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and us have not signed an agreement coming out 0k, time to look at this week's tech news. the ukned an agreement coming out of the international a! action summit held in paris. the communique pledges an "open, inclusive and ethical approach" to developing the ground—breaking technology. over 60 countries have signed up, but a uk government source said the declaration did not reflect the uk's approach as a country. google has officially renamed the gulf of mexico to the gulf of america on its maps application for users in the united states. now, this change comes as a result of that executive order by us president donald trump. mexico told google that it had no legal right to make the change, as it contravenes a un convention. in the hands of fraudsters? collect more than $10 million in royalties. #yeah... # i was so surprised by the scale. streaming has transformed the music business and now makes up more than two—thirds of the music industry's global revenue. but in a first—of—its—kind case, one man in the us has been charged with streaming fraud. accused of using al to create a

meanwhile, the foreign secretary, david lammy, has spoken with the us vice president, saying the uk us special relationship is as endunng special relationship is as enduring as ever and assuring they had agreed on ukraine. >> i was very encouraged in our conversations about ukraine. all of us have this desire to bring this horrendous war to an end. we share the view that there has to be an enduring peace. we recognise that this can't be minsk 3.0. this has to be a serious negotiated peace. and there was an agreement that zelenskyy and the ukrainians have to be part of that negotiated deal. >> in other news, now an indian man has been found guilty of raping and murdering irish backpacker danielle mclaughlin in goa. venkat bhagat attacked the 28 year old in 2017. her body was discovered in a field the next day. her family say justice has finally been achieved after an eight year trial plagued by delays. a post—mortem found she died from brain damage and strangulation. they're now watching to see what further legal steps will follow. and it may be valentine's day, but love is not in the a

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sir keir starmer is meeting european union the first uk leader to do so brexit. of sexual assault. in the us, as the first foreign leader to meet president trump since his return. fire chiefs say the uk is not prepared to deal such as major flooding, wildfires and heatwaves. hello. it would respond in kind. trade tariffs on the uk. overnight, asian markets also felljust overnight, asian markets also fell just days after overnight, asian markets also felljust days after import fslglgfi fiagzafm imefirf’ ”"’ ”w ”w were imposed fslglgfi fiagzafm imefirf’ ”w w” ”w were imposed onto us taxes were imposed onto the us from canada, china and mexico. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal was with the president in florida. mr president, which country will be next on the tariffs? well, we're going to see what happens. it will happen. it will definitely happen with the european union, i can tell you that, because they've really taken advantage of us and it's an atrocity, what they've done. we've had a couple of meetings, we've had numerous phone calls. we're getting along very well. in the discussions t

no attempts to talk to russia, he said. at the feet of those two leaders as he does at of uk—us relationsess in europe about what this policy position from the us president is going to mean in the long run. of the interview that you've just conducted there, with president trump, a negotiating tactic, this idea that he is transactional. of america turning its back on its old alliances. criticisms being levelled at those two european of the interview that you've just conducted there, you know, european powers can at least hope, perhaps, that in some of this there is opportunity that some of this may be, as people often say with president trump, a negotiating tactic, a sort of maximalist position beyond which people can find compromises. this idea that he is transactional. but, you know, in terms of the worst fears, you know, critics see this as an upending of the global order of america turning its back on its old alliances. they will see further confirmation of that in these criticisms being levelled at those two european leaders in particular, as all at the same time as america builds bri

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better relationship, a reset relationship, as he repeatedly where the uk is strong, particularly when it comes will be hoping to usentries when it comes to defence spending and when it comes to supporting ukraine to do more now. better relationship in other areas as well. and henry, iwanted to ask you, of course, also impose levies on the uk, well, i don't think downing street knows i mean, they, like us, are waking up to interpret what donald trump has said overnight, and that's to have to get used to over the next few years. i mean, there is some comfort and that's very qualified and limited comfort, but there is some comfort in the fact that donald trump drew as a person. donald trump has made clear yet again, his loathing for the eu. on the very same day that keir starmer is travelling to brussels to seek a closer relationship with the eu. now, perhaps that's overestimating how much the us president cares or indeed notices that the uk how to make this eu reset work. let's speak to armida van rij, head of chatham house's europe programme. there is quite a lot to through, is there? let's start what henry is that

