. i interviewed natalie in early march 2020, a few weeks before lockdown. she told me then her fears about the rapid spread of the virus. it becomes much harder to stem the tide of this infection. at her hospital, she called for better protective clothing but didn't get it.

her later covid infection left her with spinal cord damage. i'd like to understand why so many voices that spoke out and said, "no, this isn't appropriate, we need better respiratory protective equipment for our health care workers," were not listened to. i'm just surprised that no one felt that they had a duty of care to health care workers during a pandemic. with campaigners gathering at the inquiry, the hearing was told how the nhs staffing crisis could have made things worse. the uk entered the pandemic with not enough staff. - was then compounded by staff absence through illness, staffl being absent through shielding, staff lost because _ they had long covid. during the pandemic. we clapped ourfront line nhs workers. up the nhs. and we called them heroes. but in the workplace, many staff felt unprotected and undertrained.

we don't know what we're heading towards. three junior doctors spoke to me at the peak of the first lockdown. they were exhausted and scared. katie, in the middle here, was speaking after a block of shifts. be in intensive care for some weeks and some of them will die. and it's... it's completely heartbreaking and harrowing. looking back, she remembers letting one patient go home rather than risk dying alone in the hospital. she died in the morning and just thinking afterwards, was "that the right thing to do"? nobody really, nobody really knew. we didn't really know how best to to manage it. and of course, just strong sense of people had to make it up as they went along. so what answers do nhs staff want? i'd like to see from this inquiry honesty, transparency, openness, humility and accountability. there will be another

pandemic at some point, and i want to make sure that we do not make the same mistakes again. acknowledgement that as humans, there's only so far you can - go before you break. hugh pym, bbc news. as i mentioned one of the issues that will be considered in this section is ppe. you will recall the challenges there were at the beginning sourcing enough equipment for nhs staff. but the procurement process will also be under the spotlight. and today the anti corruption charity transparency international raises concerns. they have been analysing publicly available data on over 5,000 uk contracts that were awarded. and they have identified 135 contracts worth £15.3 billion that should be further investigated, that is equivalent to one in every £3 spent. transparency international has attached three red flags to each of these high—risk contracts — which would signal a significant risk of corruption. with me is daniel bruce, chief executive of

transparency international: explained to me, if you would come of the flag system, how you use that. we come of the flag system, how you use that-— come of the flag system, how you use that. we were looking at 5000 contracts _ you use that. we were looking at 5000 contracts again - you use that. we were looking j at 5000 contracts again sports team red flags for protection of public spending which were developed in line with international back practice and the kind of things we were looking for were politically connected suppliers, those with access to the very controversial vip lane for public procurement, brand—new companies that had only been formed within, say, 100 days. those with a very tiny balance sheet. suppliers that didn't ultimately deliver ends, in some cases, some of these contracts have up to eight of these red flags, which is why we think it's really important they are investigated more thoroughly by the authorities at. �* , , , thoroughly by the authorities at. a , , thoroughly by the authorities at. as you suggest there was a vip lane, — at. as you suggest there was a vip lane, if — at. as you suggest there was a vip lane, if we _ at. as you suggest there was a vip lane, if we all— at. as you suggest there was a vip lane, if we all think- vip lane, if we all think back to the beginning, there was an urgency, a clamourfor the urgency, a clamour for the government urgency, a clamourfor the government to source this ppe, which is why they set a preferred suppliers, people they thought they could trust. how long did that system last, and did it come to an end

quickly enough? to and did it come to an end quickly enough? to things that really distinguish _ quickly enough? to things that really distinguish the - quickly enough? to things that really distinguish the uk's - really distinguish the uk's response from the rest of the world come as part of our research, we've checked to see if there was any other government that introduced this vip lane, this high priority lien for those with political connections, and we couldn't find one anywhere at all. —— priority lane. some of the responses we've had to today's report, this emergency, we had to move fast, so on. this went on for months and months and months along with the direct awarding of contracts when we are all being told that it was safe to eat 0ut are all being told that it was safe to eat out to help 0ut, safe to eat out to help out, and that is what really sets the uk aside because, for example, the eu 27 had all abandon direct contracting in the early weeks of the pandemic of this went on for years in the uk context and these red flag contracts persisted through these whole three year sample. . through these whole three year sam - le. . ~ . through these whole three year samle. . ~ ., ., through these whole three year samle. .~ ., ., ~' sample. . what would you like to happen _ sample. . what would you like to happen from _ sample. . what would you like to happen from this _ sample. . what would you like to happen from this point - sample. . what would you like to happen from this point on? | to happen from this point on? what would be the purpose of the inquiry? as we know a lot of this ppe has been thrown

