west coast responded with the latest on the strike action. the last time both actors and writers were on strike at the same time in the 19605 when ronald reagan was president, not of america, but of the screen actors guild. they will go on strike tomorrow when the writers walked out nearly over two months ago now, they brought a halt too much of the production in hollywood. now the actors ijoined them, that will bring almost a complete halt to the whole industry. that will cost the californian economy ten5 that will cost the californian economy tens of millions of dollars every day. it will mean financial hardship for many people working at industry still recovering from the pandemic and it will mean a major delay to scooting settles —— student schedules. the -- student schedules. the im act -- student schedules. the impact will _ -- student schedules. the impact will be _ -- student schedules. the impact will be very - impact will be very significant. can you tell us some of the programmes that may be some of our viewers that might have heard of that will get affected?— get affected? things like the third season _ get affected? things like the third season of _ get affected? things like the third season of the - get affected? things like the third season of the white . get affected? things like the i third season of the white lotus slated to be filmed in thailand. that will be delayed for the gladiator due to be shotin for the gladiator due to be shot in morocco and malta. that will be delayed. also. film premiers because it is notjust production of stocks, it is premiers, the press, everything will come to a halt. the organisation that represents the studios have said negotiators have been set up walking away from what they called an historic, unpaid and groundbreaking proposal that would protect actors from the emergence of ai. at a news conference in the last couple of hours, the president sag of that the only thing historic about the offer from studios is that it wills despicable and disgusting. the two sides remained really far apart after weeks of negotiations and the federal mediator brought out, brought in at the 11th hour last night, they are still far apart. this strike could be set to go on for some time. in terms of timing, we have no idea yet. what people here are saying, the actors union, they are open to further talks. but it is not then that is brought this about, the fact that the studios would not negotiate meaningfully on the core issues. those are pay and conditions, compensation, residual payments like royalties that actors used to get much more of before the streaming services revolution. we don't get to know how long this is set to last but it could be sometime when you think about how far apart the two sides are at the moment. so be long reporting there. a heatwave is sweeping much of the world and temperatures in italy for example are expected to hit nearly 49 celsius. it is raising concerns about the welfare of some elderly and sick people and some scientists suggest capital prices are put it into a period of relative climate stability. you missed our climate editor. —— here is. sightseeing was a dangerous business in athens today. tourists were given emergency water supplies to cool down. a heatwave named after the 3—headed dog that guards the gates of hades in greek mythology is driving temperatures across southern europe to truly hellish levels. translation: we will deliver 30,000 bottles of water today. it was suffocating. we are from washington, dc, we get a lot of heat there. but it is not like this. ., heat there. but it is not like this. . , ., this. the air temperature in italy could _ this. the air temperature in italy could even _ this. the air temperature in italy could even top - this. the air temperature in italy could even top the - italy could even top the all—time 48.8 c record next week. this satellite map of spain shows service temperatures reached 60 celsius in places. temperature brackets have also been smashed in parts of canada, the us and china. at the same time antarctic sea ice is at the lowest extent ever recorded. there have been terrible floods as well. look at the mayhem caused by torrential rain in india. last week was the hottest week ever recorded. climate scientists say they heat and brain is driven in part by global warming. this shows estimated average global temperature is over the last 800,000 years. look how the world went in and out at ice ages. now let's add in cupboard outside levels and —— carbon dioxide levels and look how it spikes here at the end of the graph. . look at the last 12,000 years, look how the world gradually warm and temperate level, becoming much more stable than during the ice age. human beings have been around for about 300,000 years but only in this period of warm and stable temperatures that we learned to grow crops and civilisation developed. now let's look at the last 2000 years. temperatures remain stable untiljust over there at the end of the graph. the steam engine was invented, the industrial revolution took off, man—made carbon dioxide emissions started to increase and just look at what happened to global temperatures. we are movin: to global temperatures. we are moving the _ to global temperatures. we are moving the earth _ to global temperatures. we are moving the earth into _ to global temperatures. we are moving the earth into a - to global temperatures. we are moving the earth into a new. to global temperatures. we are | moving the earth into a new era where ecology, plants, animals and ourselves just