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intended for the masses. we cooked some royal dishes ahead of saturday's coronation. welcome. we begin in france, where one than 100 police officers have been injured in the protests over pension reforms. demonstrators abused the traditional mayday rallies to voice anger over president macron's plans. according to the interior ministry, more than 780,000 protesters hit the streets, including 112,000 in paris alone. the country's cart left union says the figure is three times that number. the issue is macron's plans to

raise the retirement age from 60 to to 64. he signed legislation last month and it is due to take effect in september. >> the mayday march, the french tradition hi protests is a vision of a future where people must work longer. this retired postal worker is refusing to accept the new law. >> we are in the streets, making a mess. i am here to lead. >> within minutes, the soundtrack of the city changed. the hard court clashing with some of the 5000 parisian police on patrol. a cloud now hangs over president macron's second term after he

bypassed parliament to get his policy through. >> this pension reform may have already gone through, but still people are extremely angry. this is a hard-core element, but it reflects a wider anger of the french people. >> this is nantes. it is hard to know how much of today's trouble was linked to the pensions. in strassburg, more protests turned violent after rejection of the president's plane he is only bringing official french -- claiming he is only bringing official french retirement age into line with other countries. no signs any of this will make the government change -- note sign -- no sign any of this will make the government change their minds. >> to sudan now where the u.n.

is defending its top official. over there, the conflict has developed serious issues because people are not able to get to those who need help. despite the latest cease-fire, fighting continues in khartoum and thousands continue to try to leave the country. an evacuation flight for british nationals has left, while those able to leave by are taking but. -- boats. across the red sea, and saudi arabia, andrew harding has sent us this report. >> britain's airlift may be ending. this morning, american navy ship dropped in saudi arabia, having crossed the red sea overnight,

bringing some 300 foreign nationals to safety. a cluster of officials ready to greet citizens. exhausted families, including more than 20 british nationals, recounting their experiences. >> it was terrifying. >> a few shells hit the house, on the roof. the girl was 16 years old, killed her. >> and behind my family -- i looked behind my family. my husband and kids are in the u.s. in a few days, it is going to be really bad. there is no water, no electricity. >> these foreign evacuations are happening irregularly now.

some countries are already starting to wind their operations down. but the conflict rages on. sudan's warring generals, despite another cease-fire, seemed determined to settle this militarily. >> more smoke rising over khartoum today and more defiance from men with guns. here, the paramilitary rss brandishing weapons, bowing to fight on. against them, the army commander at the head of the table. this is where the stubborn rivalry between these groups is dragging one of africa's biggest countries. footage of food lines in khartoum, a global relief operation has barely begun to address the humanitarian crisis. is not just in the capitol, the whole of sudan -- and not just

in the capital, the whole of sudan risks plunging into conflict. >> with more on the humanitarian situation, i spoke to the red cross. >> many humanitarian organizations have suspended the activities. the recrc has called on all parties some days ago asking to facilitate the work of humanitarian and medical organizations. we hope they will understand our message so that we can be in a position to provide urgent assistance to those in need. we have further received medical supplies from jordan. yesterday, sunday, now we want

to transport these medical supplies to khartoum to support hospitals and volunteers. they are providing health care. for that, we need to get a guarantees from both parties. we have passed the message on. we hope to facilitate the work of humanitarian organization. >> it sounds like you are saying they have not provided guarantees or assistance. that aid, those tools is not able to get to where it needs to be. >> we have already received permission to land in sudan, which is a big step. also security

guarantees from both parties in areas affected by fighting. we start moving medical supplies from south sudan to khartoum and areas in the darfur region. we have passed the message. we hope that all parties will facilitate things. we are optimistic. >> i want to ask about you personally. hundreds of people have been killed. we talked about the bodies on the streets. for you personally, do you worry about your safety? any plans to leave? >> we need security guarantees, not only for us but for volunteers. they are the ones on the ground.

they are taking care of those wounded. otherwise, you would be impossible for humanitarian organizations to continue in such a situation. >> thank you for joining us. stay safe. >> our chief international correspondent is in jetta. you have been speaking to those who have been evacuated or escaped. what has david been telling you? >> sometimes people do not have to tell you. they are exhausted, traumatized. they headed to port sudan on the eastern coast, but there is relief that they have escaped the worst of the violence, but you also feel this sadness.

i will never forget the moment where we were in a tugboat in port sudan. it was 4:00 a.m. the tugboat was full of people, men from south asia, sudanese women, severely disabled people. when the horn sounded and we pulled away from the dock, everyone turned around and waved goodbye and they all said it was terrible that they felt they would never return. >> you have spoken to some children. how are they processing this? >> it is the worst to see. what child should have to go through this ordeal that given adults find difficult to comprehend? the list of the children do not know what is going on -- the littlest of children do not know

what is going on. the most precocious was an 8 -year-old girl. she had all that excitement of knowing she had been through something dramatic. we could hear were her parents would've been telling her -- she was so scared that they were hiding in a back room with men ransacking it. she said, i did not cry, did not say anything because if they knew, they would come and get us. her little brother said they were bad, bad men. it is what they must have heard from the adults. >> thank you for sharing that. kevin mccarthy has weighed in on tensions between the biden administration and israel's government. in a visit to market the 75th anniversary of israeli independence, mr. mccarthy said he expects the white house to invite benjamin netanyahu but mr. biden has said he has no

plans for such an invitation. that has been seen as a review for israel's judicial reforms. mccarthy's comments came in an address. he is only the second speaker to address the body after newt gingrich. during a meeting with mr. netanyahu, speaker mccarthy spoke of historical bonds between the two nations. >> we are proud that 11 minutes after you became a country america recognized you and our bonds have only grown. i look to the next 75 years. the world is better, safer when our ties are tighter. >> it is worth mentioning he was also asked about the u.s. debt limit and ukraine. he called on president biden to enter into negotiations on the

