live now to lewis vaughanjones who is at bletchley park. are focusing on is the big existential threat of ai. how it could potentially impact the future, get control of itself, how it could be used for cyber attacks, biowarfare is. these are all big, big problems with frontier ai, ai that doesn't actually exist right now but could exist soon. so, world leaders have been gathering and talking. just in the last few minutes i have seen a big group of politicaljournalists, our political editor chris mason among them queueing up and heading inside because there will be a press conference with rishi sunak, the prime minister himself. presumably giving us a flavour of what they have been talking about. the theme has been cooperation, international cooperation. we have had big international names here, the us secretary general, ursula von der leyen. i wish i could show you but the camera angles can't flip around, the camera angles can't flip around, the doors are shutting so that press conference should start producing and i imagine we will hear a

live now to lewis vaughanjones who is at bletchley park. talk us through the last couple of days. days. hi there. right now, some of those world — days. hi there. right now, some of those world leaders _ days. hi there. right now, some of those world leaders with _ days. hi there. right now, some of those world leaders with rishi - those world leaders with rishi sunak, the prime minister, are having a couple of sessions, talking about how they're going to co—operate. how are they going to understand the risks of ai and what they are going to do about it. there has been some consensus, that was announced yesterday. an agreement that 28 nations assigned talking about that need for cooperation and how to harness the benefits of ai that will be coming down the road whilst also trying to get ahead of the game, i suppose, regulation potentially. understanding the real risks of ai. to understand the risks, of course, you need to understand what we are talking about. a quick explanation of what ai is, artificial explanation. here is my colleague. very simply, artificial intelligence is co

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. israel says 1a more people held hostage in gaza are due to be released later, while 42 palestinians detained in israel will be freed. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. this is live, looking across at the israel — gaza border, from israel. there is a bit of black smoke that you can secretly do not know what thatis you can secretly do not know what that is at the moment, but we are keeping across this live feed. these live pictures looking across to gaza from southern israel. on friday, 2a people were released by hamas — whilst israel freed 39 palestinians. more exchanges are expected in the coming days, with hamas agreeing to release a total of 50 hostages, and israel 150 detainees. that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended, if the two sides can agree a further exchange of prisoners and hostages. however, israel has not withdrawn its military from

i am lewis vaughanjones, and this is bbc news. process for a truce extension as hamas releases two more hostages but many still wait to hear. shane macgowan, who transformed irish traditional music has died at the age of 65. and alistair darling, the labour politician who was a transfer during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70.

i'm lewis vaughanjones with the other main stories.y more than 70 were launched overnight. a former minneapolis police officer convicted of killing george floyd has reportedly been stabbed in prison. as we follow this developing story in israel on the second day of that deal to release israeli hostages held by hamas in gaza in return for palestinian prisoners. that deal has been brokered by qatar. but egypt also one of the key players involved as an intermediary in those talks. there has been a statement released by egypt that says that egypt has received positive signals from all parties for an extension of the gaza truce for one or two days. important to put that into context because as i was saying, egypt are only one of the parties involved. the qataris have been taking the lead on this. they have been making the main announcements. nothing from the qataris yet, from israel or hamas. but egypt are at the table for those talks and they have released a statement saying they believe there are positive signals for potential extension o

i'm lewis vaughanjones in london with the other main stories.number of explosive drones launched in one bombardment since the start of the war. it said 74 of 75 drones were shot down. a former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd has reportedly been stabbed in prison. you're watching bbc news, i am anna foster live in tel aviv. israeli officials have said that at least 13 israeli or dual israeli nationals held hostage in gaza are due to be released today on day two of this deal that was brokered by qatar. they are being freed in exchange for at least 39 palestinian prisoners is that temporary truce, a key pillar of this deal between israel and hamas continues to hold for a second day. the israeli military has also said another 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid are heading into gaza from egypt. israel has also allowed in four tankers of fuel and four of cooking gas, the same we saw yesterday. it's interesting as well, some of the new lines we are hearing just in the last few minutes about this particular deal. there w

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones.ue to be released later, while 42 palestinians detained in israel will be freed. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. this is live, looking across at the israel — gaza border, from israel. there is a bit of black smoke that you can secretly do not know what thatis you can secretly do not know what that is at the moment, but we are keeping across this live feed. these live pictures looking across to gaza from southern israel. on friday, 2a people were released by hamas — whilst israel freed 39 palestinians. more exchanges are expected in the coming days, with hamas agreeing to release a total of 50 hostages,

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories fromund the world. we will start in gaza breaking news in the last half hour or so. ten more is really hostages are reported to have been handed over by hamas this on the fifth day of the temporary pause in fighting. take a look at these pictures. we were live on air when we solve these. he seemed to be, you can see vehicles crossing the rafah crossing there, in southern gaza into egypt. the israeli army says based on information from the red cross, ten is really hostages have been released into other hostages, a foreign nationality, have also been released. you can see in the darkness that the red cross vehicles on their way into in egypt. some now live pictures from right across the region. this is at the rafah crossing the one we were just watching. these are live pictures. we were expecting at some point this evening in the darkness there, the is really hostages to be released and we have seen now. that confirmation. what we look for now and next is the release of the palestinian priso

