with governor desantis since the storm made landfall. and at my direction, fema administrator chris welch, she travelled to florida wednesday night after having been here earlier, and i approved the request within six hours at the time, governor desantis asked for a mass, a major disaster declaration. at the same time, a request from governor mcmasters of south carolina for an emergency declaration. that's a fancy way of saying just getting help immediately and all we can do under the law. and, folks, we're making federal assistance available for florida survivors whose homes or businesses damaged and destroyed. in the uk, the opposition labour party is calling for an urgent audit of the concrete in public buildings, with some hospitals and courts known to contain the potential dangerous type known as raac. more than 150 schools in england and 35 in scotland were found to contain the material and so have had to completely or partially close. investigations in wales and northern ireland are continuing. harry farley has the latest. emergency classrooms being set up in bingley, west yorkshire. more schools are expected to close next week. parents are facing an anxious wait to know whether it's safe for their children to return to the classroom. in one school, i have ten rooms and a staff room i cannot use. my second school, 16 rooms, the gymnasium and some toilets. and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it's quite considerable. but it's notjust schools. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for months. and 2a hospital sites, like hitchin brook hospital in huntington, also have weak concrete. they're spending millions on surveys about what is safe, and what is not, and millions in mitigationjust to keep the building safe and open. and so, this is a really big challenge, and frankly, any building mainly built with raac is past its sell—by—date, and will need to be replaced, so there is a very big bill for the taxpayer. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, �*70s and �*80s that is causing so much concern. we don't really know- the scale of the problem. there is no central record. although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that's. not public information. do we know about that risk in schools and also in hospitals and other public buildings? have you come across it in other types of buildings as well, in your experience? the areas that i've seen it- in office buildings and shopping centres tends to be in incidental parts of the building rather- than the building as a whole. so a plant room or a store room or something of that nature. - a non—public area. the government said it contacted schools like this one in brixton because guidance on raac changed, so some pupils here will be relocated to another school while repairs take place. but with no firm idea of the scale of the problem, this could just be the start of a much wider issue. harry farley, bbc news. two men have been arrested under the terrorism act as part of an investigation into criminality linked to the data breach at the police service of northern ireland. the details of 10,000 officers were mistakenly released last month. the suspects, aged 21 and 22, were detained earlier in the portadown area. police in israel have opened an investigation into the use of live fire by officers during clashes in tel aviv between rival groups of eritrean asylum seekers, which left nearly 150 people injured. some suffered gunshot wounds and are in serious condition. israeli media report it was the first use of live fire on protesters inside israel since the second intifada in 2000. investigators are now gathering evidence from the scene to determine if the officers behaved according to the law. torrential rain has turned the famous burning man festival in the united states into a mudbath. attendees have been warned to conserve their food and water and more rain is expected throughout the weekend. rail passengers in england have endured a second day of disruption as thousands of rmt union members go on strike. some journeys into scotland and wales have also been affected. train drivers with aslef walked out yesterday as both unions continue disputes with rail operators and the government over pay. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. today's rail woe shifts from the working week to leisure travel. whether it's trying to visit friends or family over the weekend or travelling to a sporting fixture, would—be rail passengers are likely to be disappointed. up to 20,000 rail workers at the rmt union, typically station staff or guards, are on strike for 2h hours. it's part of a long—running dispute over pay, jobs and working practices. the rail delivery group, which represents more than a dozen operators, has offered a 5% backdated pay rise and a pay rise of 4% this year if changes to the way staff work can be agreed. we would have to agree to these draconian cuts in ticket offices. we would have to agree to cuts in catering, engineering and other grades. we simply can't do that. i'm not going to get my members to vote for their own demise. at the moment, there is no stand—alone pay rise for us or any of the other grades in the industry or any of the other unions. they are all dependent on us accepting these drastic cuts to service and cuts to jobs. fewer than half of rail services in england are expected to run today, although it will vary in different parts of the country. some services into wales and scotland could also be affected. all of this follows a 24—hour strike by train drivers at the aslef union yesterday. they took to the picket lines in their dispute over pay. drivers are back to work today but are refusing to do any overtime. the rail companies and the government said the pay offer to unions is reasonable and should be put to members for a vote. no fresh negotiations are planned so, after more than a year of industrial action, there is still no end in sight. mark ashdown, bbc news. australia has launched an operation to rescue a researcher who requires specialist medical treatment but is working thousands of kilometres away on a remote outpost in antarctica. a ship has been sent after an evacuation by air was ruled out due to harsh weather conditions. nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. this