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these are the headlines. the fighting continuing despite several declared cease-fires in sudan. a longer truce has been negotiated by sudan's neighbor, south sudan. if they make it work remains unclear. rockets have been fired from the gaza strip at israel this tuesday after the death in prison of a palestinian hunger striker. an expert quits google so we can warn us all of the dangers of artificial intelligence. this as a white house meeting is
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announced on this very issue. this is live from paris. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. suzanne -- sudan's warring military fashions have agreed to a new and longer military cease-fire even as more airstrikes and shootings of taken place in khartoum, undercutting the latest supposed truce. more than 500 people have been killed since fighting broke out on april 15. previous cease-fires have been constantly violated. it was unclear how the paramilitary rapid support
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forces might make it work this time. a reporter has more on this from nairobi. reporter: it's very difficult for civilians living in khartoum and many places in sudan to believe that there will be a cease-fire coming anytime soon. say they cannot trust the military anymore. it is not the first cease-fire in the past two weeks. a local, east african organization is trying to implement peace and to develop the countries of the region. three of the regional presidents were going to khartoum to have talks with the head of the army. it has failed until now, so we know the army said last week
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that it was ready to go to south sudan to talk, but it is difficult to understand if there will be any improvement of the situation anytime soon. and the general said yesterday during an interview that he believes he can win this war and there is no reason for him to negotiate. these civilians do not believe that a cease-fire will happen anytime soon and the only thing they're expecting for the next days is just more fighting in the region of darfur. mark: our correspondent they're covering the situation in sudan where the fighting continues, in spite of a declared truce. there's also a new concern about the unrest spilling over into neighboring countries. sudan is in a volatile rural
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region. reporter: as intense clashes, airstrikes and artillery fire continue to kill scores, more than 100,000 people have fled sudan to neighboring countries. another 330 thousand are internally displaced, according to the u.n.. >> the number of displaced people through the last two weeks, exceeds all conflict related displacements in 2022. just to give you a sense of the scale of the movement since april 15. reporter: sudan's neighbors are watching the situation intensely, worried it could have a domino effect across the already volatile region. five of its seven immediate neighbors are grappling with armed conflict. suzanne borders egypt to the north and war-torn libya as well as chad to the west.
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close to the darfur region, chad is already host to arts numbers of sudanese refugees displaced by previous wars. the current turmoil with its eastern neighbor could fuel political instability with chad, a key ally in the fight against extremism. there are fears are further conflict. complicating the chances of a successful transition to civilian law. both of sudan's warring generals have close ties with saudi arabia, after sending troops there. egypt backs one general, though the president has been cautious, voicing support for a cessation of fire in sudan, while stressing the need not to interfere in domestic matters. on tuesday, egypt's foreign
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minister met with an envoy in cairo. mark: we will closely watch that situation in sudan for you. a barrage of rockets fired at israel from the gaza strip after a high-profile palestinian prisoner died in israeli custody this tuesday. he was on a hunger strike for three months. his death sent off this barrage and raised fears of a further escalation. hunger strikes were introduced as a form of protest against israel's indefinite imprisonment . reporter: he was very well-known in the west bank, particularly popular because he lived in a village near there. he was a member of the palestinian islamic jihad group,
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but not actually militant. he was rather an ideas guy. he was always on social media. i think it was imprisoned by israel 10 times, and it seemed as if he was always on a hunger strike. that was one of his responses to being held in an israeli jail. i interviewed him in 2012 after he had been on a 66 day hunger strike. after that he went on a 50 day hunger strike, held at various times for different things including what israel calls administrative detention, no trial and no charge. that was part of his protest. this time, he was charged. it was for membership in a terrorist group and incitement. i had an interview with his lawyer today who said he didn't need to go on a hunger strike, there were other options. we could've defended the case. that was what he wanted to do. that was his choice. that was how he voiced his protest against being detained
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in an israeli jail. he lasted for 86 days and his heart gave out this morning. mark: that story from jerusalem. next, gh -- ugandan lawmakers passed a new version of an anti-gay bill that removed a clause that criminalized identifying as lgbtq. changes were asked for that would -- identify those -- homosexuality is illegal in the east african country under colonial law. this is the wording of the law, it says against the order of nature. the punishment for that offense is life imprisonment. legislation prescribes the death penalty for what is described in
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the words of the law as aggravated homosexuality, which is described as sexual relations bombing a minor and other categories of vulnerable people, or when the perpetrator is infected with the hiv virus. a senior artificial intelligence specialist has resigned from google, saying he wants to warn of using it to instigate violence. all this as a white house meeting has been called with the cheapest -- executives of microsoft, google, and others. the vice president and other officials will discuss key artificial intelligence issues. reporter: it is technology that could be superior to the human brain, and one of its pioneers now says part of him regrets his role in creating it.