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. all day we have been watching the rafah crossing. official says 76 injured have no left gaza, along with 335 foreign passport holders. this is from egyptian media. they say these are some of the first foreign nationals to leave. they thought 500 could leave in this first phase. the latest figures we are getting is just under 300 first phase. the latest figures we are getting isjust under 300 or so. also injured people. these are pictures from this morning, ambulances crossing there. 76 people we believe you are injured palestinians leaving gaza heading into egypt. heading the other direction, take a look at this, these are aid trucks coming from egypt into gaza. 20 trucks we understand, but that is a tiny percentage of the amount that is actually needed according to eight agencies. hand reduced to come through the crossing, nowjust 20. let's leave the rafah crossing now. i want to annoy t

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories fromd the world. we stories from around the world. start with the hosta held we start with the hostages being held in gaza. in the last few hours president biden has been asked about this he believes a deal is near. you remember back on october the hamas took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israel's ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease—fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital — organisations from indonesia behind it. hamas—run health ministry says that at least 12 people have been killed. take a look — outside hospital. tanks close by indonesian foreign minister says strike a violation of humanitarian law. whoalled" israel says terrorists opened fire f

that said, i'm lewis vaughanjones, the this is bbc news. hello there. good evening.ighter spells here and there. also some showers, but always plenty of cloud, too, particularly across england and wales by the end of the day. now, overnight tonight, with high pressure out towards the west, it will start to build in across northern ireland and scotland, so the skies will begin to clear and with those clear skies, then temperatures will drop low enough for a bit of frost, perhaps an airfrost, i think for sheltered glens of scotland, away from the strength of the breeze — —2, —3 degrees celsius. watch out for some mist and fog developing through the night as well, but cloudier and milder across england and wales. now, if we take a look at the pressure chart again, with the high pressure out towards the west, it will extend its way further eastwards as we head through the day on tuesday. so a gradual improvement for many, even with the cloudy starts and outbreaks of rain across parts of east anglia and kent as we head through the morning. that should gradually, gradually

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, welcome to the daily global, where we'll bring you the top stories fromund the world. we start here in the uk, where the former health secretary, matt hancock, has been defending his role during the covid pandemic. in a long day of evidence to the covid—19 inquiry he said "many many lives" could have been saved if the first lockdown began three weeks earlier than it did in march 2020. he also described what he called a "toxic culture" in government. mr hancock was a familiar face at regular press conferences that took place during that period, giving updates to the public about social distancing measures, the state of the nhs and the vaccine programme. here's our political editor, chris mason. one of the biggest names of the pandemic. the health secretary for england, matt hancock. the man in the middle on the television many nights, and the man who resigned for breaking the very rules he'd helped draw up. today, his moment of accountability. the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. and it's mr hancock's relationship with the truth that has r

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i am lewies vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello there.se in england first thing this morning. we had a sheet of cloud overhead with just a few gaps at the right time to allow those sun rays through to illuminate that cloud sheet. and it really was spectacular. today has been dominated, though, by this warm front, bringing milder air, cloudy weather conditions, bit of drizzle here and there. some more persistent rain for the western side of scotland. but of course, that warm front�*s also been bringing much milder air with it. and you can see that in the kind of temperatures that we had across parts of northern england and scotland yesterday, compared with today. well, temperatures have been about seven degrees up. now heading through this evening and overnight, it is going to stay predominantly cloudy for northern ireland, england and wales. we'll continue to see an odd spit of drizzle here and there. no great amounts, but some heavy rain slides southwards across the hebrides and the highlands of scotland in particular. for most, though,

live now to lewis vaughanjones who is at bletchley park.ntelligence then? the around the risks of artificial intelligence then? around the risks of artificial intellitence then? , , intelligence then? the focus here is on those potentially _ intelligence then? the focus here is on those potentially big _ intelligence then? the focus here is on those potentially big risks - intelligence then? the focus here is on those potentially big risks of - on those potentially big risks of artificial intelligence. it is best to think about it in two groups. you have those near—term risks, that is the ai risk that we know about, things like spreading misinformation, deep fakes potentially interfering with elections. then there is the bigger risks. things like really advanced frontier ai as it is being called falling into the wrong hands. but if we lose control of ai and decides to listen to itself rather than humans? these really big potential threats that are not here right now but given the pace of the acceleration of the technology, it could potentia

and this is am lewis vaughanjones, and this is bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines our made headlines this half hour, the former health secretary matt hancock defences role during the pandemic and tells the word or inquiry lockdown should have been introduced earlier. the us secretary of state process for a truce extension as hamas releases two more hostages but many still wait to hear. shane macgowan, who transformed irish traditional music has died at the age of 65. and alistair darling, the labour politician who was a transfer during the 2008 global financial crash, dies at the age of 70. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, hello from the bbc sport centre mark mccall, saracens director of rugby criticised the "shameful" treatment of his captain owen farrell in what he believes should be a wake—up call for the game. farrell ——who also skippers england, will miss the men's six nations after deciding to take a break from international rugby in order to "prioritise his and his family's mental well—being". he will