away, a lot of the money has been spent. so what would be the purpose? £15 been spent. so what would be the purpose?— the purpose? £15 billion is a big amount _ the purpose? £15 billion is a big amount of _ the purpose? £15 billion is a big amount of public - the purpose? £15 billion is al big amount of public money, the purpose? £15 billion is a i big amount of public money, if there was a case for claw—back on some of these contracts, that should be pursued, perhaps ijy that should be pursued, perhaps by the government, soon to be appointed commissioner, there should also be public accountability. and we would see that procurement module of the inquiry which opens next year, it's been an opportunity for that as well, we also want the new government to implement our 15 recommendations for emergency procurement reform which we have also tabled today. which we have also tabled toda . ., ., which we have also tabled toda . ., ., ~ today. 0k, daniel, good to talk today. 0k, daniel, good to talk to ou. today. ok, daniel, good to talk to you- thank— today. 0k, daniel, good to talk to you. thank you _ today. 0k, daniel, good to talk to you. thank you for _ today. 0k, daniel, good to talk to you. thank you for coming . to you. thank you for coming in. thank you. daniel bruce from transparency international. in the last couple of hours, apple has begun unveiling its latest smartphone, the iphone 16 alongside an updated apple watch. in tech terms its always the blue ribbon event. apple remains one of the biggest companies in the world and the latest generation of tech jey to its fortunes. this time there is a healthy dose of ai, and on the iphone

a new camera button, with auto focus and shutter release, that makes it feel a little more like your traditional camera experience. let's speak to washington post tech correspondent, taylor lorenz. nice to see you again. artificial intelligence that used to be called but now we have apple intelligence. how quickly will we see it?- quickly will we see it? well, the beta is _ quickly will we see it? well, the beta is rolling _ quickly will we see it? well, the beta is rolling out - quickly will we see it? well, the beta is rolling out and l the beta is rolling out and about a month. so it will roll out initially in beta testing and then likely to the full user base potentially later this year early next. iiiiuiiiiii user base potentially later this year early next. will we aet it in this year early next. will we get it in europe? _ this year early next. will we get it in europe? that- this year early next. will we get it in europe? that is- this year early next. will we get it in europe? that is a i get it in europe? that is a aood get it in europe? that is a good question, _ get it in europe? that is a good question, that, - get it in europe? that is a good question, that, i - get it in europe? that is a i good question, that, i would think you would be able to receive the beta test but i don't know exactly which features will be rolled in which european i imagine it will be available.— which european i imagine it will be available. from what ou will be available. from what you know — will be available. from what you know from _ will be available. from what you know from the - will be available. from what i you know from the presentation you've just seen, would you suggest that the iphone 16 is a

very different experience for those of us who are on apple? it is interesting. ijust saw a report this morning saying that the time between people getting new iphones has arisen. back in 2018, it was only three years, it was every three years people would purchase an iphone, now does every five years. so i think you are asking the question that a lot of consumers are asking, is it worth it to upgrade? of course also some of these software updates will be available to anyone with an iphone. so i don't know, for people that are creative who really want those camera features, the ai features, some of the other exciting stuff, as a journalist, i'm excited for the boy �*s note feature that allows you to have separate audio tracks. that is some interesting new features here. i think it remains to be seen whether people are willing to she“ whether people are willing to shell out the money. it's over $1000. , , . ., $1000. this eerie experience at the risk of _ $1000. this eerie experience at the risk of my — $1000. this eerie experience at the risk of my phone _ $1000. this eerie experience at the risk of my phone going i $1000. this eerie experience at the risk of my phone going off l the risk of my phone going off behind set, it's not been particularly good, hazard? apple is definitely playing

catch up here compared to other ai initiatives and especially google, some of their competitors they are a little behind, and they have come from behind, and they have come from behind before, streaming of the apple watch, they are not the first smartwatch on the market. they could really bring it to consumers and make it a mass—market sort of adoption, that the competitors are not able to achieve.— that the competitors are not able to achieve. when it comes to the watch. — able to achieve. when it comes to the watch, and _ able to achieve. when it comes to the watch, and i _ able to achieve. when it comes to the watch, and i know i able to achieve. when it comes to the watch, and i know there | to the watch, and i know there is a new updated watch coming out as well, i mean, that is very much attached to health and well—being. is there anything in the new apple watch that to you might not get with samsung watches or with garmin? a plethora of other watches there are now on the market? the new watch comes with a lower profile, a little easier to read, a larger screen, that is exciting. i think when you are comparing smartwatch is commit depends on your ecosystem of products, are you an apple head and you and your apple watch to be able to sync very easily with all these