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75-year-old computer scientist jeffrey hinton says he quit his job at google so we can independently share his concerns about ai technology, which include fears over this and stealing human jobs, but also go far beyond that. >> what do we do to mitigate the long-term risks of things more intelligent than us taking control? it eclipses him by a long way. it does already do simple reasoning. given the rate of progress, we expect things to get better quite fast. so we need to worry about that. reporter: it's just the latest warning that tech companies might be creating a monster they can't control. in march, after open ai release the latest model of its chat bought, gpd four, within 1000 people from the tech industry, including billionaire elon musk
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and apple cofounder steve wozniak signed a letter calling for a pause on ai development while the risks are properly studied. >> ai is a tool. technology is not mutual, but we can shape it the way we want to shape it. we need to stop being driven by profit, by competition, and just place the tool in service. this is where regulators have a role to play, but it's not going to be easy. >> little ai regulation exists. the u.s. just wants to study of possible accountability measures in april and the european union has put forward an artificial intelligence act, but the far-reaching legislation has yet to be passed. mark: let's get more on this issue from a social media expert. good evening, sir. is mr. hinton correct? does ai represent this kind of threat to our lives? >> it definitely represents a
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threat. it isn't a threat for a job, if your job is about creating any kind of content, that is true for a lawyer, for a professor, or a journalist. it presents a threat when it comes to the relationship we are all going to have in the future with information, because basically, it is going to produce a massive information. real, fake, whatever. vote tomorrow, most of the information we will be consuming will be produced by ai. so our relationship with the truth is going to be affected, and it could become much smarter than us. if we mix artificial intelligence and warfare, this could become really, really nasty. mark: there are two issues, perhaps. one might be trying to save money, the other, far more insidious intent, seeking to manipulate the facts.
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>> manipulating the facts is going to be an issue, of course. it's going to be much worse than it is already, and it is already really, really dark. the last two presidential elections may have been dismantled by social media. when it comes to donald trump selection, it was heavily relying on artificial intelligence. if you look on a wider scale, the divide within operation, the polarization of public opinion is produced by an algorithm. we already know that this technology can really affect society, and it is becoming bigger and bigger every day. mark: a big meeting called at the white house with the ceos concern, including google.
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kamala harris will be there with other members of the biden administration. do you think it will make a difference? >> i don't think it will make any difference. basically you have a teacher who was in a position that the way artificial intelligence could involve in a capitalist way, mainly between google and microsoft fighting to be the pack leader, and it will produce a tremendous side effect. and the other way is the common good for the good of everybody. that was the initial role of open ai, the one where elon musk contributed and was ousted. initially it was supposed to be for common good. that was the way elon musk saw it.
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it is not anymore. basically i think elon musk was right as putting this as for the public good. mark: let's be straight, this is something that isn't the problem, the problem is that humans behind it, because it is the humans who are seeking to manipulate. >> so far, the problem is the human. tomorrow, the problem could become the artificial intelligence. it can petition with humans. if you mix artificial intelligence and warfare, this will become a reality quite soon. quite soon you will have autonomous armed weapons. that means weapons that can shoot and kill with artificial intelligence taking the decision to shoot. this is becoming quickly a reality. once this step is made, who knows what will come after that? nobody really knows. mark: it sounds like we are doomed. that was my last question, but i think you have already answered it.