cannot cope. be warned, it is going to get hotter. a weather pattern called el nino is developing in the tropical pacific. scientists say it is likely to make next year even hotter than this one. features former ambassador to the united nations and a share of the pacific island state at the un told me about the climate concerns in the pacific. we are lookin: concerns in the pacific. we are looking at _ concerns in the pacific. we are looking at record-breaking - looking at record—breaking temperatures in europe and other parts of the world. looking at the supercharged monsoon and asia and india right now. looking at an el nino across the whole of the blue pacific of the pacific islanders. from the pacific islanders. from the pacific islanders perspective, it brings home two things. one, much higher temperatures than we had anticipated, perhaps even five years ago. the ice melting much faster than predicted. its consequences for a sea level rises are substantial, significant and quite immediate. if countries were contemplating adapting over three beau decker �*5 time, another have to compress it. they have to take far more serious efforts to adapt in a much more shorter timeframe. the urgency is so immediate. but thank you again very much for sharing what you said were quite glaring data analytics to human —induced climate change and global warming. human -induced climate change and global warming.— and global warming. japan's lan and global warming. japan's [an to and global warming. japan's plan to release _ and global warming. japan's plan to release treated - plan to release treated radioactive water from the fukushima nuclear power plants into the pacific ocean can begin any day now. it was backed by the un nuclear watchdog last week but sparked concern and anger in both within the country and the region. our correspondent has been given access to the nuclear power plant and send this report. a triple disaster that crippled the country and shocked the world. japan's most powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami that swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people. and causing this, a nuclear meltdown. this is the fukushima nuclear power plant now surrounded by tanks filled with radioactive waste water. this is what more than 1 million tons of water looks like. think 500 olympic sized pool is and that is what you get to know about a thousand tanks. this is border that has been used to call the destroyed reactors from the fukushima nuclear meltdown in 2011. the water is treated and stood here for that now these tanks are running out of space. japan has just been given the go—ahead to ballistic treated contaminated water into the sea but it is causing a huge amount of anger and anxiety. notjust here, but around the region. the company running the plant says the water will be treated, undiluted and tested for safety before it is discharge. you albeit active compounds will be removed except one, tritium, so the water want to be completely radiation free. tritium will be well below international safety standards of concentration. a5 standards of concentration. as part of the testing process, this fish are swimming in water at the same radiation level as that which will be released. translation: i am a radiation expert so i note that tritium has low effect on the human body and living organisms. we are all concerned about the same thing. radiation. that is why we are so anxious. i hope these data and images will reassure people a little. fukushima fishermen are not reassured. they are furious. for years, they struggle to fight the stigma and convince people to buy their fish. now they say the reputational damage from the water release plan will be another huge blow. fishing has been part of this man's family for generations put his son and grandson outgrown his boat. he worries about the uncertainty discharge the wastewater will bring. translation: before we were able to fish across four other prefectures. now we are not allowed to do that. theyjust don't want to be associated with us. the prices were recovering little by little. but now they could drop drastically. i have had so many conversations with the japanese government. nobody wants to release this dangerous water for them if it is so safe, i told them, stick it to tokyo. the government may have all the technical approval that needs but it does not have the support of those most affected by this plan. the people of fukushima will once again have to navigate their way to its troubled waters. let's now take a look at some of the stories in the headlines for the us secretary of state antony blinken has held candid and constructive talks with a chinese top to the mat. a meeting in jakarta chinese top to the mat. a meeting injakarta has come as part to reduce tensions. take giant microsoft that chinese hackers breached us government e—mail accounts. antony blinken raised this but pushed back on what he called us interference in china's affairs. indian prime minister narendra modi has arrived in france for two day visit as new delhi said it will approve plans to buy french jets and submarines. he landed in paris on thursday at the invitation of president emanuel mccrone who made the indian leader a guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations in the capital. the taliban ordered teacher training centres to be closed in afghanistan. it is a missed call them unnecessary and ineffective. the nearly 4000 staff are to be moved to a new department, all employed as teachers in schools. in the uk, a parliamentary