after apologising for decades of sexual abuse carried out by its late founder. the review of veterinary services in the uk is launched after some pet owners are facing eye watering bills. we will be speaking to a touring prize laureate who has just joined the team. the touring prize laureate who has “ust joined the team.�* touring prize laureate who has “ust joined the team. the mercury prize takes place — joined the team. the mercury prize takes place in _ joined the team. the mercury prize takes place in london _ joined the team. the mercury prize takes place in london tonight. - takes place in london tonight. favourites to win are jesse takes place in london tonight. favourites to win arejesse weir, we are live on the red carpet. time for a look at the business news now. we are looking at some the implications for business investors as well. the british government has announced it is to rejoin horizon — the european union's e95 billion euro science research programme — under what it calls a new "bespoke" agreement. it says it has secured new financial terms that protect the taxpayer. tensions following brexit saw britain locked out of the scheme — which allows companies and research institutions to apply for funding worth billions of euros. let us speak now to zoe who is a jury let us speak now to zoe who is a jury member at the european council. thank you for being with us. talk to me first of all, i touched on it and the introduction, this is good news for silence. the introduction, this is good news forsilence. i the introduction, this is good news for silence-— for silence. i will run through the link. generally _ for silence. i will run through the link. generally the _ for silence. i will run through the link. generally the researchers i for silence. i will run through the | link. generally the researchers at the universities need to have access to millions. research that might not make it through, science is based on failure. you have to fail many times and it is built on the shoulders of that, a lot of money needs to be spent for the winning things to come through. i am there when the winning things start to come through. a furious ahead of when they would have these grants, then it comes to me as an investor. we are three or four years ahead of when they get these grants. the fact that we have had three years without the universities getting access to these as left quite a gap when it comes to finding the great ones to invest into in the uk.— finding the great ones to invest into in the uk. with that lack of finance, into in the uk. with that lack of finance. it _ into in the uk. with that lack of finance, it stifles _ into in the uk. with that lack of finance, it stifles innovation. ii into in the uk. with that lack of | finance, it stifles innovation. i am looking at the numbers, when the uk left in 2020 it had the second—highest funding from the programme and because of all the toing and froing around the windsor protocol and the brexit agreements the uk fell out of this scheme by accident. all of that funding went out of the door didn't it? yes accident. all of that funding went out of the door didn't it?- out of the door didn't it? yes it did, i think _ out of the door didn't it? yes it did, i think if— out of the door didn't it? yes it did, i think if you _ out of the door didn't it? yes it did, i think if you looked - out of the door didn't it? yes it | did, i think if you looked around out of the door didn't it? yes it. did, i think if you looked around at the news today oxford university and cambridge, ucl and are out. we had the top five universities taking money from this, we were a really big beneficiary from this scheme. nothing replaced that when we fell out of it. i can imagine those universities are reducing today. from thursday i think they can start applying for this and our money starts going in from january once those applications are being processed. it is a good time for universities in the uk. i5 processed. it is a good time for universities in the uk. is it processed. it is a good time for universities in the uk.— universities in the uk. is it fair to say that _ universities in the uk. is it fair to say that this _ universities in the uk. is it fair to say that this horizon - universities in the uk. is it fair| to say that this horizon scheme universities in the uk. is it fair- to say that this horizon scheme was a politicalfootball? we know all the big discoveries come from countries working together, it is about money and collaboration and cooperation. actually leaving this scheme flew in the face of that didn't it. it was not a logical decision, it happened by accident. it does seem to have political motives behind it and it is very unfortunate that so many people had to suffer in terms of r&d and science technology which provides a lot of jobs, science technology which provides a lot ofjobs, notjust now but for the future of the country. it is important, i always had this feeling and the knowledge when i'd go to brussels that it would always be an awkward silence about what is going to happen to the uk but we knew that they would be a point when it would come back in but we did not know when. but now it has come back and the awkwardness has gone, it is excellent news. we need to collaborate with europe, it is a great day for uk universities. i can feel the collective _ great day for uk universities. i can feel the collective sigh _ great day for uk universities. i can feel the collective sigh of - great day for uk universities. i can feel the collective sigh of relief. thank you very much. britain is the only country in europe not to offer tax free shopping to overseas visitors — since the policy was scrapped after brexit. some retailers now argue they are