i'm steve lai. let's begin in taiwan — where nvidia bossjensen huang has laid out the company's latest roadmap for artificial intelligence chips. he says the chips will unlock 100 trillion dollars�* worth of opportunities in the manfacturing, healthcare, and computing industries. your future pc will become an ai, it'll be constantly helping you, assisting you in the background. pc will also run applications that are enhanced by ai. of course, all your photo editing, your writing, your tools, all the things you use will all be enhanced by ai. and your pc will also host applications with digital humans that are ais. mr huang informally kicked off the computex technology expo in taiwan on sunday. the event is also being attended by bosses from other large chipmakers, including intel and amd. with the ai chip race heating up, companies are racing to catch up with nvidia, which is the leading manufacturer of the advanced technology. that's according to industry expert bob o'donnell. this is the most exci

i'm steve lai.we kick off a new month and the official start of the second half of 2024, let's recap some of the key challenges the global economy faced over the past 6 months. in the us, the federal reserve has not provided much clarity on lowering the cost of borrowing, as the economy grapples with a major cost of living crisis. china's growth recovery is also concerning amid a persistent property crisis and soft domestic consumption. for clues on what the second half of the year could bring, i'm joined byjameel ahmad, if you look at this of the 500, and record highs of 35 and those of the types of records that be taking place that cristiano ronaldo would be jealous of mr v catnip it wasn't as us stock markets but those all—time highs and bit coin, gold and we should talk about the supercharge as well becoming the largest company in the world market capitalisation were generally speaking, some solid fundamentals despite the policy pretty much generation in the united states and very strong but he

reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... attempted military coup in bolivia.ader of the coup attempt has been arrested by the police. wikileaks founderjulian assange reunites with his family in australia, after walking free from a us court. president ruto of kenya abandons planned tax hikes after deadly protests on tuesday, saying the people have spoken. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in bolivia where hundreds of soldiers, with armoured vehicles, have withdrawn from the presidential palace after what appeared to be an attempted military coup. and generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forces, has just been arrested by the bolivian police. heavily armed troops had taken over the main square in la paz, with one armoured car trying to ram the doors of the presidential palace. bolivia's president luis arce denounced what he called the "irregular mobilization by some units of the bolivian army", saying "democracy must be respected". he then addressed the

i'm steve lai.ynagogue in the russian republic of dagestan. the saudi arabian government says more than 1,300 people died at the hajj — the first official death toll. and in football, scotland fought to the very end but have crashed out of euro 202a. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the russian republic of dagestan, where police say they have killed six gunmen who launch attacks in two cities. more than 15 police officers are reported to have died. most of the victims were police but also included a priest. the assailants have not been identified. it has been the scene of islamist attacks previously.

i'm steve lai.y is projected to have won the most votes in the first round of the parliamentary election in france. it is crunch time for all candidates in the uk as the country heads to the polls on thursday. i will have the latest. the three lines through to the gaudu file of the euro 2024 tournament after beating slovakia in extra time. and as r&b singer sizza closes the glastonbury festival, we'll bring you a special report on this year's women headliners.

reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... modi, has won the general election — but his party has failed to secure a majority on its own. applause the uk general election campagain sees the first tv debate between leaders of the two main parties. president biden imposes sweeping new measures to curb migrant arrivals at the us—mexico border. hong kong police said several people were arrested tuesday on the 35th anniversary of beijing's tiananmen square crackdown. hello, and welcome to the programme. our top story is in india — where official results from the country's general election show an alliance led by the prime minister, narendra modi, has won enough seats to form the next government. but his bjp party has failed to secure a majority on its own — winning far fewer seats than at the previous election. opposition groups led by the congress party have performed better than forecast. with the latest from delhi, here's yogita limaye. a widely—expected moment and an historic one. it is only the second time that an indian prime

reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai.rael's defence minister, yoav gallant, is in washington for talks with us secretary of state anthony blinken. a fire at a lithium battery factory near south korea's capital kills at least 22 people. and hope for those with severe epilepsy as a boy becomes the world's first person to have a skull implant fitted to control seizures. welcome to the program. julian assange is expected to plead guilty this week to violating us espionage law. in a deal that could end his imprisonment in britain and allow him to return to australia. justice department prosecutors will seek a 62 month sentence which is equal to the amount of time mr assange has served in a high security is in london while he fought exclusion to the us. the plea deal would credit the time serve, allowing mr