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using deepseek. and the boss of oil giant equinor tells the bbc he's confident about a controversial new oil field in the uk north sea, as the company pledges to cut back on rewnewable investments. welcome to business today, live from new york. we start here in the us where markets have steadied after a volatile week driven by the on—and—off—again tariff regime of the trump presidency. across the pond in the uk, the bank of england has cut all—importantjobs numbers out this time tomorrow. giving an earnings update after the bell. of yardeni research. let's start off with a which seems to be digesting a bunch of corporate earnings and which seems to be digesting a bur focus :orporate earnings and which seems to be digesting a bur focus :o goinge earnings and which seems to be digesting a bur focus :o going to arnings and which seems to be digesting a burfocus :o going to beings and which seems to be digesting a burfocus :o going to be later|nd which seems to be digesting a bu amazon going to be later|nd which seems to be digesting a bu amazon withg to be later|nd which seems to be digesting a bu amazon with

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now, at the moment we have extensive cloud across the uk. to stay with us.day, the easterly winds will be a little bit lighter. nevertheless, there will still be a lot of cloud being blown across the uk. still with some patches of drizzle late in the day. in the atlantic, so that could well bring some rain the fronts then kind of stall on friday across these western so although there could be a bit of rain to start the day that is possible on friday. not really changing much again, four to six degrees for most of us into the weekends. well, weather fronts could well be affecting western areas of the uk, bringing some rain at times. but across more eastern areas you're likely to keep drier weather and perhaps some brightness. voice-over: this is bbc news. which is straight after this programme. hello, i'm ros atkins. and i'm katie razzall. this week on the media show, how do you future—proof we'll talk to a number of senior industry leaders and we've got an interview with bill gates. we'll hear his take on everything from donald trump that's coming up on the

what is this need from the europe point of view and the uk to use as leverage?7 7 you do not 7 you do not 7 tocut ukraine, you do not want to cut a deal that invites vladimir to start this war in putin to start this war over in a few years after he re—arms. a'few years'after hereea-“nts. think it is very they think it is very responsible for them to to they think it is very responsible to �* them to to they think it is very responsible to try em to to they think it is very responsible to try to to to they think it is very responsible to try to convince washington to try to convince trump face—to—face but of = trump feels that he was ona on a mandate of elected on a mandate of stopping the war and doesn't think that another few think that spending another few years arming ukraine is actually to change the actually going to change the contours of the deal, is contours of the deal, that is basically a stalemate and they should basically make a deal = -= now to end the bloodshed. one trump has _ now to end the bloodshed. one trump has been _ now to end the bloodshed

you're fighting for rights for all of us, including over in the uk.acking that you deserve in your own country. thank you so much for coming on. and you are. you're inspiring me. >> inspired so much. thank you, thank you. >> so, grover, everybody. next on free speech nation, a school worker sacked for sharing social media posts about lgbt relationships has won her appeal. ben jones from the free speech union is going to join us next. see you in a second. thank you. >> dinner under the stars tonight. >> that reminds me of our travel insurance. >> you mean all clear skies. >> you mean all clear skies. >> allclear travel insurance sponsors, gb news travel destinations forecast. >> hello there. we've got rain for madeira over the next 24 hours. some stronger winds too, but much of the central med will be dry with some sunny spells. we can see from monday. outbreaks of rain, strong winds 17 celsius, madeira, the canary islands generally dry and much of western and central parts of the mediterranean, seeing some spells of sunshine unsettled further east tow

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using 35% to 40% by 2035. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.'s abandoning a four—year—old policy not to bring companies to the stock market or three weeks, tariffs on, tariffs off. if you dial the clock back, you know, three, six months, about animal spirits. tempered because people are uncertain about they anticipate that coming. but if you're going to make a major acquisition the valuation if you're not sure, is it going to be a 10% chain going to be? when you talk about deregulation, the other area is sort of in workplace and hiring intentions, and we also absolutely are committed to getting the best talent from wherever we can get it. public companies that had all white male boards. two had to be not all white and male and at least one a woman. you have ditched that commitment. why is that? a change of behaviour, a change in focus. of views on that board. it's served its purpose. going for three centuries, but is now under threat. the midlands since the 1700s. many of the historic businesses struggle for survival. to call in administrators

the us and the uk have not signed an agreement on that summit. approaches to ai. idea. that's not possible. ai is a, you know, a kind of scaled up version it's going to have ideological components, and the idea that the americans have ofjust and they don't want, any kind of sustainability pledges in play here. and so they're trying to kind of squash it but, you know, ithink we're in a position now where the americans, are increasingly kind of unreliable and perhaps weak. consortium, you know, collective power. and i'm, i'm interested to see where the uk will, kind yeah. should have been there? i think the lasting value in ai will be whoever develops ai the long term play here. if he were to have gone shaking hands, etc.. just rely on kind of endless carbon emissions to use these tools. way very meaningfully if it chooses to, but we'll all primary schools in the uk will get free with food allergies. of 15—year—old natasha adnan—laperouse, who died phil mccann reports it's nine years since natasha ednan—laperouse from pret a manger. they've been involved with clinic

