this is bbc news, the headlines. israeli football fans are attacked following a match in amsterdam. the police say five people have been treated in hospital, and 62 have been arrested. days after donald trump declared victory, and final results from the us election continue to come in, the swing state of nevada projected for mr trump. experts say donald trump's presidency will have a "negative effect" on actions against climate change, ahead of an annual global climate conference in azerbaijan. foreign secretary david lammy tells the bbc that his previous strong criticisms of donald trump are "old news." —— british foreign secretary david lammy. harrods�* managing director has given a personal apology following the sexual abuse allegations against the department store's former owner, mohamed al fayed. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan.

welcome back. let's have more now on donald trump's presidential election victory — and focus on how his return to the white house might affect international diplomatic relations. starting in the uk, where in his first interview since the us vote, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has told the bbc, his previous strong criticisms of mr trump are "old news." mr lammy also said the government would seek to ensure no import taxes — tariffs — were imposed by america on the uk. mr lammy has been speaking to adam fleming and our political editor, chris mason, on the bbc�*s newscast podcast. foreign secretary, how are you doing? being foreign secretary is all about shaking hands with folk and getting on with people — which is fine, unless you've spent rather a while, well, slagging them off. which is exactly what david lammy used to do about donald trump, who he now says he'd reckoned for a while would triumph. my gut had been telling me but,

also, my head had been telling me that they were in a strong position. was your hunch that trump was going to win? i've got to say it was, i've got to say it was. i felt in my bones that there could be a trump presidency. so april 2019, you said, "deluded, dishonest, xenophobic, narcissistic, donald trump is no friend of britain." have you changed your mind, or is that still your view? this is old news. here, chris, i'm sitting here as foreign secretary. i've had a meal with donald trump, i've met donald trump. did you talk about this stuff? did you apologise? did he bring it up? not even vaguely! i've got to say, i found him to be a very gracious host. did he offer you a second portion of chicken or something?! he didn't offer me a second portion of chicken! he was very generous, very gracious. very keen to make sure that we felt relaxed and comfortable in his surroundings.

he was funny. i want to put one more quote to you, from time magazine in 2018, and you said, "trump is not only a woman—hating, neo—nazi—sympathising sociopath, he is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of western progress for so long." and i put it to you, you are now the uk's chief diplomat. this back catalogue of quotes matters, doesn't it? the truth is, when you're doing thisjob, you understand the extent and breadth of the us—uk relationship. and in the end, he's finding common ground just as i'm finding common ground. and listen to this, a potential imminent flashpoint with washington if donald trump imposes big tariffs, import taxes. we will seek to ensure and to get across to the united states, and i believe that they would understand this, that hurting your closest allies cannot be in your medium or long—term interests.

trade, ukraine, the middle east, climate change — the foreign secretary's job has got a whole lot harder this week. chris mason, bbc news. let's stay with international reaction to donald trump is �*s victory and his soon to be written to the white house. let's get response from russia. president putin has congratulated donald trump on his victory. the russian leader said he was ready to talk to the us president—elect, as any ideas on ending what he called "the ukraine crisis" were worth considering. steve rosenberg reports from sochi in southern russia. world leaders have been queueing up to congratulate america's new president. vladimir putin, though, had stayed silent, until now. donald trump will love this. translation: the way he behaved i during the attempt on his life, i

that made an impression on me. he's a brave man. then more praise, as the kremlin leader said he's ready to talk to trump. what he's said publicly about wanting to improve relations with russia and resolve the ukraine conflict, i think that at least deserves attention. i would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election as the us president. in donald trump's first term, relations with russia had got worse, but the kremlin will spy an opportunity now to build a stronger relationship and try to use that to end the war in ukraine on terms beneficial to russia. vladimir putin made his comments at a conference in the mountains of southern russia. the kremlin is counting on a trump administration to thaw ties with the west.