is the icebreaker that is being sent on the mission to rescue the researcher who has what is said to be a developing medical condition. now, it has taken weeks to get this vessel ready, including equipping it with helicopters. now, to give you a sense of the scale of the operation, take a look at this map. it is leaving from hobart in tasmania, and it is on a journey all the way to the casey research station in antarctica, which, of course, is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. indeed, the journey is 3,443 kilometres, from hobart all the way down to casey station. now, the icebreaker has a top speed of around 30 kilometres an hour, so it is going to take days to get there. now, an air rescue from the nearby wilkins runway was ruled out. the reason for that is that the runway there is made of ice, and it is unstable during the winter. indeed, reports suggest it would take weeks to get it up to a standard that it could be used, so it was much quicker to actually send the icebrea ker. now, the research station itself has around 20 staff during the winter months, but medical facilities are limited. now, we don't know what the condition of the researcher is, but the australian antarctic programme told the bbc that, "the well—being of our people is our highest priority." now, australia says that all researchers sent to the base undergo extensive medical examinations before they depart and they say that all the other personnel on the base are safe and accounted for. a new interim boss of the british museum has been named following the resignation of its last director. the institution's chair, george osborne, said sir markjones would step up to the role. the previous director quit following revelations that more than 2,000 artefacts had gone missing from the world—renowned museum. the nobel foundation has reversed its decision to invite russian and belarussian ambassadors to this year's nobel prize award in stockholm. a number of swedish mps had warned they would boycott the ceremony. however, the ambassadors are still invited to the awarding of the nobel peace prize in oslo, which is organised by the norwegian nobel committee. the home secretary, suella braverman, has asked for a review of police impartiality after accusing some officers in england and wales of "being involved in political matters". the police federation, which represents officers, said the government was "constantly" changing "the goal posts" — one minute wanting officers to "be more involved, the next", asking them to "act like robots". sales of dashcams in the uk have boomed in recent years, which means bad drivers are far more likely to be caught on film, creating a wealth of potential evidence. lincolnshire police are inviting motorists to submit footage of incidents, leading to hundreds of warnings and penalty points. crispin rolfe has the story. you can't police every road, but it does help when drivers have dashcams... ..to capture moments like this. for the last two years, lincolnshire police have been asking people to send in their own windscreen footage in the hope that it'll encourage some drivers to do better. the difference it makes is, if somebody is considering doing a risky overtake, driving in an inappropriate manner, theyjust don't know who's watching them and filming them. and if this just stops one person from doing something like that and saves a life, then it's a job well done. over the last year, lincolnshire police have received around 2,000 dashcam videos uploaded to their 0peration snap website. many of those have come to nothing, but some, two thirds of them, have resulted in warnings or offences which either saw three points and a fine handed out or some even with court appearances. and the idea of uploading your dangerous driver dashcam footage to the police is clearly becoming more popular, with officers seeing an increase in the last few months. the question is, would you do it? oh, well, we've had a few incidents with dashcams, haven't we? we have. i'm not sure i'm brave enough to hand it in. i no. but i think it's a good idea. would you hand it over? i would certainly hand it over. reason being, there are too many dangerous drivers on the road. not if it was a dodgy driver. only if somebody was putting somebody's life... ..putting them in danger. well, not everyone�*s convinced, and even the institute of advanced motorists has a warning. do you think this idea of getting people to hand over their dashcam when they see dodgy driving, is that right? the threat of getting caught - on a dashcam may prevent people doing something wrong. obviously, somebody that - puts their footage forward has to consider the implications of them being the ones going _ into court to defend _ what they've seen as a witness. of course, truly dangerous driving costs lives, which is why all this dashcam footage is being welcomed by lincolnshire police. crispin rolfe, bbc news. plans to ban unlicensed providers of cosmetic treatments in england have been opened up for public consultation. the government wants anyone carrying out procedures like botox injections to be trained and licensed and salons subject to regular inspections, but critics say enforcing the regulations could be a challenge. philippa roxby has the details. cosmetic procedures are booming, fuelled by social media. but so are complaints and bad experiences. there were 3,000 of them last year out of a total of 900,000 procedures carried out in the uk. most complaints related to injections to fill lines and wrinkles. the proposed new scheme will make it an offence to carry out a procedure without a licence for the practitioner and the premises. providers will have to be trained, qualified and experienced and have the correct insurance. they should also work from clean and hygienic clinics. the government says it wants to protect patients from botched treatments and under—qualified practitioners. too many people assume at the moment, certainly, that this sector is regulated and, if something goes wrong, that they'll be protected in some way, which unfortunately isn't the case because a lot of people aren't insured. so even if you have a really serious complication, the chances of you seeking redress for that are quite slim. so even if regulation does come into play and