committee has published a damning report on what it says is the government's failure to develop an effective strategy for dealing with national security threats from china. a report by the intelligence and security committee says china is seeking to penetrate and influence every part of the uk economy and government's response has been completely inadequate. our correspondent has more. find what we call a whole estate approach for tools of government and the economy and its citizens to target the uk in long—term way. what is really interesting about this as it says the uk government has no strategy for combating it. they don't have a joint approach and a little short term. it also says what the government is doing is looking for the covert rather than open infiltration. it points read areas can academia for the it is british universities are happy to take chinese money and giving a secret as a consequence. take an industry, selling too many businesses. and also chinese investment in nuclear is giving them a level over the british taken the future for the government has responded and welcomed it, they have taken on some of it. the findings. they say it is out of date and the intelligence it is gathered was over a couple years old. and theyjust passed the national security act. just in the last couple of days. indian, this comes down to the trade—off between security and prosperity and this report is working the balance wrong. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news can brina uk, this is bbc news. bbc news can bring you — uk, this is bbc news. bbc news can bring you different _ uk, this is bbc news. bbc news can bring you different stories i can bring you different stories from — can bring you different stories from across the uk. this protest _ from across the uk. this protest is _ from across the uk. this protest is one _ from across the uk. this protest is one of- from across the uk. this protest is one of a - from across the uk. this l protest is one of a growing number of gatherings: underwater industry to stop releasing sewage into water. there is still no stretch of river in the country clean enough to be given designated bathing water status. guidance was issued on how to apply for designated bathing water status. proving that at least 100 people swim here regularly as well as making sure you provide toilet facilities within 500 metres. designation in itself does not mean the water is safe. i trust that protects waterways across the west is concerned that the guidelines will leave many places without any designated swimming areas. for places without any designated swimming areas.— swimming areas. for more stories from _ swimming areas. for more stories from across - swimming areas. for more stories from across the - swimming areas. for more | stories from across the uk, head — stories from across the uk, head to _ stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you alive with bbc news. this week saw the start of a landmark trial in new zealand focusing on allegations of health and safety failures in the build—up to the white island eruption. 22 people were killed in the disaster in 2019 with some of the survivors suffering from horrific burns. the trial is taking place in auckland and it is expected to last for up to four months. phil mercer told me more about the charges the defendants are facing. the charges the defendants are facina. , ., a, facing. they are, mariko, accused _ facing. they are, mariko, accused of _ facing. they are, mariko, accused of serious - facing. they are, mariko, accused of serious healthj facing. they are, mariko, - accused of serious health and safety breaches. these charges have been brought by new zealand's workplace safety regulator. six defendants have gone on trial at the auckland district court in new zealand's biggest city. they have denied the charges. this all relates to the awful events in december 2019. an eruption of new zealand's most active volcano on white island, also known by its mooring name of whakaari so 22 people were killed. 47 people were on the island at the time and almost all of the survivors suffered very, very serious burns —— maori name. this week, we have been hearing some very graphic evidence as to exactly what happened as the court tries to establish exactly why these charges have been brought and whether or not the defendants are guilty or not. . , ., the defendants are guilty or not. ., , ., , the defendants are guilty or not. ., i. , ., buttle family who have owned white island since 1993 estimate to understand some of them have been sued? what role do they play? the them have been sued? what role do they play?— do they play? the buttle family are among _ do they play? the buttle family are among the _ do they play? the buttle family are among the half _ do they play? the buttle family are among the half a _ do they play? the buttle family are among the half a dozen - are among the half a dozen defendants who have denied these charges and if convicted, they face some very heavy fines. other criminal cases relating to the white island eruption in 2019 have already been settled. last week, three helicopter tour operators pleaded guilty to some offences. they have yet to be sentenced. a5 offences. they have yet to be sentenced. as you say, mariko, this trial could last up to four months. been hearing this week from the first of the australian witnesses, a woman called annie luker was on the island at the and has described how her skin bubbled as the results of this superheated steam being blasted out of this