losing billions of dollars in trade to rivals in other european countries, who are able to offer better deals to big—spending american and asian tourists. nick williams is gatwick airport head of retail — and he told me just how important this is for his business. it's absolutely crucial. the last couple of years have been really challenging since we lost the tax—free scheme. so for international visitors from places like the us, china, the middle east that historically have been really good spenders, when they are looking at where they want to travel now, the uk is just not competitive. they can go to france or italy and enjoy tax—free shopping whereas if they come to london and across the uk they can't. we are not on a level playing field and i think now we have had a couple of years of this, the industry most painfully felt in retail but i think other industries are really feeling it too now based on the lack of spend and the lack of visitors that we are getting because of this removal of the tax—free scheme. so you're really saying that people are going to choose not to fly to london or into the uk because they can't get a cheap handbag? i think you would be surprised as to how much shopping as the primary driver of a reason to visit. so absolutely, we will still get international visitors coming over. but i think, there has been some very strong data shared by some of the retailers right across europe that they are seeing huge rises in trade in countries that they are just not seeing the uk. if you look at why that is, the only difference is that they can't get tax—free shopping here. we have got an amazing retail environment across the coal of the uk, in both the high streets in the airports but we just can't play on the level playing field at the moment because of the government's decision. so it is really important that they reintroduce the tax—free shopping scheme which will be a huge boost to the whole of the economy, notjust retail. but we know when these visitors come, they spend in hotels, restaurants, theatres. so we really need this back to get back to the forefront of our tourism industry. that was nick williams at gatwick airport. that was nick williams at gatwick airport. this weekend india is hosting global leaders at the g20 summit. it's hoping to use its presidency of the group to push rich industrialised nations — which bear much of the responsiblity for existing global warming — to help finance the cost of the climate crisis in developing countries. india itself has seen a major rise in climate related disasters in the last three years — from floods and landslides to severe droughts as archana shukla reports: what was once a bustling defence training academy in the serene himalayan town in uttarakhand now lies in ruins. the academy�*s founder, ashish, could only watch it crumble from afar. the saving grace — all 120 students and staff were rescued in time. translation: all our dreams were broken at once _ when we saw it sink. we've not seen such heavy rains earlier. some houses and a bridge in the village ahead were also washed away. unusually heavy rainfall has heightened the risk in these hilly terrains. frequent landslides in this tourist hub is also hurting businesses. translation: small transporters make their annual profits during this _ season of religious tours. but this year we have lost 80% business. in the past three months, unforgiving weather in northern india has claimed hundreds of lives, and displaced thousands. economic losses in the region are estimated to be at around $2 billion. it's not restricted just to the hills — so far this year, almost every day has been marked by extreme weather events in different parts of the country, and not just as flash floods and overflowing rivers, but also heatwaves and severe drought. adapting to this climate crisis comes at a high cost — over $1 trillion by 2030, according to india's central bank. but experts say funds are woefully short, despite pledges of support from wealthy nations. the money for climate change, which is coming largely for mitigation, isn't even going to the countries who need it most. it is going as loans, it is going as equity, which means that indebted countries are being made further indebted through the name of climate change. and then there is absolutely no money for loss and damage. india, like other developing nations, faces a challenge — balancing economic growth for its billion people with managing climate goals. while richer nations�* climate pledges are welcomed, turning promises into actions is crucial. archana shukla, bbc news, rishikesh, uttarakhand. those are your top business stories this hour. you're watching bbc news. so if you see a tree that needs rescuing the three amigos sanctuary is the place to go. you're live with bbc news. leading names from computer science and national securty will advise the uk government on artificial intelligence as part of an ai taskforce. turing prize laureate yoshua bengio and gchq director anne keast—butler willjoin its newly—created external advisory board. the prime minister announced in april that the government would invest £100 million in a task force on al as part of a drive to make the uk a world leader in the rapidly growing field. live now to montreal in canada — and turing prize winner and member of the uk government's ai task force, professor yoshua bengio. thank you for being here on bbc news with us. as you approach this let me ask you to approach this from the perspective of this new technology providing huge potential opportunities or potential catastrophe?