full sized sd scan that s been created. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. there ve been dramatic scenes in northern italy after 1a rivers burst their banks, flooding 23 towns. at least eight people died, after parts of the emilia romagna region saw half a metre of rain injust 36 hours. the extreme weather comes as scientists warned that the world will almost certainly experience its hottest year on record within the next five years. and a key temperature threshold is likely to be breached for the first time which is a rise in global temperature by 1.5 degrees celsius, above pre industrial levels. here s our climate editor, justin rowlatt. remember last summer? temperatures in england breached a0 degrees celsius for the first time, driving wildfires and helping make 2022 the hottest year ever recorded in the uk. and we can expect even hotter weather worldwide in the coming years, according to the world meteorological organisatio
tonight at ten all the major car manufacturers in the uk are understood to have raised concerns about the brexit trade deal. vauxhall has already gone public, saying the future of its british factories is in doubt unless the trade deal is changed. the focus is on batteries for electric vehicles the uk needs to produce more to satisfy eu trading rules and experts say we re way behind. uk hasa uk has a very simple decision to make, either it supports the future of vehicle manufacturing in the uk or it decides it s not in vehicle manufacturing long term and it loses those 800,000 jobs associated with the industry. we ll have the latest on the fears for the future of the car industry and the government s response. also tonight a car chase in new york. harry and meghan say that lives were put at risk as they were chased by paparazzi. a cab driver was with them for part of the journey. they looked nervous, ithink they looked nervous, i think they were they looked nervous, i t
hello. i m tadhg enright. welcome to the programme. the head of the company behind the artificial intelligence tool chatgpt has told lawmakers in the us that government regulation is crucial to keep the industry safe. we ve seen tech ceos get a congressional grilling before, but that s not what happened here. appearing before a senate panel, sam altman said that al could be as significant as the invention of the printing press, claiming it had the potential to improve nearly every aspect of our lives. but he admitted the technology also poses serious risks. my worst fears are that we cause significant. we, the field, the technology, the industry cause significant harm to the world. i think that could happen in a lot of different ways. it s why we started the company. it s a big part of why i m here today, and why we ve been here in the past, and able to spend some time with you. i think if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong. and we want to be vocal about that.