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saturday's coronation of king charles. welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. a brazen attack. neeronya ar lyheart of russia's government. after wednesday's incident, the finger-pointing began. russia blamed ukraine, and the nation's president denied. then accused washington. the white house call poured dust the white house poud cold water on that. >> we do not have conclusive evidence but one thing i can tell you for certain is that the united states was not involved in this incident in any way, contrary to lies. >> for their part, moscow says it is facing an unprecedented

wave of sabotage from ukraine. our reporter is in kyiv with more. reporter:fterccusg ukraine of attacking the kremlin, moscow suggested america was involved. there was no evidence but this is a familiar claim, that the west is using ukraine to wage war against russia. today president putin was seen for the first time after what moscow described as a ukrainian assassination attempt. the u.s. denied having anything to do with the apparent attack and said the kremlin is lying. as questions remain about what happened and who did what, in the hague, president zelenskyy visited the international criminal court, which has issued a -- an arrest warrant over putin. >> we all want to see a

different vladimir here in the hague. [laughter] the one who deserves to be sentenced for these criminal actions right here in the capital of the international law. reporter: psident zelenskyy asked for more support from the west, including fighter jets and tougher sanctions for russia. ukrainian cities were targeted again overnight, including the capital. officials have denied attacking the kremlin and says moscow could use it as an excuse for more strikes. residents are leaving ahead of a curfew for the weekend. the ukrainian offensive against russian forces is imminent and for now, civilians are the ones

who must move. >> four members of the proud boys group have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy, flow -- plotting to overthrow the government for the january 6 attack. this is one of the most high-profile cases of rioters trying to overturn. prosecutors say it was an attack on democra, not a crowd that got out of control. >> we are all proud boys. reporter: the leader of the proud boys rallying his troops in washington weeks before the attack on the capital. today he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, the ringleader of a plot to halt the peaceful transfer of power. >> 300 proud boys are marching

eastbound towards the u.s. capitol. reporter: prosecution says the proud boys saw themselves as trump's foot soldiers. trump: proud boys, it stands and stand by. reporter: that statement became a rallying cry for them. the four convicted today face the most serious charges, planning and leading the attack to keep trump in office. they are accused of spearheading the violence, breaking through police lines and launching the breach of the capitol building. another one of the men convicted was part of a small group organized to carry out proud boys actions on the capital. they called themselves the ministry of self defense and they are group chats formed the bulk of the evidence against them. the leader was not in washington that day. a judge ordered him to leave for

committing a different offense. so he watched from a hotel room outside of d.c., guiding the riot from afar and then taking credit for it on social media. make no mistake, he posted, we did this. the defense argued trump was to blame, that his words of anger inspired the proud boys and that there was no preplanned conspiracy, the riot happened at the spur of the moment. it is significant that the leader was convicted even though he was not at the capital. it could strengthen the case against trump because neither was he. this decision means people who did not participate in the writing can be held criminally accountable. a special counsel is investigating whether trump should face criminal charges himself. >> a court in new york has ruled ed sheeran did not copy marvin

gaye's song let's get it on by composing his own thinking out loud. he denied stealing elements of the song for his hit. last year ed sheeran won a similar case in london over a 2017 hit. he spoke outside the court after the ruling. >> i am obviously very happy with the outcome of the case and it looks like i won't have to retire for my day job after all but at the same time i am frustrated that baseless claims like this are allowed to go to court. >> shearin said he would give up his music career if found guilty due to the stress of the trial. the white house has been pushing the tech industry to limit -- to limit the reach of artificial intelligence.

