A 6 day strike that has upended hollywood. This does not mean writers are returning to workjust yet. The deal is subject to the final Contract Language and members of the guild will have to approve the deal, and details of the deal were not immediately released. A spokesperson for the writers� guild said the guild says picketing is now suspended but they are encouraging writers to continue to picket with sag aftra. Actors are still on strike with no deal. In washington, capitol us lawmakers are in crunch talks to avoid a Government Shutdown due to happen injust seven days� time. Live pictures there of capitol hill. The republicans, who hold a slim majority in the house of representatives, are at a deadlock, with members on the right of the party demanding wide ranging spending cuts. Time appears to have run out to pass all the bills necessary in time for the start of the new fiscal year on octoberfirst. The question now is whether lawmakers can pass a Stopgap Measure to buy more time. If they dont succeed, all non essential functions of the federal government would shut down with non essential workers places on furlough. The last shutdown, between December 2018 and january 2019, lasted 35 days, the longest ever in us history. Republican House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy has not ruled out avoiding the shutdown by making a deal with democratic lawmakers but conservative republicans have threatened to oust him as speaker if he does so. The Biden Administration has been attacking republicans over the looming shutdown. Heres Secretary Of TransportationPete Buttigieg speaking to cnn earlier. A shutdown would include, just in the Transportation Side alone, shutting down air Traffic Control trainers. Thats one example of a shutdown that would mean servicemembers wouldnt get paid. Coming back to transportation, the air Traffic Controllers who would be working in the towers, they wouldnt be getting paid. Theyre under enough stress as it is doing thejob without having to come into work with the added stress of not receiving a pay cheque. So, the American People dont want a shutdown. From what i can tell, the senate is ready to go, the administration is ready to go. House republicans need to come to their senses and keep the government running. Earlier, i spoke to representative tony gonzales, a republican congressman from texas. We are less than a week now until the clock runs out and the house is not due to meet until tuesday so is a shutdown inevitable at this point . Inevitable at this point . Good evenin inevitable at this point . Good evening and inevitable at this point . Good evening and thank inevitable at this point . Good evening and thank you evening and thank you for joining us and indeed, many of us on capitol hill are planning for what a shutdown looks like. I quickly learned Politics Around the globe are contentious, to say the least, and the United States, politics are no different. At the heart of this crisis is the debate over spending and its also the debate over immigration and how we tackle that myself, as well as house republicans, are set on ensuring that those that do not qualify for asylum get sent back to their country of origin. Last month, i visited london, i visited rome, i visited lyon, france and it was very similar. Some similar debates over immigration. So, this is notjust a United States issue. This is a global issue that many countries are grappling with. Issue that many countries are grappling with issue that many countries are grappling with. You are staying in washington, grappling with. You are staying in washington, dc, grappling with. You are staying in washington, dc, as grappling with. You are staying in washington, dc, as are grappling with. You are staying | in washington, dc, as are some of your colleagues. Should Speaker Mccarthy have mandated everyone to stay in dc and keep working on trying to get a deal done . This is one of the frustrations. United States Congress often likes to punt the ball and kick the can down the road. They always think there will be an 11th hour deal that comes through. I have been of the mindset there it was very clear to me a month ago that we were on a path for a shutdown im catholic. Like everyone in the room and no one comes out until there is white smoke. We have not done that and here we are a week out. The shutdown and things are starting to get serious. Im expecting a shutdown. Im hoping at last that the work we do this week will depend if this shutdown lasts ten days or ten weeks. Speaker mccarthy has put forward a short term deal that would get through 45 days or so and that does have Border Provisions added in. You mentioned that is important to you and your district. Does that short term plan from the speaker have your support . The devil is in the details and it depends what this package looks like. I represent a district in texas that is 42 of the overall us mexico southern border. So, that is critically clear to me. Certainly, were impacted by this border crisis more than most but it also has to be something real. It cantjust be empty words. And right now in washington, it feels as if everyone is playing the blame game instead of realising a Government Shutdown is bad for everyone. So, that is a no, you would not support that deal from the speaker . Got to see what the deal looks like and see what is in there and see where the senate would be on it. Im looking at it through the lens of what is real, what is tangible, not just the house passes something and the senate wont take it up because in my district, we are at the forefront of this crisis. We need real solutions, notjust political messaging tools. Now, you mentioned not wanting to kick the can down the road, that thats not acceptable to you, but it is a few more weeks of pay cheques for federal workers who are wondering if they will have jobs to go to next monday. This is the ugly part