british prime minister sir keir starmer is under pressure on the issue of slavery reparations at a commonwealth summit in samoa. the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it is very important that we start from that place and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. the menendez brothers — convicted in 1996 for murdering their parents in beverly hills — could they be about to walk free? kamala harris holds a star—studded rally in atlanta as rival donald trump blitzes the swing states welcome to newsday, i'm steve lai. british prime minister sir keir starmer is at the commonwealth summit where he's facing renewed pressure

from caribbean countries about the issue of reparations for the tra ns—atla ntic slave trade. a draft communique says they'll prioritise further research into reparatoryjustice. britain was pivotal to the once lucrative trade in enslaved africans. it was the world's biggest slave trading nation before abolition in the 1800s. the prime minister has been speaking to our political editor chris mason who has travelled with him to the summit in samoa. it turns out the tropical south pacific isn't always sun—kissed, but peer beyond the windscreen wipers and this small island nation oozes pride at being host to more than 50 countries. some commonwealth countries want the uk to pay up for the impact of slavery. "no," says the prime minister. i think we should be clear from the outset that the slave trade, slave practice, was abhorrent and it's very important that we start from that place

and of course that matters hugely to many of the countries that are represented here. my posture, my focus is on the forward—look, not the backward—look. i want to understand the nature of your objection. is it a financial one, or is it a moral and philosophical one? can our generation be held responsible for the actions of our forebears? i think our generation can say the slave trade and practice was abhorrent and we should, you know, we talk about our history, we can't change our history, but we should certainly talk about our history... you say that, but not apologise, not pay any money? look, i think that we recognise that and of course apologies have already been made in relation to the slave trade and that's not surprising, it's what you would expect, but if you then go on to the question, we have 55 countries here represented and say in the conversations i've already had, the things that have come up most,

their resilience, there are real concerns, particularly for some smaller countries about the impact of climate on them and how we can help with international institutions, financial institutions, to unlock money that might help them. you find yourself in the last couple of days embroiled with a row with donald trump with a loosely—worded social media post by a labour staffer, and something of a transatlantic spat breaking out over alleged electoral interference by the labour party. does it worry you or is it classic election campaigning and electioneering going on in america? this needs to be seen for what it is — the labour party members and staff who are on a voluntary basis in their own time going to campaign in the election. it's happened every election, every political party does it. if donald trump can kick you around like this as a candidate, what might be like he wins the presidency? i've met donald trump, we had dinner together in new york a few weeks ago. the reason was a shared endeavour, we want to make sure we had a good working relationship. the relationship between our two countries is a special relationship,

we both recognise that. you had your transport secretary calling for a boycott of a transport company, a row over taylor swift concert tickets, now people even inadvertently undermining your relationship with donald trump, your critics say you are behaving like you are in opposition. can i address that head—on? i said economic growth was the number—one mission of this government and what i intended to do was build a partnership between an active and robust labour government that had absolute clarity about what it was doing on economic growth with the private sector who would come up alongside us and invest... no, let me finish, come alongside as... is there still a mentality shift from opposition after so many years to being in government? these examples point to that, the sense there is still a mindset of you being an opposition party as opposed to the party of government.

i completely challenge that, £63 billion worth of investment, budget coming where we will fix the foundations, the last 14 years�* fiction that has led to disaster for our country, the economy is broken, public services on their knees, we are saying, put that behind us, we are going to clear the decks here. let me ask you about the budget next week. the chancellor said today you are going to rewrite the rules on borrowing and debt so you can spend more. how big a moment is this, the budget, for the country, for the new government? it's a very important budget because we've had 14 years where the economy didn't really grow, badly damaged. i believe in running towards problems. if you know what the problem is... run towards it and fix it, at the same time tell the story about the future of the country. the king has addressed the opening ceremony of the commonwealth heads of government meeting on samoa. speaking at the gathering of leaders from the 56 commonwealth countries, representing over 2.5 billion people, the monarch praised what he called the shared vision of the organisation and said leaders should learn from the lessons of the past.

