♪ >> tonight, in london, european leaders promises zelenskyy more military aid as they drafted peace plan to present to president trump. with the cease-fire in limbo and

israel cutting off aid to gaza, we talked to a former saudi ambassador to the u.s. on hollywood's biggest night, we explore how artificial intelligence helps to enhance some of this year's oscar favorites. >> they are all kind of small, subtle things, like visual effects tweaks we have seen in movies for decades and decades. now that they are using ai, that is where some of the discomfort can come in. ♪ >> major funding has been provided by -- ♪ the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends.

♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> good evening. after the over office -- oval office visit on friday, zelenskyy faced a more friendly group today as he met with european leaders in london. he said he is still ready to sign the minerals deal he was in washington to sign on friday and he wants to repair his relationship with donald trump. our special correspondent in london has our report. reporter: what a difference a weekend makes. after being humiliated in the oval office, president zelenskyy

was back in the warm embrace of fellow europeans bearing gifts. >> very welcome here on downing street. reporter: keir starmer reported back to president trump. >> the u.k. along with france and possibly others will work with ukraine on a plan to stop the fighting and then we will discuss that plan with the u.s. reporter: at a special security conference in london, zelenskyy was promised more support. >> we are at a crossroads in history today. this is a moment to act. to step up and the lead. and unite around a new plan. >> ukrainians paraded their

discussed as what they see as the trump appeasement of russia. >> probably a wake-up call. conversations i have had sense are about moving on. i convinced the meeting we have in london today will be getting us back to the table. reporter: written promise to let steam or missiles. >> nobody wanted to see what happened on friday. i do not accept that the u.s. is an unreliable ally. the u.s. has been a reliable ally to the u.k. for many years. reporter: the meeting since a

clear message. the government here has supported that. they want to keep america happy. anchor: the other big story we are following tonight's in the middle east, where israel is blocking humanitarian aid from reaching gaza until hamas agrees to extend phase one of the cease-fire, which expired yesterday. israel is embraced a u.s. plan to pause fighting for ramadan and passover. hamas would have to release half of the remaining hostages being held in gaza. hamas immediately rejected the proposal. earlier i spoke about all this with the former saudi ambassador to the u.k. >> we all theft the two stages of the cease-fire would lead to

these issues being fully and thoroughly discussed. when the previous a ministration was in power in america. all of these new additions seem to be on the side of mr. netanyahu. to get away from the commitment that he made in the previous agreement. anchor: how would you rate president trump's involvement in gaza so far? >> it has been very helpful. it has implemented the cease-fire. in other things like the promotion of the riviera on the mediterranean and driving out the palestinians and pushing for ethnic cleansing, that is wrong. that is unacceptable. not just by us but by the entire

world. for him to put up that silly, i would say obscene concoction of him and mr. netanyahu drinking sodas on the beachfront in gaza. anchor: i believe you're referring to a social media post. he did not create that but he reposted it. >> he reposted it. by that i think he was being offensive to all of us and the rest of the world. that plan is shed with blood. innocent children and women and so on. two desecrated such a manner was inexcusable. anchor: i know there's a meeting of the arab league coming up later this week. egyptian officials have told my colleague that they intend to propose replacing the government

in gaza with a body that is affiliated with neither hamas nor the palestinian authority. what you make of that idea? >> i am not in government to know what the details are. that might be the way we reach a reasonable compromise. anchor: you were the saudi ambassador to the u.s. you went to college here. what do you make of president trump's america first approach to foreign policy? how do you think that will affect things in the middle east ? >> from my long time in america, all american presidents come with some form of america first attitude. from that aspect, mr. trump is

not different from his predecessors. but the magnitude of what he is doing and the public display, it is a different style. he is the president. he was given a mandate by the american people. the rest of us and the rest of the world have to deal with it. anchor:? how do you deal with it he seems to once things and return if he helps the foreign countries. >> the kingdom has been very helpful to america. not just during his first administration. we purchased a lot of weapons systems. even before that. our relationship with america has been mutual benefit. we must have sent over half a million saudi students to study the u.s. we can accept that it has to be

mutually beneficial. anchor: another thing trump talks a lot about and the israelis talk a lot about is normalizing relations between saudi arabia and israel. under what conditions do you see that happening? i likely d.c. normalization of relations? >> there is no mystery about where the saudi position is. from the very beginning it is that there should be a viable palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem. i did not see any other way that normalization can come about other than to have the condition in place. anchor: with mr. trump running things, do you see him committed? >> i live in wishful thinking. he is surrounded by people who he has appointed who do not even believe there is such a thing as

a palestinian people. that is a big burden to overcome. to convince him that there must be a palestinian state. anchor: thank you very much for your time. >> anchor: thank you. anchor:as humanitarian aid for gaza is cut off, the trump administration is sending israel another round of military aid. marco rubio used emergency authority to expedite delivery of about $4 billion of weapons in an -- and ammunition. president trump side more executive orders overnight. a couple were aimed at revitalizing the u.s. lumber industry. it expands u.s. timber production. the second one calls for an investigation of lumber and paper products that could lay

the groundwork for new tariffs. both orders could strain relationships with allies. for the first time, a private u.s. company has successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon. the blue ghost lander touched announced today. like any visitor to a new place, it snapped a few selfies and tune took a picture of earth. the private company is the latest in a string of companies competing to launch nasa payloads to the moon. a rival lunar lander is expected to test out later this week. still to come what cuts in foreign aid may mean for the suffering children of haiti. on oscar night, we explore the expanding role of ai in films. ♪ >> this is pbs news week to and from our studio in washington.