of what a shutdown means. It is notjust words, notjust a Campaign Slogan there are real people that get hurt. I spent 20 years in the military. Ive had to deal with several different shutdowns, the most recent in 2018. I was still active duty at the time and there were a lot of soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines that i worked with that had to struggle to make it through that for 35 days. Through that first 35 days. So, this is very real. Once again, im of the mindset, lets lock everybody in the room, lets arm wrestle over all the things we need to do and nobody comes out until we have a budget, a House Conservative Budget that can ultimately get signed into law by the president of the United States. Speaker mccarthy is not doing that, as we have discussed there. Do you have confidence in him and his Leadership Ability . In politics, its usually everyone elses fault but your own, and you see a lot of that. And this is no different. It is the house or the senates fault, or the president s fault. The fact is, it is everybody� s fault. We are here at this deadline for a reason and im done with the blame game, im done with its somebody elses fault. Im a retired navy master chief. Im of the mindset lets get in a room, lets figure it out and no one leaves until we have a budget thats signed into law. Part of that will be what this week looks like. I have been pushing for the Homeland Appropriation Bill to be the first bill that we take up when we get back. That would be a big signal. I think it would be one that could pass on the house and move us towards getting towards some solutions. There is no plan to lock everyone in a room, though, as it stands as of now. Do you think republicans are going to pay a price at next years elections, up and down the ballot, if the federal government is shutdown . Everyone will pay a price. There is no doubt how can a Government Shutdown and not impact the president of the United States, which happens to be controlled by the democrats, or the senate which happens to be controlled by democrats . This is not an easy whose fault it is. I think the fact is that it is everybody� s fault. Again, enough with the blame game. There are real things and will people who get hurt. How do we get out of this situation . Shutdown, if we go down that route, which im expecting, how do we make the shutdown is short and as effective as possible, moving us back to some sense of normalcy in the United States. The clock is ticking on that. Representative tony gonzalez, thank you forjoining us. Thank you for having me. A story in spain has seen an outpouring of anger and outrage this week. In a small town of 30,000 people, images of naked schoolgirls have been circulating. They are fake, and its believed theyve been created using Artificial Intelligence with the faces of real teenagers. The police there are investigating, as our correspondent guy hedgecoe reports. Almendralejo is a small, sleepy town but many of its families are having their worlds turned upside down by technology. Nude images of girls aged between 11 and 16 have been circulating on messaging apps. But the pictures are not real. They were created using Artificial Intelligence. Translation even i had to look twice because i had doubts. My daughters crying all the time. Her self esteem is already very low, so this is terrible for her. A total of 28 girls have complained that fake nude pictures of them have been circulating on messaging apps. The images were created using real photos of the same girls, fully clothed, often taken from their own social media accounts. These were then fed into an ai application which provided imagined pictures of the girls unclothed. Police are investigating at least ten boys, aged 12 to 14, who have been identified as being involved. Theres also one case of a girl who was allegedly the target of an extortion attempt. Translation even if they are manipulated images,. If theyre realistic images, they are considered child pornography. I spoke to the mother of one of the girls affected. Translation the girls appear naked in the pictures and in a situation which looks pornographic. The worry is that these pictures could end up on pornographic websites, and imagine the impact that could have on a girl. Whats been the effect of all this on the people of almendralejo . Translation this is a game which is leading to crimes being committed and irreparable damage being caused. There are cases of women previously have committed suicide because their privacy has been violated. But while this case has shaken a small spanish town, its clear that with Al Technology so readily available, this couldve happened almost anywhere. Guy hedgecoe, bbc news, spain. President Emmanuel Macron says france will end its Military Presence in niger, removing its 1,500 troops stationed there by the end of this year. In a televised interview, macron announced plans to withdraw the french ambassador and several other diplomats from niger within hours, followed by its Military Contingent in the coming months. It comes in the wake of a Military Coup Injuly that saw the ousting of the countrys pro paris president. Macon has refused to recognise the junta as nigers legitimate authority but said paris would coordinate the troop withdrawal with the coup leaders. Translation france has decided to bring back its ambassador and so, in the coming hours, our ambassador and several diplomats will return to france. And we are ended our Military Cooperation with the defacto authorities to niger because they no longer want to fight against terrorism. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. A second ship with ukrainian wheat reached turkey, despite russias withdrawal from the un backed grain deal. The bulk carrier, carrying more than 17,000 tonnes of wheat, left the port city of chornomorsk, in ukraine, on friday, bound for egypt. It comes as ukraine is testing a new sea route, avoiding International Waters and using those controlled by nato members bulgaria and romania. The philippines has accused china of installing a Floating Barrier to stop Fishing Boats from entering a disputed area in the South China Sea. Coast guards say the 300m or 1,000 foot obstacle is preventing fishermen from working in a lagoon in the scarborough shoal. China claims more than 90 of the South China Sea as its own territory. Italian Media Reports Mafia BossMatteo Messina denaro, who was caught injanuary after spending 30 years on the run, has died. Mr denaro, who aged 61 years, was suffering from cancer at the time of his arrest. As his condition worsened in recent weeks, he was transferred to a hospital from the maximum security prison in central italy. Youre live with bbc news. We begin with a Space Mission that could help explain the origins of Life On Earth. A Nasa Capsule Containing Rock and dust from the surface of an asteroid has successfully touched down in the utah desert. Its the largest ever sample from an asteroid that has made it to earth, and its an achievement nearly 20 years in the making. American scientists first pitched the idea to nasa in 200a. It wasnt until their third attempt in 2011 that the project was finally approved by nasa. Five years later in 2016, scientists launched osiris rex into space. On december third 2018, the capsule arrived at asteroid bennu osiris rex collected a sample from bennu in october of 2020. Then, on may10, 2021, osiris rex began its journey Back To Earth, leading us to this weekends events. On sunday, it successfully landed back here on earth. Recovery teams are now assessing the capsules condition before transporting it to clean rooms near salt lake city. It will be disassembled there and the samples flown to houston for analysis. Scientists hope they can shed new light on how planets were formed and how life arose billions of years ago. Our science editor, rebecca morelle, reports. It has entered the earths atmosphere. A first glimpse of the capsule after its epicjourney through space. We have confirmed parachute deployment. High up in the atmosphere, a parachute opens, slowing its descent. Touchdown it has touched down. A Textbook Landing in the middle of the utah desert. For the team who have spent decades working on the osiris rex mission, its an emotional moment. How did it go . It went absolutely perfectly. Perfect landing, we didnt move, we landed on nice, soft soil. The capsule looks flawless. I cried like a baby in that helicopter when i heard the parachute was open. It was an overwhelming moment for me. Inside the capsule is the most precious sample, fragments of an asteroid called bennu, that could reveal the story of our solar system. The team quickly secures the craft, to prevent any contamination, and attach it to a 30 metre line slung beneath a helicopter. This is the moment that nasa has been waiting for. After seven long years, travelling billions of miles to bennu and back, the capsule is finally here. The priority now is getting out of the dusty desert environment, and into the safe and sterile clean room as quickly as possible. A quick knock to say they have arrived, an the capsule is in. The painstaking and meticulous process begins. They need to remove the layers like a russian doll, to get to the dust and rocks inside. The whole procedure will take weeks. So, why all this effort . Bennu tops the list of nasas most hazardous space rocks, so studying its make up could help us to stop it if we have a need to. It could also reveal more about our origins. Its a perfectly preserved relic from the dawn of the solar system. Its going to keep scientists busy for a long time. One of the most important parts of a Sample Return Mission is that we take 75 of the sample and we are going to lock it away forfuture generations. People who havent even been born yet, to work in laboratories that dont exist yet, an instrumentation you have not thought of yet. It is an incredibly valuable sample we are bringing back. Scientists think they have a Treasure Trove on their hands, one that includes Extraterrestrial Material unlike anything we have seen on earth before. And rebecca has more on what The Next Steps will be now that nasa scientists have been reunited with osiris rex. Such a big moment for nasa. The Us Space Agency has never tried anything like this and they really are delighted with what they have had back so far. The capsule is in the cleanroom here, kept in a sterile environment, to try to keep the precious sample inside, the sample of asteroid bennu, away from any of the dust and grime and dirt of the desert. That is really important. But the next stage of the mission involves this hideous two this big military cargo plane. So what is going to happen . You have got to think of the capsule like a russian doll. Inside there is a canister and inside that there is the astroid sample. What they are doing is removing the outer layer. They are being peeled away. Then the canister the Astroid Inside will be packaged up and put on board displayed and flown to Thejohnson Space Centre in houston, texas. There, scientists are eagerly waiting the really exciting bit. Opening it up to see exactly what is inside. Now, properly collecting every grain will take some time at the science will start really quickly actually. Scientist think they will have their first results possibly around the middle of october. So i guess the big question is, why have they gone to all this trouble . Why study the astroid known as bennu . The first reason is a big ones the astroid tops the list of nasas most dangerous space rocks. There is a small but significant chance of it hitting the earth in the next 300 years so if you want to find a way of stopping it, the best thing to do is figure out what the astroid is made of, to learn about the space rock. The second reason, this astroid is a