ladies and gentlemen, few of our forebears could have imagined the commonwealth of today. our free association of proudly independent nations alive with opportunity, stands in proud defiance of the discrimination of the past. we have not reached this point by accident. shared vision, collective courage have been our lode star. as we set a course for the century ahead, we can renew our courage with our faith in one another. we can cross over to jamaica and speak to milton walker, a broadcastjournalist. thank you broadcast journalist. thank you for joining broadcastjournalist. thank you forjoining me to talk about this. we have heard from king charles and sir keir starmer

acknowledging the past, but very much looking to the future. , . ~ , future. yes, and we think they are wrong- _ future. yes, and we think they are wrong. we _ future. yes, and we think they are wrong. we think— future. yes, and we think they are wrong. we think first - future. yes, and we think they are wrong. we think first we i are wrong. we think first we need to have an apology on the issue of slavery, the colonial legacy, and all of the evil deeds that went with that, many of which we are still feeling the effects of the day, so we believe that we must start with an apology, followed by reparations and reparations, just to be clear, does not mean large sums of money being paid over to the caribbean countries that have been impacted by slavery and colonialism, but a series of items, from a community of nations, they have a ten point plan which speaks of debt relief, because much of the caribbean are still mired in debt, it speaks to assistance in health care, education. i willjust make one

clear point. when we got independence injamaica in 1962, we were left with only 46 high schools for the entire island, one in four parishes or provinces did not have a single high school. and the health care system, many of the hospitals were on the coastline and with climate change, many hurricanes in the last few years, those facilities are under threat as some have been damaged. and notjust in jamaica but many other caribbean countries as well so there is a lot of help that is required in that field, as well. so, reparations is an approach in terms of assisting and repairing the damage done by slavery and colonialism. you are saying _ by slavery and colonialism. you are saying that _ by slavery and colonialism. you are saying that it _ by slavery and colonialism. you are saying that it is _ by slavery and colonialism. you are saying that it is not looking as a punishment but more an acknowledgement and helping towards the future. we have got the uk budget coming

up have got the uk budget coming up next week. the uk foreign aid budget is already under pressure. realistically we'll reparations to countries like jamaica then impact where funds could also go to where they are needed at the moment like afghanistan and the middle east for example?— for example? right now you're sendin: for example? right now you're sending money _ for example? right now you're sending money for _ for example? right now you're sending money for the - for example? right now you're sending money for the wrong l sending money for the wrong causes in the middle east, many would argue, fuelling the conflict by arming the participants in that area. but we believe that our cause is just. we believe that it is one thatis just. we believe that it is one that is right, and it isjust fairfor us in the region that is right, and it isjust fair for us in the region to that is right, and it isjust fairfor us in the region to be supported, because of the past deeds which are really impacting our people today. the caribbean region and jamaica is a big part of that. we are still impacted by slavery with a poor health of our countries, diabetes, hypertension, and all

of the ncds are serious issues we're grappling with today and there has been clear which has a link that situation to slavery, so we believe that we ought to be compensated for that. . ~ , ., ought to be compensated for that. . ~ i. ought to be compensated for that. . ~ . ., that. thank you so much for our that. thank you so much for your perspectives _ that. thank you so much for your perspectives today, - that. thank you so much for your perspectives today, we appreciate your time, speaking to milton walker, a broadcast journalist at rgr news. the us election is at a fever pitch with just 12 days to go, it's a tight race — so there's again big focus on those all important �*swing' states. it's a star—studded event tonight — featuring �*the boss' bruce springsteen, film—maker tyler perry, as well as former us president barack obama.