other apple products that you have, that's great. maybe you have, that's great. maybe you have a google chrome book, maybe you are not so loyal to apple, may be the benefits of the apple watch don't make such a difference. you don't need i message on your watch. it really depends on how you want to use it. do really depends on how you want to use it. . , to use it. do i really need new air pods? _ to use it. do i really need new air pods? well, _ to use it. do i really need new air pods? well, you _ to use it. do i really need new air pods? well, you won't i to use it. do i really need new air pods? well, you won't be l air pods? well, you won't be able to charge _ air pods? well, you won't be able to charge them - air pods? well, you won't be able to charge them with i air pods? well, you won't be able to charge them with us| air pods? well, you won't be i able to charge them with us pc, you will, which is a nice thing. again, itjust goes back to how often do you use them? are you popping them in for a run now and then? maybe it's not worth the upgrade, or is this a system of listing technology that could be beneficial to you?- technology that could be beneficial to you? lots of options — beneficial to you? lots of options there. _ beneficial to you? lots of options there. very i beneficial to you? lots of| options there. very good. taylor, nice to see you and thank you for coming on. you may have thoughts on that, do get in touch in the normal way. we are going to have our panel here very shortly. but before we go, let me remind viewers joining us that we are covering some breaking news in new york, harvey weinstein, who of course

was one of the biggest figures in hollywood, disgraced during the metoo movement, convicted of rape, undergoing open—heart surgery tonight rushed to hospital from surgery tonight rushed to hospitalfrom rikers island hospital from rikers island from hospitalfrom rikers island from where he was being held ahead of an appeal which is coming up in new york relating to some of those charges. as i mentioned earlier, you can see him there with his walker. he's beenin him there with his walker. he's been in relatively poor health of late. some of these hearings appeared in a wheelchair, and clearly not in the best of health tonight, undergoing open—heart surgery. we will try to get you some thoughts on that from washington and the next hour. so do stay with us for that. and also, can i show you some pictures? yeah, there you some pictures? yeah, there you are. that is air force one, just landed at stansted, just landed at sta nsted, secretary just landed at stansted, secretary of state, anthony lincoln, two days of meetings, he's meeting david laney, the uk foreign secretary tomorrow,

you create in the middle east, very much top of the list of things to be discussed. we are going to get into a little bit of that with our panel. of course, the pressure starting to mount on the ukrainians as we head into the front line now starting to come in at a fast pace, but in the mind of the prime minister at least two spoke to laura kunz berger over the weekend, there is a real need for some strategic thinking on ukraine and how we support them. so we will get into some of that as well. do stay with us, you are watching bbc news. we will be right back after this break. hello again. we've got a change to much colder weather conditions just around the corner, so get those jumpers handy. you might need to dig out a warmer duvet as well.

now, it's a fine end to the day wednesday afternoon for wales and western areas of england with plenty of sunshine. but after a sunny morning in northern ireland, here it turned a lot cloudier, the winds picked up as well. and that cloud is associated with a weather front that stretches right out into the north atlantic. to the north of that, we've got much colder air, and that colder air is going to be swinging its way across the uk over the next day or two. it is going to feel much more autumnal. now, weather—wise at the moment, we've got low pressure moving in. outbreaks of rain will turn increasingly steady and heavy overnight for northern ireland and scotland, some splashes of rain getting into northern england later on as well. temperatures still for the most part about 10—14 degrees, but turning colder already in scotland, and talking about scotland here, it's going to be a windy start to the day on tuesday. gusts of wind around the northern isles could run into the 60 miles an hour. i think it will be particularly blustery in 0rkney, whereas across the western side of scotland, gusts probably running into the 40s of miles an hour, driving in a mixture of sunshine and heavy showers. here's our cold front diving southwards across england and wales.

not a huge amount of rain on that, but you will notice the change to fresher air filtering in across northern ireland, northern england and wales as well. it's overnight that that cold air reaches right the way across the uk, a much colder night than we've been used to, with temperatures getting down to five in aberdeen and in newcastle as well. so, a cold start to wednesday morning, it is a day of sunshine and blustery showers. the showers always most frequent across northern—western areas, driven in by the strong northwesterly winds. there will be some areas, though, that dodge the downpours. favoured for that would be parts of north east england, but wherever you are, temperatures a lot lower — 11—15 degrees, that's below average for the time of year — the north westerly winds making it feel a little bit colder yet. for thursday, a similar kind of day again, sunshine and blustery showers. the showers really frequent for northern scotland, the north west of both england and wales, and probably quite a few in northern ireland, too. temperatures 11—15 degrees, then we start to see high pressure move in on friday.

so, for many of us, it will be a bit drier, perhaps a bit of sunshine coming through. and into the weekend, still quite unsettled, but it does at least turn quite a bit milder.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching the context. i think it's very important to remember, particularly for ukraine and the middle east, the next few weeks and months are critically important.

we need to have this long—range capability, not only on the occupied territory of ukraine, but also on the russian territory — yes, so that russia is motivated to seek peace. we've been working closely| together to make sure that, as things move forward, i ukraine has what it needs to stand strongly on its own feet —j militarily, economically, democratically. - joining me tonight are the democratic strategist hilary rosen and jack blanchard, the uk hilary rosen and jack blanchard, the uk editor of politico. looking forward to getting into it with our panel tonight. first, the latest bbc news. catherine, the princess of wales, has revealed that she's finished her course of preventative chemotherapy following her cancer diagnosis. she will return to a light schedule of public engagements, which could include remembrance

events in november and her annual christmas carol concert.