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai.founderjulian assange has officially pleaded guilty to a single charge of espionage after reaching a plea deal with the us. kenya's president accuses criminals of hijacking protests against tax hikes, after five people were shot dead by police. king charles welcomes japan's emperor naruhito to buckingham palace in an official state visit. and a chinese lunar probe returns to earth with the first ever samples gathered from the unexplored far side of the moon. hello, it's 8am here in singapore and 10am in the northern mariana islands where we begin this hour because the founder of wikileaks, julian assange has officially pleaded guilty to a single charge of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified us national defence documents in court. here he is walking into court about two hours ago. he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarsh prison, in the uk, fighting extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified mil

reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines. delaware. israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people abducted by hamas on october 7th. an idf spokesman said intelligence gathered in recent weeks had led to the assessment. four of them were killed together in the area of khan younis, during our operation there against hamas. the information we confirmed by the relevant bodies after assessing new intelligence that we gathered over the last few weeks. vote counting in an indian election marred by heatwaves, temperatures in delhi reaching 50 celsius. a special report on the world's first permanent site for nuclear waste, and how it can be crucial in the world's transition to fossil free energy. we're starting newsday in the us state of delaware, where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden's son

i'm steve lai. the headlines... russian republic of dagestan. chaos at one of the uk's busiest airports after a power cut disrupts the journeys of up to 90,000 passengers. the saudi arabian government says more than 1300 people died at the hajj — the first official death toll. a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election. and in football, scotland fought to the very end but have crashed out of euro 202a. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the russian republic of dagestan, where police say they've killed four gunmen, who launched a series of attacks in the cities of derbent and makhachkala. six police officers are reported to have died in the violence. a synagogue, two churches and a police checkpoint were targeted and 12 other officers were wounded. state media is also reporting that a russian orthodox priest

i'm steve lai.ch for that he's been cleared of charges we start with british tycoon mike lynch for that he's been cleared of charges related we start with british tycoon mike lynch for that he's been cleared of charges related to the 11 billion sale of a software firm to hewlett— packard software firm to hewlett—packard in 2011 for the evan delmore has a story. it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale part the your largest ever takeover for the british technology business the hewlett—packa rd technology business the hewlett—packard later technology business the hewlett—packa rd later wrote down the companies value by $8 billion leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett—packard by defrauded hewlett—packa rd by devaluing defrauded hewlett—packard by devaluing the value for the extradited and to stand trial on the charges we could have put him in prison for 25 years. now after two days of deliberations by a jury in san francisco he has been found not guilty

i'm steve lai. a shift is emerging in silicon valley, with nvidia's stock reaching record highs.apple to become the world's second most valuable company. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the details from new york. wall street's on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by, you guessed it, nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world's second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world's number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value. it's leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that's where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%.

i'm steve lai.the key challenges the global economy faced over the past 6 months. in the us, the federal reserve has not provided much clarity on lowering the cost of borrowing, as the economy grapples with a major cost of living crisis. china's growth recovery is also concerning amid a persistent

i'm steve lai.ut the first half of the year. the us benchmark s&p 500 index is up by more than 15%. the tech—heavy nasdaq is performing even better, up by almost 20%, with most gains coming from the frantic race in artificial intelligence and the chips that power them. but last week, chip designer nvidia showed signs that it was running out of steam. for clues on what the second half of the year could bring, i spoke to david kuo, co—founder of the smart investor website. he says ai could continue to lead markets in the days ahead. there is no other word _ the days ahead. there is no other word for _ the days ahead. there is no other word for it _ the days ahead. there is no other word for it than - the days ahead. there is no | other word for it than mania. it's kind of different to saying it's in a bubble. i mean people have very high expectations of this new artificial intelligence. they don't quite know how it's going to pan out, but we know that there are certain companies in there are certain c