when donald trump first became president in 2016, the kremlin�*s expectations were sky—high. trump was seen as an american leader who would move mountains to mend us—russian relations. it didn't happen. but clearly, russian officials haven't lost hope. some here are hoping that donald trump will clip america's wings. trump will spur the retreat of the united states from the position of a global superpower to a position of a global normal power. do you think russia now has a friend in the white house? god no, i don't. we will have an enemy, but a bit more responsible one. and moscow may benefit from upheaval in america. so the more the united states is embarrassed, the more the united states is in

disarray, the more the united states is arguing with itself, the more the united states looks confused, the better it is for the kremlin. the title of this conference was, together into a new world. vladimir putin can't wait. steve rosenberg, bbc news, sochi. the view from russia. as president—elect donald trump begins appointing his new team, climate experts have warned the second trump presidency will have a negative effect on action against climate change. it comes just days before world leaders meet at the annual global climate conference, known as cop, in azerbaijan.0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt will be reporting from that gathering — i asked him to tell us what we could expect. this is one of the biggest bits of multilateral diplomacy in the world, and the idea is they get together at these big conferences to raise ambition,

cutting carbon emissions, to try and save the world from the peril of climate change. and president—elect donald trump will not be at that conference because he doesn't take office yet, but there are concerns about what his policies might be when it comes to climate change? well, we know he's deeply sceptical about climate action. he's called biden�*s ambitious climate policies the "new green scam." we know that he's keen to take america out of the paris process. the paris agreement back in 2015 was when the world... it was actually the first time all the countries of the world agreed they needed to work together to tackle climate change, try and keep temperatures well below two degrees centigrade. that was the agreement. he wants to take the us out of that. why? because part of that agreement was a recognition by developed countries, rich countries, that they'd have to pay some cash to developing countries to help them make the transition to cleaner technologies, and also to kind of make

their economies more resilient to the effects of climate change. donald trump doesn't like that idea that other countries might have a kind of claim on some of america's resources. so he wants to pull the us out now, knowing that the us representatives who will be in baku — because of course they will send a team to baku — they are in the terrible position where they could make commitments, but obviously he's not necessarily going to honour them, and the rest of the world knows that. and as a result, the fear is that they'll be reluctant to sign up to ambitious policies as well. and justin, speaking of that summit, you've been doing some reporting and you've uncovered an interesting development. i have been doing some reporting. we've seen a video in which the chief executive of cop 29, the body that's running the conference on behalf of the countries of the world, is seen discussing fossil fuel deals with a guy that he thinks is is a potential investor. he talks about the gas fields that need developing in azerbaijan, he talks about pipeline infrastructure that there could be joint ventures for.

he talks about the state oil and gas company socar, he talks about its trading company that trades oil and gas all around the world, he says. then he says, you know, "if you want, i can set up a meeting and you could discuss these deals with socar yourself." now, agreeing to do deals to set up deals as part of your role as a cop official appears to be a serious breach of the code of conduct for cop officials. i spoke to christiana figueres, she's a costa rican diplomat. she oversaw the paris agreement. she said as far as she was concerned, this looked totally u na cce pta ble. she described it as a betrayal of the cop process. of course, rajini, we've been in touch with the azerbaijani cop 29 team, we've been in touch with socar, the the state oil and gas company. neither of them responded to our request for comment. the un did comment. it did did reply to us. it didn't comment directly on ourfindings, but it said, look, our main concern is that un officials, people acting as un officials,

remain impartial at all times. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt. let's turn to the latest on the harrods story. harrods' managing director has given a personal apology following the sexual abuse allegations against the department store's former owner, mohamed al fayed. speaking at its headquarters, michael ward told the bbc he was "dreadfully sorry" about what had happened. 0ur correspondent ellie price reports: he didn't say much, but this is the first time we've heard from the current boss of harrods on camera about sexual abuse allegations against mohamed al—fayed, the store's former owner. hundreds of women have alleged the billionaire raped or sexually abused them. harrods says it's engaged in a settlement process with more than 290 women.

