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netflix adds streaming success. netflix adds a record number of subscribers and increases charges for many users. hello, i'm sally bundock. we start in the us and, in the past few hours, president trump has announced the creation of a huge artificial intelligence project called stargate. it will see the private sector invest up to $500 billion in al infrastructure in the united states over the next four years. he said it would create about 100,000 jobs. the initiative expands exisiting plans to build huge data centres. after signing a swathe of executive orders, he has sought to justify his decision to pardon more than 1,500 supporters who stormed the us capitol building four years ago. mr trump described their
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punishments as "ridiculous and excessive". and excessive". 0ur north america correspondent 0ur north america correspondent merlyn thomas reports merlyn thomas reports on donald trump's first full on donald trump's first full day in office. day in office. nice to see you. nice to see you. some very familiar faces. some very familiar faces. president trump is back — president trump is back — and wants to make and wants to make sure everyone knows. sure everyone knows. we had a great first term, we had a great first term, but we're going to have an even but we're going to have an even better second term and i think better second term and i think we're going to do things that we're going to do things that people will be shocked at. people will be shocked at. and many have been shocked and many have been shocked at the presidential at the presidential pardons so far. pardons so far. first, nearly all the first, nearly all the in the united states january 6th rioters. january 6th rioters. and now to ross ulbricht, who and now to ross ulbricht, who founded a dark web marketplace. founded a dark web marketplace. after signing a raft after signing a raft of executive orders of executive orders on inauguration day, on inauguration day, he used his first full day he used his first full day in office to announce in office to announce what he called "the biggest ai what he called "the biggest ai project in history". project in history". stargate is a new us—based stargate is a new us—based artificial—intelligence company formed by three technology artificial—intelligence company formed by three technology giants. giants. a new american company that a new american company that will invest $500 billion,
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but president trump wasn't impressed. what did you think of the service? - what did you think? did you like it? did you find it exciting? not too exciting, was it? i didn't think it was a good service, no. thank you very much. thank you, press. thank you very much. they could do much better. thank you. do you have a tiktok on your phone? - no, but i think i might put it there. on wednesday, the work continues, with further meetings and his first major tv interview since becoming president. merlyn thomas, bbc news, washington. and merlynjoins me now. we will start with the ai announcement and three tech bosses with him in the white house. , , house. president trump announced _ house. president trump announced the - house. president trump
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announced the creation | house. president trump i announced the creation of stargate, a us —based ai company and did it alongside three tech bosses in the industry and said it would be a $500 million investment in al infrastructure in the us, as well as creating 100,000 jobs, specifically american jobs is what he said. this is the us facilitating ai investment, it is not them investing money themselves but part of them facilitating this. it is an indication of how hard it is to achieve ai supremacy especially against china and china is the target of the announcement because it is incredibly energy intensive, expensive to develop this technology. in doing so, it is putting an american flag in the world of ai, which is what president trump is doing. he is a president who characterises himself as someone who will revive the
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american economy and boost jobs. the three tech bosses were at pains to stress their pains stress their were at pains to stress their gratefulness to the president gratefulness to the president for enabling them to embark on for enabling them to embark on this venture. it this venture. it for enabling them to embark on this venture.— for enabling them to embark on this venture.