Band of Snp Mps at westminster, took the Election Defeat on the chin. In this room we all know and understand that hiding from that harsh reality will fix nothing because the right response never lies in easy excuses, the only right response is rooted in reflection and responsibility. Flynn also attacked the new Labour Government in westminster, saying they were opposing austerity. He said the snp has to reroute itself in the priorities of the scottish people, priorities and we believe the party has moved away from. John swinney will take that on when he takes the stage, he also wants a less polarised national debate, claiming he wants to intertwine the Snps Independence Campaign with those priorities. Andrew kerr, Bbc News. We will hear that speech in full on the Bbc News channel at around 3 30pm. It is 10 32am. Injanuary, the uns top court, the international court ofjustice, ruled that israel must take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in gaza, including public statements that c
Investigation is continuing just now, that has been difficult for the snp, hard for people to move past that. There was a lack of progress, of course, on independence. A number of people who have criticised a strategy that Nicola Sturgeon pursued, that Hamza Yusuf pursued as well, her successor, and of course Nicola Sturgeon was such a successful politician. She resigned quite suddenly and was replaced by Hamza Yusuf as her predecessor, who had a short time as First Minister and of course, he did not have the support at holyrood in the chamber i do not have enough mps to get things through. So there were a minority government, they had lost their Partnership Support so he had to go. John swinney is now coming in, trying to address a lot of those problems, a lot of those problems beyond their control, such as the police investigation. 0ther control, such as the police investigation. Other problems, when it comes to delivering, for example, Government Advisers here quite candid, say, yes
London, where labour is making billions in cuts after promising an end to austerity. That is politics at its most cynical, total breach of trust with all of those who supported lab our. A Labour Party that promised change is delivering more of the same, the same dory debt row, the same tory cuts agenda. Labour hasnt delivered change, it is delivering the same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , same damaging austerity as the tories , ~ , tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government tories Thes Mr Swinney said his government had tories Thes Mr Swinney said | his government had expanded childcare, ensured scots could afford university and Mid Welfare Payments to the prince families, but after a thumping and the general election, he said the party was focusing on why scotland should be independent is not how it should happen. My independent is not how it should happen. My promise to ou is should happen. My promise to you is that should happen. My promise to you is that i should happen.
Im stephen sackur. Wherever you live, however you live, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, is going to change your life in the next few years. Will it be for the better . Well, there are Tech Visionaries with very different views some benign, others, dystopian. But on one thing, the futurists can agree what will matter most to the outcome isnt The Machines, its the humans. My guest, neil lawrence, is a professor of Machine Learning who says we face a choice. Either we use alas a tool or we will become a tool for al. So, which is more likely . Neil lawrence, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. Its a great pleasure to have you. Now, you are a computer scientist, but it seems to me, as youve journeyed deep into the potentiality of Artificial Intelligence, youve also thought a great deal about Human Intelligence and what is so very special and unique about us humans. Can you try to put that into words . Yeah, i think, for me, what weve seen with a lot of the art
Killed by israeli fire. The funerals for some of the hostages have been held. These pictures are from raanana, just north of Tel Aviv, where a service was held for almog sarusi. Our middle East Correspondent Lucy williamson reports now on the growing pressures on israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas would protect them as assets, the argument went. These younger, fitter hostages were the ones who would survive. Instead, Israels Army says they were shot by hamas in a Tunnel Under Rafah as israeli forces battled above them. Almog seroussi, alexander lobanov, ori danino, eden yerushalmi, whose last words to her sister were, theyve caught me. And hersh goldberg polin, a 23 year old us israeli citizen, and carmel gat, a therapist who was described by other hostages as their guardian angel. Carmel s family said she and hersh were due to be released in a deal outlined in july. Her Cousin Today inconsolable. Its too late for us. Its too late for carmel. I will never hug her again. B