there are also separate legal claims being brought against the luxury department store. michael ward has been managing director of harrods since 2005. he worked with al—fayed until 2010, when new owners bought the business. he has previously said he did not know of any abuse, and said no formal complaints had been brought to him — although rumours of al—fayed's behaviour were in the public domain. bbc news have repeatedly asked to interview him and try and find out what was known by senior staff at harrods of the allegations at the time, but every time the request has been declined. in september, he stepped down from his role as a trustee of the royal ballet and opera, while an internal review at harrods was taking place. the department store has declined to tell us whether it's identified or taken any action against anyone currently working there. it says its internal review is ongoing. ellie price, bbc news. our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher explains just how significant

this apology is from harrods' managing director. yes, a personal apology from mr ward, the current boss of harrods. he worked closely with mohamed al fayed at harrods and is still the boss now, as i said. the victims of mohamed al fayed want to know whether he knew this was going on. he has always said he did not know about any allegations of sexual abuse and rape, but crucially he has said rumours about mohamed al fayed's behaviour were in the public domain, so the victims still have many questions they want answered about the culture of harrods — what was going on, who knew, how high this went up? we knew it went to the very top with the boss, mohamed al fayed, but how many others in management knew what was going on? some very hurt and distressed women still really troubled by what happened to them. many were still teenagers when they were raped, they say, by mohamed al fayed. michael ward still under pressure. as ellie price said he has stood down in his role as the trustee of the royal

ballet company, he is still in charge at harrods, this internal investigation is going on, but there are lots of answers people want to hear. what exactly happened, how long was it going on? it seems there was a culture in this department store going on for such a long time, and it sounds, quite frankly, terrifying for many of the young women who were working there. bring us up to date with what is going on with these various investigations? since the bbc programme came out first highlighting these investigations, many more people have shared their stories? initially quite a small group of women came forward to the bbc and said this had happened to them while they were working for harrods, they were taken into mohamed al fayed's private office and made to sit on his knee. some say they were raped, others say they were sexually assaulted. now, harrods has reached a settlement with some of these women already but there is still this internal investigation going on with harrods. its new owners now —

nothing to do with the al fayed company, it is now a qatari—based company — they say they are carrying out this review and have apologised to any person affected by mohamed al fayed's behaviour. but because of the sheer number of victims — hundreds and hundreds of women coming forward — you can imagine this will take quite some time to get through because many people want their stories heard, and they want recognition of what happened to them at harrods. schools in pakistan's most populated province — punjab — will be shut for more than a week, because of air pollution. masks have been made mandatory in public spaces, and offices have been issued work—from—home guidelines. the air quality index — which measures the level of harmful particulate matter in the air — crossed the 1000—mark multiple times last week. 0ur pakistan correspondent carrie davies described the situation for us in the capital islamabad. just look at the smog

that you can see even just on the horizon, and this was thicker earlier. i'm in islamabad where at the moment the air quality index is only at around 230 or so, but compare that to the fact that in lahore they have seen this pass over 1000 in the course of the last week. we are looking at some of the stats from multan which seems to have passed 1300, over 145 times the level of the world health organization considers the limit. these are really huge numbers. what has also been shocking to people here is how early in the season we are seeing this sort of smog. people are used to having a smog season but normally later in the year, more like december, january, february time. the fact we have seen these pollution levels from october has really shocked people. i've lived in india for a number of years and am used to appalling pollution at this time of year in delhi and the question many people

without ask in india is what are the causes and what can be done to stop this? i will ask you the same questions. they are really good points. transportation is a major contributor to the level of pollution, we know that cars that maybe don't have catalytic converters for example are really major pollutants too but the other thing happening at this time of year is stubble burning, which you would know about from your time in india, where the farmers have after they have harvested, the farmers burn the fields with stubble in it. that can create some pollution. this is meant to be limited in both india and pakistan but from satellite imagery we have seen fires are still going on on both sides of the border so it does not seem to have been limited enough. transportation in particular is a really key issue. we have spoken to doctors in lahore.