undersea volcano in the bay of plenty of new zealand's north ireland. and she went on to say that she and her mother were covered in ash so very graphic evidence that the court has told —— annie lu. the defendants pleading not guilty and this is a court case that could last very many weeks as these charges are explored by these charges are explored by the court in new zealand. phil mercer reporting. president biden has ended his five—day trip to europe with a message to russian president vladimir putin. you lost. speaking after the summit with nordic leaders in finland, president biden downplayed the chances of a lengthy stalemate in ukraine, adding he believed president putin would eventually decided it was not in russia's interest to continue fighting. president biden also insisted ukraine would one dayjoin the nato military alliance but not while the country is still at war. the foremost winner of thailand's elections in may peter ridd of the move forward party has failed to win enough support in parliament to become the country's ex—prime minister. he needed the endorsement of the unelected senate when members either stayed or voted against him. jonathan head gave us the latest on the political manoeuvring in bangkok. these are all supporters of the reformist party move forward who gathered here at this park at cybertip parliament throughout today to watch the vote as it came in through a big screen behind me and there were cheers every time and mp stood up to support the move forward leader margaret river prime minister with lots of cheers and boos and colourful language every time an mp and particular the unelected senators stood up to oppose him. few people here are surprised by the result. everyone expected this was what would happen and that is what the senate was put therefore by the senate was put therefore by the military government in the past but at the same time many are bitterly disappointed and some are saying what was the point in voting with such passion back in may for a platform of sweeping change if what they voted for is not being reflected by the choice of government in parliament? move forward can come back next week with our coalition partners and try again to get pita limjaroenrat elected but it's unlikely now that will happen and what kind of government thailand ends up with is not clear at this stage but what is clear is that a great deal of faith in thailand's democratic system has been lost and, more, that the monarchy has been central to the debate over what kind of government is formed. that has not happened in the past. so many mp5 on both sides supporting the monarchy, arguing that move forward's proposal to amend the royal defamation law that criminalises any criticism of the royal family, the law must be amended but mp5 say it must not happen so quite a dangerous moment for thailand's monarchy as well as it is sucked into the debate about thailand's future. jonathan head. the iconicjapanese animation house studio ghibli is launching its latest and much anticipated film today. how do you live opens injapan this morning and it is about ——it is a premier in more ways than one. no trailer or tv commercials or tv ads. a5 trailer or tv commercials or tv ads. as a social media, apart from this poster, there is nothing to give away the plot, the voice cast all the characters. the film is named after a classic novel by a japanese author but the president of the movie in the nothing else in common, they say. the man behind the phil is veteran director hayao mia zaaki, senator news conference here, announcing his retirement. it has to be said the 82—year—old has retired several times in his career but ten years ago, he sounded pretty sure about it —— hayao miyazaki. these images are from a documentary showing life behind the scenes at studio ghibli. director sue narda spent months following hayao miyazaki and his team at work, capturing their creative process and their creative process and their passion, sometimes dialled up to madness levels. i caught up with her on the eve of today's premier. wejust heard from hayao miyazaki, saying that this time for real he is retiring. were you surprised that he came out with another movie? translation: for the last another movie? translation: fr?" the last few decades, he had been saying with many movie releases that's it. i'm going to retire. and then years later, he would come up with another film. later, he would come up with anotherfilm. because he has done it repeatedly, ten years ago, many people wondered if he was really retiring. there were a lot ofjournalists in the room when he said he was serious about it but at the same time, they've distributed a statement from mr miyazaki and there was a line in it that said i will continue working for another ten years. i thought the line represented him very well but i did not expect him to come out with another feature film. i'd say animation is his life. part of me is very happy to see the new film being released. can me is very happy to see the new film being released.— film being released. can you tell me how _ film being released. can you tell me how long _ film being released. can you tell me how long you - film being released. can you tell me how long you spent. film being released. can you - tell me how long you spent with studio ghibli and what it was like? you have any anecdotes can share? i like? you have any anecdotes can share?