i'm sally bundock. warm welcome the programme. we begin in slovakia where the slovakian prime minister, robert fico, remains in hospital after hours of surgery to save his life following an apparent assassination attempt. local media reported that the prime minister had regained consciousness. the deputy prime minister, tomas taraba, told the bbc that the operation had gone well and he expected mr fico to survive. the prime minister was shot several times as he was leaving a government meeting in what the interior minister described as a politically motivated attack. the deputy prime minister of slovakia accused opposition parties of using false narratives to paint the prime minister almost as a monster. in sliver you, we won two elections. in october we had parliamentary elections, so we have stabilised support of the public. —— in slavonic. also international politics, speak about a false narrative that we want to leave the european union and join the cooperation with russia and i don't want these fal

i'm sally bundock. we start at singapore's changi airport, where many of the passengers and crew who were on board singapore airlines flight 321 have been able to complete theirjourney — following an episode of severe turbulence, in which one person died and many more were injured. a relief flight took 143 passengers and crew to singapore, but 85 other people remained in bangkok, where the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. many are receiving medical attention. the fatality was 73—year—old geoffrey kitchen, from gloucestershire in the uk. he's believed to have suffered a heart attack. more than 30 people were injured, seven critically. there were 229 people on board the flight from london to singapore when it hit turbulence over myanmar, and experienced a rapid drop in altitude. the pilot had to make an emergency diversion and landed in bangkok. it was there that medical teams entered the plane, establishing that geoffrey kitchen had died and offering medical treatment to those who were inju

i'm sally bundock. very i'm sally bundock. warm welcome to the programme. on the southern gazan city of rafah. in an interview with cnn, mr biden said america would continue to give israel the weapons it needed to defend itself, including interceptors for its �*iron dome�* air defence system. but he said us—supplied heavy weapons had already killed civilians in gaza, and that israel would not keep washington's support if it carried out military operations in those population centres. it comes after the us state department confirmed that one arms shipment destined for israel was delayed last week, and others were being reviewed. civilians had been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centres, and they declare that if they go

hello, i'm sally bundock. we begin in iran where funeral ceremonies for the president, ebrahim raisi, are getting under way — after his body was recovered on monday, from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. events will take place across the country before he is buried. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, will preside over the main ceremony. rescue teams found no survivors from the crash — which happened on sunday, as mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran's northern neighbour, azerbaijan. the iranian foreign minister was also killed, along with everyone else on board. the cause of the crash has not yet been established. let's speak to our bbc persian reporter, bahman kalbassi in new york. hejoins us now he joins us now from hejoins us now from new he joins us now from new york. good to see you. talk us through then today, what's happening and when? the through then today, what's happening and when? the body of mr president _ happening and when? the body of mr president raisi _ happening and wh

i'm sally bundock. welcome to the programme. israel says it will deepen its attack on rafah in southern gaza until hamas is eliminated, or the first of the remaining hostages are released. all the defence minister said israel was ready to make compromises to secure their return but insisted that hamas only responded to force. israel has sent a delegation to cairo to resume negotiations, and hamas says the talks will be the last chance for a hostage release. israeli forces went into rafah on monday night, in defiance of international pressure, seizing the border crossing with egypt. the un secretary general antonio guterres has warned that a full—scale assault on rafah would cause a humanitarian nightmare. paul adams sent this report from jerusalem. a deal may now be tantalizingly close. but in rafah, israel's military pressure is relentless. today, severing gaza's last link with the outside world, the crossing point into egypt. and raising theirflag, sending an unmistakable message to hamas. the noose is tightening. the sounds o

very i'm sally bundock. warm welcome to the programme. president biden has said the us will not supply heavy weapons to israel that could be used in a major assault on the southern gazan city of rafah. in an interview with cnn, mr biden said america would continue to give israel the weapons it needed to defend itself, including interceptors for its �*iron dome�* air defence system. but he said us—supplied heavy weapons had already killed civilians in gaza, and that israel would not keep washington's support if it carried out military operations in those population centres. it comes after the us state department confirmed that one arms shipment destined for israel was delayed last week, and others were being reviewed. civilians had been killed in gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centres, and they declare that if they go into rafah, they haven't gone in rafah yet, if they go to rafah, i am not supplying the weapons used to deal with rafah, to deal with that problem. we will continue to ma

i'm sally bundock.sraeli protesters have blocked aid trucks destined for gaza, throwing food packages onto the road and ripping bags of grain open in the occupied west bank. the lorries, which were set upon at the tarqumiya checkpoint west of hebron, came from jordan and were headed to the gaza strip, where tens of thousands of palestinians face food and aid shortages. the white house has condemned the attack, describing the looting of aid convoys as "a total outrage". meanwhile, there are reports of clashes around the southern city of rafah, an area where many people had taken refuge from fighting elsewhere in gaza. thousands of people have fled the camp — israel has advised them to go to the al mawasi area, near the coast, and to khan younis. aid agencies say there is almost no infrastructure there to support them. there's also been heavy fighting injabalia, in the north of gaza. israel says it has returned to the area to counter any attempts by hamas to re—establish its military capabilities in the a