here in arizona, donald trump spoke of the issue of immigration in that speech. we are a dumping ground, we are like a garbage can for the world. that is what has happened, that is what has happened. we are like a garbage can. it's the first time i've ever said that. every time i come up and talk about what they've done to our country, i get angrierand angrier. first time i've ever said garbage can but you know what? it's a very accurate description. kamala harris took the stage in clarkston, georgia, and has been asked about the issue of immigration and speaking to reporters she turned the topic back to donald trump, pointing to the bipartisan immigration bill that the former president reportedly derailed for political reasons. i reportedly derailed for political reasons. i will tell ou political reasons. i will tell you that — political reasons. i will tell you that my _ political reasons. i will tell you that my highest - political reasons. i will telll you that my highest priority political reasons. i will tell. you that my highest priority is to put the resources into ensuring that our border is

secure which is why i have been very dear i will bring back up that bipartisan border security bill and make sure that it is brought to my desk so they can sign it into law. the biggest issueis sign it into law. the biggest issue is that donald trump passeditin issue is that donald trump passed it in the way of what would have been a proven part of the solution to the bigger problem, which is that we have a broken immigration system in america and we need to fix it. samir hussein —— reports from the rally in clarkston, georgia. the aim of the event was to bring energy and get people excited about the selection. it is perhaps that they were successful, there was according to the campaign some 23,000 people that were here at this high school football stadium. and it was a star—studded event, they had samuel ella jackson, tyler perry, and of course, you had the former president barack 0bama, arguably the most popular democrat right now. in

fact, there were people in the audience that i spoke to said they were specifically here, to hear from the former president. people were excited and of course, the musical event, how to boost things here, brought a lot of energy but the challenge of course for all the campaigns is to translate that energy into votes. georgia is one of the states where we have seen early voting. there has been about 2 million early votes cast, and you also heard the pitch from vice president kamala harris to encourage people to go and vote early. and it really is a matter of getting people to cast their ballot. 50 getting people to cast their ballot, . getting people to cast their ballot. . ., ballot. so close to the election. _ ballot. so close to the election, the - ballot. so close to the election, the reason l ballot. so close to the i election, the reason they ballot. so close to the - election, the reason they are pushing so hard in georgia is because it is one of those key and pivotal swing states. and and pivotal swing states. and that is why — and pivotal swing states. and that is why you _ and pivotal swing states. and that is why you have - and pivotal swing states. fific that is why you have kamala harris here in georgia, and you are former us president donald trump that was campaigning in nevada and arizona. also two

swing states. the idea is that in order for either candidate to get to the magic number to be able to clinch the white house, they are going to be able to have to swing states into either republican or democrat, depending on which party you vote for so that is why you will see both candidates really make a final push in a lot of these swing states. ., . ., ., push in a lot of these swing states. ., ., ., ., , , .,~ push in a lot of these swing states. ., ., ., ., ,, .,~ ., states. you managed to speak to some of the _ states. you managed to speak to some of the supporters - states. you managed to speak to some of the supporters of - some of the supporters of kamala harris. do they seem to be any undecided voters that could be swung by what they have seen to date? if could be swung by what they have seen to date?— have seen to date? if you're auoin have seen to date? if you're going to _ have seen to date? if you're going to come _ have seen to date? if you're going to come to _ have seen to date? if you're going to come to this - have seen to date? if you're going to come to this event | going to come to this event with all of these democrats taking the stage, you are pretty much someone who is a firm supporter of the democratic party. that said, i did speak to some independent voters, some voters that had previously voted for republicans in the past. but,

for those that i did speak to it was really all about women's rights, and that was sort of a driving factor, and notjust the women that i spoke to were even some of the men, women's reproductive freedom was really a driving factor. let's turn to the middle east — where efforts to re—start negotiations on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in gaza continued on thursday. us secretary of state antony blinken is in doha for meetings with qatari leaders. he said that israeli and american negotiators will travel to doha in the coming days for fresh ceasefire talks. a hamas official, speaking after talks with egyptian mediators in cairo on thursday, told the french news agency afp that the group is ready to stop fighting if israel commits to a ceasefire deal. speaking alongside qatar's prime minister a little earlier, secretary blinken said he hopes to find a diplomatic resolution to the war in the wake of israel's killing of hamas leader yahya sinwar, whom he described

as a central obstacle in previous negotiations. the reason i believe there is opportunity now is because the biggest obstacle to concluding that agreement was sinwar and the fact he is no longer with us perhaps creates an opening for moving forward and concluding an agreement. our state department correspondent tom bateman is following the story from doha. he sent this update. the saudis still want, are pushing this wider so—called normalisation deal between the saudis and israel which would be dangled as a prize to the israelis to try and engage with a diplomatic process in the long term but really, the diplomatic track on all of this is in a mess. because of what is going on with hamas, because of the israeli military assault in the north of gaza and mr netanyahu appearing to show that there is a lack of interest, frankly, in diplomacy and much more in the military