debt limit and also expressed his support for sending aid to kyiv. speaking about the debt limit today was janet yellen. she said u.s. could run out of money to patent hills by june 1 -- to pay its bills by june 1 if congress does not raise or suspend the debt limit. house republicans passed a bill that would raise the limit in exchange for major spending cuts. mr. biden has dismissed the bill, saying it would hurt working families. ukraine is recovering from the second rocket attack in three days in the hands of russia's military. one for the eastern region where there was the most significant damage. russian military commentators he said the targets were warehouses storing military equipment. 34 civilians have been injured. ukraine's energy ministry says

the attacks have resulted in thousands being left without power in two regions. things could've been worse. ukraine's military says it shutdown 50 of the 18 cruise missiles -- 15 of the 18 cruise missiles fired. >> this was a second major strike bite russia in three days as military activity seems to be intensifying. the ukrainian military said 15 of the 18 cruise missiles fired by russia were intercepted, including all missiles fired at kyiv, where the air raid alert sounded at around 4:00 this morning. hub in the central region was attacked. we see pictures of widespread damage in the city. local officials said an

industrial facility was hit and more than 30 people were injured. a russian commentators as military targets were hit in this city. this happens as the ukrainians saving they are finishing plans for a major counteroffensive after receiving report -- major support. they will try to take back territory under occupation. >> he has been described as the godfather of artificial intelligence but now jeffrey hinton's warning of the dangers of ai and chat gpt. enter -- hinton helped develop ai. you know since his life's work. -- now says he regrets his life's work. >> the chief scientist says we

remain committed to a responsible approach to ai. we are learning to understand emerging risks while innovating boldly. you say you have good things to say about google, but do you trust the tech needs to move forward with ai responsibly? >> one problem is that microsoft decided to put one of these checkbox -- chat bots into products. google has to respond. it cannot not compete. before that, google was in the lead and chose not to release these things because of the dangers. it used them internally, but it did not release them to the public, even though it had chat bots, because of the potential dangers. in that sense, google behave responsibly, but you can only do

that when you're in the lead. you are competing with a company that uses these things, you have to, too. >> microsoft did not do this on its own. you have been part of ai research. who is responsible for ai reaching where it is now? >> we are scientists. we are exploring what happens when you train large computers. that is just reality that we ended up here. it is one of those things where there is no way people were not going to explore it. the issue is not that we have discovered that it works better than expected a few years ago, what do we do to mitigate the long-term risks of things more intelligent than us taking control? >> you are worried about bad actors. what worries you the most about

this technology? >> a lot of things that a lot of people have talked about to do with being able to produce lots of text automatically so you can get effective spambots. it will allow authoritarian leaders to manipulate electrics, things like that. i am not that there is another particular thing i want to talk about, which is the existential risk women these things get more intelligent than us. -- when these things get more intelligent than us. the intelligence we are developing is different from our intelligence. we are digital. the big difference is -- we are biological. these are digital. the big difference is all these

companies can learn separately that share their knowledge instantly. it is as if he had 10,000 people and whenever one person learns something, everybody knew it. that is how these bots can no so much. >> we do not know exactly how the human brain works. how do we know that this eclipses human intelligence? >> we do not know. we are seeing things like gpt four eclipsing a person in the amount of general knowledge and by a long way. in terms of reasoning, kid is not as good but it does do simple reasoning -- it is not as good but it does do simple reasoning. we expect things to get better fast. we need to worry about that. right now, they are not more intelligent than us. but they still make the. >> that was jeffrey hinton.

global financial markets largely welcomed the news that public u.s. bank first republic would not be in the hands of j.p. morgan. event was scooped up -- the bank was scooped up in a deal brokered by u.s. regulars. first republican bent under pressure since last -- had been under pressure since last month. we are just days away from king charles's coronation. let's skip the formalities and get to the food. with the new monarch, comes a new menu for the street parties. coronation keisha is the official -- coronation quiche is the official --. dish. >> served a decade the coronation chicken for queen elizabeth, her son has opted for

this savory chart bursting with spinach and green beans. when we were the filling in, it will not get started. for some top tips, we headed to this bakery in london. >> how much cheese? >> two handfuls. when you transfer it to the oven, you do not what the next to come over. >> but for the ultimate coronation fees, there is so much more than quiche on the menu. we discovered all sorts of dishes being prepared in one of london's most prestigious hotels. >> these are the kitchens. they have got 120 chefs. >> we will brown the rack like this so it has a bit of color. >>'s asian style roast rack of

lamb has been chosen by the palace for street parties. >> there is nothing better than british lamb. i thought i would do a british lamb with a mixture of east and west flavors, which is a great reflection about where this country has come since the last coronation. cheers to our new king. >> that is the main course. what about putting? -- pudding? >> this strawberry and ginger too is. >> nothing more british than the strawberry too. it has a memory with all of us. using pretty much all parts of the u.k. in this iconic test. >> we started on a taste test. who better to ask that the women of the wi? alayna has invited her friends

jeannie and sylvie to the party. >> i love the flavors, the texture. i quite like the alcohol in the bottom. >> it is rich, provocative. >> and it jeannie has had a go at the coronation quiche. if it is good enough for a king, it is good enough for me. >> all sorts of ideas for a coronation feast fit for a king. >> finally, it is the end of the road for one of rock 'n' roll's most enduring fans. arrowsmith announces it's farewell to her after more than five decades. the band members are all in the 70's, best known for hits like dream on, walk this way, and i do not want to miss a thing. the tour starts in september and

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