in votes for finland. the singer made history as the first woman to win twice. now on bbc news political thinking with nick robinson. who was the star of the coronation? apart, that is, from their majesties the king and queen. the answer, most watching would surely agree, is the bearer of the sword of state, all 8lb of it, held aloft for a muscle straining 51 minutes. my guest on political thinking, a conversation with, rather than interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking. it was a feat performed by the first woman to do the job at a coronation, penny mordaunt, and it won the admiration of people who are normally her political foes. she did it as lord president of the council. her dayjob is leader of the house of commons, and that performance led to the bookies cutting the odds on her becoming the next leader of the conservative party. worth remembering, she came mighty close to getting the job and becoming our prime minister last summer after borisjohnson
we ve been talking a lot about artificial intelligence today because dr geoffrey hinton, the man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence has quit his job at google, warning of the dangers of ai. he s worried that al technology will flood the internet with misinformation. well, to look at some of the applications of ai in a bit more detail, courtney bembridge joins us from the newsroom. there are so many ways that al is set to change our lives. i wanted to have a look at some of the other applications. this piece in the guardian talking about noninvasive mind reading, turning our thoughts into text, it is designed to restore speech in those struggling to communicate after stroker motor neurone disease. sticking with medicine, this example, talking about chat gpt s bedside manner, saying it was better than many doctors, more empathetic and give better advice, although i m not sure many doctors would agree with that assessment. we got this from another tech web
the temperature up here in the alps is rising by about twice the global average. it s already increased by 2 degrees celsius. and 20 years since the us led coalition invaded iraq to topple dictator saddam hussein, we look at the legacy. hello and welcome to bbc news. the world s financial markets have reacted with unease following last night s emergency takeover of the troubled swiss bank credit suisse. shares in credit suisse fell by more than 60% this morning after european markets opened and the value of banking shares across europe have dropped sharply. credit suisse was bought by rival swiss bank ubs in a deal brokered by the swiss government over the weekend. here s the chief executive of ubs explaining the rationale behind the deal. translation: it means we bring back stability and security for credit suisse clients, but also that we keep the reputation of the swiss financial centre high. and finally it means we are stemming the turmoil in the international financial
seven months of disruption for the public before they agreed to get into a room, so the hope is that the lesson can be working with trade unions can deliver acceptable results to trade union members but also ones that work for the majority of the workforce and the government. let s move forwards and hope the next pay round is not as mired in difficulty. ijust i just heard from ijust heard from somewhere on a picket line in kent from the union unite, and we also heard that the rcn might be re balloting their members. do you have a message for the other nhs staff workers? i think it s important that all trade unions, we are all part of collective structures as well as individual trade unions, and that on our part, we need to acknowledge that it our part, we need to acknowledge thatitis our part, we need to acknowledge that it is not a unanimous position. i do struggle to remember a time when we have had unanimous positions on the staff side. it is very, very rare that you get s
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p