— opportunities or potential catastrohe? ., , , , catastrophe? both really because in order to catastrophe? both really because in orderto reap _ catastrophe? both really because in order to reap the _ catastrophe? both really because in order to reap the benefits _ catastrophe? both really because in order to reap the benefits of - catastrophe? both really because in order to reap the benefits of ai - order to reap the benefits of ai need to make sure that we can manage the risks. there is huge amounts of money being invested, the trillions of dollars being invested to increase the capabilities of ai but right now very little to protect the public. this is something that must come from the government. i’ll public. this is something that must come from the government. i'll come back to that — come from the government. i'll come back to that point _ come from the government. i'll come back to that point in _ come from the government. i'll come back to that point in a _ come from the government. i'll come back to that point in a moment - come from the government. i'll come back to that point in a moment but i back to that point in a moment but you mentioned risks and what are the main risks? in you mentioned risks and what are the main risks? _, , ., , ., , main risks? in the coming years as we build more _ main risks? in the coming years as we build more powerful— main risks? in the coming years as we build more powerfulfrontier. main risks? in the coming years as we build more powerfulfrontier ai| we build more powerfulfrontier ai systems they could be misused to develop new weapons like chemical weapons, biological weapons, develop new weapons like chemical weapons, biologicalweapons, cyber weapons, biological weapons, cyber attacks weapons, biologicalweapons, cyber attacks and also to influence the public through this information on social media and so on. these are risks that a lot of people are concerned with. currently we do not have the infrastructure that guardrails the defence mechanisms to deal with those risks. if we go a little bit further into the future, we don't know how many years, it could be five or 20, there is the issue of power concentration, a danger that al systems will be in the hands of a few people. there is also the danger which could destabilise our markets but also our... geopolitical stability. there is the possibility that a lot of scientists are concerned about which is losing control to ai systems that may have goals that are harmful to us. ~ , ., , may have goals that are harmful to us. ~ , ., ., may have goals that are harmful to us. when you lay out the risks like that it sounds _ us. when you lay out the risks like that it sounds quite _ us. when you lay out the risks like that it sounds quite alarming. - us. when you lay out the risks like l that it sounds quite alarming. when it comes to regulating ai how do you go about regulating, can you regulate it do you think? whether ou have regulate it do you think? whether you have no _ regulate it do you think? whether you have no choice, _ regulate it do you think? whether you have no choice, i _ regulate it do you think? whether you have no choice, ithink- regulate it do you think? whether you have no choice, i think in - regulate it do you think? whether. you have no choice, i think in order to protect ourselves from those risks we have to regulate but we have to do it in a agile way. things are changing in a way we do not anticipate right now. people will find ways to use advanced ai and potentially malicious ways. we need to make sure that those regulations are not going to be static but that we can quickly adapt. we do not go back to the religious leader each time there is a... they appear to be always ahead of the regulators, when we talk about problems. yes, the other issue is that the technology is in the hands of a few companies and governments do not have the expertise to know how to regulate properly. they do not understand the potential safety issues that come with more powerful ai systems. at, with more powerful ai systems. a final thought because rishi sunak wants to make the uk the global leader when it comes to ai, is that realistic? you look at the eu, at block that is easier to regulate, the us which is easier to regulate, is it unrealistic to think the uk can lead the world on this? and in terms of the onus, does the onus need to be on those developing applications of those to come up with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal _ with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal ball _ with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal ball but _ with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal ball but the - with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal ball but the uk - with safeguards as well. ? i do not have a crystal ball but the uk is i have a crystal ball but the uk is taking a leadership position in terms of ai safety which is very important. regarding the onus of these risks, it is something that needs to be dealt with globally. we needs to be dealt with globally. we need to work together, many democracies need to work together to protect ourselves. it is not enough that one country does it.— protect ourselves. it is not enough that one country does it. thank you so much for— that one country does it. thank you so much for taking _ that one country does it. thank you so much for taking time _ that one country does it. thank you so much for taking time to - that one country does it. thank you so much for taking time to speak. that one country does it. thank you | so much for taking time to speak to us, congratulations on being appointed to this tax force, perhaps we will speak again. thank you so much forjoining us here. temperatures in the uk have reached 30 degrees celsius for a fourth day in a row — breaking a september record. a 30.2 degree reading in west london this afternoon means a record has been broken for the number of consecutive september days reaching 30 degrees. let us head to the newsroom, the weatherman is there. take us three more of this data.