peter singer, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. it s good to be with you again. it s great to be here and have you here with me, and partly the reason is because you ve written an updated, rewritten version of that book you almost five decades ago, animal liberation. it s called animal liberation now. is the publication of this update recognition that your call, your demand for a new relationship between humanity and all the other creatures on this planet, that that call failed? well, it failed to achieve what i had hoped it would achieve and what i believe ethically it needs to achieve, that s true. it didn t totally fail because there is now an animal rights movement which is a powerfulforce in many of the countries in the world and many people kindly credit my book as having triggered or inspired that movement. and that movement has had some achievements in some countries, i wouldn t deny that, but if we look at it globally, there are more animals in factory farms t
voicing his biggest fear. i think if this technology goes wrong it can go quite wrong and be want to be vocal about that. we want to work with the government to prevent that from happening, the bbc finds a uk conservative party donor is a british businessman whose companies are linked to a money laundering investigation. and glitz and the glamour of the 76th cannes film festival. we re live in the south of france. ukraine s military says it s shot down, six advanced russian kinzhal hypersonic missiles, that president putin has claimed are unstoppable. the volley came during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as exceptional in its density . ukraine says, all 18 missiles of various types, were shot down. this footage showing kyiv s air defences in action. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine s defence minister said: another unbelievable success for the ukrainian air forces . last night, our sky defenders shot down six russian hype
hello. welcome to bbc news, if you rejustjoining us, good timing, because we re about to head to washington to hear from the man leading the change to the way we all live. this is sam altman, the ceo and co founder of openai, the people who ve brought us the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt in the last few months, that has the potential, to revolutionise how people work, shop and interact. he s about to be questioned by lawmakers in the us, both about the huge benefits the technology could bring and the threat artificial intelligence could pose for humanity, plus the safeguards that will be needed. in march, elon musk and other tech leaders published an open letter calling for the development of ai systems to be paused. this the scene, all set for the start of that session. it s going to be fascinating. fascinating too is altman himself. those who know him describe him as a brilliant thinker, he s even been called a start up yoda. one of his first employers said, within m
fashion icon. here in the uk, lucy letby, the nurse accused of murdering seven babies and trying to kill ten others, has been giving evidence for the first time in her trial. she cried in the witness box and told the jury she only wanted to help and care for the babies she was looking after at the countess of chester hospital. she was looking after at she denies all the charges against her. this report from ellie price contains some distressing detail. the parents of lucy letby, arriving at manchester crown court. their daughter s trial has been going on for the last six months. today, she gave evidence for the first time. fighting back tears, she was asked by her defence lawyer ben myers kc how she felt to be accused of killing babies and to have her job as a nurse taken away from her. letby said it left her feeling very isolated and her mental health deteriorated. she told the court, there were times when i did not want to live, i thought of killing myself. she was asked wh