one said they had seen a 25% increase in the number of people coming in with various issues from eye infections to lung conditions, difficulties breathing, and he said lots of those people have been on the roads, driving around, people who are unable perhaps because of their profession to stay indoors. people who might drive public vehicles and things like that. it is fairly well and good to suggest people stay at home or work from home but some peoplejust do not have that option. caroline davies, our pakistan correspondent. the spanish military is continuing to work to clear the damage caused by the flooding in and around the city of valencia. 219 people are known to have died, and more than 90 are still missing. several days after the worst of the flooding, valencia itself remains badly affected. there's still thick mud on many streets, and, as these pictures show, not all of the cars which were

swept up by the floods, and piled on top of each other, have been cleared. rescue teams are also continuing to work in rural areas, inland from valencia, which were also badly hit by the flooding. here a military helicopter was despatched to take an elderly couple, and their dog, who had been cut off by the damage caused to roads. they were airlifted to safety, and are said to be safe and well. the prince of wales says the past year has been the hardest of his life. speaking to the media in south africa, prince william described both his wife and father being diagnosed with cancer as �*dreadful�*. he said he was proud of both of them for handling their diagnoses. will vernon reports. 1992 is not a year on which i shall look back with undiluted pleasure. it was 1992 that the late queen elizabeth described as her "annus horribilis,"

or horrible year, when the royal family was wracked by scandal and tragedy. this year, 2024, has also been difficult for prince william's family. speaking at the end of a trip to south africa, the prince said... william said he was so proud of his wife and father, but he said "from a personal family point of view, it's been brutal." buckingham palace announced in february that king charles had cancer and would begin treatment. despite this, he still managed to travel to australia last month. and in march, it was announced princess kate was undergoing chemotherapy, after her own cancer diagnosis. the princess was unable to travel to south africa with her husband. she's been at home in windsor, recovering from treatment.

earlier this week, prince william said his wife is doing "really well" and has been "amazing this whole year." the prince surely hoping that next year brings better times for the whole family. will vernon, bbc news. three people have been charged in argentina in connection with the death of the one direction star liam payne. the singer fell from a hotel balcony in buenos aires last month. prosecutors say he had taken cocaine, alcohol and a prescription anti—depressa nt. divya talwar reports. liam payne fell from the third—floor balcony of the hotel he was staying at last month. argentinian prosecutors say medical records suggest the singer may have been semi or totally unconscious at the time, which they say rules out self—harm. three people, who haven't been named yet, have been charged in connection with the 31—year—old's death. one person who accompanied payne while in argentina has been charged with the abandonment of a person,

followed by death and the supply and facilitation of drugs. a hotel employee and a suspected drug dealer have been charged with supplying drugs. the singer was one of the most recognisable names in pop, after rising to fame with the boy band 0ne direction. toxicology tests found traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription anti—depressant in his body. earlier this week, the singer's body was released to his family, so it could be flown back to the uk. argentinian authorities have carried out nine raids at homes in buenos aires and are still analysing payne's broken laptop and other devices to try and understand what happened in his final days at the casasur hotel. divya talwar, bbc news. artificial intelligence influencers are a growing industry, with some ai models gaining hundreds of thousands of followers and getting increasingly lucrative sponsorship deals.

aitana is one of the world's most popular ai models — known for her stylish pink hair. the bbc�*s cyber correspondent, joe tidy reports. a photo shoot with no model. she's not late, though — she doesn't exist. aitana is an a! model. since she was created around a year ago, she's amassed a big following and is making thousands a month for her ba rcelona—based agency. we intend to always try to make it as similar as what any influencer would do. we take a picture with me in the image — and we have to replace it with al, so we have to play a bit with the lights and shadows to make it as possible. maybe barcelona as the background will be more interesting? touch—ups used to take around a day, but now it's a few hours because of how the al's improved so much. here's the final product. the studio says they can get thousands of pounds a month for sponsored posts

and endorsements with aitana. her virtual life is built for her mostly male fans — a key demographic for these a! models. some find the message they're sending to boys and girls troubling. i see huge issues with the rise of ai in models and influencers. i think they are setting an unrealistic beauty standard that is close enough to being real, that a lot of people who follow them don't realise they're not real — especially teenagers, young teen girls. aitana is marketed as a fitness—loving woman who lives a healthy lifestyle. she's even been sponsored by nutrition and sports brands. is there a problem where you're promoting a body image of someone that is, in many ways, perfect — and there are some people, some of your follows that say, "i wish i had that body"? in the beginning, we tried to make more curvy models, for example, or not standardised models — and clients didn't like that. but you can see these everywhere in publicity. comparing her to the rest of the influencers, she looks