welcome to business today, with me, sally bundock. we start with ryanair, europe's biggest airline by passenger numbers. it's just released its latest earnings that show a 34% jump in full year profits after tax. that's 1.92 billion euros — orjust over $2 billion. ryanair has benefitted from 9% increase in passenger numbers to 184 million over the year, despite delays to its orders of a number of boeing aircraft as higher demand ofset increased fuel costs. let's unpack this with kathleen brooks, research director at xtb. hello to you, lovely to see you. ryanair, no surprise, it is making some decent profits. the question is, what now? summer prices are going to be a bit softer. i is, what now? summer prices are going to be a bit softer.— going to be a bit softer. i would completely _ going to be a bit softer. i would completely agree _ going to be a bit softer. i would completely agree with - going to be a bit softer. i would completely agree with that. - going to be a bit softer. i would completely agree with that. it l going to be a

i'm sally bundock. we start in the uk where the bank of england has given its strongest hint yet that interest rates could be cut this summer. ben broadbent, the number two at the central bank said earlier today in a speech that a rate cut at sometime over the summer was possible. his comments come as markets get ready for the latest inflation figures out on wednesday that are expected to show a sharp drop in inflation. let's discuss this with yael selfin — chief economist at kpmg in the uk. yael, nice to see you. so, what do you make then of mr broadbent�*s comments? you make then of mr broadbent's comments?— you make then of mr broadbent's comments? ~ ~ , comments? well, i think they were encouraging _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to some _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to some degree - comments? well, i think they were l encouraging to some degree because ultimately, we are expecting inflation to go down significantly

welcome to business today, with me, sally bundock. it's just released its latest earnings that show a 34% jump in full year profits after tax. that's 1.92 billion euros — orjust over $2 billion. ryanair has benefitted from 9% increase in passenger numbers to 184 million over the year, despite delays to its orders of a number of boeing aircraft as higher demand ofset increased fuel costs. let's unpack this with kathleen brooks, research director at xtb.

i'm sally bundock. welcome to the programme.ed, or the first of the remaining hostages are released. all the defence minister said israel was ready to make compromises to secure their return but insisted that hamas only responded to force. israel has sent a delegation to cairo to resume negotiations, and hamas says the talks will be the last chance for a hostage release. israeli forces went into rafah on monday night, in defiance

hello, i'm sally bundock. for the president, ebrahim raisi, are getting under way — after his body was recovered on monday, from the wreckage of a helicopter crash. events will take place across the country before he is buried. iran's supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei, will preside over the main ceremony. rescue teams found no survivors from the crash — which happened on sunday, as mr raisi was flying back from a trip to iran's northern neighbour, azerbaijan. the iranian foreign minister was also killed, along

ceo abbie morris has been speaking to the bbc�*s sally bundock about what they can do about it.upply chain. based on our ai assessment, we can then work out exactly what they can say to their investors and customers with confidence about their green credentials. so you're actually helping the retailer to communicate their green record — is that correct? — as opposed to policing them. exactly. right now, companies are crying out because they've collected a lot of data, but they don't have confidence on what they can say against the fast—changing regulatory landscape. so our team have implemented an ai tool that allows customers like reiss and new look to get confident on their green communications. because, as financial journalist, business journalists, we are very keen to know whether a company really is proving to be sustainable in its practices or not — especially when it comes to the retail sector, fashion — you've just mentioned reiss and new look — because it is one of the biggest emitters of carbon emissions, isn't it? yes, it's consistently ranked in the top ten emitters,

i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme.srael says dozens of trucks loaded with flour have been able to cross into northern gaza. these are pictures from israel's military. they say it shows trucks passing through the newly opened western erez crossing. there'd been warnings that barely any aid had been reaching the region after other crossings were closed. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good morning to you. so, let's talk about rafah to start with before we move onto humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the humanitarian aid. what is happening in rafah? the idf are askin: happening in rafah? the idf are asking more _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to _ happening in rafah? the idf are asking more people to leave - asking more people to leave rafah, they asked last week that people in the eastern part of rafah to leave near khan younis. now they are expanding this area to a larger area to ask people to leave rafah, the ground of enzyme

i'm sally bundock.s flight 321 have been able to complete theirjourney — following an episode of severe turbulence, in which one person died and many more were injured. a relief flight took 143 passengers and crew to singapore, but 85 other people remained in bangkok, where the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. many are receiving medical attention.