— this venture. it is about them collaborating _ this venture. it is about them collaborating and _ this venture. it is about them collaborating and the - this venture. it is about them collaborating and the fact - this venture. it is about them this venture. it is about them collaborating _ this venture. it is about them collaborating and _ this venture. it is about them collaborating and the - this venture. it is about them collaborating and the fact - this venture. it is about them collaborating and the fact if. collaborating and the fact if the us competes with china, if collaborating and the fact if. collaborating and the fact if the us competes with china, if they come together and join they come together and join forces they are more likely to forces they are more likely to see success. let's talk about see success. let's talk about the continued outcry about the the continued outcry about the pardoning of many who were pardoning of many who were behind bars following the behind bars following the storming of capitol hill four storming of capitol hill four years ago, including the years ago, including the pardoning of the silk road pardoning of the silk road creator. , , ., , creator. , , ., , creator. this is the latest presidential _ creator. this is the latest presidential _ creator. this is the latest creator. this is the latest presidential pardon - presidential pardon - creator. this is the latest presidential pardon of. creator. this is the latest presidential pardon of. creator. this is the latest l presidential pardon of ross ulbricht, the creator of silk creator. this is the latest l presidential pardon of ross ulbricht, the creator of silk road, a marketplace on the dark road, a marketplace on the dark web, the internet only accessible by specialist software. and commonly favourable amongst cyber criminals because it grants a
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at closing legal pathways into the us and reducing entry on asylum — have already started to affect migrants who are waiting on the mexican side of the border. will grant reports from the us—mexico border. at the border, immediate implications and bitter tears over donald trump's arrival in office. around 30,000 people waiting in mexico to lodge an asylum request with the us authorities were told their coveted appointments were now cancelled. the door to the united states firmly closed. i will declare a national emergency at our southern border. with that, president trump can now deploy the military to the border and has launched what he calls the biggest deportation in american history. it will be a relief because our
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system here in san diego county is very burdened by this heavy weight of all these people coming in, and we're just not built for it. the county is not made to be able to sustain this. mr trump said he'd been saved by god to make america great again. but the migrants at this church in tijuana don't see him as the messiah. everyone here has received threats or been attacked by drug cartels, and think his plans to halt asylum claims are unfair and unchristian. 17—year—old marcos, not his real name, was forced to join the ranks of a violent cartel or his family would have been killed. "i hope they look at the circumstances of every person on merit," he says, "and that mr trump's heart softens to help the people who truly need it." but pleas for compassion are unlikely to move the trump administration. troops could be at the border within days. for as much as donald trump's supporters welcome his tough new stance on immigration
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and border security, his executive orders raise as many questions as they answer. birthright citizenship, for example, is enshrined in the us constitution, and the idea of reclassifying mexican cartels as terrorist organisations will require mexico's cooperation. poverty is mixed in with violence. activists, who offer arriving migrants a little food, water and legal advice, insist the trump administration must comply with its constitutional obligations. it's about creating a bogeyman for people to fear, and that then justifies the passage of policies and measures that completely eviscerate the asylum process and allow for human rights abuses to be committed without accountability or oversight mechanisms. donald trump always knew the keys to the white house lay in putting the biden administration's record on immigration in the spotlight. now, his inauguration signals a return to
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the harshest tactics — workplace raids, splitting up families and mass deportations. this nation of migrants planning a radical overhaul of who can come in and who can stay. will grant, bbc news, on the us—mexico border. let's have a look at other things signed off. major rollbacks in climate policy. he doubled down on his decision to exit the paris climate agreement and also planning to invest in fossilfuels agreement and also planning to invest in fossil fuels over available resources. henna hundal, a four—time delegate to the un climate change conference and national coordinator for climate live usa, told me that the preisdent announcement did not come as a shock. it is no surprise because he did it in his first term and he promised to do it again in his second term.