this follows warnings this week from the so-called godfather of ai who told the bbc about the dangers. earlier my colleagues spoke with a top science advisor in biden ainistration. here's the conversation. reporter: dr., thank you for joining us. what is the biden administration's top priority when it comes to enact dating responsible ai development. >> ai is very powerful technology and if we are going to see significant benefits, we have to start by managing the risks and that starts with holdincompanies responsible. reporter: that is why the ceo came to meet with the biden administration today. did you just receive assurances that the products will be safe? >> that president and vice

president met with the four leading ceos and they would had a frank conversation about how to meet responsibilities for safe ai. at the white house the conversation with those ceos centered on actions they are taking or could take to help move us towards responsible ai. that is the first step in the journey. reporter: so the administration announced a new investment in trustworthy ai with voluntary commitment from tech companies to take part in public assessments of their ai systems. how will they ensure of they will follow through? >> what was announced today is the first steps in the journey to make sure we can secure ai so it delivers on the benefits for americans in a safe way. one of the announcements was for

companies to sign up f independent evaluations of theratechnologies and again, only one step but an important one they volunteered for. reporter: you talk about benefits and risks. earlier this week we spoke with jeffrey hinton who recently left his position at google, warning of the dangers of generative ai development. this is what he said. >> there are a lot of things people talked about to do with being able to produce lots of text automatically so you can get lots of very effective spambots. it would allow authoritarian leaders to manipulate their electrics, things like that. reporter: what do you think of that? >> those kinds of concerns are the reason this administration has focused on managing the risks of ai.

we know it can be used for good but first we have to deal with exactly these kinds of issues. reporter: what is your biggest concern? >> the power of the technology is its breath. -- breadth. it can be used in creative the debtor -- endeavors but dangerous ways in other applications and that is why given the breadth of the technology that the administration has focused on imaging these risks. reporter: after a conversation with the ceos today are you confident that they also understand the risks? >> we had a very open conversations with them and i think it was very good agreement about the broad range of risk. we all understand managing them will not be simple but there are immediate steps the companies

are taking and i think there is much more we count on them to step forward with. reporter: if congress were to pass a law on ai regulation, what would that be? >> biden has made it clear that congress needs to act on this. reporter: do you see privacy is crucial? >> it is one important aspect of the many challenges with advanced ai technology. reporter: can you tell us about what other aspects you think should be included and what legislation we should see from congress? >> congress is working in many fferent areas and they open -- they continue having an open dialogue and this is a place where we will have to partner to get progress made. reporter: even if the u.s. based companies are good stewards, he also warned china would develop these technologies further. >> because of competition

tween the u.s. and china, even if everyone in the u.s. stocks development, janet would just get a big lead. -- china would just get a big lead. >> the technology can be advanced by many players around the world. that brings us back to our mission, to make sure ai can progress but with vitally important safeguards. reporter: would that involve working together with china? >> these technologies are developed globally and will be used globally and finding ways to find alliances across country undaries will be important. reporter: thank you so much. >> here is a look at some other stories making headlines. protesters in new york are

demanding action following the death of jordan bily, killed on a subway after being placed in a choke hold a passenger. a video shows the man who was homeless struggles as another writer holds him on the ground. he had been behaving erratically before being restrained. prosecute -- city officials are conducting an investigation. -- residents say they heard explosions as they prepared to go to work. we are going to take a closer look at the problem of violence in schools and how it affects countries around the world. in a moment, a report from brazil but first, officials say

the 13-year-old who shot students in belgrade has been detained, along with his parents. reporter: quietly, far and wide, solidarity descended upon the school. so many so shaken by the country's worst ever school shooting. this is a reflection of the trauma being inflicted on serbia. hundreds of school pupils have come to this point to pay tribute and for lots of them, they are the same age as the victims from yesterday. >> i feel crushed. depressed. lee said. -- really sad. reporter: alex has a younger

friend who survived this attack that killed other pupils. >> you cannot bring a gun into school. reporter: the 13 year old suspect is undergoing a mental health assessment. under serbia law he is too young to face prosecution. this child explained -- this woman explained the impact the attack has already had on her 10-year-old. >> he talks to my husband and told them dad just imagine you are waiting for me in front of the school d i am not coming out. reporter: police have been questioning the mother of the suspect and his dad, who legally owns both guns. but there is still no apparent motive for the carnage that has crushed this community. >> we continue our focus on

school attacks. this time on brazil. over the last two decades there have been 22 attacks on schools by former students. of them, more than a dozen have taken place in the last two years. as families and loved ones cope with the trauma, authorities try to determine what can be done to prevent future challenges. -- future tax. -- future attacks. reporter: two years ago, this woman's son attacked the school. >> i am not saying it is not my son's fault. but they fed him. they fed the monster. reporter: she is talking about