the same as the rest. the agency started creating more models with more diverse looks, including some men, too — although apparently marketeers aren't as interested in male ai models. the latest project is for a major car company. the brief is to design an a! model to be the face for an in—car a! voice assistant — a very 2024 assignment. joe tidy, bbc news. 0ne one day there will soon be a! newsreaders too. a portrait of the british mathematician alan turing has become the first picture by a an ai artist to be sold at auction. it went for a little over a million dollars — more than five times the pre—sale estimate. the image was produced by a machine named a—i—da robot which is designed to resemble a woman. it's named after ada lovelace, a 19th century mathematician who's sometimes regarded as the fore—mother of computer let's hear from

the artist describing the artwork. my my portrait of alan turing in the 60th year since his death, are a tribute to one of the most profound thinkers in the history of technology and intelligence. my artwork uses a fractured and multilayered approach and this shows the deeper emotional and international layers of alan turing himself. —— emotional and intellectual layers. tell! and intellectual layers. tell me that is _ and intellectual layers. tell me that is not _ and intellectual layers. tell me that is not terrifying! now the weather with the real matt taylor! hello. for many of us, the gloom feels like it's been everlasting, and for some more than others. over the last 11 days, parts of hampshire have seen just 18 minutes of sunshine. that's over 11 days. not much better in altrincham, on the outskirts of manchester, either. we will change things eventually, by the end of the weekend and into the start

of next week. clearer skies at the moment just coming in off canada. they will come in behind this weather system, which will weaken as it gets towards us on sunday, but crucially, sweep away a lot of that low cloud that has been lingering for days and days on end. that low cloud still with many of us today. but there are some brighter spots again. northern scotland again, blue skies for many. some better breaks in the cloud towards the northwest of england for this afternoon. and to the west of wales again, we could see some sunshine. but for most, it stays cloudy, murky over the hills and temperatures 11 to 13 or 14 degrees, maybe up to 16 in the north of scotland. tonight, the cloud sits in place for many, but where we have those clearer skies, of course a bigger drop in temperature, and it's across northern scotland we could see temperatures down to around one or two degrees, so a touch of frost here. most, as you were — around 6—9 degrees. a bit milder in the west. could be a bit thicker cloud here. some patchy light rain or drizzle tomorrow. but still some cloud breaks possible to the north and north—west of scotland. greater chance of some sunshine south—west scotland and maybe north—west england and parts of north wales. many central and eastern areas, though, stick with the grey and gloomy conditions

and temperatures as they were — 11—14 degrees, a bit higher still, though, where you get the sunshine in parts of north—west scotland. into remembrance sunday, we've got extensive cloud to begin with, but thicker cloud. the weather front, which will bring the change, moves across scotland, northern ireland during the morning, so into the afternoon, sunshine here. patchy rain or drizzle more extensively though for england and wales through the afternoon. but even before we properly clear away the low cloud, there could be some breaks in that towards the south and the east, so we can't rule out at least a little bit of sunshine. but the best chance of sunshine uk—wide comes into monday. that weather front clears through, high pressure builds in, and with it, a lot more in the way of clear skies. it won't be completely blue skies throughout. there will be areas of cloud around. might turn cloudy through the day in western scotland and northern ireland. but compared to what we've had of late, some sunshine welcome more widely and temperatures 11—14 degrees — still a little bit above average for the time of year.

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israel's foreign minister is travelling to the netherlands, after israeli football fans are attacked in amsterdam. the police say 5 people have been treated in hospital. the bbc has uncovered that a senior official at a global climate conference — appears to have used his role — to arrange a meeting and discuss potential fossil fuel deals. we have a lot of pipeline infrastructure, gas deals that are to be developed, green projects, to me these are the possibilities to explore. the un says around 70% of the people killed by israeli actions in gaza were women and children. we hearfrom secretary general of the norwegian refugee council, who just returned from gaza. days after donald trump declared victory, and final results from the us election continue to come in — the swing state of nevada projected for mr trump.