i'm steve lai. let's begin in china, where the world economic forum's summer meeting is under way.ycle" decoupling from the world's number two economy. he also rebutted allegations that beijing was unfairly subsidising chinese companies making green technologies. eshwar prasad is a professor of trade policy at cornell university. he told me decoupling is a real risk to china's technological ambitions. there are two important things in the space, one you pointed out was about rebutting the notion that china has been protectionist or favoring industries that western economies like europe and it us are counted on for their own manufacturing revivals, electric chips and green energy and so forth, but there is a lot in the space about the chinese economy itself, about how it is trying to move towards a more technology sophisticated economy, trying to do with the root problems as you described it, besetting the chinese economy, and did two things seem to be linked in the speech, how technology upgraded could and if it cooperation with other countries

i'm steve lai.the votes get conted. over 640 million people exercised their franchise in the world's largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. on monday, indian stock exchanges hit their lifetime highs, shedding the nervousness they had during the entire election period. and the exuberance came from a clutch of post—poll projections that predicted prime minister narendra modi's prime minister narendra modi's ruling party, janata party, and its allies on the road to a landslide victory. the post—poll projections were released over the weekend, and the markets are hoping that this win would mean the infrastructure—led economic drive and market friendly drive and market—friendly reforms would continue in the world's fastest growing

i'm steve lai. manufacturing of the plane—maker's signature dreamlinerjet. the bbc�*s erin delmore reports. the mechanic's name is richard cuevas, and he's the latest whistle—blower to come forward with allegations about substandard safety issues on boeing jets. mr cuevas was contracted by spirit aerosystems boeing supplier to work on the 787 dreamliner beginning in march 2023. he says he observed substandard manufacturing and maintenance practices, flaggged the problems, and lost his job. at issue is the airplane's forward pressure bulkhead. that's located on the plane's nose, and it's important for maintaining cabin pressure. he says that spirit aerosystems made changes to manufacturing and assembly specifications without boeing's permission — according to a statement from his lawyers. boeing's quality control and safety record have been in the spotlight since a door plug blew out of a 737 max nine jet mid—flight in january. and since 2018 and 2019, when two boeing planes crashed, killing 346 peop

i'm steve lai.ap for artificial intelligence chips. he says the chips will unlock 100 trillion dollars�* worth of opportunities in the manfacturing, healthcare, and computing industries. your future pc will become an ai, it'll be constantly helping you, assisting you in the background. pc will also run applications that are enhanced by ai. of course, all your photo editing, your writing, your tools, all the things you use will all be enhanced by ai. and your pc will also host applications with digital humans that are ais. mr huang informally kicked off the computex technology expo in taiwan on sunday. the event is also being attended by bosses from other large chipmakers, including intel and amd.

i�*m steve lai. details. the startups are called suno and 0deo, and the group of labels, including sony music universal music group and warner records say they�*ve been violating copyrights on an almost unimaginable scale. here�*s how the labels say it works. the ai startups ask users to enter a word prompt for a song like a storyline or a genre or lyrics or types of instruments to be used. and then the startups use their software, which the labels say were trained on existing music without consent or compensation to churn out the requested song. and the labels say the music is alarmingly similar, calling it wholesale theft that threatens to upend the entire music ecosystem. suno and udio did not immediately respond to requests for comment. it�*s far from the first time an association of creative professionals.

i'm steve lai.es related to the $11 billion sale of his software firm to hewlett—packard in 2011. erin delmore has the story. when autonomy was sold to hewlett—packard 13 years ago for $11.1 billion, it was one of the top 100 public companies in the uk. the sale marked the largest ever takeover of a british technology business. but hewlett—packard later wrote down the company's value by more than $8 billion, leading to criminal charges that mike lynch had defrauded hewlett—packard by inflating the value of autonomy. the businessman was extradited from britain to the united states to stand trial on the charges, which could have put him in prison for 25 years. now, after two days of deliberations by a jury in san francisco, he's been found not guilty on all counts. mr lynch said he is elated with today's verdict and grateful to the jury for their attention to the facts. he thanked his legal team and he said he was looking forward to getting back to his family and his