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but that does not diminish how disappointing this is. i mean, let's remember it was in 2015. you had 196 parties from around the world make this commitment, whereby every five years, all countries would submit nationally determined contributions showing their own commitments to reducing fossil fuel emissions. and the second round of those commitments were due to be submitted this year, 2025. so it's no surprise that he would renege. the us�*s involvement in this pact, thereby not having to show the progress that the us may or may not be making towards those emissions reductions. it's incredibly disappointing. let's also remember this is coming on the backs of the los angeles fires, which, you know, the vegetation was deemed to be 25% drier due to human induced climate change there. so this was, quite frankly, a horrible year to be having this type of discussion when we've seen climate change lead to greater intensity and frequency and duration of some of these various extreme weather events. and do you think that china will step in where the us is stepping out of the global leadership on this? you know, that's such an important question
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because in the prior segment, you were talking about us dominance in these various domains. well, let's talk about us dominance in the clean energy transition of the future. i mean, we are ceding i mean, we are ceding that ground to other that ground to other countries around the world. countries around the world. it's such a myopic, it's such a myopic, short sighted short sighted decision to really cede that decision to really cede that ground and not try to ground and not try to build up the us clean energy infrastructure. build up the us clean energy infrastructure. we know, for example, we know, for example, that the return on investment that the return on investment for fossil fuel emissions, for fossil fuel emissions, forfossilfuels has been forfossilfuels has been going down for some time. going down for some time. i mean, this is an area i mean, this is an area where we should be growing our where we should be growing our tentacles, not trying to shrink them. big emitter. tentacles, not trying to shrink them. and also, of course, and also, of course, for the next cop summit for the next cop summit at the end of this year, at the end of this year, this does not bode well at all. this does not bode well at all. and of course, last year part and of course, last year part of the issue with cop of the issue with cop was the lack of global leaders was the lack of global leaders who were in attendance. who were in attendance. absolutely. absolutely. i was there in azerbaijan in november i was there in azerbaijan in november of 2024 when the air of 2024 when the air was quite chilled. was quite chilled. there was much trepidation there was much trepidation and uncertainty because all of and uncertainty because all of these pacts, the united states these pacts, the united states played such a tremendous role and really sets the tone at these conferences
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detained by the authorities, including the hotel's owner. ellie price reports. it took 12 hours to put out the fire. the dead include a ten—year—old girl and her mother, a family of four, and a young chef who worked there. the fire started in the fourth floor restaurant at around 3:30am local time. because of the hotel's location and the freezing weather conditions, it took more than an hourforfire engines to arrive. there are reports some people were trapped in their rooms. at least two people died trying to jump. translation: a friend “umped from the 11th floor. _ may god have mercy on him. they tried to climb down using bed sheets. the bed sheets ripped as one friend was trying to climb down. 0ne father was yelling about his one—year—old child. "i will throw my child or he will burn." this was the start of a two—week school holiday
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in turkey, so the hotel had been busy, with more than 230 people staying. an investigation is now under way and nine people have been arrested, including the owner. turkey's president erdogan has promised to hold those responsible to account. ellie price, bbc news. here in the uk, convicted benefit cheats could be stripped of their driving licences for up to two years under new draft legislation to tackle fraud. the bill being introduced in parliament today would give officials the power to recover money directly from people's bank accounts — even if they are not on benefits but owe the government money. 0ur political reporter jack fenwick has more. at the budget three months ago, the chancellor said this. i can today announce a crackdown on fraud in our welfare system. today we've had the details. the plans could see new powers to retrieve the bank account details of some benefit
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claimants, and for government officials to recover public cash lost to fraud during covid, as well as people who defraud the system to the tune of £1,000 being stripped of their driving licence. high—street banks are understood to be uneasy about the department for work and pensions forcing them to hand over details about claimants thought to be cheating the system — as are charities who help people with their claims. what we need is a system that supports instead of suspects — we need support, not suspicion. there are hundreds of thousands of people in the uk who need support to get back on their feet, get back into work. immediately making people feel that they're going to be suspected as they apply for benefits, or as their circumstances change, is a real inhibitor for getting the support that we need to get back on our feet. but the cabinet minister responsible insists the measures would save the taxpayer up to £1.5 billion over the next five years. the work and pensions secretary said people need to have confidence the government is opening all available
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doors to tackle fraud and eliminate waste, and said it would lead to greater consequences for fraudsters who cheat and evade the system. those worried will be watching events at westminster today in the hope of hearing more about when exactly bank account details might have to be shared. jack fenwick, bbc news, westminster. the transitional government in syria have invited former officers who worked in the assad security services to surrender and join the new administration. for decades, the syrian regime ran an extensive surveillance of its citizens, monitoring opposition groups, members of the civil society and journalists. when she was living in syria, our correspondent lina she went back to the security service branch where she was last investigated, looking for her files. so this is exactly where i entered.
