announcer: live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we began in ukraine where floodwaters are still rising in the city of kherson after a major dam was hit on thursday. tens of thousands of people have been stranded and whole neighbourhoods submerged. officials say they could be a catastrophic impact on agriculture which would worsen the global food shortages. this eastern bank of the dnipro river is currently a no man s land. neither russia nor ukraine control here. now, no one can live here. the ukrainian army drone spotted catalina trapped in her home. they tried to drop her water no luck. her son then makes the crucial catch. they re both taken to kherson, along with her daughter, maria. a city once occupied by russia, then liberated by ukraine, now on its knees. translation: we managed to find the simplest boat, i but my father and a neighbour got carried away in it. it came loose, and the current was too powerful
the announcement comes as prime minister rishi sunak continues his visit to the us. he is due to hold talks with president biden at the white house later today aimed in the words of the uk government at cementing their joint leadership in the technologies of the future . the uk has abandoned hopes of a post brexit free trade agreement with the us, instead pushing for a deal on digital services. the prime minister told the bbc s political editor chris mason that the uk is well placed to become a leader in al i want to make sure that we in the uk can realise the clear benefits of aib that in drug discovery or other areas but at the same time we need to put guardrails in place to protect ourselves, our country and people from the real risk that it poses, risks that the creators of ai have highlighted. i believe the uk is placed to lead and shape the conversation on this because we are strong when it comes to ai. how do you make that case to a leader of a superpower as the leade
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are strong when it comes to ai. how do you make that case to a leader of a superpower as the leader of a superpower as the leader yourself of a median size country not in a big international block. how do you convince the president who may be more tempted to chat to other global players that the uk should be a convener of the future of ai? we uk should be a convener of the future of ai? future of ai? we should have confidence future of ai? we should have confidence in future of ai? we should have confidence in our future of ai? we should have confidence in our country - future of ai? we should have l confidence in our country being a leader when it comes to ai because that is what the fact thanis because that is what the fact than is demonstrated. if you look at the companies in the amount invested, the quality of our research, other than the us there is no other country that has that strength in al. let s get some reaction from dr hisham foad, associate professor of economics a