i'm steve lai.consecutive term in office. but his ruling bharatiya janata party fell short of an absolute majority, which means the party will have to rely on a coalition, where consensus will be key for pushing through any economic policy. arunoday mukharji reports. i'm outside the indian parliament, where the government in power and lawmakers will be deliberating on economic policy for the next five years. now, while india remains a bright spot in the world and remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, there are also several challenges, especially unemployment, which remains high. according to the international labour organization, 83% of the unemployed were educated youth in the country. manufacturing as a share of the gdp has been stagnant for the last decade. private consumption has been at 3%, which has been at its slowest in the last two decades. now, according to the world inequality index, inequality in the country is at a 100—year high. so clearly, the rich may have gotten

i�*m steve lai, reporting live from singapore. the headlines...t ukraine will not bomb them in response not having the systems to do so. mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country�*s first female president. it�*s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa�*s ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government, after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples. the ukrainian president has accused china of prolonging the war in his country by supporting russia.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines...he world is facing a moment of truth — with just five years to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. medical charity msf says 70 people have been killed in a new israeli offensive in central gaza. ahead of world leaders gathering in france, commemorations take place to mark the 80th anniversary of the d—day landings. we have lift—off! boeing's starliner launches on its third attempt, with two astronauts bound for the international space station. hello and welcome to the programme. �*the godfathers of climate chaos' — that's the scathing description given to coal, oil and gas corporations by the un secretary—general antonio guterres. in a speech to a un climate conference, he said they had distorted the truth and deceived the public for decades. his remarks came as scientists warned the world's climate is warming at the fastest rate ever recorded. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. temperatures in the indian capital, delhi, hitjust shy

i'm steve lai.m — this time, over improper manufacturing of the plane—maker's signature plane—maker's signature dreamliner jet. the bbc�*s erin delmore reports. he was contracted by boeing's supplier to work on a 787 dreamliner in mark 2023. at issueis dreamliner in mark 2023. at issue is the aeroplane's forward pressure bulkhead located on the plane's knows, and it's important for maintaining cabin pressure. he says your aerosystems made changes to manufacturing and assembly specification without billing's permission. boeing's quality control and safety record have been in the spotlight since a door plug blew out of a 737 match line jet mid—flight injanuary. and since 2018 and 2019, when two boeing planes crashed,

i�*m steve lai.nd for most americans, as higher interest rates have stretched household budgets. this could work against mr biden. that�*s according to ryan sweet from oxford economics. the number one thing against president biden right now in this election cycle is inflation, and inflation is very unpopular with americans consumer, it eats away at purchasing power and there are a few ways of looking at it inflation. economists pay attention to the inflation rate, and most consumers look at the price level, prices and gasoline at the pump, they are higher, but prices are higher, milk prices, things they see on a regular basis are higher than there were a few years ago, and i think that will work against president biden, but does not downplay the rest of the economy. thejob market is downplay the rest of the economy. the job market is very strong, and the high interest rates we are seeing now are rates we are seeing now are more a rates we are seeing now are more a symptom of high inflation that we ex

i'm steve lai.ulmination today as the votes get counted. over 640 million people exercised their right to vote in the world's largest democracy where the incumbent prime minister mr narendra modi has sought a third term, and post poll projections show he mayjust get that. financial markets, on their part, are already taking a cue. archana shukla has the details. tell us more about how markets have reacted and what's expected today.- have reacted and what's expected today. i'm standing riaht expected today. i'm standing right outside _ expected today. i'm standing right outside the _ expected today. i'm standing right outside the bombay i expected today. i'm standing l right outside the bombay stock exchange and we saw the exchanges hit lifetime highs yesterday and monday, driven largely by post—poll projections that predict a third term and eight comfortable majority for prime minister modi's party and its

i�*m steve lai.ll unlock 100 trillion dollars�* worth of opportunities in the manfacturing, health care, and computing industries. your future pc will become an ai, it�*ll be constantly helping you, assisting you in the background. pc will also run applications that are enhanced ljy applications that are enhanced by ai. of course, all your photo editing, your writing, your tools, all the things you use will all be enhanced by ai. and your pc will also post applications with digital humans that are a ice —— host applications. ——

i'm steve lai.e chips will unlock 100 trillion dollars' worth of opportunities in the manfacturing, healthcare, and computing industries. your future pc will become an ai, it'll be constantly helping you, assisting you in the background. pc will also run applications that are enhanced by ai. of course, all your photo editing, your writing, your tools, all the things you use will all be enhanced by ai. and your pc will also host applications with digital humans that are ais. mr huang informally kicked off the computex technology expo in taiwan on sunday. the event is also being attended by bosses from other large chipmakers, including intel and amd.

