lawful and correct the british government says its changes to brexit trade arrangements with the european union will not undermine the northern ireland peace agreement. and are the machines about to take over? a senior tech engineer claims an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. hello and welcome to the programme. hundreds of civilians have been killed in the ukrainian city of kharkiv since the start of the conflict by indiscriminate russian shelling. in a new report, amnesty international accused moscow of routinely using internationally prohibited cluster munitions and scatterable mines. the human rights organisation said the decision to use such weapons showed an utter disregard for civilian lives and could constitute war crimes. the kremlin has previously denied using cluster munitions in ukraine and insisted that russian forces have only struck military targets. from the city of kkarkiv, wyre davies reports. from the very start of this wa
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a group of 20 senators from both sides of the us political divide has announced proposals for limited measures aimed at curbing gun violence, following devastating mass shootings in texas and new york. ten republican senators have backed the legislation potentially enough to overcome the republican filibuster in the us senate that has blocked previous agreements on gun control. let s look in more detail at what s in the guns proposal. the framework agreement includes support for state red flag laws where guns could be kept from those who might pose a danger. also included , tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21. there would also be measures to prevent what s known as straw purchases, where people buy guns for others who are restricted from purchasing them but not included are measures democrats and president joe biden had advocated such as raising the age for buying semiautomatic ri
Begins tomorrow with High Expectations in scotland as they face wales this weekend. Good morning. Its friday 2nd february. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has insisted she is delivering what the british people want on brexit, amid pressure to set out where she stands on britains future trade agreements. Speaking at the end of a trade visit to china, the Prime Minister said britain would not face a choice between a free trade deal with the eu after brexit, and striking deals with the rest of the world. Downing street says billions of pounds worth of deals have been signed during the three day visit. Earlier, the Prime Minister spoke to our Political Editor Laura Kuenessberg and said her trip would help boost British Trade prospects after brexit. It is important that we deliver what people want, which is control of our money, our borders and our laws. Its exactly what we are doing. What i am showing in china is how we can ensure that we actually enhance our t
Here ten years, and 100 games, anyway, so its been brilliant. Pied england coach eddiejones has named his team for their title defence against italy in rome on sunday. The surprise selection is worcesters ben teo at outside centre. The headline here is the selection of ben teo at outside centre. Many thought it would not be fit, but he went off to australia to get the rehab funded out of his own pocket, and he is ready to play his first game since october. His selection at number13, game since october. His selection at number 13, with Jonathan Josephs dropping to the bench, gives you some insight that he is looking for the powerful figure some insight that he is looking for the powerfulfigure in the midfield. Courtney laws and Chris Robshaw in the back row. Alec hepburn will make his england debut from the bench, and there has been so much talk about the missing players, but ultimately, most of englands big guns are here, as they go to rome fully loaded, as they look to start off these
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