Sea. Switching on great british energy to crowd investment into clean power projects. Launching a rapid review of the environmental improvement plan for completion before the end of this year. So that we can clean our rivers, plus millions more trees, improve Air Quality and halt the decline in species. And with over 90 of the uks biodiversity within our overseas territories looking to expand, the Bluebell Programme to increase marine protection. This domestic programme is notjust essential to our economy but to restoring our international credibility. We are bringing an end to our Climate Diplomacy of being do as i say not as i do. But this domestic programme of this domestic programme of this domestic ambition on its own is not enough. That is why this issue has been on the agenda for nearly every meeting that ive had with another minister in my early weeks. From our closest friends in the g7 to the worlds biggest emitter by the worlds biggest emitter by the largest Renewables Produc
Hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, reminding you that while cinemas may be closed, there is still plenty of new movies to enjoy in the comfort and safety of your own home. The most mainstream release this week is the dig, A Bittersweet Real Life Drama about the unearthing of the sutton hoo treasures on the the eve of world war ii. What are they . Do you hazard a guess . Burials, men, id expect. We are standing in somebodys graveyard i reckon. Viking. Maybe older. Apparently local girls used to lie down on them in the hope of falling pregnant. Ive read plenty of legends. Ive heard plenty of legends. Is that why you want to dig, mrs pretty . Details of Buried Treasure . Ralph fiennes stars as basil brown, the self taught archaeologist who wears his immense learning lightly and who is enlisted by carrie mulligan s wealthy widow, edith pretty, to excavate the imposing Burial Mounds on her property. My interest in archaeology began like yours, edith tells the initia
on in downing street during the very covid restrictions he d imposed on the rest of us? all guidance was followed completely during number 10. really? there was no party, and that no covid rules were broken. a senior civil servant, sue gray, investigated. so, too, the police. today, another page turns. the conclusion devastating for mrjohnson. let s be blunt, this report concludes that he lied. it says he deliberately misled mps, he deliberately misled the committee. he breached their confidence by saying out loud what was in their report before they did, and that he was complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation of the committee. look at what else the committee had to say. it takes aim at the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth . and it said some of mrjohnson s denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were deliberate attempts to mislead . is this the end, mrjohnson? we re shouting at boris johnson because he said no to a
intelligence, the supremacy of the algorithm, represents one of those transformational moments for humankind? i m not sure that it does. but there is a fair chance that it will have transformative effects. it is all commonplace to compare it to the fire, or to the rise of industrial machinery starting in the 18th century. it remains to be seen whether it will be as important for our productivity and our lives, but we are already seeing some of its deep effects on how we organise our democracy, and inequality in modern nations. maybe you are not quite so sure about how dramatic its transformational impact will be, but you certainly seem to be pretty sure that you re sceptical. you say ai will fuel inequality, disempower workers, and, quote, choke democracy ? how? ai is a continuation of a trend that started perhaps around forty years ago, where we have been using digital technologies, for changing how production is organised, who controls information, and how we communicate.