of course the uk not the only nation to use - not the only nation to use these right sharing apps, howarch _ the rest of the world? the research we _ the rest of the world? the research we do _ the rest of the world? the research we do at - the rest of the world? tt7 research we do at leeds basically has attracted thousands of individuals protests by platform workers all over the world so really, wherever this economy exists, evenin wherever this economy exists, even in countries where labour, union and strikes are heavily prescribed, we find a platform workers doing it. overwhelmingly, the issue that is more key is pay.— is more key is pay. charles, i'm sorry — is more key is pay. charles, i'm sorry to _ is more key is pay. charles, i'm sorry to interrupt, - is more key is pay. charles, i'm sorry to interrupt, we i is more key is pay. charles, i i'm sorry to interrupt, we have run out of time but thank you for taking us through the main point. thank you. in the uk and in the united states, romance novels are big business. 2024 was a record year for romance novels in the uk as sales hi

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on any of our products and never will. of the uk government to think that it could tell uk technology, sorry, ushe encryption and they no longer will be able to have graham fraser. control rooms of five police forces in england in a bid to provide the pilot scheme is part of raneem's law, named our correspondent graham satchell reports. herformer partner, janbaz tarin, had been stalking the pictures show tarin approaching raneem and a confrontation. hi. ijust called the police about half an hour, more than half an hour ago. raneem was on the phone to the police when both she and her there was no law, there's no framework around it. the call handlers had no idea how to deal with cases and really left to the victim to safeguard themself. after tarin was arrested, west midlands police rooms to begin with. not the 13th time they call, as was what happened to raneem interaction is a good one, a specialist one, and and yet only 1—in—5 victims are estimated to report incidents to the police. campaigners say raneem's law is a good start, but much this needs to be the highest priority for all chief but t

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ukraine, not just for europe, for ukraine, notjust for europe, but all of us in europe, but all of us here in the uk it77 wants to carve out when it comes tariffs in particular. comes to tariffs in particular. harry, for now, thank let's return to the donald trump has made of ukraine's president. donald ukrgige's president. donald criticised mr zelensky trump criticised mr zelensky he had done a terrible saying he had done a terrible job and refuses to have elections in ukraine. zelensky�*s five year term was zetenshy's fiye yearete'ns wase .- ~ eee to end zetenshy's fiye veartem wase .- ~ eee to end 2024, zetenshy's fiye veartem wase .- ,, ..-- to end 2024, but due to end in 2024, but elections have been suspended since martial law was declared after russia's invasion. and conflict studies at the democratic initiatives foundation. first, what is your view about the meeting between the meeting today between president zelensky and keith "fresidentielens icy a and keith of "fresidentielensky and keith of the us envoy, do you kellogg of the us envoy, do you think it could have an impact the us position

sort of saw this be the first time that it was like a reality check for major media in the us, in europe, in the ukay, "yes, we have serious competition here." but has there been, do you think, enough scepticism on what deepseek claims it's done? i mean, tech founder palmer luckey told fox news, "useful idiots in the us media" "have fallen for chinese propaganda" about this story. "useful idiots in the us media" "have fallen for chinese propaganda" about this story. yes, um, because obviously we're dealing with a very different media landscape in china, there's still a lot of mystery about deepseek. people are questioning everything about it, basically. its costs, how it was trained, how much, or whether it has taken materials from us tech companies and western tech companies. ok, so you say there has been scepticism, what about the anxiety around it? absolutely. as my beat, you know, over a year and a half ago, the dominating question about al is, are we in a bubble? right? _ for this moment when we might see the ai bubble burst, and some people love to think that deepseek could be that. i don't k

well, the election uncertainty is behind us, both in the uk and in the us, and a number of private equity funds have woken up to say, well, they're behind the clock now. and so 2025 is looking to be one of the biggest years in the last five years for m&a activity and m&a activity, then spurs those funds to go back and raise more capital for themselves and around the wheel turns. >> it's a bit of a cycle to some extent. tell us, where do you see the biggest opportunities there for you're talking about m&a green shoots, but where. >> i think the biggest sectors where you'll see them are the sectors of the economy that are going to be most widely benefiting from what's happening around us. so anything industrials related, anything business services related, tech and tech services remain incredibly vibrant right now. and of course, you can't ignore healthcare and healthcare services, insurance services, adjacent verticals to the healthcare world remains pretty consistently in demand by private equity investors. i think what's also interesting right now is european mid-market in general, becau