— weatherman is there. take us three more of this data. actually matthew temperatures _ more of this data. actually matthew temperatures have _ more of this data. actually matthew temperatures have risen _ more of this data. actually matthew temperatures have risen a - more of this data. actually matthew temperatures have risen a little i temperatures have risen a little higher since then, the highest temperature we have recorded two—day according to the met office is 32.6 celsius in surrey. that is provisionally the highest temperature we have recorded this year. ourviewers temperature we have recorded this year. our viewers in the uk were it was a decidedly mixed summer. very mixed in august and our highest temperature of the year has come in september. as you can see from our article on the bbc news website this has set a new record in terms of the number of september days in a row to see those temperatures above 30 celsius. we have now seen four days above 30 degrees, and that run looks set to continue certainly for a new few more days. in set to continue certainly for a new few more tlave-— few more days. in terms of explanations _ few more days. in terms of explanations for _ few more days. in terms of explanations for what i few more days. in terms of explanations for what we . few more days. in terms of i explanations for what we are few more days. in terms of _ explanations for what we are seeing? we have seen temperatures high in continental europe, temperatures across france have been breaking records this week. southerly winds have brought some of that warmth and humidity across our shores. the high pressure has kept the weather dry and settled. they will also be questions about climate change. we cannot attribute specific events to climate change necessarily without studies taking place. what we do know is that climate change makes heatwaves like this more likely and it makes them more intense. it makes them more likely that we will see those higher temperatures so it fits with that pattern. thank you for taking us through all of that. i can oint ou taking us through all of that. i can point you to _ taking us through all of that. i can point you to the — taking us through all of that. i can point you to the website. - taking us through all of that. i can point you to the website. lots of data that ben was going through is all available pair on the beauty news website. a review of veterinary services in the uk has been launched over concerns that pet owners could be paying too much. the competition and markets authority said vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost of living crisis. live now to paul manktelow, chief veterinarian at the charity blue cross. all welcome here to the programme. in terms of your take on this is it in line with that headline that people are sometimes playing eye watering prices? i people are sometimes playing eye watering prices?— watering prices? i think the situation — watering prices? i think the situation is _ watering prices? i think the situation is a _ watering prices? i think the situation is a bit _ watering prices? i think the situation is a bit more i watering prices? i think the i situation is a bit more complex watering prices? i think the - situation is a bit more complex than that. we have seen rising costs like everywhere else. in the veterinary sector we have seen workforce places and a shortage of vets in the uk just putting pressure on practices. i do think that even though i welcome this investigation and we will contribute to it because there is a need for it i do not want this investigation to start to... in fact you see any consultation room is not the person who sets the prices. what the person who sets the prices. what are the areas — the person who sets the prices. what are the areas of— the person who sets the prices. what are the areas of principle that are concerned, because we were hearing earlier that the number of independent vets had shrunk. they have got that whole area about basic costs, boosted jabs and operations, what are the areas that you think should be looked at most closely? i think you are right. we have had aged a huge increase in the number of corporate practices. we have had a drop in independent practices. i think the investigations should not just look at the type of practice but also it should look at the area thatis but also it should look at the area that is that practice is in. i welcome it to open into a wider scope. i welcome our part in the investigation too. in scope. i welcome our part in the investigation too.— scope. i welcome our part in the investigation too. in terms of the amount of _ investigation too. in terms of the amount of people _ investigation too. in terms of the amount of people it _ investigation too. in terms of the amount of people it is _ investigation too. in terms of the amount of people it is affecting, | investigation too. in terms of the l amount of people it is affecting, it has huge reach doesn't it. we have heard that post—lockdown so many more people got pets and we know that so many people are living in a cost of living crisis there is a major impact here is on there? absolutely, not accessing veterinary care can have a huge impact on welfare, treatments can get delayed, i think people might have to relinquish their pets because they cannot afford that treatment. obviously there is this heartbreaking decision on whether you can afford the pet and whether you can afford the pet and whether you might have to euthanise them. pets are part of our family so these are tough decisions that people have to make. i was talking to a gentleman yesterday who worked all his life, he fell on hard times due to ill health and was in financial difficulties and he had to make hard choices about what he could and could not afford. it was his life, the pet was his friend all rolled into one, so it has a huge impact on families across the uk. pull into one, so it has a huge impact on families across the uk.