path and that is what mr blinken is trying to do, pull the israelis back towards trying to get a deal. but at the moment, all of that, the chance of any kind of breakthrough and even getting discussions back up and running, seems very slim. breaking news from lebanon, where israel has continued its bombing campaign against hezbollah. lebanese state media has three journalists were killed in israeli air strike in eastern lebanon near the border with syria. the journalists died in a raid at 3:30am local time on the lebanese syrian border. we will bring you more details on that when we get it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

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the district attorney of los angeles has announced that the brothers, erik and lyle menendez — convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 — should be resentenced. it follows a renewed focus on the case in which the brothers argued they'd been sexually and physically assaulted by their parents. that claim was dismissed during the initial trial, but new evidence could confirm the allegations. this latest development means the brothers, now in their fifties — could soon walk free. 0ur los angeles correspondent emma vardy reports. this 911 call in 1989 sparked a murder case which gripped the world. brothers erik and lyle menendez, aged 18 and 21, claimed they had found the bodies of their parents, shot dead in their beverly hills mansion. but they later admitted carrying out the killings themselves. the defendants are in court with their attorneys

and the people are represented. during their trial, which was televised, the brothers said they'd been physically and sexually abused by their father, and argued it was manslaughter. at the time, they were not believed, and were eventually convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole. but last year, new evidence was revealed which backed up the brothers�* claims of abuse, and there were calls from some family members for them to be released. lyle and erik have already paid a heavy price. discarded by a system that failed to recognise their claim. they have grown, they have changed, and they have become better men, despite everything that they've been through. today, the district attorney for la recommended that the brothers should be given a lighter sentence, which means they could now walk free. we are going to recommend to the court that the life - without the possibility of parole be removedl and that they will be l

sentenced for murder. under the law, since _ they were under 26 years of age at the time that the crimes occurred. _ they would be eligible for parole immediately. - erik and i killed our parents together, so... i'd say that makes us pretty close. erik and lyle menendez recently gained widespread attention once again, with two netflix series made about the brothers�* story, now seen as a case which, had it been held with society�*s modern understanding of abuse, may have had very different outcome. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. it is happening now because of several reasons, mainly there has been some new evidence that has come to light that has clearly been considered by the district attorney.

we now know about a letter that erik menendez, the younger of the two brothers, wrote several months before the killing of their parents in which he outlined to a cousin details of the sexual abuse that he said that he and his brother had been suffering at the hands of his father. there is also evidence from a member of an �*80s boy band who said he was also abused byjose menendez. so the district attorney has been considering that, the profile of this case, and it has been 35 years, has been raised recently by a docudrama and a documentary on netflix and that has really introduced this story to an entirely new generation of television viewers, many of whom have been calling the district attorney�*s office calling for him to be looking again at this case and that is exactly what he has done and come to this decision. what�*s next for the menendez brothers? can they potentially walk free? they could, but this isn�*t the end of the story, this is a recommendation

from the district attorney, it now goes to a court and a judge will make the final decision as to whether essentially their sentence can be changed from life without the possibility of parole to simply life where there is a possibility of parole and that a judge may well hear from witnesses because we know that not everyone agrees with the district attorney�*s decision and that includes some members of the menendez family. then ultimately if the judge agrees, it could go to a parole board for the final decision. peter bowes, our correspondent in los angeles. let�*s turn to something a little different. tim burton is best known for directing films such as batman and edward scissorhands. now a major retrospective exhibition of his work is opening at the design museum in london. here�*s charlotte gallagher. the surreal, gothic and eccentric style of tim burton, in his latest film beetlejuice beetlejuice.

