i have been struck by the warmth of the friendship between our nations. some of the biggest names in technology call for a pause in the development of advanced artificial intelligence warning it could be a threat to humanity. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth, the skeleton of a patagotitan dinosaur, is the latest addition to london s natural history museum. we begin with a developing story from rome, where pope francis has been admitted to hospital with what s being described as a respiratory infection. the vatican says the 86 year old is not suffering from covid, but has been experiencing breathing difficulties in recent days and that he ll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. our reporter sofia bettiza joins me now. sofia, what s the latest on the pope s health? so, as suso, pope was taken to hospital on wednesday afternoon because of reading problems that he
actually a large area of high pressure is keeping things very dry and settled and warm across much of central europe. but for us, don t expect it to be settled, there is going to be a lot of rain over the next few days. the next batch starts to show its hand over the next few hours, pushing into the south west of bringing a lot of low cloud and mist and fog, keeping it on the mild side across england and wales, but clearer skies, single figures into aberdeenshire, where the best of the sunshine will be first thing tomorrow morning. but it will not last, the rain will push gradually northwards, fragmenting, showery outbreaks, some of it heavy, with the odd rumble of thunder. clearer skies with some sunshine following on behind, and it is in that sunshine where we might see 20 22. more rain to come on friday, still staying mild but we will see some wet and increasingly windy weather coming in from the west, gale force gusts on that band of rain. the heaviest of the rain will be
more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger, why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. it s 8am in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington, where presidentjoe biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. taiwan emerged once again as a key point of tension between the two leaders, this time sparked by a possible visit there by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed, mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? well, with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barba
energy companies post big increases in profits as uk customers face soaring household bills. right on time! tributes are paid to the star of the railway children and narrator of the wombles bernard cribbins, who has died aged 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the lionesses will take on germany in the euro 22 final at wembley after the eight time champions saw off france in their semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham later today. this huge space seats 30,000 people and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony, you get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. 0rganisers say it s the biggest in the event s history. prince charles will represent the queen tonight and performances will include local music and danc