— can share? i spent nearly a ear at can share? i spent nearly a year at studio _ can share? i spent nearly a year at studio ghibli. - can share? i spent nearly a year at studio ghibli. i - can share? i spent nearly a year at studio ghibli. i was| year at studio ghibli. i was curious to know how they worked at the same time, i worried. what if the reality was different from my idea of the studio? so many people injapan watchjubilee films but studio? so many people injapan watch jubilee films but the studio does not really open itself up to outsiders. —— studio ghibli films. it's a mysterious place and i was very excited to go in and find out what was like. mr miyazaki is one of the many creators in the office and because everything is drawn by hand, all you can hear is the sound of pencils on paper. at the beginning, it was almost always silent but gradually, he started talking to me. he used to go to the rooftop every single day and sometimes, we would have long conversations there, just talking about how the clouds move in the neighbourhood. studio ghibli has this white and mr miyazaki would say to it you are so lucky you don't have a deadline. so, it turned out exactly as i thought it would be. , , ., , be. did he tell you why he goes outside every — be. did he tell you why he goes outside every single _ be. did he tell you why he goes outside every single day? - be. did he tell you why he goes outside every single day? mr i outside every single day? mr mi azaki outside every single day? ij�*i' miyazaki is outside every single day? m miyazaki is obviously a great artist but in my view, the word craftsman describes him better. he is also a very hard worker. he is also a very hard worker. he comes in at the same time every day and starts to work. and then at the same time every day, he puts down his pencil and goes home. there's nothing glamorous. super exciting. but he does this day in, day out. all the other creators do the same and i saw a connection between him looking at how the clouds move and his daily pattern of what they do at the studio. ~ . pattern of what they do at the studio. a, ,, ., ., pattern of what they do at the studio. ,, ., ., , , ., ,, ., studio. mami sunada speaking to me earlier and _ studio. mami sunada speaking to me earlier and if _ studio. mami sunada speaking to me earlier and if you _ studio. mami sunada speaking to me earlier and if you have - me earlier and if you have managed to catch that movie and find out what it is about, tweet at me! that's all for this edition of newsday. i will be back with business news shortly. but for now, thank you for watching. hello there. there's still no end in sight to the unsettled run of weather that we're in the middle of at the moment. we had a day of sunshine and showers on thursday but we've got something wetter and windier moving in for friday. it's this area of cloud — an area of low pressure that will continue to develop, continue to strengthen through friday and saturday and will ultimately bring some strong winds across many areas with gales for some — those winds strong enough to bring some localised disruption. now, the rain from that system has already started to arrive across the south—west of the uk. it's been a bit of damp weather as well for northern ireland and western scotland, so you might see a little bit of light rain here for the next few hours. mild start to the day friday, 14—15 degrees celsius, but it will be blustery as well with some of the strongest winds through the day across wales and south west england, where gusts into the 505 of miles an hour could be strong enough to bring down some tree branches, maybe one or two weak trees and, certainly, there'll be large battering, dangerous waves hitting the coastline. through the rest of the day, that area of rain extends across the whole of wales, the whole of england, reaching southern scotland and right across northern ireland, where the rain looks particularly heavy through the course of the afternoon. northern scotland, a lot of cloud, a cool wind here but at least the weather for a time will be a little bit drier, at least. temperatures across the board below average forjuly. now, on into the weekend, the same area of low pressure smack bang over the top of the uk. this time, though, the strongest winds will be working a little bit further eastwards, so we'll see those potentially disruptive gusts of wind reaching parts of eastern england as well. again, the winds strong enough to bring down a few tree branches. rather than the persistent outbreaks of rain that we have on friday, saturday, it's a slightly less grim day. not greatest of weather, really — it's a day of sunshine and showers. the showers really widespread, some of them heavy and thundery. i suppose one of the benefits of those strong winds is any individual shower won't stay overhead for very long before it gets blown across the sky but i think it is a day where many areas will see several showers during the day. on into sunday's forecast, again, it's another showery one, perhaps some longer spells of rain across northern scotland. still blustery but those winds are starting to calm down a little bit. temperatures still below average for the time of year. any better next week weather—wise? well, not really. it stays unsettled, and that means we are going to see further showers. of course, it won't be raining all the time — there will be some warm spells of sunshine between the showers — but it'll still be quite wet for the time of year. head to the bbc news website. chatgpt chatgpt chatg pt under investigation chatg pt under investigation chatgpt under investigation was chatgpt under 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