and this is where all his creations begin, drawings on his sketch pad, something he�*s loved since he could pick up a pencil. i�*ve always felt quite lucky that it was something that was important to me. and whether i was good or not at it, it was something that meant something to me. it was like therapy. and did no—one ever say to you, "oh, that�*s a bit weird?" of course! your whole life! and the monsters in yourfilms are often the ones that, visually, they look scary, but they�*re the ones that people connect with the most. and they tend to be the heroes — is that intentional? when i grew up on watching these movies, i mean, it was very clear, all of them, from king kong to frankenstein to creature from the black lagoon, all the monsters were the most emotional. you know, the humans were the ones that scared me. and the monster always had the most emotion, it had the most feeling. burton is credited with kick—starting the superhero genre with his batman films,

but would he return to them? no, because it felt new at the time. there was pressure because it was a big movie and it was a different interpretation of comic books. and how do you feel about artificial intelligence? there was ai versions of characters, disney characters, designed by me, ai, right? and until it happens to you, you really don�*t understand it, but it was quite disturbing and ifelt like my soul had been taken from me. it�*s clear that for this director, his soul is attached to his very real creations. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. there is more on that, on our website, he said he is a technophobe, he said that when he looked at the internet, he got quite depressed. that�*s all for now — stay with bbc news. hello there. we saw some pretty decent

temperatures for the time of year on thursday, with highs of 19 degrees in northolt in greater london — that was thanks to sunshine, warm southerly winds and high pressure. for friday, though, a few changes to the weather. it will be cloudier for many. still a bit of sunshine around, but we�*ve got this area of low pressure which will tend to throw up a weather front into southern and western areas to bring outbreaks of rain. strong winds out towards the southwest, but lighter further north and east. and it�*s here where we�*ll start cloudy with some early mist and fog, especially the midlands, northern and eastern england. that will tend to lift into low cloud. and we�*ll see this rain in the south and the west slowly pushing northwards across england and wales, tending to weaken as it does so. but skies brighten up behind it with a few showers and it�*s very windy for the far southwest. most of scotland, northern ireland, northern eastern england will stay cloudy. best of any sunshine, south—west scotland, north—west england. temperatures pretty decent again for the time of year — mid to high teens. friday night, we see that weather front spread northwards across scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain, patchy clouds. skies clear for many. this area of low pressure starts to fizzle out across the southwest so

the winds will ease down here. still fairly mild, temperatures to start saturday ranging between 7 and 11 degrees. saturday, that area of low pressure fizzles out, but we look to the north—west, a renewed area of low pressure. its weather front pushing into scotland and northern ireland bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain here. but much of southern and eastern scotland, england and wales will have a fine day with some sunshine. a few showers, wales, south—west england some early showers, i think, east anglia and the south—east, but these will clear away so the majority will be dry into the afternoon. but a slightly fresher — thanks to westerly winds on saturday — the mid—teens i think for most. into sunday, a ridge of high pressure builds into england and wales, so a lot of dry weather here — could be quite cool to start on sunday. maybe some early mist and fog as the winds will be light here. but again, quite breezy. scotland, northern ireland, with further outbreaks of rain, though not as wet as saturday i think, with much of eastern scotland staying dry. so a fine day to come across england and wales, but a bit cooler again — 11 to 15 degrees. as we move into next week, once we pass monday,

it looks like high pressure starts to build in right across the country. that�*ll settle the weather down once again, away from the far north of scotland, which will stay quite breezy with some showers, but the vast majority of the country through the week should be dry. there may be quite a lot of cloud around, and it could be quite cool at night with some mist and fog developing.

nvidia bets big on india with a slew of ai partnerships in one of the world�*s leading technology markets. before the japanese election, we look at how part—time workers could solve the country�*s labour shortage problems. hello and welcome to business today. i�*m steve lai. the boss of nvidia jensen huang is in india, and has announced a slew of deals with several indian companies, including reliance group, run by asia�*s richest man, mukesh ambani. 0ur india business correspondent nikhil inamdar has all the details from mumbai. nvidia said it will supply its processes for reliance data centres and announced a tie—up with other indian companies. they are looking to expand their cloud infrastructure in india. i hope to partner with all of you to enable india... the nvidia bossjensen huang was attending an ai summit in mumbai and said he believed india would become one