Welcome to the World Today, an hour of international news from the bbc. An hour of international Rebecca Cheptegei had recently competed in the Paris Olympics, where she represented uganda. The family have accused the police in kenya of not taking the case seriously. She was a Marathon Runner who excelled in herfield. At 33, she had so much more to achieve, but today, shes dead, aother victim of male Violence against women. The details are horrific. Doctors say the burns covered more than 70 of her body. Rebeccas mother accused the local police are not protecting her daughter. The case raises issues over Womens Safety in the region. Ugandas Athletics Federation said it was deeply saddened by the news. It says rebecca was a victim of Domestic Violence. The ugandan opposition politician, bobi wine, said the circumstances of Rebeccas Death are in his words depressing. Speaking to newshour, the bbc has learned that Ugandas Minister of sports had spoken to rebecca while she was competing in
We track down and speak to the Cladding Company Boss criticised by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry report he denies playing a part in the disaster. In france, a woman tells of her horror on learning her husband drugged her so that other men could rape her. And 13 year old Iona Winnifrith the youngest member of the Paralympicsgb Team wins silver in paris, and there were more golds tonight. On newsnight at 10 30pm tonight, we will bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day with big interviews and our regular panel of news nighters, and, of course, look at the papers are saying about tomorrows news. Grenfell report is published and the survivors ask for changes, we ask what changes we can expect. Good evening. From next week, thousands of offenders whove served 40 of their Prison Terms will be eligible for early release its necessary, says the government, because of severe overcrowding in jails. Tonight, the Ministry Ofjustice told us there are fewer than 500 spaces left in mens prisons
Rate would be a big win for large us companies, it would also contribute to rising deficits. It means big companies would end up paying far lower rates than smaller, privately held businesses, where rates can be as high as 37 . His proposal is in stark contrast to his rival, kamala harris, who has called to raise the Corporation Tax to 28 . Trumps proposals also include an idea from Tesla Ceo Elon musk to create a Government Efficiency Commission. This would be to eliminate wasteful federal spending a shot at the biden harris administrations spending levels. I will create a Government Efficiency Commission tasked with conducting a complete financial and Performance Audit of the entire federal government, and making recommendations for drastic reforms. We need to do it. Cant go on the way we are now. And elon, because hes not very busy, has agreed to head that task force. This comes as both Trump And Harris are ramping up their efforts to court Swing State voters as well as Business Exe
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
Confirming to fox news that he is opposed to florida s proposed amendment that would allow unfettered abortion access across all nine months of pregnancy. Trump called the measure radical. Telling fox news that he will be voting against it. Welcome to fox news live, i m molly line. Hello to griff. Griff: great to be with you, i m griff jenkins. The former president adding that six weeks is not enough time, referring to the heartbeat protection law that governor desan a cities signed in desantis signed in 2023. David spunt is live on the set with us the fill us in with all the details. Seems that the former president kind of threading the needle here, david. Reporter: no question, griff. Abortion is a huge issue. Former president trump says that six weeks is simply problematic, by the same sense he did the not vote against that abortion bill. The former president made news during that fox news interview. He actually spoke to bryan llenas, our colleague, yesterday. Before that the pennsy