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme.oung children. four thai nationals were also released. 39 palestinians have been freed from israeli jails in return. the handover was delayed for hours by a dispute over whether israel was abiding by the terms of the deal reached with hamas. among the hostages released was the irish—israeli girl, emily hand, who's nine. emily, was initially thought to have been among those killed in the attack on kibbutz be'eri. this is the moment she was reunited with herfather, tom. emily was at a sleepover at a friend's

that was lewis vaughanjones where there is the world's first ai safety summit. this is bbc news.eadlines: the israeli army claims to have crossed the first hamas defence lines, and troops are now at the gates of gaza city. more foreign passport—holders leave gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like—minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let's get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a second consecutive month remaining at their highest level for 15 years. the bank of england held rates at 5.25%. up until september, the bank had raised rates 14 times in a row to tame soaring inflation which has been squeezing households. it has led to

live now to lewis vaughanjones who is at bletchley park.hnology. this welcome, no stranger to being on the cutting edge of technology.— cutting edge of technology. this is at the heart _ cutting edge of technology. this is at the heart of _ cutting edge of technology. this is at the heart of the _ cutting edge of technology. this is at the heart of the birth _ cutting edge of technology. this is at the heart of the birth of- cutting edge of technology. this isj at the heart of the birth of modern computing. thisjust at the heart of the birth of modern computing. this just to explain an role of code breakers crucial in changing the course of world war ii. according to the prime minister rishi sunak the world again is on the brink of a key moment. he quoted stephen hawking in his speechjust an hour or so stephen hawking in his speechjust an hour orso ago, stephen hawking in his speechjust an hour or so ago, talking about al being in the best of the worst thing to happen to humanity. the efforts here clearly are to make it the best rather than

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our colleague lewis vaughanjones is at bletchley park for us.ly, and there was some criticism _ board. yes, absolutely, and there was some criticism for _ board. yes, absolutely, and there was some criticism for china - board. yes, absolutely, and there| was some criticism for china being invited in the first place, but the counterargument was we need all the big players in the world of ai here because this takes global cooperation. and yesterday the summit started pretty well. it got that 28 countries sunning a declaration, basically agreeing to cooperate with each other, try and understand the risks and what big risks they are. they have been outlined over these two days, and people have little doubt, the way they categorise them here is interesting. two major big risks. one is losing control of ai, so basically ai choosing to obey it self potentially rather than humans, which takes you off into sci—fi territory. the other big risk is bad actors, so you think of cyber attacks, biological attacks, all harnessing the power of ai. so it just the

that was lewis vaughanjones where there is the world's first a! safety summit. this is bbc news. more foreign passport—holders leave gaza through the rafah crossing.

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i'm lewis vaughanjones with the other main stories.e biggest number of explosive drones launched in one bombardment since the start of the war. it said 74 of 75 drones were shot down. a former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd has reportedly been stabbed in prison. you're watching bbc news. i'm anna foster, live in tel aviv. in the area known as hostages wear, where a rally starting to get under way, thousands of people are travelling across the country today heading into the city to hold basically a rally in support of those hostages that are still being held by hamas inside gaza. butjust in the last half hour, the armed wing of hamas has said via its telegram channel that it has decided to delay the second round of hostage release. it has accused israel of not sticking to the agreement that was reached between the two and brokered by qatar and delivering enough aid in particular to the northern part of the gaza strip. we don't know whether that will be a short pause or longer, but until this latest develo

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. hamas has freed another 13 israelis who were taken hostage during the attacks on october 7th. they are all women, teenagers and young children. four thai nationals were also released. 39 palestinians have been freed from israeli jails in return. the handover was delayed for hours by a dispute over whether israel was abiding by the terms of the deal reached with hamas. among the hostages released was the irish—israeli girl, emily hand, who's nine. emily, was initially thought to have been among those killed in the attack on kibbutz be�*eri. this is the moment she was reunited with herfather, tom. emily was at a sleepover at a friend's house in the kibbutz when she was abducted, without any family with her. other children freed include hila rotem, aged 12. she was taken captive with her mother, raya, who was not released with her daughter, and remains a hostage in gaza. this is shiri weiss, an accountant, a hostage released along with her 18—year—old daughter, noga. maya regev was also

welcome to the programme, i'm lewis vaughanjones.to the bbc. a senior hamas official has told the bbc that israel allowed only three trucks out of 100 to reach northern gaza. it also said israel violated the cease—fire agreement by flying drones over southern gaza. as we go through some of the latest lines, let's take a look at some of the latest pictures we have life from you —— for you from right around the region. let's look at some of the families of some of the hostages. this is in tel aviv, a place where those with loved ones who have been held hostage have been gathering and protesting, and campaigning. they are there in solidarity with each other, and many there hoped that today would be the day were the second group of hostages would've been released, but that has not happened. there has been a delay. hamas effectively accusing israel of breaking the terms of the agreement that they had between them, so we were expecting around 13 — 1a hostages to be released— that list of names had been received, but that has not happened.