anchor: in haiti, years of tales and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. more than one million people, that is nearly 10% of the population, have been displaced. we spoke with someone from unicef who recently visited the country. reporter: thank you so much for joining as. can you tell us about what things are like in the ground -- on the ground in haiti right now? >> there not many historic examples. 85% of port-au-prince is controlled by groups. it changes. even when i was there, there are areas that are deemed safe but there are still incursions from armed groups.

everyday people have been displaced. a lot of people have lost their homes and their livelihood. there are those people who live in those areas. it is a remarkably difficult place. it is not on the right trajectory. reporter: you mentioned that children are out of school. let's talk more about how the children of haiti are being affected by all of this. >> it is hard not to share in dictators -- indicators of a downward spiral. the reality is you have hundreds of thousands of children out of school.

we see sexual violence with a tenfold increase. that is mind-boggling. i have met social workers who are extraordinary in the way they care for these children. unicef has safe houses. but security forces are struggling to hold on. that means children have been pushed out of their homes. we constantly hear this. there is violent of people.

she fled that. she fled her business. she left her home. she took her children. they are in a camp. there are forces out of their control. reporter: right now in the u.s. there is tremendous upheaval when it comes to foreign aid. how is unicef navigating these conversations and events taking place in washington?

>> in the clearest sense, behind closed doors, i have colleagues who are on the front lines. we also have great contexts. it is important to sit with them. the u.s. has been a very generous donor to unicef for a long time. what we know is any prolonged extension will have an impact on those children and those workers. those people who have stayed in haiti.

these are the people who require support. people who are very much saying in haiti and trying to tur things around. there is not a greater investment you can make. there is such a clear argument. in a practical sense. there is a lot to unpack about what these decisions will make. we hope the level of generosity we have seen from such a big donor like the u.s. shows a benefit for people. reporter: thank you so much for your time. ♪

anchor: the oscars are tonight. there is a subplot of controversy. this year it is over the use of nai in the production of a bunch of nominated towns. some of them in the best picture category. what are we talking about? what sort of things are in nominated films that used ai? >> we are talking about 70 different things. you have a couple of films that used voice altering technology.

there are a lot of small, subtle things that we have seen. now that they are using ai to do them, that is where some of the discomfort comes in. anchor: you mentioned the brutalist peer the editors said he used this technique to improve the hungarian accents. it is faster and cheaper this way. what is the argument? >> i think it is that people feel this inherent distrust of ai. dialogue replacement technology has been used for decades. we are used to things like generative ai which is much more dodgy in terms of replacing creative work.

it is really about telling the difference between them. anchor: ai was a big issue and the actors strike last year. >> the important thing about the brutalist is that the actors who were used for that, it was done with her permission. it is not like their voices can be replaced by a computer version. i was one of the big sticking points of the strikes last year with the actors saying they don't want to just replace them without permission. i think there is discussion now within the academy about how these productions can disclose if they use ai. it will maybe be harder to tell what is ai and what is not. i think it will evolve a lot. anchor: you say it makes things faster and cheaper.

is there concern in the industry about losing jobs over this? >> certainly. that is where the nuance will come in. there are jobs in computer animation where somebody might have to sit at a computer for hours and hours to do something. now ai can step in and do that. only -- or can you save time for someone? that is where the unions will step in. i think there are enough people to do it that way that anchor: anchor: it can work successfully. you say there are discussions about new rules for the academy. do you expect them by the next awards season? >> they do intend to do that. for people in the visual effects community or the sound branch of the academy, that is somewhere where ai tools are playing a

major role. they could have options for changing the rules. there are more rules of the oscars than you can possibly imagine. they are very complex. i don't think they will ban people from using ai. this everybody keeps using it in the tools keep adapting and getting easier to use, will it really make a difference? anchor: thank you very much. >> thank you so much. ♪ anchor: that is it for this sunday. for all of my colleagues, thank you for joining us. have a good week. >> major funding has been provided by -- >> setting out to make wireless coverage accessible. with no long-term contract, nationwide coverage, and u.s.-based customer support.

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car traffic has to stop for each plane. still, entering gibraltar is far easier today than back when franco blockaded this border. from the late 1960s until the eighties, the only way in was by sea or air. now you just have to wait for the plane to taxi by, and bob's your uncle. the sea once reached these ramparts. a modern development grows into the harbor. today, half the city is built upon reclaimed land. gibraltar's old town is long and skinny, with one main street. gibraltarians are a proud bunch, remaining steadfastly loyal to britain. its 30,000 residents vote overwhelmingly to continue as a self-governing british dependency. within a generation, the economy has gone from one dominated by the military to one based on tourism. but it's much more than sunburned brits on holiday. gibraltar is a crossroads community

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