i'm steve lai. technology stocks are in the spotlight as we close out the first half of the year.s coming from the frantic race in artificial intelligence and the chips that power them. but last week, shares of chip designer nvidia showed signs of slowing down. david kuo is the co—founder of the smart investor website. he says ai could continue to lead markets in the months ahead. there is no better word for it than mania. it's kind of different to saying it's in a bubble. i mean people have very high expectations of this new artificial intelligence. they don't quite know how it's going to pan out, but they know that there are certain companies in the centre of the artificial intelligence revolution and nvidia is one of them, and they are sort of putting their money behind nvidia and saying we think this company is going to drive the growth in al. what do you think the main thing that investors

my colleague steve lai spoke to prime minister ingrida simonyte when she visited singapore recently.ld's second the best answer was to...first and foremost, to look for our partnerships, for our businesses — and i think this goes well — and then also to speak about this on an international level from eu to wto. now there is an anti—corruption mechanism that has been elaborated at european level, and i think european policy, eu policy vis—a—vis china is becoming much more coherent than it was. tariffs that the us has imposed on china when it comes to ev and chips and tech — do you see that having any impact on what it is you're trying to do? the world is shifting to a:..to a reality to a...to a reality that is quite different from what we were believing some 20 or 30 years ago, when there was a very strong belief of reduction of tariffs, globalisation, international trade. and, yes, in theory — or by david ricardo, we all know that this makes everybody richer. but what is less pleasant in this equation is that it works, ithink, only when countries are on the same ground when it comes

i'm steve lai, reporting live from singapore. the headlines...y supporting russia. it comes amid calls for more support from the west. translation: is this enough? no. i have mentioned the example before, the airfields from where russia bombed ukraine, knowing that ukraine will not bomb them in response not having the systems to do so. mexicans are at the polls in an election which is almost certain to result in the country's first female president. it's been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. south africa's ruling anc says it will talk to all parties about forming a coalition government, after losing its majority for the first time in 30 years. and a chinese spacecraft has landed on the far side of the moon, in a landmark mission to retrieve rock and soil samples.

i'm steve lai. a shift is emerging in silicon valley, with nvidia's stock reaching record highs.d most valuable company. the bbc�*s erin delmore has the details from new york. wall street's on a record breaking run. the latest all time high closes for the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the latter powered by, you guessed it, nvidia. the chip makerjoined the $3 trillion club on wednesday, overtaking apple as the world's second most valuable company. microsoft is still the world's number one. nvidia is only the third company to ever exceed $3 trillion in market value. it's leading in the race to develop the chips needed to enable new artificial intelligence applications. and that's where the other tech giants and a lot of companies are spending big bucks right now. nvidia shares ended the trading day up more than 5%.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai.elligence gathered in recent weeks had led to the assessment. four of them were killed together in the area of khan younis during our operation there against hamas. the information we confirmed by the relevant bodies after assessing new intelligence that we gathered over the last few weeks. in the uk, nigel farage announces he'll stand as a candidate in the general election for his party reform uk, after publically insisting ten days ago that he had no intention of doing so. we're starting newsday in the us state of delaware, where a jury has been selected in the trial ofjoe biden�*s son hunter on gun charges. it's the first prosecution in us history for a child of a sitting president.

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines...ump will go head—to—head in their battle for the white house. the bbc tracks down a people smuggler behind a channel crossing — in which a 7 year old girldied. pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan, loses the appeal against his detention. and — the world's smallest elephant is in danger of dying out — but there's hope it can be saved. it's seven in the morning here in singapore, and seven in the evening in atlanta, georgia where joe biden and donald trump are preparing to go head to head in a televised presidential debate. it comes just two weeks before mr trump is sentenced for his conviction of 3a counts of falsifying business records. 0ur chief presenter caitriona perry is in the cnn spin room in atlanta. tonight, this is the cnn spin room. 0rdinarily commits a basketball arena here at georgia tech university known locally as the thriller done. will it be a thriller tonight? we will have to wait and see. we will have to wait and see. we do know it is a idea first. the first t