uk. is the us at a competitive disadvantage with these anti—bribery laws?ty well since the of this new act introduction of this new act and i think this will prove to be a big mistake and one which will be costly for american because as well as businesses because as well as making the usa a global leader in the fight against corruption, serruptieps 255555551555?! ~ , as a for when faced if 7 ’ awed by serrupt fereign. publisr— -- bribes serrupt fereign. publisr— w bribes off serrupt fereign. publisr— w them bribes off serrupt fereign. publisr— w them and bribes off serrupt fereign. publisww w them and as bribes off serrupt fereign. publisww w them and as of bribes off serrupt fereign. publisww w them and as of today, 5 off eféew— 72 the world will face a around the world will face a lot more demands for bribes to be paid in some very difficult markets. it be paid in some very difficult markets. ., markets. lt sale! use—st ww were companies were under investigation at the end there is an argument that over enforcement. avoid want over enforcement. avoid over

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a long—time labour party politician — was controversial of president donald trump. between the us and the ukationship between our governments and a very warm, personal relationship between the president and our prime minister. is the extraordinary relationship we have it is unique in the world. and i think that what we need to do so, i'm looking at that very carefully indeed there are some areas where it's very clear that there's a gap even try and persuade donald trump to change his mind without alienating his administration? we have to take all of these issues as they come, for change in the united states. and how his allies need to adjust sometimes and i believe that given the relationship that we have, we can always make our views known — best, by the way, directly and privately. elon musk is trying to buy the non—profit behind openai, which powers chatg pt. $100 billion according to the group's attorney. with a "no thank you". it's being led by french president emmanuel macron. not every global tech summit begins with a dancing world leader. on social media ahead of the ai action summit

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us interest in the region. king even more difficult. around the world and across the uks bbc news. signed off by a high courtjudge. to do so. using a panel of experts. against new tax rules. their horns as part of the campaign against plans for a 20% inheritance tax on farms worth more than a million pounds. the government says most farms wouldn't be affected. in a rare joint engagement, on the edge of new key underlines how the king's working relationship is developing with the figures at the top of government. entering the us. or exemptions to the tariffs. all countries. however, the united states of america, there is no tariff, zero, so if it's made in the united states, there is no tariff. from 10—15% on products from the us, that includes a 15% tax on coal and liquefied gas imports, which powers chat—gpt. musk, the world's richest man, has been suing openai for months, trying to stop it from transitioning to a for—profit firm. he co—founded the company in 2015 with its current ceo, as the leading chatbot in the ai boom. mr altman promptly responded to mr musk�*s off

hamas, an armed group designated a terrorist organisation by a number of countries including the us and uks has made it clear it won't agree to a takeover, calling the plan ridiculous and absurd. the idea of us ownership has been strongly rejected by the palestinian authority which governs part of the occupied west bank. israel can't make the decision to seek territory in gaza according to legal experts, who say it has no right to do so as an occupying power. we don't have many details about the specifics of trump's proposal, but this is what he said about moving residents out of gaza. i think that if we can resettle, and i believe we can do it in areas where the leaders currently say no. the geneva convention, a set of international laws, prohibit forced permanent displacement. here's article 49. it says individual or mass forceable transfers as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory are prohibited, regardless of their motive. it's a violation of rules which have been created by states. and it is a violation of international agreements it would need the backing

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. — calling for al to be "open, inclusive, transparent, but the us and the uk refused to sign. ny punches regarding the us could kill a transformative industry, just of the united states. and we have to cut red tape and we will. the summit�*s diplomatic declaration. development of ai. it seems like al's latest achievement is political point—scoring. mark cieslak, bbc news, paris. cathy li is head of ai, data and metaverse for at the paris summit. it's also understandable that countries and regions always taken different regulatory approaches. with a risk—based framework, while the us has a state and authority to the individual sector—specific regulators, however, we do know that technology is so we need to see what happens in the long run. and in the short term, even when it comes to how heathrow airport is set to confirm a multi—billion ahead of submitting proposals for a third runway to the government this summer. have to sell more drinks in plastic bottles in the us if president donald trump's tariffs end up making aluminium cans more expensive. and aluminium entering the us.

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