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if it is a case where the machine takes over people, then we have a massive problem. i hope this resonates with all our viewers as to how serious the situation could be. thank you so very much for giving us that very shocking news. we have course will be watching for developments including this white house meeting which is happening on thursday regarding ai, artificial intelligence. time for business, kate moody is here. seven months ahead of the cop 28 climate summit, we are getting a bit of a preview of what will be on the agenda. kate: the climate dialogue is taking place in berlin this week. the designates of this year's conference, his appointment sparked a huge backlash because he's also head of the abu dhabi national oil company. the decision to hold the talks
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and to buy was also seen as controversial. the uae is the third largest oil producer in the opec cartel. meeting climate leaders around the world, it is focused more and accelerating the development of renewable energy sources but has stopped short of pushing for an end to fossil fuel production. in berlin, progress on stalling the -- he said participants should drastically ramp up their development and use of renewable energy. >> and pragmatic, just, and when managed tradition, we must be laser focused on phasing out fossil fuel emissions. when facing up and scaling up viable, affordable, zero carbon alternatives. we would accelerate delivery and
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must triple capacity by 2030 and double again by 2040. kate: consumer prices are still rising in the euro zone. headline inflation grow slightly from 6.9% in march to 7% in april. most analysts had expected a flat rating. inflation peaked at 10.6% in october, but still far above the median 2% target. the train isn't all negative. core inflation fell from 5.7% to 5.6%. the data do complicate the task ahead of the european central bank's next policy announcement on thursday as it tries to decide whether to keep raising interest rates and by how much. the u.s. federal reserve has kicked off his latest two day policy meeting, also grappling with slowing economic growth, but improvement inflation numbers in the u.s. the american center-right will
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be facing tough questions about the impact of its interest rate hikes on the banking sector, as well as the most recent rescue of first republic bank. most endless expect the fed to enact a final point between five percentage point rate hike before pausing for a few months in the hope that inflation will continue easing and that lenders will have a chance to stabilize their operations. let's check in on the day's trading action today. wall street has closed in the red ahead of that fed meeting with shares of regional banks dragging down trade. the major indices all losing about one percentage point at the close. tensions over the banking sector and interest rates weighed on the major european indices as well. losses of over 1% in paris, london, and frankfurt. finding love in more time has gotten a bit more complicated in russia.
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that match group which owns popular dating apps like tender and pitch has said it will stop operating in russia at the end of this june, citing its commitment to protecting human rights. many global brands cut ties are paused operations fulling rushed -- following russia's invasion of ukraine over a year ago. some analysts say the announcement were more cosmetic than concrete. some have resumed exports to russia since announcing it was cutting ties. saying last week it is finding the best ways to stop that business all together now. mark: thank you very much indeed, kate moody. great to see you. let's turn now to truth or fake. you are looking at some videos circulating in what is allegedly sudan. some very graphic images of aerial bombardments. what are the claims?
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tell us the truth and tell us the fake. >> this video has been circulating heavily online in two different context that i will be going through today. we can see a dark, ambiguous landscape there. there's not really much that we can make out apart from two helicopters in the sky and we can hear quite clearly the sound of aerial bombardments. there is a cut in the video, and towards the end there is a split. there we are, we can see some houses on fire burning, although it is not clear where that is, either. the video was very blurry and very poor quality. that is questionable, that is what makes it difficult for us to distinguish where there have been any obvious manipulations to the video any editing or manipulation, but also just to pinpoint a more precise location and find out really where this is. as we know from recent events, sudan is grappling with fighting
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that is intensifying between the military and the rs f paramilitary group and that has been rocking the country since mid april. that video that we just saw has been shared hundreds of times, mainly on arabic speaking social channels, attributing those same images from the conflict in sudan. if we take a quick look at those there, this is just a few times it has been shared. this is one example from the page beautiful sudan. another example here also shared by a sudanese user where it says the air force continues its qualitative operations and is chasing those fleeing from the northern state. his being presented as images from the fighting in sudan. mark: there have been multiple videos of intense conflict in sudan over the past few weeks. of course this current conflict
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started on april 15. this video is not one of them, is that correct? >> yes, this is being presented as something that it isn't. we carried out a keyword search and manage to find the original video that was posted on tiktok i this user. the original publication date is july, 2022, who just well before fighting broke out between the warring factions in sudan. more interestingly, if we look at the caption of the video, we can see a few hashtags. a clear reference to the videogame arma3. if we take a look at the video that was ablated in its full hd quality, there's a lot of differences between that and the one we saw. this is much clearer and all the things are much more
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distinguishable, including the neon green lights from those helicopters there. this also isn't the first time that videogame footage from arma3 has been presented as actual war footage. the game does include very realistic, violent, 3d battle images. that really has fueled misinformation numerous times, especially surrounding the current war in ukraine. mark: this isn't the only country where this video is circulating. >> no, it's not. it has also circulated in mali as well. we can indeed see it is a match, it is that same video. this page is sharing that viral video there and attributing it to recent images from attacks on
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a city in the center of the country. that is where people were killed and wounded in a bomb attack recently near a military camp and airport. the malian government has condemned this as a terrorist incident in a press release and the media there has condemned this as well. we can also see that the video was indeed spliced and cut, because while we cannot verify the origin of this footage, we have seen it circulating him regarding that attack in mali and it is that same burning house that was so at the end. so it is not sudan in the video. mark: thank you very much for bringing this to truth or fake. thanks to kate for the business, as always, great to see you. thanks to you all for watching wherever you are in the world.
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more to come, live from paris.
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