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines...s in washington for talks with us secretary of state antony blinken. a fire at a lithium battery factory near south korea's capital kills at least 22 people. king charles�* sister, princess anne, is in hospital with minor injuries and concussion after an incident on her estate. hope for those with severe epilepsy — as a boy becomes the world's first person to have a skull implant fitted — to control seizures. live from our studio in singapore — welcome to the program. we're going to start this hour with the relationship between the us and israel, that has been strained in recent weeks. israel's claimed american shipments of arms have been delayed — while america has warned israel to ensure civliian lives are protected in gaza as the conflict continues. it's against this backdrop that israel's defence minister yoav gallant is in washington dc. he's met us secretary of state antony blinken. the two men did not hold a press conference after the meeting, but the state department mentions b

i'm steve lai.re consensus will be key for pushing through any economic policy. arunoday mukharji reports. i'm outside the indian parliament, where the government in power and lawmakers will be deliberating on economic policy for the next five years. now, while india remains a bright spark in the world and remains one of the fastest growing economies in the world, there are also several challenges, especially unemployment, which remains high. according to the international labour organization, 83% of the unemployed were educated youth in the country. manufacturing as a share of the gdp has been stagnant for the last decade. private consumption has been at 3%, which has been at its slowest in the last two decades. now, according to the world inequality index, inequality in the country is at a 100—year high. so clearly, the rich may have gotten richer,

i�*m steve lai.esidents for years to come. the bbc�*s erin delmore has more. the startups are called suno and 0deo, and the group of labels, including sony music universal music group and warner records say they�*ve been violating copyrights on an almost unimaginable scale. here�*s how the labels say it works. the ai startups ask users to enter a word prompt for a song like a storyline or a genre or lyrics or types of instruments to be used. and then the startups use their software, which the labels say were trained on existing music without consent or compensation to churn out the requested song. and the labels say the music is alarmingly similar, calling it wholesale theft that threatens to upend the entire music ecosystem. suno and udio did not immediately respond to requests for comment. it�*s far from the first time an association

welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai. the headlines... the pacific after reaching a plea deal with the us. kenya's president accuses criminals of hijacking protests against tax hikes, after five people were shot dead by police. king charles welcomes japan's emperor naruhito to buckingham palace in an official state visit. a chinese lunar probe returns to earth with the first ever samples gathered from the unexplored far side of the moon. hello, it's 7am here in sinagpore and 9am in the northern mariana isalands where we begin this hour, because the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, has arrived in the remote us territory to plead guilty to a charge of espionage, where he'll go through legal procedures that should result in him being set free. he flew to the islands as part of a deal struck with prosecutors, after spending five years in belmarsh prison, in the uk, fighting extradition to the united states. mr assange uploaded classified military files to his website nearly 15 years ago. joining me now from the northern mariana islands i

i'm steve lai.the uk's busiest airports after a power cut disrupts the journeys of up to 90,000 passengers. the saudi arabian government says more than 1,300 people died at the hajj — the first official death toll. a fourth conservative has denied any wrongdoing over bets allegedly placed on the date of the uk general election. and in football, scotland fought to the very end but have crashed out of euro 202a. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the russian republic of dagestan, where police say they've killed four gunmen who launched a series of attacks in the cities of derbent and makhachkala. on the orthodox festival of pentecost as well as a police vehicle in the village of sergokal.

reporting live from singapore, i'm steve lai.ces — as they sparred over key political issues, such as immigration, health and the cost of living. here's our political editor, chris mason. is tonight the night you can turn things

that was former trump aid and future federal corrections inmate steve bannon laying out in no certaintice department should donald trump win the presidency again in november. keep in mind, he has been ordered to report to prison by july 1 to serve a four month sentence for ignoring a subpoena from the house january 6 committee. he is actually not the real poster child of law and order and accountability, but still, the attacks on the doj are coming from inside congress and on friday the house speaker mike johnson bowed to take the gop's contempt of congress case against attorney general merrick garland the court and this is after the doj declined to prosecute garland saying he committed no crime when he failed to turn over audio to the special counsel's interview with president biden in the classified documents case in the justice department said that garland is protected by president biden's assertion of executive privilege over the materials and the doj has already turned over the written transcript of that interview with me now is the democratic representatives madeleine dean servi