behind it all. she s been called the world s most powerful regulator, margrethe vestager of the european commission. she s the driving force behind these world leading regulations. and i m going to ask herjust how can europe strike a balance between protecting its citizens while spurring on unprecedented innovation? wherever you rejoining me from around the world. once again, a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. artificial intelligence. it is the technology that everyone can t stop talking about. it s already popping up everywhere, from helping us with our health care to our banking needs. but as companies try and work out how it ll help them to make money, politicians are trying to put new rules in place to keep us all safe. the european union is leading the way. its 27 member states have just given their backing to what they hope is a world leading piece of legislation the artificial intelligence act. and by april it should have the backing of the european parliament
keeping control of the computers. europe, it gets behind new rules on artificial intelligence. the european union is trying to lead the world. but will its new laws get the balance right between keeping us safe and allowing businesses to make money from this fast developing technology? i m going to be discussing all of that with these two. there they are, one of the top tech thinkers from the consultancy giant ernst and young. she tells me that companies are already worried that different parts of the world will have different rules. and the big boss of digital europe, whose members include the biggest names in tech such as amazon, google and microsoft. she helped draft the new rules, and she s going to tell me how she thinks europe can catch up with america on al. and to top it all off, joining me on the show is the woman behind it all. she s been called the world s most powerful regulator, margrethe vestager of the european commission. she s the driving force behind these w
in canada. air pollution in the us. a new el nino weather event. we ll investigate what s going on with our climate. in ukraine president zelensky has been to see the damage done after the attack on the dam. and in france the latest first lets go to the us uk prime minister is in washington. meeting us presidentjoe biden. those pictures are of something different. we will stick to the us, because in the last few minutes, that press conference has wrapped up a little early orion will stop this was their meeting in front of the cameras, and they had private meetings as well after that talking about economic ties, support for ukraine and artificial intelligence as we mentioned. that is what we will be talking about. first, let s hear from the us will be talking about. first, let s hearfrom the us president. so, mr prime minister, thank you for making the journey to washington. earlier this week, we marked the 79th anniversary of d day, and a timely reminder of a proud hist
hello. we start with a claim from ukraine to have shot down six advanced russian hypersonic missiles, 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. loud explosions were heard across the city. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine s defence minister says. ukraine last week displayed the remains of what it claimed was the first such advanced hypersonic kinzhal, or dagger missile intercepted by the patriot defence system earlier this month. the latest barrage came just hours after president zelensky wrapped up a european tour, in which he was promised billions of dollars worth of military aid by western allies. our correspondent hugo bachega has the latest from kyiv. it was the eighth time this month kyiv came under attack but this thing was different. we had a number of extremely loud explosi
jessica elgot and bryan lanza, who was the communications director for donald trump s transition team. we start tonight here in the uk, where immigration minister, robertjenrick, has announced plans to move away from using hotels to house asylum seekers. instead the government intends to use disused military bases in the southeast and east of england in essex and lincolnshire, and a separate site in east sussex. the government s plans are aimed at reducing spending on hotels and detering small boat channel crossings. according to research by bbc news, 395 hotels are currently being used to accomodate more than 51 thousand people. the uk says it is spending £6.2m a day on hotels for asylum seekers. mrjenrick told the house of commons that the government is also exploring the possibility of using vessels at sea. but the refugee council has described the proposals as entirely unsuitable . let s listen to some of what the immigration minister had to say today in the commons. m