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Leave you with ten seconds of coastline canines. 50 dogs took part in this annual surf in california, raising money for a Rescue Centre near san diego. Hopefully the water wasnt too rough right, were done, see you later. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Are the machines about to take over . That basic fear seems to underpin much of the discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and parallel developments such as synthetic biology. The latest wave of Tech Advances offers us extraordinary new...

Mustafa suleyman, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you here. Now, you, in your career, are wrestling with the complex relationship between us humans and increasingly intelligent machines. It seems, if ive got it right, that youre not so much worried about the machines youre worried about us, our wisdom. Is that right . Its a great way of putting it. I mean, i think the great challenge we have is one of governance. Containment means that we should always be ...

Spent four days on the run before being arrested. And all 400 wilko stores will close by early october. 12,500 staff will probably lose theirjobs because the business couldnt be saved. And Amputee Milly Pickles has completed the worlds steepest race, the red bull a00 in slovenia. Milly, who lost part of her leg when she was 20, said the slope sprint was unbelivably tough. She is the first amputee to ever reach the finish line. Time now, then, for 10 seconds of the hokey cokey. This is perhaps th...

At least 10,000 more are missing after a huge storm hit the country. Boys as young as 13 are being increasingly targeted with sextortion. Theyre coaxed into sending explicit images and told if they dont send the scammers money, those images will be shared online. Police in scotland say its a growing problem and theres another new iphone coming. The iphone 15, along with new airpods, will have a usb c port instead of the usual iphone cable. Tonight, im going to leave you with ten seconds of coast...

Friday. There have been a desperate rescue efforts throughout the weekend. The latest number sadly is that more than 2000 people have been killed, 2100. Internationalaid that more than 2000 people have been killed, 2100. International aid is on its way, for countries so far, qatar can make the uae, spain and britain. Lets take a look at the map of where this hit. This is zooming in on morocco, Luis Rubiales rabat is up there, but if you look there, the high Atlas Mountains has borne the brunt of...

child marriage is a global issue and has devastating consequences all over the world. at least 80 million girls under 18 will be married by 2030. stopping it isnt easy. we believe that when we educate just one girl, that one girl can be able to change her community. and changing cultural practices is even harder. in 2022, michelle obama, amal clooney and melinda french gates came together to announce a collaboration with the aim of ending child marriage. weve been invited to their firs...

in 2022, michelle obama, amal clooney and melinda french gates came together to announce a collaboration with the aim of ending child marriage. weve been invited to their first field trip together, and theyve come to ludzi secondary school in malawi. when i was your age, there were people in my community that didnt think a girl like me, who didnt have money or wealth or connections, could do the things that i did. i even had my second—form teacher tell me that i shouldnt apply to the...

cnns matthew chance is on the ground in tel aviv and has the latest on the fighting inside gaza. >> well, jim, israel is continuing to carry out strikes across gaza, hitting what it says are hamas targets, up and down the densely populated territory. there are dramatic images of another israeli strike on the jabalya refugee camp in northern gaza after strikes there on saturday killed dozens, according to the hamas-controlled palestinian health ministry. israel, which is, of course, try...

have on thanksgiving eve. >> have a great holiday and enjoy your mothers delicious -- reportedly delicious thanksgiving stuffing. see you. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. after 47 days of fighting, 47 days of israeli hostages held in captivity, israel and hamas have agreed to a four-day pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 50 hostages, but the timing of it all may still be an open question. now, the deal was brokered by qatar, egypt, and the united states it...

in fighting, and exchange for the release of 50 hostages. the timing of it all may still be an open question. now the deal was brokered by qatar, egypt, and the united states. and it was also supposed to start by 3 am eastern time tonight. but israeli officials are now saying that the release of hostages will not happen before friday. what that means for the timing of the temporary cease-fire is unclear. the new york times reports that the cease-fire may also be delayed until friday. b...