that's, you know, an if and when situation, people still need to be mindful that these are not trivialised, everyday beauty treatments. they are medical interventions that carry serious side effects if they go wrong. industry bodies say it's the biggest shake up of this sector in a generation and will reduce the risk of injury and harm. but others caution that enforcing the regulations through local authorities could be a challenge. philippa roxby, bbc news. bereaved parents have been expressing their disgust at a macabre tiktok trend in which artificial intelligence is used to create videos which depict real—life child murder victims. the videos, which are made without the consent of relatives, show crudely animated versions of children, some of them babies, talking about how they were killed. earlier, i spoke to bbc trending's ed main, who has been investigating the phenomenon. what you see in these videos is a sort of partially animated figure of a child, and they have been given computer—generated voices with which they tell you the stories of their lives but, more particularly, the circumstances of their deaths. now, some of the children in these videos look nothing like the child they are supposed to represent, but others are based on genuine photos. now, since around april, waves of these videos have started appearing on tiktok. and some of them have had millions of views, and that has encouraged other people to make more videos, or to share them elsewhere, in the hope of getting more followers. and, obviously, the families have been appalled by this. yes. these videos have been described to us as being an emotional assault on bereaved families, the families whose children feature in these videos. and that is because there is something about seeing a child or a representation of a child speaking in the first person that sort of crosses a line. we spoke to a canadian woman called amelie lemieux, who, earlier this year, was alerted to the fact that a tiktok had been made about one of her two murdered daughters. she couldn't watch to the end, and described her experience as being worse than the worst uppercut you could imagine. and in this country, denise fergus, the motherjames bulger, the two—year—old who was killed in merseyside in 1993, spoke about this injuly. she said at that time that videos that had been made that were based onjames were worse than sick. tiktok took down more than 100 videos that were based onjames at that time. so what are tiktok saying about this incident? well, tiktok. .. one of the strange things about this trend is that it only really took off after tiktok banned ai versions of real—life young people in march. and when they took down those videos ofjames bulger injuly, they restated that policy and said there was no place for this kind of disturbing content on our platform, and we will take it down as we find it. but it is fair to say that, even now, you can find numerous videos based on other children on the platform, and tiktok are very open about this, saying, "we won't be able "to catch everything." thanks very much, ed, and you can hear more about this on the bbc trending podcast on bbc sounds. king charles and queen camilla have attended their first braemar gathering as monarchs, along with the princess royal. the event, the most famous highland games in scotland, takes place every september and is considered a favourite of the royal family. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, reports. applause leading the royal party, for the first time as king and queen. no royal family summer break in scotland is complete without a visit to the braemar highland gathering. # god save our gracious king...# the king was wearing a kilt made from the newly created king charles iii tartan, as he watched this celebration of highland culture and traditions. the king first came here as a young boy with his mother, queen elizabeth. she was a regular spectator throughout her 70—year reign and the images of her here with her family were a view of her at her most relaxed. this year's gathering is the first since her death last september and the memories of queen elizabeth remain strong. one of the everlasting memories i have is the whole royal family in there, watching i think it was the sack race and the little kiddies, and whatever happened everybody was bursting with laughter. that memory will stay with me for a long time. that tradition of seeing the royal family at its most informal continued today. since 1832, kings and queens have been visitors here to see the traditional games of the highlands. but this year was, perhaps, bittersweet. as the royal family prepare for the first anniversary of the death of the queen, she was one of this event's most loyal supporters. daniela relph, bbc news. people in the netherlands are paying their respects this weekend to those who fought to liberate their country from nazi occupation in 19114. british veterans have always attended the annual event, thanks in part to a fleet of black cabs which takes them free of charge. graham satchell caught up with the veterans and the cabbies as they got ready for the trip. one by one, the veterans arrive in their black cabs. they've come from all over the country to harwich in essex, ready for a late night ferry to the netherlands. ijumped nine times out of the aeroplane and drilled in holland as well. ray whitwell flew to arnhem in september 19114 as part of operation market garden. but you were there, were you, when holland was liberated? oh, yes! yeah. and what was that like? wonderful. laughter. everybody made it very happy. ray is now 104 and the oldest veteran to be making the trip back to the netherlands. john is going to remember lost friends. it's so important to go to meet the people. one of my most pleasures is walking round military cemeteries and looking at the names and the different regiments. i'm paying my homage to them. operation market garden was one of the largest airborne assaults in history. its aim — to seize a number of bridges in the netherlands still under nazi rule. the mission wasn't successful, but every year the dutch still celebrate the soldiers who eventually liberated them. for the last ten years or so, servicemen have been taken to the netherlands by the charity london taxi drivers