online chat rooms. and it's not an isolated case. the internet is fertile territory for teenagers to plan school attacks. experts say this is not the only factor. >> they are corrupted in these platforms with other extremist groups and the pandemic, many students lost social connections. reporter: he highlights the polarization that has divided the country in recent years, a landscape that brings brazil closer to the u.s. both countries are struggling with school violence, although in brazil, gun restrictions make some of the attackers resort to other weapons. but similarities go beyond. attackers in brazil sometimes copy the school massacres in the u.s., like the columbine

shooting. two young men killed eight people and left 11 injured in this school in brazil. that was in 2019. since then, t city has increased security measures to try to avoid new attacks. it also started a program to train teachers to identify delinquent and violent -- violent behavior. for many of them, it needs to start at a very young age. >> take care of their children. i'm not talking about feeding and bathing and putting to bed. kids give signs. they ask for help. sometimes we don't look. reporter: as for the victims, these attacks change their lives . hillary was 15. thanks to her jiu-jitsu lessons she was able to avoid being

knocked down by the killer and open the door to help other students escape. >> i got deeply depressed. i tried to call myself. the only positivity since that time is jiu-jitsu. reporter: she says she always wanted to be law enforcement but the attack shifted her perspective. >> i want to study psychology and specialize in criminal investigation. this is a real problem we are dealing with and i want to do something about it. reporter: the solution might be also finding a way to connect with this generation. >> final preparations are underway in london for saturday's coronation of king charles. flags are posted on the parade route and westminster abby is draped and one vital player is

katty kay who joins me now from london. she joined -- you have been speaking with royal experts all day. the event is a few days away. reporter: i am very flattered that you described to me as one of the dignitaries visiting here . i do not have a -- have an invitation for the coronation. there are only 2000 of those. when queen elizabeth was coordinated, there were three times as many. westminster abbey is the place where kings and queens have been crowned in england since 1066. it is all of the history and pageantry that britain is famous for the royal family does so well. and britain's hold so dear.

people are excited, at least here in central london. i was just outside brockington -- buckingham palace speaking with people who have been camping out on the sidewalk for days. one of the families had three children camping in one tiny tent. so at least here in central london, a lot of excitement ahead of the coronation. >> you mentioned some of the history. this is a rare event and many of us were not alive for the last one. there is a difference for this coronation. we will see a spouse crowned. tell us about the significance camilla is taking on. reporter: i spoke with someone today who knows her well and written a book about her and many around her have studied her for a long time. she says she thought camilla

would be nervous but excited. nervous because she is not someone who generally likes being in the spotlight. she is a fascinating figure. she really was quite reviled in the public mind after the death of princess diana and camilla was seen as responsible. she was the other woman. they had been having this affair for a long time and the british public looked like they would never forgive her but the palace worked hard to rehabilitate her reputation and now she is much admired inhe country. she will wear the crown of queen mary. she will go to many of the ancient ceremonies in a scaled-down version. the anointing with holy oil, for example. >> you have spoken with several royal families across europe. how unique is this coronation

ceremony? reporter: it is the only one. there are a dozen royal families around europe. they have a scaled-down version of the british royal family. they do not have coronations like this. this is a uniquely british experience with the grantor and pageantry and it is something the royal family here does very different than real families and other countries. it is kind of why the rest of the world is interested in our royal family but i wonder if the british royal family after this is heading a little more in the direction of the slimmed down version, more accessible like the other royal families in europe. >> before we go, a celebration the le actress, carrie fisher.

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amna: good evening. amna nawaz. geoff: and i'm geoff bennett. on the newshour tonight, a jury convicts members of the far-right proud boys of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. amna: a republican mega-donor paid tuition for a relative of justice clarence thomas. the revelations adding to ethical concerns about the high court. geoff: and privacy advocates warn of the risks spyware poses to journalists, activists, and government officials, despite a push by the biden white house to limit its use. >> they felt violated. it's a feeling that many around the world have expressed when they've been targeted with these tools.