an artificial intelligence tool has developed a mind of its own. a group of us senators from both the republican and democratic parties have reached agreement on a series of gun control measures. the developments come after the tragic mass shootings in texas and new york. the measures include tougher background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21 and moves to prevent people buying such arms for others who are restricted from purchasing them. our north america correspondent david willis reports. this is a significant move and assuming these proposals pass into law, they would represent the first gun control measures this country has seen in decades. the proposals themselves are fairly modest, they include tighter background checks for gun sales involving customers under the age of 21, and the introduction or expansion of so called red flag laws which would potentially lead to the confiscation of weapons in the hands of people deemed a risk to themselves or others, and gr
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
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powers such as germany. post covid, also jessica, post-brexit powers such as germany. post covid, also jessica, post-brexit as powers such as germany. post covid, also jessica, post-brexit as well. - also jessica, post brexit as well. are we seeing this audible strengthening of relations post what has been a turbulent time when it comes to our european neighbours? t comes to our european neighbours? i think there is certainly a major drive from rishi sunak sc government to try and at least pour cold water on some of the more heightened tensions. you saw that with him getting a deal on the northern island protocol, which a lot of that trying to facilitate a much better relationship with the eu put up the alternative was to go ahead with the protocol just alternative was to go ahead with the protocoljust ripped up the agreement potentially sparking a trade war, really turned up the heat on the conflict between the uk and the eu. this clearly is a big diplomatic push of course the mon
she was taken to hospital, sutured, and she still went back to the polling station to vote. those actions have made her a national hero, here, in the country. nigerians are flocking to her aid, donating money, they want to help her because she represents the symbol of the resilience of the nigerian people. they just want good leadership, they just want a country that works. absolutely, fighting for democracy, stephanie joins us live from lead us, thank you. more than three years after brexit became official, the uk and eu have finally struck a deal on how to handle trade in northern ireland. a thorny issue left dangling after the big divorce. the european commission president acknowledged the lingering tension, and said the windsor framework will let the two sides begin a new chapter. the new deal replaces its problematic predecessor, the northern island protocol, a