i'm sally bundock.f grain open in the occupied west bank. the lorries, which were set upon at the tarqumiya checkpoint west of hebron, came from jordan and were headed

i'm sally bundock.art in the us where the race for dominance in generative artificial intelligence has just stepped up a gear. one of the leading companies in the field, openai, has unveiled its latest chatbot called gpt—lio. it has advanced capabilities, including seeing, hearing and talking in similar ways to a person. our north america business correspondent erin delmore watched the launch from new york. 20 years ago, the biggest battle in tech was over who would win the war for search engine dominance. google took the prize and it isn't nowjust a multitrillion—dollar company — it's also a verb. so now, enter the latest fight over who will lead on generative ai. the start—up openai took the tech sector by storm with its chatgpt chatbot in late 2022 — that could answer users�* queries and carry out like human conversation. you are not a vacuum cleaner! as of monday, we are seeing that conversation happened out loud. the company demoed a chatbot that can field questions and give out answers via voice.

i'm sally bundock.e start in new york where all three major share indices closed at new record highs after inflation figures boosted hopes that the us federal reserve may soon be able to start cutting the cost of borrowing. here's the figure that got wall street so excited on wednesday. us consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 3.4% in april, down from 3.5% in march. it doesn't sound much of a drop, but it was the first time this year that inflation has fallen as expected, suggesting the fed could finally be winning the battle against soaring prices. here's erin delmore in new york. a banner day on wall street with all three major indexes closing at record highs. that's right — the dow, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq all hit their highest levels ever. the catalyst — wednesday's consumer price index report which showed inflation rising less rapidly in april than we'd seen in the first three months of the year. fed chairjerome powell had said just a day earlier that fed officials were surprised by this yea

live from london this is business today, i'm sally bundock. a former employee of boeing's biggest supplier has claimed that sections of 737 max aircraft regularly left its factory with serious defects. spirit aerosystems builds fuselages for the 737 max, which are then shipped to boeing's own plant for final assembly. speaking publicly for the first time, former quality inspector santiago paredes told the bbc that some managers actively tried to discourage him from flagging up flaws in half—finished planes. our reporter theo leggett asked him just how many problems he would typically find on aircraft reaching the end of the production line: anywhere from 50 to 100, 200. you were regularly finding more than 100 faults on a plane that was being shipped? oh, yeah. and that's because ijust inspect certain areas. so in totality, with all the inspectors, if you total them out, yeah, you'd be over the hundreds. now, you were picking up on these faults, you were highlighting them, you were flagging them up to be repaired. what kind of response did you

i'm sally bundock. we start with artificial intelligence. you can't fail to have noticed the flurry of new ai innovations being unveiled of late, with the likes of openai's latest conversational chatbot, gpt—lio, that can be sarcastic and flirt, to google�*s ai—powered assistant that can apparantly help find your lost glasses. and now microsoft has revealed its latest offering. we'll have more on that in a moment. but i'm sure you will agree this is all coming thick and fast, as the big tech players compete to lead the ai race. but is all this pace coming at the risk of bigger things, like our safety? questions being asked at this week's global ai safety summit in south korea. the second of its kind, it is co—hosted with britain after the inaugural event in november last year at bletchley park near london. francine bennett is interim director at the ada lovelace institute — an independent research institute specialising in al — and is in south korea for this summit. a very warm welcome to the programme. so first of all, what will be achieved

i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme.za. these are pictures from israel's military. they say it shows trucks passing through the newly opened western erez crossing. there'd been warnings that barely any aid had been reaching the region after other crossings were closed.

i'm sally bundock.r was possible. his comments come as markets get ready for the latest inflation figures out on wednesday that are expected to show a sharp drop in inflation. let's discuss this with yael selfin — chief economist at kpmg in the uk. yael, nice to see you. so, what do you make then of mr broadbent�*s comments? you make then of mr broadbent's comments?— you make then of mr broadbent's comments? ~ ~ , comments? well, i think they were encouraging _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to some _ comments? well, i think they were encouraging to some degree - comments? well, i think they were l encouraging to some degree because ultimately, we are expecting

i'm sally bundock. we start in the uk, where, injust underan hour and a half's time, we'll be getting the latest reading on the rate of price rises. the consumer price index figure for april is expected to show a significant drop in inflation, which has been heading in the right direction for the last few months, easing the pressure on the cost of living, and heading towards the bank of england's targets. let's take a look at the numbers. in february, inflation was running at 3.4% — it then came down to a two—and—a—half—year low of 3.2% in march, and now analysts are predicting inflation could come down to the bank of england's target rate of 2% for april. but households and businesses may not feel any better off in the short term, as ben king reports. the recipes haven't changed in 90 years in this traditional bakerin 90 years in this traditional baker in west sussex, but the cost of their ingredients has. flour prices, meat prices, energy prices all up. the cost of fat has doubled. that has put the sq

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