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but they would keep me outside waiting, and i had to walk all the way without a phone, without an idea, without any contact with anyone internally, externally. and i would go up for investigation knowing that there are many prisons down, many stories underground. it was all set on fire by the regime before they ran away, i'm told. and every file i opened, its like an accusation of terrorism, belonging to terrorist groups. you don't know where to start. there are hundreds of, or maybe thousands of files belonging to thousands of syrians. living through syria, we were told that every syrian has a mukhabarat reporting on him, like a security officer behind him, reporting on what he does and now it seems that every syrian has a file here. i mean, we'rejust in one room in a big complex of buildings, in one
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of many security branches. and look at the files that are here. the smell is unbearable. it looks like it was crammed with prisoners here. and if you look at the walls, they've scrubbed many of their memories, names and... a calendar of their time here. this is just one location, one detention centre out of tens across the country. thousands, tens of thousands of people disappeared here. and there are hundreds of families that are still waiting for answers on their beloved ones. rewilding is often encouraged by environmental campaigners as a way of introducing lost species to the uk but there are
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activists taking things a step further by releasing rare animals into the wild without permission. derek gao is the uk's leading gorilla re wilder breeding animals such as links with plans to release them regardless of government rules. justin rowlett went to meet him. derek is a renegade. some would call him a criminal. he breeds british indigenous animals with a view to releasing them into the wild. what he is doing is potentially illegal because some of the animals he breeds became extinct here hundreds of years ago and there are laws against their release. animals like these magnificent creatures, links. when was the last time they were in the uk? probably 400, 500 _ they were in the uk? probably 400, 500 years _ they were in the uk? probably 400, 500 years ago. - they were in the uk? probablyj 400, 500 years ago. breeding animals like _
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400, 500 years ago. breeding animals like this _ 400, 500 years ago. breeding animals like this and _ 400, 500 years ago. breeding animals like this and releasing j animals like this and releasing them into the wild is controversial. recently four links were released into the bard in scotland and one of them died. did you release them in scotland? i them died. did you release them in scotland?— in scotland? i did not. our cats would _ in scotland? i did not. our cats would not _ in scotland? i did not. our cats would not be - in scotland? i did not. our cats would not be good - cats would not be good candidates because they are tame. the creatures that should be here are not here because of what we did in the past and now we do not need as many sheep, all the food in theory in the landscapes we have introduced. this is notjust a hobby. derek's 400 acre farm in devon has become a centre for breeding rare species. he employs 15 people and while he might not have plans to release lynx into the wild soon, this place is a hub for other covert
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species�* re—introductions. some of his team are weighing water voles. " :: of his team are weighing water voles. " i: ., ., ,., voles. 110. you have some growing — voles. 110. you have some growing to _ voles. 110. you have some growing to do. _ voles. 110. you have some growing to do. he - voles. 110. you have some growing to do. he says - voles. 110. you have some growing to do. he says he | voles. 110. you have some - growing to do. he says he has released some _ growing to do. he says he has released some 25,000 - growing to do. he says he has released some 25,000 of- growing to do. he says he has released some 25,000 of thisj released some 25,000 of this once common and now endangered species over the years. he is also responsible for releasing dozens of beavers into the wild in the uk. and he is working with other species. the last recorded uk breeding pair of black storks was in 1416. white storks were also once indigenous to the uk but are now extinct. he has polecats and is now breeding insectss, including glow—worms. this and is now breeding insectss, including glow-worms. this is irresponsible. _ including glow-worms. this is irresponsible. you _ including glow-worms. this is irresponsible. you do - including glow-worms. this is irresponsible. you do not - including glow-worms. this is| irresponsible. you do not know the damage that could be done, financial impact. where are the
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impact assessments, and if we end in a position where they need to be controlled, there is no ability to control those species. it no ability to control those secies. , , , , species. it is irresponsible. derek says _ species. it is irresponsible. derek says the _ species. it is irresponsible. derek says the uk - species. it is irresponsible. derek says the uk is - species. it is irresponsible. derek says the uk is facing j species. it is irresponsible. i derek says the uk is facing an urgent nature emergency. government rules, he says, are too complex and far too slow. you are making unilateral decisions without regard for the regulations. i decisions without regard for the regulations.— decisions without regard for the regulations. i am making unilateral— the regulations. i am making unilateral decisions. - the regulations. i am making unilateral decisions. the - unilateral decisions. the decision to release benign water voles, decision to release benign watervoles, i decision to release benign water voles, i am doing good things. i am on the side of the small and depressed. he plans to release _ small and depressed. he plans to release scottish _ small and depressed. he plans to release scottish wildcats . to release scottish wildcats later this year. his activities may sound noble but his approaches divisive. some see him as an arrogant maverick who animal releases could do more harm than good.