relic from the earliest formation of our solar system for but 5 billion years ago. Unchangeable all of this time. It is bit like a time capsule so scientists want to study it to load about how our solar system formed and even why the earth is like it is. Why it is habitable. There is a very that perhaps an asteroid deliver the molecules needed for Life On Earth to start here. The only way you can really start to answer these huge questions, these very profound questions, is to actually get your gloved hands on the sample and that is what is going to be the exciting next stage of this mission. Earlier i spoke tojustin filiberto. Hes nasas branch chief of the Research Office within the Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science Division at thejohnson space center. How difficult a mission was this . � , how difficult a mission was this . , this . All Space Missions are incredibly this . All Space Missions are incredibly difficult this . All Space Missions are incredibly difficult but incredibly difficult but usually we are sending robots and lenders and rovers to other Planetary Bodies and in this case we had to send the spacecraft to bennu, collect samples on this very small astro, avoid any of the large rocks, bring the samples in the canister, sealing off and bring those back and have a nearly perfect touch down in utah earlier today. Perfect touch down in utah earliertoday. I perfect touch down in utah earlier today. I am always amazed at what engineers make it look so easy. It look so easy. Absolutely. Now, it look so easy. Absolutely. Now. The it look so easy. Absolutely. Now, the next it look so easy. Absolutely. Now, The Next Step it look so easy. Absolutely. Now, The Next Step is it look so easy. Absolutely. Now, The Next Step is to i it look so easy. Absolutely. | now, The Next Step is to get this back to you guys and open it. What will happen there . Tomorrow, this will get on a Military Plane and come to houston. We have a clean room dedicated for this to walk into so our staff will lock it into the clean room. We are all decontaminated, making sure there is no utah dust and then onceit there is no utah dust and then once it is clear, it will go into a specially built clean room for collection. Once it is p room for collection. Once it is up there, it has different glove boxes that the curators can work on and they can start peeling back the canister and collecting the samples inside. This is the biggest sample ever collected and the third one returned to earth. What are you hoping to time and what could it tell us about the origins of life . ~ ~. ,. , life . We know that there is organics. Life . We know that there is organics, water, life . We know that there is organics, water, so life . We know that there is organics, water, so the organics, water, so the questions is what types of organics, what types of materials, what minerals, what life . What is the water . Some of what it could have ended up making oceans. Those of the pieces we could be pulling apart as we go forward, picking apart as we go forward, picking apart every piece of the sample. Apart every piece of the sample apart every piece of the sample. Apart every piece of the samle. ,. , ,. , sample. How long could it take to find the sample. How long could it take to find the answers sample. How long could it take to find the answers to sample. How long could it take to find the answers to some i sample. How long could it take to find the answers to some of| to find the answers to some of those very profound questions . Were going to start as soon as we can and we will be looking at these samples for decades. The apollo collections, they were collected well before my lifetime and we are still picking apart those samples and learning new things. These will be studied for decades to come. As we heard in rebeccas reported earlier, some of these samples will be stored away and technologies which have not even been invented will be used on . ,. ,. , on . Correct, so as part of our duration. On . Correct, so as part of our duration, some on . Correct, so as part of our duration, some of on . Correct, so as part of our duration, some of the on . Correct, so as part of our. Duration, some of the samples are kept separate and as the pristine samples are kept under nitrogen inaudible to make sure the atmosphere and humidity and temperature in houston do not interact with the rocks and we keep them as pristine as possible for future generations. Possible for future renerations. ,. , generations. Could there be any livin generations. Could there be any Living Organisms generations. Could there be any Living Organisms on generations. Could there be any Living Organisms on this Living Organisms on this sample . Living organisms on this sample . Living organisms on this samle . , ~ , sample . Not likely. The sample bennu is sample . Not likely. The Sample Itennu is a sample . Not likely. The sample bennu is a small, sample . Not likely. The sample bennu is a small, doused sample . Not likely. The sample bennu is a small, doused with l bennu is a small, doused with radiation, does not have an atmosphere so there is no chance for life on the surface. The astro the sample was taken from, it passes close to the earth every six years or so. What is the likelihood of it hitting the planet . It is classified hitting the planet . It is classified as hitting the planet . It is classified as a hitting the planet . It is i classified as a possibility. Hitting the planet . It 3 classified as a possibility. It is one of the reasons we went to investigate it. The chance is small but it is not a zero so it is one on nasas raider we track to either make that chance zero or estimate what that chance is. Radar. If it that chance is. Radar. If it was to eat that chance is. Radar. If it was to eat earth, that chance is. Radar. If it was to eat earth, what that chance is. Radar. If it was to