queen elizabeth i! faced an assassination threat during a 1983 visit to america. hello, i m gareth barlow. we start in sudan where the family of an 85 year old uk national has told a bbc news arabic investigation that his disabled wife died of starvation after the british embassy there left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, abdalla sholgami and alaweya rishwan were offered no help in leaving their home which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office said the situation had been too dangerous. nawal al maghafi reports. a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area, you can t leave, you can t enter. there are snipers everywhere in hat
french police fired tear gas at climate protestors in the french capital paris outside french oil giant total energies general assembly meeting. hundreds of protesters gathered outside as they tried to stop the event from happening. images on social media show totalenergies shareholders and activists arguing before the event. the meeting started an hour ago, as shareholders have to vote on a motion in regards to the company s carbon emission. they plan to allocate a third of its investment to low carbon sources and reach 100 gigawatts of renewable by the 2030. but france s energy transmission minister has urged the company speed things up. but obligations are that it provides. it has come under fire for a pipeline project that activists say is threatened ecosystem. live now to manon aubry, a french european mp for the leftist party france unbowed, joining me now from paris. you joining me now from paris. were at that protest toi explain you were at that protest today. just ex
and they want to leave food for other paying customers and so going in and buying 100 cans of beans in a single day raises a few eyebrows. you re live with bbc news. an experimental brain implant company founded by elon musk says it has won approval from us regulators to carry out its first clinical study on a human. neuralink called it an important first step, but did not elaborate on the aim of the study. it s working on brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to help certain disabled people interface with computers. eventually, it says it wants to surpass able bodied human performance with its technology. we can speak now to jonathan ives, professor of empirical bioethics
to the news of the world. the publisher denies the claims. it s the stuff of science fiction films, but electronic brain implants took a step closer today. an experimental company called neuralink founded by elon musk, says it has won clearance from us regulators to carry out its first clinical study on a human. it s working on brain implants to treat conditions such as paralysis and blindness, and to help some disabled people communicate with computers. jonathan ives, professor of empirical bioethics at bristol university told us a bit more about the ethics that need to be considered when dealing with this new technology. the technology we are talking about here is something that can interact with the brain, read it in some way, and then communicate with other devices to effectively act on a person s will.