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we start with a troubling landmark for the climate — as 2023 smashes the record, for the worlds hottest year ever recorded. european scientists say, that 2023 left the records "tumbling like dominoes". the average global temperature in the past 12 months was 14.98 degrees. that beats the previous hottest year — set in 2016 — by 0.17 degrees. the announcement was made by the eus climate change service. and the met office in the uk believes this record could be short—lived, as th...

disaster off the greek coast. a bbc investigation has found evidence that casts doubt on the greek coastguards account of its response to the migrant ship, which sank last week with the loss of hundreds of lives. the ship sank about 50 miles off the southern coast of greece and survivors were taken to kalamata. an analysis of the movements of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel wasnt moving for seven hours before it capsized. the greek coastguard claims that...

than 30 hours of oxygen left. the sub losing contact while on its way to explore the titanic. five people on board. search teams lowering a remote dive vehicle into the sea. the coast guard says theres been no sonar contact, no sign of the sub. the search area covering 10,000 square miles. the u.s. navy and new york international guard now joining the search. gio benitez in canada. also tonight, the plea deal signaling an end to a tumultuous five-year investigation. president bidens ...

our calendars. yes ought to use a pencil, not a pen. its monday, august 14th, its a little less than two months from right now, and that is the day that judge aileen cannon has set for the trial of donald j. trump in the case having to do with classified documents, the legally and dangerously -- illegally and dangerously kept by him at a mar-a-lago. relatively speaking, thats soon, perhaps surprising given judge cannons history of rulings considering to be favor to believe the disgrace...

aircraft spell out the initials of charles rex as part of the trooping the colour birthday celebrations in london. now on bbc news — karishma vaswani sits down with the head of foxconn in asias tech titans. this is the man in charge of one of the worlds most powerful tech firms. young liu runs foxconn, headquartered in taiwan. its reach is global, it makes almost half of the consumer electronics products on the planet. it is best known for our imacs, ipads and the ubiquitous iphone. ...

any time soon. professor yann lecun�*s words are in sharp contrast to those of the other two men he worked with on the science that underpins modern ai. doctor geoffrey hinton retired recently and he said he regretted his lifes work. professor yoshua bengio said that he worries about bad actors misusing the tech. both academics and the companies building ai agree that regulation is the best way to try to maximise its benefits and minimise the risks. chatgpt, for example, was unheard ...

was created in 2021 and backed by the saudi sovereign wealth fund. since then the two parties were better rivals, each engaged in lawsuits against one another. the mega deal essentially created a whole new golf association led by the saudi �*s. meanwhile a us judge has granted a request from prosecutors to try some of their charges against crypto currency exchange sandbank men freed and a second trial next year. to 31—year—old is still expected to stand trial this october overcha...

a minivan. >> bill: close quarters for people inside. oxygen limited and complicating the effort to get them home safely. >> dana: the submarines last known location is 400 miles off the coast of new foundland. >> bill: officials lost contact an hour and 45 minutes into the subs descent on sunday morning. its 13,000 feet. the deepest ocean recovery mission ever. >> dana: this is what we know. there are five people on board. they departed sunday morning. the coast guard is leading the s...

coverage of the iowa caucus will continue. see you sunday morning. happening now, u.s.-led air strikes inseed yemen trigger a vow of retaliation by iran-backed militants. mass protests erupt in yemen and fears of a full scale regional war intensify. also this hour, a potential blizzard and bitter cold are disrupting the final push to the iowa caucuses. were tracking the candidates and severe weather with only three days to go before the first presidential votes of 2024. welcome to ou...

and hot on the heels of antony blinken�*s visit to china. beijing will seek to improve its ties with europe. however, europe has also started to pull away from china to ensure it is not too reliant on their exports. still, there are strong economic ties between germany and china — for the last seven years germany has been chinas biggest trading partner in europe. so, what is at stake? im joined by gregor sebastian — economics analyst at the mercator institute for china studies ba...