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there�*s been record snowfall on the gulf coast of the united states. they�*re more accustomed to tropical weather and hurricanes here, but they are experiencing icy conditions not seen in decades. hello. wednesday is going to be quite a quiet day weather wise, albeit a rather murky one at times. however, by the end of the week, things will be a lot livelier. we have a named storm on the way. storm eowyn, already yellow warnings from the met office, the risk that some places could see gusts of wind of 90mph. but for the time being, certainly no strong winds. in fact, very few isobars on our pressure chart. so very light winds. that has allowed some mist and fog to form, some of that taking a while to clear. but across scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, the south west, through the afternoon
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we should see sunny spells and just the odd shower, whereas for central and eastern parts of england we�*ll hold on to more in the way of cloud, maybe a little bit of rain and temperatures 5 to 8 degrees. so in spite of the light winds, it�*s going to feel fairly chilly. and it�*s going to turn cold again through the night, especially where we have some clear spells. we could see some mist and fog patches, some areas of cloud. temperatures dropping down to freezing, below freezing in places. but later in the night into the first part of thursday morning, we see a band of rain pushing into northern ireland, that will swing its way eastwards through the day. could well see some snow mixing in over high ground across some northern parts of scotland. it�*s going to be fairly breezy, but that is just the precursor to what is heading our way on friday. now, to find out where storm eowyn is forming, we have to look out into the atlantic and look up to the jet stream. the winds high in the atmosphere atjet stream level likely to exceed 250mph. so that extraordinarily strong jet stream providing the fuel,
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the energy to deepen this area of low pressure. this low will be deepening rapidly as it approaches our shores, and storm eowyn is likely to bring widespread gales, outbreaks of rain, some snow across the north, but it is across these irish sea coasts where at the moment, it looks most likely that we could see wind gusts of 80 to possibly 90mph, maybe even stronger than that in the most exposed spots. 0bviously, those winds could cause some damage and some significant disruption, and that does usher in a rather turbulent period of weather. there will be further spells of wind and rain in the days ahead.
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the race to lead in artificial intelligence. president trump with big tech bosses announces a massive $500 billion investment project spanning his four year term. streaming success. netflix adds a record number of subscribers and hikes charges for many of its users. also in the programme, trump revokes a biden scheme to encourage electric vehicles sales in the us. we talk to the boss of an ev maker about the impact. live from london, this is business today. so let�*s get started and once again the business news is dominated by the announcements
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coming from the white house. president donald trump has unveiled major new investment in artificial intelligence by the private sector. the chief executivess of 0penai, oracle and the japanese investment fund softbank were with the president at the white house on tuesday afternoon to announce they will work together and raise hundreds of billions of dollars for building data centres for artificial intelligence across the us. called stargate, donald trump said the joint venture is a "declaration of confidence in america". michelle fleury has the details. for months, even years, 0penai, the maker of chatgpt, has been raising finance to build the massive computing power data centres that its artificial intelligence technology needs. in the past, its partner in this project has been microsoft, which is also its largest shareholders. now, 0penai is bringing other major backers on board. at the white house, 0racle�*s larry ellison and softbank�*s masayoshi son
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