for military veterans. they are guests of honour at the so—called wandeltocht — a march to remember the battle for arnhem. thank you for giving us the freedom. it's history to me. i love history and history is not for everybody. however, i do believe with these guys, the golden generation, as they're called, we should always remember what they gave for this country in its darkest hour. archive: disabled heroes of two l world wars left the star and garter in richmond and four other homes to be taken by taxis— to worthing for the day. the london taxi charity is now in its 75th year. it takes veterans for days out to places like worthing. this film is from 1961, but veterans were back at the seaside just a few weeks ago. the sea air is so good you can eat anything and a lot to look at! - what do you think of the taxi charity? what do i think of them? i could not praise them enough. they have been wonderful, they really have. they'd do anything for us. anything. and that's no lie. they're marvellous. bill was just 18 when he parachuted into europe. he was shot in the leg and ended up spending three years in hospital. let's hope there is no more wars because i mean, admit it, we and the others won the war but it was very expensive. lots of young lives still lay out there. the veterans head onto the ferry in their black cabs. they will be celebrated for their bravery and courage when they get to the netherlands. graham satchell, bbc news. sir eltonjohn has led tributes to the american singer—songwriterjimmy buffett, who has died aged 76. sir elton hailed him as a unique and treasured entertainer. jimmy buffett�*s biggest hit, margaritaville, was a song about drinking cocktails in the sun and spent 22 weeks on us singles chart in 1977. a statement said he'd lived his life like a song till the very last breath. finally this half hour, we wanted to show you some pictures of a sea otter showing off some unusual skills. juno, who lives in oregon zoo, is a big fan of basketball. she loves, as you can see here, practising her slam dunks. her keepers taught the nine—year—old how to put the ball through a hoop to help keep herjoints moving as she gets older. juno can also dribble the ball, pushing it with herfeet. she may be a pro in the otter world, but we're not sure she's ready for the nba yet. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. one of the features of this year's summer season is temperatures didn't get that high. 32 celsius is the highest temperature of the year. more often than not, we've seen temperatures into the mid 20s, and, although we might not quite reach 32, in the week ahead, 29 or 30 degrees is possible. so, some of the warmest weather of the year so far. there has been plenty of sunshine today. this was mevagissey in cornwall earlier today. the early morning cloud melting away across most of the uk to reveal those sunny skies and, yes, it felt pleasantly warm, with temperatures pushing on into the mid 20s across parts of south—east england and the midlands as well. overnight tonight, the majority stay dry, a few mist and fog patches possible. however, for northern scotland, outbreaks of rain will turn more persistent and heavier here through the night. temperatures on the mild side with 12 to 15 celsius, and looking at the weather picture over the next few days, we have this area of high pressure to thank for the fine, settled, sunny spell of weather that most of us will see. just a few weather fronts skirting around the periphery of that high. one of those weather fronts will be with us for northern scotland on sunday, and here, the cloud will be thick enough for occasional patches of rain, but away from the far north—west of scotland, it'll be another dry day, with any early morning mist and fog patches burnt out of the way. it will feel warm in that september sun, with temperatures in scotland and northern ireland of 20 to 23, warm enough. and 23 to 25 in england. and then we have more of that september sunshine on the way as we look at the forecast deep into the new week. this is how monday looks. it is just the far north scotland where you might see a few passing patches of rain, with orkney, shetland, the hebrides, and the highlands most likely to see that. temperatures continue to rise otherwise. 27 degrees around the london area, and it is set to get even hotter than that as we get towards the middle part of the week. just the outside chance of a shower towards the south—west on tuesday. that weather front for northern scotland should get a bit more squished on tuesday, so a better chance of it staying dry and bright here as well. wherever you are, in the sunshine, it will feel pleasantly warm. that sunny, warm weather stays with us for most of the week as well. it's only really as we get into next weekend that we see a change, with the weather becoming cloudier, cooler, with the threat of some rain. but for most, a lovely spell of weather. now on bbc news... the media show: ai — destroyer ofjournalism? hello. ai — it is all we seem to hear about these days, but what does it mean for the news business and the way we all find out about what's going on in the world? what sources will ai rely on to deliver trustworthy news? will it putjournalists out of a job? the chances are you've already, perhaps unknowingly, read a news article that wasn't entirely written by a human, so what's going on? today, we're dedicating the whole programme to these questions. with me are madhumita murgia, artificial intelligence editor at the financial times, sky news' science and technology editor, tom clarke, eliz mizon, from independent media cooperative the bristol cable, as well as jackson ryan, science editor at cnet. welcome to you all. and i think we should start with the basics. madhu, if i could bring you in, from the financial times, explain what we mean by ai and why, particularly in terms of the role ofjournalism it has, why it's getting so much coverage now. well, so ai is artificial intelligence and, i mean, supposedly it's a mechanical computer version of human intelligence, or at least that's the hope, right? but today what we have is, it's basically a powerful statistical system, a computer software, which finds patterns in large amounts of data. but what this means is that it can, you know, find diagnoses