— families across the uk. pull thank ou for families across the uk. pull thank you forjoining _ families across the uk. pull thank you forjoining us _ families across the uk. pull thank you forjoining us here _ families across the uk. pull thank you forjoining us here on - families across the uk. pull thank you forjoining us here on bbc- families across the uk. pull thank i you forjoining us here on bbc news. the stars of the music world are gathering — because in a few hours time — the winner of the 2023 mercury prize will be revealed at a ceremony in london. the former winners— arctic monkeys and young fathers — are among the twelve acts shortlisted for the award, and so is this woman — singer—songwriterjessie ware — who has been shortlisted for the first time in over a decade. live now to hammersmith appollo in london — and our music correspondent — mark savage. marketers take us through who else will be looking at these events tonight and hoping to come away with a win. , , ., ., tonight and hoping to come away with awin. , ,., ., a win. this is one of the most prestigious — a win. this is one of the most prestigious awards _ a win. this is one of the most prestigious awards in - a win. this is one of the most prestigious awards in the i a win. this is one of the most prestigious awards in the uk | prestigious awards in the uk industry. it is one artist want to win because it is a creative achievements rather than commercial success. on the list tonight we have the rapperjay haas who had a number one album. at the other enders of the scale we have got a irish folk band who have got a very dour and dark album of irish folk music that only reached number 57 in the uk charts. there is a lot of variety on the list. it shows the health of the british music industry. we have got the arctic monkeys, former winners for their debut album. they have been nominated for a record fifth time, that ties them with radiohead, they are not here tonight. unfortunately they are still on tour, that is true for fred, one of the big break—out dance styles. he has made some incredible music that is almost stylistic in style. he takes little bits of instagram comments, voice messages that have been sent to him and mixes them into songs which he makes on his laptop. also on the list isjessie ware, one of the biggest pop stars of the last years. also, as a collective who are age jazz collective from london. they are playing the royal albert hall later this year and they do stand the chance of being the first jazz band to take home the prize. looks like an exciting night. the winner will be announced live on the bbc at 10pm this evening. let us catch up more with the weather. hello. our september heatwave is not loosening its grip just yet. in fact, this is turning into quite an exceptional run of hot days for the time of year. the last few days have brought temperatures above 30 celsius. today and the next couple of days also bringing temperatures above 30. in fact, it's going to be the longest run of september days above 30 degrees on record. but there are some exceptions. this was the scene in fife earlier on with some mist and murk and low cloud. a lot of that is clearing, but some will continue to linger close to the eastern coast of scotland. a few showers moving across parts of southern and western scotland and northern ireland — the odd hefty one, but in the hottest places today, well, 28 in the north—west highlands, 31 or 32 across parts of south—east england. and then through this evening and tonight, we will continue to see a few showers marching across parts of scotland, more of that mist and murk and low cloud for some eastern coasts. another very, very mild — indeed warm night for some of us. so tomorrow morning, if you're starting your day across eastern and central parts of scotland, expect some areas of fog, some mist, some low cloud. the same goes for eastern england. some of that rolling quite a long way inland for the first part of the morning, but then tending to retreat towards the coast, i think, as we go through the day. small chance of one or two showers out towards the west, but for the majority, it is another fine day with quite a lot of hot sunshine and those temperatures easily getting to 30 or 31 degrees, but parts of highlands scotland getting to 29, so this very warm weather quite widespread. late in the day, though, we could well see some sharp showers and thunderstorms just starting to break out across the south—west of england. and through the weekend, it's a story of very slow changes. the further north and west you are on saturday, the greater the chance of seeing some showers and thunderstorms breaking out, whereas further south and east there will be some sunshine. and actually this could be the hottest day of all with highs of 32 or maybe 33 degrees. but as we move out of saturday into sunday, the area of high pressure that has been with us tends to retreat eastwards, and not with any great organisation, we see some clumps of unsettled weather trying to make a move. i think it will still be hot towards the south—east corner on sunday, but into the start of next week it turns more unsettled and markedly cooler. live from london. this is bbc news. the manhunt widens for daniel khalife, the former soldier, now terror suspect, who escaped 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