eat earth, what kind of impact . It is relatively small i believe. It impact . It is relatively small i believe impact . It is relatively small i believe. ,. , i believe. It depends on where it lands. I believe. It depends on where it lands it i believe. It depends on where it lands. N is i believe. It depends on where it lands. It is small i believe. It depends on where it lands. It is small so i believe. It depends on where it lands. It is small so that it lands. It is small so that would help not causing anything to district. We are not looking at the death of the Dinosaur Type of asteroid impact. That is aood type of asteroid impact. That is good to type of asteroid impact. That is good to know. Type of asteroid impact. That is good to know. What type of asteroid impact. That is good to know. What next for the main part of the osirisrex, the main part of the osiris rex, what is its next mission . Osirisrex, what is its next mission . Osirisrex, what is its next mission . ,,. , mission . Osirisrex is now off to another mission . Osirisrex is now off to another asteroid, mission . Osirisrex is now off to another asteroid, the to another asteroid, the asteroid named apotheosis, another potential asteroid in 2029 to do an investigation with the instruments on board the spacecraft. With the instruments on board the spacecraft. And would they be an expectation the spacecraft. And would they be an expectation to the spacecraft. And would they be an expectation to get the spacecraft. And would they be an expectation to get a be an expectation to get a sample from that one Back To Earth as well . We sample from that one Back To Earth as well . Sample from that one Back To Earth as well . We only brought one sample earth as well . We only brought one Sample Canister earth as well . We only brought one Sample Canister back earth as well . We only brought one Sample Canister back and l one Sample Canister back and that has the samples on earth now. ,. ,. , now. Plenty of investigations to come and now. Plenty of investigations to come and plenty now. Plenty of investigations to come and plenty of to come and plenty of interesting discoveries no doubt still ahead. Thank you so much forjoining us. Much for oining us. Thank you so much forjoining us. Thank you so much stay with us here on bbc news. Thats all from us here in washington, thank you so much for watching. We leave you with these live pictures of london as we hand off to our colleagues there. Take care. Hello. While most of the we will be a story of sunshine and showers, we could see some stormier weather wednesday into thursday. More on that in a second. First of all, though, it has been quite windy so far and overnight, strong winds attached to these Weather Fronts pushing their way eastwards. Strongest of the winds will have clipped the northwest of scotland before easing later. That does leave many of us with clear skies into the start of monday, 12 15 degrees. Not a cold start by any means. Still some cloud and one or two showers in the southeast first thing. That will clear through. Some heavier showers across central western scotland, Northern Ireland through the morning rush hour and potentially again later. But actually very few showers in the forecast on monday. Even if you do see a shower, it should be a fleeting one. Only one or two in your day. For many, especially across england and wales, the day will be dry, 17 22 celsius. Nice enough in the sunshine. The breeze will still remain a little bit on the fresh side in the west and strengthen further as we go through the night and into tuesday morning. Some showers and thunderstorms pushing out of Northern France into southern counties of england and a small chance into some southeastern parts of wales, too. A little bit cooler than monday morning. But for tuesday itself, were being drawn in this Weather Front to the west and this one will work its way across many parts of england first thing in the morning, again, risk of showers and thunderstorms short lived and then fewer showers, a lot more in the way of dry weather, but some fairly frequent and heavier showers for Northern Ireland during the morning and more particularly across scotland through the afternoon in the sunshine between the showers. Second, temperatures like monday around 16 22 celsius. But as you go into the middle part of the week, all eyes are on this developing area of low pressure, potentially quite stormy one rattling its way in through wednesday and into wednesday night. Let me show you how things develop on wednesday, because its going to be quite a bright start, dry start, quiet start for many. But cloud increases from the south and west. The rain starts to push in and with it, widespread gales developing as we go through the afternoon and into the evening. Temperatures on the cool side where the winds are strongest in the north. Ok, the position of that area of low pressure open a bit of question at this stage. But at the moment, it does look like we could see later wednesday into wednesday night worse the winds around some irish sea coast and then later into parts of Southern Scotland and northeast england. The area of low pressure with it taking that rain northwards. Pretty stormy night wednesday night into thursday. And as we start thursday, even though things turn quieter, there could be some residual damage and travel disruption. Take care. Voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. After two years of restored taliban rule in afghanistan, two thirds of afghans are experiencing Food Insecurity and close to 900,000 children face acute malnutrition. At the same time, the kabul regime has barred girls from Secondary School and university and banned women from many workplaces. So, there is a massive ethical dilemma facing the International Community to engage or not to engage with the taliban. My guest is shaharzad akbar, former chairperson of